For the year to 31st July 2019, Higgins Group made an operating loss of آ£1.1m (2018: آ£2.2m profit) on turnover down a third to آ£227m (2018: آ£332m).
Including interest payable and expense, Higgins made a pre-tax loss of آ£4.0m for the year, having made a slender آ£579,000 profit the previous year.
The board said that the company was operating well within its banking facilities, with آ£47.2m of borrowings and آ£16.2m in the banks.
Higgins Construction, the contracting arm of the group, decreased its turnover by 42% for the year but made a slightly enlarged operating profit due to a restructuring of the business in 2018.
The private development arm of the group started the financial year with construction works under way across four sites, with a further scheme to begin later in the year. Combined, they will deliver 259 private homes by July 2021.
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