Companies in Brief

Year to 30 June

Headway, the leisure goods manufacturer, increased pre-tax profits to pounds 637,000 in the year to 30 June compared with pounds 606,000 for the previous 15 months to June. Turnover fell from pounds 40.7 to pounds 28.3m. Final dividend is maintained at 0.7p.

Waterman Partnership Holdings, provider of services to civil engineering projects, incurred a loss of pounds 2.7m (pounds 113,000). Final dividend is 0.5p, making 1p (2p).

Sheldon Jones, the animal feed maker, deepened pre-tax losses to pounds 885,000 (loss pounds 221,000) in the year to 30 June. No dividend.

Multitrust, the investment trust, improved pre-tax profits from pounds 70,000 to pounds 105,000. Final dividend is 1p, making 2.5p. Net asset value is 33.2p (41.9p).

Six months to 30 July

William Jacks, the motor car dealer, made pounds 1,000 pre-tax profit (loss pounds 601,000).

Foreign & Colonial Pacific Investment Trust maintained the interim payout at 0.75p. Net asset value per share is 190.5p (228.3p).

Half-year to 30 June

Garton Engineering reported a sharp fall in pre-tax profits from pounds 161,000 to pounds 37,000. Interim dividend is 1p (1.75p).

McLaughlin & Harvey, the property developer and civil engineer, sharply reduced taxable losses from pounds 4.9m to pounds 306,000.

Other

Honeysuckle Group, the ladies' clothing supplier, boosted pre-tax profits from pounds 275,000 to pounds 720,000 in the year to 31 May. Final dividend is 1p.