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The Character Group has published its results for the half-year ending 28 February 2022. The success of its current portfolio of products has resulted in a very strong first-half performance for the business. Turnover for the period increased by 22 per cent to £90.9m, with an underlying profit before tax …
Read More »Character Group reports turnover increase of 29% for year ending August 2021
The Character Group has published its results for the year ended 31 August 2021. Despite the continued challenges due to the pandemic coupled with global supply and logistics issues, the Group traded well, reporting a pre-tax profit of £11.1million and a turnover increase of 29% to £140.0m In the financial …
Read More »Character Group reports “very strong first half year performance” as turnover grows 44 per cent
The Character Group has reported a “very strong performance” for the half-year ending February, 28 2021 with a turnover increase of 44 per cent to £74.5 million, and underlying pre-tax profit of £6.1m. The toy firm has attributed the successful first half year trading to the strength of its portfolio …
Read More »Character Group reports £5m profit despite pandemic challenges and anticipates growth for coming year
The Character Group is citing a ‘satisfactory full year trading report’ for a 2020 plagued with challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic that saw the company with a before tax profit of £5m on a turnover of £105m for the year ending August 31st. In its financial statement issued today, …
Read More »Character takes post-Brexit action with 55 per cent stake in Danish toy firm Proxy
The move - it has been suggested - has been made to enable the potential for a frictionless access to EU markets in a post-Brexit Britain.
Read More »Character World launches exclusive children’s teepee range
Star Wars, Paw Patrol and Disney Princess teepees will be heading to retail in 2018.
Read More »Character Group preliminary 2017 results released
“The cash generative nature of our model has ensured that the Group’s balance sheet has strengthened and remains strong.”
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