Mears Group Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Mears Group's CEO is Lucas Critchley, appointed in Jan 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.004% of the company’s shares, worth £14.93K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.4 years and 2.3 years respectively.

Key information

Lucas Critchley

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.004%
Management average tenure	4.4yrs
Board average tenure	2.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Mears Group plc Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

Apr 14

Mears Group (LON:MER) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.037

Sep 22

Mears Group (LON:MER) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.037

Sep 08

Mears Group's (LON:MER) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.037

Aug 25

Mears Group's (LON:MER) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.037

Aug 06

Mears Group plc Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

May 02

Mears Group (LON:MER) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0325

Aug 21

Mears Group (LON:MER) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0325

Aug 07

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Mears Group plc (LON:MER)?

Aug 17

Here's Why Shareholders Should Examine Mears Group plc's (LON:MER) CEO Compensation Package More Closely

Jun 24

Is Mears Group plc (LON:MER) Worth UK£1.8 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

Mar 05

What Type Of Returns Would Mears Group's(LON:MER) Shareholders Have Earned If They Purchased Their SharesFive Years Ago?

Jan 29

Here's Why We Think Mears Group's (LON:MER) Statutory Earnings Might Be Conservative

Dec 25

Is Mears Group (LON:MER) Using Too Much Debt?

Dec 04

CEO

Lucas Critchley (41 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Lucas Critchley is Chief Executive Officer of Mears Group plc since January 2024 and served as its Chief Operating Officer since 2021 until January 2024. He joined the Mears Group plc in 2004. He is an...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Andrew C. Smith	CFO & Executive Director	16.1yrs	UK£578.00k	0.28% £ 968.2k
Lucas Critchley	CEO & Executive Director	less than a year	no data	0.0044% £ 14.9k
Jason Burt	Group Director of Health	no data	UK£18.00k	no data
John Taylor	Chief Operating Officer of Mears Housing	no data	no data	no data
Jonathan Mallen-Beadle	Managing Director of Mears Living	4.4yrs	no data	no data
Ben Westran	Company Secretary	no data	no data	no data
Bernadette Walsh	Chief Operating Officer of Mears Care	no data	no data	no data

4.4yrs

Average Tenure

51yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: MER's management team is considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Andrew C. Smith	CFO & Executive Director	17.1yrs	UK£578.00k	0.28% £ 968.2k
Lucas Critchley	CEO & Executive Director	1.3yrs	no data	0.0044% £ 14.9k
Jim Clarke	Independent Chairman	4.8yrs	UK£76.00k	0.031% £ 107.6k
Nick Wharton	Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Angela Lockwood	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.3yrs	UK£66.00k	no data
Julia Unwin	Senior Independent Director	8.3yrs	UK£66.00k	no data
Hema Nar	Employee Director	1.3yrs	no data	no data

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: MER's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Mears Group Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Mears Group plc Announces CEO Changes

Interim Independent Chairman recently bought UK£83k worth of stock

Mears Group plc Appoints Jim Clarke as Permanent Chairman

Less than half of directors are independent

Mears Group plc Announces Board Changes

Mears Announces Board Changes

Recent updates

Mears Group plc Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Mears Group plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Price target increased by 35% to UK£4.08

Mears Group plc Announces CEO Changes

Mears Group plc (LSE:MER) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 11,103,647 shares, representing 10.08% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on June 23, 2023.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.037 per share at 4.0% yield

Mears Group (LON:MER) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.037

Interim Independent Chairman recently bought UK£83k worth of stock

Mears Group plc Appoints Jim Clarke as Permanent Chairman

Mears Group (LON:MER) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.037

Mears Group's (LON:MER) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.037

Mears Group's (LON:MER) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.037

Mears Group plc Anticipates Revenues for the Full Year of 2023

Price target increased by 13% to UK£3.23

Less than half of directors are independent

Mears Group plc Announces Board Changes

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.072 per share at 3.6% yield

Mears Announces Board Changes

Mears Group plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 03, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 14%

Mears Group plc Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Insufficient new directors

Mears Group plc Announces Executive Changes

Mears Group plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

Mears Group plc Announces Management Changes

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.033 per share

Mears Group (LON:MER) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0325

Mears Group plc (LSE:MER) acquired IRT Surveys Limited for £4.1 million.

Mears Group (LON:MER) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0325

First half 2022 earnings released

Mears Group plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year 2022

Mears Group plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 04, 2022

Price target increased to UK£2.66

Price target decreased to UK£2.47

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.055 per share

Mears Group plc Approves Final Dividend for the Year 2021

CFO & Executive Director recently bought UK£51k worth of stock

Mears Group plc, Annual General Meeting, May 17, 2022

Now 20% undervalued

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.12 (vs UK£0.11 loss in FY 2020)

Mears Group plc Proposes a Final Dividend for the Year 2021

Mears Group plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year 2021

Less than half of directors are independent

Mears Group plc Raises Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending December 31, 2021

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.025 per share

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Mears Group plc (LON:MER)?

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.042 (vs UK£0.11 loss in 1H 2020)

Mears Group plc Revises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Here's Why Shareholders Should Examine Mears Group plc's (LON:MER) CEO Compensation Package More Closely

Full year 2020 earnings released: UK£0.11 loss per share (vs UK£0.19 profit in FY 2019)

Mears Group plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021

Mears Provides Financial Guidance for the Second Half and Ended 31 December 2020

Price target increased to UK£2.23

Is Mears Group plc (LON:MER) Worth UK£1.8 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

New 90-day high: UK£1.67

What Type Of Returns Would Mears Group's(LON:MER) Shareholders Have Earned If They Purchased Their SharesFive Years Ago?

New 90-day high: UK£1.64

Here's Why We Think Mears Group's (LON:MER) Statutory Earnings Might Be Conservative

Is Mears Group (LON:MER) Using Too Much Debt?

Analysts lower EPS estimates to -UK£0.12

Price target raised to UK£1.89

Price target lowered to UK£1.44

Funds advised by Apse Capital Limited entered into a conditional agreement to acquire TerraQuest Solutions Limited from Mears Group plc (LSE:MER) for a maximum valuation of £72 million.

New 90-day low: UK£1.07