5 Year Summary

Profit and Loss Details
Year ended: 30th June2003 (365) 2004 (366) 2005 (365) 2006 (365) 2007
Turnover£402.02m£361.36m£348.98m£628.42m£767.20m
Expenses£405.92m£358.35m£346.30m£623.66m£760.73m
Operating profit (reported)£-3.90m£3.01m£2.68m£4.77m£6.47m
Operating profit (adjusted)£6.94m£4.10m£2.74m£6.38m£8.83m
Investment income£-0.03m£0.10m£0.19m£0.39m£0.93m
Exceptional items£-10.93m£-2.92m£-0.05m£-1.62m£-2.25m
Net interest£1.01m£1.03m£1.37m£1.38m£0.85m
Pre tax profit£-2.91m£2.30m£4.25m£6.54m£8.36m
Pre tax profit (adjusted)£5.59m£3.39m£4.30m£8.16m£10.61m
Tax£2.06m£1.84m£1.47m£1.46m£2.67m
Profit after tax£-4.96m£0.47m£2.78m£5.08m£5.69m
Minority interests£0.29m£0m£0m£0m£0m
Profit for the financial year£-5.25m£0.47m£2.78m£5.08m£5.59m
Ordinary Dividends£1.83m£2.07m£2.36m£2.74m£3.08m
Non-equity dividends£0m£0m£0m£0m£0m
Retained Profit£-7.08m£-1.60m£0.42m£2.34m£2.51m
Per Share Data
Per Share Data20032004200520062007
D.P.S.7.50p8.25p9.00p10.00p11.50p
Normalised E.P.S.20.36p13.48p11.18p25.49p30.11p
F.R.S.3.E.P.S.-20.96p1.84p10.93p19.12p21.32p
Other Data
Other Data20032004200520062007
Number of Employees2,1791,9404901,0451,502
Market Cap at B/S Date£40.65m£43.21m£51.78m£71.86m£90.80m
Non-UK Turnover£6.94m£9.77m£14.52m£13.02m£52.46m
Investment Ratios
Investment Ratios20032004200520062007
Operating margin1.72%1.14%0.79%1.02%1.15%
Pre-tax profit (adjusted margin)1.97%1.44%1.24%1.30%1.38%
D.P.S. Growth15.00%10.00%9.09%11.11%15.00%
Normalised E.P.S. Growth-9.14%-33.79%-17.06%128%18.12%
Data provided by Hemscott Group Limited.
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