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Cladding costs clobber Taylor Wimpey profits

3 hours The repercussions of the cladding scandal exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire continue to be felt in financial markets.

Taylor Wimpey financial results for the year ended 31st December 2025 show pre-tax profit down by more than 50%, largely due to continuing cladding replacement costs.

Profit before tax in 2025 was £146.5m, compared to £320.3m in 2024, on revenue up 13% at £3,845m (2024: £3,401m).

Exceptional costs in the year, before tax and interest, totalled £243.8m. Of these, £18m was the agreed payment to the Competition & Markets Authority to bring cartel investigations to an end and £225.8m was a cladding fire safety provision.

Chief executive Jennie Daly said that Taylor Wimpey began 2026 with a slightly lower order book following a period of uncertainty for house buyers ahead of the autumn budget. As at 1st March 2026, the total order book (excluding joint ventures) was £2,182m (March 2025: £2,283m), comprising 7,678 homes (2025: 8,097 homes).   However, the spring selling season is progressing well, with encouraging levels of customer interest, Daly said.

“Taylor Wimpey is a strong and agile business with highly experienced teams, and we are well positioned to generate value from our high-quality, well located landbank. Against a backdrop of continuing market uncertainty and more recent geopolitical events, we remain focussed on delivering our strategy,” she said.

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