Preliminary Results

Heath(Samuel) & Sons PLC
12 July 2001


Preliminary Results - Year ended 31st March 2001

At  a meeting of the Board of Directors, the results of  the
Group were approved as follows for the year ended 31st March
2001: -


                       2001                    2000
                       ----                    ----
                 £000       £000         £000         £000
                                                        
TURNOVER                   11,879                    10,989
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PROFIT ON                                               
ORDINARY                                                
ACTIVITIES                                              
BEFORE                                                
TAXATION                    1,166                     1,369
                                                        
TAXATION                                                
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Corporation                                             
Tax based                                            
thereon          255                     390                  
                                                      
Deferred
Taxation           9         264         (12)           378
                   -         ---         ----           ---
                                                        
PROFIT FOR                                           
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THE FINANCIAL YEAR           902                        991
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DIVIDENDS
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  Interim         134                     127           
                                                        
  Final           186         320         176           303
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ADDED TO                                                
RESERVES                      582                       688
                              ===                       ===                   
             
DIVIDEND PER 
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SHARE                         12.0 pence                11.0 pence
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EARNINGS PER                                  
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SHARE                         33.5 pence                35.2 pence
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Earnings  per  share  are  derived  from  the  profit  after
taxation,  £902,000  (2000: £991,000) related  to  2,693,061
Ordinary  Shares, being the average number in  issue  during
the financial year (2000: 2,812,000).

The  Annual  General Meeting has been fixed for Friday  24th
August  2001  at  12.00  noon.   The  Final  Ordinary  Share
dividend  of  7.0 pence will be paid on Friday  24th  August
2001  and  the record date for this dividend is Friday  27th
July 2001.

Yours faithfully



J PARK
Company Secretary


CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

Although  the percentage of profit to turnover was a  little
down in the accounts to March 2001, it was nevertheless very
satisfactory.   It  also needs to be said that  the  results
themselves  are ahead of those forecast at the beginning  of
the year.

As  has  been  well chronicled by others, all our  areas  of
activity  were  under pressure during the  year.   The  high
Pound  against  the  Euro made for difficulties  both  ways,
particularly on the prices of competitors' imports into  the
U.K.  market.  We feel that our aggressive marketing  helped
to counteract this.

During  the  year,  for  a variety of reasons,  the  Company
changed  its listing from the Full market to AIM.   We  have
not  regreted  this decision, and it has actually  increased
the trade in our shares.

The Company's pensions arrangements have been scrutinised in
some detail.  As from November 2000, it was decided to close
both  our schemes to new employees, and to replace them with
a  single  money purchase scheme.  Meanwhile,  the  existing
schemes are being carefully monitored.

The  Group continues to have a strong balance sheet, and the
Directors believe that a purchase of the Company's shares at
the right price level could benefit the Company, and thereby
its  shareholders.  Accordingly, the Directors  are  seeking
shareholder approval for the purchase of up to  15%  of  the
issued share capital, 398,656 shares, between Annual General
Meetings.

During the last year the Company did buy back 22,500 shares.

Turning to the current year, once more we have tried  to  be
realistic in our budgeting.  We have to estimate the effects
on  our business of the slow down in the U.S. market, and to
take  into  account  the life cycles of  all  our  products,
although we are of course investing heavily in new ones.  We
have  again  come to the conclusion that last year's  profit
will be difficult to repeat; however, the first three months
have proved satisfactory.

The  Board is recommending a final dividend of 7.0 pence per
share, making a total of 12.0 pence for the year.




SAM HEATH
Chairman
12th July 2001