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Sprue Aegis is the manufacturer of leading edge life safety products under the innovative brand FireAngel.

Originally a collaboration between a group of talented individuals and Coventry University, Sprue Aegis has grown into a public company whose shares trade on the London based PLUS markets.

Based in Coventry, UK, as FireAngel, we design, manufacture, source and distribute a comprehensive range of need-driven innovative home safety products. 

We have the leading retail presence in the UK and are a Fire Brigades approved supplier of smoke alarms to well over 85% of the UK population within FireBuy. Other distribution channels include social housing, electrical distributors and the leisure industry.

In December 2008 Sprue Aegis gained a listing on the ‘Fastrack 100’ list of fastest growing private companies in the UK. Fast Track 100 ranks Britain's hundred private companies with the fastest growing sales over the last three years. Sprue Aegis’ growth was 66.72%. To download a PDF of the supplement click here

We own European and US patented technology enabling the powering and testing of electronic safety devices via lighting circuits. Additionally, the company has recently introduced an extended range of battery operated smoke and carbon monoxide alarms tested to the latest European standards. We have also developed the innovative award-winning Wi-Safe safety products on which patents are pending. 

Our goals        
We aim to consistently deliver shareholder value by developing cost effective life saving innovations, driven by customer expectation and with a strong a social conscience.            
                                                    
Our products
Please click on this link to view our full product range.


News
Click here to open a new link to all the latest investor related news from Sprue Aegis and FireAngel on PLUS markets


back to topReports and Accounts
 Sprue 2009 Accounts Final.pdf
 Sprue 2009 Interims.pdf
 Sprue 2008 Accounts Final.pdf
 Sprue 2008 Interims.pdf
 Sprue 2007 Accounts Final.pdf
 Sprue 2007 Interims.pdf
 Sprue 2006 Accounts Final.pdf
 Sprue 2005 Accounts Final.pdf


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Investor contacts
Registered Head office: Sprue Aegis plc, Bridge House, London, SE1 9QR, UK. 
Company Address: Head Office, Vanguard Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry CV4 7EZ, UK.
Telephone: 02476 323232
Fax: 02476 693610
Email: info@sprueaegis.com
Website:http://www.sprueaegis.com/
                                                                                                         
Directors: 
Chairman: G R A Whitworth
Finance Director: W J B Payne
Directors: N A Rutter, J Walsh
Non Exec Directors: J Kreminski, P J L Lawrence

Corporate Advisers:
Arbuthnot Securities Ltd.
Telephone: 020 7012 2000. Contact Alastair Moreton or Richard Tulloch

Registrar:
Neville Registrars Ltd


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How to invest in Sprue Aegis
Sprue Aegis’ shares are traded on Plus Markets  (“PLUS”), a trading platform dedicated to early stage growth companies in the UK, under the stock ticker SPRP. Although not part of the London Stock Exchange, PLUS is a Recognised Investment Exchange in the UK and a Market Operator under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ('MiFID'), authorised to operate both secondary (trading) and primary (listing/quotation) markets.

Investors in PLUS-quoted companies, such as Sprue Aegis, benefit from a range of unquoted company tax reliefs, including capital gains tax and inheritance tax reliefs; eligibility for venture capital trusts and enterprise investment schemes; eligibility for inclusion in self-invested pension plans (SIPPs).

You can buy shares in Sprue Aegis plc through:

• Your bank or building society - they usually have a share dealing service
• Via stockbrokers who provide advice and other services

If you want help with your investments, you might be best suited to a full advisory service, where the broker will devise a strategy specifically to suit your needs, monitor your investments and make suggestions on buying and selling shares.  
Should you wish to leave all investment decisions and portfolio management to the expertise of the broker, you should look for a firm that offers a discretionary service. However, most brokers are only willing to offer discretionary broking to clients who have portfolios of a reasonable size (typically in excess of £50,000).
If you are prepared to do your own research, you need to find an execution only stockbroker. Execution only means that the broker will simply take your order and execute it for you. These brokers cannot legally offer you any advice on your investments and, to keep costs down, usually operate over the telephone or Internet.

Use APCIMS’* “Find a Firm” service to locate a broker that deals in Plus-quoted shares.


* Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers