brickability group plc said thursday that pretax profit and revenue rose in fiscal 2022 and that it expects to modestly beat market views for fiscal 2023 as its performance in the early new year was encouraging the uk constructionmaterials distributor posted a pretax profit of 184 million pounds 220 million for the year ended march 31 compared with gbp112 million a year earlier the company said the results reflect both organic and growth from acquisitions revenue more than doubled to gbp5202 million from gbp1811 million the board declared a final dividend of 204 pence a share taking the total dividend for the year to 30 pence up from 195 pence the prior year the company said its performance in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was encouraging and contributions from acquisitions made after fiscal 2022 leave it wellpositioned to modestly beat market expectations for the full year adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortizationwhich strips out exceptional and oneoff costsare expected to be at least gbp410 million for fiscal 2023 according to a market consensus provided by the company shares at 0733 gmt were up 45 pence or 6 at 790 pence