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Financial information
| 2025 £m | 2024 £m | 2023 £m | 2022 £m | 2021 £m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 727.1 | 757.1 | 802.5 | 743.6 | 615.8 | |
| Profit: | ||||||
| Adjusted operating profit | 114.3 | 129.0 | 127.6 | 112.2 | 94.8 | |
| Amortisation of acquired intangible assets | (9.7) | (10.4) | (8.1) | (9.3) | (10.3) | |
| Acquisition costs | (0.1) | (2.4) | (0.3) | (0.9) | (0.7) | |
| Operating profit prior to exceptional items | 104.5 | 116.2 | 119.2 | 102.0 | 83.8 | |
| Exceptional items | (20.9) | (78.3) | – | – | – | |
| Operating profit | 83.6 | 37.9 | 119.2 | 102.0 | 83.8 | |
| Net finance charge | (9.1) | (9.5) | (7.5) | (6.7) | (6.3) | |
| Profit/(loss) before taxation | 74.5 | 28.4 | 111.7 | 95.3 | 77..5 | |
| Taxation | (19.1) | (7.7) | (24.9) | (21.0) | (17.5) | |
| Profit after taxation | 55.4 | 20.7 | 86.8 | 74.3 | 60.0 | |
| Non-controlling interests | (0.5) | (0.7) | (1.2) | (0.6) | (0.5) | |
| Profit attributable to the equity holders of the parent |
|
20.0 | 85.6 | 73.7 | 59.5 | |
| Adjusted earnings per share (pence) | 44.4 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 42.7 | 35.8 | |
| Full year dividend per share (pence) | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 20.0 | |
| Assets employed | ||||||
| Intangible assets | 299.7 | 321.4 | 332.7 | 344.7 | 322.0 | |
| Property, plant and equipment | 477.7 | 481.2 | 504.9 | 516.3 | 489.3 | |
| Other assets (liabilities) | 30.1 | (0.9) | 6.4 | 20.4 | (9.5) | |
| 807.5 | 801.7 | 844.0 | 881.4 | 801.8 | ||
| Financed by | ||||||
| Share capital | 30.0 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 33.1 | 33.1 | |
| Reserves | 610.2 | 636.5 | 757.7 | 747.8 | 651.6 | |
| Shareholders’ funds | 640.2 | 668.1 | 790.8 | 780.9 | 684.7 | |
| Non-controlling interests | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |
| Lease liabilities | 60.8 | 63.5 | 64.3 | 66 | 64.5 | |
| Net debt | 104.8 | 131.8 | 51.7 | 99.4 | 116.4 | |
| Capital employed | 807.5 | 801.7 | 844.0 | 881.4 | 801.8 | |
| Average capital employed | 804.6 | 822.9 | 862.8 | 841.6 | 789.9 | |
| Return on capital employed (%): | 14.2 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 12.0 |
1 Adjusted operating profit divided by the average of opening and closing capital employed
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