fletcher king fiscal 2023 pretax profit and revenue rose and the company is optimistic for the forthcoming period it said tuesday the londonlisted property consultant company said pretax profit for the year ended april 30 was 192000 pounds 245433 compared with gbp134000 the year before while revenue rose to gbp31 million from gbp3 million the board proposed a final dividend of 075 pence a share up from 05 pence the company said the commercial property capitals market is currently moribund due to economic uncertainties with the potential for a change in government further clouding investors vision fletcher king said despite there being a considerable volume of funds waiting to enter the commercial property market the timing is unpredictable it said still the lettings market is reasonably active although primarily for grade a office space with higher rents than a year it said the company said its property asset and fund management divisions reported a strong year with new clients added and that bank valuations continued growing with an increase in instructions from new lenders we are reasonably optimistic for the coming year particularly as we are in discussion with a number of potential new property management instructions it said