5 Year Summary
| Five year financial summary | 2021 £m |
2020 £m |
2019 £m |
2018 £m |
2017 £m* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue |
548.7 | 661.3 | 889.1 | 866.4 | 825.8 |
| Impairment | (56.2) | (247.6) | (243.5) | (227.0) | (201.1) |
| Revenue less impairment |
492.5 | 413.7 | 645.6 | 639.4 | 624.7 |
| Finance costs |
(54.0) | (55.0) | (63.5) | (58.5) | (55.2) |
| Operating costs |
(111.4) | (108.7) | (137.3) | (140.8) | (135.2) |
| Administrative expenses |
(259.4) | (278.8) | (330.8) | (330.8) | (328.7) |
| Profit/(loss) before taxation and exceptional items - continuing operations |
67.7 | (28.8) | 114.0 | 109.3 | 105.6 |
| Exceptional items |
- | (11.9) | - | - | - |
| Profit/(loss) before taxation - continuing operations |
67.7 | (40.7) | 114.0 | 109.3 | 105.6 |
| Pre-exceptional tax charge |
(25.8) | (24.5) | (42.2) | (33.9) | (30.6) |
| Profit/(loss) after pre-exceptional taxation - continuing operations | 41.9 | (65.2) | 71.8 | 75.4 | 75.0 |
| Exceptional tax credit/(charge) | - | 1.0 | - | - | (30.0) |
| Profit/(loss) after taxation - continuing operations |
41.9 | (64.2) | 71.8 | 75.4 | 45.0 |
| Profit after taxation - discontinued operations | - | - | - | - | (8.4) |
| Profit/(loss) after taxation | 41.9 | (64.2) | 71.8 | 75.4 | 36.6 |
| Earnings/(loss) per share (p) – (continuing operations) |
18.8 | (28.9) | 32.2 | 33.8 | 20.2 |
| Earnings/(loss) per share (p) – (including discontinued operations) |
18.8 | (28.9) | 32.2 | 33.8 | 16.5 |
| Dividend per share (p) |
8.0 | - | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
* 2017 reported under IAS 39