Evans Cycles losses deepen to over £5m

Management at the retailer say it performed strongly considering pandemic related supply chain issues

Evans Cycles signage from 2018
(Image credit: Mike Kemp / Getty)
ByVern Pitt
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The pre-tax loss reported byEvans Cyclesdeepened in 2022, accounts published today reveal.

The firm reported a pre-tax loss of £5.2m ($6.5m) in the year to 25 April 2022, down from £2.7m ($3.4m) the year before.

该组织还报道了50% fall in revenue to £45.3m from £91.6m. However, this was due to a restructuring of the firm following its integration into the Fraser Group business alongside other brands including sports direct.

Retail magnateMike Ashley’sFraser Groupbrought Evans in 2018 but according to notes in the 2022 accounts the company only fully integrated its online sales operation during the 2021 financial year.

Evans director Adedotun Adegoke wrote: “Online sales changed at that point from being directly recognised in revenue to the company receiving royalty income from other group entities for online sales under the Company’s brand name.”

He added: “Management believes the company has performed strongly in the period even with the well publicised supply chain issues with bicycles.”

The whole sector has struggled with fluctuating demand and supply during the Covid pandemic. The outbreak in 2020 caused a spike in demand while manufacturing in the far east shut down severely constricting demand.

Then as supply began to catch up the stuttering end to lockdown in Europe and the US dampened demand.

Those issues have continued to reverberate through the sector and have contributed to the struggles of UK and US businesses including the now defunct UK distributorMoore Large.

However, Evans increased its portfolio of physical stores from 48 to 57 between 2021 and 2022.

In its 2022 accounts Evans also reported a dramatic fall in employees from 829 in 2021 to 490 in 2022, though the aggregate remuneration fell similarly from £19.4m to £9.3m.

In Evans' parent company Fraser’s accounts for the same period the UK Sports segment, which includes Sports Direct and video gaming chain Game alongside Evans, reported a 34% rise in revenue from £2bn in 2021 to £2.6bn in 2022.

It also went from a loss of £28m to a profit of £183m over the same period.

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Vern Pitt

Having trained as a journalist at Cardiff University I spent eight years working as a business journalist covering everything from social care, to construction to the legal profession and riding my bike at the weekends and evenings. When a friend told mebeplay手机客户端下载was looking for a news editor, I didn't give myself much chance of landing the role, but I did and joined the publication in 2016. Since then I've covered Tours de France, World Championships, hour records, spring classics and races in the Middle East. On top of that, since becoming features editor in 2017 I've also been lucky enough to get myself sent to ride my bike for magazine pieces in Portugal and across the UK. They've all been fun but I have an enduring passion for covering the national track championships. It might not be the most glamorous but it's got a real community feeling to it.

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