
Mountview Estates P.L.C. Annual Report and Accounts 2026
Corporate Governance
The Board is committed to establishing and sustaining
developments in our markets, legislation and regulation
corporate governance processes that reflect all of the
and the governance environment. This we achieve through
prevailing UK Corporate Governance Code (2024 Code),
a combination of reading, contact with our advisers and
the Group’s circumstances and structure and the external
Directors attending updates, including via webinars, and
challenges and constraints that we face. Prior challenges,
then sharing salient points raised with the rest of the Board
including Covid-19, have strengthened our processes
for discussion during Board meetings. In addition, we have
by testing them under ‘stress’. As we describe in our
again worked closely with PRISM Cosec our corporate
discussion of summary prospects for the Group on page
governance consultants, and our other advisers to identify
9, we face both continuing and new uncertainties that
the best ways to build evolving practice into our approach.
will bring their own challenges to all processes – both
We are mindful that our structure, which has evolved
operational and governance. The last financial year has
through our history and is aligned with our culture and
been another profitable one for the Group and we view
values, is not fully compliant with some of the provisions in
effective governance, together with our Purpose, culture,
the 2024 Code.
values and strategy as essential ingredients for this long-
Equally, we recognise the value of bringing different
term success and the generation of sustainable value for
perspectives to bear on issues arising within the business in
all our stakeholders. The result is that our processes have
terms of both contribution to debate and risk management
evolved, and continue to evolve. Throughout these periods
and mitigation. We manage this by involving our various
of challenge your Board has:
advisers when matters, relevant to their areas of expertise,
• operated as normal, meeting both remotely and in
arise. In this way we are able to ensure that we get the
person for Board and Committee meetings as well as
necessary expert input when it is needed.
having informal discussions between meetings
Taking account of the 2024 Code in the context of our size,
• retained close oversight of our operations and the
with 25 employees plus five Directors, our shareholdings
continuing suitability of our strategy
and the nature of our operations where we have a focused,
• monitored our existing and emerging risks, updating
stable and enduring strategy, and stable workforce and
our risk matrix as needed to ensure we have good risk
suppliers, we have looked at each of the principles and
management and controls in place
currently operating provisions of the 2024 Code to consider
Throughout we believe that our purpose, culture and
the spirit behind them as well as the actual wording used.
values have informed and supported the decisions that
Given this context where the Board and the Executives in
we have taken, supported by the commitment, experience
particular are much closer to the employees and operations
and creativity of all at Mountview. In addition, effective
than is likely to be the case for many quoted companies, we
engagement with our stakeholders, as described in our
have, as envisaged by the 2024 Code, adopted alternative
Section 172 statement on page 14 has underpinned our
solutions to provisions where we believe this to be
work during the year using both traditional and electronic
appropriate.
means. Contact with stakeholders, is key to understanding
We are of the view that throughout we are operating
their views and receiving their feedback. As a result a
within the spirit behind the principles of good corporate
considerable amount of Board time has been taken up
governance – in a manner that is appropriate to our
with reporting back on contact with shareholders and other
business, our size and our economic footprint. In particular,
stakeholders and discussing and responding to points that
as a small Board, we recognise that there are matters
they have raised.
concerning the size and composition of the Board that
fall into this category. The Board and also shareholders,
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE
when consulted, are at one with their view that new Board
COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
positions should be created only when there is a clear need
In respect of the year ended 31 March 2026, the Company
and when the appointee will add capacity or skills that are
was subject to the 2024 Code (with the exception of
needed by the business in order for it to continue to pursue
provision 29 and was subject to provision 29 in the 2018
its strategy.
UK Corporate Governance Code), a copy of which can be
found at www.frc.org.uk/corporate/ukcgcode.cfm. The
Below we note the areas where we believe we comply with
Board confirms that the Company applied the principles,
the spirit of the 2024 Code but do not currently adhere
with details throughout this annual report, and complied
completely to the detailed requirements in the provisions.
with the currently operational provisions of the 2024 Code,
These matters, which are seen as reflecting a long–term
except as disclosed in this section.
situation, are kept under constant review as a whole by the
Board.
We remain committed to the benefits of a robust
governance framework and believe that through our
Should there be a material change in the Company’s
approach we are able to best safeguard the interests of,
strategy, business model, structure or risk environment then
and deliver long term value to our shareholders and other
these points would be revisited and, after consulting with
stakeholders. A key component of this approach is a strong
shareholders on proposals, we would make such changes as
focus on remaining up to date on current and emerging
are appropriate given the changed circumstances.
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