5 Year Summary
| Five year financial summary | 2018 £m* |
2017 £m |
2016 £m |
2015 £m |
2014 £m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue |
866.4 | 825.8 | 756.8 | 735.4 | 783.2 |
| Impairment | (227.0) | (201.1) | (184.9) | (188.9) | (220.0) |
| Revenue less impairment |
639.4 | 624.7 | 571.9 | 546.5 | 563.2 |
| Finance costs |
(58.5) | (55.2) | (46.8) | (41.6) | (45.3) |
| Operating costs |
(140.8) | (135.2) | (129.1) | (116.8) | (120.0) |
| Administrative expenses |
(330.8) | (328.7) | (300.0) | (272.0) | (274.4) |
| Profit before taxation and exceptional items - continuing operations |
109.3 | 105.6 | 96.0 | 116.1 | 123.5 |
| Exceptional items |
- | - | - | (15.9) | (23.3) |
| Profit before taxation - continuing operations |
109.3 | 105.6 | 96.0 | 100.2 | 100.2 |
| Pre-exceptional tax charge |
(33.9) | (30.6) | (24.8) | (37.7) | (28.4) |
| Profit after pre-exceptional taxation - continuing operations | 75.4 | 75.0 | 71.2 | 62.5 | 71.8 |
| Exceptional tax charge | - | (30.0) | - | - | - |
| Profit after taxation - continuing operations |
75.4 | 45.0 | 71.2 | 62.5 | 71.8 |
| Loss after taxation - discontinued operations | - | (8.4) | (4.3) | - | - |
| Profit after taxation | 75.4 | 36.6 | 66.9 | 62.5 | 71.8 |
| Earnings per share (p) – (continuing operations) |
33.8 | 20.2 | 32.2 | 27.3 | 30.2 |
| Earnings per share (p) – (including discontinued operations) |
33.8 | 16.5 | 30.2 | 27.3 | 30.2 |
| Dividend per share (p) |
12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.0 |
* 2018 reported under IFRS 9. All other comparatives reported under IAS 39