Pre-tax profits at consolidator AFH Financial were up to almost £1.6m in the past financial year as adviser numbers reached 158, results show.
Final results for the 12 months ending 31 October 2015 revealed the firm had bought out 11 advice practices over the year with revenues up 40% to £21m, exceeding previous predictions. The results said its strong revenue growth was driven by a significant rise in recurring fee income, which increased our average annualised gross revenue per adviser to £143,000. Pre-tax profits for the previous financial year totalled £861,000. Revenues last time reached £15m. It said gross margin increased slightly during the year from 51% to 52% and remains comfortably above our benchmark 50% le...
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