AGM

Annual General Meeting

APBT

Adjusted profit before tax

APM

Alternative performance measures

AQIs

Audit Quality Indicators

AQR

Audit Quality Review

BSF

Building Safety Fund

CARAs

Crest Annual Recognition Awards

CDP

Carbon Disclosure Project

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CVR

Cost value reconciliation

DBP

Deferred Bonus Plan

EBIT

Earnings before interest and tax

EIR

Environmental Impact Rating: a measure of a home’s impact on the environment in terms of carbon emissions

EPC

Energy Performance Certificate: a measure of the overall energy efficiency of a home

ERP

Enterprise resource planning

ESG

Environmental, social and governance

ESOT

Employee share ownership trust

FHH

Future Homes Hub

FHS

Future Homes Standard

FRC

Financial Reporting Council

FVOCI

Fair value through other comprehensive income

FVTPL

Fair value through profit or loss

GDV

Gross development value

GHG

Greenhouse gas

HBF

Home Builders Federation

HVO

Hydrotreated vegetable oil

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards

IPPF

International Professional Practice Framework

ISSB

International Sustainability Standards Board

Joint Plan to Accelerate

Joint plan to accelerate developer-led remediation and improve resident experience

KPI

Key performance indicator

LPG

Liquid petroleum gas

LTIP

Long-Term Incentive Plan

NED

Non-Executive Director

NHBC

National House Building Council

NHQC

New Homes Quality Code

NRV

Net realisable value

OFWAT

The Water Services Regulation Authority

PBT

Profit before tax

RCF

Revolving Credit Facility

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathways: trajectories of greenhouse gas concentrations that provide a broad range of climate outcomes

ROCE

Return on capital employed

RPDT

Residential property developer tax

RICS

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

SaaS

Software as a Service

SBTi

Science Based Targets initiative

SHE

Safety, health and environment

SID

Senior Independent Director

SPOW

Sales per outlet per week

SuDS

Sustainable drainage systems

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

tCO₂e

Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

WiP

Work in progress