Helpful info10 May 2020 11:35
DUKEMOUNT CAPITAL PLC
#DKE
Price 0.8-0.85 at time of writing 4/5/20
What does DKE do?
First bit of essential DD is the audio file below from a company presentation about 1 year ago. It’s a bit long but you’ll understand the company much better after.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1__TVdbR2YnTWAoBwzwz5_q_FKTvKalkY/view?usp=drivesdk
From the website “The purpose of the Company is to acquire, develop and manage portfolios of properties which may in some cases be sold onto institutional investors on a sale and leaseback basis and which are already backed up by long-term operational tenants at a rent, which where possible, is CPI linked”
The first of these are at Wavertree and West Derby in Liverpool. Wavertree is in the final completion stage (hopefully finished in the next month or so) and West Derby is on route to be completed by August. The company received a bonus of £500k-£1mill on completion of each project so in the next few months they’ll have at least £1mill more cash in the bank.
Sounds like a great business but this part isn’t the reason to buy. They are making a step change in deal size and scope.
The next stage is Independent Retirement Living and Extra Care involving universities nursing students.
“Dukemount is in advanced discussions with a number of parties involved in this area and has once again partnered with architects HLP Design who are internationally renowned for their work in this sector and MDA consultants. To extend the range of its long-dated income proposal, and the size of the projects, the board has completed its due diligence on the retirement and extra-care sector creating DKE Care and Leisure Ltd (DCL). DCL will not be the operator in either of these two sectors but will seek expert operators in each sector on a project-by-project basis.
An interesting development in these talks has been with universities who offer nursing degrees. We have proposed developing retirement villages and extra care accommodation either on campus or close to the universities, potentially freeing up capital for them and offering valuable practical work experience for their students”
Next essential piece of DD is http://dukemountcapitalplc.com/documents/DKE%20online%20pdf%20v6.pdf
Layman’s terms
DKE bring together universities who offer nursing degrees and Pension Funds who want to buy long term income. Everyone benefits.
The university gets new nursing student accommodation built (which makes it more attractive to students) and a care home on or near their land in which the nursing students can gain first hand nursing experience (makes them more attractive to students). They also gain financially from land sales and Care home profits. The pension funds are able to buy a very long dated income lease on the care homes to have a fixed return over the long term. This is something all pension funds want but is increasingly hard to come by.
From the audio file the deals are around £150-200mill and DKE get around