Financial Statements

Five Year Summary

Consolidated income statements for years ended 31 March

      2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
      £m £m £m £m £m
Revenue (Group and share of Joint Ventures)     1,532.4 1,399.5 1,240.3 1,411.0 1,157.3
               
Revenue     1,487.2 1,313.6 1,179.8 1,052.5 955.0
               
Cost of sales     (941.9) (834.1) (781.1) (637.3) (579.3)
Gross profit     545.3 479.5 398.7 415.2 375.7
               
Administrative expenses     (442.2) (392.8) (335.0) (352.3) (332.7)
Operating profit     103.1 86.7 63.7 62.9 43.0
               
Profit on disposal of Joint Ventures     2.5 6.4 3.7
Share of post-tax profit from Joint Ventures     0.2 0.9 2.8 8.8 10.2
Profit from operations     105.8 87.6 66.5 78.1 56.9
               
Finance income     6.7 9.8 9.0 7.9 6.8
Finance cost     (9.8) (5.5) (5.4) (11.2) (10.7)
Net finance (cost)/income     (3.1) 4.3 3.6 (3.3) (3.9)
Profit before taxation     102.7 91.9 70.1 74.8 53.0
               
Income tax expense     (18.5) (23.3) (15.2) (17.9) (14.1)
Profit for the year from continuing operations     84.2 68.6 54.9 56.9 38.9
               
Profit/(loss) for the year from discontinued operations     31.4 (112.2)
               
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to equity shareholders     84.2 100.0 (57.3) 56.9 38.9
               
Basic earnings/(loss) per share              
– continuing operations     86.1p 67.9p 54.4p 57.0p 39.3p
– discontinued operations     31.0p (111.2)p
      86.1p 98.9p (56.8)p 57.0p 39.3p
               
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share              
– continuing operations     84.8p 66.7p 53.8p 55.9p 38.7p
– discontinued operations     30.5p (110.6)p
      84.8p 97.2p (56.8)p 55.9p 38.7p