TIDMPCH 
 
RNS Number : 0953G 
Pochin's PLC 
26 January 2010 
 
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Pochin's PLC 
Interim Report 
30 November 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Headlines 
 
 
  *  Revenue GBP47.5m (2008: GBP49.9m) 
 
 
 
  *  Loss before tax GBP4.4m after Property related impairments GBP4.23m (2008: 
  GBP0.6m profit) 
 
 
 
  *  Net assets reduced to GBP33.7m (2008: GBP48.6m) 
 
 
 
  *  Net debt down GBP1.6m in the period to GBP26.8m (2008: GBP37.3m) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chairman's Statement 
 
 
The results for the 6 months ended 30 November 2009 show a loss before tax of 
GBP4.374m after property related impairments of GBP4.23m  (2008: profit 
GBP0.574m) on turnover of GBP47.5m (2008: GBP49.9m).  No interim dividend is 
declared (2008:1.5p). 
 Subdued levels of construction activity and weakness in the occupational market 
for commercial property continue to affect the Group's performance. 
 In this context it is good to report that the construction division has 
performed well during the period.  In particular, large projects at Widnes, 
Cheshire and at Chester have achieved satisfactory completions. No improvement 
in the concrete pumping market can be reported and the Group continues to 
sustain damaging losses from this activity. In the small residential division, 
the Group continues to realise its investment in both built houses and housing 
land. The recent exceptional weather conditions have exacerbated the weakness in 
construction activity such that the Group's trading divisions are unlikely to 
show an improvement in the second half of the year. 
 Values of commercial property have stabilized and the recent rise in the 
Investment Property Databank UK Monthly Index is encouraging.  The Group's 
rental income from its core portfolio has increased during the period and this 
wholly owned property has proved resilient.  In the Group's joint ventures the 
performance is less satisfactory.  A re-assessment of value of one of the large 
jointly-held development sites has been necessary and, in another location, 
Pochin's is being required to support a joint venture where continuing voids in 
a completed development are proving painfully persistent. 
 Write-downs associated with the joint ventures referred to above account for 
almost all of the loss reported for the period.  Group costs remain under tight 
control with further reductions in overheads being delivered.  Net borrowings 
have fallen during the period. 
 After such a dramatic collapse in the values of commercial property combined 
with the well publicised contraction in available credit for the industry, it is 
difficult to forecast an early return to the levels of development and 
construction activity of two years ago.  Nevertheless, some improvement is 
perceptible and Pochin's remains well placed to benefit from it. 
 
 
Richard Fildes 
Chairman 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
 
Pochin's PLC 
John Moss, Chief Executive                                           01606 833 
333 
John Edwards, Finance Director 
 
 
Charles Stanley Securities 
Philip Davies/ Rick Thompson                                        0207 149 
6457 
  Consolidated income statement 
 
 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        | 6 months ended | 6 months ended |      12 months | 
|                             |        |                |                |          ended | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |    30 November |    30 November |    31 May 2009 | 
|                             |        |           2009 |           2008 |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             | Notes  |        GBP'000 |        GBP'000 |        GBP'000 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Revenue                     | 3      |         47,502 |         49,935 |        101,961 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Cost of sales               |        |       (44,507) |       (43,382) |       (94,247) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Gross profit                |        |          2,995 |          6,553 |          7,714 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Operating expenses          |        |        (8,196) |        (5,676) |       (14,349) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Other operating income      |        |          1,253 |          1,915 |          2,719 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Losses on revaluation of    |        |              - |        (2,000) |        (3,219) | 
| investment properties       |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Operating profit            |        |        (3,948) |            792 |        (7,135) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Share of loss after         |        |          (557) |          (365) |        (2,962) | 
| taxation in joint ventures  |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Share of (loss)/profit      |        |            211 |             14 |          (149) | 
| after taxation in           |        |                |                |                | 
| associates                  |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Finance income              |        |          1,041 |          1,563 |          2,815 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Finance cost                |        |        (1,121) |        (1,430) |        (1,948) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| (Loss)/Profit before        | 3      |        (4,374) |            574 |        (9,379) | 
| taxation                    |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Taxation                    |        |          1,300 |          (255) |            662 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| (Loss)/Profit for the       |        |        (3,074) |            319 |        (8,717) | 
| period                      |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Attributable to:            |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Equity holders of the       |        |        (3,092) |            303 |        (8,749) | 
| company                     |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Minority interest           |        |             18 |             16 |             32 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |        (3,074) |            319 |        (8,717) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Earnings per share (basic)  | 6      |        (15.2)p |           1.5p |        (43.0)p | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Earnings per share          | 6      |        (15.2)p |           1.5p |        (43.0)p | 
| (diluted)                   |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Dividends proposed for the  | 5      |              - |           1.5p |              - | 
| period                      |        |                |                |                | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
  Consolidated statement of recognised income and expense 
 
 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        | 6 months ended | 6 months ended | 12 months ended | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |    30 November |    30 November |     31 May 2009 | 
|                             |        |           2009 |           2008 |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |        GBP'000 |        GBP'000 |         GBP'000 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Actuarial losses on defined |        |        (1,443) |        (1,530) |         (3,675) | 
| benefit pension scheme      |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Deferred taxation on        |        |            404 |            428 |           1,028 | 
| pension scheme deficit      |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Cashflow hedging            |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Current year fair value     |        |          (718) |              - |         (2,050) | 
| movement                    |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Reclassification to profit  |        |              - |              - |           (470) | 
| or loss                     |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Deferred taxation on        |        |                |                |                 | 
| cashflow hedging            |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|   Group                     |        |           (28) |              - |             277 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|   Joint Ventures            |        |            229 |              - |             428 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Net expense recognised      |        |        (1,556) |        (1,102) |         (4,462) | 
| directly in equity          |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| (Loss)/Profit for the       |        |        (3,074) |            319 |         (8,717) | 
| financial period            |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Total losses recognised     |        |        (4,630) |          (783) |        (13,179) | 
| since last period           |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Attributable to:            |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Equity holders of the       |        |        (4,648) |          (799) |        (13,211) | 
| company                     |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
| Minority interest           |        |             18 |             16 |              32 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |        (4,630) |          (783) |        (13,179) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|                             |        |                |                |                 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+ 
  Consolidated Balance Sheet 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |          As at |          As at |          As at | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |    30 November |    30 November |         31 May | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |           2009 |           2008 |           2009 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           | Notes  |        GBP'000 |        GBP'000 |        GBP'000 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Non current assets        |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Property, plant and       |        |          2,779 |          3,132 |          2,929 | 
| equipment                 |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Investment properties     |        |         25,917 |         44,167 |         25,917 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Investments               |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|              Joint        |        |          9,840 |         17,547 |         13,782 | 
|              ventures     |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|              Associates   |        |          2,597 |          2,789 |          2,626 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|              Available    |        |          2,730 |          2,507 |          2,730 | 
|              for sale     |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |         15,167 |         22,843 |         19,138 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Deferred tax assets       |        |          2,944 |              - |          1,284 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Total non current assets  |        |         46,807 |         70,142 |         49,268 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Current assets            |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Inventories               |        |         26,960 |         29,594 |         29,824 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Trade and other           |        |         14,699 |         16,911 |         25,183 | 
| receivables               |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents |        |          8,434 |          8,779 |          8,470 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Corporation tax           |        |            206 |              - |            570 | 
| recoverable               |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Total current assets      |        |         50,299 |         55,284 |         64,047 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Current liabilities       |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Trade and other payables  |        |         20,688 |         21,995 |         31,502 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Corporation tax           |        |              - |            699 |              - | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Bank loans                |        |         13,219 |         10,504 |         15,178 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Bank overdrafts           |        |         21,992 |         22,961 |         21,541 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Financial derivatives     |        |            890 |          1,745 |            991 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Total current liabilities |        |         56,789 |         57,904 |         69,212 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Net current liabilities   |        |        (6,490) |        (2,620) |        (5,165) | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Non current liabilities   |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Bank loans                |        |              - |         12,578 |            104 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Retirement benefit        |        |          3,826 |            452 |          2,441 | 
| obligation                |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Deferred tax liabilities  |        |              - |            214 |              - | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Provisions                |        |             91 |            482 |            481 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Other payables            |        |          2,741 |          5,204 |          2,741 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Total non current         |        |          6,658 |         18,930 |          5,767 | 
| liabilities               |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Net assets                |        |         33,659 |         48,592 |         38,336 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Shareholders' equity      |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Share capital             |        |          5,200 |          5,200 |          5,200 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Own shares                |        |          (745) |          (954) |          (745) | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Revaluation reserve       |        |             75 |             89 |             75 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Hedge reserve             |        |        (3,238) |        (2,487) |        (2,520) | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Retained earnings         |        |         32,166 |         46,540 |         36,112 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Equity shareholders'      |        |         33,458 |         48,388 |         38,122 | 
| funds                     |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Minority interest         |        |            201 |            204 |            214 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
| Total equity              | 3      |         33,659 |         48,592 |         38,336 | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
|                           |        |                |                |                | 
+---------------------------+--------+----------------+----------------+----------------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
 
 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |     6 months ended |    6 months ended |   12 months ended | 
+-----------------------------+--------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ 
|                             |        |        30 November |       30 November |       31 May 2009 | 
|                             |        |               2009 |              2008 |                   | 
+-----------------------------+--------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             | Notes  | GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | GBP'000 | GBP'000 | GBP'000 | GBP'000 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Net cash from operating     |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
| activities                  |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| (Loss)/profit for the       |        |         |  (3,074) |         |     319 |         | (8,717) | 
| period                      |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Income tax                  |        |         |  (1,300) |         |     255 |         |   (662) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Finance income              |        |         |  (1,041) |         | (1,563) |         | (2,815) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Finance cost                |        |         |    1,121 |         |   1,430 |         |   1,948 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Share of results of joint   |        |         |      346 |         |     351 |         |   3,111 | 
| ventures and associates     |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Cash flow hedge movement in |        |         |      590 |         |       - |         |   1,391 | 
| joint ventures              |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Depreciation charge         |        |         |      106 |         |     197 |         |     357 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Charge/(credit) in respect  |        |         |        - |         |      20 |         |    (16) | 
| of share based payments     |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Profit on sale of property, |        |         |     (14) |         |    (58) |         |   (103) | 
| plant and equipment         |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Losses on revaluation of    |        |         |        - |         |   2,000 |         |   3,219 | 
| investment properties       |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Provision against           |        |         |    3,715 |         |     389 |         |   3,315 | 
| investments in joint        |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
| ventures                    |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Provision against           |        |         |      515 |         |       - |         |     657 | 
| investments in available    |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
| for sale investments        |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Income from joint ventures  |        |         |       27 |         |      18 |         |      34 | 
| and associates              |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Operating profit before     |        |         |      991 |         |   3,358 |         |   1,719 | 
| changes in working capital  |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Decrease in inventories     |        |         |    2,864 |         |   2,583 |         |   2,353 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Decrease/(increase) in      |        |         |   10,484 |         |   6,631 |         | (1,126) | 
| receivables                 |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Decrease in payables        |        |         | (11,617) |         | (7,412) |         |   (590) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |    2,722 |         |   5,160 |         |   2,356 | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Interest paid               |        |         |    (448) |         |   (724) |         |   (544) | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Income taxes                |        |         |      364 |         |    (26) |         |   (240) | 
| received/(paid)             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
| Net cash from operating     |        |         |    2,638 |         |   4,410 |         |   1,572 | 
| activities                  |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |         |         |         |         | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 
 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Investing activities        |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Interest received           |        |     102 |          |    714 |          |   1,124 |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Purchase of property, plant |        |       - |          |      - |          |    (17) |          | 
| and equipment               |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Proceeds from sale of       |        |      58 |          |    342 |          |     441 |          | 
| property, plant and         |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
| equipment                   |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Net movement on disposal of |        |       - |          |      - |          |   1,462 |          | 
| subsidiary undertaking      |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| (Increase)/decrease in      |        |   (707) |          |  1,106 |          | (1,027) |          | 
| interest in joint ventures  |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
| and associates              |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Increase in interest in     |        |   (515) |          |  (350) |          | (1,230) |          | 
| available for sale          |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
| investments                 |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Net cash (used in)/from     |        |         |  (1,062) |        |    1,812 |         |      753 | 
| investing activities        |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Financing activities        |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Proceeds from new loans     |        |       - |          |    414 |          |   5,949 |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Repayment of loans          |        | (2,063) |          |  (277) |          |   (499) |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Dividends paid              |   5    |       - |          |  (611) |          |   (916) |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Net cash (used in)/from     |        |         |  (2,063) |        |   (474)  |         |    4,534 | 
| financing activities        |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Net (decrease)/increase in  |        |         |    (487) |        |    5,748 |         |    6,859 | 
| cash and cash equivalents   |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents   |        |         | (13,071) |        | (19,930) |         | (19,930) | 
| at beginning of period      |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents   |        |         | (13,558) |        | (14,182) |         | (13,071) | 
| at end of period            |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
|                             |        |         |          |        |          |         |          | 
+-----------------------------+--------+---------+----------+--------+----------+---------+----------+ 
 
 
 
Notes 
 
 
1.    The interim report was approved by the board on 25 January 2010. 
 
 
2.    Basis of preparation 
 
 
The interim financial information has been prepared applying the accounting 
policies and presentation that were applied in the preparation of the group's 
published consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2009. 
 
 
3.Segmental information 
 
 
For management purposes, the group is currently organised into four operating 
business segments: 
Construction, Property, Residential and Concrete Pumping. 
As operations are carried out entirely within the UK, there is no secondary 
segmental information. 
Inter segmental pricing is done on an arms length open market basis. 
 
 
6 months ended 30 November 2009 
 
 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             | Concrete |      Group |    Group | 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         | Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping | Management |    Total | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |      GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |    GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Revenue                 |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           External      |       38,775 |    1,225 |       2,513 |    4,989 |          - |   47,502 | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Inter-segment |          387 |        - |           - |       66 |          - |      453 | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Eliminations  |        (387) |        - |           - |     (66) |          - |    (453) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Total revenue           |       38,775 |    1,225 |       2,513 |    4,989 |          - |   47,502 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Segment result          |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Operating     |          906 |  (3,540) |       (168) |    (773) |      (373) |  (3,948) | 
|           profit/(loss) |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Share of      |            - |    (346) |           - |        - |          - |    (346) | 
|           results of    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           joint         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           ventures      |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           and           |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           associates    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Net finance   |         (18) |     (42) |           - |     (17) |        (3) |     (80) | 
|           cost          |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Profit/(loss) before    |          888 |  (3,928) |       (168) |    (790) |      (376) |  (4,374) | 
| taxation                |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Taxation      |              |          |             |          |            |    1,300 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Loss for the period     |              |          |             |          |            |  (3,074) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |   Elimination |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             | Concrete |            of |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          | inter-segment |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |          Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping |         items |    Group | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |    Total | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |               GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |       GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Assets and             |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
| liabilities            |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |                24,411 |   77,144 |         865 |    6,665 |      (24,416) |   84,669 | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Investment   |                     - |   12,437 |           - |        - |             - |   12,437 | 
|           in equity    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           accounted    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           joint        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           and          |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           associates   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+                        +-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Total        |                24,411 |   89,581 |         865 |    6,665 |      (24,416) |   97,106 | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |                18,929 |   61,954 |       3,748 |    3,232 |      (24,416) |   63,447 | 
|           liabilities  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Net                    |                 5,482 |   27,627 |     (2,883) |    3,433 |             - |   33,659 | 
| assets/(liabilities)   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Other information      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Depreciation |                    48 |       36 |           - |       22 |             - |      106 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Provision    |                     - |    3,715 |           - |        - |             - |    3,715 | 
|           against      |                       |      515 |             |          |               |      515 | 
|           investment   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           in joint     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           Provision    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           against      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           investments  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           for sale     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
Segmental information 
 
 
6 months ended 30 November 2008 
 
 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             | Concrete |      Group |    Group | 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         | Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping | Management |    Total | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |      GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |    GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Revenue                 |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           External      |      35,329  |   7,054  |      1,221  |   6,331  |        -   |  49,935  | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Inter-segment |         289  |        - |           - |     359  |          - |     648  | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Eliminations  |        (289) |        - |           - |    (359) |          - |    (648) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Total revenue           |      35,329  |   7,054  |       1,221 |   6,331  |          - |  49,935  | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Segment result          |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Operating     |         106  |   3,633  |     (1,791) |    (494) |      (662) |     792  | 
|           (loss)/profit |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Share of      |            - |    (351) |           - |        - |          - |    (351) | 
|           results of    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           joint         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           ventures      |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           and           |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           associates    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Net finance   |          82  |      15  |           - |       24 |         12 |      133 | 
|           income        |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Profit/(loss) before    |          188 |   3,297  |     (1,791) |    (470) |      (650) |     574  | 
| taxation                |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Taxation      |              |          |             |          |            |    (255) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Profit for the period   |              |          |             |          |            |     319  | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |   Elimination |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             | Concrete |            of |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          | inter-segment |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |          Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping |         items |    Group | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |    Total | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |               GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |       GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Assets and             |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
| liabilities            |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |               24,232  |   93,778 |      3,767  |   7,302  |      (23,989) |  105,090 | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Investment   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           in equity    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           accounted    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           joint        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           and          |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           associates   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+                        +-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                     - |   20,336 |           - |        - |             - |   20,336 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Total        |               24,232  | 114,114  |      3,767  |   7,302  |      (23,989) | 125,426  | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |               18,488  |  75,058  |      5,524  |   1,753  |      (23,989) |  76,834  | 
|           liabilities  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Net                    |                5,744  |  39,056  |     (1,757) |   5,549  |             - |  48,592  | 
| assets/(liabilities)   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Other information      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Depreciation |                   38  |      44  |             |     115  |             - |     197  | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Provision    |                     - |     389  |             |        - |             - |     389  | 
|           against      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           investment   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           in joint     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
 
 
Segmental information 
 
 
12 months ended 31 May 2009 
 
 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             | Concrete |      Group |    Group | 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         | Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping | Management |    Total | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |      GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |    GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Revenue                 |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           External      |       79,829 |    7,418 |       3,903 |   10,811 |          - |  101,961 | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Inter-segment |          405 |        - |           - |      790 |          - |    1,195 | 
|           sales         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Eliminations  |        (405) |        - |           - |    (790) |          - |  (1,195) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Total revenue           |       79,829 |    7,418 |       3,903 |   10,811 |          - |  101,961 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Segment result          |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Operating     |          900 |  (1,771) |     (3,153) |  (1,505) |    (1,606) |  (7,135) | 
|           profit/(loss) |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Share of      |            - |  (3,111) |           - |        - |          - |  (3,111) | 
|           results of    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           joint         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           ventures      |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           and           |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
|           associates    |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Net finance   |          164 |      628 |           - |       51 |         24 |      867 | 
|           income        |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Profit/(loss) before    |        1,064 |  (4,254) |     (3,153) |  (1,454) |    (1,582) |  (9,379) | 
| taxation                |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|           Taxation      |              |          |             |          |            |      662 | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
| Loss for the period     |              |          |             |          |            |  (8,717) | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
|                         |              |          |             |          |            |          | 
+-------------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+----------+------------+----------+ 
 
 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |   Elimination |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             | Concrete |            of |          | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          | inter-segment |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |          Construction | Property | Residential |  Pumping |         items |    Group | 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |    Total | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |               GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |     GBP'000 |  GBP'000 |       GBP'000 |  GBP'000 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Assets and             |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
| liabilities            |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |                33,910 |   77,376 |       3,084 |    6,259 |      (23,722) |   96,907 | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Investment   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           in equity    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           accounted    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           joint        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           and          |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           associates   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+                        +-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                     - |   16,408 |           - |        - |             - |   16,408 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Total        |                33,910 |   93,784 |       3,084 |    6,259 |      (23,722) |  113,315 | 
|           assets       |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Segment      |                28,669 |   62,475 |       5,800 |    1,757 |      (23,722) |   74,979 | 
|           liabilities  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Net                    |                 5,241 |   31,309 |     (2,716) |    4,502 |             - |   38,336 | 
| assets/(liabilities)   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|                        |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
| Other information      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Capital      |                    17 |        - |           - |        - |             - |       17 | 
|           expenditure  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Depreciation |                    74 |       87 |           - |      196 |             - |      357 | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Provision    |                     - |    3,972 |           - |        - |             - |    3,972 | 
|           against      |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           investment   |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           in joint     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           ventures     |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           and other    |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           investments  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
|           Impairment   |                     - |      500 |         625 |        - |             - |    1,125 | 
|           of           |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
|           inventories  |                       |          |             |          |               |          | 
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------+-------------+----------+---------------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
4    Taxation 
 
 
The taxation charge is calculated by applying the estimated effective annual tax 
rate to the profit for the period. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.    Dividends 
 
 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |   6 months ended |   6 months ended |  12 months ended | 
|                              | 30 November 2009 | 30 November 2008 |      31 May 2009 | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |          GBP'000 |          GBP'000 |          GBP'000 | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |                  |                  |                  | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
| Interim paid 1.5p per share  |                - |                - |              305 | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
| Final paid 3.0p per share    |                - |              611 |              611 | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |                  |                  |                  | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |                - |              611 |              916 | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
|                              |                  |                  |                  | 
+------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+ 
 
 
  6.Earnings per share 
 
 
The calculation of earnings per share (basic and diluted) is based on group 
profit after taxation and minority interests of GBP3,092,000 (2008: GBP303,000 
profit) and the 20,800,000 ordinary shares of 25p in issue at 30 November 2009 
and 30 November 2008. 
The number of shares in the calculation has been reduced at 30 November 2009 for 
the 438,000 (2008: 445,000) shares held in the Employee Share Trust.  Basic 
earnings per share are -15.2p (2008: 1.5p). The assumed conversion of dilutive 
options has no impact on the number of shares and so diluted earnings per share 
is equal to basic earnings per share. 
 
 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |          6 months ended 30 November 2009            | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
|                              |                 |    Weighted     |                 | 
|                              |                 |    average      |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |        Earnings |   no. of shares |       Per share | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |         GBP'000 |            '000 |               p | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Basic EPS                    |         (3,092) |          20,362 |          (15.2) | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Effect of share options      |               - |               - |               - | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Diluted EPS                  |         (3,092) |          20,362 |          (15.2) | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |          6 months ended 30 November 2008            | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
|                              |                 |    Weighted     |                 | 
|                              |                 |    average      |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |        Earnings |   no. of shares |       Per share | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |         GBP'000 |            '000 |               p | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Basic EPS                    |             303 |          20,355 |             1.5 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Effect of share options      |               - |             432 |               - | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Diluted EPS                  |             303 |          20,787 |             1.5 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |            12 months ended 31 May 2009              | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
|                              |                 | Weighted average                  | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+ 
|                              |        Earnings |   no. of shares |       Per share | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |         GBP'000 |            '000 |               p | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Basic EPS                    |         (8,749) |          20,359 |          (43.0) | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Effect of share options      |               - |               - |               - | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
| Diluted EPS                  |         (8,749) |          20,359 |          (43.0) | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
|                              |                 |                 |                 | 
+------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ 
 
 
 
7.The comparative figures for the year ended 31 May 2009 do not constitute 
statutory accounts for the purpose of 
 


section 240 of the Companies

Act 1985. A copy of the statutory accounts for the year ended 31 May 2009, which 
were 
 


prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards and

which the auditors gave an unqualified report in 
 


accordance with

section 235 of the Companies Act 1985, have been filed with the Registrar of 
Companies. 
 
 
8.    This interim report is available on the group's website 
(www.pochins.plc.uk). 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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