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RNS Number : 5159I  Marshalls PLC  14 May 2025

14 May 2025

 

 

AGM Trading Update

 

Return to revenue growth with improving trends in all reporting segments and
full year expectations unchanged

 

Marshalls, a leading manufacturer of sustainable solutions for the built
environment, provides the following trading update for the four months to 30
April 2025 ahead of its Annual General Meeting at 11.00am today.

 

Trading performance

The Group delivered revenue of £207 million (2024: £199 million), marking a
return to growth and a year-on-year increase of four per cent.

 

Landscaping Products revenue contracted by three per cent year-on-year to £86
million (2024: £89 million), which is a significant improvement over the 11
per cent reduction reported in the second half of 2024. This performance is
encouraging in the context of subdued end markets and reflects the impact of
the comprehensive performance improvement plan that was initiated in June
2024. The improving trend was evident in both our stockist and direct to site
revenues, driven by strengthened customer relationships. We remain confident
of achieving revenue and market share growth for Landscaping Products in 2025
and are further encouraged by the ongoing improvements in our order intake.

 

Building Products revenue grew by four per cent to £56 million (2024: £54
million). This growth reflects a strong performance in our Water Management
and Mortars business units driven respectively by good commercial execution
and moderate improvements in build rates on housing developments which favours
ready-to-use mortars. In Bricks we continued to see growth in facing bricks
although overall revenue was impacted by softer demand for other products in a
competitive marketplace. The Aggregates business unit was impacted by softer
demand and reported lower revenues year-on-year.

 

Roofing revenue increased by 15 per cent to £65 million (2024: £56 million).
This growth was driven by the continued strong performance of Viridian Solar,
which benefitted from house builders choosing its market-leading integrated
solar proposition in response to changes in building regulations. Marley
Roofing also delivered sustained revenue growth, primarily through timber
battens and clay tiles, with the latter benefitting from the launch of a new
product range.

 

Balance sheet and liquidity

The Group's balance sheet remains strong, ending the period with pre-IFRS16
net debt of £171 million (April 2024: £175 million; December 2024: £134
million). The increase in net debt since the 2024 year end reflects the
anticipated impact of the Group's seasonal working capital requirements
together with the settlement of the final Viridian Solar contingent
consideration payment of £6.6 million. The Group had £140 million undrawn on
its revolving credit facility at the end of the period, which provides the
Group with significant liquidity to fund its strategic and operational plans.

 

Outlook

The Board is encouraged as we begin to see results from our performance
improvement plans in Landscaping and growth across our other businesses
despite markets remaining subdued. The Group remains well placed to benefit as
key end markets recover. Against this backdrop, the Board's expectations for
2025 remain unchanged.

 

Matt Pullen, Chief Executive of Marshalls plc, said:

"We have made an encouraging start to 2025 with a return to Group revenue
growth in the first four months of the year and improving trends in all our
reporting segments.

 

We remain focused on executing our performance improvement plan in Landscaping
alongside deploying our Transform & Grow' strategy at pace and are well
positioned to respond swiftly to improving activity levels when our key end
markets recover."

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Marshalls plc
 Matt Pullen, Chief Executive               +44 1422 314777

 Justin Lockwood, Chief Financial Officer

 Simon Bourne, Chief Commercial Officer

 Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)
 Dan de Belder                              +44 20 7796 4133

 Harry Griffiths                            marshalls@hudsonsandler.com (mailto:marshalls@hudsonsandler.com)

 

 

Note to the Editor:

 

About Marshalls plc:

 

Established in the late 1880s, Marshalls plc is a leading UK manufacturer of
sustainable solutions for the built environment. It operates through three
trading divisions: Landscaping; Building; and Roofing. At a Group, divisional
and brand level, Marshalls' strategy centres around its customers who value
its unique set of capabilities, namely leading brands, best in class technical
and design support and carbon leadership. This is underpinned by business wide
enterprise excellence, leadership in ESG governance and standards and its
people, organisation, and culture.

 

The Group operates a national network of manufacturing and distribution sites.
Marshalls is committed to quality in everything it does, including the
achievement of high environmental and ethical standards and continual
improvement in health and safety performance. Its strategic goal is to become
the UK's leading manufacturer of sustainable solutions and products for the
built environment.

 

Forward-Looking Statements:

Any statements in this release, to the extent that they are forward-looking,
are subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in the markets
in which Marshalls operates. It is believed that the expectations reflected in
these statements are reasonable, but they may be affected by a wide range of
variables, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
currently anticipated.  More information about the factors that may affect
Marshalls' performance is contained in the Annual Report to shareholders for
the year ended 31 December 2024.

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