Five year summary

	2018 £m	2017 £m	2016 £m	2015 £m	2014 £m
Revenue	728.6	690.2	600.6	567.2	609.1
Profit:
Headline operating profit	138.3	123.9	99.6	102.1	111.1
Amortisation of acquired intangible fixed assets	(3.7)	(4.5)	(4.5)	(4.2)	(3.9)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items	134.1	119.4	95.1	97.9	107.2
Acquisition costs	(0.5)	–	(0.6)	–	(0.2)
Reorganisation costs	–	–	–	(20.0)	–
Operating profit	134.1	119.4	94.5	77.9	107.0
Net finance costs	1.9	(2.4)	(2.6)	(2.9)	(3.3)
Profit before taxation	132.0	117.0	91.9	75.0	103.7
Taxation	(28.6)	(19.7)	(24.9)	(18.8)	(24.4)
Profit after taxation	103.6	97.3	67.0	56.2	79.3
Non-controlling interests	0.4	0.2	–	–	0.1
Profit attributable to the equity holders of the parent	117.9	97.1	67.0	56.2	79.4
Headline earnings per share (pence)	55.9	49.2	37.0	39.5	43.8
Dividend per share (pence)	19	17.4	15.8	15.1	14.4
Special dividend per share (pence)	20.0	25.0	–	10.0	20.0
Assets employed
Intangible fixed assets	–	201.0	206.7	175.2	172.1
Tangible fixed assets		520.5	509.0	429.6	434.6
Other assets and liabilities		(63.6)	(88.5)	(67.5)	(71.5)
		657.9	627.2	537.3	535.2
Financed by
Share capital	33.1	33.1	33.1	33.1	33.1
Reserves		663.9	594.8	516.1	537.3
Shareholders’ funds		697.0	627.9	549.2	570.4
Non-controlling interests	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
Net cash	(36.2)	(39.6)	(1.1)	(12.3)	(35.7)
Capital employed		657.9	627.2	537.3	535.2
Net assets per share (pence)		364.1	328.0	286.9	297.9
Return on capital employed (%):
Headline operating profit divided by the average of opening and closing capital employed as adjusted for certain items of goodwill written off		19.3	17.1	19.0	20.7

Five year summary

	2018 £m	2017 £m	2016 £m	2015 £m	2014 £m
Revenue	728.6	690.2	600.6	567.2	609.1
Profit:
Headline operating profit	138.3	123.9	99.6	102.1	111.1
Amortisation of acquired intangible fixed assets	(3.7)	(4.5)	(4.5)	(4.2)	(3.9)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items	134.1	119.4	95.1	97.9	107.2
Acquisition costs	(0.5)	–	(0.6)	–	(0.2)
Reorganisation costs	–	–	–	(20.0)	–
Operating profit	134.1	119.4	94.5	77.9	107.0
Net finance costs	1.9	(2.4)	(2.6)	(2.9)	(3.3)
Profit before taxation	132.0	117.0	91.9	75.0	103.7
Taxation	(28.6)	(19.7)	(24.9)	(18.8)	(24.4)
Profit after taxation	103.6	97.3	67.0	56.2	79.3
Non-controlling interests	0.4	0.2	–	–	0.1
Profit attributable to the equity holders of the parent	117.9	97.1	67.0	56.2	79.4
Headline earnings per share (pence)	55.9	49.2	37.0	39.5	43.8
Dividend per share (pence)	19	17.4	15.8	15.1	14.4
Special dividend per share (pence)	20.0	25.0	–	10.0	20.0
Assets employed
Intangible fixed assets	–	201.0	206.7	175.2	172.1
Tangible fixed assets		520.5	509.0	429.6	434.6
Other assets and liabilities		(63.6)	(88.5)	(67.5)	(71.5)
		657.9	627.2	537.3	535.2
Financed by
Share capital	33.1	33.1	33.1	33.1	33.1
Reserves		663.9	594.8	516.1	537.3
Shareholders’ funds		697.0	627.9	549.2	570.4
Non-controlling interests	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
Net cash	(36.2)	(39.6)	(1.1)	(12.3)	(35.7)
Capital employed		657.9	627.2	537.3	535.2
Net assets per share (pence)		364.1	328.0	286.9	297.9
Return on capital employed (%):
Headline operating profit divided by the average of opening and closing capital employed as adjusted for certain items of goodwill written off		19.3	17.1	19.0	20.7