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Toby Thorrington

Sureserve Group - Creditable performance through the lockdown

The biggest takeaway from Sureserve Group’s interim result was its strong cash performance in the first half, with net debt falling to £3.5m at end March (£12.9m at end March 2018). This sets a solid base for the group to ride out the disruption of the lockdown. Our focus is on the outlook, with H1 only having eight days of impact from the lockdown. We have reduced our estimates for FY20, with the bulk of the revenue cut from £230m to £210m being a £13m cut in the Energy Services division. The cut to PBT from £9.8m to £9.1m is less severe, reflecting the improving efficiency in the Compliance division and the cost mitigation efforts of the group. With the long-term investment themes of regulatory compliance and energy efficiency likely to stay in focus, we see solid support for the group’s business and our FY21 numbers reflect the start of a bounce back in activity.
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Sureserve Group

Lakehouse is an asset and energy support services group. Co.'s segments include: Compliance, which comprises planned and responsive maintenance, installation and repair services to local authority and housing association clients in the areas of gas, fire and electrical, water and air hygiene and lifts; Energy Services, which provides energy efficiency measures to social housing and private homes, including insulation, heating systems and renewable technologies; Property Services, which provides planned and responsive maintenance and project works for social housing; and Construction, which provides refurbishment and small to medium-sized public building works, for local authority clients.

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Toby Thorrington

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