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Summary 5 Year Record

 

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss (continuing activities)
 

2025

£’000

2024

£’000

2023

£’000

2022

£’000

2021

£’000

Revenue
Revenue 1,135,461 1,132,510 1,089,327 959,613 878,420
Gross profit 265,839 253,253 218,770 195,686 180,487
Operating profit before exceptional costs 75,028 71,545 51,674 40,427 33,683
Exceptional items - - - - (1,627)
Operating profit/(loss) including share of profits of associates 75,040 72,559 52,160 41,285 24,401
Profit/(loss) for the year before tax 63,488 64,141 46,918 34,944 16,333
Profit/(loss) before taxation before exceptional costs 63,488 64,141 46,918 34,944 25,615

Earnings per share
Basic 55.70p 50.27p 32.90p 25.07p 11.72p
Diluted 53.86p 48.86p 31.94p 24.51p 11.50p
Dividends per share 17.50p 16.00p 13.00p 10.50p 8.0p

Consolidated Balance Sheet
Non-current assets 517,207 474,833 426,011 395,092 405,959
Current assets 222,899 226,512 273,999 235,773 227,9607
Current liabilities (280,869) (269,956) (286,744) (244,169) (230,120)
Non-current liabilities (254,417) (243,924) (212,810) (192,871) (202,761)
Total equity 204,820 187,465 200,456 213,825 201,038
Cash and cash equivalents, including overdrafts 48,479 91,404 113,301 98,138 (54,632)

Summary 5 Year Record


Income Statement
 

2019

(continuing)

£’000

2018

(continuing)

£’000

2017

(all activities)

£’000

2016

(all activities)

£’000

2015

(all activities)

£’000

Revenue by business segment
Housing 905,084 771,861 766,121 787,530 735,129
Care – – 134,063 152,570 146,010
Continuing activities 905,811 771,861 900,184 940,100 881,139
Gross profit 218,210 207,018 223,702 224,894 232,132
Operating profit before acquisition intangible amortisation and exceptional costs 45,578 39,093 39,151 41,850 38,662
Exceptional items (2,018) (5,657) – – –
Operating profit 33,438 29,698 28,513 31,160 27,825
Profit for the year before tax 25,201 27,377 26,484 29,372 25,920
PBT before acquisition intangible amortisation and exceptional costs 37,341 36,772 37,122 40,062 36,757

Earnings per share
Basic 18.90p 21.91p 20.28p 23.54p 20.31p
Diluted 18.80p 21.78p 20.10p 23.41p 20.10p
Normalised 27.26p 27.70p 28.05p 30.36p 27.94p
Dividends per share 3.65p* 12.40p 12.00p 11.70p 11.00p

Balance Sheet
Non-current assets 478,653 304,549 264,567 262,263 258,201
Current assets 282,977 241,532 211,439 222,158 237,767
Current liabilities (250,297) (220,169) (198,678) (194,567) (219,882)
Non-current liabilities (392,340) (115,632) (67,738) (91,180) (84,458)
Total equity 118,193 210,280 209,590 198,674 191,628
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year (50,986) (65,904) (25,789) (12,374) 822


*Following the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the Board has agreed to defer any decision over the final 2019 dividend and therefore no amount is recognised for this within the consolidated financial statements.