5-Year Trading Summary
Year to 30 April | |||||
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
£’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | |
Income statement | |||||
Revenue | 130,465 | 139,077 | 148,734 | 124,915 | 84,368 |
Gross profit | 40,420 | 42,173 | 40,088 | 34,073 | 22,003 |
Gross profit margin | 31.0% | 30.3% | 27.0% | 27.3% | 26.1% |
Underlying EBITDA | 13,851 | 14,516 | 11,899 | 9,764 | 4,272 |
Statutory operating profit | 4,875 | 7,234 | 5,858 | 4,372 | (801) |
Underlying operating profit | 5,487 | 5,901 | 5,781 | 4,372 | (706) |
Statutory profit before tax | 4,648 | 7,144 | 5,371 | 3,593 | (1,399) |
Underlying profit before tax | 5,260 | 6,662 | 5,294 | 3,593 | (1,390) |
Assets employed | |||||
Non-current assets | 42,159 | 47,051 | 43,803 | 43,377 | 42,835 |
Net current assets | 24,416 | 15,443 | 15,024 | 13,235 | 11,854 |
Non-current liabilities | (12,125) | (9,087) | (8,215) | (10,001) | (10,112) |
Net assets | 54,450 | 53,407 | 50,612 | 46,611 | 44,577 |
Key metrics | |||||
Earnings per share: | |||||
Basic – underlying | 3.5p | 4.5p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p |
Basic | 2.9p | 5.0p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p |
Diluted – underlying | 3.5p | 4.5p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p |
Diluted | 2.9p | 4.9p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p |
Dividends per share | 1.2p | 1.2p | 1.2p | 1.0p | – |