Andrew Dane
CEO at THE ARTISANAL SPIRITS COMPANY PLC
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Half Year Results for the six months ended 30 June 2026 hosted by THE ARTISANAL SPIRITS COMPANY PLC (LSE: ART) on Investor Meet Company. Replay available.

Meeting Overview The meeting focused on the interim results presentation for Artisanal Spirits Company PLC for the first half of 2026. Key topics included branded sales growth, financial performance, and strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing brand profitability and member engagement. Key Discussion Points - Overview of the company's ambition to be the home of the world's most respected whisky brands. - Branded sales growth of 7% in the first half of the year, increasing to 10% by the end of August. - Overall group revenue down 5%, attributed to the timing of tradecast sales. - Significant cash flow improvement of £1.5 million driven by branded business. - Performance highlights from various regions: - Europe: 4% growth, driven by the new artisan casks brand. - Americas: 44% revenue growth, with notable increases in SMWS America and Single Cast Nation. - Asia: 11% decline, but improved from previous year's declines. - Strong recruitment and engagement strategies for SMWS membershi...
CEO at THE ARTISANAL SPIRITS COMPANY PLC
CFO at THE ARTISANAL SPIRITS COMPANY PLC
Speaker 1: Good afternoon and welcome to the Artisanal Spirits Company PLC 0.5 year results investor presentation. Speaker 1: Throughout this recorded presentation, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged and they can be submitted at any time using the Q&A tab situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Simply type in your questions and press send. Before we begin, I would like to submit the following poll and I would now like to hand you over to CEO Andrew Dain. Good afternoon. Speaker 2: Good afternoon and thanks all for joining us for the interim results presentations for the 1st 0.5 of 2026. I'm Andrew Daynor, I'm the Chief Exec. Speaker 3: Billy McArthur, CFO. Speaker 2: And we're going to take you through some of the headlines from the 1st 0.5 of the year, current trading and outlook. Speaker 2: Structured into exec summary headlines, Speaker 2: we'll talk through the details of what's happened in the 1st 0.5 of the year and then talk about what we expect to see going ahead. Speaker 2: We'll start with who we are and just a reminder that our ambition is to be the home of the world's most respected whisky brands and we're going to spend a lot of time talking about our brands, Scotch and Whisky Society, Single Cast Nation, Artisan Casts in particular, and all of those brands are united by the creation of outstanding one-of-a-kind Speaker 2: whiskies and experiences. Speaker 2: In terms of the headlines for the period, really pleased to see branded sales growth of 7% in the 1st 0.5 of the year and that that has now increased to 10% Speaker 2: to the end of August at the top line, together with improved brand profitability Speaker 2: through cost control. Speaker 2: That that has combined to drive cash flow improvement of £1.5 million ...