Venture Life Share Discussion Threads

[lammylover] 22/11/2023 16:17

yeah Slater take 16% position from zero declared. Strong faith in this business. Looking forward to update, due soon.

[pedigree_scum] 22/11/2023 16:15

Slater Investments...

[thedudie] 22/11/2023 14:07

That is a fairly positive (and unusual!) move in the price....

[thedudie] 20/11/2023 07:41

In recent couple of years there has been a trading statement on 1st Dec - so there may be one this year timed to coincide with this event.

[davidosh] 19/11/2023 22:40

There is an opportunity to meet the management team...

Venture Life will be one of the companies presenting at MelloLondon at the end of this month and they have a stand and will do two presentations on Thursday the 30th November.

The event will take place at the Clayton Conference Centre, Chiswick on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th November, where you can expect over 500 investors, 40 Aim listed companies and 10 or so Trusts and Funds.

Tickets are still available and if you would like one at half price then enter the code MMTADVFN50.

For more information, visit

[shrewd_n_sharp] 08/11/2023 21:01

Has this thread died?

[mfhmfh] 03/11/2023 22:02

Huge volume today.

[rivaldo] 01/11/2023 09:45

Good to see BGF Investment Management buying around another 1m shares - they now own 10.45m shares, or 8.26% of VLG:

[mfhmfh] 17/10/2023 15:50

Seller cleared?

[deanowls] 28/9/2023 05:53

It is aspirational but say 50m for this year if they can push some of these brands into other markets at 20% per annum (again aspirational) with debt reducing and hopefully a rising share price and think they will be smaller players out there finding it tough. With the production capabilities and capacity available along with a larger distribution network it comes down to execution.

Overall I think this will motor on over the next 18 months as long as they continue to deliver the additional volumes.

[1jat] 27/9/2023 20:29

Have to chuckle at their aspirational final slide…..£100m revenue in 2027 with M&A accelerators……how do they think they will finance M&A with a bombed out share price and a lack of credibility. Not a silk purse….still sows ear.

[celeritas] 27/9/2023 18:55

Baby Earol going into stores


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[celeritas] 27/9/2023 18:53

Baby Earol going into stores....

[celeritas] 26/9/2023 13:38

1jat...There's a non-cash increase to finance charge that will not repeat...FX related and amortisation of upfront costs that has changed due to lower utilisation of loan. This is a temporary impact as debt it coming down fast.. The second half will make it clear but hopefully the message is put across at tomorrow's investor call.

[lammylover] 26/9/2023 08:18

Covered by Simon Thompson again in Investors Chronicle - still rates a buy

[1jat] 25/9/2023 19:40

Still a recovery play…debt will take a couple of years to work off to a significantly lower level…and bring the cost down.
As Lammy points out they need to grow the top line and in particular the direct sales…it will fall through to the bottom line quickly enough.

ANother year before the share price starts to respond IMO…but look forward to being proved wrong.

Not sure I like the extension of options that are already 10 years old….not performed so let them lapse….makes it look like CEO runs the Board.

[lammylover] 25/9/2023 16:56

My thoughts on today RNS H1 results:
+ Revenue up 24.5% to £23.5m. Significant improvement.
+ EBITDA up 33% to £4.4m. Good.
- Loss £1.3m (v LY H1 £0.2m profit) - mainly due to higher interest rates (£1.7m paid on interest) and some write downs. Expected, but still a disappointment.
- Debt £19.0m due to acquisitons, but paid down £3.0m since December, which is good.
+ Cash £4.1m (LY H1 was £1.8m)improving.

-Dentyl mouthwash brand seems to be in decline in cut throat market with discounts everywhere. 9% down in revenue in UK.
- Chinese distributor sold nothing, no surprise - this is like flogging a dead horse!
+ Amazon sales up 69% to £1.6m and more products to be listed. Should be driving this part of the business really hard IMO.
+ HLH seems an excellent acquisition with strongly growing sales.

Overall, I'm a little disappointed with the bottom line loss, and I think that's why share price fell 4.7% today.

However clearly business is growing and cash flows looks good. Debt being paid down is key in my opinion to improve bottom line. Need to get the level down very quickly and focus on continuing to integrate the new products and brands to maximise revenues.

[qs99] 25/9/2023 16:28

v. quiet board, Valuation here just looks odd, views? DYOR

[brummy_git] 25/9/2023 08:25

In this upbeat interview, CEO Jerry Randall of Venture Life Group plc takes me through today’s 'in line' interim results and positive FY'23 guidance - with H1’23 EBITDA climbing 33% to £4.4m on LFL sales 10.4% higher (Est split 8% volume vs 2% price) to £23.5m.

[bagpuss67] 25/9/2023 07:20

Nice and solid.

[brummy_git] 25/9/2023 07:11

In line results from @venturelifegp today.

All the details here.

[lammylover] 22/9/2023 07:21

Yes to confirm the Chairman bought 125,276 shares at average 39.91p. This was detailed on an RNS dated 25th May.

That's a decent £50k buy, a good show of confidence for me. He holds a total of 689.866 shares or 0.55% of total share capital.

[wooster4] 21/9/2023 21:34

I agree - however, options are risk free - always nice for them to use their own hard earned cash though - think the chairman bought recently

[1jat] 21/9/2023 21:30

The execs dont need to buy…..they were all given 1m options at 38p……and I for one would like them to make a lot of money….

[wooster4] 21/9/2023 21:14

They can’t buy until after the interims