Five-year highlights

  31 January
2007
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31 January
2008
£'000
31 January
20091
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31 January
2010
£'000
31 January
2011
£'000
Revenue 801,306 1,491,914 1,968,604 1,772,358 1,625,034
Gross profit 217,743 369,577 514,507 492,692 427,396
Operating profit before goodwill amortisation and non-recurring costs 32,965 82,340 130,881 94,789 43,208
Operating profit 32,965 75,192 124,293 88,590 28,475
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation 29,493 68,362 117,366 84,211 23,105
Profit on ordinary activities after taxation 21,140 47,179 83,650 60,467 15,653
Dividends per share 2.93p 4.40p 5.50p 5.78p 5.78p
Earnings per share - basic 6.25p 13.79p 24.18p 17.45p 4.51p
Earnings per share before non-recurring costs - basic 6.25p 15.88p 26.09p 19.24p 8.75p
Number of owned stores at end of year (including concessions) 782 1,140 1,335 1,374 1,312
Average number of employees 5,148 7,959 10,450 10,592 10,218
Net assets 157,336 201,605 286,301 331,555 326,994
Cash generated from operations 43,596 191,973 155,584 54,680 131,483

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Extract from Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011 – view the full report including notes

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