Lichtenburg Nut Company Business Plan — Projected Income Statement

Six-year income statement: net revenue to R213.8m and EBITDA to R25.3m, with profit only from FY2032.

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Table 50. Projected income statement, FY2028 to FY2033

R million unless stated

FY2028

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

FY2032

FY2033

Volume (tonnes)

0

1,180

1,840

2,340

2,730

3,000

Certified bulk and industrial

0.0

23.6

32.1

35.7

38.5

40.2

Retail private label

0.0

40.7

60.2

74.0

85.6

95.4

Own brand (Tsala)

0.0

0.0

15.5

29.5

43.9

55.4

Snack nuts

0.0

0.0

0.0

9.1

16.2

22.8

Net revenue

0.0

64.3

107.8

148.3

184.1

213.8

Groundnut kernels

(0.0)

(27.6)

(45.1)

(60.4)

(74.1)

(85.5)

By-product credit

0.0

1.4

2.2

2.9

3.6

4.1

Quality rejects and downgrades

(0.0)

(0.6)

(1.0)

(1.3)

(1.6)

(1.8)

Packaging

(0.0)

(5.6)

(10.0)

(14.6)

(18.7)

(22.2)

Ingredients, energy, quality and freight

(0.0)

(7.1)

(11.5)

(15.2)

(18.5)

(21.2)

Factory payroll

(3.0)

(9.5)

(11.7)

(14.4)

(16.7)

(19.6)

Fixed factory overhead

(1.4)

(8.3)

(9.0)

(10.8)

(11.6)

(12.3)

Cost of sales

(4.4)

(57.3)

(86.1)

(113.8)

(137.7)

(158.6)

Gross profit

-4.4

6.9

21.8

34.5

46.4

55.2

Administration payroll

(1.3)

(4.1)

(5.0)

(6.2)

(7.2)

(8.4)

Distribution

(0.0)

(2.5)

(4.1)

(5.6)

(6.9)

(8.0)

Marketing and trade activation

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.8)

(3.7)

(4.8)

(5.9)

Other operating expenditure

(2.2)

(5.3)

(7.5)

(7.0)

(7.3)

(7.7)

Total operating expenditure

(3.5)

(11.8)

(19.5)

(22.5)

(26.1)

(29.9)

EBITDA

-7.9

-4.9

2.3

12.0

20.3

25.3

Government grant amortisation

0.0

0.5

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

Depreciation and amortisation

(0.6)

(9.9)

(9.9)

(10.8)

(11.7)

(11.4)

EBIT

-8.6

-14.3

-6.4

2.5

9.9

15.2

Net finance cost

(1.0)

(7.2)

(5.9)

(8.0)

(8.9)

(8.3)

Profit before tax

-9.6

-21.5

-12.3

-5.5

0.9

6.9

Taxation

2.6

3.8

1.8

1.8

0.1

(1.5)

Net profit after tax

-7.0

-17.7

-10.6

-3.7

1.0

5.4

EBITDA break-even in Year 2, net profit in Year 4
Figure 1. EBITDA break-even in Year 2, net profit in Year 4

22.1 Margin progression and its drivers

Table 51. Margin progression and the drivers behind it

R million unless stated

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

FY2032

FY2033

Gross margin

10.8%

20.2%

23.3%

25.2%

25.8%

EBITDA margin

-7.6%

2.1%

8.1%

11.0%

11.8%

EBIT margin

-22.2%

-5.9%

1.7%

5.4%

7.1%

Net margin

-27.6%

-9.8%

-2.5%

0.5%

2.5%

Groundnuts as a share of net revenue

43.0%

41.8%

40.8%

40.2%

40.0%

Payroll as a share of net revenue

21.1%

15.5%

13.9%

13.0%

13.1%

Fixed cost as a share of net revenue

42.3%

30.8%

25.9%

23.2%

22.4%

Blended realised price (R/kg)

54.47

58.61

63.37

67.43

71.28

Capacity utilisation

35%

54%

69%

81%

89%

The margin improvement is almost entirely fixed cost absorption and mix. Fixed cost falls from 42.3% of net revenue in Year 1 to 22.4% in Year 5, while the blended realised price rises through mix rather than through price increases on any individual line.

Contribution grows R57 million; fixed cost absorbs R27 million of it
Figure 2. Contribution grows R57 million; fixed cost absorbs R27 million of it

22.2 Years 6 to 10

Table 52. Projected income statement summary, FY2034 to FY2038

R million unless stated

FY2034

FY2035

FY2036

FY2037

FY2038

Volume (tonnes)

3,170

3,360

3,560

3,750

3,900

Net revenue

237.0

263.3

292.1

322.2

351.0

Gross profit

61.4

67.5

75.1

83.6

91.5

EBITDA

28.4

31.0

34.6

39.1

43.0

EBIT

18.1

19.2

22.5

27.5

31.3

Net profit after tax

6.6

7.6

11.2

16.3

20.8

EBITDA margin

12.0%

11.8%

11.8%

12.1%

12.3%

Return on invested capital

10.3%

10.2%

12.5%

15.9%

19.2%

Dividends declared

0.0

2.7

3.9

5.7

7.3