Noble Investments
Noble Investments (UK) PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The company is engaged in collectibles retail trading and auctions, ancient and foreign coins, commemorative medals and tokens; banknotes and paper ephemera, military orders and decorations and world stamps; fine arts, antiques, jewellery and collectibles. The group also deal in and auction rare and valuable books, manuscripts and contemporary works on paper.
Formed in October 2003 as a rare coin trading company, Noble Investments acquired A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd in 2005, Apex Philatelics Ltd in 2008 and The Fine Art Auction Group Limited in 2012 (which operates through the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions brand) expanding to become a formidable player operating at the forefront of the global collectibles market.
| Art Industry Sector | Trade/Auction |
| Full Time Employees | 130 |
| Ticker | LSE:NBL |
| Index Membership | N/A |
| Share price (as of May-25, 2013) | GBP 2.245 |
| YTD 2013 | 12.53% |
| Shares outstanding (mln) | 15.57 |
| Market Cap (GBP mln) | 35 |
Financials
| GBP mln | Half Year Ended February 29, 2012 | Year Ended August 31, 2011 | Year Ended August 31, 2010 | Year Ended August 31, 2009 | Year Ended August 31, 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 7.0 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 10.1 |
| Gross Profit | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Operating Income | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Net Income | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Total Assets | 22.1 | 17.8 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.7 |
| Net Debt | -3.3 | -1.5 | -3.5 | -2.7 | -3.9 |
Financial Reports
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2012
Half Year Report 2012
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2011
Annual Report and Accounts 2010
Skate's Market Notes
Dec-21, 2012
Noble Leads Consolidation in the UK Collectibles Market
September 2012
Noble Investments: Striking Profits Driven by Auction Sales Instead of Retail Trading (part of Skate's Art Stocks Review)
Selected Company News
Dec-18, 2012
Acquisition of The Fine Art Auction Group Limited
Press release
- Overview
- Skate's Art Indices
- Sotheby's profile
- Artprice.com profile
- Artnet profile
- Collectors Universe profile
- Stanley Gibbons profile
- MCH Group profile
- Mallett profile
- Abbey House profile
- Noble Investments profile
- Weng Fine Art profile
- Art&Business Magazine profile
- Art Photography Fund profile
- Artemundi Global Fund profile
- Sharpe Art Fund profile
- Atlanta Art Fund profile
- PFF - Fine Art Invest Fund profile
- Sobranie FotoEffect Fund profile
- Art Collection Fund profile
- Art Vantage Fund profile
- Abbey Art Fund profile
- MCIC (masterpiece violins) profile
