Patents and brand names | 10 to 20 years |
Customer relationships and customer order book | 5 to 20 years |
Licences | 10 years |
Development costs | 4 to 10 years |
Freehold land | Nil |
Freehold buildings | Over expected useful life not exceeding 50 years |
Plant and other equipment | 4 to 20 years |
2023 | |||||
Sustainable | Water | Climate | |||
Building | Management | Management | |||
Solutions | Solutions | Solutions | Other | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Segmental revenue | 268.0 | 193.9 | 169.2 | 8.4 | 639.5 |
Inter-segment revenue | (25.2) | (23.5) | (3.3) | (1.0) | (53.0) |
Revenue | 242.8 | 170.4 | 165.9 | 7.4 | 586.5 |
Underlying operating profit* | 53.1 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 0.6 | 94.1 |
Non-underlying items – segmental | (1.4) | (11.3) | (15.0) | (0.3) | (28.0) |
Non-underlying items – group | (4.1) | ||||
Segmental operating profit | 51.7 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 62.0 |
Finance costs | (13.6) | ||||
Profit before tax | 48.4 |
2022 | |||||
Sustainable | Water | Climate | |||
Building | Management | Management | |||
Solutions | Solutions | Solutions | Other | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Segmental revenue | 311.5 | 189.2 | 162.4 | 9.7 | 672.8 |
Inter-segment revenue | (29.0) | (16.8) | (3.8) | (1.0) | (50.6) |
Revenue | 282.5 | 172.4 | 158.6 | 8.7 | 622.2 |
Underlying operating profit* | 59.3 | 14.1 | 25.2 | (0.4) | 98.2 |
Non-underlying items – segmental | (4.4) | (6.1) | (28.8) | (1.2) | (40.5) |
Non-underlying items – group | (4.3) | ||||
Segmental operating profit | 54.9 | 8.0 | (3.6) | (1.6) | 53.4 |
Finance costs | (7.6) | ||||
Non-underlying items – finance costs | (0.4) | ||||
Profit before tax | 45.4 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 17.6 | 24.5 |
Water Management Solutions | 10.6 | 11.9 |
Climate Management Solutions | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Other | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Total – Group | 32.8 | 41.0 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 2.3 | 2.6 |
Water Management Solutions | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Climate Management Solutions | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Other | 1.4 | 0.7 |
Total – Group | 7.9 | 8.1 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 10.6 | 10.4 |
Water Management Solutions | 6.6 | 5.2 |
Climate Management Solutions | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Total – Group | 20.3 | 19.4 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Water Management Solutions | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Climate Management Solutions | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Other | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Total – Group | 5.6 | 5.4 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Sustainable Building Solutions: | ||
Amortisation of intangible assets | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Restructuring costs | 3.1 | 2.7 |
Employment matters | 1.3 | – |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | (4.7) | – |
Water Management Solutions: | ||
Impairment of intangible assets | 2.5 | – |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Restructuring costs | 7.3 | 0.9 |
Acquisition costs | 1.8 | 3.3 |
Product Liability Claim | (1.2) | 1.0 |
Climate Management Solutions : | ||
Impairment of goodwill | – | 12.0 |
Impairment of intangible assets | – | 2.8 |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 12.2 | 12.6 |
Restructuring costs | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Employment matters | 0.7 | – |
Acquisition costs | 0.4 | – |
Isolated cyber incident | – | 1.2 |
Total – segmental | 27.7 | 39.1 |
Other – restructuring costs | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Group – restructuring costs | 4.1 | 4.3 |
Group – unamortised deal fees | – | 0.4 |
Total – Group | 32.1 | 45.2 |
2023 | 2022 | |
Revenue by destination | £m | £m |
UK | 519.1 | 560.8 |
Rest of Europe | 33.4 | 32.4 |
Rest of World | 34.0 | 29.0 |
Total – Group | 586.5 | 622.2 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
Non-current assets | £m | £m |
UK | 790.3 | 800.2 |
Rest of Europe | 5.7 | 7.1 |
Total – Group | 796.0 | 807.3 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Income statement charges | ||
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (owned) | 20.3 | 19.4 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 5.6 | 5.4 |
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense | 287.9 | 318.3 |
Research and development costs expensed | 9.0 | 8.8 |
Income statement credits | ||
Research and development expenditure credit | 1.5 | 1.2 |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 0.4 | 0.7 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Audit of the Company’s annual financial statements | – | – |
Audit of the Company’s subsidiaries | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Total audit fees | 1.0 | 0.9 |
2023 | 2022 | |||||
Gross | Tax | Net | Gross | Tax | Net | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Cost of sales: | ||||||
Restructuring costs – inventory | ||||||
write down | 1.5 | (0.3) | 1.2 | 1.5 | (0.3) | 1.2 |
Restructuring costs | 0.4 | (0.1) | 0.3 | – | – | – |
Employment matters | 1.3 | (0.2) | 1.1 | – | – | – |
Product liability claim | (1.2) | (0.1) | (1.3) | 1.0 | – | 1.0 |
Selling and distribution costs: | ||||||
Restructuring costs | 1.0 | (0.2) | 0.8 | – | – | – |
Administration expenses: | ||||||
Restructuring costs | 12.4 | (2.3) | 10.1 | 7.8 | (1.5) | 6.3 |
Acquisition costs – acquisition | ||||||
and other M&A activity | 2.2 | (0.1) | 2.1 | 3.3 | – | 3.3 |
Workday configuration (SaaS) | 1.2 | (0.3) | 0.9 | – | – | – |
Employment matters | 0.7 | (0.1) | 0.6 | – | – | – |
Profit on disposal of property, plant | ||||||
and equipment | (4.7) | – | (4.7) | – | – | – |
Isolated cyber incident costs | – | – | – | 1.2 | (0.2) | 1.0 |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 14.8 | (3.7) | 11.1 | 15.2 | (2.6) | 12.6 |
Impairment of intangible assets | 2.5 | (0.6) | 1.9 | 2.8 | (0.5) | 2.3 |
Impairment of goodwill | – | – | – | 12.0 | – | 12.0 |
Finance costs: unamortised deal fees | – | – | – | 0.4 | (0.1) | 0.3 |
Total non-underlying items | 32.1 | (8.0) | 24.1 | 45.2 | (5.2) | 40.0 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Wages and salaries | 127.2 | 128.5 |
Social security costs | 13.4 | 13.2 |
Other pension costs | 5.4 | 6.5 |
146.0 | 148.2 |
2023 | 2022 | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 1,500 | 1,739 |
Water Management Solutions | 737 | 796 |
Climate Management Solutions | 939 | 990 |
Other | 120 | 115 |
Total – Group | 3,296 | 3,640 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Fees | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Emoluments | 2.9 | 3.1 |
3.4 | 3.6 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Interest on bank loan | 11.6 | 6.2 |
Debt issue cost amortisation | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | 1.2 | 0.8 |
Other finance costs | – | 0.1 |
13.6 | 7.6 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Current income tax: | ||
UK income tax | 11.0 | 7.7 |
Overseas income tax | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Current income tax | 11.2 | 7.8 |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | (0.4) | (0.5) |
Total current income tax | 10.8 | 7.3 |
Deferred income tax: | ||
Origination and reversal of temporary differences | (1.9) | 0.4 |
Effects of changes in income tax rates | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Deferred income tax | (1.8) | 1.7 |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | 0.9 | (0.1) |
Total deferred income tax | (0.9) | 1.6 |
Total tax expense reported in the income statement | 9.9 | 8.9 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Accounting profit before tax | 48.4 | 45.4 |
Accounting profit multiplied by the UK standard rate of income tax | ||
of 23.52% (2022: 19.0%) | 11.4 | 8.6 |
Expenses not deductible for income tax | 1.6 | 3.4 |
Non-taxable income | (2.2) | (0.4) |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | 0.5 | (0.6) |
Effects of patent box | (1.1) | (1.6) |
Effects of changes in income tax rates | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Effects of super deduction | (0.1) | (1.8) |
Effects of other tax rates/credits | (0.3) | – |
Total tax expense reported in the income statement | 9.9 | 8.9 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Deferred income tax liabilities/(assets) | ||
Short-term timing differences: | ||
– DTL arising on acquired intangible assets | 32.9 | 36.5 |
– Other short-term timing differences | (1.5) | 1.3 |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | 23.0 | 16.9 |
Share-based payments | (1.3) | (2.1) |
Tax losses | (3.0) | (2.5) |
50.1 | 50.1 |
2023 | 2022 | |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose | ||
of basic earnings per share | 248,182,934 | 248,001,063 |
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares | 1,024,432 | 2,414,364 |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose | ||
of diluted earnings per share | 249,207,366 | 250,415,427 |
2023 | 2022 | |
Underlying profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent | ||
company (£m) | 62.6 | 76.5 |
Underlying basic earnings per share (pence) | 25.2 | 30.8 |
Underlying diluted earnings per share (pence) | 25.1 | 30.5 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Amounts recognised as distributions to equity holders in the year: | ||
Final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2022 of 8.2p per share | ||
(2021: 8.2p) | 20.3 | 20.3 |
Interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 4.1p per share | ||
(2022: 4.1p) | 10.2 | 10.2 |
30.5 | 30.5 | |
Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of | ||
per share (2022: |
Freehold | Plant | ||
land and | and other | ||
buildings | equipment | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | |
Cost | |||
At 1 January 2022 | 58.4 | 183.5 | 241.9 |
Additions | 4.9 | 36.1 | 41.0 |
Disposals | (0.1) | (10.6) | (10.7) |
Acquisition of businesses | – | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Transfer to assets held-for-sale | – | (6.4) | (6.4) |
Exchange adjustment | – | 0.4 | 0.4 |
At 31 December 2022 | 63.2 | 203.4 | 266.6 |
Additions | 6.2 | 26.6 | 32.8 |
Disposals | (4.6) | (10.6) | (15.2) |
Transfer to assets held-for-sale | (3.6) | (0.3) | (3.9) |
Exchange adjustment | – | (0.1) | (0.1) |
At 31 December 2023 | 61.2 | 219.0 | 280.2 |
Depreciation and impairment losses | |||
At 1 January 2022 | 9.1 | 81.1 | 90.2 |
Provided during the year | 1.7 | 17.7 | 19.4 |
Disposals | – | (8.7) | (8.7) |
Transfer to assets held-for-sale | – | (4.0) | (4.0) |
Exchange adjustment | – | (0.2) | (0.2) |
At 31 December 2022 | 10.8 | 85.9 | 96.7 |
Provided during the year | 2.0 | 18.3 | 20.3 |
Disposals | (2.6) | (10.1) | (12.7) |
Transfer to assets held-for-sale | (0.3) | (0.4) | (0.7) |
Exchange adjustment | – | 0.2 | 0.2 |
At 31 December 2022 | 9.9 | 93.9 | 103.8 |
Net book value | |||
At 31 December 2023 | 51.3 | 125.1 | 176.4 |
At 31 December 2022 | 52.4 | 117.5 | 169.9 |
Lease | |||||
Right-of-use assets | liabilities | ||||
Freehold | Plant and | ||||
land and | other | Motor | |||
buildings | equipment | vehicles | Total | ||
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
At 1 January 2022 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 20.6 | (20.6) |
Additions | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 8.1 | (8.2) |
Disposals | (0.5) | (0.6) | – | (1.1) | – |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | (2.2) | (2.7) | (0.5) | (5.4) | – |
Depreciation on disposal of right-of-use assets | 0.1 | 0.4 | – | 0.5 | – |
Transfer to assets held-for-sale | (0.4) | – | – | (0.4) | 0.3 |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | (0.8) |
Settlement of lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | 6.2 |
At 31 December 2022 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 22.3 | (23.1) |
Additions | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 7.9 | (7.9) |
Disposals | (1.2) | (1.5) | (0.6) | (3.3) | 1.2 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | (1.9) | (2.5) | (1.2) | (5.6) | – |
Depreciation on disposal of right-of-use assets | – | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | – |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | (1.2) |
Settlement of lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | 7.6 |
At 31 December 2023 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 22.9 | (23.4) |
Brand | Customer | Customer | Development | |||||
Goodwill | Patents | names | relationships | Licences | order book | costs | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Cost | ||||||||
At 1 January 2022 | 467.7 | 39.5 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 691.7 |
Additions | – | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Acquisition of | ||||||||
businesses | 2.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.9 |
Transfer to assets | ||||||||
held-for-sale | (3.2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | (3.2) |
At 31 December 2022 | 467.4 | 40.0 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 694.2 |
Additions | – | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Transfer to assets | ||||||||
held-for-sale | (1.3) | – | – | – | – | – | – | (1.3) |
Disposals | – | – | – | – | – | – | (0.6) | (0.6) |
At 31 December 2023 | 466.1 | 40.4 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 694.0 |
Amortisation and impairment losses | ||||||||
At 1 January 2022 | – | 15.4 | 19.2 | 13.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 48.9 |
Charge for the year | – | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 15.4 |
Impairment losses | 12.0 | – | – | 2.8 | – | – | – | 14.8 |
At 31 December 2022 | 12.0 | 18.8 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 79.1 |
Charge for the year | – | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 0.1 | – | 0.7 | 15.6 |
Impairment losses | – | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | – | – | – | 2.5 |
At 31 December 2023 | 12.0 | 23.1 | 30.3 | 29.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 97.2 |
Net book value | ||||||||
At 31 December 2023 | 454.1 | 17.3 | 36.2 | 85.0 | 0.3 | – | 3.9 | 596.8 |
At 31 December 2022 | 455.4 | 21.2 | 42.2 | 92.0 | 0.4 | – | 3.9 | 615.1 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
CGU | £m | £m |
Building Services & International | 29.1 | 30.4 |
Infrastructure & Landscape | 43.6 | 43.6 |
Residential Systems | 169.6 | 169.6 |
Climate & Ventilation | 93.7 | 93.7 |
Nu-Heat | 17.3 | 17.3 |
Adey | 95.5 | 92.8 |
Others | 5.3 | 8.0 |
454.1 | 455.4 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Deferred consideration on Keytec acquisition | – | 0.6 |
Deferred and contingent consideration on Plura acquisition | 8.2 | 7.4 |
8.2 | 8.0 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Operating cash flows – settlement of acquisition costs | ||
Keytec | – | 0.1 |
Plura | – | 0.1 |
– | 0.2 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Investing cash flows – Settlement of deferred | ||
and contingent consideration | ||
Plura | 1.0 | – |
Keytec | 0.6 | – |
Permavoid | – | 0.5 |
1.6 | 0.5 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Investing cash flows – acquisition of businesses | ||
net of cash at acquisition | ||
Keytec | – | 2.6 |
– | 2.6 |
2023 | 2022 | |
Fair value | Fair value | |
£m | £m | |
Property, plant and equipment | 5.5 | 2.4 |
Right-of-use assets | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Goodwill | 4.5 | 3.2 |
Trade and other receivables | 2.8 | 1.7 |
Inventories | 4.0 | 3.1 |
Assets held-for-sale | 17.1 | 10.7 |
Trade and other payables | 2.6 | 2.3 |
Finance lease liabilities | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Liabilities held-for-sale | 2.8 | 2.6 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Raw materials | 22.5 | 25.3 |
Work in progress | 7.9 | 9.2 |
Finished goods | 38.8 | 55.4 |
69.2 | 89.9 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Trade receivables | 66.2 | 60.5 |
Prepayments | 6.8 | 6.1 |
Other receivables | 0.9 | 1.5 |
73.9 | 68.1 |
31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | |||||
Allowance for | Allowance | |||||
expected | for expected | |||||
Gross | credit losses | Net | Gross | credit losses | Net | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Not past due | 25.8 | – | 25.8 | 22.3 | – | 22.3 |
Past due 1 to 30 days | 34.5 | – | 34.5 | 35.3 | – | 35.3 |
Past due 31 to 90 days | 5.1 | (0.1) | 5.0 | 2.0 | (0.2) | 1.8 |
Past due more than 90 days | 1.5 | (0.6) | 0.9 | 1.5 | (0.4) | 1.1 |
66.9 | (0.7) | 66.2 | 61.1 | (0.6) | 60.5 |
£m | |
At 31 December 2021 | 1.4 |
Acquisition of businesses | 0.2 |
Credited to the income statement during the year | (1.0) |
At 31 December 2022 | 0.6 |
Charged to the income statement during the year | 0.4 |
Utilised during the year | (0.3) |
At 31 December 2023 | 0.7 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Cash at bank and in hand | 17.0 | 50.0 |
31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | |||
Number* | £ | Number* | £ | |
Authorised, allotted, called up and fully paid share capital: | ||||
Ordinary shares of £0.001 each | 249 | 249,170 | 249 | 249,170 |
Exercise | 31 December | Lapsed/ | 31 December | Date | |||||
price | 2022 | Granted | Dividend | Exercised | forfeited | 2023 | first | Expiry | |
£ | Number | Number | Accrual | Number | Number | Number | exercisable | date | |
2014 Sharesave (granted 2019) | 3.05 | 683,628 | – | – | (44,227) 1 | (639,401) | – | 1 Nov 2022 | 30 April 2023 |
2014 Sharesave (granted 2020) | 3.45 | 642,727 | – | – | (32,703) 2 | (323,413) | 286,611 | 1 Dec 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
2014 Sharesave (granted 2021) | 5.78 | 245,977 | – | – | – | (85,585) | 160,392 | 1 Dec 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
2014 Sharesave (granted 2022) | 2.21 | 4,521,667 | – | – | (2,804) 3 | (1,017,188) | 3,501,675 | 1 Dec 2025 | 31 May 2026 |
2014 Sharesave (granted 2023) | 2.60 | – | 1,092,575 | – | – | (47,746) | 1,044,829 | 1 Dec 2026 | 31 May 2027 |
2014 LTIP (granted 10 May 2016) | Nil | 86,205 | – | – | – | – | 86,205 | 10 May 2019 | 10 May 2026 |
2014 LTIP (granted 2 May 2017) | Nil | 12,574 | – | – | – | – | 12,574 | 2 May 2020 | 2 May 2027 |
2014 LTIP (granted 22 May 2017) | Nil | 5,973 | – | – | (5,973) 4 | – | – | 22 May 2021 | 22 May 2028 |
2014 LTIP (granted 2 May 2018) | Nil | 21,142 | – | – | (21,142) 5 | – | – | 2 May 2021 | 2 May 2028 |
2014 LTIP (granted 30 April 2019) | Nil | 49,996 | – | – | (22,879) 6 | – | 27,117 | 30 April 2022 | 30 April 2029 |
2014 LTIP (granted 22 Nov 2019) | Nil | 5,882 | – | – | (5,882) 7 | – | – | 22 Nov 2022 | 22 Nov 2029 |
2014 LTIP (granted 22 June 2020) | Nil | 474,238 | – | – | – | (474,238) | – | 22 June 2023 | 22 June 2030 |
2014 LTIP (granted 20 May 2021) | Nil | 546,915 | – | – | – | (128,722) | 418,193 | 20 May 2024 | 20 May 2031 |
2014 LTIP (granted 22 April 2022) | Nil | 743,858 | – | – | – | (169,951) | 573,907 | 22 April 2025 | 22 April 2032 |
2014 LTIP (granted 13 July 2022) | Nil | 11,973 | – | – | – | – | 11,973 | 13 July 2025 | 13 July 2032 |
2014 LTIP (granted 21 April 2023) | Nil | – | 1,288,711 | – | – | (265,660) | 1,023,051 | 21 April 2026 | 21 April 2033 |
2014 LTIP (granted 18 May 2023) | Nil | – | 15,173 | – | – | – | 15,173 | 18 May 2026 | 18 May 2033 |
2014 LTIP (granted 22 May 2023) | Nil | – | 21,795 | – | – | – | 21,795 | 22 May 2026 | 22 May 2033 |
Deferred share awards (granted 22 March 2022) | Nil | 178,377 | – | 1,667 | (128,921) 8 | (51,123) | – | 22 March 2023 | 22 March 2032 |
Deferred share awards (granted 22 March 2022) | Nil | 127,030 | – | 6,816 | – | – | 133,846 | 22 March 2024 | 22 March 2032 |
Deferred share awards (granted 22 March 2022) | Nil | 12,347 | – | – | (12,347) 9 | – | – | 22 March 2022 | 22 March 2032 |
Deferred share awards (granted 22 March 2022) | Nil | 31,216 | – | 449 | (31,665) 10 | – | – | 22 March 2023 | 22 March 2032 |
DSBP (granted 30 April 2019) | Nil | 7,003 | – | – | (7,003) 11 | – | – | 30 April 2021 | 30 April 2029 |
DSBP (granted 22 June 2020) | Nil | 13,315 | – | 348 | (7,093) 12 | (6,570) | – | 22 June 2022 | 22 June 2030 |
DSBP (granted 22 April 2022) | Nil | 80,630 | – | 4,322 | – | – | 84,952 | 22 April 2024 | 22 April 2032 |
DSBP (granted 21 April 2023) | Nil | – | 25,041 | 966 | – | – | 26,007 | 21 April 2025 | 21 April 2033 |
8,502,673 | 2,443,295 | 14,568 | (322,639) | (3,209,597) | 7,428,300 |
2014 LTIP | 2014 LTIP | 2014 LTIP | 2014 | |
options | options | options | Sharesave | |
granted | granted | granted | options | |
21 April | 18 May | 22 May | granted | |
2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Share price at the date of grant | £2.76 | £3.03 | £3.21 | £3.06 |
Exercise price | £Nil | £Nil | £Nil | 2.60 |
Shares under option | 1,288,711 | 15,173 | 21,795 | 1,092,575 |
Vesting period (years) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.25 |
Expected volatility | 36.7% | 36.7% | 36.7% | 39.3% |
Median volatility of the comparator group | 34.9% | 34.9% | 34.9% | n/a |
Expected life (years) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.25 |
Risk free rate | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 4.0% |
Dividend yield | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.0% |
TSR performance of the Company | ||||
at the date of grant | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | n/a |
Median TSR performance of the | ||||
comparator group at the date of grant | 5.05% | 5.05% | 5.05% | n/a |
Correlation (median) | 35.9% | 35.9% | 35.9% | n/a |
Fair value per option | £2.15 | £2.63 | £2.55 | £1.07 |
2014 LTIP | 2014 LTIP | 2014 | |
options | options | Sharesave | |
granted | granted | options | |
22 April | 13 July | granted | |
2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |
Share price at the date of grant | £4.57 | £3.82 | £2.70 |
Exercise price | Nil | Nil | £2.21 |
Shares under option | 809,192 | 11,973 | 4,521,667 |
Vesting period (years) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.25 |
Expected volatility | 37.3% | 37.3% | 41.3% |
Median volatility of the comparator group | 38.2% | 38.2% | n/a |
Expected life (years) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.25 |
Risk free rate | 1.82% | 1.70% | 3.64% |
Dividend yield | 2.69% | 3.20% | 4.26% |
TSR performance of the Company at the date of grant | (21.2)% | (21.2)% | n/a |
Median TSR performance of the comparator group | |||
at the date of grant | (24.4)% | (24.4)% | n/a |
Correlation (median) | 33.3% | 33.3% | n/a |
Fair value per option | £3.65 | £3.11 | £0.84 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Share-based payments charge for the year | 2.1 | 2.9 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Trade payables | 73.9 | 85.1 |
Other taxes and social security costs | 13.6 | 7.9 |
Accruals | 27.3 | 31.2 |
114.8 | 124.2 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Non-current loans and borrowings: | ||
Bank loan | ||
– principal | 120.0 | 170.9 |
– unamortised debt issue costs | (2.1) | (2.8) |
Private Placement Loan Notes | 25.0 | 25.0 |
Total non-current loans and borrowings | 142.9 | 193.1 |
Cash at bank and in hand | (17.0) | (50.0) |
Net debt excluding lease liabilities | 125.9 | 143.1 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Other financial liabilities: | ||
Trade and other payables | 114.8 | 124.2 |
Lease liabilities | 23.4 | 23.1 |
Deferred and contingent consideration | 8.2 | 8.0 |
146.4 | 155.3 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Pro-forma EBITDA (12 months preceding the Balance Sheet) | ||
Underlying operating profit | 94.1 | 98.2 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 19.1 | 19.4 |
Amortisation of intangible assets arising on business combinations | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | (1.2) | (0.8) |
Share-based payments charge | 2.1 | 2.9 |
114.9 | 119.9 | |
EBITDA from acquisitions | – | 0.2 |
114.9 | 120.1 |
Position at | ||
Covenant | 31 December | |
Covenant | Requirement | 2023 |
Interest cover (Underlying operating profit: finance costs excluding | ||
debt issue cost amortisation) | >4.0:1 | 8.2:1 |
Leverage (Net debt excluding lease liabilities: pro-forma EBITDA) | <3.0:1 | 1.1:1 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
At 1 January | 193.1 | 197.4 |
Borrowings repaid | (100.9) | (268.3) |
Borrowings drawn down | 50.0 | 266.2 |
Debt issue costs | 0.7 | (2.2) |
At 31 December | 142.9 | 193.1 |
2023 | 2022 | |
£m | £m | |
Short-term employee benefits | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Share-based payments | 1.0 | 1.7 |
5.4 | 5.0 |
Effect on profit | |
after tax | |
Change in interest rate | £m |
2023 | |
Increase of 100 basis points | (0.8) |
Decrease of 100 basis points | 0.8 |
2022 | |
Increase of 100 basis points | (1.6) |
Decrease of 100 basis points | 0.6 |
Effect on | Effect on profit | |
net assets | after tax | |
Change in exchange rate | £m | £m |
2023 | ||
10% strengthening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | (1.2) | – |
10% weakening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | 1.4 | – |
2022 | ||
10% strengthening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | (1.0) | – |
10% weakening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | 1.3 | – |
3 to 12 | 1 to 5 | ||||
< 3 months | months | years | > 5 years | Total | |
31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Bank loan – principal | 2.6 | 7.4 | 155.0 | – | 165.0 |
Private placement loan notes | – | 1.1 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 30.5 |
Other financial liabilities: | |||||
Trade and other payables | 114.8 | – | – | – | 114.8 |
Deferred and contingent | |||||
consideration | 8.2 | – | – | – | 8.2 |
Forward foreign currency | |||||
derivatives | 1.4 | – | – | – | 1.4 |
Lease liabilities | 1.7 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 6.4 | 30.6 |
128.7 | 13.2 | 177.2 | 31.4 | 350.5 |
3 to 12 | 1 to 5 | ||||
< 3 months | months | years | > 5 years | Total | |
31 December 2022 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Bank loan – principal | 2.4 | 5.7 | 214.7 | – | 222.8 |
Private placement loan notes | – | 1.1 | 4.4 | 27.2 | 32.7 |
Other financial liabilities: | |||||
Trade and other payables | 124.2 | – | – | – | 124.2 |
Deferred and contingent | |||||
consideration | – | – | 8.0 | – | 8.0 |
Forward foreign currency | |||||
derivatives | 0.9 | – | – | – | 0.9 |
Lease liabilities | 1.3 | 3.7 | 14.9 | 10.4 | 30.3 |
128.8 | 10.5 | 242.0 | 37.6 | 418.9 |
Carrying | Fair | |
value | value | |
£m | £m | |
Forward foreign currency derivatives | ||
(designated as hedging instruments) | – | – |
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings due after more than one year | ||
(designated as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost) | 142.9 | 142.9 |
Deferred and contingent consideration | ||
(designated as financial liabilities at FVTPL) | 8.2 | 8.2 |
Lease liabilities (designated as financial liabilities | ||
measured at amortised cost) | 23.4 | 23.4 |
Total at 31 December 2023 | 174.5 | 174.5 |
Carrying | Fair | |
value | value | |
£m | £m | |
Forward foreign currency derivatives | ||
(designated as hedging instruments) | – | – |
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings due after more than one year | ||
(designated as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost) | 193.1 | 193.1 |
Deferred and contingent consideration | ||
(designated as financial liabilities at FVTPL) | 8.0 | 8.0 |
Lease liabilities (designated as financial liabilities | ||
measured at amortised cost) | 23.1 | 23.1 |
Total at 31 December 2022 | 224.2 | 224.2 |