BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC financials

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-02-28
LEI: 213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53
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Financial statements (GBP, as reported — unscaled; 89 line items across 2 annual periods)
Line item 20242023
Income statement
Revenue £361.0M£342.7M
Cost of sales £157.1M£148.1M
Gross profit £203.9M£194.6M
Administrative expenses £115.9M£104.2M
Operating profit (EBIT) £33.3M£40.6M
Finance costs £2.1M£400.0K
Profit before tax £32.5M£41.5M
Income tax expense £7.1M£9.2M
Profit for the year £25.4M£32.3M
— attributable to owners £25.4M£32.3M
Total comprehensive income £26.3M£27.6M
Per share
Basic EPS £31.14£39.77
Diluted EPS £30.71£39.11
Free cash flow / share £48.97£44.56
Cash flow statement
Cash generated from operations £58.0M£50.5M
Net cash from operating activities £41.9M£37.6M
Income taxes paid £16.1M£12.9M
Net cash from investing activities -£69.9M-£4.6M
Purchase of PP&E (capex) £1.4M£800.0K
Purchase of intangibles £4.8M£5.1M
Net cash from financing activities £3.2M-£16.8M
Dividends paid £12.2M£11.3M
Proceeds from borrowings £29.4M£0
Repayments of borrowings £6.2M£0
Lease liability payments £2.3M£2.2M
Net change in cash -£24.8M£16.2M
Balance sheet
Total assets £385.3M£371.7M
Non-current assets £165.1M£104.5M
Property, plant & equipment £2.5M£2.2M
Right-of-use assets £7.6M£7.5M
Intangible assets & goodwill £77.3M£48.3M
Current assets £220.2M£267.2M
Inventories £46.3M£36.6M
Trade & other receivables £133.3M£164.8M
Cash & equivalents £40.6M£65.8M
Total equity £214.8M£202.5M
— attributable to owners £214.8M£202.5M
Non-current liabilities £34.1M£9.7M
Long-term borrowings £23.6M£0
Lease liabilities (non-current) £7.3M£6.5M
Current liabilities £136.4M£159.5M
Lease liabilities (current) £1.5M£2.4M
Trade & other payables £133.0M£152.0M
Deferred tax liabilities £2.3M£2.7M
Derived metrics
Free cash flow £40.5M£36.8M
Operating margin 9.2%11.8%
Net margin 7.0%9.4%
Return on equity 11.8%16.0%
Cash conversion ratio 1.65×1.16×
Capex coverage 29.93×47.00×
Other reported items
Adjustments For Amortisation Expense £12.5M£10.4M
Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Inventories -£7.8M£4.9M
Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade and Other Receivables £32.8M-£54.4M
Adjustments For Finance Costs £2.1M£400.0K
Adjustments For Finance Income £1.3M£1.3M
Adjustments For Gain Loss On Disposals Property Plant and Equipment £0-£200.0K
Adjustments For Income Tax Expense £7.1M£9.2M
Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade and Other Payables -£17.9M£43.9M
Adjustments For Sharebased Payments £1.9M£1.8M
Cancellation of Treasury Shares -£600.0K
Cash Flows From Used In Operations Before Changes In Working Capital £50.9M£56.1M
Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities £64.8M£0
Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent £26.3M£27.6M
Current Provisions £1.9M£1.1M
Current Tax Liabilities Current £0£4.0M
Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions -£100.0K£200.0K
Deferred Tax Assets £16.9M£13.7M
Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners of Parent £12.2M£11.3M
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents -£400.0K-£1.9M
Finance Income £1.3M£1.3M
Increase Decrease Through Exercise of Options £400.0K£400.0K
Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions £1.5M£1.6M
Increase Decrease Through Transactions With Owners -£14.0M-£12.9M
Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill £60.1M£32.0M
Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities £1.2M£1.3M
Issued Capital £1.0M£1.0M
Liabilities £170.5M£169.2M
Net Assets Liabilities £214.8M£202.5M
Noncurrent Receivables £700.0K£800.0K
Other Cash Payments To Acquire Interests In Joint Ventures Classified As Investing Activities £100.0K£0
Other Comprehensive Income £900.0K-£4.7M
Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation £900.0K-£4.7M
Other Longterm Provisions £900.0K£500.0K
Proceeds From Exercise of Options £400.0K£400.0K
Purchase of Treasury Shares £3.8M£2.8M
Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation £11.8M£10.9M
Retained Earnings £141.1M£130.5M
Share of Profit Loss of Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method -£100.0K£0
Share Premium £47.3M£47.3M
Methodology

Every line item above is a fact tagged in BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC's annual report filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) under the IFRS taxonomy (ifrs-full) — the income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow statement as the filer reported them. Values are shown as-is, in the reporting currency (GBP), without rescaling; the row labels map to the underlying concept name (e.g. Revenue → ifrs-full:Revenue, Operating profit → ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities, Diluted EPS → ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare), and any concept without a curated label is shown under “Other reported items” with its de-camel-cased tag name. Only consolidated, default-member facts are shown (segment / dimensional breakdowns are excluded).

“Derived metrics” (free cash flow, margins, ROE, …) are computed from those facts by the same model the U.S. financials pages use — not tagged by the filer.

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