Carclo PLC on Wednesday said its ‘strategic transformation’ is already showing early signs of progress after reporting an annual loss.

The West Yorkshire, England-based engineering solutions provider for the medical, optical and aerospace industries said that in the financial year that ended March 31, it swung to a pretax loss of £2.5 million from a pretax profit of £5.9 million the year before.

This was partly due £4.7 million in exceptional costs, mostly for rationalisation, swung from a gain of £721,000 the year before, as well as a 29% increase in finance expenses to £4.0 million.

Revenue grew by 12% to £143.4 million from £128.6 million, driven by growth across all divisions, Carclo explained.

Cash generation also improved. Cash from operations rose by 15% to £7.8 million from £6.8 million the year before.

Carclo did not propose a final dividend for the year, unchanged from a year prior, and said it will not be making a dividend payment to shareholders up until June 2025.

Looking ahead, the company said its outlook is positive and will implement a new strategic approach to ‘navigate challenges and capitalise on opportunities.’

Chief Executive Officer Frank Doorenbosch said: ‘We have full confidence in our new strategy and leadership team, feeling that the best is yet to come.’

Shares in Carclo were down 1.8% at 12.74 pence each in London on Wednesday morning.

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