Five year record
(continuing operations before exceptional items)
The following shows key financial and other data for the Group for the last five financial years.
| December 2023 53 weeks £m | December 2022 52 weeks £m | December 2021 52 weeks £m | December 2020 52 weeks £m | December 2019 52 weeks £m | ||
| Summarised Income Statement | ||||||
| Revenue | 2,310.9 | 2,319.0 | 2,093.7 | 1,547.5 | 1,583.6 | |
| Operating Profit | 340.2 | 415.2 | 401.7 | 195.7 | 260.0 | |
| Profit before tax | 327.6 | 405.8 | 390.3 | 185.3 | 260.7 | |
| Full year dividend per share (pence) | Note 1 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 3.9 |
| Basic EPS (pence) | 46.5 | 65.7 | 53.2 | 24.9 | 35.0 | |
| Summarised Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Non-current assets excluding leases and pension | 516.8 | 471.5 | 332.1 | 290.7 | 251.7 | |
| Non-current lease right-of-use assets | 647.9 | 614.3 | 555.8 | 544.2 | – | |
| Inventories | 382.8 | 373.3 | 301.6 | 255.0 | 231.8 | |
| Receivables (including tax) | 234.2 | 265.6 | 205.8 | 166.6 | 193.1 | |
| Payables and provisions | (389.0) | (454.2) | (468.7) | (338.2) | (272.2) | |
| Pension (liability)/asset | (12.6) | (41.5) | 140.8 | (47.7) | (56.6) | |
| Total lease liabilities | (684.5) | (665.3) | (591.2) | (580.5) | – | |
| (469.1) | (542.4) | (411.7) | (544.8) | 96.1 | ||
| Net cash & short-term investments | 282.8 | 308.0 | 515.3 | 430.7 | 267.4 | |
| Total net assets | 978.4 | 871.7 | 991.5 | 720.8 | 615.2 |
Note 1 - Dividends. In 2019, an interim dividend of 3.9p/share and a final dividend of 9.1p/share were declared, making a total of 13.0p/share. However, following the disruption caused by the outbreak of COVID in early 2021, the 2019 final dividend of 9.1p/share was not paid. In 2021, there was no interim dividend declared, but (see note 11 of these financial statements), there was a 2020 final dividend of 9.1p/share and also a special dividend of 9.1p/share, making a total of 18.2p/share for 2020.
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