{"id":7856,"date":"2025-09-17T07:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:46:47","slug":"galliford-try-doubles-profit-as-3-margin-milestone-hit-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/galliford-try-doubles-profit-as-3-margin-milestone-hit-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Galliford Try doubles profit as 3% margin milestone hit early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"113\">Galliford Try has clocked up its fifth straight year of growth as profits more than doubled and cash hit \u00a3238m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"346\">Revenue rose 6% to \u00a31.88bn in the year to June 2025 while statutory pre-tax profit jumped to \u00a344m from \u00a319m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"346\">The contractor also delivered its 3% divisional margin target a year early, as evenly matched building and infrastructure divisions delivered ahead of expectations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"346\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"163817\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionenquirer.com%2Fdirectory%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enquirer_directory_mpu.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"505\">The order book now stands at \u00a34.1bn, up from \u00a33.8bn, giving good future visibility with 92% of revenue already secured for the current financial year and 75% for 2027, a company forward work record.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">Chief executive Bill Hocking said Galliford Try had delivered another strong year with improvements in revenue, profit, margin and cash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">He said the firm was now ideally positioned to benefit from government investment in water, highways, defence, custodial, education and affordable homes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">Hocking said: &#8220;Revenue growth was expected flatten during the transition in the crucial water sector from AMP7 to AMP8 but after that water work is starting to look very strong for 27\/28.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"500628\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ciob.org%2Fevents%2Fsustainable-construction-shifting-the-narrative-1307801522559%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sustainable_Conf_ MPU 300x250_(Aug 2025).gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">&#8220;We remain confident of further margin improvement on the path to a 4% divisional margin by 2030.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">Infrastructure revenues grew 11% to \u00a3903m with profit up 36% to \u00a327m at a 3% margin.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"1017\">New work included positions on National Grid\u2019s \u00a359bn framework, NEPO\u2019s \u00a31bn civils framework, Banwell Bypass in North Somerset and Yorkshire Water\u2019s \u00a3850m AMP8 non-infrastructure deal. The infrastructure order book now totals \u00a31.69bn.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1336\">Building revenues edged up 3% to \u00a3965m with profit up 17% to \u00a328m at a 2.9% margin.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1336\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"501391\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivorking.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Construction Enquirer IK Advert V4.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1336\">Major wins included Ministry of Justice fire safety schemes at HMP Wakefield and HMP Moorland and a \u00a363m job at RAF Digby, alongside \u00a3133m of work transferred from ISG\u2019s administration. The building order book increased to \u00a32.45bn.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2085\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The strong performance over the year saw net cash climb to \u00a3238m with average month-end cash of \u00a3179m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2085\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">That supported a 23% rise in the full-year dividend to a record 19p a share and plans for another \u00a310m share buyback on top of the \u00a310m programme completed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2085\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"477525\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beresfordsflooring.co.uk%2Fservices%2Fin-situ-concrete-works-packages%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6769-BF---Beresfords-MPU---In-Situ-Concrete-Works-Packages_s4.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2085\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"128950\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jctltd.co.uk%2Fjct-construct%2Fdigital-subscriptions\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JCT-Construct_ConstEnq_MPU_300x250px-June2025.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"2085\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/UjrJwMC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galliford Try has clocked up its fifth straight year of growth as profits more than doubled and cash hit \u00a3238m. Revenue rose 6% to \u00a31.88bn in the year to June 2025 while statutory pre-tax profit jumped to \u00a344m from \u00a319m. The contractor also delivered its 3% divisional margin target a year early, as evenly matched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7857,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7856\/revisions\/7857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}