Cooks Coffee Company (LSE:COOK) said revenue for the year ended 31 March rose 84% to £5.4 million, from £2.9 million a year earlier.
The international coffee‑focused café chain reported earnings (EBITDA) of £565,000, from £529,00 a year ago.
Store sales in the UK and Ireland were up 22.8% to £43.1 million.
Royalty revenue from franchised stores increased 22.6% to £3 million, and the Group’s four Dairygold-managed stores generated £2.3 million of store sales, up from £435,000 a year ago.
The balance sheet showed borrowings reduced to £1.8 million, from £1.1 million, and debt-to-total-assets reduced to 7.15%, from 11.8%.
Cooks noted it opened 21 net new UK stores (to 82 UK stores at year-end), increased Irish sites to 23, and it signed a Tesco Ireland partnership, and agreed master franchise deals for India and the UAE.
It repeated its aim of running more than 300 stores in the UK and Ireland by FY34.
Trading in FY27 is said to have started positively with four post-period openings and, as CEO Aiden Keegan said, "Growth for the Esquires brand continues to significantly exceed reported industry growth in both core markets."
