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Halfords Group PLC: Interim Results for the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025

27-Nov-2025 / 07:00 GMT/BST

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 27 November 2025 

                                                               Halfords Group plc  

                                         Interim Results for the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 (“HY26”) 

                                                                         

                                       On track to deliver FY26 expectations following a strong first half

                                                                         

Halfords Group plc (“Halfords” or “the Group”), the UK’s leading provider of motoring and cycling services and products, today announces its
interim results for the 26 week period ended 26 September 2025.

                                                                         

£m                                     HY26  HY25  Change LfL % Change*
Group Revenue                         893.3 864.8    3.3%          4.1%
     Retail Revenue                   533.2 516.1    3.3%          4.0%
          Motoring Revenue**          324.3 324.2       -          1.1%
          Cycling Revenue**           208.0 191.1    8.8%          9.0%
     Autocentres Revenue              360.1 348.7    3.3%          4.3%
Gross Margin                          51.4% 49.4% 2.0ppts              
Underlying Profit Before Tax*          21.2  21.0    1.0%              
Reported Profit Before Tax             17.2  17.8  (3.4)%              
Underlying Basic Earnings per Share*   7.9p  7.6p    3.9%              
Dividend per Share                     3.0p  3.0p    0.0%              
Net Cash*                              18.6   1.3    17.3              

*Alternative Performance Measures (“APMs”) are defined on page 10. ** Sales breakdown excludes miscellaneous sales of £0.9m (HY25: £0.8m).

Strong financial performance

  ▪ Group sales up  4.1% on a  like-for-like (“LfL”) basis  with a strong  performance in Cycling  (+9.0% LfL) and  growth in both  segments 1  1 
    (Retail +4.0% and Autocentres 2  2  +4.3% LfL).
  ▪ 200bps of gross margin expansion to 51.4%  and HY26 underlying profit before tax (“PBT”)  of £21.2m (HY25: £21.0m) (HY26 reported PBT:  £17.2m
    (HY25: £17.8m)).
  ▪ Cost savings on track, predominantly benefitting cost of goods sold through the Better Buying programme, with operating costs increasing as  a
    % of revenue due to inflationary pressures, as anticipated.
  ▪ £27.6m of free cash generation further strengthening the balance sheet with £18.6m of net cash 3  3  at period end.
  ▪ Interim dividend of 3.0p declared, in line with HY25.

Good strategic and operational progress

  ▪ Fusion making good progress towards 150 garage target with 79 sites now trading, on track to double garage-level profitability and pay back in
    two years while improving the customer experience and linking the motoring assets within a town. 
  ▪ Further growth in Halfords Motoring Club to reach a total membership of c.6m, of which more than 400k are Premium tier (i.e. paid-for) members
    generating c.£20m of annual subscription revenue.
  ▪ Coventry distribution  centre  operating  at  normal  efficiency  following resolution  of  warehouse  management  system  issues.  Additional
    non-underlying cost incurred to maintain product availability in HY26 was £3.1m, at the low end of earlier guidance.

Team update

  ▪ Appointment of Sarah Haywood, former global CIO of Carlsberg, as Chief Information Officer effective November 2025.
  ▪ After nine years as Chair, Keith Williams plans to step down from this role and the Halfords plc Board of Directors by our next Annual General
    Meeting in September 2026.

Outlook 4  4 

  ▪ We are confident in delivering FY26 underlying PBT in-line with  consensus 5  5  and continue to expect capital expenditure for the  full-year
    to be within the guided £60m to £70m range.

 

Henry Birch, Chief Executive of Halfords, commented:

“I am very pleased to be  announcing a strong set of HY26  results that show good financial, strategic  and operational progress. Cycling was  the
stand-out performer, with LFL sales  up 9%. Our consumer  garages also performed particularly well,  up around 8%, driven  in part by the  ongoing
roll-out of our new format Fusion garages.

Looking ahead, there are  significant opportunities for us  to create further value  through improvements in our  technology and data  capability,
which are key  areas of  focus for  us as  we plan  for the future.  While the  operating environment  remains unpredictable,  our combination  of
needs-based products and services, as well as market leading positions in both motoring and cycling, give us the confidence that we will  continue
to grow our business in line with our plans.”

 

Investor and analyst meeting: 

Our interim results presentation has been published on our website, www.halfordscompany.com, alongside this announcement.

A strategy presentation for analysts will take place at 10.30 this morning at Peel Hunt, 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2AT.
To join the live webcast of this presentation please follow this link:  6 Halfords Group plc Strategy Update, 27th November, 10:30

A recording will subsequently be uploaded to  7 www.halfordscompany.com. 

At 13.00 this afternoon, we will also be hosting a live interactive  webcast for retail investors, via the Engage Investor platform.  To join  the
retail investor webcast please follow this link:  8 Halfords Group plc Retail Investor webcast, 27th November , 13:00

For further information: 

Investors:                                                                                             
Holly Cassell, Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations  9 investor.relations@halfords.co.uk 
Media:                                                                                                 
Rob Greening, Sodali & Co.                                                      10 halfords@sodali.com 
Notes to Editors                                                                                       
 11 www.halfords.com          12 www.avayler.com       13 www.tredz.co.uk    14 www.halfordscompany.com
                                                                                                       
                                                                             

Notes to Editors 

Halfords is the UK’s leading provider of motoring and cycling services  and products. We operate via 370 Halfords stores, two Performance  Cycling
stores (trading as Tredz), 498 consumer  garages and a network of  92 commercial fleet locations nationwide.  Customers also have access to  c.250
mobile service vans (trading as Halfords Mobile Expert and National) and c.550 commercial vans. Customers can shop at halfords.com and tredz.co.uk
for pick up at  their local store  or direct home  delivery, as well  as booking garage  services online at  halfords.com. Through its  subsidiary
Avayler, Halfords also sells the Group’s bespoke, internally developed software as a SaaS solution to major clients worldwide.

Cautionary statement 

This report contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, and businesses of Halfords
Group plc. These statements and forecasts involve  risk, uncertainty and assumptions because they  relate to events and depend upon  circumstances
that will occur in  the future. There are  a number of factors  that could cause actual  results or developments to  differ materially from  those
expressed or implied by  these forward-looking statements. These  forward-looking statements are made  only as at the  date of this  announcement.
Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast. Except  as required by law, Halfords Group plc has no obligation to  update
the forward-looking statements or to correct any inaccuracies therein.

CEO Review

I am very pleased  with our performance  in the period, delivering  growth in underlying  Profit Before Tax (“PBT”)  despite the very  significant
labour cost and other inflation we have faced.

At the same time, we have made good progress with key strategic  initiatives including the rollout of Fusion, with 79 Fusion garages now  trading.
This is continuing to improve the garage experience for customers and colleagues alike and links the motoring assets within a town more closely.

Like-for-like (“LfL”) sales growth of 4.1% is a strong performance in what has been a challenging environment for many consumer-facing businesses,
and demonstrates the  strength of our  unique, service-led customer  proposition across both  Retail and Autocentres.  Excellent cost control  and
working capital management have resulted in another  period of strong cash generation, providing  the balance sheet flexibility to accelerate  our
planned investments in brand and digital customer experience in H2 while declaring a flat interim dividend year-on-year (“YoY”).

We couldn’t have achieved any of this without  the commitment, skill and professionalism of our  more than 12,000 colleagues. I want to  sincerely
thank them for going above and  beyond in providing expert advice  and brilliant service to millions of  customers across every touchpoint of  our
business.

There is plenty more to do to optimise our operations in the short-term, but without doubt we have taken significant steps forward in HY26 – and I
am confident that we have the right team  in place to move the business forward with  the appointments of Jess Frame as Retail Managing  Director,
Adam Pay as Garages Managing Director, and Sarah Haywood as Chief Information Officer in recent months.

Self-help and cycling recovery in Retail

In retail, we have continued to focus on the attributes which differentiate us: helpful, specialist advice, add-on services and exclusive  brands.
The majority of transactions taking place in our Retail stores involve some form of assistance from a colleague and around 80% of the c.3m service
events which took place in HY26 at Halfords happened in our retail store car parks. No other business offers colleague advice and services such as
wiper blade and  bulb fittings on  demand, and this  represents a major  competitive advantage and  barrier to disruption  from online  retailers.
Meanwhile, our investment  into dedicated Automotive  Service Managers in  around 80 stores  also enables us  to capture demand  for more  complex
services into our garages. Overall, more than half of Group revenue is service-related, up from 24% in FY19.

Our digital channel remains of  central importance and a  large proportion of customer  journeys begin online either  through a product search  or
booking on our website. However, when it comes  to digital product sales we have a lower  market share than in physical retail. This represents  a
clear opportunity for future growth,  not least because 4 in  every 5 purchases online  are fulfilled via click and  collect in our stores,  which
creates opportunities for additional  sales on collection.  While online competition  limits our pricing  power in some  of the more  commoditised
product categories, we  benefit from a  large proportion of  our range  being either own-brand  or exclusive to  Halfords, typically  representing
excellent value relative to competitor brands. This is  particularly visible in cycling where the vast  majority of our range is own-brand, a  key
differentiator for our Retail proposition which allows us to better  control gross margin and reinforces our credibility as a cycling  specialist.
Key brands are Carrera, which includes  what we believe to be Britain’s  best-selling bike in its Vengeance model,  and Boardman, which is a  more
premium brand – a Boardman bike having won either an Olympic or a Paralympic gold medal at every Games since 2008.

The first half of this year saw significant growth  in our cycling business with 9.0% LFL sales  growth, ahead of a market in recovery which  also
benefited from  a warm,  dry summer.  We sell  two-thirds of  children’s bikes  in the  UK and  delivered a  fantastic performance  at Tredz,  our
performance cycling business, which grew  double digit in the  first half. Motoring products showed  lower rates of sales  growth as we removed  a
number of low margin products  from our shelves, negatively impacting  sales but benefitting margin rate.  Product categories with a high  service
attachment such as air conditioning, dashcams and oils showed good  growth, demonstrating the value of our unique, service-led retail  proposition
to our customers across both motoring and cycling.

Driving operational excellence in Autocentres

The optimisation of our consumer garages business  has continued apace, and under new leadership,  we have delivered further profitable growth  in
HY26. Our consumer  garages have continued  to grow  in the more  profitable Service, Maintenance  and Repair  (“SMR”) segment, and  we have  also
delivered improved  margins  in our  tyres  business through  a  focus on  high-value  add-ons, including  wheel  alignments, which  also  deliver
considerable customer benefits ranging from  improved handling and safety  to better fuel economy. Overall,  HY26 saw improved garage  utilisation
across the estate.

Despite continued declines in the  consumer tyres market, our  consumer garages, which include  our 79 Fusion locations,  saw LfL sales growth  of
around 8% in HY26 while  continuing to provide excellent service  to our customers as demonstrated  by an increase in NPS  to 65.3%. We remain  on
track to deliver  c.150  Fusion garages by  FY27. Levels of  cross-shop, i.e. retail  customers becoming garage  customers, continued to  increase
underpinned by our growing Halfords Motoring Club proposition where we also saw growth in both free and Premium membership.

In addition to our consumer garages, our  B2B division includes our commercial fleet services  business, which maintains and repairs truck  fleets
across the UK. We have continued to expand our network of depots with a new site in Avonmouth while also commencing a programme of fleet  upgrades
to improve environmental and operational performance. Also  in our B2B division is Avayler, our  garage operations software business, which is  in
pilot stage in the first  of Bridgestone’s c.2,400 garages in  North America and is  currently in the advanced stages  of building and testing  at
MyCar, the largest garage network in Australia.

Leveraging the Group opportunity

Halfords is truly  unique in the  market: our Group  spans products and  services, motoring and  cycling, consumers and  businesses, physical  and
digital. We keep millions of people in  the UK and Ireland on the  road, actively improving their lives by taking  the hassle out of car and  bike
ownership. Our relationship  with our customers  isn’t just transactional  – we provide  expert advice and  friendly service, including  on-demand
fitting of the products we sell, under a recognisable  brand that has been trusted for generations. We do  all this in a way that offers them  the
ultimate in convenience, with a nationwide network of stores, garages and mobile vans to provide essential services at a time and location to suit
them. At the same time,  these many millions of interactions  provide us with data covering  almost half of the UK  car parc with potential for  a
broader eco-system of products and services.

The roll-out of Fusion and creation of the Halfords Motoring Club have been important first steps in demonstrating the value of the Halfords Group
as a single provider for all our customers’ motoring needs. We are  well on our way to 150 Fusion garages, doubling profitability at maturity  and
with a payback on initial capital  expenditure of just two years. Meanwhile  we now have close to 6  million Halfords Motoring Club members,  with
over 400,000 of those paying c.£20m of annual  recurring revenue for benefits including an annual  MOT, free car checks and other discounts  while
providing us with valuable  vehicle data that  enables us to serve  our customers even  more effectively. These Premium  members spend on  average
around 3 times as much as a non-member each year, with substantially higher  rates of cross-shop. But there is much more value we can create  with
improvements in our technology  and data capability,  and the appointment of  Sarah Haywood, most  recently CIO at the  Carlsberg Group, as  Chief
Information Officer demonstrates our commitment to making these changes a reality.

In the meantime, we  have begun to make  smaller, but nonetheless meaningful,  improvements to our digital  customer experience. Our  services-led
model means that our physical locations, including our mobile  vans, will always be at the heart of  what we do and are fundamental to our  model.
However, an increasing number of customers begin their journeys online and it is critical to our future success that we put our best foot  forward
digitally as well as in-person. Our single, groupwide website has already played an integral role in creating our market leading positions  across
our core markets – for example, in HY26 we were the most-visited online tyre retailer in the UK – but there is more we can do to create a seamless
experience for our customers across all touchpoints.

Fit for the Future

Later this morning, we will be sharing details of our updated strategy which builds on our strong fundamentals, focusing on disciplined  execution
rather than radical change. Driven by a new and experienced management team, this plan will leverage the key strengths of our business: a  trusted
brand leading in attractive markets, unrivalled scale and expertise, a hard-to-replicate services offering, financial resilience, and  significant
opportunity from technology and data.

Our approach will  be in three  phases, successful execution  of which will  drive LfL sales  growth, operating margin  expansion, progression  in
underlying PBT and ultimately, a return on capital employed 15  6  (“ROCE”) which exceeds our cost of capital.

 1. Optimise, in which  we will  maximise value from  our existing  assets and  operations, driving improved  returns by  focusing on  operational
    excellence and execution of the basics.
 2. Evolve, where, once we have earned the right through delivering on  our optimisation agenda, we will look to invest in opportunities to  drive
    structural efficiencies and future growth. 
 3. Scale, where with an optimised  and strengthened business, we  will look to scale our  digital channels in Retail  and an expanded network  of
    garages in Autocentres on a 3-year plus timeframe.

This phasing is reflected in an updated capital allocation framework, which continues to prioritise maintenance of a strong and resilient  balance
sheet (net debt to adjusted EBITDA ex-leases no greater than 0.8x). We will continue to pay a dividend in-line with our cover-based policy of 1.5x
to 2.5x underlying profit after tax. Meanwhile, M&A is not a priority in the near-term.

 

 

Outlook 16  7 

Our strong HY26 performance means  that we are confident in  delivering FY26 underlying PBT in-line  with consensus 17  8  while investing in  our
digital experience and  brand and building  cycling stock ahead  of next year’s  summer peak. We  continue to expect  capital expenditure for  the
full-year to be within the guided £60m to £70m range.

Next update

Our next scheduled update will be a full-year trading update in April 2026 prior to our full results for that period in June.

 

 

Henry Birch

Chief Executive Officer, Halfords Group plc

26 November 2025

CFO Report 

 Group financial results  

 All numbers are stated on a post-IFRS 16 basis unless otherwise indicated. 

                                     HY26   HY25   Change* 
                                       £m     £m  26 vs 25 
Revenue                              893.3 864.8      4.1% 
Gross Profit                         459.2 427.5      7.4% 
Gross Margin                        51.4%  49.4%    200bps 
Underlying EBIT                      26.4   26.4      0.0% 
Underlying EBITDA                    89.5    89.4     0.1% 
Net Finance Expense                 (5.2)  (5.4)    (3.7)% 
Underlying Profit Before Tax          21.2  21.0      1.0% 
Non-Underlying Items Before Tax      (4.0) (3.2)           
Reported Profit Before Tax           17.2   17.8     (3.4)%
Underlying Basic Earnings per Share  7.9p   7.6p      3.9% 

*Change in revenue is on a LfL basis

HY26 Group underlying profit before tax (“PBT”) of £21.2m (HY25:  £21.0m) was up £0.2m or 1.0% year-on-year (”YoY”) despite significant  inflation
in the period, including that resulting from increases in the National Living Wage and changes to National Insurance rates and thresholds in  last
year’s Budget. 4.1% LfL sales growth and 200bps  of YoY gross margin expansion combined to offset  an 8.0% increase in operating costs to  deliver
Group underlying earnings  before interest and  tax (“EBIT”) and  Group underlying earnings  before interest, tax,  depreciation and  amortisation
(“EBITDA”) which was broadly flat YoY (£26.4m and £89.5m respectively, HY25: £26.4m and £89.4m).

Group gross margin grew 200 bps, reaching 51.4%, which is the highest level since FY22. This strong performance reflected the continued success of
our Better Buying programme and some  pass-through of increased labour costs in  our services proposition, as well as  a small FX tailwind as  the
benefit of movements in  the USD rate  in recent years begins  to impact the  hedged rate coming through  in cost of  goods sold. Our  contractual
arrangements with suppliers also resulted in a 30bps YoY increase in Group gross margin with a corresponding increase in operating expenses.

Group operating costs of  £433.0m grew 7.9% YoY  (HY25: £401.1m). Inflation was  largely driven by labour  costs due to the  6.7% increase in  the
National Living Wage effective from the start of FY26, the knock-on impact  on higher paid colleagues as we sought to maintain a differential  for
skills, and the National Insurance  changes noted above. As anticipated,  we also saw increasing costs  from suppliers of managed services  impact
contract pricing, partly offset by our goods  not for resale cost reduction program. Additionally,  we made selective investments into the  Fusion
programme, colleague training and development and improvements to our digital customer experience.

The Group’s underlying profitability, management of inventory and disciplined approach to working capital management supported £27.6m of free cash
flow generation (HY25:  £28.1m) notwithstanding the  payment of colleague  incentives in the  period that were  not paid in  the prior year.  This
resulted in £18.6m of closing net cash 18  9  on the balance sheet (HY25: £1.3m).

Non-underlying items resulted in a charge of £4.0m during the period (HY25: £3.2m charge), predominantly relating to the implementation challenges
associated with the introduction  of a new Warehouse  Management System (“WMS”) in  our Coventry distribution centre.  These issues have now  been
resolved at a total cost of £3.1m in-line with the estimates communicated in our FY25 results announcement.

Detailed analysis of our sales performance, gross  margin and operating costs are covered  under ‘Reporting Segments’ below. Unallocated costs  of
£2.3m (HY25:  £2.6m) represent  amortisation charges  in  respect of  intangible assets  acquired  through business  combinations which  arise  on
consolidation of the Group.

 

Reporting segments 

Retail 

                        HY26     HY25   Change*  Sales mix 
                          £m       £m  26 vs 25          % 
Revenue                 533.2   516.1      4.0%            
-    Motoring**         324.3   324.2      1.1%      60.8% 
-    Cycling**          208.0    191.1     9.0%       39.0%
Gross Profit            263.1   246.5      6.7%            
Gross Margin           49.3%     47.8%   150bps            
Operating Costs       (242.5) (225.3)      7.6%            
Underlying EBIT          20.6    21.2    (2.8)%            
Non-underlying items    (3.4)   (1.8)                      
EBIT                     17.2    19.4    (11.3)%           
Underlying EBITDA        58.7    59.5    (1.3)%            

*Change in revenue is on a LfL basis ** Sales breakdown excludes miscellaneous sales of £0.9m (HY25: £0.8m).

The Retail segment saw a robust trading performance with LfL sales  growing by 4.0% despite weakness in the consumer backdrop (HY25: reduction  of
0.7%). Having turned positive for the first time  since FY22 in the second half of FY25,  cycling sales were particularly strong and grew by  9.0%
LfL, ahead of the wider market. Sales of children’s bikes, where  we represent two-thirds of the UK market, were particularly strong while  Tredz,
our performance cycling business, continued to outperform the wider group.

Retail gross margin expansion  of 150bps predominantly reflected  further progress with  our Better Buying programme  and tailwinds from  improved
hedged FX rates coming through in cost of goods sold.

A 7.6% increase in  Retail operating costs, predominantly  due to labour  cost inflation as described  above, resulted in a  small YoY decline  in
underlying Retail EBIT to £20.6m  (HY25: £21.2m). Non-underlying items  of £3.4m include costs associated  with the WMS implementation  challenges
noted above.

Autocentres 

                        HY26     HY25   Change* 
                          £m       £m  26 vs 25 
Revenue                 360.1   348.7      4.3% 
Gross Profit            196.1   181.0      8.3% 
Gross Margin           54.5%    51.9%    260bps 
Operating Costs       (188.0) (173.2)      8.5% 
Underlying EBIT           8.1     7.8      3.8% 
Non-underlying items    (0.6)   (1.4)           
EBIT                      7.5     6.4           
Underlying EBITDA        30.8    29.9       3.0%

*Change in revenue figures is on a LfL basis 

LfL sales growth for  Autocentres ex-Avayler was 4.3%  to reach £354.7m (£360.1m  on a reported basis,  i.e. including Avayler), another  pleasing
performance in the context of continued weakness in the consumer tyres market. In fact, our consumer garages portfolio delivered extremely  strong
sales growth of closer to 8%, led by Service, Maintenance and Repair (“SMR”) work including as a result of performance in the 79 Fusion sites  now
trading. Changing mix,  alongside Better  Buying and  price optimisation,  drove a 260bps  increase in  segmental gross  margin to  54.5%. In  our
commercial fleet business, sales growth was  lower as we reprioritised resource  to focus on higher margin  services and mix into more  profitable
tyres.

These revenue and margin dynamics helped offset 8.7% operating cost  growth driven by minimum wage, national insurance and general cost  inflation
as already discussed.

Overall, Autocentres ex-Avayler EBIT grew 8.8%  YoY to £9.9m. The Avayler  business is reported within the  Autocentres segment but operates as  a
standalone business within the Group. It generated revenue of £1.1m (HY25: £1.6m), with the YoY decline a result of ATD, a North American  client,
entering Chapter 11 in the latter months of  FY25 as previously reported. This also resulted in  an expected increase in loss before interest  and
tax to £1.8m (HY25: £1.3m).

Including Avayler, underlying Autocentres EBIT increased by 3.9% to £8.1m (HY25: £7.8m).

Net non-underlying items 

The following table outlines the components of the non-underlying items recognised in the period: 

                                  HY26  HY25 

                                    £m    £m 
Organisational Restructure Costs    3.1   0.8
Closure Costs                       0.9   1.5
Cloud Migration Costs                 -   0.9
Net Non-Underlying Items Charge     4.0   3.2

 

HY26 organisational restructure costs  of £3.1m (HY25:  £0.6m) relate to  additional costs incurred  to maintain availability  of stock in  stores
during implementation challenges for the new Warehouse Management System (“WMS”) in the Coventry distribution centre (“DC”). The new WMS is yet to
be introduced in our third and final DC, which is expected to  conclude by FY27. The prior period balance also includes £0.2m of redundancy  costs
arising from changes to the Group’s operating model.

HY26 closure costs of £0.9m (HY25:  £1.2m) largely comprise costs associated with  the closure of a small number  of garages as noted in the  FY25
results announcement.  Equivalent  costs  in  the  prior  year  are  associated with  the  closure  of  the  Group's  wholesale  tyre  operations.
Property-related expenditure associated with these closures, including landlord insurance  and business rates on remaining leases, is expected  to
continue through the remainder of FY26 and into future periods, reflecting  the unwind of lease obligations. The HY25 balance also included  £0.3m
relating to the garage transformation programme, now incorporated within closure costs for consistency of presentation.

Portfolio management   

The Group’s property portfolio remains extremely flexible. With the exception of nine long-leasehold and three freehold properties in Autocentres,
the Group’s locations are occupied under short-term leases, the majority of which are on standard lease terms.

The Retail store portfolio as at 26 September  2025 comprised 370 stores (HY25: 377 stores), having  closed 7 stores during the period as we  took
our usual, rigorous approach to evaluating leases as  they come up for renewal. The average remaining  lease length on our Retail store estate  is
2.6 years, with 342 leases, equivalent to more than 90% of our portfolio, expiring within five years.

The Autocentres portfolio as at 26 September 2025 comprised 590 locations (498 consumer garages and 92 commercial locations) (HY25: 636  locations
including 547 consumer garages and 89  commercial locations). The reduction of locations in  the Autocentres portfolio predominantly reflects  the
previously announced decision to close a small number of garages  as detailed under ‘Net non-underlying items’ above. The average remaining  lease
length on our Autocentres is around 4.9 years, and as in Retail, we carefully evaluate all lease renewals when due.

Net finance expense 

The reduced net finance expense YoY of £5.2m (HY25: £5.4m) is primarily due to a reduction in bank borrowing throughout the period.

Taxation 

The taxation charge for the financial period was £3.4m (HY25: £3.7m), including a £1.0m credit (HY25: £0.7m credit) in respect of tax on
non-underlying items. The effective tax rate of 19.7% (HY25: 20.6%) differs from the UK corporation tax rate (25%) principally due to the to the
recognition of tax losses in the year through deferred taxes and a prior period adjustment in relation to historic tax balances. 

The full year FY26  effective tax rate  is expected to  be around 21.5%  which is below the  statutory rate due  to the impact  of the tax  losses
available.

Earnings per share (“EPS”) 

Underlying Basic EPS was 7.9 pence (HY25: 7.6 pence) and after non-underlying items was 6.5 pence (HY25: 6.5 pence). Basic weighted-average shares
in issue during the period were 216.3m (HY25: 218.1m). The decrease in the basic weighted-average shares in issue during the period is due to  the
increase in the weighted-average number of shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust. 

Dividend  

The Board have declared an  interim dividend of 3.0 pence  per share in respect of  the period to 26 September  2025 (HY25: 3 pence). The  interim
dividend will be paid on 16th January 2026 to shareholders who are on the register of members, with an ex-dividend date of 11th December 2025  and
a record date of 12th December 2025.

Capital expenditure 

Capital expenditure in the period totalled £31.1m (HY25: £23.6m).

Retail capital expenditure  was £10.3m (HY25:  £12.2m), of  which £4.9m (HY25:  £6.8m) related  to digital infrastructure  and e-commerce,  mainly
focused on the development of the Group’s websites. £5.4m (HY25: £4.8m) was invested in stores.

Autocentres capital expenditure was  £20.8m (HY25: £11.4m) of  which the majority (£16.7m)  (HY25: £7.9m) was expenditure  on property and  garage
equipment, including £7.8m supporting the rollout of the Fusion motoring services model. The remaining £4.1m (HY25: £3.5m) related to IT  software
expenditure on the development of Avayler and PACE, the garage workflow system.

Inventories 

Group inventory held at the  period end was £235.3m (HY25:  £244.1m). The £8.8m reduction in  inventory holding YoY reflects continued  discipline
around inventory management.

Retail inventory was £190.3m (HY25: £193.3m), a decrease of £3.0m YoY. Autocentres inventory was £45.0m (HY25: £50.8m), a decrease of £5.8m YoY.

Cashflow and borrowings 

Net cash from operating activities during the period was £103.0m (HY25: £97.0m). After capital expenditure, net finance costs, supplier  financing
and lease payments, a free cash inflow of £27.6m (HY25: £28.1m) was generated  in the period. The decrease in free cashflow of £0.5m from HY25  is
due to an increase in capital expenditure and the  payment of a colleague bonus in relation to  FY25 which had not occurred in the previous  year,
offset by a decrease in lease payments, a gain on disposal of leases in the period and strong working capital management.

Group net debt, including IFRS 16 lease debt, was £232.7m at the  balance sheet date (HY25: £276.5m) consisting of £18.8m of cash (HY25:  £78.6m),
£nil bank overdrafts (HY25: (£43.5m)),  £nil in relation to the  Group’s revolving credit facility (HY25:  (£33.7m)), (£0.2m) of other  borrowings
(HY25: (£0.1m)) and (£251.3m) of lease liabilities (HY25: (£277.8m)).  Excluding lease debt, and notwithstanding the reinstatement of a  colleague
bonus relating to FY25 and an increase in the final dividend YoY, Group net cash improved by £17.3m to £18.6m (HY25: net cash of £1.3m).

The Group's borrowing facility  is a committed  £180m revolving credit facility,  of which £20.0m  is designated as an  overdraft facility. On  11
August 2025 a one-year extension option was exercised taking the expiry date to 16 April 2029.

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

The Board considers risk assessment, identification of mitigating actions and internal control to be fundamental to achieving Halfords’  strategic
corporate objectives. In the Annual Report & Accounts the Board sets out  what it considers to be the principal commercial and financial risks  to
achieving the Group’s objectives. The main areas of potential risk and uncertainty in the financial year are described in the Strategic Report  on
pages 61 to 68 of the Halfords  Group plc Annual Report and Accounts  for the period ending 28 March 2025  and all are considered relevant to  the
HY26 reporting. These include:

 

  • Business Strategy 

       ◦ Technology transformation capability and capacity
       ◦ Customer proposition and relevance

  • Financial

       ◦ Macroeconomic volatility

  • Compliance

       ◦ Regulatory and compliance
       ◦ Cybersecurity

  • Operational

       ◦ Culture/colleague engagement and skills
       ◦ Disruption to end to end supply chain
       ◦ Health and safety

 

Jo Hartley 
Chief Financial Officer 

26 November 2025 

 

 

Glossary of Alternative Performance Measures

In the reporting of financial information, the Directors have adopted various Alternative Performance Measures (“APMs”). APMs should be considered
in addition to IFRS measurements, of which some are shown on Page 1. The Directors believe that these APMs assist in providing useful  information
on the underlying  performance of  the Group, enhance  the comparability  of information  between reporting periods,  and are  used internally  by
management to measure the Group’s performance.

 

The key APMs that the Group uses are as follows:

 

 1. Like-for-like (“LfL”) sales represent revenues from stores, centres and websites  that have been trading for at least one financial  reporting
    period (but excluding prior period sales of stores and centres closed during the period) at constant foreign exchange rates.
 2. Underlying EBIT  are results  from  operating activities  before non-underlying  items.  Underlying EBITDA  further removes  depreciation  and
    amortisation.

 

                                                                                                 HY26                                         HY25
           
                                                                                                   £m                                           £m
Underlying                                                                                       26.4                                         26.4
EBIT
  
Depreciation                                                                                                                                      
&                                                                                              63.1                                         63.0  
Amortisation
Underlying                                                                                       89.5                                         89.4
EBITDA
                                                                                                       

 

 

 3. Underlying Profit Before Tax is profit before income tax and non-underlying items as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statement.
 4. Underlying Earnings Per Share is profit after income tax before non-underlying items as shown in the Condensed Consolidated Income  Statement,
    divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue  during the period.  The weighted average number of shares excludes  shares
    held by an Employee Benefit Trust and has been adjusted for the issue/purchase of shares during the period.
 5. Net Cash  is current  and non-current  borrowings  less cash  and cash  equivalents, both  in-hand  and at  bank, as  shown in  the  Condensed
    Consolidated statement of financial position, as reconciled below:

                             HY26   HY25
                    
                               £m     £m
Cash and cash equivalents    18.8   78.6
Borrowings – current        (0.2) (43.6)
Borrowings – non-current        - (33.7)
Net Cash                     18.6    1.3
                                   

 

 6. Net Debt to Underlying EBITDA ratio is represented by the ratio of Net Debt to Underlying EBITDA (both of which are defined above). 
 7. Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash from operating  activities less capital expenditure, net finance costs, supplier financing payments  and
    lease payments; as reconciled below:

                                     HY26   HY25

                                       £m     £m
Net cash from operating activities  103.0   97.0
Less:                                           
Capital expenditure                (30.8) (22.0)
Net finance costs                   (3.9)  (4.7)
Lease payments                     (40.7) (42.2)
Free Cash Flow                       27.6   28.1
                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                                     Condensed consolidated income statement

                                                                         

                                                      For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025

 

                                                    26 weeks to  26 weeks to 52 weeks to  
                                                   26 September 27 September    28 March  
                                                           2025         2024        2025
                                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                      Unaudited    Unaudited     Audited  
                                             Notes           £m           £m          £m  
                                                                                          
Revenue                                       6, 7     893.3           864.8       1,715.2
Cost of sales                                        (434.1)         (437.3)       (846.1)
Gross profit                                           459.2           427.5         869.1
Operating expenses                                   (433.0)         (401.1)       (820.3)
Other income                                             0.2               -           0.7
Operating profit before non-underlying items            26.4            26.4          49.5
Net non-underlying items                         8     (4.0)           (3.2)        (68.4)
                                                                                          
Profit/(loss) from operating activities                 22.4            23.2        (18.9)
                                                                                          
Net Finance Expense                              9     (5.2)           (5.4)        (11.1)
                                                                                          
Profit before tax and non-underlying items              21.2            21.0          38.4
Non-underlying items                             8     (4.0)           (3.2)        (68.4)
                                                                                          
Profit/(loss) before tax                                17.2            17.8        (30.0)
                                                                                          
Tax on underlying items                         10     (4.4)           (4.4)         (8.4)
Tax on non-underlying items                      8       1.0             0.7           4.6
                                                                                          
Total profit/(loss) for the period                      13.8            14.1        (33.8)
                                                                                          
Attributable to:                                                                          
Equity shareholders                                     14.0            14.2        (33.6)
Non-controlling interest                               (0.2)           (0.1)         (0.2)
Total profit/(loss) for the period                      13.8            14.1        (33.8)
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Earnings per share                                                                        
Basic earnings per share                        12      6.5p            6.5p       (15.4)p
Diluted earnings per share                      12      6.3p            6.3p       (15.4)p
Basic underlying earnings per share             12      7.9p            7.6p         13.8p
Diluted underlying earnings per share           12      7.6p            7.4p         13.2p
                                                                                          

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                         

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                             Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

                                                For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 (Unaudited)

                                                                         

                                                                          26weeks to         26weeks to     52weeks to
                                                                  26 September 2025  27 September 2024  28 March 2025 
                                                                                 £m                 £m             £m 
                                                                           Unaudited          Unaudited        Audited
Profit/(loss) for the period                                                    13.8               14.1         (33.8)
Other comprehensive loss                                                                                              
Cash flow hedges:                                                                                                     
          Fair value changes in the period                                     (4.3)              (4.8)            0.1
Income tax credit/(charge) on other comprehensive loss                           0.8                0.8          (0.2)
Other comprehensive expense for the period, net of income tax                  (3.5)              (4.0)          (0.1)
Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the period                             10.3               10.1         (33.9)
Attributable to:                                                                                                      
Equity shareholders                                                             10.5               10.2         (33.7)
Non-controlling interest                                                       (0.2)              (0.1)          (0.2)
Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the period                             10.3               10.1         (33.9)

 

All items within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income are classified as items that are or may be recycled to the Income
Statement. 

   

 

The notes on pages 17 to 28 form part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.  

 

 

 

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                              Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

                                                       As at 26 September 2025 (Unaudited)

                                                                         

                                                                                         26 September 27 September 28 March
                                                                                        
                                                                                                2025         2024      2025
                                                                                            Unaudited    Unaudited  Audited
                                                                                   Notes          £m           £m        £m
                       Assets                                                                                              
                       Non-current assets                                                                                  
                       Intangible assets                                            13          431.0        482.8    432.7
                       Property, plant and equipment                                13           98.1         89.2     91.7
                       Right-of-use assets                                          13          226.6        253.3    242.3
                       Derivative financial instruments                             15            0.3            -      0.3
                       Trade and other receivables                                                1.8          2.2      2.5
                       Deferred tax asset                                                         7.2          5.0      7.3
                       Total non-current assets                                                 765.0        832.5    776.8
                       Current assets                                                                                  
                       Inventories                                                              235.3        244.1    225.2
                       Trade and other receivables                                              151.9        158.5    153.7
                       Current tax asset                                                            -        8.3        0.6
                       Derivative financial instruments                             15            0.6        0.1          -
                       Cash and cash equivalents                                    14           18.8         78.6     19.1
                       Total current assets                                                     406.6        489.6    398.6
                       Total assets                                                           1,171.6      1,322.1  1,175.4
                       Liabilities                                                                                     
                       Current liabilities                                                                             
                       Borrowings                                                   14          (0.2)       (43.6)    (0.2)
                       Lease liabilities                                                       (74.5)       (68.7)   (78.6)
                       Derivative financial instruments and options                 15          (2.6)        (4.9)    (0.8)
                       Trade and other payables                                               (386.2)      (382.4)  (357.1)
                       Current tax liabilities                                                  (2.5)            -    (3.2)
                       Provisions                                                              (15.7)       (11.7)   (15.4)
                       Total current liabilities                                              (481.7)      (511.3)  (455.3)
                       Net current liabilities                                                 (75.1)       (21.7)   (56.7)
                       Non-current liabilities                                                                         
                       Borrowings                                                   14              -       (33.7)    (8.8)
                       Lease liabilities                                                      (176.8)      (209.1)  (192.8)
                       Derivative financial instruments and options                 15          (4.3)        (1.3)    (3.9)
                       Trade and other payables                                                 (2.5)        (3.7)    (3.4)
                       Provisions                                                              (10.4)        (9.5)   (10.9)
                       Total non-current liabilities                                          (194.0)      (257.3)  (219.8)
                       Total liabilities                                                      (675.7)      (768.6)  (675.1)
                       Net assets                                                               495.9        553.5    500.3
                       Shareholders’ equity                                                                                
                       Share capital                                                16            2.2          2.2      2.2
                       Share premium                                                16          212.4        212.4    212.4
                       Investment in own shares                                                 (6.5)        (2.2)    (1.6)
                       Other reserves                                                             0.3        (2.9)      0.7
                       Retained earnings                                                        287.5        344.1    286.4
                       Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Company               495.9        553.6    500.1
                       Non-controlling interest                                                     -        (0.1)      0.2
                       Total equity                                                             495.9        553.5    500.3

      

 

The notes on pages 17 to 28 form part of these condensed consolidated financial statements. 

                                                                         

                                                                         

 

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                       Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

                                                For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 (Unaudited)

                                                                Attributable to the equity holders of the Company                            
 
                                                                                    Other reserves                                           
                                                 Share                                Capital Hedging Retained        Total
                                                       Share premium Investment in redemption                  shareholders Non-controlling  Total
                                               capital       account    own shares    reserve reserve earnings                     interest equity
                                                                                                                     equity
                                                   £m            £m            £m         £m      £m       £m           £m               £m     £m
Closing balance at 28 March 2025                   2.2         212.4         (1.6)        0.3     0.4    286.4        500.1             0.2  500.3
                                                                                                                                                  
Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the                                                                                                      
period  
Profit for the period                                -             -             -          -       -     14.0         14.0           (0.2)   13.8
                                                                                                                                                  
Other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                          
Cash flow hedges:                                                                                                                                 
Fair value changes in the period                     -             -             -          -   (4.3)        -        (4.3)               -  (4.3)
Income tax on other comprehensive loss               -             -             -          -     0.8        -          0.8               -    0.8
Total other comprehensive loss for the period        -             -             -          -   (3.5)        -        (3.5)               -  (3.5)
net of tax 
Total comprehensive (expense)/income for the         -             -             -          -   (3.5)     14.0         10.5           (0.2)   10.3
period  
                                                                                                                                                  
Hedging gains and losses transferred to the          -             -             -          -     3.1        -          3.1               -    3.1
cost of inventory 
                                                                                                                                                  
Transactions with owners                                                                                                                          
Purchase of own shares                               -             -         (6.0)          -       -        -        (6.0)               -  (6.0)
Share options exercised                              -             -           1.1          -       -    (1.1)            -               -      -
Share-based payment transactions                     -             -             -          -       -      0.8          0.8               -    0.8
Dividends to equity holders                          -             -             -          -       -   (12.6)       (12.6)               - (12.6)
Total transactions with owners                       -             -         (4.9)          -       -   (12.9)       (17.8)               - (17.8)
Balance at 26 September 2025                       2.2         212.4         (6.5)        0.3       -    287.5        495.9               -  495.9
                                                                                                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (continued)

                                                       For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 (Unaudited)
                                                                Attributable to the equity holders of the Company                            
                        
                                                                                    Other reserves                                           
                                                 Share                                Capital Hedging Retained        Total
                                                       Share premium Investment in redemption                  shareholders Non-controlling  Total
                                               capital       account    own shares    reserve reserve earnings                     interest equity
                                                                                                                     equity
                                                   £m            £m            £m         £m      £m       £m           £m               £m     £m
Closing balance at 29 March 2024                   2.2         212.4         (1.0)        0.3   (0.3)    340.2        553.8               -  553.8
                                                                                                                                                  
Total comprehensive income for the period                                                                                                         
Profit for the period                                -             -             -          -       -     14.2         14.2           (0.1)   14.1
                                                                                                                                                  
Other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                          
Cash flow hedges:                                                                                                                                 
Fair value changes in the period                     -             -             -          -   (4.8)        -        (4.8)               -  (4.8)
Income tax on other comprehensive loss               -             -             -          -     0.8        -          0.8               -    0.8
Total other comprehensive loss for the period        -             -             -          -   (4.0)        -        (4.0)               -  (4.0)
net of tax 
Total comprehensive (expense)/income for the         -             -             -          -   (4.0)     14.2         10.2           (0.1)   10.1
period 
                                                                                                                                                  
Hedging gains and losses transferred to the          -             -             -          -     1.1        -          1.1               -    1.1
cost of inventory 
                                                                                                                                                  
Transactions with owners                                                                                                                          
Purchase of own shares                               -             -         (3.6)          -       -        -        (3.6)               -  (3.6)
Share options exercised                              -             -           2.4          -       -    (1.7)          0.7               -    0.7
Share-based payment transactions                     -             -             -          -       -      2.3          2.3               -    2.3
Dividends to equity holders                          -             -             -          -       -   (10.9)       (10.9)               - (10.9)
Total transactions with owners                       -             -         (1.2)          -       -   (10.3)       (11.5)               - (11.5)
Balance at 27 September 2024                       2.2         212.4         (2.2)        0.3   (3.2)    344.1        553.6           (0.1)  553.5
                                                                                                                                             

 

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                                  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

                                                For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 (Unaudited)

                                                                                              26weeks to   26weeks to 52weeks to
                                                                                                                        28 March
                                                                                                         27 September
                                                                                      26 September 2025                     2025
                                                                                                                2024 
                                                                                                                         Audited
                                                                                Notes                £m           £m         £m 
                 Cash flows from operating activities                                                                           
                 Profit after tax for the period, before non-underlyingitems                        16.8         16.6       30.0
                 Non-underlyingitems after tax                                    8                (3.0)        (2.5)     (63.8)
                 Profit after tax for the period                                                    13.8         14.1     (33.8)
                 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment    13                 14.0         12.6       30.8
                 Amortisationand impairment of right-of-use assets                13                38.5         38.6       87.4
                 Amortisationand impairment of intangible assets                  13                10.7         11.8       70.7
                 Net finance expense                                              9                  5.2          5.6       11.1
                 Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment                                   0.2          0.2        0.3
                 (Gain)/loss on disposal of leases                                                 (1.2)        (0.2)        0.2
                 Equity-settledshare-basedpayment transactions                                       0.8          2.3        3.9
                 Foreign exchange movement                                                           1.2          4.3        3.5
                 Income tax expense                                              10                  3.4          3.7        3.8
                 (Increase)/decrease in inventories                                                (8.9)        (8.0)        8.8
                 Decrease in trade and other receivables                                             1.6          2.6        8.8
                 Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables                                    27.6         14.3      (9.1)
                 (Decrease)/increase in provisions                                                 (0.2)        (2.3)        2.8
                 Income tax paid                                                                   (3.7)        (2.6)        5.5
                 Net cash from operating activities                                                103.0         97.0      194.7
                 Cash flows from investing activities                                                                           
                 Deferred consideration received/(paid)                                              0.6        (4.0)      (4.0)
                 Purchase of intangible assets                                                     (8.9)       (11.7)     (21.3)
                 Purchase of property, plant and equipment                                        (21.9)       (10.3)     (31.9)
                 Net cash used in investing activities                                            (30.2)       (26.0)     (57.2)
                 Cash flows from financing activities                                                                           
                 Purchase of own shares                                                            (6.0)        (3.6)      (3.6)
                 Proceeds from share options exercised                                                 -          0.7        0.6
                 Finance income/(costs) received/(paid)                                              0.5        (0.1)        0.4
                 Drawdown of borrowings                                          14                 13.4        255.8      568.0
                 Repayment of borrowings                                         14               (22.0)      (242.2)    (579.4)
                 RCF transaction costs                                                             (0.9)        (2.1)      (1.3)
                 Capitalised transaction costs                                                     (0.4)            -      (1.4)
                 Interest paid on lease liabilities                               9                (4.6)        (4.6)      (9.4)
                 Payment of capital element of leases                            14               (40.7)       (42.2)     (87.1)
                 Payments related to supplier financing                                           (51.9)       (39.5)     (91.0)
                 Receipts related to supplier financing                                             52.1         39.5       89.9
                 Dividends paid                                                                   (12.6)       (10.9)     (17.4)
                 Net cash used in financing activities                                            (73.1)       (49.2)    (131.7)
                 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and bank overdrafts                               (0.3)         21.8        5.8
                 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period                           19.1         13.3       13.3
                 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period                                 18.8         35.1       19.1

     

The notes on pages 17 to 28 are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

                                                                Halfords Group plc

                                         Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements

                                                      For the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025

 

1.    General information and basis of preparation 

 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements  of Halfords Group plc (the “Company”)  comprise the Company together with its  subsidiary
undertakings (the “Group”).

The Company is a  public limited company incorporated,  domiciled and registered in  England and Wales. Its  registered office is Icknield  Street
Drive, Washford West, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0DE.

The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. 

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 26 November 2025.  

 

2.  Statement of compliance

The condensed consolidated  interim financial statements  for the  26 weeks to  26 September 2025  have been  prepared in accordance  with IAS  34
‘Interim financial reporting’ as adopted for use in the UK. They do not include all the information required for full annual financial  statements
and should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report and Accounts  for the period ended 28 March 2025, which have been prepared in  accordance
with UK adopted international accounting standards.

The comparative figures for  the financial period  ended 28 March 2025  are not the  Group’s statutory accounts for  that financial period.  Those
accounts have been reported on by the Group’s auditors and delivered to the registrar of companies. The report of the auditor was (i) unqualified,
(ii) did not include a reference to any matters to which the auditor 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.

 

3.  Principal risks and uncertainties

The Directors consider that the principal risks and uncertainties which could  have a material impact on the Group’s performance in the  remaining
26 weeks of the financial year remain the same as those stated on pages  61 to 68 of our Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 28  March
2025, which are available on our website  19 www.halfordscompany.com.

 

4.  Material accounting policies

Going Concern

The directors have reviewed  the current financial performance,  liquidity and forecasts of  the business. Further details  of the assessment  are
provided on page 68 of our Annual Report  and Accounts for the period ended 28 March  2025. The directors have updated the financial forecasts  to
reflect the actual performance  of the business during  the period covered  by these condensed consolidated  interim financial statements.  Stress
tests have been performed on these forecasts and no issues have been raised.

The Group has a committed £180.0m revolving credit  facility, of which £20.0m is designated as an  overdraft facility, at the date of approval  of
these financial statements, expiring on 16 April 2029.

Having reviewed current performance and  forecasts, the Directors consider that  the Group has adequate resources  to remain in operation for  the
foreseeable future and  have therefore  continued to  adopt the  going concern basis  in preparing  the condensed  consolidated interim  financial
statements. The Group’s forecasts and projections, taking into account reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Group has
adequate resources to continue in operational existence and are compliant with all  covenants for a period of at least 12 months from the date  of
approval of these financial statements.

Accounting Policies

As required by the Disclosure  Guidance and Transparency Rules  of the Financial Conduct Authority,  the condensed consolidated interim  financial
statements have been prepared by applying the accounting policies and presentation that were applied in the preparation of the Annual Reports  and
Accounts for the period ended 28 March 2025.

The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those set out in the
Group’s Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 28 March 2025.

5.  Estimates and judgements

The significant judgements made by management in applying the Group’s  accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were  the
same as those applied to  the consolidated financial statements as  at and for the 52-week  period ended 28 March 2025  and the 26 weeks ended  26
September 2025.

 

6.  Operating segments

The Group has two reportable segments, Retail and Autocentres, which are the Group’s strategic business units. The strategic business units  offer
different products and services, and are managed separately because they require different operational, technological and marketing strategies.

The operations of the  Retail reporting segment comprise  the retailing of automotive,  leisure and cycling products  and services through  retail
stores and online platforms. The  operations of the Autocentres  reporting segment comprise car servicing  and repair performed from  Autocentres,
commercial vehicles, mobile customer vans through Halfords Mobile Expert and software as a service provision.

The Chief Operating  Decision Maker has  been identified as  the Executive Directors.  Internal management reports  for each of  the segments  are
reviewed by the Executive Directors  on a monthly basis. Key  measures used to evaluate performance  are Revenue and Operating Profit.  Management
believe that  these  measures  are  the  most  relevant  in  evaluating the  performance  of  the  segment  and  for  making  resource  allocation
decisions.                                                                                                                                        
             

The following summary describes  the operations in each  of the Group’s reportable  segments. Performance is measured  based on segment  operating
profit, as included in the management reports reviewed by the Executive Directors. The segmental reporting disclosures are prepared in  accordance
with IFRS accounting policies.                                                                                   

All material operations of the reportable segments are  carried out in the UK and Republic of  Ireland and all material non-current assets are  in
the UK. The Group’s revenue is driven by the consolidation of individual small value transactions and as a result Group revenue is not reliant  on
a major customer or group of customers.                           

                 

                                                                              26 weeks to

                                                                        26 September 2025
                                                     Retail Autocentres
Income statement                                                                    Total
                                                         £m          £m
                                                                                Unaudited

                                                                                       £m
                                                                                         
Revenue                                               533.2       360.1             893.3
                                                                                         
Segment result before non-underlying items             20.6         8.1              28.7
Non-underlying items                                  (3.4)       (0.6)             (4.0)
Segment result                                         17.2         7.5              24.7
Unallocated expenses1                                                               (2.3)
Operating profit                                                                     22.4
Net finance expense                                                                 (5.2)
Profit before tax                                                                    17.2
Taxation                                                                            (3.4)
Profit after tax                                                                     13.8
                                                                                         
Products and services transferred at a point in time  499.1       350.8             849.9
Products and services transferred over time            34.1         9.3              43.4
Total Revenue                                         533.2       360.1             893.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               26 weeks to

                                                                         27 September 2024
                                                      Retail Autocentres
Income statement                                                                     Total
                                                          £m          £m
                                                                                 Unaudited

                                                                                        £m
                                                                                          
Revenue                                                516.1       348.7             864.8
                                                                                          
Segment result before non-underlying items              21.2         7.8              29.0
Non-underlying items                                   (1.8)       (1.4)             (3.2)
Segment result                                          19.4         6.4              25.8
Unallocated expenses1                                                                (2.6)
Operating profit                                                                      23.2
Net finance expense                                                                  (5.4)
Profit before tax                                                                     17.8
Taxation                                                                             (3.7)
Profit after tax                                                                      14.1
                                                                                          
Products and services transferred at a point in time   483.6       342.2             825.8
Products and services transferred over time             32.5         6.5              39.0
Total Revenue                                          516.1       348.7             864.8
 

                                                                                          

 
                                                                               52 weeks to

                                                                             28 March 2025
                                                      Retail Autocentres
Income statement                                                                     Total
                                                          £m          £m
                                                                                   Audited

                                                                                        £m
                                                                                          
Revenue                                              1,004.9       710.3           1,715.2
                                                                                          
Segment result before non-underlying items              39.0        15.7              54.7
Non-underlying items                                  (53.9)      (14.5)            (68.4)
Segment result                                        (14.9)         1.2            (13.7)
Unallocated expenses1                                                                (5.2)
Operating loss                                                                      (18.9)
Net financing expense                                                               (11.1)
Loss before tax                                                                     (30.0)
Taxation                                                                             (3.8)
Loss after tax                                                                      (33.8)
                                                                                          
Products and services transferred at a point in time   929.3       695.1           1,624.4
Products and services transferred over time             75.6        15.2              90.8
Total Revenue                                        1,004.9       710.3           1,715.2
                                                                                          

1 Unallocated expenses have been disclosed to reflect the format of the internal management reports reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker
and include an amortisation charge of £2.3m in respect of assets acquired through business combinations (HY25: £2.6m FY25: £5.2m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                               26 weeks to

                                                         26 September 2025
                                      Retail Autocentres
Other segment items:                                                 Total
                                          £m          £m
                                                                 Unaudited

                                                                        £m
Capital expenditure                     10.3        20.8              31.1
Depreciation and impairment expense      7.6         6.1              13.7
Impairment of right-of-use asset           -         0.1               0.1
Amortisation of right-of-use asset      25.0        12.9              37.9
Amortisation expense                     5.5         3.7               9.2
                                                                          
                                                               26 weeks to

                                                         27 September 2024
                                      Retail Autocentres
Other segment items:                                                 Total
                                          £m          £m
                                                                 Unaudited

                                                                        £m
Capital expenditure                     12.2        11.4              23.6
Depreciation expense                     6.3         6.0              12.3
Impairment of right-of-use asset           -         0.2               0.2
Amortisation of right-of-use asset      25.1        12.8              37.9
Amortisation expense                     6.9         3.1              10.0
                                                                          
                                                               52 weeks to

                                                             28 March 2025
                                      Retail Autocentres
Other segment items:                                                 Total
                                          £m          £m
                                                                   Audited

                                                                        £m
Capital expenditure                     25.5        27.2              52.7
Depreciation and impairment expense     15.5        14.6              30.1
Impairment of right-of-use asset         0.9         7.0               7.9
Amortisation of right-of-use asset      51.9        26.6              78.5
Amortisation expense                    12.3         7.0              19.3
Impairment of intangible assets         47.9           -              47.9
                                                                      

 

There have been no significant transactions between segments in the 26 weeks ended 26 September 2025 (HY25: £nil).

 

7.  Revenue

The Group’s operations and main revenue  streams are those described in the  Annual Reports and Accounts for the  period ended 28 March 2025.  The
Group’s revenue is derived from transactions with customers.

 

Revenue split by the Group’s operating segments is shown in Note 6.

 

All significant revenue is recognised in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.  Non-underlying items

 

                               26 weeks to  26 weeks to 52 weeks to
                              26 September 27 September    28 March
                  
                                      2025         2024        2025
                                 Unaudited    Unaudited            
                                        £m           £m          £m
Non-underlying operating expenses:                                 
Organisational restructure costs (a)   3.1          0.8         1.5
Closure costs (b)                      0.9          1.5        14.9
Cloud migration costs (c)                -          0.9         2.9
Impairment of non-current assets         -            -        49.1
Non-underlying items before tax        4.0          3.2        68.4
Tax on non-underlying items (d)      (1.0)        (0.7)       (4.6)
Total non-underlying items             3.0          2.5        63.8
                                                         

 

Non-underlying items  are those  items that  are unusual  because of  their size,  nature (one-off,  non-trading costs)  or incidence.  Management
considers that these items should be separately identified within their  relevant income statement category to enable a full understanding of  the
Group’s results.

 

Items reported within non-underlying items at HY25 have been aggregated by nature as described below to align with current period presentation.

 

(a) During the current  period, organisational restructure costs  include £3.1m (HY25:  £0.6m) relating to the  Warehouse Management System  (WMS)
replacement programme, as a result of technological and operational issues associated with the system’s implementation. These issues have now been
resolved. This item was  presented separately in the  prior period but is  now included within organisational  restructure costs for alignment  of
presentation. Costs in the prior period also includes £0.2m of redundancy costs incurred as part of a change in the Group's operating model.

 

(b) Closure costs represent costs associated with the closure of a number of stores and garages following a strategic review of the  profitability
of the Group's physical estate in previous periods,  and the closure of the Group's tyre  wholesale operations. In the current period, the  amount
primarily reflects property-related adjustments, including lease settlements and  provision movements, together with sublet income.  In the  prior
period, costs of £1.2m related to property expenses that could not be provided for. Property-related adjustments are expected to continue  through
the remainder of FY26 and in future periods, reflecting the unwind  of associated lease obligations. The prior period balance also reflects  £0.3m
relating to the garage transformation programme, which was previously presented as a separate line item.

 

(c) Cloud migration costs in the prior year relate to the  migration of servers from co-located datacentres to the cloud. Costs included  expenses
associated with managing this transition and the dual running of the existing co-located servers and new Cloud-based solution.

 

(d) The tax credit in HY26 represents a tax rate of 25.3% applied to non-underlying items (HY25: Credit, 24.0%, FY25: Credit 12.8%). The effective
tax rate differs from the UK  corporation tax rate (25%) principally due  to residual costs in relation to  the disposal of the tyre supply  chain
business during FY26.

9.  Net finance expense

                                                      26 weeks to       26 weeks to   52 weeks to
                                                26 September 2025 27 September 2024 28 March 2025
                                                        Unaudited         Unaudited              
                                                               £m                £m            £m
Finance Income:                                                                                  
Bank Interest                                                 0.6               0.6           0.9
Finance costs:                                                                                   
Bank borrowings                                                 -             (0.6)         (0.5)
Amortisation of issue costs on loans                        (0.3)             (0.3)         (0.6)
Commitment and guarantee fees                               (0.7)             (0.7)         (1.3)
Supplier financing expense                                  (0.2)                 -         (0.2)
Interest payable on lease liabilities                       (4.6)             (4.4)         (9.4)
Finance costs before non-underlying items                   (5.8)             (6.0)        (12.0)
Net finance expense before non-underlying items             (5.2)             (5.4)        (11.1)
Finance costs in non-underlying items                           -             (0.2)             -
Net finance expense                                         (5.2)             (5.6)        (11.1)

 

10.  Income tax expense

Income tax expense  is recognised  based on  management's best estimate  of the  weighted average  annual income tax  rate expected  for the  full
financial year, applied to the pre-tax income of the interim period.

 

The taxation charge on  profit for the  financial period was  £3.4m (HY25: £3.7m),  including a £1.0m  credit (HY25: £0.7m  credit) in respect  of
non-underlying items. The  effective tax  rate of  19.7% (HY25: 20.6%)  differs from  the UK  corporation tax rate  (25%) principally  due to  the
recognition of tax losses in the year through deferred taxes and a prior period adjustment in relation to historic tax balances.

 

The corporation tax rate  remained at 25%, effective  from 1 April 2023.  The deferred tax asset  in the period has  been calculated based on  the
headline rate of 25%.

 

Pillar Two legislation,  which introduced  a global  minimum effective  tax rate of  15%, has  been enacted  or substantively  enacted in  certain
jurisdictions the Group operates. The legislation is effective  for the Group’s financial year beginning 30  March 2024. The Group is in scope  of
the enacted or substantively enacted legislation and has performed an assessment of the Group’s potential exposure to Pillar Two income taxes.

 

The assessment of the potential  exposure to Pillar Two  income taxes is based  on the most recent  tax filings, country-by-country reporting  and
financial statements for  the constituent entities  in the Group.  Based on  the assessment, the  Pillar Two effective  tax rates in  most of  the
jurisdictions in which the Group operates are above 15%. However, there are a limited number of jurisdictions where the transitional safe  harbour
relief may not apply and the Pillar  Two effective tax rate is close  to 15%. The Group does not expect  a material exposure to Pillar Two  income
taxes in those jurisdictions and has applied the exception to recognising deferred tax assets and liabilities relating to Pillar 2 income taxes.

 

11.  Dividends

The Directors paid a final dividend of 5.8 pence per share on 12th September 2025 in respect of the financial period ended 28 March 2025 (FY24: 5p
per share).

 

The Directors have declared an  interim dividend for the  26 weeks to 26  September 2025 of 3  pence per share (HY25:  3p per share). The  interim
dividend will be paid on 16th January 2026 to shareholders who are on the register of members, with an ex-dividend date of 11th  December 2025 and
a record date of 12th December 2025.

 

 

12.  Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are calculated by  dividing the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders  by the weighted average number of  ordinary
shares in issue during the period. The weighted average number of shares  excludes shares held by an Employee Benefit Trust and has been  adjusted
for the issue/purchase of shares during the period.

 

For diluted earnings per share, the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion of all dilutive potential
ordinary shares. These  represent share  options granted  to employees where  the exercise  price is  less than the  average market  price of  the
Company’s ordinary shares during the 26 weeks to 26 Sept 2025.

 

The Group has also chosen to present  an alternative earnings per share measure, with  profit adjusted for non-underlying items because it  better
reflects the Group’s underlying performance.                                                       

                                                                                 26 weeks to       26 weeks to   52 weeks to
                                                                           26 September 2025 27 September 2024 28 March 2025
                                                                                   Unaudited         Unaudited              
                                                                                      Number            Number        Number
                                                                                           m                 m             m
Weighted average number of shares in issue                                             218.9             218.9         218.9
Less: shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust                                        (2.6)             (0.8)         (1.0)
Weighted average number of shares for calculating basic earnings per share             216.3             218.1         217.9
Weighted average number of dilutive share options                                        7.0               6.0           9.5
Weighted number of shares for calculating diluted earnings per share                   223.3             224.1         227.4

 

In the 52  weeks to 28  March 2025, potentially  dilutive shares would  be anti-dilutive and  have therefore not  been taken into  account in  the
calculation of diluted earnings per share.

 

                                                                         26 weeks to    26 weeks to   52 weeks to
                                                                   26 September 2025  27 September  28 March 2025
                                                                                               2024
                                                                           Unaudited      Unaudited              
                                                                                  £m             £m            £m
Earnings/(loss) from total operations                                           14.0           14.1        (33.6)
Non-underlying items after tax                                                   3.0            2.5          63.8
Total earnings before non-underlying items                                      17.0           16.6          30.2
 
                                                                                                                 
 
                                                                      26 weeks to       26 weeks to   52 weeks to
                                                                26 September 2025 27 September 2024 28 March 2025
                                                                        Unaudited         Unaudited              
Basic earnings per share                                                     6.5p              6.5p       (15.4)p
Diluted earnings per share                                                   6.3p              6.3p       (15.4)p
Basic earnings per ordinary share before non-underlying items                7.9p              7.6p         13.8p
Diluted earnings per ordinary share before non-underlying items              7.6p              7.4p         13.2p
                                                                                                     

 

 

The alternative measure of underlying earnings per share is provided as it reflects the Group’s underlying performance by excluding

the effect of non-underlying items.

 

 

13.  Capital Expenditure – Tangible, intangible & right-of-use assets

 

                                                                           Right-of-use
                                            Tangible and Intangible Assets
                                                                                 assets
                                                                 Unaudited
                                                                              Unaudited
                                                                        £m           £m
Net book value at 28 March 2025                                      524.4        242.3
Additions                                                             30.0         21.9
Disposals                                                            (0.2)          0.1
Reclassification                                                     (0.4)            -
Effect of modification of lease                                          -          0.8
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment                           (24.7)       (38.5)
Net book value at 26 September 2025                                  529.1        226.6

 

 

                                                                           Right-of-use
                                            Tangible and Intangible Assets
                                                                                 assets
                                                                 Unaudited
                                                                              Unaudited
                                                                        £m           £m
Net book value at 29 March 2024                                      573.4        278.3
Additions                                                             23.2         13.6
Disposals                                                            (0.2)        (0.2)
Effect of modification of lease                                          -          0.2
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment                           (24.4)       (38.6)
Net book value at 27 September 2024                                  572.0        253.3

 

 

                                                                           Right-of-use
                                            Tangible and Intangible Assets
                                                                                 assets
                                                                 Unaudited
                                                                              Unaudited
                                                                        £m           £m
Net book value at 29 March 2024                                      573.4        278.3
Additions                                                             52.7         49.7
Disposals                                                            (5.5)            -
Reclassification                                                         -        (0.8)
Effect of modification of lease                                          -          4.5
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment                           (96.2)       (89.4)
Net book value at 28 March 2025                                      524.4        242.3

 

14. Analysis of Movements in the Group’s Net Debt in the Period

 

                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    At
                                                                                 At Cash Flow Other non-cash changes
                                                                                                                     26 September 2025
                                                                           28 March
                                                                               2025 Unaudited              Unaudited         Unaudited
                                                                                 £m        £m                     £m                £m
Cash and cash equivalents                                                      19.1     (0.3)                      -              18.8
Bank Overdrafts                                                                   -         -                      -                 -
Cash and cash equivalents (condensed consolidated statement of cash flows)     19.1     (0.3)                      -              18.8
Debt due in less than one year                                                (0.2)         -                      -             (0.2)
Debt due after one year                                                       (8.8)       8.6                    0.2                 -
Total net cash excluding leases                                                10.1       8.3                    0.2              18.6
Current lease liabilities                                                    (78.6)      45.3                 (41.2)            (74.5)
Non-current lease liabilities                                               (192.8)         -                   16.0           (176.8)
Total lease liabilities                                                     (271.4)      45.3                 (25.2)           (251.3)
Total net debt                                                              (261.3)      53.6                 (25.0)           (232.7)

 

Non-cash changes comprise finance costs in relation to the amortisation of  capitalised debt issue costs of £0.3m (HY25: £0.3m), and movements  in
leases.

Cash and cash equivalents at the period end consist of £18.2m (HY25: £77.9m) of liquid assets, £0.6m (HY25: £0.7m) of cash held in Trust and  £Nil
(HY25: £43.5m) of bank overdrafts. The Group recognises BACS payments on  the day that the payments are processed with the respective banks.  This
resulted in a large bank overdraft balance at 27th September 2024 as the funds used to clear these payments were transferred after the period  end
from deposit accounts outside of the Group’s cash pooling arrangements and therefore did not meet the requirements for offsetting under IAS 1.

Cashflow movements  in debt  relate to  the drawdown  of funds  from the  Groups’ revolving  credit facility  and payments  in relation  to  lease
liabilities.

                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    At
                                                                                 At Cash Flow Other non-cash changes
                                                                                                                     27 September 2024
                                                                           29 March
                                                                               2024 Unaudited              Unaudited         Unaudited
                                                                                 £m        £m                     £m                £m
Cash and cash equivalents                                                      13.3      21.8                   43.5              78.6
Bank Overdrafts                                                                   -                           (43.5)            (43.5)
Cash and cash equivalents (condensed consolidated statement of cash flows)     13.3      21.8                      -              35.1
Debt due in less than one year                                                (1.8)       1.7                -                   (0.1)
Debt due after one year                                                      (19.6)    (13.6)                  (0.5)            (33.7)
Total net (debt)/cash excluding leases                                        (8.1)       9.9                  (0.5)               1.3
Current lease liabilities                                                    (79.1)      46.8                 (36.4)            (68.7)
Non-current lease liabilities                                               (228.1)         -                   19.0           (209.1)
Total lease liabilities                                                     (307.2)      46.8                 (17.4)           (277.8)
Total net debt                                                              (315.3)      56.7                 (17.9)           (276.5)

 

Non-cash changes comprise finance costs in relation to the amortisation of capitalised debt issue costs of £0.3m (HY24: £0.6m), and new leases  in
the period.

Cash and cash equivalents  at the period end  consist of £77.9m (HY24:  £15.0m) of liquid assets,  £0.7m (HY24: £1.2m) of  cash held in Trust  and
£43.5m (HY24: £10.9m) of bank overdrafts. The Group recognises BACS payments on the day that the payments are processed with the respective banks.
This has resulted in a large bank overdraft  balance at 27th September 2024 as the funds  used to clear these payments were transferred after  the
period end from deposit accounts outside of the Group’s cash pooling arrangements and therefore did not meet the requirements for offsetting under
IAS 1.

Cashflow movements  in debt  relate to  the drawdown  of funds  from the  Groups’ revolving  credit facility  and payments  in relation  to  lease
liabilities.

15. Financial Instruments and Related Disclosures

Accounting classifications and fair values

The following table shows  the carrying amounts  and fair values of  financial assets and  liabilities, including their levels  in the fair  value
hierarchy. It does not include fair value  information for financial assets and financial liabilities  not measured at fair value if the  carrying
amount is a reasonable approximation of fair value.

                                                                                                
                                                                                     Amortised          Total 
26 September 2025 Unaudited                          Fair Value –hedging instruments           carrying amount
                                                                                          cost
                                                                                  £m                        £m
                                                                                            £m
Financial assets measured at fair value                                                                       
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                                0.9         -             0.9
                                                                                 0.9         -             0.9
Financial assets not measured at fair value                                                                   
Trade and other receivables*                                                       -     102.1           102.1
Cash and cash equivalents                                                          -      18.8            18.8
                                                                                   -     120.9           120.9
Financial liabilities measured at fair value                                                                  
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                              (3.0)         -           (3.0)
                                                                               (3.0)         -           (3.0)
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value                                                              
Borrowings                                                                         -     (0.2)           (0.2)
Lease liabilities                                                                  -   (251.3)         (251.3)
Trade and other payables**                                                         -   (324.9)         (324.9)
Option to acquire minority interest in subsidiary***                               -     (3.9)           (3.9)
                                                                                   -   (580.3)         (580.3)
                                                                                                

* Prepayments of £13.4m and accrued income of £38.2m are not included as a financial asset

** Other taxation and  social security payables of  £45.8m, deferred income  £16.4m and other payables  of £1.6m are not  included as a  financial
liability

*** Option held by minority interest to require the Group to repurchase shares in Avayler Trading Limited should certain conditions be met.

 

                                                                                             
                                                                                  Amortised           Total
27 September 2024 Unaudited                       Fair Value –hedging instruments           carrying amount
                                                                                       Cost
                                                                               £m                        £m
                                                                                         £m
Financial assets measured at fair value                                                                    
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                             0.1         -             0.1
                                                                              0.1         -             0.1
Financial assets not measured at fair value                                                                
Trade and other receivables*                                                  -       104.0           104.0
Cash and cash equivalents                                                     -        78.6            78.6
                                                                              -       182.6           182.6
                                                                                                           
Financial liabilities measured at fair value                                                               
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                           (6.2)       -             (6.2)
                                                                            (6.2)       -             (6.2)
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value                                                           
Borrowings                                                                    -      (77.3)          (77.3)
Lease liabilities                                                             -     (277.8)         (277.8)
Trade and other payables**                                                    -     (320.6)         (320.6)
                                                                              -     (675.7)         (675.7)
                                                                                             

*Prepayments of £12.5m and accrued income of £44.2m are not included as a financial asset.

** Other taxation and social security payables of £37.8m, deferred income of  £12.5m and other payables of £15.2m are not included as a  financial
liability.

 

                                                                                                
                                                                                     Amortised            Total
28 March 2025                                        Fair Value –hedging instruments
                                                                                          cost  carrying amount
                                                                                  £m
                                                                                            £m               £m
Financial assets measured at fair value                                                                        
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                                0.9         -              0.9
                                                                                 0.9         -              0.9
Financial assets not measured at fair value                                                                    
Trade and other receivables*                                                     -        96.1             96.1
Cash and cash equivalents                                                        -        19.1             19.1
                                                                                 -       115.2            115.2
Financial liabilities measured at fair value                                                                   
Derivative financial instruments used for hedging                              (0.8)       -              (0.8)
                                                                               (0.8)       -              (0.8)
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value                                                               
Borrowings                                                                       -     (9.0)            (9.0)  
Lease liabilities                                                                -    (271.4)          (271.4) 
Trade and other payables**                                                       -     (293.0)          (293.0)
Option to acquire minority interest in subsidiary***                             -       (3.9)            (3.9)
                                                                                 -     (577.3)          (577.3)
                                                                                                

* Prepayments of £13.5m, accrued income of £45.9m and finance sublease receivable of £0.7m are not included as a financial asset

** Other taxation and social security  payables of £43.4m, other payables of  £0.4m, deferred income due within one  year of £20.3m and due  after
more than one year of £3.4m are not included as a financial liability

*** Option held by minority interest to require the Group to repurchase shares in Avayler Trading Limited should certain conditions be met.

 

Measurement of fair values

The fair values of each class of financial assets and liabilities is the carrying amount, based on the following assumptions:

 

Trade receivables, trade payables and lease     The fair value approximates to the carrying amount because of the short
obligations, short-term deposits and borrowings maturity of these instruments.
                                                The fair value of bank loans and other loans approximates to the carrying value reported in the
Long-term borrowings                            statement of financial position as the majority are floating rate where payments are reset to
                                                market rates at intervals of less than one year.
Forward currency contracts                      The fair value is determined using the market forward rates at the reporting
                                                date and the outright contract rate.

 

Financial instruments carried at fair value are required to be measured by reference to the following levels:

  •     Level 1: quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
  •     Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e.  as
    prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices); and
  •     Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

All financial instruments carried at fair value have been measured by a Level 2 valuation method. There have been no changes to classifications in
the current or prior period.

 

Credit risk

Credit risk is the  risk of financial loss  to the Group if  a customer or counterparty  to a financial instrument  fails to meet its  contractual
obligations and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers.

 

The Group does not have any  individually significant customers and so  no significant concentration of credit  risk. The majority of the  Group’s
sales are paid in cash at point of sale which further limits the Group’s exposure. The Group’s exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the
individual characteristics of each  customer. The Board of  Directors has established a  credit policy under which  each new customer is  analysed
individually for creditworthiness before the Group’s standard  payment terms and conditions are offered.  The Group limits its exposure to  credit
risk from trade receivables by establishing a maximum payment period for customers. There are no material trade receivable balances with customers
based outside of the United Kingdom.

 

The Group has taken  into account the  historic credit losses incurred  on trade receivables  and adjusted it for  forward looking estimates.  The
movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade receivables during the period was £0.5m (HY25: £0.5m).

 

 

16.   Share capital

 

                                                             Share Share premium
                                          Number of shares
                                                           capital       account
                                                         m
                                                                £m            £m
As at 28 March 2025 and 26 September 2025            218.9     2.2         212.4

 

During the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025 and 27 September 2024, there were no movements in company share capital.

 

 

17.   Related party transactions

 

The key management personnel of  the Group comprise the Executive  and Non-Executive Directors and the  Halfords Limited and Halfords  Autocentres
management boards. The details of the remuneration, long-term incentive plans, shareholdings and share option entitlements of individual Directors
are included in the Directors’ Remuneration Report on pages 106 to 122 of the Group Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 28 March 2025.

 

During the period no share  options (HY25: none) were  granted to directors in relation  to the Performance Share  Plan (“PSP”) and 183,703  share
options (HY25: none) were granted in relation to the Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Responsibility statement of the Directors in respect of the half-yearly financial report

 

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

  • the interim condensed consolidated financial statements  have been prepared in accordance with  IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as  adopted
    for use in the UK;
  • the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by:

 a. DTR 4.2.7R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, being an indication of important events that have occurred during the first six months of
    the financial year and their impact on the condensed set of  financial statements; and a description of the principal risks and  uncertainties
    for the remaining six months of the year; and
 b. DTR 4.2.8R of the Disclosure and  Transparency Rules, being related party  transactions that have taken place in  the first six months of  the
    current financial year and  that have materially  affected the financial  position or performance of  the entity during  that period; and  any
    changes in the related party transactions described in the last annual report that could do so.

 

By order of the Board

 

 

 

Jo Hartley, Chief Financial Officer

 

26 November 2025

 

INDEPENDENT REVIEW REPORT TO Halfords group PLC

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly
financial report for the six months ended 26 September 2025 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with UK adopted International
Accounting Standard 34 and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority.

We have been engaged by the  company to review the condensed set  of financial statements in the half-yearly  financial report for the six  months
ended 26 September 2025 which comprises condensed consolidated income statement, the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the
condensed consolidated statement of  financial position, the condensed  consolidated statement of changes  in shareholders’ equity, the  condensed
consolidated statement of cash flows and the related notes.

Basis for conclusion

We conducted our review in accordance with  the International Standard on Review Engagements  (UK) 2410, “Review of Interim Financial  Information
Performed by the Independent Auditor of the  Entity” (“ISRE (UK) 2410”). A review of  interim financial information consists of making  enquiries,
primarily of  persons responsible  for  financial and  accounting matters,  and  applying analytical  and other  review  procedures. A  review  is
substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance  with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and consequently does not  enable
us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not  express
an audit opinion.

As disclosed  in note  2, the  annual financial  statements of  the group  are prepared  in accordance  with UK  adopted international  accounting
standards. The condensed set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance with UK adopted
International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting.

Conclusions relating to going concern

Based on our review procedures, which are less extensive than those performed in an audit as described in the Basis for conclusion section of this
report, nothing has come to our attention to suggest that the directors have inappropriately adopted the going concern basis of accounting or that
the directors have identified material uncertainties relating to going concern that are not appropriately disclosed.

This conclusion is based on the review procedures performed in accordance  with ISRE (UK) 2410, however future events or conditions may cause  the
group to cease to continue as a going concern.

Responsibilities of directors

The directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly financial report in accordance with the

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority.

In preparing the half-yearly financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,
disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to
liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the review of the financial information

In reviewing the half-yearly report, we are responsible for expressing to the Company a conclusion on the condensed set of financial statement in
the half-yearly financial report. Our conclusion, including our Conclusions relating to going concern, are based on procedures that are less
extensive than audit procedures, as described in the Basis for Conclusion paragraph of this report.

 

 

Use of our report

Our report has been prepared in accordance with  the terms of our engagement to assist the  Company in meeting the requirements of the  Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s  Financial Conduct Authority and for no other  purpose.  No person is entitled to rely  on
this report unless such a person is a person entitled to rely upon this report by virtue of and for the purpose of our terms of engagement or  has
been expressly authorised to do  so by our prior written  consent.  Save as above, we  do not accept responsibility for  this report to any  other
person or for any other purpose and we hereby expressly disclaim any and all such liability.

 

 

 

 

 

BDO LLP

Chartered Accountants

London, UK

26 November 2025

 

 

BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127).

 

 

 

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 20  1  Retail c.60% of Group sales, Autocentres c.40%. Motoring across both segments c.80% of Group sales with Cycling the remaining 20%.

 21  2  Autocentres ex-Avayler.

 22  3  Net cash excluding IFRS 16 lease debt.

 23  4  Outlook commentary is based on a comparable 52-week year; FY26 will include a 53rd week of trading.

 24  5  Company-compiled consensus indicates FY26 underlying PBT between £36.0m and £40.7m.

 25  6  ROCE = EBIT (post-IFRS 16 leases and excluding non-underlying items) / average capital employed (calculated as post-IFRS16 net assets
excluding goodwill, plus net debt).

 26  7  Outlook commentary is based on a comparable 52-week year; FY26 will include a 53rd week of trading.

 27  8  Company-compiled consensus indicates FY26 underlying PBT between £36.0m and £40.7m.

 28  9  Net cash stated excluding IFRS 16 leases.

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