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 15 years |
2024 | |||||
Climate | Water | Sustainable | |||
Management | Management | Building | |||
Solutions | Solutions | Solutions | Other | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Segmental revenue | 164.8 | 183.3 | 252.7 | 7.8 | 608.6 |
Inter-segment revenue | ( 3.2 ) | ( 22.4 ) | ( 21.0 ) | ( 0.7 ) | ( 47.3 ) |
Revenue | 161.6 | 160.9 | 231.7 | 7.1 | 561.3 |
Underlying operating profit* | 24.0 | 13.6 | 54.4 | 0.2 | 92.2 |
Non-underlying items – segmental | ( 24.9 ) | ( 0.2 ) | ( 1.7 ) | ( – ) | ( 26.8 ) |
Non-underlying items – Group | ( 6.2 ) | ||||
Segmental operating profit | ( 0.9 ) | 13.4 | 52.7 | 0.2 | 59.2 |
Finance costs | ( 12.9 ) | ||||
Profit before tax | 46.3 |
2023 | |||||
Climate | Water | Sustainable | |||
Management | Management | Building | |||
Solutions | Solutions | Solutions | Other | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Segmental revenue | 169.2 | 193.9 | 268.0 | 8.4 | 639.5 |
Inter-segment revenue | ( 3.3 ) | ( 23.5 ) | ( 25.2 ) | ( 1.0 ) | ( 53.0 ) |
Revenue | 165.9 | 170.4 | 242.8 | 7.4 | 586.5 |
Underlying operating profit* | 22.7 | 17.7 | 53.1 | 0.6 | 94.1 |
Non-underlying items – segmental | ( 15.0 ) | ( 11.3 ) | ( 1.4 ) | ( 0.3 ) | ( 28.0 ) |
Non-underlying items – Group | ( 4.1 ) | ||||
Segmental operating profit | 7.7 | 6.4 | 51.7 | 0.3 | 62.0 |
Finance costs | ( 13.6 ) | ||||
Profit before tax | 48.4 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Climate Management Solutions | 3.2 | 2.7 |
Water Management Solutions | 8.3 | 10.6 |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 12.6 | 17.6 |
Other | 1.5 | 1.9 |
Total – Group | 25.6 | 32.8 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Climate Management Solutions | 0.8 | 2.1 |
Water Management Solutions | 5.9 | 2.1 |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 5.0 | 2.3 |
Other | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Total – Group | 13.0 | 7.9 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Climate Management Solutions | 2.7 | 3.1 |
Water Management Solutions | 3.9 | 6.6 |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 12.2 | 10.6 |
Other | 0.4 | – |
Total – Group | 19.2 | 20.3 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Climate Management Solutions | 1.6 | 1.2 |
Water Management Solutions | 2.2 | 1.4 |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 2.9 | 2.1 |
Other | 0.4 | 0.9 |
Total – Group | 7.1 | 5.6 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Climate Management Solutions: | ||
Impairment of goodwill | 12.4 | – |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Restructuring costs | 0.2 | 1.7 |
Employment matters | – | 0.7 |
Acquisition costs | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | ( 0.3 ) | – |
Water Management Solutions: | ||
Impairment of intangible assets | – | 2.5 |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 0.5 | 0.9 |
Restructuring costs | 0.9 | 7.3 |
Acquisition costs | – | 1.8 |
Product liability claim | 0.1 | ( 1.2 ) |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | ( 1.3 ) | – |
Sustainable Building Solutions: | ||
Amortisation of intangible assets | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Restructuring costs | 0.9 | 3.1 |
Employment matters | ( 1.2 ) | 1.3 |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | – | ( 4.7 ) |
Other | 0.3 | – |
Total – segmental | 26.8 | 27.7 |
Other – restructuring costs | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Group – restructuring costs | 0.9 | 4.1 |
Group – acquisition costs | 0.6 | – |
Group – loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 0.3 | – |
Group – supplier software dispute | 4.3 | |
Total – Group | 33.0 | 32.1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
Revenue by destination | £m | £m |
UK | 499.3 | 519.1 |
Rest of Europe | 32.9 | 33.4 |
Rest of World | 29.1 | 34.0 |
Total – Group | 561.3 | 586.5 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
Non-current assets | £m | £m |
UK | 781.3 | 790.4 |
Rest of Europe | 9.6 | 5.7 |
Total – Group | 790.9 | 796.1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Income statement charges | ||
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment ( owned ) | 19.2 | 20.3 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 7.1 | 5.6 |
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense | 251.1 | 287.9 |
Research and development costs expensed | 7.4 | 9.0 |
Income statement credits | ||
Research and development expenditure credit | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | – | 0.4 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Audit of the Company’s annual financial statements | – | – |
Audit of the Company’s subsidiaries | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Total audit fees | 0.8 | 0.8 |
2024 | 2023 | |||||
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 |
Restructuring costs | – | – | – | 0.4 | ( 0.1 ) | 0.3 |
Employment matters | ( 1.1 ) | 0.1 | ( 1.0 ) | 1.3 | ( 0.2 ) | 1.1 |
Product liability claim | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | ( 1.2 ) | ( 0.1 ) | ( 1.3 ) |
Selling and distribution costs: | ||||||
Restructuring costs | – | – | – | 1.0 | ( 0.2 ) | 0.8 |
Administration expenses: | ||||||
Restructuring costs | 1.8 | ( 0.5 ) | 1.3 | 12.4 | ( 2.3 ) | 10.1 |
Acquisition costs – acquisition | ||||||
and other M&A activity | 1.1 | – | 1.1 | 2.2 | ( 0.1 ) | 2.1 |
IT configuration ( SaaS ) | 1.1 | ( 0.3 ) | 0.8 | 1.2 | ( 0.3 ) | 0.9 |
Employment matters | – | – | – | 0.7 | ( 0.1 ) | 0.6 |
Software supplier dispute | 4.3 | ( 1.1 ) | 3.2 | – | – | – |
Profit on disposal of property, plant | ||||||
and equipment | ( 1.1 ) | – | ( 1.1 ) | ( 4.7 ) | – | ( 4.7 ) |
Amortisation of intangible assets | 14.4 | ( 3.6 ) | 10.8 | 14.8 | ( 3.7 ) | 11.1 |
Impairment of intangible assets | – | – | – | 2.5 | ( 0.6 ) | 1.9 |
Impairment of goodwill | 12.4 | – | 12.4 | – | – | – |
Total non-underlying items | 33.0 | ( 5.4 ) | 27.6 | 32.1 | ( 8.0 ) | 24.1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Wages and salaries | 131.3 | 127.2 |
Social security costs | 13.3 | 13.4 |
Other pension costs | 6.3 | 5.4 |
150.9 | 146.0 |
2024 | 2023 | |
Sustainable Building Solutions | 1,435 | 1,500 |
Water Management Solutions | 730 | 737 |
Climate Management Solutions | 907 | 939 |
Other | 149 | 120 |
Total – Group | 3,221 | 3,296 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Fees | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Emoluments | 2.2 | 2.9 |
2.7 | 3.4 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Interest on bank loan | 10.4 | 11.6 |
Debt issue cost amortisation | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | 1.6 | 1.2 |
12.9 | 13.6 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Current income tax: | ||
UK income tax | 13.8 | 11.0 |
Overseas income tax | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Current income tax | 13.9 | 11.2 |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | ( 0.3 ) | ( 0.4 ) |
Total current income tax | 13.6 | 10.8 |
Deferred income tax: | ||
Origination and reversal of temporary differences | ( 0.7 ) | ( 1.9 ) |
Effects of changes in income tax rates | – | 0.1 |
Deferred income tax | ( 0.7 ) | ( 1.8 ) |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | ( 0.1 ) | 0.9 |
Total deferred income tax | ( 0.8 ) | ( 0.9 ) |
Total tax expense reported in the income statement | 12.8 | 9.9 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Accounting profit before tax | 46.3 | 48.4 |
Accounting profit multiplied by the UK standard rate of income tax | ||
of 25.0% ( 2023: 23.52% ) | 11.6 | 11.4 |
Expenses not deductible for income tax | 2.6 | 1.6 |
Non-taxable income | – | ( 2.2 ) |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | ( 0.4 ) | 0.5 |
Effects of patent box | ( 1.1 ) | ( 1.1 ) |
Effects of changes in income tax rates | – | 0.1 |
Effects of deferred tax not recognised | ( 0.8 ) | – |
Effects of super deduction | – | ( 0.1 ) |
Effects of other tax rates/credits | 0.9 | ( 0.3 ) |
Total tax expense reported in the income statement | 12.8 | 9.9 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Deferred income tax liabilities/ ( assets ) | ||
Short-term timing differences: | ||
– DTL arising on acquired intangible assets | 29.9 | 32.9 |
– Other short-term timing differences | – | ( 1.5 ) |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | 25.5 | 23.0 |
Share-based payments | ( 2.5 ) | ( 1.3 ) |
Tax losses | ( 3.9 ) | ( 3.0 ) |
49.0 | 50.1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose | ||
of basic earnings per share | 248,459,018 | 248,182,934 |
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares | 2,480,464 | 1,024,432 |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose | ||
of diluted earnings per share | 250,939,482 | 249,207,366 |
2024 | 2023 | |
Underlying profit for the year attributable to the owners of the Parent | ||
Company ( £m ) | 61.1 | 62.6 |
Underlying basic earnings per share ( pence ) | 24.6 | 25.2 |
Underlying diluted earnings per share ( pence ) | 24.3 | 25.1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Amounts recognised as distributions to equity holders in the year: | ||
Final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 8.3p per share | ||
( 2022: 8.2p ) | 20.6 | 20.3 |
Interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of 4.1p per share | ||
( 2023: 4.1p ) | 10.2 | 10.2 |
30.8 | 30.5 | |
Proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of | ||
per share ( 2023: ) |
Freehold | Plant | ||
land and | and other | ||
buildings | equipment | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | |
Cost | |||
At 1 January 2023 | 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 |
Additions | 2.7 | 22.9 | 25.6 |
Disposals | ( 0.2 ) | ( 14.3 ) | ( 14.5 ) |
Transfer from assets held-for-sale | – | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Acquisitions | – | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Exchange adjustment | – | ( 0.3 ) | ( 0.3 ) |
At 31 December 2024 | 63.7 | 234.3 | 298.0 |
Depreciation and impairment losses | |||
At 1 January 2023 | 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 2023 | 9.9 | 93.9 | 103.8 |
Provided during the year | 1.8 | 17.4 | 19.2 |
Disposals | ( 0.1 ) | ( 13.1 ) | ( 13.2 ) |
Transfer from assets held-for-sale | – | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Exchange adjustment | – | 0.2 | 0.2 |
At 31 December 2024 | 11.6 | 102.7 | 114.3 |
Net book value | |||
At 31 December 2024 | 52.1 | 131.6 | 183.7 |
At 31 December 2023 | 51.3 | 125.1 | 176.4 |
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 2023 | 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 ) |
Additions | 1.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 13.0 | ( 13.0 ) |
Disposals | ( 3.8 ) | ( 3.7 ) | ( 0.6 ) | ( 8.1 ) | – |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | ( 2.0 ) | ( 3.0 ) | ( 2.1 ) | ( 7.1 ) | – |
Depreciation on disposal of right-of-use assets | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 6.2 | – |
Transfer from assets held-for-sale | – | 0.2 | – | 0.2 | ( 0.2 ) |
Exchange adjustment | – | ( 0.1 ) | – | ( 0.1 ) | – |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | ( 1.6 ) |
Settlement of lease liabilities | – | – | – | – | 10.6 |
At 31 December 2024 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 27.0 | ( 27.6 ) |
Brand | Customer | Development | |||||
Goodwill | Patents | names | relationships | Licences | costs | Total | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Cost | |||||||
At 1 January 2023 | 467.4 | 40.0 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 693.3 |
Additions | – | 0.4 | – | – | – | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Disposals | – | – | – | – | – | ( 0.6 ) | ( 0.6 ) |
Transfer to assets | |||||||
held-for-sale | ( 1.3 ) | – | – | – | – | - | ( 1.3 ) |
At 31 December 2023 | 466.1 | 40.4 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 693.1 |
Additions | 5.3 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 0.6 | 6.4 |
Transfer from assets | |||||||
held-for-sale | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.5 |
At 31 December 2024 | 475.9 | 40.9 | 66.5 | 114.3 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 704.0 |
Amortisation and impairment losses | |||||||
At 1 January 2023 | 12.0 | 18.8 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 78.2 |
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 | 1.1 | 96.3 |
Charge for the year | – | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 15.1 |
Impairment losses | 12.4 | – | – | – | – | – | 12.4 |
At 31 December 2024 | 24.4 | 26.5 | 35.3 | 35.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 123.8 |
Net book value | |||||||
At 31 December 2024 | 451.5 | 14.4 | 31.2 | 78.9 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 580.2 |
At 31 December 2023 | 454.1 | 17.3 | 36.2 | 85.0 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 596.8 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
CGU | £m | £m |
Building Services & International | 33.6 | 29.1 |
Infrastructure & Landscape | 45.9 | 43.6 |
Residential Systems | 169.6 | 169.6 |
Climate & Ventilation | 93.7 | 93.7 |
Nu-Heat | 20.3 | 17.3 |
Adey | 83.1 | 95.5 |
Others | 5.3 | 5.3 |
451.5 | 454.1 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Deferred and contingent consideration on Plura acquisition | – | 8.2 |
– | 8.2 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Operating cash flows – settlement of acquisition costs | ||
Sky Garden | 0.3 | – |
Genuit UFH | 0.1 | – |
Plura | 6.5 | – |
Other | 0.7 | – |
7.6 | – |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Investing cash flows – Settlement of deferred | ||
and contingent consideration | ||
Keytec | – | 0.6 |
Plura | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1.6 | 1.6 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Investing cash flows – acquisition of businesses | ||
net of cash at acquisition | ||
Sky Garden | 2.2 | – |
Genuit UFH | 3.0 | – |
5.2 | – |
Fair value | |
£m | |
Property, plant and equipment ( Including right-of-use assets ) | 0.7 |
Inventories | 0.9 |
Trade and other receivables | 1.8 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 0.4 |
Trade and other payables | ( 2.0 ) |
Debt factoring | ( 1.0 ) |
Lease Liabilities | ( 0.5 ) |
Net identifiable assets | 0.3 |
Goodwill on acquisition | 2.3 |
Total cash consideration | 2.6 |
Fair value | |
£m | |
Property, plant and equipment | 0.3 |
Inventories | 0.2 |
Trade and other receivables | 0.2 |
Trade and other payables | ( 1.1 ) |
Net identifiable liabilities | ( 0.4 ) |
Goodwill on acquisition | 3.1 |
Total cash consideration | 2.7 |
2024 | 2023 | |
Fair value | Fair value | |
£m | £m | |
Property, plant and equipment | – | 5.5 |
Right-of-use assets | – | 0.3 |
Goodwill | – | 4.5 |
Trade and other receivables | – | 2.8 |
Inventories | – | 4.0 |
Assets held-for-sale | – | 17.1 |
Trade and other payables | – | 2.6 |
Finance lease liabilities | – | 0.2 |
Liabilities held-for-sale | – | 2.8 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Raw materials | 20.3 | 22.5 |
Work in progress | 8.7 | 7.9 |
Finished goods | 44.5 | 38.8 |
73.5 | 69.2 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Trade receivables | 68.6 | 66.2 |
Prepayments | 13.0 | 6.8 |
Other receivables | 0.2 | 0.9 |
81.8 | 73.9 |
31 December 2024 | 31 December 2023 | |||||
Allowance for | Allowance | |||||
expected | for expected | |||||
Gross | credit losses | Net | Gross | credit losses | Net | |
£m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
Not past due | 26.9 | ( 0.2 ) | 26.7 | 25.8 | – | 25.8 |
Past due 1 to 30 days | 38.1 | ( 0.1 ) | 38.0 | 34.5 | – | 34.5 |
Past due 31 to 90 days | 3.6 | ( 0.1 ) | 3.5 | 5.1 | ( 0.1 ) | 5.0 |
Past due more than 90 days | 0.8 | ( 0.4 ) | 0.4 | 1.5 | ( 0.6 ) | 0.9 |
69.4 | ( 0.8 ) | 68.6 | 66.9 | ( 0.7 ) | 66.2 |
£m | |
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 |
Charged to the income statement during the year | 0.7 |
Utilised during the year | ( 0.6 ) |
At 31 December 2024 | 0.8 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Cash at bank and in hand | 43.6 | 17.0 |
31 December 2024 | 31 December 2023 | |||
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 | 2023 | Granted | Dividend | Exercised | forfeited | 2024 | first | Expiry | |
£ | Number | Number | Accrual | Number | Number | Number | exercisable | date | |
2014 Sharesave ( granted 2020 ) | 3.45 | 286,611 | – | – | ( 218,536 ) 1 | ( 68,075 ) | – | 01 December 2023 | 30 April 2024 |
2014 Sharesave ( granted 2021 ) | 5.78 | 160,392 | – | – | – | ( 79,891 ) | 80,501 | 01 December 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
2014 Sharesave ( granted 2022 ) | 2.21 | 3,501,675 | – | – | ( 16,761 ) 2 | ( 318,817 ) | 3,166,097 | 01 December 2025 | 31 May 2026 |
2014 Sharesave ( granted 2023 ) | 2.60 | 1,044,829 | – | – | ( 153 ) 3 | ( 166,490 ) | 878,186 | 01 December 2026 | 31 May 2027 |
2014 Sharesave ( granted 2024 ) | 3.90 | – | 665,266 | – | – | ( 14,464 ) | 650,802 | 01 December 2027 | 31 May 2028 |
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 30 April 2019 ) | Nil | 27,117 | – | – | – | – | 27,117 | 30 April 2022 | 30 April 2029 |
2014 LTIP ( granted 20 May 2021 ) | Nil | 418,193 | – | – | ( 35,186 ) 4 | ( 373,626 ) | 9,381 | 20 May 2024 | 20 May 2031 |
2014 LTIP ( granted 22 April 2022 ) | Nil | 573,907 | – | – | – | ( 11,573 ) | 562,334 | 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 | 1,023,051 | – | – | – | ( 19,751 ) | 1,003,300 | 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 |
2014 LTIP ( granted 08 April 2024 ) | Nil | – | 891,257 | – | – | ( 31,684 ) | 859,573 | 08 April 2027 | 08 April 2034 |
Deferred share awards ( granted 22 March 2022 ) | Nil | 133,846 | – | – | ( 29,935 ) 5 | ( 103,911 ) | – | 22 March 2024 | 22 March 2032 |
Deferred share awards ( granted 01 December 2023 ) | Nil | 36,734 | – | – | – | – | 36,734 | 01 December 2025 | 31 May 2026 |
Deferred share awards ( granted 01 December 2023 ) | Nil | 284,850 | – | – | – | ( 37,473 ) | 247,377 | 01 December 2025 | 31 May 2026 |
Deferred share awards ( granted 01 November 2024 ) | Nil | – | 26,886 | – | – | – | 26,886 | 01 November 2026 | 30 April 2027 |
DSBP ( granted 22 April 2022 ) | Nil | 84,952 | – | 1,153 | ( 42,476 ) 6 | – | 43,629 | 22 April 2024 | 22 April 2032 |
DSBP ( granted 21 April 2023 ) | Nil | 26,007 | – | 706 | – | – | 26,713 | 21 April 2025 | 21 April 2033 |
DSBP ( granted 08 April 2024 ) | Nil | – | 50,381 | 1,370 | – | – | 51,751 | 08 April 2026 | 08 April 2034 |
7,749,884 | 1,633,790 | 3,229 | ( 343,047 ) | ( 1,240,928 ) | 7,802,928 |
2014 LTIP | Deferred Share | 2014 | |
options | options | Sharesave | |
granted | granted | options | |
08 April | 01 November | granted | |
2024 | 2024 | 2024 | |
Share price at the date of grant | 4.36 | 4.70 | 4.82 |
Exercise price | Nil | Nil | 3.90 |
Shares under option | 891,257 | 26,886 | 665,266 |
Vesting period ( years ) | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.25 |
Expected volatility | 34.3% | 30.0% | 16.5% |
Median volatility of the comparator group | 30.7% | n/a | n/a |
Expected life ( years ) | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.25 |
Risk free rate | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.0% |
Dividend yield | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.6% |
TSR performance of the Company at the date of grant | 16.1% | n/a | n/a |
Median TSR performance of the comparator group | |||
at the date of grant | 5.7% | n/a | n/a |
Correlation ( median ) | 39.2% | n/a | n/a |
Fair value per option | 4.57 | 4.43 | 1.20 |
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 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Share-based payments charge for the year | 2.9 | 2.1 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Trade payables | 88.5 | 73.9 |
Other taxes and social security costs | 15.6 | 13.6 |
Accruals | 24.1 | 27.3 |
128.2 | 114.8 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Non-current loans and borrowings: | ||
Bank loan | ||
– principal | 121.5 | 120.0 |
– unamortised debt issue costs | ( 1.3 ) | ( 2.1 ) |
Private placement loan notes | 25.0 | 25.0 |
Total non-current loans and borrowings | 145.2 | 142.9 |
Cash at bank and in hand | ( 43.6 ) | ( 17.0 ) |
Net debt excluding lease liabilities | 101.6 | 125.9 |
31 December | 31 December | |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Other financial liabilities: | ||
Trade and other payables | 128.2 | 114.8 |
Lease liabilities | 27.6 | 23.4 |
Deferred and contingent consideration | – | 8.2 |
155.8 | 146.4 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Pro-forma EBITDA ( 12 months preceding the balance sheet ) | ||
Underlying operating profit | 92.2 | 94.1 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 19.2 | 19.1 |
Amortisation of intangible assets arising on business combinations | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Un-wind of discount on lease liabilities | ( 1.6 ) | ( 1.2 ) |
Share-based payments charge | 2.9 | 2.1 |
113.4 | 114.9 | |
EBITDA from acquisitions | ( 0.7 ) | – |
112.7 | 114.9 |
Position at | ||
Covenant | 31 December | |
Covenant | Requirement | 2024 |
Interest cover ( underlying operating profit: finance costs excluding | ||
debt issue cost amortisation ) | >4.0:1 | 8.3:1 |
Leverage ( net debt excluding lease liabilities: pro-forma EBITDA ) | <3.0:1 | 0.9:1 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
At 1 January | 142.9 | 193.1 |
Borrowings repaid | ( 68.0 ) | ( 100.9 ) |
Borrowings drawn down | 69.4 | 50.0 |
Debt issue costs | 0.9 | 0.7 |
At 31 December | 145.2 | 142.9 |
2024 | 2023 | |
£m | £m | |
Short-term employee benefits | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Share-based payments | 0.6 | 1.0 |
5.0 | 5.4 |
Effect on profit | |
after tax | |
Change in interest rate | £m |
2024 | |
Increase of 100 basis points | ( 0.9 ) |
Decrease of 100 basis points | 0.9 |
2023 | |
Increase of 100 basis points | ( 0.8 ) |
Decrease of 100 basis points | 0.8 |
Effect on | Effect on profit | |
net assets | after tax | |
Change in exchange rate | £m | £m |
2024 | ||
10% strengthening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | ( 1.4 ) | – |
10% weakening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | 1.6 | – |
2023 | ||
10% strengthening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | ( 1.2 ) | – |
10% weakening of Pounds Sterling: against Euro | 1.4 | – |
3 to 12 | 1 to 5 | ||||
< 3 months | months | years | > 5 years | Total | |
31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Bank loan – principal | 2.4 | 7.2 | 147.0 | – | 156.6 |
Private placement loan notes | – | 1.1 | 28.3 | – | 29.4 |
Other financial liabilities: | |||||
Trade and other payables | 128.2 | – | – | – | 128.2 |
Forward foreign currency | |||||
derivatives | 0.2 | – | – | – | 0.2 |
Lease liabilities | 2.0 | 6.4 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 34.3 |
132.8 | 14.7 | 198.0 | 3.2 | 348.7 |
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 |
Carrying | Fair | |
value | value | |
£m | £m | |
Forward foreign currency derivatives | ||
( designated as hedging instruments ) | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings due after more than one year | ||
( designated as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost ) | 145.2 | 145.2 |
Lease liabilities ( designated as financial liabilities | ||
measured at amortised cost ) | 27.6 | 27.6 |
Total at 31 December 2024 | 173.0 | 173.0 |
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 |