Two Seasons Garlic Business Plan — Projected Income Statement

Five-season income statement: revenue to R52.8m, gross margin reaching 58.8% and EBITDA of R18.0m by FY2031.

Projected Income Statement

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Gross margin rises from break-even to 58% as purchased seed falls away and mix improves; overheads grow at half the rate of revenue, lifting the EBITDA margin to 34%.

R million

FY2027

FY2028

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

Revenue

3.05

10.43

21.96

36.61

52.80

Cost of sales

(3.14)

(5.20)

(9.88)

(15.61)

(21.78)

Gross profit

(0.10)

5.23

12.09

21.00

31.03

Gross margin

-3.2%

50.1%

55.0%

57.4%

58.8%

Farm management and agronomy

(1.42)

(1.98)

(2.60)

(3.18)

(3.68)

Packhouse and cold-chain overhead

(0.64)

(1.12)

(1.68)

(2.16)

(2.54)

Sales, marketing and retail programmes

(0.52)

(0.86)

(1.28)

(1.66)

(1.98)

Compliance, certification and food safety

(0.42)

(0.62)

(0.84)

(1.02)

(1.18)

Administration, finance and governance

(1.18)

(1.50)

(1.86)

(2.16)

(2.42)

Insurance (crop, asset, liability)

(0.30)

(0.50)

(0.76)

(1.00)

(1.22)

Total operating expenses

(4.48)

(6.58)

(9.02)

(11.18)

(13.02)

EBITDA

(4.58)

(1.35)

3.06

9.82

18.01

EBITDA margin

-150.3%

-13.0%

14.0%

26.8%

34.1%

Depreciation

(0.32)

(1.11)

(2.25)

(3.29)

(3.90)

EBIT

(4.90)

(2.46)

0.82

6.53

14.10

Finance costs

(1.61)

(1.61)

(1.45)

(1.13)

(0.81)

Profit before tax

(6.51)

(4.07)

(0.63)

5.40

13.30

Taxation (27%, losses carried forward)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

(2.02)

Net profit after tax

(6.51)

(4.07)

(0.63)

5.40

11.28

Net margin

-213.7%

-39.0%

-2.9%

14.8%

21.4%

Table 38. Projected income statement (R million).

Revenue per planted hectare reaches R574 by FY2031 against a field cost of R139,000. That ratio is what makes garlic attractive relative to most field crops, and it is also why the crop attracts entrants whenever prices are strong. The FY2027 gross margin is negative only because the first season’s planting stock is purchased at R62/kg and because 39% of the harvest is retained; from FY2028 the company is self-supplying and the margin normalises.