Mountfield Group plc Trading Statement (8722I)
06 Aprile 2020 - 9:36AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8722I
Mountfield Group plc
06 April 2020
6 April 2020
Mountfield Group Plc ("Group")
and its Subsidiaries, Connaught Access Flooring Limited ("CAF")
and Mountfield Building Group Limited ("MBG")
Trading Statement
Mountfield Group Plc, the AIM quoted commercial flooring and
specialist construction provides the following trading update.
The Board advises that although the Group's year-end position
has not yet been finalised it is able, on the basis of unaudited
accounts, to state that both Subsidiaries traded well in the year
to 31 December 2019 and that the Group recorded its highest level
of turnover since its listing in 2008. As a result of the lower
margin achieved on some of the Group's larger contracts, however,
its net profit for the year is expected to be in line with that
achieved in 2018.
The Board is currently assessing the impact that COVID-19 is
likely to have on its business and the results for the year to 31
December 2020.
CAF
At present, all of CAF's major sites are operating. Revised
working practices have been adopted on these sites in line with
social distancing guidance for safe working practices. CAF is,
however, mindful of the possibility that the position may change
and continues to monitor the situation carefully.
MBG
All of MBG's major sites are now temporarily closed on the
request of its clients and it seems unlikely that these will open
until the current lockdown regulations are relaxed or further
government guidance is given. The lockdown has also delayed the
receipt of orders which were expected for works commencing in Q2.
Overheads are being reviewed in light of this situation.
Group
The Board is hopeful that projects that have been delayed,
contracts that the Group expected to sign and those that are
currently being tendered for will be resurrected by the end of Q2
or early in Q3 of 2020 and that this will provide a good flow of
work for Q3 and beyond.
Although it is hoped that activity levels in the construction
industry will return to previous levels it is likely that the
revised working practices designed to protect employees against
catching COVID-19 will continue in place for some time.
The Group's secured order book is, to date, approximately
GBP5.6m, which is lower than recorded at the same point in 2019.
The Group is working within its banking facilities and the cash
flow of the businesses continues to be closely monitored and
controlled.
For the reasons outlined above, it is not possible to predict
what the impact of COVID-19 will be on the Group and, as a result,
the board is unable to provide any indication of what it
anticipates the Group will achieve for the year to 31 December
2020.
The Group will keep the situation under review and update the
market in due course.
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 561 516
Peter Jay, Chairman
Andy Collins, Chief Executive
Officer
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 020 7213 0885
Jo Turner / Liam Murray
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