Big Yellow Group PLC
Annual Report and Accounts 2016

Portfolio Summaries

Proforma Portfolio Summary – Big Yellow Stores

  2016 2015
  Mature(1) Established Developing Total Mature Established Developing Total
Number of stores(2) 56 11 4 71 56 11 2 69
At 31 March                
Total capacity (sq ft) 3,495,000 704,000 265,000 4,464,000 3,495,000 704,000 145,000 4,344,000
Occupied space (sq ft) 2,689,000 538,000 136,000 3,363,000 2,589,000 503,000 86,000 3,178,000
Percentage occupied 76.9% 76.4% 51.3% 75.3% 74.1% 71.4% 59.3% 73.2%
Net rent per sq ft £26.78 £21.73 £24.32 £25.90 £25.97 £21.44 £24.19 £25.23
For the year                
REVPAF(3) £23.78 £19.20 £14.48 £22.59 £22.21 £17.18 £13.48 £21.09
Average occupancy 76.3% 73.4% 51.9% 74.7% 73.1% 68.0% 49.1% 71.5%
Average annual rent psf £26.55 £21.88 £24.05 £25.73 £25.92 £21.04 £23.37 £25.10
  £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Self storage income 70,853 11,302 2,745 84,900 65,017 10,068 1,666 76,751
Other storage related income(4) 12,036 2,116 416 14,568 10,990 1,923 267 13,180
Ancillary store rental income 228 102 24 354 153 102 21 276
Total store revenue 83,117 13,520 3,185 99,822 76,160 12,093 1,954 90,207
Direct store operating costs (excluding depreciation) (24,202) (4,353) (1,531) (30,086) (23,041) (4,269) (1,046) (28,356)
Short and long leasehold rent(5) (1,893) (1,893) (1,941) (1,941)
Store EBITDA(6) 57,022 9,167 1,654 67,843 51,178 7,824 908 59,910
Store EBITDA margin 68.6% 67.8% 51.9% 68.0% 67.2% 64.7% 46.5% 66.4%
Deemed cost £m £m £m £m
To 31 March 2016 364.0 130.9 56.6 551.5
Capex to complete 0.8 0.1 0.3 1.2
Total 364.8 131.0 56.9 552.7
(1)
The mature stores have been open for more than six years at 1 April 2015. The established stores have been open for between three and six years at 1 April 2015 and the developing stores have been open for fewer three years at 1 April 2015.
(2)
The Group acquired the 66.7% of Big Yellow Limited Partnership that it did not previously own on 1 December 2014. The results of the stores in the Partnership have been included in the results above in full for the prior year to give a clearer understanding of the underlying performance of all Big Yellow stores. The table below shows the results for the prior year excluding the period when the stores were not wholly owned, reconciled with the reported statutory results for the year ended 31 March 2015.
  Proforma
above
£000
2015
Partnership
results as an
associate
£000
Statutory
£000
Store revenue 90,207 (7,476) 82,731
Store EBITDA 59,910 (4,659) 55,251
(3)
Total store revenue divided by the average maximum lettable area in the year.
(4)
Packing materials, insurance and other storage related fees.
(5)
Rent for six mature short leasehold properties accounted for as investment properties and finance leases under IFRS with total self storage capacity of 398,000 sq ft, and a long leasehold lease-up store with a capacity of 64,000 sq ft.
(6)
Store earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, and an allocation of central overhead.

Proforma Portfolio Summary – Armadillo Stores (1)

  March
2016
March
2015
Number of stores 14 14
At 31 March:    
Total capacity (sq ft) 673,000 673,000
Occupied space (sq ft) 477,000 463,000
Percentage occupied 70.9% 68.8%
Net rent per sq ft £15.59 £15.09
For the year:    
REVPAF £13.33 £12.73
Average occupancy 70.7% 68.9%
Average annual rent psf £15.64 £15.44
  £000 £000
Self storage income 7,428 7,146
Other storage related income 1,531 1,408
Ancillary store rental income 9 10
Total store revenue 8,968 8,564
Direct store operating costs (excluding depreciation) (3,681) (3,616)
Leasehold rent (411) (411)
Store EBITDA (2) 4,876 4,537
Store EBITDA margin 54.4% 53.0%
Cumulative capital expenditure £m
To 31 March 2016 43.5
To complete 0.6
Total capital expenditure 44.1
(1)
Please note the Group acquired an interest in Armadillo 1 on 16 April 2014 and in Armadillo 2 on 3 February 2015. The results shown for the comparative period are to provide readers with a clearer understanding of the performance of the portfolios. Please see Note 13d for further details.
(2)
Store earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, and management fees charged by Big Yellow to the Armadillo portfolios (see Note 26).

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