Big Yellow Group PLC
Half Year Report 2014

Portfolio Summary

Portfolio Summary – Wholly Owned Stores

  September
2014
Established(1)
September
2014
Lease-up(1)
September
2014
Total
September
2013
Established
September
2013
Lease-up
September
2013
Total
Number of stores 32 24 56 32 22 54
At 30 September:            
Total capacity (sq ft) 1,930,000 1,596,000 3,526,000 1,930,000 1,491,000 3,421,000
Occupied space(sq ft) 1,541,000 1,085,000 2,626,000 1,488,000 923,000 2,411,000
Percentage occupied 79.8% 68.0% 74.5% 77.1% 61.9% 70.5%
Net rent per sq ft £26.45 £25.94 £26.25 £25.43 £25.25 £25.36
For the 6 month period:            
REVPAF(2) £24.09 £19.98 £22.24 £22.47 £17.70 £20.39
Average occupancy 77.7% 64.8% 71.7% 75.5% 58.6% 68.1%
Average annual rent psf £26.50 £26.20 £26.38 £25.32 £25.14 £25.25
  £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Self storage income 19,912 13,324 33,236 18,583 11,007 29,590
Other storage related income (3) 3,341 2,406 5,747 3,204 2,153 5,357
Ancillary store rental income 54 86 140 56 77 133
Total store revenue 23,307 15,816 39,123 21,843 13,237 35,080
Direct store operating costs(excluding depreciation) (6,558) (5,344) (11,902) (6,442) (4,782) (11,224)
Short and long leasehold rent(4) (989) (22) (1,011) (974) (22) (996)
Store EBITDA(5) 15,760 10,450 26,210 14,427 8,433 22,860
Store EBITDA margin(6) 67.6% 66.1% 67.0% 66.0% 63.7% 65.2%
Cumulative capital expenditure £m £m £m
To 30 September 2014 163.6 253.9 417.5
To complete 1.6 1.6
Total capital expenditure 163.6 255.5 419.1
(1)
The 32 established stores are those that had reached stabilisation as a portfolio in 2007 prior to the economic downturn. Of the 24 lease-up stores, three stores opened before 31 March 2006, six stores opened in the year ended 31 March 2007, seven stores opened in the year ended 31 March 2008 and eight have opened since 1 April 2008. Oxford 2, which was acquired in July 2014, has been included in the lease-up store portfolio, and its results from the date of acquisition have been incorporated.
(2)
Total store revenue divided by the average maximum lettable area in the period.
(3)
Packing materials, insurance and other storage related fees.
(4)
Rent for seven established short leasehold properties accounted for as investment properties and finance leases under IFRS with total self storage capacity of 431,000 sq ft, and one long leasehold lease-up store with a capacity of 64,000 sq ft.
(5)
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and allocation of central overhead.
(6)
Of the established stores, the seven leaseholds achieved a store EBITDA of £2.9 million and an EBITDA margin of 53%. The freehold stores achieved a store EBITDA of £12.9 million and an EBITDA margin of 72%.

Portfolio Summary – Big Yellow Limited Partnership and Armadillo Stores

  Big Yellow Limited Partnership Armadillo Storage(1)
  September
2014
September
2013
September
2014
September
2013
Number of stores 12 12 10 10
At 30 September:        
Total capacity (sq ft) 749,000 749,000 401,000 401,000
Occupied space (sq ft) 518,000 453,000 257,000 240,000
Percentage occupied 69.2% 60.5% 64.1% 59.9%
Net rent per sq ft £18.15 £17.31 £14.38 £13.68
For the 6 month period:        
REVPAF £14.82 £12.63 £11.18 £10.03
Average occupancy 65.5% 58.1% 62.9% 58.3%
Average annual rent psf £18.40 £17.45 £14.44 £13.82
  £000 £000 £000 £000
Self storage income 4,529 3,810 1,825 1,628
Other storage related income 1,014 913 418 381
Ancillary store rental income 23 23 6 7
Total store revenue 5,566 4,746 2,249 2,016
Direct store operating costs (excluding depreciation) (2,135) (2,031) (1,037) (1,014)
Store EBITDA 3,431 2,715 1,212 1,002
Store EBITDA margin 61.6% 57.2% 53.9% 49.7%
Cumulative capital expenditure £m   £m  
To 30 September 2014 99.6   19.8  
To complete 0.6    
Total capital expenditure 100.2   19.8  
(1)
Please note the Group acquired an interest in Armadillo on 16 April 2014. The results shown here are to provide readers with a clearer understanding of the performance of the portfolio. Please see note 9d for the Group’s share of Armadillo’s results since ownership.
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