Peel Hunt Limited
Peel Hunt Limited is a specialist UK investment bank providing strategic advice, market intelligence and liquidity provision to UK mid-cap and growth companies, operating through Investment Banking, Research & Distribution and Execution Services divisions. It acts for 147 corporate clients (62 in the FTSE 350) and over 1,200 institutional clients from offices in London, New York, Copenhagen and (from November 2025) Abu Dhabi, and its Execution Services business handles over 20% of average daily trading volume on the London Stock Exchange.
FY2026 in sixty seconds
year to 31 Mar 2026 · approved 12 Jun 2026 · 120 pages · Company website
Peel Hunt is a UK investment bank that advises mid-sized companies on deals and fundraising and trades shares for investors. In the year to 31 March 2026 its revenue rose to £143.5m from £91.3m. It swung from a loss before tax of £3.5m to a profit before tax of £21.1m.
The main reason was a busier year for advising on takeovers and mergers, which more than doubled revenue in its investment banking arm. Its share-trading business also grew, helped by livelier markets, and research income rose. Costs fell too: job cuts the year before trimmed fixed costs, and staff pay took a smaller share of income. The profit is still reduced by staff restructuring costs, which the company treats as one-off.
Cash at the year end was £36.9m, against borrowings of £10.0m. The board proposed a dividend of 4.9p a share, after paying none the year before. Management said it aims to build on the year and stay profitable through market ups and downs. The auditor gave a clean opinion with no doubts about the company's future. The report notes that conditions in UK stock markets remained difficult.
M&A advisory activity within Investment Banking
Investment Banking revenue rose 112.8% to £67.1m, with a majority of the increase from M&A deal fees; Peel Hunt ranked third in UK public M&A league tables
page 6Leaner operating model reducing fixed costs by ~£5m
A leaner, more focused operating model enabled Peel Hunt to reduce fixed costs by approximately £5m
page 12This was a strong financial year for Peel Hunt, thanks to the exceptional quality of our people, our unwavering commitment to our clients and a clear focus on the areas within our control.
page 3Board proposed a final dividend of 4.9p per share for FY26 (FY25: nil), consistent with the policy set at IPO and subject to AGM approval, to be paid 31 July 2026 to shareholders on the register at 26 June 2026
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Every figure is read again from the following year’s report: 84 confirmed, 1 differ.
No figure has been restated: every figure a later report printed again, it printed the same.