| |
Notes |
Unaudited
Six months
ended
30 September
2007
£m |
Unaudited
Six months
ended
30 September
2006
£m |
Audited
Year
ended
31 March
2007
£m |
| Continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
| Turnover |
|
35.3 |
32.1 |
75.2 |
| Cost of sales |
|
(23.0) |
(20.6) |
(49.3) |
| Gross profit |
|
12.3 |
11.5 |
25.9 |
| Other operating income |
|
3.5 |
1.3 |
6.8 |
| Selling and marketing costs |
|
(2.4) |
(2.1) |
(4.4) |
| Administrative expenses |
|
(9.7) |
(3.9) |
(18.9) |
| Analysed
as: |
|
|
|
|
| Administrative
expenses before significant one-off items |
(9.7) |
(7.6) |
(19.7)
|
| Significant
one-off items: |
|
|
|
|
| Curtailment
loss in pension scheme |
7 |
- |
(0.5) |
(0.8)
|
| Exceptional
past service credit in pension scheme |
7 |
- |
4.6 |
2.0
|
| Re-financing
costs |
|
- |
(0.4) |
(0.4) |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Operating profit |
|
3.7 |
6.8 |
9.4 |
| Finance costs |
8 |
(10.3) |
(7.4) |
(16.7) |
| Finance income |
8 |
9.4 |
6.5 |
15.3 |
| Profit before taxation |
|
2.8 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
| Income tax expense |
|
- |
- |
- |
| Profit for the period from continuing
operations |
|
2.8 |
5.9 |
8.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
| Loss for the period from discontinued operations |
|
- |
(0.1) |
(0.7) |
| Profit on disposal of businesses |
|
- |
16.7 |
17.4 |
| Discontinued operations |
|
- |
16.6 |
16.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Profit for the period |
|
2.8 |
22.5 |
24.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Attributable to: |
|
|
|
|
| Equity holders of the Company |
|
2.8 |
22.5 |
24.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Earnings per share on continuing operations
attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the period |
|
|
|
|
| Basic (pence) |
9 |
2.3p |
5.0p |
6.8p |
| Diluted (pence) |
9 |
2.3p |
4.8p |
6.7p |
| Earnings per share on continuing and discontinued
operations attributable to the equity holders of the Company during
the period |
|
|
|
|
| Basic (pence) |
9 |
2.3p |
19.0p |
20.9p |
| Diluted (pence) |
9 |
2.3p |
18.4p |
20.6p |