Sutton Harbour: tiny 7-share deal hits spotlight on stock’s liquidity, debt deadlines

Sutton Harbour: tiny 7-share deal hits spotlight on stock’s liquidity, debt deadlines

July 7, 2026

London, July 7, 2026, 15:02 BST

  • Sutton Harbour traded up 12.25% to 4.49p after just seven shares changed hands, totalling roughly 31 pence worth of stock.
  • The 0.49p move boosts the shown market value by around £700,000, calculated on 142.94 million shares out.
  • No new company RNS came through in the last 24–48 hours. The most recent regulatory post remains the June 3 property valuation and asset sale update.
  • The FTSE AIM All-Share fell 0.83% to 772.27 at 15:02 BST.

Sutton Harbour Group Plc (LON:SUH) was last quoted at 4.49p, up 12.25%, at 15:02 BST during the LSE’s 0800-1630 session. Volume stood at seven shares. Trading data from AJ Bell showed the open and previous close at 4.00p, with a high at 4.49p. Market cap was reported at £6.42 million.

That’s what investors are seeing. The move on the screen is big, but the actual traded value is very small. Just seven shares changed hands at 4.49p—so about 31 pence worth of stock. Still, the quote jumped 0.49p. With 142.94 million shares on the table, that move adds about £700,000 to the headline market cap.

Tuesday quote itemFigureRead-through
Quoted price4.49pRose 12.25% from Monday
Previous close4.00pYesterday’s finish
Volume7 sharesRoughly £0.31 traded
Sell / buy quote3.50p / 4.50pSpread sits at 25% off a 4.00p midpoint
Market value£6.42 mlnTrades about £0.70 mln above the 4.00p level

The spread is more important here than the actual gain. On Hargreaves Lansdown, the sell price was 3.50p and the buy was 4.50p, with just seven shares on the tape and a 4.00p close before. For anyone selling, that 3.50p bid is what counts.

No new Sutton Harbour updates hit the RNS lists in the past two days. The most recent was June 3, when the company reported a 5.7% drop in its independent property portfolio valuation, excluding the ex-airport site, down to £45.720 million as of March 31, 2026.

Property and debt dataLatest company figurePrior figure / note
Property portfolio, excludes old airport£45.720 mln£48.470 mln as of March 31, 2025
Operational property assets owned£26.375 mlnFell 17%
Investment/development property£19.345 mlnRose 16%
Sale of North Quay House£1.250 mlnClosed June 1, 2026
Bank loan payment delayed£6.5 mlnDeadline is Sept. 30, 2026

The June update showed the operational asset cut was down to UK marina valuation metrics, not the state of the asset. The company said selling North Quay House for £1.250 million means it can cut more bank debt.

Sutton Harbour said April 1 that National Westminster Bank plc will push back repayment of £6.5 million in bank loans to Sept. 30, 2026. The current banking facility still runs through Dec. 30, 2026, according to the same RNS.

Sutton Harbour Group’s interim numbers for December showed net debt at £26.061 million and net assets of £34.630 million. NAV per share was 24.2p as of Sept. 30, 2025. Shares traded Tuesday value the firm at £6.42 million, which is about 19% of net assets from the interims. Still, with that much debt on the books, the discount doesn’t tell the whole story.

Sutton Harbour’s register is part of its liquidity problem. The company reports 142,938,478 ordinary shares on the market, with 90.793% of AIM shares not available to the public. FB Investors LLP owns 107,741,157 shares, or 75.38%. Crystal Amber Fund Limited takes 9.78%, Rotolok (Holdings) Limited has 5.18%.

Executive Chairman Philip Beinhaker warned in the December interim update that “economic factors undermining the viability of new building” had impacted the group’s development plan, and Sutton Harbour was “working actively towards a new financing strategy.” Investegate

The FTSE AIM All-Share slipped 0.83% to 772.27 as of 15:02 BST. Sutton Harbour’s move put it near the top of AIM gainers on AJ Bell’s board. The bigger test for the shares isn’t Tuesday’s seven-share print but the bank repayment due in September.

Mateusz Brzeziński

Mateusz Brzeziński is a financial and technology journalist at Bez-kabli.pl, covering stocks, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and global market developments. He graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business in the Czech Republic and previously worked in financial analysis before moving into business journalism. His reporting focuses on the companies, technologies and market trends shaping the global economy.

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