| Five Year Summary | |||||
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | |
| Group normalised | |||||
| Revenue | 2,450.7 | 2,321.2 | 2,093.7 | 1,745.4 | 1,707.7 |
| Normalised operating profit | 257.7 | 241.5 | 217.5 | 190.6 | 173.9 |
| Return on capital | 12.4% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 10.7% |
| Basic EPS | 32.9 | 29.1 | 26.3 | 23.4 | 18.9 |
| IFRS | |||||
| Revenue | 2,450.7 | 2,321.2 | 2,093.7 | 1,745.4 | 1,707.7 |
| Operating profit | 215.4 | 197.9 | 183.7 | 164.9 | 118.1 |
| PBT | 177.7 | 156.4 | 134.8 | 120.6 | 70.4 |
| Basic EPS | 26.6 | 25.7 | 23.0 | 20.9 | 11.6 |
| Dividends per share | 14.9 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
| Net (debt)/funds | |||||
| Cash | 117.7 | 314.3 | 324.4 | 60.4 | 83.7 |
| Other debt receivable | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Bonds | (852.4) | (851.9) | (983.2) | (583.5) | (585.3) |
| Bank loans | (9.0) | (115.6) | (13.3) | (45.3) | (5.2) |
| FV of derivatives | 6.4 | 11.3 | 25.5 | 14.3 | 18.6 |
| Finance lease | (142.6) | (173.1) | (159.5) | (127.6) | (110.5) |
| Other debt payable | (73.7) | (73.6) | (72.4) | (64.6) | (66.4) |
| Net debt | (951.5) | (887.9) | (878.0) | (745.5) | (664.3) |
| Gearing ratio | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.50 | 2.45 | 2.25 |
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Notes to the consolidated accounts in PDF format [1.7 MB]