BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC financials

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2026-02-28
LEI: 213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53
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Financial statements (GBP, as reported — unscaled; 86 line items across 2 annual periods)
Line item 20252024
Income statement
Revenue £325.9M£361.0M
Cost of sales £134.3M£157.1M
Gross profit £191.6M£203.9M
Administrative expenses £113.5M£115.9M
Operating profit (EBIT) £35.4M£33.3M
Finance costs £1.9M£2.1M
Profit before tax £34.2M£32.5M
Income tax expense £7.2M£7.1M
Profit for the year £27.0M£25.4M
— attributable to owners £27.0M£25.4M
Total comprehensive income £17.4M£26.3M
Per share
Basic EPS £0.33£0.31
Diluted EPS £0.33£0.31
Free cash flow / share £0.48£0.49
Cash flow statement
Cash generated from operations £44.2M£58.0M
Net cash from operating activities £40.8M£41.9M
Income taxes paid £3.4M£16.1M
Net cash from investing activities -£8.2M-£69.9M
Purchase of PP&E (capex) £1.4M£1.4M
Purchase of intangibles £7.5M£4.8M
Net cash from financing activities -£27.5M£3.2M
Dividends paid £12.7M£12.2M
Proceeds from borrowings £0£29.4M
Repayments of borrowings £7.4M£6.2M
Lease liability payments £1.1M£2.3M
Balance sheet
Total assets £364.5M£385.3M
Non-current assets £156.1M£165.1M
Property, plant & equipment £2.9M£2.5M
Right-of-use assets £12.9M£7.6M
Intangible assets & goodwill £74.9M£77.3M
Current assets £208.4M£220.2M
Inventories £39.0M£46.3M
Trade & other receivables £125.4M£133.3M
Cash & equivalents £44.0M£40.6M
Total equity £215.9M£214.8M
— attributable to owners £215.9M£214.8M
Non-current liabilities £30.7M£34.1M
Long-term borrowings £14.8M£23.6M
Lease liabilities (non-current) £13.1M£7.3M
Current liabilities £117.9M£136.4M
Lease liabilities (current) £1.9M£1.5M
Trade & other payables £113.4M£133.0M
Deferred tax liabilities £2.0M£2.3M
Derived metrics
Free cash flow £39.4M£40.5M
Operating margin 10.9%9.2%
Net margin 8.3%7.0%
Return on equity 12.5%11.8%
Cash conversion ratio 1.51×1.65×
Capex coverage 29.14×29.93×
Other reported items
Adjustments For Amortisation Expense £14.3M£12.5M
Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Inventories £5.6M-£7.8M
Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade and Other Receivables £300.0K£32.8M
Adjustments For Finance Costs £1.9M£2.1M
Adjustments For Finance Income £700.0K£1.3M
Adjustments For Income Tax Expense £7.2M£7.1M
Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade and Other Payables -£15.5M-£17.9M
Adjustments For Sharebased Payments £1.1M£1.9M
Cash Flows From Used In Operations Before Changes In Working Capital £53.8M£50.9M
Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities £0£64.8M
Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent £17.4M£26.3M
Current Provisions £2.6M£1.9M
Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions £300.0K-£100.0K
Deferred Tax Assets £14.5M£16.9M
Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners of Parent £12.7M£12.2M
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents -£1.7M-£400.0K
Finance Income £700.0K£1.3M
Increase Decrease In Cash and Cash Equivalents £5.1M-£24.8M
Increase Decrease Through Exercise of Options £400.0K£400.0K
Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions £1.1M£1.5M
Increase Decrease Through Transactions With Owners -£16.3M-£14.0M
Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill £50.4M£60.1M
Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities £700.0K£1.2M
Issued Capital £1.0M£1.0M
Liabilities £148.6M£170.5M
Net Assets Liabilities £215.9M£214.8M
Noncurrent Receivables £500.0K£700.0K
Other Cash Payments To Acquire Interests In Joint Ventures Classified As Investing Activities £0£100.0K
Other Comprehensive Income -£9.6M£900.0K
Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation -£9.6M£900.0K
Other Longterm Provisions £800.0K£900.0K
Proceeds From Exercise of Options £400.0K£400.0K
Purchase of Treasury Shares £4.8M£3.8M
Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation £2.2M£11.8M
Retained Earnings £152.9M£141.1M
Share of Profit Loss of Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method £0-£100.0K
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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