Highlights refer to the period of the six months ended 30 September 2009.
Financial Highlights
Group revenues up 20% to £26.8m (H1 2008: £22.3m)
Pharmacy revenues up 25% to £15.2m (H1 2008: £12.1m) with a gross margin of 30% (H1 2008: 27%)1
Group trading profit of £1.7m (H1 2008: £1.9m loss)
Net assets of £178.2m (31 March 2009: £173.7m), equivalent to 65.4p (31 March 2009: 66.7p) per Share2
Investment portfolio of £306.9m (31 March 2009: £278.9m) reflecting a net initial yield of 6.27% (31 March 2009: 6.27%)
23 rent reviews settled (H1 2008: 18) resulting in average annualised rental growth increase of 3.4% (H1 2008: 6.1%)
Rent roll of £22.3m4
Net debt drawn amounting to £224m
Debt facilities in place providing total facilities of £272m
£21.5m repaid to National Australia Bank with further £8.5m debt reduction on track to be repaid in advance of year end deadline
£25.2m cash and cash equivalents
Operating Highlights
117 investment properties at 30 September 2009 and three investment properties under construction on site
32 pharmacies trading5,6
21 additional pharmacy contracts granted, four of which are being disposed of and are currently in solicitors’ hands5
30 GPCos formed covering a population of 3.1 million patients5
68 NHS services won or at preferred bidder stage with an estimated aggregate mature run rate of £27m revenue per annum5
48 live NHS services5,7
1 Excludes 50% share of revenue derived from pharmacies owned in joint venture with GP Care.
2 Adjusted diluted net asset value per Ordinary Share (excluding the notional mark to market value of the Company’s interest rate swap and own shares held).
3 Excludes investment properties under construction.
4 Including the rental value of own premises.
5 As at 23 November 2009.
6 Includes six pharmacies which form part of the joint venture with GP Care.
7 Excludes 10 private services and contracts which are yet to be operational or are at preferred bidder stage.