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RNS Number : 6925U  Goodwin PLC  03 August 2022

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

Goodwin PLC today announces its preliminary results for the year ended 30(th)
April, 2022.

CHAIRMANS STATEMENT

The "Trading" pre-tax profit for the Group for the twelve month period ended
30th April, 2022, was £17.2 million (2021: £16.5 million) an increase of 4%
despite the Group having to contend with £3.8 million of additional energy
costs versus the prior year.  The revenue was £144 million (2021: £131
million).

Trading profit for this purpose is defined as the Group pre-tax reported
profit of £19.9 million less the impact of our £2.74 million interest rate
swap valuation. The £2.74 million relates to the 30th April, 2022 valuation
of our £30 million debt interest rate swap derivative that expires in August
2031 whereby we have fixed our interest rate for ten years at less than 1% for
the full term.  In our view, this derivative is an effective hedge and should
not go through the profit and loss account.  The Board's view was that it was
highly probable that we would still have 25% gearing in ten years' time,
having secured the interest rate swap to fix interest rates at less than 1% on
£30 million debt for this period.  Our auditor was unconvinced that it could
meet the highly probable criteria and that other requirements under IFRS9 for
hedge accounting were not met.  The reason the Board considers the level of
debt to be highly probable is due to the Board having a responsibility to
invest in a responsible manner to grow the business for all the
stakeholders.  The Board has, however, complied with the auditor's view and
has shown the £2.74 million unrealised mark to market gain within the profit
before taxation figure.  As the £2.74 million gain is a non-cash item, it
has been excluded for dividend purposes.  The Directors propose an increased
dividend of 107.80p (2021: 102.24p) per share.

Given that we believe turnover and profitability are projected to rise in
future years, the level of dividend payments in line with the current policy
is also set to rise.  In view of this, coupled with the significant capital
expenditure needed to fund the Duvelco activity, the Directors are of the
opinion that it will be of long-term benefit for the Group to ease pressures
on the Group cash flows by paying the current and future dividends
bi-annually.  It is proposed that dividend payments will be made in equal
instalments on 7th October, 2022 and 12th April, 2023.

Refractory Engineering Division

The increase in Group profits achieved in the year having just ended can
largely be attributed to the growing Refractory Engineering Division activity,
whose year-on-year operating profits have grown a further 37% following the
40% growth that was achieved in the prior year.  The Division has continued
to maximise its position with sales of jewellery casting consumable products
(investment casting powder, waxes, natural and silicone rubbers) and to
construction markets that have seen a surge in activity globally.

The Division has also benefited from strong demand for its newer products, AVD
being Dupré Minerals' vermiculite-based solution for lithium-ion battery
fires that is still in its product life cycle infancy, and has delivered in
excess of 100% year-on-year growth, along with Castaldo rubber, which has
achieved 45% year-on-year growth.

The challenges faced by companies from the ongoing global supply chain and
energy market disruption have been well reported in the news over the past
year and the Refractory Division has acted dynamically to ensure cost
increases are passed on to our customers to ensure the impact to our margin is
minimised.  Whilst the success of the Division has been seen across all
companies, special mention should be made of our jewellery investment casting
powder companies in China and in India having generated record profits in the
year, even though the domestic market in China is still depressed due to the
prolonged lockdowns and travel restrictions.

Mechanical Engineering Division

Whilst not always being outwardly visible, the Mechanical Engineering Division
has had a very difficult seven years.  Over this period the product offerings
pretty much across all the companies have had to evolve to the changing
conditions in the markets from which the companies generate their turnover and
gross margin.

The fact that the companies within the Division have managed to evolve is a
credit to them and their management teams.  Contending with huge energy and
commodity increases within the year has not been straightforward.  The metal
pricing volatility has been extreme at its highs with nickel trebling in price
and iron more than doubling in price at times.  As a matter of course, our
long term contracts have variation clauses to adjust for annual inflationary
costs.  However, the volatility of metals and energy costs has been so
extreme that these clauses have proved to be totally ineffective.  Therefore,
across the board every contract where this could have posed significant issues
has been successfully re-negotiated with our customers.  If we were not a
high quality, critical supplier to our customers, then this could have been
more problematic, but that is not the case.

Despite the decline of the workload in our traditional markets over the prior
years associated with the demise of our product sales to the non green oil and
coal sectors, our re-aligned business offerings are more in demand than they
ever have been, which is seen by the growing workload that customers are
booking up to be delivered now years in advance.  With the confidence of a
solid and growing forward order book the tide has turned; all things being
equal, the next few years should see the Mechanical Engineering Division
returning to its former glory with even higher levels of turnover than at the
peak of the oil and gas industry in 2014.

Notably within the year, expanding on the nuclear decommissioning front,
Goodwin International Limited has successfully tendered and been awarded 50%
of the initial phase of the multi year multi million pound Sellafield Hybrid
2, 63 Can Racks as reported on the OJEU website in October last year.
Gaining initial process and documentation approvals to proceed with
manufacture will take time, but once ramped up, the initial production rate
will be 20 racks per year, with 80 racks currently committed.  Our customer
has the option within the contract to make further commitment(s) of up to an
additional 160 racks, as well as increasing the demand to 40 racks per year.

It is also pleasing to report that in addition to Goodwin Steel Castings
Limited having completed its transition away from a reliance on the oil and
gas market, the company has also managed to successfully settle the two
commercial disputes that were referenced in my Chairman's Statement of year
ending 30th April, 2020.  Part of the settlement is reflected in these
results, with the balance being realised in the current financial year.

On top of its base load, with the excellent work done at getting on to new
programmes, Goodwin Steel Castings Limited will build on its workload and
expect to finish the current year with forward order levels in excess of the
levels the Group experienced when it was really busy a decade ago.  However,
it will not be for oil and coal industries as it was previously; it will be
for nuclear decommissioning; or nuclear power station castings; or surface
ship and aircraft carrier castings as well as submarine hull castings.

With these successes, and the hard work and perseverance of the Group in
achieving a positive conclusion to prior years' contractual claims we have
been pursuing; the successful re-negotiation of multiple contracts for
unforeseeable energy and raw materials pricing volatility whilst at the same
time growing, it has resulted in an excellent Group workload of £175 million
as at the time of writing.  It is pleasing to report that the bulk of the
increased workload relates to contracts to supply products that the Group has
successfully and consistently delivered before, and is a workload figure that
is likely to grow over the coming years even with the knowledge that the Group
is likely to achieve record activity levels within this current year.

What is not visible yet in the workload figure is an appropriate workload for
Easat Radar Systems Limited.  Once up to speed (which still may be another
year away) the Board and I believe there will be a workload for Easat, the
likes of which readers of their accounts for the past thirty years have never
seen.  Easat order input has been hampered by lack of cash generation at
civilian airports globally, and military airports being starved of cash as a
result of Covid-19 over the past two years hampering their purchasing
decisions.  However, it would appear that the radar market is starting to
wake up again.  We have considerably more firm buy quotations due for
decision in the next six months, and, in order to give a flavour of what we
are seeing, in the week following the latest ATM Madrid exhibition in June
2022, an additional £47 million of firm buy radar systems were quoted.

Energy

As initially reported in our 31st October, 2021 Interim Statement, over the
course of the year the most significant headwind that the Group has faced has
been the increased energy costs.  Nonetheless, the Group managed to deliver
the more than respectable profits reported above, after having incurred a
total of £3.8 million of additional energy costs due to price increases
versus the year ended 30th April, 2021.  Goodwin Steel Castings Limited and
Hoben International Limited were the most affected due to their energy
intensive operations, melting metal and high temperature treatment of
refractories.  However, now armed with a multitude of short and long-term
hedges in place the Group is set to deliver substantially higher profitability
in the current year, partly as a result of not having to absorb the price
volatility of the energy markets that have been seen over the past twelve
months, irrespective of the improving performance.

Green Investments

We recognise the importance of adopting a strategy to transition to lower
carbon manufacturing.  We have put in place a separate £10 million finance
line to fund a range of 'green' investments which were approved at the
beginning of the financial year ended 30th April, 2022.  A total of 4.8 MWp
of solar panels have been installed and commissioned as at the time of
writing.  Each individual system has been designed specifically to match the
power demand at each facility, subject to available roof space.  The payback
of each system varies dependent on the size and roof configuration and all
were between three and six years; however, that payback was calculated prior
to energy costs more than doubling, so at current market prices the payback
time has halved from the original plan, with all the solar systems having an
insurance backed 20 year minimum lifespan.  There are other solar projects
and plant control modification projects that, subject to us obtaining the
agreement from the Electricity Supplier ( District Network Operator ), for the
former we expect to bring on line over the next two years.  This will provide
a further 7.8 MWp of green electricity generation and so further reduce our
consumption.  Over the course of the year a total of £8.2 million has been
invested in green projects.

We are also looking at schemes that would reduce our carbon footprint in
instances where we cannot reduce or eliminate CO(2) production without ceasing
the operation in its entirety.  Typically this is where we utilise natural
gas in a process, and it is not economically viable or possible to change the
process.  I look forward to updating you further on this in twelve months'
time.

Capital expenditure / cash flow

With the Group's intrinsically strong cash flows, the Group's net debt stands
in line with the Board's expectations at £29.8 million as at 30th April,
2022, which is a £2 million improvement since the half year despite having
proceeded with our substantial investment programme.  As mentioned earlier we
are making full use of the ten year duration £30 million interest swap that
was executed at the height of Covid-19 in light of our planned activities,
whereby the SONIA interest chargeable to the Company is capped at less than 1%
on £30 million of borrowings.

The headline investments that the Board has authorised and the Group has been
getting on with are four fold, and whilst these activities all commenced in
year ended 30th April, 2022, due to the timescales the latter three are still
in the course of construction.

Firstly nearly £10 million relates to green investments, with the majority
being spent on CO(2) offsetting projects.

Secondly, due to the outstanding performance of the Refractory Engineering
Division in growing sales by winning market share so impressively, for both
capacity and business continuity requirements, as we are running dangerously
close to full capacity, authorisation has been given to spend £4.5 million
installing a second calciner at Hoben International Limited, as without it, we
would have two problems.  We would be limiting the Refractory Division the
opportunity to grow further investment powder sales, and in the eventuality of
a breakdown we would struggle to ever catch up with the demand again, and
would lose market share to competitors who could deliver product to keep our
customers operational.  This was why the Board deemed this a necessary
investment as it is underpinning substantial Group profitability.

Thirdly, for Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, despite allocating a significant
amount of Group capital expenditure on infrastructure there in recent years,
to enable the foundry to deliver what will be required of the foundry, there
have been additional planning applications approved and work commenced on
additional casting pit space which will allow further increased activity.
Such modifications would likely be impossible to carry out in a couple of
years' time with the envisaged activity levels there.

Finally for Duvelco Limited, part of the Mechanical Engineering Division,
which was incorporated in January 2020.  Over the Company's 139 years
existence to date, as well as designing or buying bolt on complimentary
products and companies, it has occasionally branched out into totally new
product lines whilst utilising skill-sets within the organisation.  After
working on this idea for some time, Duvelco Limited was set up as a business
to channel the Company's ambition to become a specialist polymer manufacturer,
one that we hope will truly excel over the coming decades.  We will
manufacture high performance polyimide polymer resins that can be moulded into
parts and shapes for high temperature and critical applications that very few
polymers can be used for.

With the development work that was done before and since the incorporation of
Duvelco Limited, utilising a bespoke pilot scale plant the team designed, we
have developed the product and a process that will allow us to deliver a
higher performing directly comparable polyimide polymer than the market
leader.  With an annual addressable, and growing, market size bigger than any
product that the Group has supplied to before, the Board believes that, with
limited existing market competition, a very high technology barrier, coupled
with the fact we have a patent pending process that gives us markedly better
high temperature performance than anybody else for directly comparable
chemistry product, this should hopefully give Duvelco Limited, as a market
invader, good prospects of long term success, so that one day it should be a
major contributor to Group profitability.

The initial, custom designed and bespoke plant the Group is building should be
coming into operation in the first half of the calendar year 2024, after which
we will start growing the sales internationally as we have done with our other
products over the years.  Our initial investment inclusive of R&D costs
and working capital for materials is forecast to come in at £12.5 million;
from this we would have an initial annual capacity in excess of £40 million
of material.  The reason I have elaborated about this is because costs are
being incurred now, and it will be a long time until the plant will be in
commission.  With the effort being put into this by the Group, it should
deliver a new niche market, high technology product to the Group with a long
life cycle ahead of it, thus providing the Group with long-term benefit, which
the Board believes is in the best interest of all stakeholders.

For both Hoben International Limited and Duvelco Limited, most supplier
purchase orders were placed in Q3 Financial Year 2022, giving suppliers large
down payments to have fixed price contracts.  If the start of placing orders
for either project had been delayed by several months the prices would have
been significantly more with labour and materials increasing, as we ourselves
have experienced and have had to mitigate and manage.  The Board estimates
that by getting on with the projects and contracting when we did, the saving
versus starting either project today is in excess of 25%.

As contracts within the Mechanical Engineering Division become larger and span
longer periods, the engineering companies are being targeted to ensure
contracts incorporate down payments / stage payments to allow their execution
with as neutral overall cash flow status as can be obtained over the life of a
contract, so that work in progress does not consume a disproportionate amount
of cash as we get busier.

With the profitability, positive outlook and strong understanding of the
various subsidiaries' cash flows the Board believes it is appropriate to
continue to follow the Group's investment plans and pay the proposed dividend
that is in line with the dividend policy with 50% being paid on 7th October,
2022 and 50% on 12th April, 2023.

We are once again extremely grateful to our UK and overseas Directors,
managers and employees for their hard work in driving forward the performance
of the Group, which will likely improve again in the new financial year with
the strong foundations that have been put in place in many areas around the
Group.

3(rd) August 2022

T.J.W Goodwin

Chairman

Alternative performance measures mentioned above are defined in Note 6.

OBJECTIVES, STRATEGY AND BUSINESS MODEL

The Group's main OBJECTIVE is to have a sustainable long-term engineering
based business with good potential for profitable growth while providing a
fair return to our shareholders.

The Board's STRATEGY to achieve this is:

·    to supply a range of technically advanced products to growth markets
in the Mechanical Engineering and Refractory Engineering segments in which we
have built up a global reputation for engineering excellence, quality,
efficiency, reliability, competitive price and delivery;

·    to manufacture advanced technical products profitably, efficiently
and economically;

·    to maintain an ongoing programme of investment in plant, facilities,
sales and marketing, research and development with a view to increasing
efficiency, reducing costs, increasing performance, delivering better products
for our customers, expanding our global customer base and keeping us at the
forefront of technology within our markets, whilst at all times taking
appropriate steps to ensure the health and safety of our employees and
customers;

·    to control our working capital and investment programme to ensure a
safe level of gearing;

·    to maintain a strong capital base to retain investor, customer,
creditor and market confidence and so help sustain future development of the
business;

·    to support a local presence and a local workforce in order to stay
close to our customers;

·    to invest in training and development of skills for the Group's
future;

·    to manage the environmental and social impacts of our business to
support its long-term sustainability.

 

BUSINESS MODEL

The Group's focus is on manufacturing within two sectors, Mechanical
Engineering and Refractory Engineering, and through this division of our
manufacturing activities, our overseas business facilities and our global
sales and marketing activities, the Group benefits from market diversity.
Further details of our business and products are shown on our website
www.goodwin.co.uk (http://www.goodwin.co.uk)

Mechanical Engineering

The Group specialises in supplying precision engineered solutions and
industrial goods into critical applications, generally on a project basis,
more often than not involving the complementary skill set of other group
companies to deliver the requirement.  The projects normally involve
international procurement, high integrity castings, forgings or wrought high
alloy steels, carbon fibre composite structures, precision CNC machining,
complex welding and fabrication, and other operations as are required. In
addition to specialist projects, the Group manufactures and sells a wide range
of dual plate check valves, axial nozzle check valves and axial piston control
and isolation valves.  These solutions and products typically form part of
large construction projects, including the construction of naval vessels,
nuclear waste treatment, nuclear power generation, liquefied natural gas
(LNG), gas, oil, petrochemical, mining, and water markets.

We generate value by creating leading edge technology designs, globally
sourcing the best quality raw material at good prices, manufacturing in highly
efficient facilities using up to date technology to provide very reliable
products to the required specification, at competitive prices and with timely
deliveries.

The Group through its foundry, Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, has the
capability to pour high performance alloy castings up to 35 tonnes, radiograph
and also finish CNC machine and fabricate them at the foundry's sister
company, Goodwin International Limited.  This capability is targeting the
defence industry and nuclear decommissioning, the oil and gas industry, as
well as large, global projects requiring high integrity machined castings.

Goodwin International Limited, the largest company in the Mechanical
Engineering Division, not only designs and manufactures dual plate check
valves, axial nozzle check valves and axial piston control and isolation
valves but also undertakes specialised CNC machining and fabrication work for
nuclear decommissioning projects. Goodwin International Limited also has a
division that is focused on manufacturing / machining high precision, high
integrity components for naval marine vessels. Noreva GmbH also designs,
manufactures and sells axial nozzle check valves.  Both Goodwin
International  Limited and Noreva GmbH purchase the majority of the value of
their sand mould castings from Goodwin Steel Castings Limited for their ranges
of check valves and this vertical integration gives rise to competitive
benefits, increased efficiencies and timely deliveries.

At Goodwin Pumps India Private Limited we manufacture a superior range of
submersible slurry pumps for end users in India, Brazil, Australia and Africa.
Easat Radar Systems Limited and its subsidiary, NRPL Aero Oy, design and build
bespoke high-performance radar surveillance systems for the global market of
major defence contractors, civil aviation authorities and coastal border
security agencies.  Easat has a sister company, Easat Radar Systems India
Private Limited, that also manufactures, sells and maintains radar systems for
air traffic control.  We create value on these by innovative design, assembly
and testing in our own facilities using bought in or engineered in-house
components.

Refractory Engineering

Within the Refractory Engineering Division, Goodwin Refractory Services
Limited (GRS) generates value primarily from designing, manufacturing and
selling investment casting powders, injection moulding rubbers and waxes to
the jewellery casting industry.  GRS also manufactures and sells these
products to the tyre mould and aerospace industries.  The Refractory
Engineering Division has five other investment powder manufacturing companies
located in China, India and Thailand which sell the casting powders directly
and through distributors to the jewellery casting industry and also directly
to tyre mould and aerospace industries.

These companies are vertically integrated with another of our UK companies,
Hoben International Limited, which manufactures cristobalite, which it sells
to the six casting powder manufacturing companies as well as producing ground
silica that also goes into casting powders and other UK uses of silica.
Hoben now also manufactures different grades of perlite, and a patented range
of biodegradable bags, known as Soluform, for use inside traditional hessian /
jute bags for the placement of concrete in or around rivers.

The other UK refractory company is Dupré Minerals Limited (Dupré) which
focuses on producing exfoliated vermiculite that is used in insulation, brake
linings and fire protection products, including technical textiles that can
withstand exposure to high temperatures and for lithium-ion battery fire
extinguishers.  Dupré also sells consumable refractories to the shell
moulding precision casting industry.  Dupré has designed, patented and is
now selling a range of fire extinguishers and an extinguishing agent for
lithium-ion battery fires that utilises a vermiculite dispersion as the fire
extinguishing agent.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS

for the year ended 30th April, 2022

 

                                                                              2022       2021
                                                                              £'000      £'000
 CONTINUING OPERATIONS
 Revenue                                                                      144,108    131,231
 Cost of sales                                                                (101,404)  (92,230)

 GROSS PROFIT                                                                 42,704     39,001
 Other income                                                                 ‒          763
 Distribution expenses                                                        (3,743)    (2,988)
 Administrative expenses                                                      (20,654)   (19,682)

 OPERATING PROFIT                                                             18,307     17,094
 Finance costs (net)                                                          (1,169)    (640)
 Share of profit of associate company                                         63         60

 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION AND MOVEMENT IN FAIR VALUE OF INTEREST RATE SWAP      17,201     16,514
 Unrealised gain on 10 year interest rate swap derivative                     2,740      ‒

 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION                                                       19,941     16,514
 Tax on profit                                                                (6,321)    (3,508)

 PROFIT AFTER TAXATION                                                        13,620     13,006

 ATTRIBUTABLE TO:
 Equity holders of the parent                                                 12,980     12,494
 Non-controlling interests                                                    640        512

 PROFIT FOR THE YEAR                                                          13,620     13,006

 BASIC EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARE (in pence)                                 169.14     167.82

 DILUTED EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARE (in pence)                               169.14     164.23

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

for the year ended 30th April, 2022

                                                                                 2022     2021
                                                                                 £'000    £'000

 PROFIT FOR THE YEAR                                                             13,620   13,006

 OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (EXPENSE) / INCOME
 ITEMS THAT MAY BE RECLASSIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROFIT OR LOSS:
 Foreign exchange translation differences                                        1,493    (1,371)
 Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges                  (3,834)  1,296
 Ineffectiveness in cash flow hedges transferred to profit or loss               (339)    (657)
 Change in fair value of cash flow hedges transferred to profit or loss          (1,432)  1,932
 Effective portion of changes in fair value of cost of hedging                   275      (37)
 Ineffectiveness in cost of hedging transferred to profit or loss                (23)     631
 Change in fair value of cost of hedging transferred to profit or loss           (75)     381
 Tax credit / (charge) on items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit  1,114    (673)
 or loss

 OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (EXPENSE) / INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX          (2,821)  1,502

 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR                                         10,799   14,508

 ATTRIBUTABLE TO:
 Equity holders of the parent                                                    10,089   14,081
 Non-controlling interests                                                       710      427
                                                                                 10,799   14,508

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 30th April, 2022

 

                                                      Share capital  Translation reserve  Share-based payments reserve  Cash flow hedge reserve  Cost of hedging reserve  Retained earnings  Total attributable to equity holders of the parent  Non-controlling interests  Total equity
                                                      £'000          £'000                £'000                         £'000                    £'000                    £'000              £'000                                               £'000                      £'000
 YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL, 2022
 Balance at 1st May, 2021                             753            (852)                5,244                         1,601                    (1)                      106,396            113,141                                             4,887                      118,028
 Total comprehensive income:
 Profit for the year                                  ‒              ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        12,980             12,980                                              640                        13,620
 Other comprehensive income:
 Foreign exchange translation differences             ‒              1,315                ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        ‒                  1,315                                               178                        1,493
 Effective portion of changes in fair value           ‒              ‒                    ‒                             (3,790)                  275                      ‒                  (3,515)                                             (44)                       (3,559)
 Ineffectiveness transferred to profit or loss        ‒              ‒                    ‒                             (333)                    (23)                     ‒                  (356)                                               (6)                        (362)
 Change in fair value transferred to profit or loss   ‒              ‒                    ‒                             (1,359)                  (64)                     ‒                  (1,423)                                             (84)                       (1,507)
 Tax                                                  ‒              ‒                    ‒                             1,135                    (47)                     ‒                  1,088                                               26                         1,114
 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME / (EXPENSE) FOR THE YEAR  ‒              1,315                ‒                             (4,347)                  141                      12,980             10,089                                              710                        10,799
 Transactions with owners:
 Issue of shares                                      16             ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        ‒                  16                                                  ‒                          16
 Acquisition of NCI without a change in control       ‒              ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        (74)               (74)                                                (356)                      (430)
 Dividends paid                                       ‒              ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        (7,862)            (7,862)                                             (808)                      (8,670)
 BALANCE AT 30TH APRIL, 2022                          769            463                  5,244                         (2,746)                  140                      111,440            115,310                                             4,433                      119,743

GOODWIN PLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (continued)

for the year ended 30th April, 2021

 

                                                                 Share capital  Translation reserve  Share-based payments reserve  Cash flow hedge reserve  Cost of hedging reserve  Retained earnings  Total attributable to equity holders of the parent  Non-controlling interests  Total equity

                                                                 £'000          £'000                £'000                         £'000                    £'000                    £'000              £'000                                               £'000                      £'000
 YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL, 2021
 Balance at 1st May, 2020                                        736            361                  5,244                         (499)                    (743)                    99,918             105,017                                             4,585                      109,602
 Total comprehensive income:
 Profit for the year                                             ‒              ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        12,494             12,494                                              512                        13,006
 Other comprehensive income:
 Foreign exchange translation differences                        ‒              (1,255)              ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        ‒                  (1,255)                                             (116)                      (1,371)
 Effective portion of changes in fair value                      ‒              ‒                    ‒                             1,252                    (42)                     ‒                  1,210                                               49                         1,259
 Ineffectiveness transferred to profit or loss                   ‒              ‒                    ‒                             (617)                    596                      ‒                  (21)                                                (5)                        (26)
 Change in fair value transferred to profit or loss              ‒              ‒                    ‒                             1,957                    362                      ‒                  2,319                                               (6)                        2,313
 Tax                                                             ‒              ‒                    ‒                             (492)                    (174)                    ‒                  (666)                                               (7)                        (673)
 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME / (EXPENSE) FOR THE YEAR             ‒              (1,255)              ‒                             2,100                    742                      12,494             14,081                                              427                        14,508
 Transactions with owners:
 Issue of shares                                                 17             ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        ‒                  17                                                  ‒                          17
 Dividends paid                                                  ‒              ‒                    ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        (6,016)            (6,016)                                             (125)                      (6,141)
 Recycling of translation reserve on the disposal of subsidiary  ‒              42                   ‒                             ‒                        ‒                        ‒                  42                                                  ‒                          42
 BALANCE AT 30TH APRIL, 2021                                     753            (852)                5,244                         1,601                    (1)                      106,396            113,141                                             4,887                      118,028

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

at 30th April, 2022

                                                                2022     2021
                                                                £'000    £'000
 NON-CURRENT ASSETS
 Property, plant and equipment                                  87,594   77,063
 Right-of-use assets                                            6,191    3,691
 Investment in associate                                        896      829
 Intangible assets                                              24,817   24,813
 Long-term trade receivables                                    1,191    ‒
 Derivative financial assets                                    2,741    191
                                                                123,430  106,587
 CURRENT ASSETS
 Inventories                                                    40,364   34,547
 Contract assets                                                12,331   15,844
 Trade receivables and other financial assets                   23,717   20,540
 Other receivables                                              6,277    5,627
 Derivative financial assets                                    1,211    4,106
 Cash and cash equivalents                                      11,651   15,160
                                                                95,551   95,824
 TOTAL ASSETS                                                   218,981  202,411

 CURRENT LIABILITIES
 Borrowings                                                     2,764    1,607
 Contract liabilities                                           14,749   14,332
 Trade payables and other financial liabilities                 23,004   21,730
 Other payables                                                 4,256    4,025
 Derivative financial liabilities                               2,393    2,016
 Liabilities for current tax                                    1,886    1,174
 Provisions for liabilities and charges                         205      608
                                                                49,257   45,492
 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
 Borrowings                                                     40,376   33,066
 Derivative financial liabilities                               1,643    ‒
 Provisions for liabilities and charges                         251      251
 Deferred tax liabilities                                       7,711    5,574
                                                                49,981   38,891
 TOTAL LIABILITIES                                              99,238   84,383

 NET ASSETS                                                     119,743  118,028
 EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT
 Share capital                                                  769      753
 Translation reserve                                            463      (852)
 Share-based payments reserve                                   5,244    5,244
 Cash flow hedge reserve                                        (2,746)  1,601
 Cost of hedging reserve                                        140      (1)
 Retained earnings                                              111,440  106,396
 TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT      115,310  113,141
 NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS                                      4,433    4,887
 TOTAL EQUITY                                                   119,743  118,028

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

for the year ended 30th April, 2022

                                                                           2022      2021
                                                                           £'000     £'000
 CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 Profit from continuing operations after tax                               13,620    13,006
 Adjustments for:
 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment                             6,202     5,696
 Depreciation of right of use assets                                       1,192     972
 Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets                          1,572     1,566
 Finance costs (net)                                                       1,169     640
 Currency (gains) / losses net of unhedged derivative movements            (1,535)   292
 Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment                           (18)      (745)
 Profit on disposal of subsidiary                                          ‒         (32)
 Unrealised gain on 10 year interest rate swap derivative                  (2,740)   ‒
 Share of profit of associate company                                      (63)      (60)
 UK tax incentive credit on research and development                       (675)     ‒
 Tax expense                                                               6,321     3,508
 OPERATING CASH FLOW BEFORE CHANGES IN WORKING CAPITAL AND PROVISIONS      25,045    24,843
 (Increase) / decrease in inventories                                      (5,175)   10,344
 Decrease / (increase) in contract assets                                  3,498     (9,242)
 (Increase) / decrease in trade and other receivables                      (3,341)   2,885
 Increase / (decrease) in contract liabilities                             472       (4,428)
 Increase in trade and other payables                                      804       1,047
 Decrease / (increase) in unhedged derivative balances                     ‒         (438)
 CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS                                            21,303    25,011
 Interest received                                                         157       111
 Interest paid                                                             (1,415)   (845)
 Corporation tax paid                                                      (2,051)   (3,068)
 NET CASH INFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                                 17,994    21,209
 CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment                       341       1,958
 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment                              (16,215)  (11,738)
 Additional investment in existing subsidiaries                            (430)     ‒
 Acquisition of intangible assets                                          (282)     (719)
 Development expenditure capitalised                                       (1,505)   (1,420)
 NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES                                (18,091)  (11,919)
 CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 Issue of shares                                                           16        17
 Payment of capital element of lease liabilities                           (1,153)   (1,635)
 Dividends paid                                                            (7,862)   (6,016)
 Dividends paid to non-controlling interests                               (808)     (125)
 Proceeds from new loans                                                   6,702     35,048
 Repayment of loans and committed facilities                               (683)     (30,772)
 NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES                                (3,788)   (3,483)
 NET (DECREASE) / INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                    (3,885)   5,807
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                            15,160    9,449
 Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held                         376       (96)
 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR                                  11,651    15,160

 

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

The Group's operations expose it to a variety of risks and uncertainties.
The Directors confirm that they have carried out a robust assessment of the
principal risks the Company faced, including those that would threaten its
business model, future performance, solvency or liquidity.

Market risk:  The Group provides a range of products and services, and there
is a risk that the demand for these products and services will vary from time
to time because of competitor action or economic cycles or international trade
friction or even wars.  As shown in note 3 to the financial statements to be
published shortly, the Group operates across a range of geographical regions,
and its turnover is split across the UK, Europe, USA, the Pacific Basin and
the Rest of the World.

Operating in many territories helps spread market risk.  Similarly, the Group
operates in both Mechanical Engineering and Refractory Engineering sectors,
mitigating the impact of a downturn in any one product area as has been seen
in recent financial years.

The potential risk of the loss of any key customer is limited as, typically,
no single customer accounts for more than 10% of annual turnover.

As described in the Business Model, the Group generates significant sales not
only from valves it supplies to LNG, oil, chemical and water markets, but
increasingly significant amounts from nuclear new build and decommissioning,
naval propulsion marine applications and ship hull components.  The
Mechanical Engineering Division also supplies submersible pumps that are
supplied to the mining industries and radar systems that are supplied for
civil and defence applications.  The Refractory Engineering Division sells
vermiculite and perlite to the insulating and fire prevention industry and our
investment casting powder companies indirectly selling to the jewellery
consumer market through the supply of investment casting moulding powders,
waxes, silicone and natural rubber.

Technical risk:  The Group develops and launches new products as part of its
strategy to enhance the long-term value of the Group.  Such development
projects carry business risks, including reputational risk, abortive
expenditure and potential customer claims which may have a material impact on
the Group.  The potential risk here is seen as manageable given the Group is
developing products in areas in which it is knowledgeable and new products are
tested as far as possible prior to their release into the market.

Product failure / Contractual risk:  The risks that the Group supplies
products that fail or are not manufactured to specification are risks that all
manufacturing companies are exposed to but we try to minimise these risks
through the use of highly skilled personnel operating within robust quality
control system environments, using third party accreditations where
appropriate.  With regard to the risk of failure in relation to new products
coming on line, the additional risks here are minimised at the research and
development stage, where prototype testing and the deployment of a robust
closed loop product performance quality control system provides feedback to
the design department for the products we manufacture and sell.  The risk of
not meeting safety expectations, or causing significant adverse impacts to
customers or the environment, is countered by the combination of the controls
mentioned within this section and the purchase of product liability
insurance.  The risk of product obsolescence is countered by research and
development investment.

Supply chain and equipment risk:  Failure of a major supplier or essential
item of equipment presents a constant risk of disruption to the manufacturing
in progress, especially in these post Covid-19 pandemic times.  Where
reasonably possible, management mitigates and controls the risk with the use
of dual sourcing, continual maintenance programmes, and by carrying adequate
levels of stocks and spares to reduce any disruption.

Health and safety:  The Group's operations involve the typical health and
safety hazards inherent in manufacturing and business operations. The Group is
subject to numerous laws and regulations relating to health and safety around
the world.  Hazards are managed by carrying out risk assessments and
introducing appropriate controls, as well as attending safety training
courses.

Acquisitions:  The Group's growth plan over recent years has included a
number of acquisitions.  There is the risk that these, or future
acquisitions, fail to provide the planned value.  This risk is mitigated
through financial and technical due diligence during the acquisition process
and the Group's inherent knowledge of the markets they operate in.

Financial risk:  The principal financial risks faced by the Group are changes
in market prices (interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodity
prices).  As reported elsewhere within these financial statements, the
Company, on 2nd July ,2021, signed a contract to mitigate the impact of
interest rate risk by taking out an interest rate swap derivative fixing £30
million of notional debt at less than 1% versus the variable SONIA rate for a
period of ten years, commencing 1st September, 2021.  Detailed information on
the financial risk management objectives and policies is set out in note 26 to
the financial statements to be published shortly.  The Group has in place
risk management policies that seek to limit the adverse effects on the
financial performance of the Group by using various instruments and
techniques, including credit insurance, stage payments, forward foreign
exchange contracts, secured and unsecured credit lines.

Regulatory compliance:  The Group's operations are subject to a wide range of
laws and regulations.  Both within Goodwin PLC and its subsidiaries, the
Directors and Senior Managers within the companies make best endeavours to
ensure we comply with the relevant laws and regulations.

IT security: The Group performs regular and remote off site backups of its IT
systems, from time to time engaging external companies to test and report any
weaknesses and deficiencies found to enable solutions to be put in place to
mitigate and minimise the risk of an IT security breach.  The Group is in the
process of re-evaluating the need to invest further in this area over the next
12 months, but for security reasons we will not be disclosing the details of
what we do.

Covid-19 risk:  The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a global impact in
varying degrees that has been seen during the year through labour shortages,
supply chain disruption, shipping availability and inflationary pressures.
The impact of labour shortages has been eased by the strength of our employee
retention and our apprentice school continuing to feed the Group's
requirements with eager engineers.  The supply chain issues have been
mitigated by the Group's ability to dynamically acquire and hold appropriate
levels of stock so as to avoid disruption to the manufacturing processes.
Furthermore, the continuation of the post lock down exceptionally high
activity levels within the Refractory Division, in addition to the significant
workload within the Mechanical Division have meant that the Group has
continued to operate as normal across all of its 23 sites around the world for
the past twenty-four months.

Energy:  The recent geopolitical tensions, with the current conflict in
Ukraine, combined with the UK Government's energy policy over the last few
years to reduce carbon emissions has left the country exposed to the fragile
global energy system which has driven significant increases in the cost of
power. Following the impact this has had on the Group earlier on in the year,
the Group has amended its strategy to manage the risk through hedging
strategies, incorporating price escalation clauses into the longer term
contracts, aided by the coming on stream of increasing levels of low cost
solar power around the Group.  We also have two significant programmes of
enhancing the control of plant and utilising more inverter drives around the
Group, which within 24 months should save an additional 6% of the Group's
electricity and gas consumption.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The Group Strategic Report contains forward-looking type statements and
information based on current expectations, and assumptions and forecasts made
by the Group.  These expectations and assumptions are subject to various
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could lead to
substantial differences between the actual future results, financial
performance and the estimates and historical results given in this report.
Many of these factors are outside the Group's control.  The Group accepts no
liability to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements or
adjust them for future events or developments, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally
required.

Directors' statement pursuant to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

Each of the Directors, whose names are listed below, confirm that to the best
of each person's knowledge:

a.    the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable
set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit of the Company and the undertakings
included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

b.    the Strategic Report contained in the Annual Report includes a fair
review of the development and performance of the business and the position of
the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a
whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties
that they face.

Directors

The Directors of the Company who have served during the year are set out
below.

M.S. Goodwin

S.R. Goodwin

T.J.W. Goodwin

J. Connolly

B.R.E. Goodwin

N. Brown

J.E. Kelly (Non-Executive Director)

Accounting policies

Goodwin PLC (the "Company") is incorporated in England and Wales.

 

The Group financial statements consolidate those of the Company and its
subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Group") and equity account the
Group's interest in associates.  The parent Company financial statements
present information about the Company as a separate entity and not about its
Group.

 

The Group's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK
adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS) and interpretations issued by
the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC) applicable to companies reporting
under UK adopted IFRS.

 

The financial statements for the year ended 30th April, 2021 were prepared in
accordance with international

accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 and IFRS adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies
in the European Union.  There is no difference for the Group in applying each
of these accounting frameworks or on the recognition, measurement or
disclosure in the period reported as a result of the change in framework.

The Company has elected to prepare its financial statements in accordance with
Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 101 issued in the UK. These are presented
on pages 95 to 107 to the financial statements to be published shortly.

 

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all
periods presented in these Group financial statements.

 

Judgements made by the Directors, in the application of these accounting
policies that have significant effect on the financial statements and
estimates with a significant risk of material adjustment in the next year are
discussed in note 2 of to the financial statements to be published shortly.

New IFRS standards and interpretations adopted during 2021 / 2022

The IASB and IFRIC issued the following amendments:

·      Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and IFRS 16 -
Interest rate benchmark reform phase 2, which is effective for annual periods
beginning on or after 1st January, 2021.

·      Amendment to IFRS 16 'Leases' - Covid 19 rent concession
extensions, which is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1st
June, 2020

The implementation of these amendments has not had a material impact on the
Group's financial statements

 

The financial information previously set out does not constitute the Company's
statutory accounts for the years ended 30th April, 2022 or 2021 but is derived
from those accounts. Statutory accounts for 2021 have been delivered to the
Registrar of Companies, and those for 2022 will be delivered in due course.
The auditors have reported on those accounts; their report was:

i.              unqualified;

ii.             did not include references to any matters to which
the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their
report; and

iii.            did not contain a statement under Section 498(2) or
(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

 

Copies of the 2022 accounts are expected to be posted to shareholders within
the next two weeks and will also be available on the Company's website:
www.goodwin.co.uk (http://www.goodwin.co.uk) and from the Company's Registered
Office:  Ivy House Foundry, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3NR.

Note 1

Segmental information

Products and services from which reportable segments derive their revenues

For the purposes of management reporting to the chief operating decision
maker, the Board of Directors, the Group is organised into two reportable
operating divisions: mechanical engineering and refractory engineering.
Segment assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to segments
as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. Associates are
included in refractory engineering. In accordance with the requirements of
IFRS 8, information regarding the Group's operating segments is reported
below.

                                                                                                2022                                                                                                                                   2021
                                                                                                Mechanical Engineering                               Refractory Engineering                    Total                                   Mechanical Engineering              Refractory Engineering                          Total
                                                                                                £'000                                                £'000                                     £'000                                   £'000                               £'000                                           £'000
 Revenue
 External sales                                                                                 87,605                                               56,503                                    144,108                                 86,616                              44,615                                          131,231
 Inter-segment sales                                                                            17,784                                               15,523                                    33,307                                  20,871                              11,526                                          32,397

 Total revenue                                                                                  105,389                                              72,026                                    177,415                                 107,487                             56,141                                          163,628

 Reconciliation to consolidated revenue:
 Inter-segment sales                                                                                                                                                                           (33,307)                                                                                                                    (32,397)
 Consolidated revenue for the year                                                                                                                                                             144,108                                                                                                                     131,231
                               2022                                                                                                                                                                                          2021
                               Mechanical Engineering                                                                       Refractory                                                         Total                         Mechanical Engineering                        Refractory                          Total

                                                                                                                            Engineering                                                                                                                                    Engineering
 Profits
 Segment operating profit                     9,139                                                           12,657                                                     21,796                                              10,823                                                    9,280                         20,103
 % of operating profit                        42%                                                             58%                                                      100%                                                  54%                                                       46%                           100%
 Group centre                                                                                                                                                          (3,489)                                                                                                                                       (3,009)
 Group operating profit                                                                                                                                                18,307                                                                                                                                        17,094
 Share of profit of associate company         ‒                                                               63                                                       63                                                    ‒                                 60                                                                      60

 Unrealised gain on 10 year Interest Rate Swap Derivative                                                                                                                                      2,740                                                                                                           ‒
 Group finance expenses (net)                                                                                                                                                                  (1,169)                                                                                                         (640)
 Consolidated profit before tax for the year                                                                                                                                                   19,941                                                                                                          16,514
 Tax                                                                                                                                                                                           (6,321)                                                                                                         (3,508)
 Consolidated profit after tax for the year                                                                                                                                                    13,620                                                                                                          13,006
                                                      2022                                                                                                                                                                   2021
                                                      Mechanical Engineering                                         Refractory Engineering                                  Total                                           Mechanical Engineering                        Refractory Engineering                          Total
                                                      £'000                                                          £'000                                                   £'000                                           £'000                                         £'000                                           £'000
 Net assets
 Total assets                                         93,049                                                         48,843                                                  141,892                                         92,929                                        44,114                                          137,043
 Total liabilities                                    (71,950)                                                       (22,643)                                                (94,593)                                        (66,909)                                      (20,591)                                        (87,500)
 Subtotal                                             21,099                                                         26,200                                                  47,299                                          26,020                                        23,523                                          49,543
 Goodwin PLC net assets                                                                                                                                                      88,595                                                                                                                                        83,998
 Elimination of Goodwin PLC investments                                                                                                                                      (25,822)                                                                                                                                      (25,392)
 Goodwill                                                                                                                                                                    9,671                                                                                                                                         9,879
 Consolidated total net assets                                                                                                                                               119,743                                                                                                                                       118,028

                               2022                                                                                                                                                                                          2021
                               Goodwin PLC                                                                    Mechanical Engineering                       Refractory Engineering              Total                              Goodwin PLC            Mechanical Engineering                    Refractory Engineering                    Total
                               £'000                                                                          £'000                                        £'000                               £'000                              £'000                  £'000                                     £'000                                     £'000
 Segmental capital expenditure
 Property, plant and                                                9,326                5,396                                             1,631                             16,353                5,315             4,952                               1,570                         11,837

  equipment
 Right-of-use assets                                                441                  2,401                                             881                               3,723                 1,180             1,146                               74                            2,400
 Intangible assets                                                  237                  1,121                                             429                               1,787                 151               1,123                               456                           1,730
 Total                                        10,004                                            8,918                                           2,941                        21,863                6,646                 7,221                           2,100                                15,967

 Segmental depreciation, amortisation and impairment
 Depreciation                                 3,808                                      2,200                       1,386                 7,394                             2,970                 2,346     1,352                6,668
 Amortisation and impairment                  1,195                                      47                          330                   1,572                             1,106                 20        440                  1,566
 Total                                        5,003                                      2,247                       1,716                 8,966                             4,076                 2,366     1,792                8,234

 

Geographical segments

The Group operates in the following principal locations.  In presenting the
information on geographical segments, revenue is based on the location of its
customers and assets on the location of the assets.

                 2022                                                          2021
                 Revenue  Net assets  Non-current assets  Capital expenditure  Revenue  Net assets  Non-current assets  Capital expenditure
                 £'000    £'000       £'000               £'000                £'000    £'000       £'000               £'000
 UK              38,599   77,447      104,995             19,670               39,755   81,982      89,944              13,634
 Rest of Europe  21,388   8,648       3,728               1,009                21,473   8,309       3,264               279
 USA             14,046   ‒           ‒                   ‒                    8,027    ‒           ‒                   ‒
 Pacific Basin   31,085   15,867      6,703               278                  28,255   13,708      6,499               719
 Rest of World   38,990   17,781      8,004               906                  33,721   14,029      6,880               1,335
 Total           144,108  119,743     123,430             21,863               131,231  118,028     106,587             15,967

 

 

 

 

Note 2

Dividends

The Board proposes to pay a dividend of 107.80 pence per share, up 5% on the
previous year (2021: 102.24p).  The proposed dividend has been calculated
using the Group's profit after taxation figure, plus depreciation and
amortisation for the year ending 30th April 2022.

The Board proposes to smooth the Group's cash flow by splitting the payment of
the proposed ordinary dividends of 107.80 pence per share into equal
instalments of 53.9 pence per share on 7th October, 2022 and on or around 12th
April, 2023 to shareholders on the register on 16th September, 2022 and on or
around 24th March, 2023 respectively.

 

Note 3

Earnings per share

                                                                2022       2021
                                                                Number     Number
 Ordinary shares in issue
 Opening shares in issue                                        7,526,400  7,363,200
 Shares issued in the year                                      163,200    163,200
                                                                7,689,600  7,526,400
 Outstanding ordinary share options                             ‒          163,200
 Total ordinary shares (issued and options)                     7,689,600  7,689,600

 Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue            7,673,951  7,445,024
 Weighted average number of outstanding ordinary share options  ‒          162,651
 Denominator used for diluted earnings per share calculation    7,673,951  7,607,675

 

                                                         2022    2021
                                                         £'000   £'000
 Relevant profits attributable to ordinary shareholders  12,980  12,494

 

Note 4

Going concern

The Directors, after having reviewed the projections and possible challenges
that may lie ahead, believe that there is a reasonable expectation that the
Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least
twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, and
have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial
statements.

As at 30th April 2022, the Group's gearing ratio stood at 25.8% (2021: 15.4%)
against a substantial shareholders' net worth of £115 million (2021: £113
million).  The retained reserves of the Group put it in a strong position to
deal with unforeseen material adverse issues.

In previous years we have reported on the potential impact of Covid-19 and its
limited impact on the business. As you might expect given our previous
comments, our pandemic risk profile is low and whilst there are minor Covid-19
impacts we do not see the pandemic as a cause for concern for the Group moving
forwards.

The reported results for the year are after having incurred what have been
unprecedented increases in energy costs.  Whilst the Group is not complacent
and there is work to be done here, we do not see the impact of energy costs
giving rise to a going concern issue.

Within our severe but plausible stress test model, it is demonstrable that the
Group has sufficient funds to cover the Group's and the Company's financial
commitments during the forecast period whilst remaining compliant with its
financial covenants.  The stress test model starts with the forecasts
generated by the subsidiary directors and reflects their specific knowledge of
the market conditions, strategy and outlook.  Each of these subsidiary level
forecasts is then reviewed, challenged and approved by the relevant Group
Managing Director who themselves are immersed in each of the businesses.  The
stress test model then predicts the impact of a severe but plausible reduction
in the pre-tax profit forecast without pulling back on our capital expenditure
forecast.  The results of the stress test modelling did not highlight any
going concern issues.

Whilst our carrying values of trade debtors and contract assets are
significant, we see little risk here in terms of recovery.  Where possible,
we credit insure the majority of our debtors and our pre credit risk (work in
progress), and for significant contracts where credit insurance is not
available, we ensure, where possible, that these contracts are backed by
letters of credit or cash positive milestone payments.

As discussed elsewhere within these accounts, the Mechanical Engineering order
book remains high and the Refractory Engineering segment continues to be
buoyant.

The Directors are confident that the Group and Company will have sufficient
funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least
twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and
therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

 

Note 5

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 10.30 a.m. on 5th October, 2022 at
Crewe Hall, Weston Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 6UZ.

Note 6

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

 Measure                                                           2022     2021
 Gross profit (£'000)                                              42,704   39,001
 Revenue (£'000)                                                   144,108  131,231
 Gross profit as percentage of revenue (%)                         29.6     29.7

 Profit before tax (£'000)                                         19,941   16,514
 Unrealised gain on 10 year interest rate swap derivative          (2,740)  ‒
 Trading profit (£'000)                                            17,201   16,514

 Operating profit (£'000)                                          18,307   17,094
 Capital employed (£'000)                                          145,095  130,572
 Return on capital employed (%)                                    12.6     13.1

 Net debt (£'000)                                                  29,785   17,431
 Net assets attributable to equity holders of the parent(£'000)    115,310  113,141
 Gearing (%)                                                       25.8     15.4

 Net profit attributable to equity holders of the parent (£'000)   12,980   12,494
 Net assets attributable to equity holders of the parent(£'000)    115,310  113,141

 Return on investment (%)                                          11.3     11.0

 Revenue (£'000)                                                   144,108  131,231
 Average number of employees                                       1,112    1,129
 Sales per employee (£'000)                                        130      116

 Annual post tax profit (£'000)                                    13,620   13,006
 Interest rate SWAP mark to market net of tax @ 19% (£'000)        (2,219)  ‒
 Deferred tax rate change (£'000)                                  2,012    ‒
 Depreciation owned assets (£'000)                                 6,202    5,696
 Depreciation right-of-use assets (£'000)                          1,192    972
 Amortisation and impairment (£'000)                               1,572    1,566
 Exclude operating lease depreciation (£'000)                      (508)    (550)
 Annual post tax profit + depreciation+amortisation (£'000)        21,871   20,690

 

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