Profit halves at housebuilder Anwyl

Welsh housebuilder Anwyl Group’s profit more than halved last year as it battled economic headwinds, cautious buyer sentiment and rising costs.

The firm, which is based in Ewloe, Flintshire, reported pre-tax profit of £4.7m for the year to 30 September 2025, down 55% on the £10.6m reported the previous year.

Its turnover fell 7%, from £191m to £177m over the same period as its completions dropped from 660 to 534 homes. It said its drop in revenue reflected “market headwinds, constrained mortgage availability and cautious consumer sentiment”.

Its gross margin fell 14.8% to 12.9%, which it said was due to it absorbing increased costs rather than passing them on to buyers.

It added: “The reduction reflects increased build and regulatory costs, while market conditions and affordability constraints limited sale price increases, preventing full recovery of these higher costs and resulting in margin compression.”

Anwyl said planning delays are impacting its ability to bring forward developments in a “timely manner”.

But the housebuilder said the National Planning Policy Framework update, including its concept of ‘grey belt’ land – green belt land deemed to be of lower environmental quality – is “beginning to provide some positive momentum and may create additional opportunities” to develop.

Anwyl last year placed 99th in Building’s annual Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders list, which ranks firms by turnover.