The Stanley Gibbons Group, which owns stamps and
collectibles specialist Stanley Gibbons, Fraser’s Autographs, US-based online
collectibles firm bidStart and Benham First Day Covers, has announced that in
its results for the year ended 31 December 2012 sales were £35.6 million,
broadly flat with its 2011 sales which were £35.7 million. Profit before tax
reached £6 million, up 11 percent from 2011, with EBITDA reaching £6.5 million,
a 12 percent rise on the previous year, while internet sales from its core
website, www.stanleygibbons.com,were up 55 percent in the year compared to an
increase of 27 percent in 2011. The results also revealed that 50 percent of
revenues now come from outside the UK, compared to 25 percent in 2009.
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