Interim Results
Barratt Developments PLC
27 February 2008
27 February 2008
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC
Results for the half year ended 31 December 2007
Highlights:
• First half completions were 9,056 (2006: 7,206), up by 25.7%. As a
result, Group turnover, rose by 38.4% to £1,652.8m (2006: £1,194.4m). On a
like-for-like* basis, completions were down 14.8%.
• The average selling price was £178,000 (2006: £165,000), an increase of
7.9% primarily reflecting the change in mix arising from the acquisition
of Wilson Bowden. On a like-for-like* basis, although private and social
average selling prices were up 0.6% and 5.3% respectively, the increased
proportion of social completions led to a small overall decline of 0.8%.
• Housebuild operating margin** increased to 16.8% (2006: 16.5% (restated))
but was down 0.5% on a like-for-like* basis.
• Profit before tax and restructuring costs increased by 14.3% to £201.8m
from £176.6m (restated). Profit before tax increased by 10.2% to £194.6m
from £176.6m (restated).
• Adjusted basic earnings per share*** were 40.2p (2006: 51.5p (restated)).
Basic earnings per share were 38.8p (2006: 51.5p (restated)).
• Given the performance of the business in the first half and our view of
the current year we are increasing the interim dividend to 12.23p (2006:
11.38p), up by 7.5%. The interim dividend is 3.2 times covered.
• Land stocks strengthened to 113,500 plots (including 24,100 agreed
subject to contract) - 5.3 years supply at last year's like-for-like*
volumes of 21,569.
• Net borrowings were £1,738.5m (2006: £226.7m), including £1,245.9m of
debt to fund the acquisition of Wilson Bowden.
• Forward sales at 31 December 2007 were £1,263m (2006: £1,030m) 22.6% up
on last year's statutory numbers and down only 5.5% on a like-for-like*
basis. As at 17 February 2008 forward sales had increased to £1,615m,
around 7%* below last year, which, taken with completions to date, means
that we have secured 79.0% of our full year requirement.
*'Like-for-like' basis assumes that the acquisition of Wilson Bowden was
completed upon the first day of the comparative financial period. Wilson
Bowden achieved 3,417 completions, turnover of £806.2m, operating profit
of £152.1m and a profit before tax of £138.3m in the six months ended 31
December 2006.
**Before restructuring costs of £7.2m (2006: £nil).
***Before restructuring costs of £7.2m (2006: £nil), offset by tax of
£2.2m (2006: £nil).
The comparative period has been restated as explained in note 3 to the
interim report.
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive of Barratt Developments commented:
'Trading conditions over the last six months have been difficult and the
business has had to adjust to this new environment. Against that backdrop, we
have traded satisfactorily whilst successfully completing the integration of
Wilson Bowden. We have focused on improving every aspect of the business and
this has underpinned a robust margin. We are continuing to reduce costs, whilst
improving sales effectiveness to ensure that prices and volumes are maximised.
'The new calendar year has started well. We have increased outlets, and have a
strong forward order book. Visitor and reservation levels continue to improve
and we remain optimistic that this will continue through the balance of the
spring selling season.'
For further information please contact:
Barratt Developments PLC
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive 020 7299 4899
Mark Pain, Group Finance Director 020 7299 4897
Weber Shandwick Financial
Terry Garrett/Nick Dibden/James White 020 7067 0700
A financial analysts' presentation will be broadcast live on the Barratt
Developments corporate website: www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk from 9.30am today.
The financial analysts' presentation slides will be available on the Barratt
Developments corporate website:
www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk from 10.30am today, together with photographic
images of Charles Toner, Mark Clare and a selection of Barratt developments.
Further copies of the announcement can be obtained from the Company Secretary's
office at:
Barratt Developments PLC, Barratt House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park,
Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 1UF.
Chief Executive's statement
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Results
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The profit before tax and restructuring costs, of the Group for the first half,
increased by 14.3% from £176.6m (restated) to £201.8m while Group turnover
increased 38.4% to £1,652.8m (2006: £1,194.4m). On a like-for-like basis,
assuming Wilson Bowden had been acquired on 1 July of the prior year, turnover
was down 17.4%.
Adjusted basic earnings per share were 40.2p (2006: 51.5p (restated)). Basic
earnings per share were 38.8p (2006: 51.5p (restated)). The Group's earnings per
share has decreased from 31 December 2006 due to the shares issued upon the
acquisition of Wilson Bowden, partly offset by the increase in profit after tax
compared with the prior half year.
Total housebuilding completions increased by 25.7% to 9,056 (2006: 7,206) at an
increased average selling price of £178,000, up by 7.9% (2006: £165,000).
Private completions were 23.9% higher at 7,177 (2006: 5,791) at an average
selling price of £200,100 (2006: £184,200). Social housing completions increased
by 32.8% to 1,879 (2006: 1,415) at an average selling price of £93,600 (2006:
£86,600). However on a like-for-like basis, reflecting the more difficult
trading conditions, total completions decreased 14.8% from 10,623 units. The
increased proportion of social completions led to a small decline in the average
selling price of 0.8% from £179,500.
Our housebuilding business delivered an increased operating profit of £270.3m
(before restructuring costs of £7.2m) at a margin of 16.8% (2006: 16.5%
(restated)). This robust margin has been delivered against a backdrop of a more
difficult market by maintaining sales prices and tightly controlling costs. On a
like-for-like basis the housebuilding operating profit (before restructuring
costs) decreased by 18.0% from £329.6m. The operating margin was down 0.5%
compared to the like-for-like 17.3% in 2006.
On the basis of the performance to date, our current view of the market and the
commitment already made to lift payout ratios, we are increasing the interim
dividend to 12.23p (2006: 11.38p), an increase of 7.5%.
The Group's half year net debt was £1,738.5m of which £1,245.9m related to the
financing of the Wilson Bowden acquisition and the refinancing of existing
Wilson Bowden debt. Period end gearing was 59.8% (2006: 14.1%).
Market conditions
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Trading conditions in the first six months of the financial year have been
tough. During July and August we saw relatively normal seasonal trends despite
well publicised issues impacting the US housing and sub-prime markets.
During September, post the collapse of Northern Rock, the cumulative impact of
five interest rate rises and the liquidity squeeze on the availability and cost
of mortgage finance led to a tightening of the UK housing market. These trends
continued throughout the period to the end of December making the sales
environment more challenging.
Against this backdrop, we have successfully completed the operational
integration of Wilson Bowden. We have focused on fully exploiting the enhanced
capabilities of the Group and are delivering on our synergy and additional cost
reduction targets. Looking forward, we will continue to drive the efficiency of
the enlarged Group in particular focusing on the effectiveness of our sales and
marketing activity and, continuing to drive down costs, as we seek to protect
our margins rather than just increase volumes.
Housebuilding operations
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The acquisition of Wilson Bowden has improved the geographic and product mix of
the Group. During the six months to December 2007 we operated from 33 divisions
and had an average of 586 operational sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
We expect our average number of outlets to increase by around 5% during the
second half.
Our two major brands are able to target different aspects of the market, with
David Wilson focusing more on larger family homes and Barratt on traditional
housing, flats and urban regeneration. This is reflected in the different
average selling prices - £194,400 for David Wilson Homes and £170,500 for a
Barratt home. Both brands will continue to contribute to delivering substantial
social housing numbers.
Overall, 50.1% of the Group's first half completions were flats (2006: 59.8%).
Outside Central London this fell to 45.9% (2006: 55.6%). Sales to investors
formed 14.9% (2006: 24.6%) of the Group's completions and again, outside Central
London, this fell to 12.4% (2006: 22.2%).
The geographical split of our operations is illustrated in the table below:
Completions Average selling price
2007 2006 2006 2007 2006 2006
Like-for-like Like-for-like
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North 4,958 3,955 5,946 £166,400 £153,200 £168,000
South 3,412 2,563 3,989 £186,700 £168,100 £189,100
Central
London 686 688 688 £218,500 £224,000 £224,000
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Total 9,056 7,206 10,623 £178,000 £165,000 £179,500
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In the North, total completions increased by 25.4% to 4,958 at an average
selling price of £166,400. 85.4% were private completions and 14.6% were social.
Of the completions in the North, 38.3% were flats with limited exposure to
large, complex, inner city flatted schemes. Only 12.3% of completions in the
North were to investors.
In the South (excluding Central London) total completions increased by 33.1% to
3,412 at an average selling price of £186,700. Of the total completions 72.0%
were for private occupation with 28.0% social housing. 57.2% of the completions
in the South were flats and 15.2% were sold to investors. Again, our exposure to
complex inner city flatted schemes is minimal.
In Central London, our schemes continue to sell at a satisfactory rate and in
the period we completed 686 homes (2006: 688), at an average selling price of
£218,500, with 71.1% being for private occupation and 28.9% social. Our
completions in Central London were predominantly flats, (99.1% of the sales).
Whilst 32.4% of completed units were sold to investors.
The first six months of the year has seen a particularly strong performance in
securing a significant number of major regeneration schemes. In London we have
secured three major schemes in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham totalling over
2,000 homes. Our specialist regeneration unit has also been successful and has
recently won a succession of new business opportunities including the Shard End
Urban Village Development and phase 3 of the redevelopment of Camphill,
Nuneaton.
We remain committed to providing affordable homes and in this context have
maintained our strong presence in the social housing sector completing 1,879
social housing units in the six months (2006: 1,415). We are also leaders in the
provision of housing for first time buyers and in the half year we have
completed 81 homes under English Partnership's First Time Buyer Initiative,
supported 266 buyers with our own shared equity product and continue to build
our pioneering and popular iPad product. We have completed 185 iPads in the half
year with a further 1,366 in planning or development.
Wilson Bowden Developments
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In the six months to December 2007 Wilson Bowden Developments' commercial
business made a contribution of £4.3m on a turnover of £42.5m. This was a
satisfactory performance against increasingly difficult market conditions in the
commercial property sector.
We have completed our strategic review of the business and are encouraged with
the existing and potential future value that exists within its portfolio. Whilst
there are overlaps with our core housebuilding operations, in areas such as
regeneration, we intend to continue to run the business as a stand-alone segment
and deliver shareholder value by developing its current portfolio.
Cost reduction programme
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The operational integration of David Wilson Homes is now complete. We have been
able to increase our original synergy targets, with savings of at least £30m
being identified in the current financial year and at least £60m in 2008/9. We
remain confident of delivering these savings and have identified further
possible areas of synergies which are now being explored.
We have made good progress on our additional cost reduction programme and now
anticipate that this will yield a further £40m per annum. We have already
implemented savings of £20m through reductions in material procurement,
technical specifications and consultancy spend.
Land
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We have continued to strengthen our land position and as at 31 December 2007 our
landbank had increased to 113,500 plots (2006: 70,500 plots), including 24,100
plots (2006: 8,000 plots) agreed subject to contract. This equates to 5.3 years'
supply at 2006/7 like-for-like volumes (2006: 4.8 years). We continue to seek
ways of extracting greater value from our increased land bank.
We spent £593.3m on land in the first half compared to £645.5m on a
like-for-like basis in the first half of 2006, a decrease of 8.1%. We have
increased our land buying hurdle rates and adopted a more cautious approach to
land acquisition over the first six months of our financial year. We have
acquired land, on average, at a cost of £47.1k per plot (2006: £52.0k) and we
are carrying land in the balance sheet at an average of £47.2k per plot. We
currently expect to spend approximately £1.2 billion on land over the full year.
Despite continued delays in the planning system, we achieved an increased level
of planning approvals in the first half of 10,881 plots, up 3.5% over last year.
99.7% of land required for 2008/9 is now owned or contracted and 65.9% for 2009/
10.
The Group controls 11,200 acres of strategic land. Utilising the experience
acquired with the David Wilson strategic land team we are committed over the
next five years to significantly expanding the proportion of our plots we source
from strategic land. Given the profile of our existing strategic land portfolio,
we expect this to be broadly self-financing.
Quality, service and the environment
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During the six month period the Group has continued to place significant
emphasis on customer service and we have made this a feature of senior
management remuneration. During the six months, approaching 90% of our customers
would 'recommend us to a friend' and we are seeking to drive standards higher
through systematic training and monitoring.
We have achieved unprecedented success in the National House-Building Council
Pride in the Job Quality Awards with 71 construction teams gaining recognition -
more than any other housebuilder. This culminated in becoming the first ever
company to win both the top national awards for major housebuilders in the same
year.
Substantial progress has been made on the Group's environmental agenda as we
respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon target by 2016. Building on
the pioneering work that we did at our Eco Village in Chorley, we have started
work on our first Level 6 house at the Building Research Establishment - the
first major housebuilder to build a house to this specification.
In December we won the first site of English Partnership's Carbon Challenge and
as a result will build their first ever zero carbon community comprising 200
homes and commercial space. It will be located at Hanham Hall near Bristol and
is part of our strategy of securing the lowest cost solutions for our customers.
We now have a total of 49 sites throughout the country with carbon saving
features of which 16 are currently being built. To support this we have entered
a partnership with E.ON UK, part of the world's largest quoted power and gas
company, to supply the solutions and technology for a number of sites going
forward.
Balance sheet
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The net assets of the Group increased by £11.0m to £2,909.0m between 30 June and
31 December 2007. Significant balance sheet movements include:
• Land holdings increased by £83.1m to £3,350.0m due to the Group's
continuing land acquisition strategy.
• Work in progress has increased by £334.8m to £1,703.3m. The increase
mainly reflects the more pronounced weighting of completions and outlets
to the second half as well as the slowdown in the market.
• Group net debt increased by £437.3m to £1,738.5m as a consequence mainly
of the changes in land and work in progress.
Borrowings and cashflow
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The Group's half year net debt was £1,738.5m of which £1,245.9m related to the
acquisition finance supporting the Wilson Bowden acquisition. Period end gearing
was 59.8% (2006: 14.1%) and the Group continued to operate well within its
financial covenants. At 31 December, the Group's committed facilities had an
average life of 3.3 years and headroom of £878.5m.
£800.0m of the acquisition facilities were provided on a 364 day basis but with
the ability for the Group to extend for a further 12 months until April 2009.
The Group has refinanced £100.0m of this facility in the half year.
Outlook
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The first six months of the year saw a satisfactory performance against a
backdrop of more difficult market conditions. The interest rate outlook has
improved and we will have a greater number of outlets in the second half from
which to sell.
In the first seven weeks visitor levels have improved significantly compared to
the second half of 2007, however against a strong comparative period last year,
levels are 13% lower. Reservations have also improved and as a result forward
sales now stand at £1,615m, around 7% below last year. This level of
reservations, which together with year to date completions, represents 79.0% of
our sales requirement for the full year. The new organisation has a sharper
focus on costs and sales and the priority will remain the preservation of a
robust margin as we trade through these more difficult conditions. In the
longer-term the Group is in a good position to benefit from the reassertion of
market fundamentals that are characterised by growing demand against a backdrop
of supply constraints.
Mark Clare
Group Chief Executive
For further information please contact:
Barratt Developments PLC
Mark Clare, Group Chief Executive 020 7299 4899
Mark Pain, Group Finance Director 020 7299 4897
Weber Shandwick Financial
Terry Garrett/ Nick Dibden/James White 020 7067 0700
A financial analysts' presentation will be broadcast live on the Barratt
Developments corporate website: www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk from 9.30am today.
The financial analysts' presentation slides will be available on the Barratt
Developments corporate website:
www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk from 10.30am today, together with photographic
images of Charles Toner, Mark Clare and a selection of Barratt developments.
Further copies of the announcement can be obtained from the Company Secretary's
office at:
Barratt Developments PLC, Barratt House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park,
Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 1UF
Condensed consolidated income statement
for the half year ended 31 December 2007 (unaudited)
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
Note £m £m £m
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Continuing operations
Revenue 4 1,652.8 1,194.4 3,046.1
Cost of sales (1,308.5) (954.6) (2,446.1)
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Gross profit 344.3 239.8 600.0
Operating expenses before
restructuring costs (69.4) (43.2) (86.7)
Restructuring costs 4,5 (7.2) - (26.2)
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Total operating expenses (76.6) (43.2) (112.9)
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Profit from operations 4 267.7 196.6 487.1
Finance income 6 5.6 0.3 3.5
Finance costs 6 (77.1) (20.3) (64.8)
Share of post tax loss
from joint ventures (1.6) - (1.0)
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Profit before tax 194.6 176.6 424.8
Tax 7 (60.8) (53.0) (126.5)
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Profit for the period from
continuing operations 133.8 123.6 298.3
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Profit for the period
attributable to equity
shareholders 133.8 123.6 298.3
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Earnings per share from
continuing operations
Basic 9 38.8p 51.5p 115.4p
Diluted 9 38.6p 50.6p 113.5p
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*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
Condensed consolidated statement of recognised income and expense
for the half year ended 31 December 2007 (unaudited)
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
£m £m £m
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Profit for the period 133.8 123.6 298.3
Revaluation of available for sale
financial assets (2.7) 1.8 (0.7)
Losses on hedged swap arrangements (56.4) - -
Gains on hedged swap arrangements 2.0 - 12.3
Tax credited/(charged) to reserves 16.0 (0.5) 0.8
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Total income recognised for the
period attributable to equity
shareholders 92.7 124.9 310.7
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*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
Condensed consolidated balance sheet
at 31 December 2007 (unaudited)
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
Note £m £m £m
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Assets
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 106.5 - 107.0
Goodwill 816.7 - 816.7
Property, plant and equipment 10 34.1 12.8 37.4
Investments accounted for using
the equity method 26.2 - 20.9
Available for sale financial
assets 44.7 31.2 37.3
Trade and other receivables 0.8 2.4 5.0
Deferred tax 2.0 45.0 2.5
Derivative financial
instruments - swaps 2.0 - 12.3
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1,033.0 91.4 1,039.1
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Current assets
Inventories 11 5,171.9 2,930.5 4,739.9
Trade and other receivables 130.1 36.0 141.7
Cash and cash equivalents 12 8.7 68.6 182.1
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5,310.7 3,035.1 5,063.7
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Total assets 4 6,343.7 3,126.5 6,102.8
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Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Loans and borrowings 12 (1,734.6) (2.7) (1,456.6)
Trade and other payables (151.7) (115.7) (100.6)
Retirement benefit obligations 13 (75.2) (84.3) (78.3)
Derivative financial
instruments - swaps (44.1) - -
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(2,005.6) (202.7) (1,635.5)
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Current liabilities
Loans and borrowings 12 (12.6) (292.6) (26.7)
Trade and other payables (1,367.0) (959.8) (1,484.4)
Current tax liabilities (49.5) (59.8) (58.2)
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(1,429.1) (1,312.2) (1,569.3)
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Total liabilities 4 (3,434.7) (1,514.9) (3,204.8)
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Net assets 2,909.0 1,611.6 2,898.0
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Equity
Share capital 14 34.7 24.4 34.7
Share premium 206.6 204.7 206.1
Merger reserve 1,109.0 - 1,107.7
Hedging reserve (31.4) - 7.8
Retained earnings 1,590.1 1,382.5 1,541.7
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Total equity 15 2,909.0 1,611.6 2,898.0
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The notes on pages 9 to 19 form an integral part of the condensed consolidated
half yearly financial statements.
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
Condensed consolidated cash flow statement
for the half year ended 31 December 2007 (unaudited)
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
Note £m £m £m
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Net cash outflow from
operating activities 16 (354.9) (215.6) (12.3)
Cash flows from investing
activities
Purchase of property, plant
and equipment (3.7) (4.4) (7.9)
Proceeds from sale of
property, plant and equipment 5.7 1.6 3.3
Acquisition of subsidiary net
of cash acquired 1.1 - (811.6)
Acquisition of investments
accounted for using the equity
method (6.9) - (14.2)
Interest received 4.7 0.3 3.5
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Net cash inflow/(outflow) from
investing activities 0.9 (2.5) (826.9)
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Cash flow from financing
activities
Proceeds from issue of share
capital 0.5 2.5 3.9
Disposal of own shares - 3.7 10.6
Dividends paid (83.8) (49.7) (77.1)
Loan drawdowns 263.9 286.9 1,040.6
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Net cash inflow from financing
activities 180.6 243.4 978.0
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Net (decrease)/increase in cash
and cash equivalents (173.4) 25.3 138.8
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Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of period 182.1 43.3 43.3
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Cash and cash equivalents at
the end of period 8.7 68.6 182.1
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Notes to the condensed consolidated half yearly financial statements
(unaudited)
1. Basis of preparation
The financial information for the year ended 30 June 2007 does not constitute
statutory accounts as defined in s240 of the Companies Act 1985. A copy of the
statutory accounts for the year ended 30 June 2007, prepared under IFRS, on
which the auditors gave an unqualified opinion which did not contain a statement
made under either s237(2) or s237(3) of the Companies Act 1985, has been filed
with the Registrar of Companies.
2. Accounting policies
The condensed consolidated set of half yearly financial statements has been
prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the European Union (EU) and in
accordance with IAS34 'Interim Financial Reporting' as endorsed by the EU.
The condensed consolidated half yearly financial statements have been prepared
using accounting policies and methods of computation consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the Group's Annual Report for the year ended 30
June 2007 with the exception of the adjustment made to the calculation of
discounting of long-term payables under IAS39 'Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement' as explained in note 3.
Changes in accounting policies
In the current financial year, the Group will adopt IFRS7 'Financial
Instruments: Disclosures' for the first time. As IFRS7 is a disclosure standard,
there is no impact of this change in accounting policy on the half yearly
financial report. Full details of the change will be disclosed in the Group's
Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2008.
In the current financial year, the Group will also adopt the amendment to IAS1
'Presentation of Financial Statements Capital Disclosures' for the first time.
As the amendment to IAS1 relates to disclosures, there is no impact of this
change in accounting policy on the half yearly financial report. Full details of
the change will be disclosed in the Group's Annual Report for the year ended 30
June 2008.
3. Prior year adjustment
IAS2 'Inventories' and IAS39 'Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement' require that the Group's land purchases on deferred terms should be
recorded at the discounted present value at the date of purchase. The value of
the discount is expensed through finance costs in the income statement over the
period of the deferral, with the associated land payable being increased to the
settlement value over the period of deferral. The land value carried in
inventories is reduced by the value of the discount and this therefore reduces
land cost of sales in the income statement over the duration of the site.
The Group adopted the above policy upon transition to IFRS at 1 July 2004. The
calculation methodology adopted at transition, and subsequently applied, did not
discount any deferred term land payable at inception for the first twelve months
that it was due to remain outstanding. The Group has reviewed this calculation
methodology in the current half year and considers that it is more appropriate
to discount any deferred term land payable for the entire period of deferral.
The Group has therefore recalculated the adjustment made for deferred term land
payables and, due to the fact that the impact of the change is considered by the
Directors to be material, it has adjusted the results presented at 30 June 2007
and 31 December 2006 by means of a prior year adjustment.
The effect of this calculation change is summarised below:
Half year ended Year ended
31 December 30 June At 1 July
2006 2007 2006
£m £m £m
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Income statement
Cost of sales 3.0 6.1 -
Finance costs (6.6) (9.1) -
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Decrease in profit before tax (3.6) (3.0) -
Tax 1.1 0.9 -
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Decrease in profit for the period (2.5) (2.1) -
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Balance sheet
Deferred tax asset 5.8 2.5 4.7
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Non-current assets 5.8 2.5 4.7
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Inventories (33.9) (29.7) (34.8)
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Current assets (33.9) (29.7) (34.8)
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Trade and other payables 14.7 11.1 19.2
Deferred tax liabilities - 3.1 -
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Non-current liabilities 14.7 14.2 19.2
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Net assets (13.4) (13.0) (10.9)
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Equity
Retained profits at the start of
the period (10.9) (10.9) (10.9)
Retained profit movement in the
period (2.5) (2.1) -
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Equity (13.4) (13.0) (10.9)
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Earnings per share
Basic (1.1p) (0.8p) -
Diluted (1.0p) (0.8p) -
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Segmental analysis
The Group consists of two separate segments for management reporting and control
purposes, being housebuilding and commercial development. The Group presents its
primary segment information on the basis of these operating segments. As the
Group operates in a single geographic market, the United Kingdom, no secondary
segmentation is provided.
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
Residential (restated*) (restated*)
completions Units Units Units Units Units Units
________________________________________________________________________________
Housebuilding 9,056 7,206 17,168
Commercial
development - - -
________________________________________________________________________________
9,056 7,206 17,168
________________________________________________________________________________
Revenue £m £m £m £m £m £m
________________________________________________________________________________
Housebuilding 1,610.3 1,194.4 3,001.4
Commercial
development 42.5 - 44.7
________________________________________________________________________________
1,652.8 1,194.4 3,046.1
________________________________________________________________________________
Result £m £m £m £m £m £m
________________________________________________________________________________
Profit from
operations before
restructuring costs
Housebuilding 270.3 196.6 506.8
Commercial
development 4.6 - 6.5
________________________________________________________________________________
274.9 196.6 513.3
________________________________________________________________________________
Restructuring costs
Housebuilding (7.2) - (25.6)
Commercial
development - - (0.6)
________________________________________________________________________________
(7.2) - (26.2)
________________________________________________________________________________
Profit from
operations
Housebuilding 263.1 196.6 481.2
Commercial
development 4.6 - 5.9
________________________________________________________________________________
267.7 196.6 487.1
________________________________________________________________________________
Share of post tax loss
from joint ventures
Housebuilding (1.3) - (0.9)
Commercial
development (0.3) - (0.1)
________________________________________________________________________________
(1.6) - (1.0)
________________________________________________________________________________
Profit from operations
including share of post
tax loss from joint
ventures
Housebuilding 261.8 196.6 480.3
Commercial
development 4.3 - 5.8
________________________________________________________________________________
266.1 196.6 486.1
________________________________________________________________________________
Finance income 5.6 0.3 3.5
Finance costs (77.1) (20.3) (64.8)
________________________________________________________________________________
Profit before tax 194.6 176.6 424.8
Tax (60.8) (53.0) (126.5)
________________________________________________________________________________
Profit for the period
from continuing
operations 133.8 123.6 298.3
________________________________________________________________________________
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
4. Segmental analysis (continued)
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
Balance sheet £m £m £m £m £m £m
__________________________________________________________________________________
Segment assets
Housebuilding 5,974.7 3,012.9 5,624.9
Commercial
development 395.0 - 314.6
__________________________________________________________________________________
6,369.7 3,012.9 5,939.5
__________________________________________________________________________________
Elimination of
intercompany
balances (36.7) - (21.3)
__________________________________________________________________________________
6,333.0 3,012.9 5,918.2
__________________________________________________________________________________
Deferred tax
assets 2.0 45.0 2.5
Cash and cash
equivalents 8.7 68.6 182.1
__________________________________________________________________________________
Consolidated
total assets 6,343.7 3,126.5 6,102.8
__________________________________________________________________________________
Segment
liabilities
Housebuilding (1,475.0) (1,159.8) (1,565.1)
Commercial
development (199.7) - (119.5)
__________________________________________________________________________________
(1,674.7) (1,159.8) (1,684.6)
__________________________________________________________________________________
Elimination of
intercompany
balances 36.7 - 21.3
__________________________________________________________________________________
(1,638.0) (1,159.8) (1,663.3)
__________________________________________________________________________________
Current tax
liabilities (49.5) (59.8) (58.2)
Loans and
borrowings (1,747.2) (295.3) (1,483.3)
__________________________________________________________________________________
Consolidated
total
liabilities (3,434.7) (1,514.9) (3,204.8)
__________________________________________________________________________________
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
Other information £m £m £m £m £m £m
__________________________________________________________________________________
Capital additions
Housebuilding 3.5 4.4 7.9
Commercial
development 0.2 - -
__________________________________________________________________________________
3.7 4.4 7.9
__________________________________________________________________________________
Amortisation of
intangible assets
Housebuilding - - -
Commercial
development 0.5 - -
__________________________________________________________________________________
0.5 - -
__________________________________________________________________________________
Depreciation
Housebuilding 3.9 3.2 4.8
Commercial
development 0.2 - 0.1
__________________________________________________________________________________
4.1 3.2 4.9
__________________________________________________________________________________
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
5. Restructuring costs
Following the acquisition of Wilson Bowden on 26 April 2007, the Group has
incurred £7.2m of costs in the half year in relation to reorganising and
restructuring the business, including redundancy costs. This, with the £26.2m
incurred in the year ended 30 June 2007, brings the total restructuring costs to
date to £33.4m.
Where existing employees could not be retained within the Group, redundancy
costs of £3.5m have been incurred in the half year, in addition to the £12.2m
incurred in the year ended 30 June 2007.
6. Net finance costs
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
£m £m £m
________________________________________________________________________________
Finance income on short-term
bank deposits (1.4) (0.3) (3.5)
Imputed interest on available
for sale financial assets (0.9) - -
Interest received on swaps (1.5) - -
Other interest received (1.8) - -
________________________________________________________________________________
Finance income (5.6) (0.3) (3.5)
________________________________________________________________________________
Interest on bank overdrafts
and loans 67.3 9.0 43.5
Imputed interest on deferred
term land payables 8.9 9.9 18.4
Finance costs related to
employee benefits 0.9 1.4 2.9
________________________________________________________________________________
Finance costs 77.1 20.3 64.8
________________________________________________________________________________
Net finance costs 71.5 20.0 61.3
________________________________________________________________________________
Finance costs related to employee benefits of £1.4m have been reclassified from
operating expenses to finance costs in the prior half year.
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
7. Tax
Corporation tax for the half year is charged at 31.2% (half year ended 31
December 2006: 30.0%, year ended 30 June 2007: 29.8%), representing the best
estimate of the average annual effective corporation tax rate expected for the
full year, applied to profit before tax at the half year.
At 30 June 2007, the Group recognized a deferred tax asset of £5.8m in relation
to the anticipated tax relief available on the future exercise of options under
the Group's Share Option and Long-Term Performance Plans. As a result of the
fall in the Company's share price since that date, the anticipated tax relief on
future exercises is now lower and accordingly the attributable deferred tax
asset recognized as at 31 December 2007 is £0.1m. This has resulted in a charge
to the income statement of £3.3m, the balance being charged to reserves.
8. Dividends
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
________________________________________________________________________________
Dividends paid
Final dividend for the year ended
30 June 2007 of 24.30p per share
(2006: 20.69p) 83.8 49.7 49.7
Interim dividend for the half year
ended 31 December 2006 of 11.38p
per share (2005: 10.34p) - - 27.4
________________________________________________________________________________
83.8 49.7 77.1
________________________________________________________________________________
Dividends proposed
Interim dividend for the half year
ended 31 December 2007 of 12.23p
per share (2006: 11.38p) 42.2 27.4
___________________________________________________________________
The proposed dividend has not been included as a liability at 31 December 2007.
The proposed dividend will have no tax implications for the Group.
Dividend payment dates
Final paid 28 November 2007 29 November 2006
Interim proposed/paid 23 May 2008 25 May 2007
9. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the half year
attributable to ordinary shareholders of £133.8m (2006: £123.6m (restated*)) by
the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the half year,
excluding those held by the Employee Benefit Trust which were treated as
cancelled, giving a figure of 344.9m (2006: 239.8m).
Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the half
year attributable to ordinary shareholders of £133.8m (2006: £123.6m (restated
*)) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue, adjusted to
assume conversion of all potentially dilutive ordinary shares from the start of
the year, giving a figure of 346.6m (2006: 244.3m).
The earnings per share from continuing operations were as follows:
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
pence pence pence
________________________________________________________________________________
Basic earnings per share 38.8 51.5 115.4
________________________________________________________________________________
Adjusted basic earnings per share 40.2 51.5 123.0
________________________________________________________________________________
Diluted earnings per share 38.6 50.6 113.5
________________________________________________________________________________
Adjusted diluted earnings per share 40.0 50.6 121.0
________________________________________________________________________________
The calculations of basic, diluted, adjusted basic and adjusted diluted earnings
per share are based upon the following data:
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 2007 31 December 2006 30 June 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
pence pence pence
per per per
basic basic basic
£m share £m share £m share
________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings for basic and
diluted earnings per
share 133.8 38.8 123.6 51.5 298.3 115.4
Add restructuring
costs 7.2 2.1 - - 26.2 10.1
Less tax effect of
above item (2.2) (0.7) - - (6.5) (2.5)
________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings for adjusted
basic and adjusted
diluted earnings per
share 138.8 40.2 123.6 51.5 318.0 123.0
________________________________________________________________________________________
Earnings are adjusted, removing restructuring costs and related tax, to reflect
the Group's underlying profits.
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
10. Property, plant and equipment
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
______________________________________________________________________________
Opening net book value 37.4 12.1 12.1
Acquired with subsidiary - - 23.1
Additions 3.7 4.4 7.9
Disposals (2.9) (0.5) (0.8)
Depreciation (4.1) (3.2) (4.9)
______________________________________________________________________________
Closing net book value 34.1 12.8 37.4
______________________________________________________________________________
11. Inventories
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Land held for development 3,350.0 2,044.1 3,266.9
Construction work in progress 1,703.3 841.9 1,368.5
Part exchange properties 110.7 37.5 97.9
Other inventories 7.9 7.0 6.6
_______________________________________________________________________________
5,171.9 2,930.5 4,739.9
_______________________________________________________________________________
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
12. Loans and borrowings
Drawn debt and net debt at the period end is shown below:
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
______________________________________________________________________________
Cash and cash equivalents 8.7 68.6 182.1
______________________________________________________________________________
Non-current borrowings
Bank loans (1,453.1) (2.7) (1,273.2)
Loan notes (101.4) - (101.6)
Private placement notes (180.1) - (81.8)
______________________________________________________________________________
Total non-current borrowings (1,734.6) (2.7) (1,456.6)
______________________________________________________________________________
Current borrowings
Bank overdrafts (12.6) (8.6) (26.7)
Bank loans - (284.0) -
______________________________________________________________________________
Total current borrowings (12.6) (292.6) (26.7)
______________________________________________________________________________
Total borrowings (1,747.2) (295.3) (1,483.3)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Net debt (1,738.5) (226.7) (1,301.2)
______________________________________________________________________________
Net debt is defined as cash and cash equivalents, bank overdrafts and interest
bearing borrowings.
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and other short-term highly
liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less.
Movement in net debt is analysed as follows:
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Net (decrease)/increase in
cash and cash equivalents (173.4) 25.3 138.8
Drawdown of borrowings (263.9) (286.9) (1,040.6)
Loan notes issued on
acquisition of subsidiary - - (101.6)
Borrowings acquired with
subsidiary - - (332.7)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Movement in net debt in the
period (437.3) (261.6) (1,336.1)
Opening net (debt)/cash (1,301.2) 34.9 34.9
_______________________________________________________________________________
Closing net debt (1,738.5) (226.7) (1,301.2)
_______________________________________________________________________________
On 23 August 2007, the Group issued $200.0m of US Dollar denominated private
placement notes with a maturity of ten years. The notes were swapped into
Sterling to avoid foreign exchange exposure.
13. Defined benefit pension schemes
The amounts recognised in the income statement were as follows:
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Current service cost 2.5 3.6 5.5
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total pension cost recognised
in operating expenses in the
consolidated income statement 2.5 3.6 5.5
_______________________________________________________________________________
Interest cost 6.7 6.0 11.9
Expected return on scheme assets (5.8) (4.6) (9.0)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total pension cost recognised
in finance costs in the
consolidated income statement 0.9 1.4 2.9
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total pension cost recognised
in the consolidated income
statement 3.4 5.0 8.4
_______________________________________________________________________________
The amount included in the balance sheet arising from the Group's obligations in
respect of its defined benefit pension scheme was as follows:
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Net liability recognised in the
balance sheet 75.2 84.3 78.3
_______________________________________________________________________________
Cash flow movements in scheme assets were as follows:
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Employer contributions 6.5 8.7 18.0
Member contributions 0.9 1.0 1.8
Benefits paid from scheme (2.3) (6.3) (9.4)
Premiums paid (0.1) (0.3) (0.2)
_______________________________________________________________________________
14. Share capital
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
Number Number Number
_____________________________________________________________________________
Authorised ordinary shares of 10p
each 439,460,000 300,000,000 402,850,000
_____________________________________________________________________________
Allotted and issued ordinary shares
of 10p each - fully paid 346,717,019 243,660,785 346,511,877
_____________________________________________________________________________
£m £m £m
_____________________________________________________________________________
Authorised ordinary shares of 10p
each 43.9 30.0 40.3
_____________________________________________________________________________
Allotted and issued ordinary shares
of 10p each - fully paid 34.7 24.4 34.7
_____________________________________________________________________________
The authorised share capital of the Company was increased from 402,850,000 to
439,460,000 on 27 November 2007.
During the six months, 1,617,727 options over the Company's shares were granted
under the Company's Long-Term Performance Plan. As a result of the exercise of
the Company's Share Option and Long-Term Performance Plans 84,630 shares were
issued. In addition, 120,512 shares were issued to members of the Wilson Bowden
plc 2003 Savings Related Share Option Scheme in accordance with the Scheme of
Arrangement by which the acquisition was effective.
15. Reconciliation of movements in consolidated equity
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
£m £m £m
_____________________________________________________________________________
Profit for the period 133.8 123.6 298.3
Revaluation of available for sale
financial assets (2.7) 1.8 (0.7)
Losses on hedged swap arrangements (56.4) - -
Gains on hedged swap arrangements 2.0 - 12.3
Tax credited/(charged) to reserves 16.0 (0.5) 0.8
_____________________________________________________________________________
Total income recognised for the
period attributable to equity
shareholders 92.7 124.9 310.7
Disposal of own shares - 3.7 10.6
Dividends (83.8) (49.7) (77.1)
Issue of share capital 1.8 2.5 1,122.0
Share issue costs - - (0.1)
Share-based payments 2.7 1.2 4.4
Tax on share-based payments charged
to reserves (2.4) - -
Amounts transferred to the income
statement - - (1.5)
_____________________________________________________________________________
Net increase in equity 11.0 82.6 1,369.0
Opening equity 2,898.0 1,529.0 1,529.0
_____________________________________________________________________________
Closing equity 2,909.0 1,611.6 2,898.0
_____________________________________________________________________________
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
16. Cash flows from operating activities
Half year ended Half year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December 30 June
2007 2006 2007
(restated*) (restated*)
£m £m £m
_______________________________________________________________________________
Profit for the period from
continuing operations 133.8 123.6 298.3
Tax 60.8 53.0 126.5
Finance income (5.6) (0.3) (3.5)
Finance costs 77.1 20.3 64.8
Share of post tax loss from
joint ventures 1.6 - 1.0
_______________________________________________________________________________
Profit from operations 267.7 196.6 487.1
_______________________________________________________________________________
Gains on swap arrangements
transferred to income
statement - - (1.5)
Amortisation of intangible
assets 0.5 - -
Depreciation 4.1 3.2 4.9
Share-based payments 2.7 1.2 4.4
Imputed interest on deferred
term land payables (8.9) (9.9) (18.4)
Imputed interest on available
for sale financial assets 0.9 - -
Finance costs related to
employee benefits (0.9) (1.4) (2.9)
Revaluation of available for
sale financial assets (2.7) 1.8 (0.7)
Profit on disposal of
property, plant and equipment (2.8) (1.1) (2.5)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total non-cash items (7.1) (6.2) (16.7)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Increase in inventories (432.0) (320.9) (267.4)
Decrease/(increase) in trade
and other receivables 15.8 4.6 (10.1)
Decrease in trade and other
payables (81.5) (21.5) (56.1)
(Increase)/decrease in
available for sale financial
assets (7.4) 0.1 2.7
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total movements in working
capital (505.1) (337.7) (330.9)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Interest paid (55.0) (9.0) (31.3)
Tax paid (55.4) (59.3) (120.5)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Net cash outflow from
operating activities (354.9) (215.6) (12.3)
_______________________________________________________________________________
*The results for the half year ended 31 December 2006 and year ended 30 June
2007 have been restated as explained in note 3.
17. Contingent liabilities
The Company has guaranteed certain bank borrowings of its subsidiary
undertakings, amounting to £3.3m at 31 December 2007 (2006: £8.6m). This
guarantee relates to a loss making subsidiary. The liability of the Group, which
is equal to the net liabilities of the subsidiary has been provided within the
consolidated financial statements.
The Group has entered into counter indemnities in the normal course of business
in respect of performance bonds. Certain subsidiary undertakings have
commitments for the purchase of trading stock entered into in the normal course
of business.
18. Seasonality
The Group, in common with the rest of the housebuilding industry, is subject to
the two main spring and autumn house selling seasons. As these seasons fall in
separate half years the Group's results are not usually subject to significant
seasonal variations.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Directors consider that the principal risks and uncertainties which could
have a material impact on the Group's performance in the remaining six months of
the financial year are the same as described on page 21 of the 2007 Annual
Report. These include, but are not limited to:
• Residential property market
• Response to changes in the macroeconomic climate including buyer
confidence and interest rates
• Provision of high quality product to maintain brand quality and
minimise remedial costs
• Land
• Securing sufficient land of appropriate size and quality to provide
profitable growth
• Government regulation
• Length of time taken to obtain required planning and technical
consents
• Consequences of changes in tax legislation
• Construction
• Failure to identify and achieve key construction milestones
• Management reporting fails to identify cost overruns leaving
insufficient time to take remedial action
• Innovative design and construction techniques are not employed
• Health and Safety
• Consideration of the impact of construction schemes upon the
environment and social surroundings
• People
• Ability of the Group to attract and retain the best people
• Ensuring that the Group has a sufficiently skilled and experienced
workforce
• Adequate succession planning to ensure that experience and knowledge
of key management is retained within the business
• Defined benefit pension scheme to which the Group may be required to
increase contributions to fund an increase in costs of future
benefits and/or any future shortfall.
The way that the Group mitigates the above risks is explained on page 21 of the
2007 Annual Report.
Responsibility statement
The Directors confirm that this condensed consolidated set of half yearly
financial statements has been prepared in accordance with IAS34 and that the
interim management report herein includes a fair review of the information
required by DTR 4.2.7R (indication of important events during the first six
months and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining
six months of the year) and DTR 4.2.8R (disclosure of related party transactions
and changes therein).
The Directors of Barratt Developments PLC during the half year were:
C G Toner, Chairman
M S Clare, Group Chief Executive
M A Pain, Group Finance Director
S J Boyes, Group Board Executive Director
C Fenton, Group Board Executive Director
R J Davies, Non-Executive Director
R MacEachrane, Non-Executive Director
M Pescod, Senior Independent Director
W Shannon, Non-Executive Director
These condensed consolidated half yearly financial statements were approved by
the Board on 26 February 2008.
M S Clare
Group Chief Executive
M A Pain
Group Finance Director
Independent review report to Barratt Developments PLC
We have been engaged by the Company to review the condensed set of financial
statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 31
December 2007 which comprises the income statement, the balance sheet, the
statement of recognised income and expense, the cash flow statement and related
notes 1 to 18. We have read the other information contained in the half-yearly
financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements
or material inconsistencies with the information in the condensed set of
financial statements.
This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with International
Standard on Review Engagements 2410 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our
work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company those matters we
are required to state to them in an independent review report and for no other
purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume
responsibility to anyone other than the Company, for our review work, for this
report, or for the conclusions we have formed.
Directors' responsibilities
The half-yearly financial report is the responsibility of, and has been approved
by, the Directors. The Directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly
financial report in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the
United Kingdoms' Financial Services Authority.
As disclosed in note 1, the annual financial statements of the Group are
prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union. The
condensed set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial
report has been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard
34, 'Interim Financial Reporting', as adopted by the European Union.
Our responsibility
Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the condensed
set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report based on our
review.
Scope of review
We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review
Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410, 'Review of Interim Financial Information
Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity' issued by the Auditing
Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. A review of interim financial
information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for
financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review
procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in
accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and
consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware
of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we
do not express an audit opinion.
Conclusion
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe
that the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial
report for the six months ended 31 December 2007 is not prepared, in all
material respects, in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 as
adopted by the European Union and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the
United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chartered Accountants
26 February 2008
London, United Kingdom
Registered office
Barratt Developments PLC, Barratt House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park,
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