| 52 weeks
to 30 March
2012
(audited)
£m | 52 weeks
to 29 March
2013
(audited)
£m | 52 weeks
to 28 March 2014
(audited)
£m | 52 weeks
to 27 March
2015
(proforma)*
£m | 52 weeks
to 1 April
2016
(audited)
£m |
|---|
| Revenue | 863.1 | 871.3 | 939.7 | 1,004.9 | 1,021.5 |
| Cost of sales | (390.3) | (394.2) | (435.5) | (469.8) | (478.4) |
| Gross profit | 472.8 | 477.1 | 504.2 | 535.1 | 543.1 |
| Operating expenses | (373.7) | (400.0) | (426.4) | (450.5) | (458.6) |
| | | | | | |
| Operating profit before non-recurring items | 97.2 | 78.1 | 77.8 | 84.6 | 84.5 |
| Non-recurring operating expenses | 1.9 | (1.0) | (0.2) | (0.3) | (1.7) |
| | | | | | |
| Operating profit | 99.1 | 77.1 | 77.6 | 84.3 | 82.8 |
| Net finance costs | (5.0) | (6.1) | (5.0) | (3.5) | (3.0) |
| | | | | | |
| Profit before tax and non-recurring items | 92.2 | 72.0 | 72.8 | 81.1 | 81.5 |
| Non-recurring operating expenses | 1.9 | (1.0) | (0.2) | (0.3) | (1.7) |
| | | | | | |
| Profit before tax | 94.1 | 71.0 | 72.6 | 80.8 | 79.8 |
| Taxation | (24.8) | (18.2) | (17.0) | (17.4) | (16.6) |
| Taxation on non-recurring items | (0.9) | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.1) | 0.3 |
| Profit attributable to equity shareholders | 68.4 | 52.7 | 55.5 | 63.3 | 63.5 |
| Basic earnings per share | 34.2p | 27.2p | 28.6p | 32.5p | 32.5p |
| Basic earnings per share before non-recurring items | 33.7p | 27.7p | 28.8p | 32.7p | 33.2p |
| Weighted average number of shares | 199.9m | 194.3m | 194.0m | 194.2m | 195.2m |
* The statutory 53 week period to 3 April 2015 comprises reported results that are non-comparable to the 52 week periods reported in other years. To provide a more meaningful comparison, the above tables include the proforma 52 weeks to 27 March 2015.