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Financials at a glance
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 20192,3 | 20201 | 20211 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover (£m) | 894.2 | 960.0 | 1,029.3 | 1,167.9 | 811.3 | 1,229.7 | 1,512.8 | 1,809.6 | 2,014.4 | 2,151.2 |
Total sales growth/(decline) (%) | 7.0% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 13.5% | (30.5%) | 51.6% | 23.0% | 19.6% | 11.3% | 6.8% |
Company-managed shop like-for-like sales growth/(decline) (%) | 4.2% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 9.2% | (36.2%) | 52.4% | 17.8% | 13.7% | 5.5% | 2.4% |
Operating profit/(loss) excluding exceptional items (£m) | 80.3 | 82.2 | 89.8 | 114.8 | (7.0) | 153.2 | 154.4 | 171.7 | 195.3 | 187.5 |
Profit/(loss) before tax excluding exceptional items (£m) | 80.3 | 81.8 | 89.8 | 114.2 | (12.9) | 145.6 | 148.3 | 167.7 | 189.8 | 171.9 |
Profit/(loss) before tax margin excluding exceptional items (%) | 9.0% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 9.8% | (1.59%) | 11.8% | 9.8% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.0% |
Pre-tax exceptional (charge)/gain (£m) | (5.2) | (9.9) | (7.2) | (5.9) | (0.8) | - | - | 20.6 | 14.1 | (4.5) |
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities including exceptional items and before tax (£m) | 75.1 | 71.9 | 82.6 | 108.3 | (13.7) | 145.6 | 148.3 | 188.3 | 203.9 | 167.4 |
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share excluding exceptional items (pence) | 60.8 | 63.5 | 70.3 | 89.7 | (12.9) | 114.3 | 117.5 | 123.8 | 137.5 | 122.8 |
Ordinary dividend per share declared (pence) | 31.0 | 32.3 | 35.7 | 11.9 | - | 57.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 69.0 | 69.0 |
Special dividend per share declared (pence) | - | - | - | 35.0 | - | 40.0 | - | 40.0 | - | - |
Total shareholder return (%) | (23.8%) | 47.5% | (7.4%) | 84.7% | (22.0%) | 87.3% | (26.8%) | 13.5% | 10.6% | (36.8%) |
Capital expenditure (£m) | 80.4 | 70.4 | 73.0 | 86.0 | 58.7 | 57.4 | 110.8 | 199.8 | 249.0 | 287.5 |
Return on capital employed (excluding exceptional items) (%) | 28.1% | 26.9% | 27.4% | 20.0% | (2.4%) | 23.0% | 21.0% | 21.1% | 20.3% | 16.0% |
Number of shops in operation at year end | 1,764 | 1,854 | 1,953 | 2,050 | 2,078 | 2,181 | 2,328 | 2,473 | 2,618 | 2,739 |
1 2020 was a 53-week year, impacting on total sales growth for that year and the year immediately following.
2 IFRS 16 Leases were implemented at the start of the financial year using the modified retrospective approach. Prior year comparatives have not been restated.
3 The final dividend declared in respect of 2019 was cancelled as a cash preservation measure during the Covid-19 crisis.
All of the non-GAAP measures detailed above can be calculated from the GAAP measures included in the annual accounts with the exception of those detailed on pages 175 to 177.
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