Annual results till Sept 16
Financial highlights
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Profit before tax for the 12 months to September 2016 £25.9 million (30 September 2015: £7.0 million)
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EPRA net assets £409.8 million at September 2016 from £389.9 million at September 2015
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EPRA net assets per share up 5.1 per cent to 284.2p from 270.4p at September 2015
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Majority of asset and earnings growth attributed to H2 spanning the EU Referendum vote
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73 per cent of Group balance sheet now in consented residential plots
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£5.5 million of Scottish land write downs out of a total £7.5 million property impairments
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Net gearing of 9.2 per cent at 30 September 2016; nil following post year end receipt of sales proceeds
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Final dividend for the year of 1.8p per share, providing a full year dividend of 2.9p up approximately 10 per cent
Project highlights
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981 serviced plots across five separate parcels contracted at Alconbury and Rugby over the past 12 months, including two majors: Redrow and Crest Nicholson
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Strong start to Hopkins Homes JV at Alconbury: 19 exchanged or completed and 19 further reservations from launch in April 2016; unaffected by Brexit
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Book valuation of unserviced plots at 30 September 2016 was £24,500 at Alconbury, £15,000 at Rugby and £7,900 at Newark
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Good trading performance delivering gross profits of £7.1m and £5.6m from Herne Bay and Bridge Quay sales respectively
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Catesby record pipeline of 9,500 new homes; 760 consents secured in year and 890 subsequent