
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
After a number of years of good results, 2024 has been a
challenging year for TT and, regrettably, the Group
performance was down compared with the previous
year. Business performance has been mixed, in
particular hampered by difficult component market
conditions and operational challenges in our business
inNorth America. While we saw a strong performance
inEurope and Asia, and strong revenue growth in
ourAerospace & Defence end market, our adjusted
operating margin closed the year down 60 bps at
7.1percent.
Supported by the Board, our Executive team has
facedthese challenges head on. To offset lower
component demand we took cost action in the form
ofheadcount reductions in North America, and we
have implemented a business-wide operational
improvement programme, Project Dynamo, to unlock
opportunities and make TT stronger for the future.
We successfully divested sites in Hartlepool, Cardiff
and Dongguan (China) in the first half of the year and
reorganised the business from three divisions to a
function-led regional structure to support future
improved customer service, execution and
performance. We have also set out new medium-term
targets for revenue growth, operating margin, cash
conversion and ROIC.
The organisation continues to focus on long-term
collaboration with customers through product
lifecycles and the Board is pleased to note the healthy
number of new business wins and grants in the year,
across all of our end markets.
PROJECT DYNAMO
Our self-help programme, Project Dynamo, was
launched in the early part of the year to drive
productivity and efficiency at all of our sites. We have
eight key workstreams underway, as well as an
immediate focus on operational execution issues at
two North American sites.
FACING THE
CHALLENGE
2024 FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
– Revenue at constant
currency, down 2%
excluding unwind of
pass-through
revenue, 5% down
organically. Growth
from Europe and Asia
offset by North
American region.
– Adjusted operating
profit down 17% to
£37.1m.
– Adjusted operating
margin at constant
currency 7.1%.
– Strong European
delivery with margin
up 580 bps to 12.9%.
– Asian margin
improved 400 bps to
15.0%.
– North American
performance
impacted by subdued
components market
and operational
challenges at two
sites.
– Statutory operating
loss £23.5 million.
– Statutory basic EPS
of (30.2)p
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Longer term, we expect Dynamo to yield benefits on
innovation as we enhance product and technology
roadmaps at our sites and effectively prioritise
resources to deliver at pace for our customers.
APPOINTMENT OF NEW CFO
In November we announced Mark Hoad’s intention
toretire in 2025. Our ongoing succession planning
activity meant that we were able to move quickly and
expedite a process to assess both internal and external
candidates to succeed him. Eric Lakin was identified
as the standout candidate at the end of the year, and
we are pleased that Eric was able to join the team as
CFO Designate at the beginning of 2025.
Eric transitions to the CFO role and is appointed to the
Board at the date of the full year results. He is a highly
experienced CFO with a proven track record in
engineering and industrial sectors. He was previously
CFO of Ceres Power, a FTSE clean energy technology
business, and spent ten years in senior leadership
roles at Smiths Group.
On behalf of the Board, I welcome Eric and express
sincere thanks to Mark for his many years of service to
TT. Mark leaves the Group with our very best wishes
for a happy retirement.
PEOPLE AND CULTURE
As noted above, the business had to take the difficult
decision to reduce headcount at certain sites during
the year, as well as say goodbye to employees of our
sites moving to new ownership. We also made a
fundamental change to the structure of the business
and to the way we work. While the right thing to do for
our employees in the longer term, the Board does not
underestimate the impact of these changes on the
individuals involved and the cohesiveness of the
organisation and its culture.
Despite a tough year, the Board is
pleased with the way the organisation
has faced the challenge. We look
forward to seeing the results of these
efforts in 2025.”
Warren Tucker
Chair
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