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2025 Full Year Trading Update

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2025 revenue £271m up 12%, adjusted operating profit at least £33.5m, up 15%, ahead of expectations.

vs expectations: ahead

  • Revenue £271m (prior £242.5m)
  • Adjusted Operating Profit at least £33.5m (prior £29.0m)
  • Adjusted Operating Profit Margin exceeding 12% (prior 12.0%)
  • EV charging sales c.£18m (prior £9.8m)
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow c.£30m (prior outflow in 2024)
  • Bank Net Debt c.£53m (prior £68.6m)
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Luceco plc ("Luceco" or the "Group"), the leading designer and manufacturer of residential and commercial electrification products and systems, is pleased to provide the following update for the year ended 31 December 2025 ("2025" or the "Year").

Full year performance to exceed previously upgraded expectations1

2025 revenue of c.£271m, up 12% (2024: £242.5m)

o Second half like-for-like revenue growth of over 6%, representing an acceleration over the 2% like-for-like revenue growth in the first half

o EV charging sales up c.85% in the year to c.£18m (2024: £9.8m)

o Continued solid performance in wiring accessories and LED delivering low single digit percentage growth

  • Adjusted Operating Profit expected to be at least £33.5m, representing an increase of approximately 15% over the prior year (2024: £29.0m), and ahead of the top end of market expectations1
  • Further progress in expanding Adjusted Operating Profit Margins, now expected to exceed 12% (2024: 12.0%)

Acceleration through H2 creates momentum into 2026 and an improved outlook

  • Strong sales momentum entering 2026 and increasingly significant exposure to structural growth in the energy transition sector underpins outlook
  • Manufacturing efficiency improvements and synergies from acquisitions support strengthening margin profile

o CMD production synergies beginning to flow into inventory

o Consultation commenced over consolidation of D-Line UK facility

  • The Board is increasing its revenue and Adjusted Operating Profit expectations for 2026 to comfortably exceed current market consensus1

Strong cash flow and balance sheet positions the Group for further investment in growth

  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow generation in 2025 of c.£30m, reversing the working capital outflow seen in 2024
  • Bank Net Debt at year end of c.£53m (2024: £68.6m), reducing Bank Net Debt:EBITDA leverage ratio to c.1.3x (2024: 1.6x), comfortably within the Group's target leverage range of 1-2x
  • Strong balance sheet and cash generation provides optionality for further investment in organic growth initiatives and bolt-on M&A, in line with the Group's capital allocation policy

Commenting, Chief Executive Officer, John Hornby said:

"2025 has been another year of strong growth and this performance is underpinned by our sustainable competitive advantages of superior channel access, agile product innovation capabilities, vertically integrated manufacturing and ability to deliver earnings enhancing M&A.

"We are well positioned to deliver another year of profitable growth in 2026 and beyond, through our established categories and our rapidly growing exposure to the energy transition."

1 Company-compiled analyst consensus for Adjusted Operating Profit as at 28 January 2026: 2025 £31.9m, with a range of £31.5m - £32.5m; 2026 £33.3m, with a range of £32.4m - £35.1m.

Luceco plcContact
John Hornby, Chief Executive Officer(Via Sodali & Co)
Will Hoy, Chief Financial Officer
Sodali & CoContact
James White Pete Lambie Tilly Abraham078 5543 2699 / 079 3535 1934

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