RNS Number : 2931X Mountfield Group plc 23 November 2017
23 November 2017 Mountfield Group Plc (the "Group") And its subsidiaries Connaught Access Flooring Limited ("Connaught" or "CAF") and Mountfield Building Group Limited ("MBG") Trading UpdateThe Board of the Group, the AIM listed commercial flooring and specialist construction services company, is pleased to provide a trading update for the year to date.
Following a review by the Directors of the Group's second half performance in 2017 and of the forecast revenue for the remainder of the year from contracts already announced, they advise that the net profit for the period is likely to exceed that achieved in both the first half of the year to 30 June 2017 and the second half of the year to 31 December 2016.
Since 30 June 2017, the Group has announced contract wins totalling £8.92mas follows:
Announcement of | Announced Contract Value | Expected Completion | |
Contract | (£) | Subsidiary | |
09/10/2017 | 4,000,000 | CAF | October 2018 |
05/10/2017 | 1,020,000 | MBG | February 2018 |
02/10/2017 | 1,650,000 | MBG | March 2018 |
06/09/2017 | 750,000 | MBG | January 2018 |
29/08/2017 | 1,500,000 | CAF | September 2018 |
The Directors are pleased to advise that work has commenced and is on schedule for all of the contracts above.
Having successfully won a number of contracts in the second half of 2017 which are expected to be completed in 2018, the Group will enter 2018 on a stronger basis than this year. The Group's secured order book stood at
£6.58mat the beginning of 2017 and of this, £6.08mhad been won by CAF and £0.5mby MBG. It is expected the value of Group's secured work at the beginning of 2018 will total at least £8.1m. CAF will begin next year with secured turnover of £6.0mand MBG £2.1m.
Since the restructuring in 2016, the Group's emphasis has been on increasing margins and the minimisation of risk on contracts. Since then, there has been a noticeable improvement to the Group's working capital position as compared to previous years such that the Company can undertake larger projects within its existing financing facilities. Accordingly, the Directors do not require additional equity funding fromthe market.
The Board's strategy is to prioritise margins over turnover and the work won and under negotiation is at prices that accord with it. The trading climate remains extremely active and both MBG and CAF are involved in a number of tenders for work to be undertaken in 2018 and the Board believes that this level of activity will continue through to 2020 at least.
Andy Collins, MD of CAF and Group CEO said that:
"This has been a very good year for Mountfield and the repeat orders prove our ability to successfully deliver large and complex projects. As we near the year end, our secured work for 2018 is significantly above this time last year and we hope that we can continue to build on this year's success further."
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014. For further information, please contact:
Mountfield Group plc 01268 561 516Peter Jay, Chairman
Andy Collins, Chief Executive Officer
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 020 7213 0880Jo Turner / Tony Rawlinson
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