Judges Scientific plc (JSCIF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the Judges Scientific Investor Presentation. Today, we are joined by CEO, Tim Prestidge; CFO, Brad Ormsby; and Group Commercial Director, Ian Wilcock. [Operator Instructions]

I will now hand over to Tim to begin the presentation.

Tim Prestidge
CEO & Executive Director

Thank you very much, Julie, and thank you, everyone, for joining us. So today, we’re going to take you through our interim results for the 6-month period ended 30th of June 2026. Actually, this is 1 of 2 announcements that’s come out today. And so before I start on the interim results, the first thing I’m going to do is just mention the other announcement, which is regarding our CFO, Brad Ormsby.

Brad has been with the group for just over 11 years now, and he’s made the decision to retire from the group. And I just want to mention a little bit about his contribution to the group and the experience that he’s brought. So Brad has made a huge — had a huge impact on the group since joining. He really — he lives and breathes the Judges culture and is amongst its greatest ambassadors.

We are really grateful for the impact that he’s had and how he’s developed our financial acumen within the group and particularly as well for how he’s worked so hard to develop such strong relationships, both with our colleagues within the group, but also with the investor community outside the group. He’s given us 12 months’ notice, and so he’s going to absolutely be around to help in identifying a successor and