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LiveWest Treasury PLC
09 November 2020
LiveWest Trading Update for the 6 months to September 2020
LiveWest issues its unaudited group trading update for the 6 months ended 30 September 2020, with comparatives to the unaudited position for the 6 months ended 30 September 2019, together with an update on LiveWest's response to Covid-19.
Covid-19 - Supporting customers, colleagues and communities
From 1 September we started offering a full repairs service to our customers whilst maintaining safety checks in line with government guidelines. We have made excellent progress with the backlog of repairs that built up over the four months of lockdown.
We remain fully operational and some staff, including our customer services and repairs planning teams, have begun returning to our offices in Tolvaddon, Exeter and Weston. However, our offices will not be open to the public or other visitors for the time being.
We have also expanded our crisis and hardship grants programme to support customers in financial difficulties.
Covid-19 - Financial impact
We have performed stress tests on our business plan to assess the impact the many challenges the pandemic will bring, including a slowdown in sales, an increase in rent arrears and wider economic impacts. The stress testing framework also considers mitigating actions should the virus have a material impact on the business, which include the cessation of uncommitted development, ceasing non-critical asset management projects, and delaying major repair expenditure. However, as the performance update below shows, LiveWest remains in a strong financial position to respond to the challenges of the virus.
Liquidity at 30 September 2020
LiveWest had liquidity of GBP381m, consisting of available undrawn facilities of GBP371m, and available cash of GBP10m.
Financial and Operating Performance
Surplus for the 6 months to September 2020 is GBP40m (2019: GBP26m). Operating costs were GBP6m lower in the period largely as a result of a reduced maintenance service in the first five months due to Covid-19. Surplus on Disposal of Properties includes GBP14m relating to homes outside our core operating area. Housing Properties (net of depreciation) have increased to GBP2,092m from GBP2,083m at March 2020. As a result of the net cash inflow, net debt has fallen to GBP828m from GBP849m.
Statement of Comprehensive Income 6 months 6 months 12 months Sep-20 Sep-19 Mar-20 GBPm GBPm GBPm Turnover 115 118 248 Operating Costs (78) (84) (179) Surplus on Disposal of Properties 17 5 20 Operating Surplus 54 39 89 --------- --------- Net Interest Payable (14) (13) (29) Movement in Fair Value of Financial Instruments - - (1) Surplus for the period 40 26 59 --------- --------- Financial Indicators Sep-20 Sep-19 Mar-20 Operating Margin on Social Housing Lettings 37% 33% 32% Gross Profit Margin on Shared Ownership Sales 23% 23% 25% Gross Profit Margin on Open Market Sales 22% 18% 18% Sales as Percentage of Turnover 17% 22% 24% ------------------------------------- --------- --------- ----------
Sales of open market (our share only, if part of a joint venture) and shared ownership homes totalled 145 units for the 6 months ended 30 September 2020 (2019: 251).
Sales margins remain strong. Sales and reservations to date have been resilient to the pandemic, resulting in reduced stock levels. As at 30 September 2020, we had 66 shared ownership stock units (March 2020: 130) and 8 open market stock units (our share only, if part of a joint venture) (March 2020: 3).
Customer satisfaction was 90.0% (31 March 2020: 84.9%). Void losses for our general needs and sheltered stock were 0.53% (March 2020: 0.64%). Rent arrears were 2.54% (March 2020: 1.93%).
Development
Handovers were relatively low at 190 affordable units in the 6 months ended 30 September 2020 (2019: 450) due to site closures in the first quarter of the year as a result of Covid-19. We have a contracted pipeline of 2,529 affordable homes (March 2020: 2,538).
Board and Executive Team Changes - 6 months to September 2020
LiveWest Homes Ltd: Phil Stevens was appointed to the Board in September 2020.
Phil trained as a quantity surveyor and has worked in construction and house building for over 40 years. He also has over 25 years of experience at director level. Previous positions include 10 years as Executive Director for Development and Commercial at Sovereign and director roles at Willmott Dixon and Maxim Homes and board member for The Housing Forum.
LiveWest Treasury plc: there were no changes to the membership of the board.
LiveWest Rating
LiveWest Homes Ltd is rated A2 (stable) by Moody's (June 2019), and G1/V1 by the Regulator of Social Housing (July 2019).
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For more information, please contact:
Andrew Hart, Director of Corporate Finance 01392 814444
https://www.livewest.co.uk/about-us/investor-relations/
Disclaimer
The information contained herein (the "Trading Update") has been prepared by LiveWest Homes Limited (the "Parent") and its subsidiaries (the "Group"), including LiveWest Treasury plc and LiveWest Capital plc (each an "Issuer") and is for information purposes only.
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