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Trading Update

29 Sep 2020 07:00

RNS Number : 3522A
Grainger PLC
29 September 2020
 

29 September 2020

 

Grainger plc

 

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

 

TRADING UPDATE

 

Leading the way with our resilient residential strategy

 

 

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, today provides an update on trading to the end August 2020, ahead of its financial year end on 30 September 2020. The Company's full year financial results are scheduled to be reported on 19 November 2020.

 

Helen Gordon, Chief Executive, said:

 

"Grainger remains well positioned and our business strategy is proving its resilience in these challenging times. Our homes have never been so important to our residents who recognise the value of our high-quality product, in-house operational platform and commitment to great service.

"Our Covid-19 response strategy to innovate, communicate and improve has ensured we have continued to deliver throughout this period, finding new ways to continue with sales during lockdown, supporting our residents and collecting 95% of our rents, whilst also investing the time to further train and develop our employees.

"Our balance sheet is strong, and we continue to deliver a good performance whilst growing our pipeline of PRS assets. Grainger is well placed to navigate any near-term economic uncertainty, continue its growth strategy and lead the way within the build to rent sector."

Key Highlights

Strong rental growth at 3.0% year to dateCash collections on time remain high at 95%Sales performance consistent with prior year Strong balance sheet combined with significant headroom to support growth Secured £400m investment into 6 new schemes, delivering 1,475 new homes4 planning permissions submitted in our TfL joint venturePlanning Committee approval for 324 homes at Besson Street in partnership with the London Borough of LewishamPlanning Committee approval for Southall Sidings, 460 new homes in partnership with TfLCompletion and launch of 236 new homes at Millet Place, Pontoon Dock

 

Residential rental portfolio remains resilient

We have continued to perform well with our residential lettings. Our in-house operations and commitment to customer service has been crucial to supporting our residents through this time.

Rental growth remains strong at 3.0% year to date, demonstrating the continuing demand for our product:2.5% like for like rental growth on our PRS homes (renewals 2.5% and new lets 2.6%); and4.7% like for like rental growth on the regulated tenancy portfolioRent collections on time have remained consistently high at 95%Occupancy in our PRS portfolio is over 95% year to date (FY19: 97%) with our August month end occupancy at 91% compared to 97% (at August 2019) due to delays in the seasonal peak letting period caused by Covid-19.Residential arrears remain low at 1.8% of gross rent, below the historical average. Payment plans have reduced; having agreed payment plans during the lockdown period only 31 customers remain on plans.

 

Strong sales performance despite market disruption

By adopting innovative approaches in routes to market, we were able to continue with our property sales throughout lockdown and have delivered sales profits consistent with prior year.

The resilience of our sales performance has once again demonstrated our ability to sell through challenging market conditions.

Sales profits in the year expected to be broadly in line with the prior year.Vacant sales remained robust with pricing 1.7% ahead of vacant possession values.Despite the market disruption our sales velocity remained stable with our keys to cash at 117 days (HY 2020; 113 days).

 

Balance sheet discipline underpins our growth

Following our successful equity raise in February and bond issuance in July we have the liquidity and flexibility to support our growth strategy.

Significant liquidity position with £622m of total headroom available.Average debt maturity has increased to 6.7 years (FY19: 5.7 years), with no debt maturities until November 2022.

 

Development pipeline progress continues

We have continued to make good progress with our development pipeline achieving a number of notable milestones, namely:

· Good progress on our TfL joint venture with 4 planning permissions submitted which equates to over 1,200 homes across the schemes.

· Planning Committee approval for one of the TfL joint venture schemes, Southall Sidings, which will deliver 460 new homes

· Planning Committee approval for Besson Street at Lewisham for 324 homes

· Completion and launch of 236 new homes at Millet Place, Pontoon Dock

After a short period offsite during lockdown to allow safe working practices to be established all of our schemes in development are currently onsite. However, this caused delays to some completion dates with a knock-on effect on the forecast stabilisation of these assets.

 

Investor and analyst webinar

Grainger is hosting an investor update today. A copy of the presentation will be made available on the Company's website later this afternoon. (https://corporate.graingerplc.co.uk/investors/downloads.aspx). The presentations will not contain any material, non-public information and access to the event will not be possible without pre-registration.

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information:

 

Grainger plc

Helen Gordon / Vanessa Simms / Kurt Mueller

London Office Tel: +44 (0) 20 7940 9500

 

Camarco (Financial PR adviser)

Ginny Pulbrook / Geoffrey Pelham-Lane

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3757 4992/4985

 

 

 

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