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Mountfield Group Plc

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

Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2014

Mountfield, the AIM listed construction company specializing in building and refurbishing data centres, is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 31 December 2014.

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CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

Group Highlights

2014 was a year during which the Group's results disappointed, primarily due to the poor results from Mountfield Building Group Limited ("MBG") which lost £587,211 in that year. The Board has responded by undertaking a major Strategic Review of the structure and businesses of the Group which has produced a business that is considerably stronger, less exposed to contractual risk, better focused and more profitable.

In summary, as a result of the Review MBG will now concentrate primarily on construction contracts where its contractual relationship is made directly with the client and the Board is satisfied that the risk profile and margins are satisfactorily robust. The Board is satisfied that it was the collapse of margins on three particular subcontract contracts that were undertaken in 2014 coupled with the high level of overhead costs that MBG had taken on in order to service them that caused the substantial decline in MBG's profitability in that year.

The Strategic Review (which was led by Adrian Sainsbury and on which he worked with Conor O'Mahony, the Group's CFO) highlighted the areas in which MBG had performed most successfully, the excessive overhead it had carried and the impact it had had on its operating margins. As a result of the Review the types of contracts that MBG now takes on has been changed and its annual overhead costs are being reduced by approximately 40%.

The Board is pleased to note that the recent work that MBG has secured and is in the process of negotiating accords entirely with the recommendations of the Review.

The performance of Connaught Access Flooring Limited ("Connaught") has remained strong and its business continues to expand with the highlight of 2014 being the winning of a £5m contract to supply and install flooring for a major new office HQ in the City of London. The greater part of the work for that contract will be undertaken in 2015. The Review concluded that little change was needed to Connaught's overhead structure and its manner of business. However, the wider debate as to the range of services that the Group should be able to offer has resulted in Chief Executive, Andy Collins, (now Group Chief Executive) beginning the approaches and discussions that, it is hoped will lead to Connaught being awarded contracts in new areas of business in 2015.

The Group's overall performance in 2014 was badly affected by the poor performance of MBG, which was the primary cause of the drop in operating profit - before impairment to £74,385 (2013: £844,512). Revenue fell from £12.3m in 2013 to £11.8m (4%). This was reflected in the reduction of operating margin from 6.9% in 2013 to only 0.6%. Earnings per share fell from 0.22p in 2013 to (1.53p) in 2014.

Trade and other receivables rose by £0.19m, trade and other payables fell by £0.30m. Cash generated in operations fell from £0.98m to an outflow of £0.15m and cash flow deteriorated £0.72m to a deficit of £0.5m.

As a result of the overall poor performance of MBG when viewed over the last four years the Board has impaired the value placed upon the goodwill of the Company in the balance sheet of the Group by £3.9m from £5.9m to £2m. This exceptional item has resulted in the net profit before tax of the Group in 2014 of £50,244 becoming a net loss of £3.9m.

The Board has confirmed that it remains a medium term objective to begin paying dividends to shareholders and this will be assisted by the Board's announcement announced on 24 April that following on from the Strategic Review it had decided to restructure the Group's balance sheet by cancelling approximately £3m worth of the loan notes that were issued to Graham Read and his wife and to Andy Collins at the time of the Group's admission to AIM in October 2008.

We are grateful for the hard work and expertise of the Group's Directors, senior management and staff and I would like to thank them all on behalf of the Board. I would also like to thank Graham Read for all his work on behalf of the Group during the six years that he held the position of Group Chief Executive.

Finally, I am pleased to report that 2015 has started well. Demand for the Group's services remains high and as a result of the operational changes that have been implemented we now have an operation that has a substantially improved focus and a more efficient and low cost operating base. The Board views the future with optimism and thanks its shareholders for their continued support.

CEO's REPORT

Summary of results for 2014

§ Turnover: £11.802m. (2013: £12.312m)

§ Operating profit before impairment: £74,385. (2013: £844,512)

§ Operating margin before impairment: 0.6% (2013: 6.9%)

§ EBITDA before impairment: £89,557 (2013: £862,554)

§ PBT after impairment: Loss £3.864m. (2013: Profit £765,339)

§ Earnings per share: (1.53p) (2013: 0.22p)

The Group Board is currently comprised of:

Peter Jay - Executive Chairman - in addition to being Group Chairman Peter also manages Mountfield's relationships with its nomad, brokers and professional advisers. Peter was formerly a corporate lawyer and a partner in DAC Beachcroft.

Andrew Collins - Group Chief Executive - Andrew is responsible for managing the business of the Group but also that of its subsidiary, Connaught, a specialist supplier and installer of raised access flooring for data centres and offices. Before joining the Group, Andrew was a divisional finance director at ISG Plc.

Graham Read - Managing Director of MBG - Graham founded the business of MBG in 1986 and has had over 20 years experience in the design, project management and construction of data centres.

Adrian Sainsbury - Non-Executive Director - Adrian (who joined the Board on 17 April 2014) is a senior banker in the City of London and had previously worked for a number of leading banks in various capacities.

The Board is supported by the Chief Financial Officer, Conor O'Mahony, who has had extensive experience in the construction industry. Conor is responsible for overseeing the accounting and financial functions of the Group and attends all meetings of the Board.

 Mountfield Group Companies

The Group is comprised of two principal trading companies, MBG, and Connaught.

MBG carries out work as a main contractor with end user clients and has since 1996, specialised in the installation of data centres on a nationwide basis. Over the past 18 years Mountfield has successfully completed more than forty data centres throughout the UK for clients including Vodafone, Cable and Wireless, Energis, Planet Online, ARK Continuity, DataCity Exchange, Level 3 Communications, Kingston Telecom and Colt Communications.

In addition to performing data centre works MBG is also active in both building fabric repair and maintenance works on a nationwide basis for a large proportion of the property portfolio of a leading telecoms operator.

Using the benefit of its experience, MBG has also offered a specialist service in fitting out and refurbishment projects for selected clients and also partner architects and building consultants..

The business of Connaught, a provider of access flooring solutions to main contractors and corporate end users has, since it was acquired by the Group in 2004, supplied and installed in excess of 10 million square feet of flooring

to commercial offices and data centre installations. It specialises in and has developed a strong reputation for providing and installing raised access flooring solutions designed to accommodate varying depths of floor void and finish specifications.

The increased confidence in the construction sector since 2012 has not only seen the rebirth of the fit out market, but also the return of the two-stage tender process which plays to Connaught's strengths as it enables the Company to present its professionalism and credentials and compete on quality of service, expertise and experience, rather than simply on price.

Efforts made to source work from new areas are proving successful and new relationships, particularly in the transport and leisure sectors are providing a regular stream of business, with work being gained at both Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.

In addition, Connaught has established itself as one of the few recognised specialists for the flooring elements of fitting out contracts in commercial office space for new build and refurbishment projects for corporate end users such as BP, HP, Linklaters, Merrill Lynch, Reed Smith, BBC, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, Henderson Global, Lockton, Multiplex and Unilever. Currently Connaught in engaged on the installation of 70,000m2 of flooring in a major new headquarters that is being built in the City of London.

Finance

The Group is financed from the cash it generates from its operations, with the support of a bank overdraft facility of £600,000.

The construction market

The Group is now experiencing extremely strong levels of activity in terms of work in hand, enquiries and tenders and the Board is confident as to the strength and sustainability of the current strong demand for construction services.

The data centre market

The data centre construction market in the UK has experienced rapid growth in demand over the last 15 years. Although the requirement for new major data centres has lessened, the overall demand for construction services for the data center market remains strong as continued expansion creates demand for enhancements and additions to existing structures and for smaller centres.

However, an important recent development in the data centre construction market has been the demand for new centres (often of a substantial size) in European countries where climatic conditions help reduce the otherwise significant costs of cooling the centres. Following the construction of a large centre in Finland (for which Connaught supplied and installed the raised access flooring), further centres are now being planned in other European countries.

The increased emphasis that will be placed on expanding the capacity of, and upgrading, existing centres means that the prospects for the data centre sector in terms of demand for specialist construction services (including raised access flooring) remains extremely good for the medium to long term.

Group's strategy

A key part of the Board's strategy is the decision that the Group's profitability is not predominantly dependent on the demand from the data centre sector. It is for this reason that it has sought to widen the scope of the Group's activities by seeking to ensure that the Group has a strong presence in other areas where there is demand for high quality construction services and project management skills. The Directors are pleased to report that around half of the Group's revenue is now earned from non-data centre related activities.

The Board intends that the Group becomes a highly profitable, mid-sized operation that provides specialist construction services in a number of diverse but related areas. The Group's reputation has been built on its ability to undertake and to manage specialist construction services to a high level of quality and to deliver the completed project to the client on time. This will remain at the core of its strategy.

Future prospects

Despite the drop in profitability in 2014 the Board is extremely optimistic about the Group's future because the changes recommended by Strategic Review are already creating a Group that is focused on growing its business whilst substantially improving its profitability by reducing its operating costs and a more focused approach to the selection of contracts.

DIRECTORS' REPORT

The directors present their annual report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.

Principal activities

The principal activities of the Group are the construction and fit-out of Data Centres for the IT industry together with office fit-out and refurbishment.

Review of business

A detailed review of the development of the business is contained in the Chairman's and Chief Executive's Statement.

Results

The Group made a pre-tax operating loss from continuing operations of £3,839,828 (2013: profit - £844,512) for the year ended 31 December 2014 on turnover of £11,802,018 (2013: £12,312,140).

At 31 December 2014 the Group had net assets of £1,984,408 (2013: £5,853,656).

Dividends

The Directors do not propose payment of any dividends for the year ended 31 December 2014.

Principal risks

The principal risks and uncertainties facing the Group relate to:

Attraction and retention of key employees

The Group's future success is substantially dependent on the continued services and performance of its directors, senior management and other key personnel and its ability to continue to attract and retain highly skilled and qualified personnel.

The senior executive directors of the business all have significant shareholdings in the parent company and are all permanent employees. The other senior management and key personnel, most of whom have been with the Company for a long time, are participating in the Company's share option scheme which was introduced in 2012.

Economic downturn and other macroeconomic factors

The Group's success is substantially dependent on the general level of economic activity and economic conditions in the United Kingdom.

Many of the Group's contracts, including renewals or extensions of previous contracts, are awarded through competitive bidding processes. Any downturn in the economy, or any other macroeconomic factor, either in the UK or globally, may reduce the number of contracts coming up for bidding.

The competitive bidding processes present a number of additional risks, including the incurring of substantial cost and managerial time to prepare bids and proposals for contracts that the Group may not ultimately win. The Group may face additional competition in the bidding process either from existing competitors or new market entrants.

The Company is seeking to mitigate its exposure to the sectors in which it currently operates by diversifying its client base and in particular expanding into closely aligned areas of activity. It is also seeking to diversify by modest investment in new businesses in the same sector.

Reliance on key customers and clients

The business of the Group is dependent upon the continuing contracts that it has, and relationships that it has developed, with certain customers.

Whilst signed contracts are in place with key customers, the successful completion and timing of contracted projects are not guaranteed and are susceptible to external factors outside of the control of the Group. Similarly, contracted projects may in some circumstances be susceptible to delays or variation by customers or be affected by unforeseen changes in circumstances relating to the market, technology, legislation, economic or other business factors. This may affect the cashflow and subsequent performance of the Group.

Whilst continuing to work with a well established client base, the Group is seeking to diversify through identifying other potential clients for its core Data Centre work. It is also attempting to exploit its core competencies by building links with developers which require contractors with similar skills to work on non Data Centre related projects.

Reliance on Subcontractors

The Group utilises subcontractors on a project-by-project basis to meet contractual obligations. Such projects will rely on the subcontractors performing their duties and obligations, not only in terms of timely delivery but also in terms of their performance obligations. Any such non-performance may result in time and cost over-runs on the Group's projects and reduce the value of its returns.

Subcontractors are vetted by senior management and normally engaged to work on closely defined and managed aspects of contracts. Most subcontractors have a long standing trading history with the Group.

Health and safety

The Group undertakes Construction activities, often working within difficult conditions and with heavy machinery which if improperly used could result in personal injury or in extreme cases, fatalities.

The Group takes the health and safety of its employees and clients very seriously and employs Health and Safety advisors on all significant contracts. It also has a firm of Health and Safety Advisors with whom it consults on a regular basis.

Key performance indicators

The Directors use a number of performance indicators which are used to manage the business but, as with most businesses the focus in the Statement of Comprehensive Income at the top level is on sales, margins, staff numbers and overheads compared to budget and the prior year. In the Statement of Financial Position the focus is on managing working capital.

Financial instruments

Details of the Group's financial risk management objectives and policies are included in note 19 to the financial statements.

Directors

The Directors who served during the year were:

P H Jay

G J Read

A J Collins

A J Sainsbury (appointed 17 April 2014)

Charitable Donations

During the year the Group made charitable donations totalling £5,510 (2013: £2,643)

Substantial Shareholdings

So far as the Directors are aware the parties who are directly or indirectly interested in 3% or more of the nominal value of the company's share capital at 5 June 2015 are as follows:

Creditor payment policy

The Group's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to:

a) settle the terms of payment with suppliers when agreeing the terms of each transaction;

b) ensure that suppliers are made aware of the terms of payment by inclusion of the relevant terms in contracts; and

c) pay in accordance with the Group's contractual and other legal obligations.

At the year end trade creditors represented 98 days' expenses.

Going Concern

The Directors have prepared and reviewed financial forecasts and the cash flow requirements to meet the Group and the Company's financial objectives. The Directors are satisfied that, taking into account the current cash resources and facilities available to the business and its future cash requirements, it is appropriate to prepare accounts on a going concern basis.

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the Directors who are in office at the date when this report is approved has confirmed that, as far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware. Each of the Directors have confirmed that they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of such information.

Auditors

A resolution proposing the re-appointing of Adler Shine LLP as auditors will be put to the members at the next Annual General Meeting.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014

There are no recognised gains and losses other than those passing through the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, no separate Statement of Comprehensive Income is presented in respect of Mountfield Group Plc. Its loss for the year ended 31 December 2014 was £5,793,810 (2013: profit - £313,577).

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2014

The financial statements were approved by the board on 12 June 2015

COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. 06374598

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014

Merger Reserve

The merger reserve exists as a result of the acquisitions of Mountfield Building Group Limited, MBG Construction Limited, Connaught Access Flooring Holdings Limited and Mountfield Land Limited where the consideration included the issue of new shares by the Company, thereby attracting merger relief under the Companies Act 2006. The merger reserve represents the difference between the nominal value of the share capital issued by the Company and the fair value of those shares at the date of acquisition.

Reverse Acquisition Reserve

The reverse acquisition reserve exists as a result of the method of accounting for the acquisition of Mountfield Building Group Limited and MBG Construction Ltd (note 1.5).

The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are set out below.

1.1 General information

Mountfield Group plc is a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered number of the Company is 06374598. The address of its registered office is 3C Sopwith Crescent, Wickford Business Park, Wickford, Essex SS11 8YU.

1.2 Going concern

At 31 December 2014, the Group had an overdraft balance of £502,750. The overdraft facility is due to be reviewed by the bank on an annual basis with the next review due in August 2015. Based on the current working capital forecast, the Group is unlikely to need additional funds within twelve months of the date of approval of these financial statements in order to maintain its proposed work levels of expenditure providing contracts progress as planned, new contracts are secured and the Group is able to continue successfully managing its cash resources. After making enquiries and considering the assumptions upon which the forecasts have been based, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.

1.3 IFRS compliance and adoption

Statement of compliance with IFRS

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRSs), IFRIC Interpretations and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS.

The adoption of these standards has not resulted in any changes to the Group's accounting policies and has not affected amounts reported in prior years.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost.

Sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of financial statements under IFRS requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and any revision to estimates or assumptions are recognised in the period in which they are revised and in future periods affected.

Significant judgements

The material areas in which estimates and judgements are applied are as follows:

Goodwill

Determining whether goodwill is impaired requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash-generating units to which the goodwill has been allocated. The value in use calculation requires the Company to estimate future cashflows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate present value. The carrying amount of goodwill at the balance sheet date was impaired to £6.9 million. Details regarding the goodwill carrying value and assumptions used in carrying out the impairment reviews are provided in note 8.

Receivables

The Group reviews the net recoverable value of its accounts receivables on a periodic basis to provide assurance that recorded accounts receivables are stated net of any required provision for impairment. Factors that could impact recoverability include the financial propriety of customers and related economic trends. Changes in these factors that differ from managements estimates can result in an adjustment to the carrying value and amounts charged to income in specific periods. More details on gross balances and provisions made are included in note 11.

Accounting for construction contracts

In accordance with IAS 11 "Construction Contracts", management is required to estimate total expected contract costs and the percentage of contract completion in determining the appropriate revenue and profit to recognise in the period. The Group uses the work of expert professional Chartered Surveyors to determine accurately the level of work that has been completed by the year-end. The Group also has appropriate control procedures to ensure that all estimates are determined on a consistent basis and are subject to appropriate review and authorisation.

Significant judgements

Share-based payments

The estimates of share-based payments costs require that management selects an appropriate valuation model and makes decisions on various inputs into the model, including the volatility of its own share price, the probable life of the options before exercise and behavioural consideration of employees.

Deferred taxation

The Group provides for deferred taxation using the liability method. Deferred tax assets are recognised in respect of tax losses where the Directors believe that it is probable that future profits will be relieved by the benefit of tax losses brought forward. The Board considers the likely utilisation of such losses by reviewing budgets and medium term plans for each taxable entity within the Group. If the actual profits earned by the Group's taxable entities differ from the budgets and forecasts used then the value of such deferred tax assets may differ from that shown in these financial statements.

Presentation and functional currency

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling, which is the Group's functional currency.

1.4 Standards and interpretations

At the date of authorisation of these financial statements the following Standards and Interpretations which have not been applied in these financial statements were in issue but not yet effective:

The Directors anticipate that the adoption of these Standards and Interpretations in future periods will have no material impact on the Group's financial statements.

1.5 Basis of consolidation

Subsidiaries

The Group financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the Company and all its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include all entities over which the Group has the power to govern financial and operating policies. The existence and effect of potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity. Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control commences until the date that control ceases. Intra-group transactions are eliminated in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements.

A list of the significant investments in subsidiaries, including the name, country of incorporation and proportion of ownership interest is given in note 2 to the Company's separate financial statements.

Business combinations and goodwill

On 16 October 2008, Mountfield Group plc ("the Company") acquired the entire issued share capital of Mountfield Building Group Limited, which has one wholly owned subsidiary, MBG Construction Limited (the "MBG Group") acquired in August 2008. The consideration of £7,622,000 was satisfied by the issue of 51,220,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each at a price of 10p per share and by the issue of £2,500,000 unsecured non-convertible loan notes.

As a result of these transactions, the former shareholders of MBG Group became the majority shareholders in the Company. Accordingly, the substance of the transaction was that MBG Group acquired the Company in a reverse acquisition.

Under IFRS 3 'Business Combinations', the acquisition of MBG Group has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition.

The acquisitions of Connaught Access Flooring Limited, MBG Construction Limited and Mountfield Land Limited are accounted for using the purchase method. The cost of the acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values, at the date of exchange, of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the Group in exchange for control of the acquiree plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination.

Goodwill

Goodwill on acquisition of subsidiaries represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the Group's share of the net identifiable assets and contingent liabilities acquired. Identifiable assets are those which can be sold separately or which arise from legal rights regardless of whether those rights are separable. Goodwill on acquisition of subsidiaries is included in intangible assets. Goodwill is not amortised but tested annually for impairment or when trigger events occur, and is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

1.6 Revenue recognition

Revenue is stated exclusive of VAT and consists of sales of services to third parties.

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the revenue can be reliably measured. Retentions are recognised throughout the life of a contract and are deducted from the sales invoice.

Revenue relating to contracts includes the amount initially agreed in the contract plus any variations in contract work to the extent that it is probable they will result in revenue and can be reliably measured. As soon as the outcome of the contract can be measured reliably, revenue and expense is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income on a stage of completion basis. The stage of completion is determined by reference to a survey of work performed. Any losses are recognised immediately in the statement of comprehensive income as soon as they are foreseen.

1.7 Contract work in progress

Revenue from fixed price construction contracts is recognised on the percentage of completion method, measured by reference to the percentage of contract costs incurred for work performed to date to the estimated total contract costs or the proportion of the value of work done to the total value of work under the contract, except where these would not be representative of the stage of completion. Full provision is made for all known or expected losses on individual contracts immediately once such losses are foreseen.

1.8 Amounts recoverable on long term contracts

Profit on long term contracts is taken as the work is carried out if the final outcome can be assessed with reasonable certainty. The profit included is calculated on a prudent basis to reflect the proportion of the work carried out at the year end, by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses. Turnover is calculated as that proportion of total contract value which costs incurred to date bear to total expected costs for that contract. Revenues derived from variations on contracts are recognised only when they have been accepted by the customer. Full provision is made for losses on all contracts in the year in which they are first foreseen. Amounts which are recoverable on long-term contracts are shown within debtors under the heading 'Amounts Recoverable on Contracts' which have not yet been invoiced and are stated net of discounts allowed.

1.9 Share-based payments

The Group makes equity-settled share-based payments to its employees and directors. The fair value of options and warrants granted is recognised as an employee expense with a corresponding increase in equity. The fair value is measured at grant date and spread over the period during which the employees become unconditionally entitled to the options. The fair value of the options and warrants granted is measured based on the Black-Scholes framework, taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the instruments were granted. At each balance sheet date, the Company revises its estimate of the number of options and warrants that are expected to become exercisable.

1.10 Retirement benefits: Defined contribution schemes

Contributions to defined contribution pension schemes are charged to the statement of comprehensive income in the year to which they relate.

1.11 Impairment

The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. Assets that have an indefinite useful life, for example goodwill, are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment. Assets that are subject to amortisation or depreciation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (cash-generating units). Non-financial assets that suffered impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.

1.12 Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.

Property, plant and equipment is depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset, as follows:

Freehold land Not depreciated

Freehold buildings 2% per annum straight line

Leasehold improvements Over the period of the lease

Fixtures, fittings and equipment 10% per annum reducing balance

Plant and equipment 20% - 25% per annum straight line

Motor vehicles 20% - 25% per annum straight line

1.13 Leasing

A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. Classification is made at the inception of the lease.

Assets obtained under finance leases are capitalised as property, plant and equipment and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Obligations under such arrangements are included in payables net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to the statement of comprehensive income so as to produce constant periodic rates of charge on the net obligations outstanding in each period.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the statement of comprehensive income as incurred on a straight line basis over the lease term.

1.14 Inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving items. Cost includes direct materials, direct labour and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventory to its present location and condition.

1.15 Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the consolidated statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

The financial instruments, which excludes current receivables and payables, comprise cash or overdraft and unsecured non-convertible loan notes. The Directors consider the fair value not to be materially different to the carrying value for the financial instruments. During the years under review, the Group did not enter into derivative transactions and did not undertake trading in any financial instruments.

1.16 Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables are recognised at fair value less any provision for impairment. A provision for impairment is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written off when identified. The fair value of trade and other receivables are equivalent to their book values as set out in the financial information.

1.17 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits and other short-term highly liquid investments that is readily convertible to a known amount of cash and is subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

For the purpose of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and cash equivalents net of outstanding bank overdrafts.

1.18 Financial liabilities and equity

Financial liabilities and equity instruments issued by the Group are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into and the definitions of a financial liability and equity instrument. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities.

1.19 Share capital

The Company has one class of ordinary share, which carries no rights to fixed income. All ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company. All shares rank equally with regard to the Company's residual assets.

Ordinary shares issued by the Company are classified as equity and recorded at fair value on initial recognition received, net of direct issue costs.

1.20 Trade and other payables

Trade payables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost. The fair value of the trade and other payables are equivalent to their book values as set out in the financial information.

1.21 Taxation

The taxation charge represents the sum of current tax and deferred tax.

The current tax charge is based on the taxable profit/loss for the period using the tax rates that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. Taxable profit differs from the net profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible.

Deferred tax is provided using the liability method, in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities and their tax base. Deferred tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except when the tax relates to items charged or credited directly in equity, in which case the tax is also recognised in equity.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only when it can be regarded as probable that there will be suitable taxable profits in the foreseeable future against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilised. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which the asset is realised or liability settled, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date.

2 Segmental reporting

Segment information is presented in respect of the Group's business segments, which are based on the Group's management and internal reporting structure as at 31 December 2014.

The chief operating decision-maker has been identified as the Board of Directors (the Board). The Board reviews the Group's internal reporting in order to assess performance and allocate resources. Management has determined the operating segments based on these reports and on the internal report's structure.

Segment performance is evaluated by the Board based on revenue and profit before tax (PBT). Segment results include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis, such as centrally managed costs relating to individual segments and costs relating to land used in more than one individual segment.

Given that income taxes and certain corporate costs are managed on a centralized basis, these items are not allocated between operating segments for the purposes of the information presented to the Board and are accordingly omitted from the analysis below.

The Group comprises the following segments:

Construction

Direct contracting and trade contracting services to both main contractors and corporate end users.

Fit-out

Providing raised flooring systems to both main contractors and corporate end users.

Segmental operating performance

Business segments assets and liabilities

Unallocated assets consist of deferred tax, trade and other receivables and cash held by the Parent Company. Unallocated liabilities consist of trade and other payables and interest bearing loans owed by the Parent Company.

Other segment information

Revenue by geographical destination

Revenue is attributable to the United Kingdom and other EU markets.

Total assets including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets are all held in the United Kingdom.

3 Construction contracts

Major customers

Total group revenue to four customers all relating to construction and fit-out, totalled £7,720,427, split as follows:

5 Other income and expenses

Administrative expenses include:

Average number of employees

The average number of employees (including executive Directors) was:

Wages and salaries

Key management personnel compensation

Directors' remuneration

The remuneration as disclosed for G Read includes £4,350 (2013: £17,400) of pension contributions paid for his wife, J Read. The number of Directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under money purchase pension schemes was 2 (2013:1)

6 Income tax expense