Five Year Financial Summary
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| Continuing operations |
2010 £m |
2009 £m |
2008* £m |
2007* £m |
2006 £m |
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| Revenue | 202.6 | 176.7 | 250.3 | 173.4 | 116.6 |
| Cost of sales | (8.0) | (8.3) | (7.5) | (3.3) | - |
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| Trading profit | 194.6 | 168.4 | 242.8 | 170.1 | 116.6 |
| Administrative expenses | (160.1) | (145.8) | (190.9) | (143.7) | (98.6) |
| Impairment of intangible assets | - | - | (13.9) | - | - |
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| Operating profit | 34.5 | 22.6 | 38.0 | 26.4 | 18.0 |
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| Profit before taxation | 32.4 | 22.5 | 39.2 | 31.6 | 22.1 |
| Taxation | (8.9) | (5.6) | (16.4) | (10.2) | (7.2) |
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| Profit for the year | 23.5 | 16.9 | 22.8 | 21.4 | 14.9 |
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| Cash flow | |||||
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2010 £m |
2009 £m |
2008 £m |
2007 £m |
2006 £m |
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| Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities | 42.3 | (18.0) | 57.9 | 52.4 | 8.4 |
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| Balance sheet | |||||
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2010 £m |
2009 £m |
2008 £m |
2007 £m |
2006 £m |
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| Non-current assets | 56.1 | 74.8 | 87.2 | 98.9 | 90.7 |
| Trade and other receivables (including income tax receivable) | 28.9 | 30.6 | 55.2 | 44.2 | 31.1 |
| Current asset investments | 11.4 | - | - | - | - |
| Cash and short-term deposits | 176.3 | 143.2 | 184.4 | 115.3 | 74.8 |
| Current liabilities | (149.9) | (90.5) | (159.0) | (106.3) | (70.1) |
| Non-current liabilities | (6.4) | (61.3) | (65.4) | (68.1) | (61.1) |
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| Net assets | 116.4 | 96.8 | 102.4 | 84.0 | 65.4 |
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| Statistics | |||||
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
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| Earnings per share - basic | 125.4p | 90.0p | 41.9p | 101.9p | 86.6p |
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| Dividend per share | 47p | 43p | 42p | 40p | 36p |
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