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Interim Results

7 Dec 2017 07:00

RNS Number : 6252Y
Circle Property PLC
07 December 2017
 

7 December 2017

Circle Property Plc

("Circle", "Company" or the "Group")

Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September

CONTINUED LEASING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT MOMENTUM DRIVES STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

Circle Property Plc (AIM: CRC), the specialist regional UK property investment, development and management company today announces its results for the six months to 30 September 2017. The results show continued strong operational performance driven by asset management translating to growth in portfolio valuation, NAV and rental income and leading to a proposed further increase in dividend.

 

Financial Highlights

· 11.3% increase in portfolio valuation to £103.5 million (31 March 2017: £93 million), driven primarily by the Company's ongoing asset management initiatives

· 15.3% increase in NAV per share to £2.11 (31 March 2017: £1.83) contributing to 40% growth in NAV since IPO in February 2016

· 26% increase in rental income to £2.9 million for the first six months to 30 September 2017 (30 September 2016: £2.3 million)

· 57% increase in net operating profit to £1.8 million which excludes gains on investment properties (six months to 30 September 2016: £1.1 million) leading to a 3.6% increase in profit before tax to £8.6 million (six months to 30 September 2016: £8.3 million)

· Loan to value ratio reduced to 47% (31 March 2017: 49%)

· 6.9% increase in earnings per share to 31 pence (30 September 2016: 29 pence)

· 8.3% increase in interim dividend to 2.6 pence per share (30 September 2016: 2.4 pence) reflecting the Board's ongoing confidence in the Company's prospects and outlook. The dividend will be paid on 18 January 2018 to shareholders on the register on 15 December 2017, with an ex-dividend date of 14 December 2017.

· WAULT of 11.29 years to expiry, up from 7.39 years

 

Operational Highlights

· Building on the £648,300 of annualised rent which was signed over the second half of last year, three further significant lease contracts were secured during the period, adding £378,841 or 7.2% to the annualised rent roll and comprising:

o Signing a new 20 year lease without break to Las Iguanas, the popular Latin American restaurant chain owned by Casual Dining Group Limited, for £220,000 per annum at one of our two newly developed restaurant units in Somerset House, Temple Street, Birmingham.

o Securing Topps Tiles as a new tenant at the Baildon Bridge Retail Park in Shipley on a 10 year lease with a 5 year break option, at a rent of £52,585 per annum.

o Achieving full occupancy at the Group's newly refurbished offices at Powerhouse in Milton Keynes by letting all 6,641 sq ft of the remaining space to Stephen Eagell Ltd, one of the UK's leading Toyota dealerships, on a 10 year lease at a rent of £106,256 per annum, equating to a rent of £16 per square foot.

· Further leasing progress has been made subsequent to the end of the first half year:

o The second of the two restaurant units located in Somerset House, Birmingham, is now under offer.  

o Grant Thornton has removed its August 2018 break clause at 300 Pavilion Drive, Northampton Business Park, Northampton, which extends the lease by five years to 2023.

o At the One Castlepark offices in Bristol, a 10 year lease renewal has been agreed on 13,143 sq ft of space on two equal leases at a rent of £22 per sq ft, with a five year break option. 

o In November, the Group completed a 1,350 sq ft letting of the 5th floor at 141 Moorgate for five years at a rent of £59,444 per annum.

o 5,500 sq ft in K2 at the Company's Kents Hill Park business park, Milton Keynes, is now under offer.

o At 36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, following the rolling refurbishment of 25,000 sq ft of offices, one office suite is under offer at £18.50 per sq ft with another under negotiation.  

o Following Willis Towers Watson exercising its break clause and vacating Unit B at Chapel Lane, Great Blakenham, Nr Ipswich, in July 2017, the Company let both Units A&B at the end of November to Anchor Safety LLP, the long standing tenant of Unit A. Anchor has entered into a new five year lease without break on 45,319 sq ft at a rent of £154,500 per annum.

o The remaining Unit 2 at Baildon Bridge Retail Park, Shipley, has been placed under offer at a similar rent to that achieved on Unit 3.

o Following a £3.5 million refurbishment of the six office floors at Somerset House, Birmingham, the project is now nearing completion. The offices are to be formally launched into the market early in 2018.

 

John Arnold, Chief Executive at Circle Property Plc, commented: "Although there is some degree of caution from tenants making leasing decisions against the backdrop of Brexit uncertainty, we continue to make good leasing progress across our portfolio. Since our IPO in February 2016, we have achieved a 40% increase in NAV and remain confident in our ability to deliver further growth from active asset management. We believe the level of demand for space in our assets is a direct reflection of the location and quality of our assets, as well as the standard of our refurbishments, which places us ahead of the competition. Furthermore, the great majority of our assets are highly reversionary so we have the flexibility to moderate rents or incentives and offer highly attractive terms to secure the tenant, whilst at the same time providing rental income growth for our shareholders.

"We continue to look for new acquisition opportunities, whether of portfolios or single assets. Our appointment of Smith & Williamson with Radnor Capital is expected to generate a greater level of interest in Circle, as we consider options for enlarging the Company's shareholder base in the New Year."

 

Circle Property Plc

 +44 (0)20 7930 8503

John Arnold, CEO

Edward Olins, COO

 

 

 

Smith & Williamson

+44 (0) 20 7131 4000

Azhic Basirov

Katy Birkin

 

Radnor Capital

Iain Daly

Joshua Cryer

 

 

 

 

+44 (0) 20 3897 1830

FTI Consulting

+44 (0)20 3727 1000

Richard Sunderland

Giles Barrie

Eve Kirmatzis

 

 

Chief Executive's statement

I am pleased to present the Group's results for the first six months of this year and to report that Circle has once again achieved significant asset valuation growth and that this has been driven primarily by our ongoing letting and refurbishments programme, demonstrating the importance of active management and stock selection. Our belief in the regional office markets remains steadfast, particularly as the supply continues to decline. This trend will be maintained for so long as the ongoing conversion of many less attractive office buildings to residential continues or if rents rise sufficiently to justify the ever increasing cost, as well as the associated risk, of constructing new product. At present, there is relatively little speculative new build office development being undertaken in the provinces and with build costs rising at, or above the rate at which office rents are rising, so our market remains favourable.

Since admission to AIM in February 2016 we have been pleased to achieve over 40% growth in NAV, which does not include the full lettings potential of our entire stock, which on completion is expected to result in further significant uplift in NAV. However, in common with many other property companies, we are mindful of the discount in the share price and are focussing on generating more liquidity in the Company's shares, as evidenced by our recent appointments of Smith & Williamson and Radnor Capital.

 

Asset management

Our development pipeline is now all but complete with less than £0.5m of further expenditure now required on our refurbishment at Somerset House, Temple Street Birmingham.

New lettings in the investment portfolio have again improved the income profile, and should all the negotiations currently underway convert to lettings, the Company will be able to report that it has over £6 million of annualised rental income at the year-end.

Power House, our 21,400 sq ft office building in Milton Keynes, is now fully let following Stephen Eagell Ltd letting on a 10 year lease at a rent of £106,256 per annum.

Following the completion of the letting of Unit 3 at Baildon Bridge in Shipley to Topps Tiles, Unit 2 is now under offer and, at completion, this 37,200 sq ft retail park will be fully let.

In October 2017, we were pleased to secure a letting on both industrial units (45,000 sq ft) at Great Blakenham, Ipswich, to Anchor Safety.

As previously reported our portfolio predominantly comprises high quality and well located regional offices with some "non-core" properties in other sectors which we have marked for sale on an opportunistic basis.

 

Developments

 

Our developments at Milton Keynes and Great Charles Street, Birmingham, are almost complete with marketing well underway, whilst completion of Somerset House, Birmingham, is imminent with marketing due to commence early in January 2018.

 

Kent's Hill Park

 

In October we placed the first letting, of 5,500 sq ft, at K2 in solicitors' hands. When we make further progress in the lettings we intend to take back K3 from Compass to undertake a further refurbishment. In the meantime, we are undertaking further landscaping improvements at the property to improve its letting prospects.

 

Somerset House

Completion of the office refurbishment is expected by the end of the calendar year and we are preparing to launch the asset to agents and begin a wider marketing campaign in January 2018.

 

Great Charles Street, Birmingham

36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, is being marketed and we already have one letting in solicitors' hands at £18.50 per sq ft with active negotiations underway with an additional tenant for another half floor.

 

Outlook

Although we have seen some slowdown in the lettings market overall, we are pleased with the progress made in leasing up space across our portfolio and believe this demand is a direct reflection of the location and quality of our assets and particularly of the standard of our refurbishments and asset management initiatives, compared to the stock that we are competing against. The investment market remains strong with little or no signs of a softening of yields. Our team has a deep knowledge of the regional markets and a proven track record of acquiring and creating value from assets. As and when we identify any suitable acquisition opportunities that we cannot fund from existing resources or from recycling stock and sales of non-core assets, we will explore funding opportunities to support our acquisitive strategy.

 

Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

6 months to30 September2017

 

6 months to30 September2016

 

12 months to31 March2017

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

 

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

4

 

2,943,673

 

2,340,377

 

5,265,507

Other income

4

 

92,736

 

60,262

 

138,122

 

 

 

3,036,409

 

2,400,639

 

5,403,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property expenses

5

 

(425,210)

 

(393,726)

 

(1,037,375)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net rental income

 

 

2,611,199

 

2,006,913

 

4,366,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative expenses

6

 

(801,185)

 

(855,991)

 

(2,114,965)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit before gains on investment properties

 

 

1,810,014

 

1,150,922

 

2,251,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains on disposal of investment properties

 

 

-

 

-

 

278,771

Gains on revaluation of investment properties

11

 

7,307,151

 

6,597,429

 

7,360,657

Negative goodwill on acquisition of CPUT

 

 

-

 

-

 

195,554

Listing costs

 

 

-

 

-

 

(107,493)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit

 

 

9,117,165

 

7,748,351

 

9,978,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance income

7

 

1,293

 

46,542

 

48,511

Finance costs

8

 

(553,225)

 

(752,895)

 

(1,293,384)

Effective interest rate adjustment on borrowings

 

 

-

 

1,232,304

 

1,232,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance costs

 

 

(551,932)

 

525,951

 

(12,569)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period before taxation

 

 

8,565,233

 

8,274,302

 

9,966,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxation

9

 

99,030

 

(61,897)

 

(21,912)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit after taxation

 

 

8,664,263

 

8,212,405

 

9,944,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

10

 

0.31

 

0.29

 

0.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no comprehensive income other than that included in the profit for the period. All of the profit for the period is attributable to the owners of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All items in the above statement derive from continuing operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

Condensed consolidated statement of financial position

 

 

 

 

30 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

30 September 2017

 

30 September 2016

 

31 March2017

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

 

 

£

 

£

 

£

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment properties

11

 

96,287,600

 

83,734,663

 

86,054,336

Property plant and equipment

 

 

26,080

 

32,894

 

29,158

Trade and other receivables

12

 

6,768,045

 

6,312,535

 

6,518,077

Deferred tax

 

 

1,314,814

 

908,553

 

1,141,887

Financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss

 

 

86

 

-

 

710

 

 

 

104,396,625

 

90,988,645

 

93,744,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

12

 

1,352,137

 

1,757,277

 

1,195,372

Deferred tax

 

 

148,626

 

102,736

 

128,240

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

5,161,605

 

2,991,506

 

4,893,807

 

 

 

6,662,368

 

4,851,519

 

6,217,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

111,058,993

 

95,840,164

 

99,961,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stated capital

 

 

42,542,179

 

42,542,179

 

42,542,179

Treasury share reserve

 

 

(380,001)

 

(380,001)

 

(380,001)

Retained earnings

 

 

17,588,004

 

8,606,688

 

9,659,457

Total equity

 

 

59,750,182

 

50,768,866

 

51,821,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings

13

 

48,800,835

 

44,085,159

 

45,590,423

 

 

 

48,800,835

 

44,085,159

 

45,590,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

14

 

2,507,976

 

986,139

 

2,549,529

 

 

 

2,507,976

 

986,139

 

2,549,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

51,308,811

 

45,071,298

 

48,139,952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

111,058,993

 

95,840,164

 

99,961,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 6 December 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

Condensed consolidated statement of cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 months to 30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

 

 

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period before taxation

 

 

8,565,233

 

8,274,302

 

9,966,209

Adjustments for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance income

 

 

(1,293)

 

(46,542)

 

(48,511)

Finance expense

 

 

553,225

 

752,895

 

1,293,384

Depreciation

 

 

3,077

 

3,678

 

7,414

Gains on revaluation of investment properties

 

 

(7,307,151)

 

(6,597,429)

 

(7,360,657)

Gains on disposal of investment properties

 

 

-

 

-

 

(278,771)

Amortisation of loan arrangement fees

 

 

29,406

 

11,049

 

40,136

Fair value movement on interest rate swaps

 

 

625

 

(94,872)

 

(95,565)

Effective interest rate adjustment on borrowings

 

 

-

 

(1,232,304)

 

(1,232,304)

Negative goodwill on acquisition of CPUT

 

 

-

 

-

 

(195,554)

Increase in trade and other receivables

 

 

(406,733)

 

(3,700,877)

 

(3,409,020)

Decrease in trade and other payables

 

 

(113,253)

 

(1,327,035)

 

(103,177)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash generated from operating activities

 

 

1,323,136

 

(3,957,135)

 

(1,416,416)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other finance costs paid

 

 

(553,312)

 

(821,386)

 

(1,416,942)

Interest received

 

 

1,293

 

4,055

 

70,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash from operating activities

 

 

771,117

 

(4,774,466)

 

(2,762,845)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of additions to investment properties

 

 

(2,948,608)

 

(1,356,410)

 

(3,520,046)

Proceeds from disposal of investment properties

 

 

-

 

-

 

1,278,770

Cost of additions of property plant and equipment

 

 

-

 

(14,200)

 

(14,200)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash from investing activities

 

 

(2,948,608)

 

(1,370,610)

 

(2,255,476)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of borrowings

 

 

-

 

(38,966,135)

 

(39,775,343)

Drawdown of borrowings

 

 

3,181,005

 

44,244,177

 

46,529,563

Dividends paid

 

 

(735,716)

 

(657,613)

 

(1,358,245)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

2,445,289

 

4,620,429

 

5,395,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

267,798

 

(1,524,647)

 

377,654

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

 

 

4,893,807

 

4,516,153

 

4,516,153

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 

 

5,161,605

 

2,991,506

 

4,893,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

          

 

Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity

 

 

 

 

for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharecapital

 

Treasury shares reserve

 

Retained earnings

 

Total

 

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

£

As at 1 April 2016

 

42,542,179

 

(380,001)

 

1,073,405

 

43,235,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period

 

-

 

-

 

8,212,405

 

8,212,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

-

 

-

 

(679,122)

 

(679,122)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 30 September 2016

 

42,542,179

 

(380,001)

 

8,606,688

 

50,768,866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period

 

-

 

-

 

1,731,892

 

1,731,892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

-

 

-

 

(679,123)

 

(679,123)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 31 March 2017

 

42,542,179

 

(380,001)

 

9,659,457

 

51,821,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period

 

-

 

-

 

8,664,263

 

8,664,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

-

 

-

 

(735,716)

 

(735,716)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 30 September 2017

 

42,542,179

 

(380,001)

 

17,588,004

 

59,750,182

 

Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements

 

 

 

 

for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 General information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for Circle Property Plc ("the Company") and its subsidiary undertakings (together referred to as the "Group").

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company's shares are admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc. The Company is domiciled and registered in Jersey, Channel Islands. The address of its registered office is 3rd Floor, Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nature of the Company's operations and its principal activities are that of property investment in the UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Principal accounting policies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basis of accounting

 

 

 

 

 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting", and should be read in conjunction with the Group's last consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 March 2017. They do not include all of the information required for a complete set of IFRS financial statements. However, selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in the Group's financial position and performance since the last financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going concern

 

 

 

 

 

The Group's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the Chief Executive's statement. The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities are described in these financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Group has adequate financial resources together with long term rental contracts with a wide range of tenants. As a consequence, the Directors believe that the Group is well placed to manage its business risk successfully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the interim financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimates and judgements

 

 

 

 

 

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, management has made judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The significant judgements made by management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 March 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Operating segments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the period the Group operated in one geographical segment, which is the United Kingdom, and one reporting segment, which is investment in commercial property. Therefore no segmental reporting is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Revenue

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

2,676,937

 

2,099,171

 

4,743,974

SIC 15 adjustment (spreading of lease incentives)

266,736

 

241,206

 

521,533

 

2,943,673

 

2,340,377

 

5,265,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance recovery

48,053

 

60,036

 

118,647

Other income

44,683

 

226

 

19,475

 

92,736

 

60,262

 

138,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,036,409

 

2,400,639

 

5,403,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Property expenses

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property expenses

140,501

 

81,627

 

260,705

Property service charges

144,397

 

167,185

 

337,635

Property repairs and maintenance costs

13,376

 

26,059

 

25,960

Property insurance

62,496

 

70,615

 

144,276

Property rates

39,440

 

48,240

 

68,799

Lease variation costs

25,000

 

-

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

425,210

 

393,726

 

1,037,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Administrative expenses

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff costs

397,675

 

318,218

 

1,060,222

Administration fees

124,248

 

126,000

 

251,829

Legal and professional fees

210,474

 

290,853

 

564,685

Audit fees

1,300

 

30,639

 

65,724

Accountancy fees

3,221

 

4,769

 

9,918

Rent, rates and other office costs

31,533

 

26,531

 

57,219

Other overheads

29,657

 

54,862

 

97,954

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets

3,077

 

4,119

 

7,414

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

801,185

 

855,991

 

2,114,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Finance income

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank interest

1,293

 

4,055

 

5,220

Loan interest

-

 

42,487

 

43,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,293

 

46,542

 

48,511

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 Finance costs

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swap interest

-

 

70,880

 

70,880

Loan interest

512,518

 

566,679

 

1,060,234

Loan commitment fees

10,676

 

24,159

 

42,699

Loan arrangement fees

29,406

 

186,049

 

215,136

Fair value movement on interest rate swaps

625

 

(94,872)

 

(95,565)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

553,225

 

752,895

 

1,293,384

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 Taxation

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current tax

171,315

 

53,733

 

77,031

Over provision of current tax in prior year

(77,031)

 

-

 

-

Deferred tax charge / (credit)

57,942

 

8,164

 

(55,119)

Under provision of deferred tax credit in prior year

(251,256)

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(99,030)

 

61,897

 

21,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 Earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share has been calculated on profit after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders for the period (as shown on the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income) and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 months to30 September 2017

 

6 months to 30 September 2016

 

12 months to 31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period

8,664,263

 

8,212,405

 

9,944,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares

28,296,762

 

28,296,762

 

28,296,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per ordinary share:

0.31

 

0.29

 

0.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the opinion of the Board, treasury shares held to satisfy share awards to management currently do not have any material value and hence do not have any dilutive effect. Therefore no diluted earnings per share has been presented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 Investment properties

30 September 2017

 

30 September 2016

 

31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance brought forward

93,025,000

 

77,735,000

 

77,735,000

Cost of additions to investment properties

2,926,114

 

1,356,410

 

3,912,856

Disposal of investment properties

-

 

-

 

(1,000,000)

Gains on revaluation of investment properties

7,307,151

 

6,597,429

 

7,360,657

Lease incentive amortisation

266,735

 

4,736,161

 

5,016,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of investment properties per valuation report

103,525,000

 

90,425,000

 

93,025,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unamortised lease incentives

(7,237,400)

 

(6,690,337)

 

(6,970,664)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing fair value

96,287,600

 

83,734,663

 

86,054,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fair value of the Group's investment properties per the Valuation Report amounted to £103,525,000. The difference between the fair value of the investment properties per the Valuation Report and the fair value per the balance sheet of £7,237,400 relates to unamortised lease incentives which are recorded in the financial statements within non-current and current assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Group has pledged all of its investment properties to secure banking facilities granted to the Group as detailed in note 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fair value of the Group's investment properties at 30 September 2017 has been arrived at on the basis of valuation carried out by Savills (UK) Limited. The valuation was carried out in accordance with the Practice Statements contained in the Appraisal and Valuation Standards as published by the RICS. In forming their opinion of the fair value, the independent valuer's had regard to the current best use of the property, its investment attributes and recent comparable transactions. The valuation was carried out using the "All Risks Yield" method taking into consideration both sales and rental evidence and formulating the opinion of market value taking into account the properties' locations, specifications and specific characteristics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 Trade and other receivables

30 September 2017

 

30 September 2016

 

31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

 

 

Lease incentives

6,768,045

 

6,312,535

 

6,518,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Circle Property Trading (Maidstone) Limited

-

 

148,398

 

-

Loan interest due from Circle Property Trading (Maidstone) Limited

-

 

64,489

 

-

Lease incentives

469,355

 

377,802

 

452,587

Amounts due from property agents

92,421

 

8,951

 

68,767

Amounts due from tenants

173,707

 

241,063

 

153,123

VAT

463,076

 

783,394

 

352,717

Other receivables

153,578

 

133,180

 

168,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,352,137

 

1,757,277

 

1,195,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13 Borrowings

30 September 2017

 

30 September 2016

 

31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brought forward

45,720,355

 

38,966,135

 

38,966,135

Loan repayments

-

 

(39,775,343)

 

(39,775,343)

Loan drawdowns

3,181,005

 

45,053,385

 

46,529,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facility drawn down

48,901,360

 

44,244,177

 

45,720,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unamortised lending costs

(100,525)

 

(159,018)

 

(129,932)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total borrowings

48,800,835

 

44,085,159

 

45,590,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Group is party to a £50 million revolving facility with National Westminster Bank plc. The facility has a three year term with two options to extend for a further year, with a drawdown loan to value of up to 55% of the gross portfolio value and an interest rate of 1.85% over LIBOR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest is charged at a rate of 0.74% on the undrawn loan facility of £1,098,640 (2016: £5,755,823).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 Trade and other payables

30 September 2017

 

30 September 2016

 

31 March2017

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

£

 

£

 

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

638,437

 

332,247

 

384,092

Property improvement costs

498,364

 

-

 

471,375

Wages and salaries

54,459

 

-

 

411,948

Deferred income

782,446

 

401,836

 

760,364

Rental deposit accounts

129,622

 

135,620

 

129,591

Loan interest payable

215,333

 

23,194

 

215,243

Valuation fee

18,000

 

18,000

 

36,000

Current taxation

171,315

 

53,733

 

77,031

Dividends payable

-

 

21,509

 

-

Listing costs

-

 

-

 

63,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,507,976

 

986,139

 

2,549,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 Post balance sheet events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There have been no post balance sheet events that would require disclosure or adjustment to these financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Office, Officers and Registrars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors

 

 

 

Ian Henderson

Non-Executive Chairman

 

 

John Arnold

Chief Executive

 

 

Edward Olins

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

The Duke of Roxburghe

Non-Executive Director

 

 

James Hambro

Non-Executive Director

 

 

Michael Farrow

Non-Executive Director

 

 

Richard Hebert

Non-Executive Director

Resigned 21 September 2017

 

Timothy Scott Warren

Non-Executive Director

Appointed 21 September 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Company Secretary

 

 

 

Consortia Secretaries Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Office

 

 

 

3rd Floor

 

 

 

Standard Bank House

 

 

 

47-49 La Motte Street

 

 

 

St Helier

 

 

 

Jersey

 

 

 

JE2 4SZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registrars

 

 

 

Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited

 

 

Queensway House

 

 

 

Hillgrove Street

 

 

 

St Helier

 

 

 

Jersey

 

 

 

JE1 1ES

 

 

 

        

 

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