Shares in NCC Group plc are up 9% in trading today.
The listed Manchester firm – led by group CEO Mike Maddison (pictured) – is seeing the benefits of a trading update issued late last week.
For the six-month period ended 31st March 2026, NCC鈥檚 board said it expects revenue on a constant currency basis to have increased by 5% compared to H1 2025 to around 拢151.3 million.
Cyber revenue increased by 5.9% to 拢118.4m, while escode revenue increased by 1.9% to 拢32.9m.
Group adjusted EBITDA is expected to have increased by 27.7% to 拢23.5m.
NCC is looking to become a pure-play global cybersecurity and resilience company by selling its escode business – set to complete shortly pending regulatory approvals – to a private equity company for 拢275m.
On 17th April 2026, the company completed a share buyback programme, returning approximately 拢40m to shareholders.