Goals Soccer Centres plc (AIM: GOAL) tacked on another 3.75% this morning adding to an impressive run which has seen the shares more than treble since listing. The company operates five-a-side soccer centres in the UK, and currently has twenty-two facilities operating with a further five centres in the pipeline for 2008.
Preliminary results for the year ending 31 December, 2006 include sales up 43% to £16 million (2005: £11.2m), Profit before tax up 78% to £4.7 million (2005: £2.6m) and basic earnings per share up 87% to 7.3p (2005: 3.9p).
MD Keith Rogers added: ‘I am delighted to report another record set of results for the Company with profits up 78%. This is an outstanding performance, demonstrating the demand in the market for our 'next generation' concept. We have doubled the number of centres since flotation in December 2004 and our site pipeline is strong. The
Company has continued to trade strongly since the year end.'