FIRSTGROUPPLC financials
FIRSTGROUPPLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2026-03-28
LEI:
549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93 ISIN: GB0003452173 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 103 line items across 2 annual periods)
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | £4.75B | £5.23B |
| Operating expenses | £4.53B | £5.01B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £219.4M | £222.6M |
| Finance costs | £69.8M | £65.4M |
| Profit before tax | £156.7M | £164.9M |
| Income tax expense | £37.3M | £31.3M |
| Profit for the year | £121.5M | £138.3M |
| — attributable to owners | £118.3M | £127.5M |
| — attributable to NCI | £3.2M | £10.8M |
| Total comprehensive income | £118.7M | £161.7M |
| Per share | ||
| Basic EPS | £0.21 | £0.21 |
| Diluted EPS | £0.21 | £0.20 |
| Free cash flow / share | £0.63 | £0.89 |
| Cash flow statement | ||
| Cash generated from operations | £681.5M | £828.2M |
| Net cash from operating activities | £615.6M | £754.2M |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£186.2M | -£150.9M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £241.8M | £150.7M |
| Purchase of intangibles | £11.2M | £5.7M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£453.5M | -£641.5M |
| Dividends paid | £38.9M | £34.2M |
| Lease liability payments | £411.4M | £503.5M |
| Net change in cash | -£24.1M | -£38.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Total assets | £3.10B | £3.66B |
| Non-current assets | £2.03B | £2.38B |
| Property, plant & equipment | £1.73B | £2.04B |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £157.0M | £144.7M |
| Current assets | £1.07B | £1.29B |
| Inventories | £29.3M | £30.8M |
| Trade & other receivables | £586.4M | £761.6M |
| Cash & equivalents | £432.0M | £487.1M |
| Total equity | £719.5M | £712.5M |
| — attributable to owners | £710.0M | £696.7M |
| Non-controlling interests | £9.5M | £15.8M |
| Non-current liabilities | £920.0M | £1.24B |
| Long-term borrowings | £710.2M | £991.3M |
| Current liabilities | £1.46B | £1.71B |
| Short-term borrowings | £447.1M | £481.4M |
| Trade & other payables | £888.9M | £1.07B |
| Derived metrics | ||
| Free cash flow | £373.8M | £603.5M |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 19.4% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 5.07× | 5.45× |
| Capex coverage | 2.55× | 5.00× |
| Other reported items | ||
| Basic Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.21 | £0.20 |
| Cancellation of Treasury Shares | £0 | — |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position | £406.5M | £430.7M |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £33.3M | £86.5M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £3.2M | £10.8M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | £115.5M | £150.9M |
| Comprehensive Income From Continuing Operations | £113.4M | £151.6M |
| Comprehensive Income From Discontinued Operations | £5.3M | £10.1M |
| Current Assets Liabilities | -£388.0M | -£421.7M |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £19.6M | £200.0K |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £600.0K | £3.0M |
| Current Financial Assets | £400.0K | £0 |
| Current Provisions | £68.5M | £92.1M |
| Current Tax Assets Current | £6.2M | £7.4M |
| Current Tax Liabilities Current | £56.8M | £59.6M |
| Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions | — | -£100.0K |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £18.2M | £46.5M |
| Diluted Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.20 | £0.20 |
| Dividends Paid To Noncontrolling Interests Classified As Financing Activities | £6.7M | £3.4M |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£100.0K | £200.0K |
| Gains Losses On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | £22.9M | -£4.0M |
| Gains Losses On Exchange Differences On Translation Net of Tax | -£2.8M | -£2.1M |
| Income Tax Relating To Cash Flow Hedges of Other Comprehensive Income | £5.8M | -£1.0M |
| Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income | -£6.6M | £7.5M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £900.0K | £6.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £10.4M | £10.5M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities | £65.0M | £68.0M |
| Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities | £4.9M | £7.7M |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £2.3M | £2.6M |
| Investment Income | £7.1M | £7.7M |
| Investments In Associates | £2.0M | £0 |
| Issued Capital | £28.5M | £37.5M |
| Liabilities | £2.38B | £2.95B |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £719.5M | £712.5M |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £3.9M | £300.0K |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £0 | £1.0M |
| Noncurrent Financial Assets | £71.6M | £104.2M |
| Noncurrent Payables | £120.5M | £135.5M |
| Noncurrent Provisions | £87.2M | £111.0M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £22.0M | £27.3M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £2.1M | £4.6M |
| Noncurrent Trade Receivables | £1.5M | £0 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£2.8M | £23.4M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | -£26.9M | £32.9M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | £17.5M | -£2.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£20.3M | £25.4M |
| Other Intangible Assets | £21.9M | £14.8M |
| Other Payables | — | £135.5M |
| Other Reserves | £31.4M | £22.4M |
| Payments of Other Equity Instruments | £24.3M | £16.1M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £45.7M | £17.9M |
| Profit Loss From Continuing Operations | £119.4M | £133.6M |
| Profit Loss From Discontinued Operations | £2.1M | £4.7M |
| Purchase of Treasury Shares | £50.4M | £50.4M |
| Repayments of Bonds Notes and Debentures | £0 | £96.2M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | -£21.5M | -£21.9M |
| Retained Earnings | £200.0K | -£1.3M |
| Share Premium | £693.3M | £693.3M |
| Treasury Shares | £37.5M | £31.1M |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in FIRSTGROUPPLC'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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