Listing LSE Main Market since Mar 2013 | Index Inclusion FTSE 250 |
Investment Manager Schroders Greencoat LLP | Number of shares in issue 2,180,431,301 |
Gross Asset Value ("GAV") £5,204m | Aggregate Group Debt £2,138m |
Net Asset Value ("NAV") £3,066m | NAV per share 140.7p |
Market capitalisation £2,436m | Share price 111.7p |
Target dividend 10.35p for 2025 | Dividend payment dates May, Aug, Nov, Feb |
Greencoat UK Wind PLC (the "Company") is the leading listed renewable infrastructure fund, invested in UK wind farms.
Highlights • Q3 generation 5% below budget owing to lower wind resource
Q3 typically has lower net cash generation than other quarters, reflecting the
lower generation volumes during the summer period
Payment in period of £57m dividend in respect of Q2 2025 (2.59p per share)
2.7p decrease in NAV per share driven by lower net cash generation and depreciation; modest fall in power prices offset by uptick in inflation
Completion of previously announced disposals supported share buybacks (£45m), a reduction in the Company's share of Hornsea 1 debt (£75m) and partial repayment of the RCF (£40m)
39.1m shares bought at an average cost of 115p per share, adding 0.5p NAV per share
Aggregate Group Debt of £2,138m comprising £1,482m term debt + £230m drawn RCF at fund level + £425m share of Hornsea 1 debt, resulting in gearing of 41.1%
The Board and Investment Manager are aligned with shareholders and remain committed to improving the Company's overall attractiveness against the market backdrop
Pence per share | |
NAV as at 30 June 2025 | 143.4 |
Net cash generation | 1.2 |
Dividend | (2.6) |
Depreciation | (1.5) |
Share buybacks | 0.5 |
Mark to market movements of debt | (0.1) |
Power prices | (0.8) |
Inflation | 0.6 |
NAV as at 30 September 2025 | 140.7 |
The Company's aim is to provide investors with an annual dividend that increases in line with RPI inflation while preserving the capital value of its investment portfolio in the long term on a real basis through reinvestment of excess cash flow.
The substantial majority of the investment portfolio will be operating UK wind farms. The Company intends to maintain a balanced exposure to power prices. Aggregate Group Debt will not exceed 40% of GAV at drawdown.
Portfolio Operating Portfolio (by value) Investment Manager Contact DetailsThe portfolio comprises interests in 49 operating wind farms totalling 1,942MW:
Diversified geographical mix across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Weighted average net load factor 34.6%
Weighted average age 9.1 years
The Company's Investment Manager is Schroders Greencoat LLP, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Schroders Greencoat LLP has a highly experienced investment management team led by Stephen Packwood and Matt Ridley.
Matt Ridley 020 7832 9487 matt.ridley@schrodersgreencoat.com Stephen Packwood 020 7658 7047 stephen.packwood@schrodersgreencoat.com
Greencoat UK Wind PLC currently conducts its affairs so that its Ordinary Shares (the "Shares") can be recommended to retail private investors in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") rules in relation to non-mainstream investment products and intends to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The Company is a UK plc and has been approved as an investment trust and, accordingly, the Shares are excluded securities for the purposes of the FCA's restrictions (which apply to non-mainstream investment products) as they are shares in an investment trust.
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