5-Year Trading Summary
Year to 30 April | |||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
£’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | |
Income statement | |||||
Revenue | 139,479 | 148,734 | 124,915 | 84,368 | 84,373 |
Gross profit | 41,934 | 40,088 | 34,073 | 22,003 | 22,579 |
Gross profit margin | 30.1% | 27.0% | 27.3% | 26.1% | 26.8% |
Statutory operating profit | 5,805 | 5,858 | 4,372 | (801) | (1,609) |
Underlying operating profit | 5,472 | 5,781 | 4,372 | (706) | (373) |
Statutory profit before tax | 5,627 | 5,371 | 3,593 | (1,399) | (2,239) |
Underlying profit before tax | 5,145 | 5,294 | 3,593 | (1,390) | (1,003) |
Assets employed | |||||
Non-current assets | 48,841 | 45,630 | 43,377 | 42,835 | 40,912 |
Net current assets | 15,231 | 14,883 | 13,235 | 11,854 | 13,365 |
Non-current liabilities | (11,338) | (10,482) | (10,001) | (10,112) | (9,033) |
Net assets | 52,734 | 50,031 | 46,611 | 44,577 | 45,244 |
Key metrics | |||||
Earnings per share: | |||||
Basic – underlying | 3.5p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p | (3.0)p |
Basic | 3.9p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p | (3.0)p |
Diluted – underlying | 3.4p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p | (3.0)p |
Diluted | 3.9p | 4.4p | 1.7p | (1.3)p | (3.0)p |
Dividends per share | 1.2p | 1.2p | 1.0p | – | – |