Seven months of actuals, August billed and September scheduled, and where that leaves the year.
The work is there. Turnover is ahead of last year and June was the strongest month on record, so this is not a demand problem. What has changed is the cost base.
| Month | Turnover | Gross profit | Margin | Overheads | Result |
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Each figure is a quarter's turnover against the average quarter, across the two complete years on record.
The service book went to The Good Heating Co, so WarmFloors is a pure installation business and the winter trough is permanent. It is chosen, not a bad run.
That is why the monthly bar on the next slide is not flat. A flat target would mark this business down every January and reward it every August for the same effort, so the year's overhead requirement is spread across the quarters by these four weights.
| Basis | Turnover | Gross profit | Margin | Overheads | Result |
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Stock and WIP belong in it, because deferring the cost of materials bought but not yet used is how a month is matched properly. Corporation tax and the group payment do not, and sit on the last rung.
| Rolling the start point forward | Turnover | Gross profit | Overheads | Result |
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| Month | Turnover | Cost justified | Cost booked | Difference | Margin |
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| Quarter | Turnover 2025 | Turnover 2026 | Change | Result 2025 | Result 2026 | Change |
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| The full year on each basis | 2026 | 2025 | Change |
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