AIM:NBB · Industrials · Executive search, senior interim management and leadership advisory services (AIM-listed professional services / recruitment sector)

Norman Broadbent plc

Norman Broadbent Plc (AIM: NBB) is the only UK publicly listed executive search firm, providing retained executive search, senior interim management placements, and a developing portfolio of leadership consulting and advisory services (board effectiveness reviews, pre-deal management due diligence, succession planning). Founded in 1979, it operates mainly in the UK with growing activity in the US and Middle East, and has completed a four-year organic turnaround culminating in record FY25 results.

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Share price and financials

232p at close on 16 Oct 2026 · 11 reported years, FY2015–FY2025

Years in viewFY2015 – FY2026

16 Oct 2026232p−39.7% since 4 Jan 2016 1k traded

232p

Line	FY2015locked	FY2016locked	FY2017locked	FY2018locked	FY2019locked	FY2020locked	FY2021locked	FY2022locked	FY202412/24	FY202512/25
Revenue	14.5	16.8	18.5	7.1	14.6	17.3	18.5	18.1
Gross profit	9.0	12.9	10.4	12.7	11.9	13.8	9.9	7.7
Operating profit	0.44	0.46	0.29	0.25	0.41	0.43	0.47	0.39
Net finance cost	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08
Profit before tax	0.44	0.27	0.29	0.22	0.30	0.23	0.43	0.36
Tax charge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Profit for the year	0.37	0.42	0.41	0.30	0.48	0.34	0.26	0.24
EBITDA	0.41	0.70	0.45	0.35	0.89	0.74	0.78	0.68
Basic EPS	7.69p	7.19p	6.55p	11.64p	9.15p	14.37p	10.17p	10.37p
Diluted EPS	10.38p	14.54p	10.10p	15.07p	11.47p	6.57p	8.31p	12.14p
Adjusted EPS	8.96p	21.42p	10.51p	9.28p	16.63p	8.20p	13.31p	13.71p
Dividend per share	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	0.00p	—	—

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3 years, at a glance

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Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.

FY2025Revenue£15.1mOperating margin4.3%