Key Financial Highlights

Key financial highlights as at 30 September 2024.

PROFIT AND LOSS		2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Revenue	£m	170.1	178.4	175.4	143.1	87.5	73.7	65.7	32.7	21.1	19.7	20.4	18.5	18.6	20.9
Other operating costs1	£m	117.4	120.3	108.0	87.3	64.3	55.7	46.0	24.8	16.9	16.6	15.1	14.2	14.0	14.7
Operating profit1	£m	52.7	58.1	67.4	55.8	23.3	18	20	7.9	4.2	3.1	5.3	4.3	4.6	6.2
Profit before tax1	£m	55.7	60	68.4	54.92	22.2	18.1	19.2	5.8	5.2	5.1	3.5	3.4	(4.7)	1.7
Tax1	£m	14.1	13.6	12.3	9.32	3.5	3	3.7	(1.8)	(1.0)	(1.5)	(0.3)	(0.4)	(0.1)	(0.7)
Profit after tax1	£m	41.6	46.4	56.1	45.72	18.7	15.1	15.5	7.6	4.2	3.6	3.2	3.0	(4.6)	1.1

PER SHARE DATA		2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
DPS	p	27.6	27.6	27.6	20.6	8.6	5.5	4.1	2.9	2.10	2.10	1.40	0.90	0.75	0.70
Diluted EPS1	p	32.2	35.2	42.1	34.402	14.5	11.5	12.4	6.24	3.62	3.13	2.79	2.77	2.64	3.74
Ordinary shares in issue – diluted	m	129.2	131.6	133.2	132.7	125.8	124.1	119.6	115	114.4	115.9	127.7	117.5	124.3	127.4

OTHER DATA		2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Number of employees (ave)	No.	311	290	240	195	171	151	137	73	69	63	56	56	55	48
Share price (Period end)	p	378	458.5	525	1,152	510	239	241	143.5	48.8	48.0	48.8	36.5	38.0	45.5
Market Cap	£m	501.2	607.96	696.1	1,527.6	665.0	311.7	314.3	183.2	62.3	61.3	62.3	46.6	48.5	57.9

OTHER DATA		2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
EBIT margin1	%	31.0	32.6	38	39.0	26.6	24.4	30.2	24.1	20.0	15.8	26.1	23.5	24.4	29.8
DPS growth	%	0	0	34	137.22	56.4	34.1	41.4	38.0	31.0	50.0	55.6	20.0	7.1	16.7
Dividend cover	x	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.72	1.7	2.1	2.9	2.2	1.8	1.5	2.0	3.1	3.5	5.3
Diluted EPS growth1	%	-8.5%	-16.4	22.4	133.8	26.1	-7.3	110	72.4	16.0	13.41	0.7	4.9	-29.4	7.2

¹Adjusted
²Restated to remove the impact of unrealised foreign exchange losses of £0.9m.