LONDON, July 5, 2026, 21:05 BST
- Hansard Global plc (LON:HSD) finished Friday at 54.00p, gaining 4.35%. Volume came in at 40,089 shares. The FTSE All-Share added 0.28%.
- Shares finished 3.6% off the 56.00p 52-week high and had an 8.24% dividend yield, according to Google Finance.
- Hansard isn’t set to hold any company event this week, according to its calendar. Full-year earnings and the final dividend are on for Sept. 24.
Hansard Global plc (LON:HSD) finished up 4.35% for the week, but the move was on thin volume. Shares in the Isle of Man-based insurer closed Friday at 54.00p, compared to 51.75p before. AJ Bell reported five trades on July 3 totaling 40,089 shares, worth about £21,006.
That’s what matters for investors. With 137.56 million shares out, a 2.25p move in Hansard’s share price adds about £3.1 million to its market cap, according to Google Finance data. That’s around 147 times the actual value of shares traded Friday. In thinly traded small-caps, last price often outruns real turnover.
| Friday screen data | Hansard Global | FTSE All-Share |
|---|---|---|
| Last price / index level | 54.00p | 5,735.46 |
| One-day move | up 4.35% | up 0.28% |
| Volume | 40,089 shares traded | — |
| 52-week high | 56.00p | — |
| Gap to 52-week high | 3.6% off high | — |
| Dividend yield | 8.24% | — |
The spread pointed to thin liquidity. Hargreaves Lansdown quoted Hansard at 48.00p to sell and 53.50p to buy, leaving a 5.50p difference. That’s about 10.8% of the mid price, and that’s wider than Friday’s 4.35% climb.
London stocks finished higher. The FTSE 100 added 0.2% to 10,679.03 on Friday, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.5%. Financial names lifted both indexes, Reuters said. Hansard posted a bigger gain but not on big volume.
Hansard distributes savings and investment products via financial advisers and institutions, mainly using life assurance wrappers for offshore clients, according to Reuters company data. The stock trades with low volume and is seen as an income play, not a broad UK financial proxy.
The last time Hansard shared detailed figures was in March, with interim numbers for the half-year ending Dec. 31. Profit before tax came in at £2.6 million, up from £0.5 million the year before. New business on a PVNBP basis hit £49.2 million, basically flat against last year’s £49.1 million. Q2 came in stronger than Q1, with sales up 60%. Assets under administration were £1.22 billion.
| Company metric | H1 2026 | H1 2025 / prior point |
|---|---|---|
| IFRS profit before tax | £2.6 mln | £0.5 mln |
| Basic EPS | 1.9p | 0.3p |
| Interim dividend | 1.8p | 1.8p |
| New business, PVNBP | £49.2 mln | £49.1 mln |
| Assets under administration | £1.22 bln | £1.13 bln at June 30, 2025 |
Chair Philip Kay said the group is “on track to deliver an increase in full year profit” after dropping litigation costs, getting insurance recoveries and seeing stronger markets in the first half. Kay added that Hansard finished its first Japan policyholder transactions just after the period closed.
Chief Executive Thomas Morfett sounded cautious about Japan volumes. “We do not expect immediate volume,” he said in the interim report. He said the company is looking for more material growth from 2027.
No company events listed this week in Hansard’s calendar. Next up is Sept. 24—Hansard will report full-year results to June 30 and say what the final dividend will be. Ex-dividend date for that is Oct. 1, and the AGM is lined up for Nov. 4.
