FIRSTGROUPPLC financials
FIRSTGROUPPLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-03-29
LEI:
549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93 ISIN: GB0003452173 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 102 line items across 2 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | £5.07B | £4.72B |
| Operating expenses | £4.84B | £4.67B |
| Employee benefits expense | £0 | £146.9M |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £222.6M | £46.5M |
| Finance costs | £65.4M | £82.0M |
| Profit before tax | £164.9M | -£18.8M |
| Income tax expense | £31.3M | -£15.1M |
| Profit for the year | £138.3M | -£9.4M |
| — attributable to owners | £127.5M | -£15.9M |
| — attributable to NCI | £10.8M | £6.5M |
| Total comprehensive income | £161.7M | £49.0M |
| Per share | ||
| Basic EPS | £0.21 | £-0.02 |
| Diluted EPS | £0.20 | £-0.02 |
| Free cash flow / share | £0.89 | £0.83 |
| Cash flow statement | ||
| Cash generated from operations | £828.2M | £626.6M |
| Net cash from operating activities | £754.2M | £543.3M |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£150.9M | -£10.2M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £150.7M | £216.9M |
| Purchase of intangibles | £5.7M | £2.4M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£641.5M | -£776.3M |
| Dividends paid | £34.2M | £29.5M |
| Lease liability payments | £503.5M | £506.9M |
| Net change in cash | -£38.2M | -£243.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Total assets | £3.66B | £3.81B |
| Non-current assets | £2.37B | £2.43B |
| Property, plant & equipment | £2.03B | £2.16B |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £148.2M | £111.0M |
| Inventories | £30.8M | £25.9M |
| Trade & other receivables | £761.6M | £852.6M |
| Cash & equivalents | £487.1M | £496.5M |
| Total equity | £712.5M | £641.7M |
| — attributable to owners | £696.7M | £633.3M |
| Non-controlling interests | £15.8M | £8.4M |
| Non-current liabilities | £1.10B | £1.16B |
| Long-term borrowings | £979.0M | £1.02B |
| Current liabilities | £1.85B | £2.00B |
| Short-term borrowings | £482.9M | £626.5M |
| Trade & other payables | £1.21B | £1.26B |
| Derived metrics | ||
| Free cash flow | £603.5M | £326.4M |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 1.0% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | -0.2% |
| Return on equity | 19.4% | -1.5% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 5.45× | -57.80× |
| Capex coverage | 5.00× | 2.50× |
| Other reported items | ||
| Basic Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.20 | £-0.01 |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position | £430.7M | £468.7M |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £86.5M | £13.6M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £10.8M | £6.5M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | £150.9M | £42.5M |
| Comprehensive Income From Continuing Operations | £151.6M | £62.1M |
| Comprehensive Income From Discontinued Operations | £10.1M | -£13.1M |
| Current Assets Liabilities | -£562.8M | -£621.7M |
| Current Assets Other Than Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale Or As Held For Distribution To Owners | £1.29B | £1.38B |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £200.0K | £2.0M |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £3.0M | £3.4M |
| Current Payables On Social Security and Taxes Other Than Income Tax | £59.6M | £39.6M |
| Current Provisions | £96.2M | £74.6M |
| Current Tax Assets Current | £7.4M | £4.4M |
| Current Tax Liabilities Current | £0 | £400.0K |
| Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions | -£100.0K | £300.0K |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £47.2M | £39.6M |
| Diluted Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.20 | £-0.01 |
| Dividends Paid To Noncontrolling Interests Classified As Financing Activities | £3.4M | £6.5M |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | £200.0K | £3.4M |
| Gains Losses On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | -£4.0M | £5.1M |
| Gains Losses On Exchange Differences On Translation Net of Tax | -£2.1M | £0 |
| Income Tax Relating To Cash Flow Hedges of Other Comprehensive Income | -£1.0M | £500.0K |
| Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income | £7.5M | £20.2M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £6.0M | £2.2M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £10.5M | £15.6M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities | £68.0M | £81.1M |
| Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities | £7.7M | £15.7M |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £2.6M | £2.6M |
| Investment Income | £7.7M | £16.7M |
| Issue of Equity | — | £100.0K |
| Issued Capital | £37.5M | £37.5M |
| Liabilities | £2.95B | £3.17B |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £712.5M | £641.7M |
| Noncurrent Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale Or As Held For Distribution To Owners | £0 | £600.0K |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £300.0K | £400.0K |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £1.0M | £1.3M |
| Noncurrent Financial Assets | £104.2M | £99.6M |
| Noncurrent Provisions | £114.0M | £111.3M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £27.3M | £6.4M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £4.6M | £31.7M |
| Other Comprehensive Income | £23.4M | £58.4M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | £32.9M | -£77.7M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£2.0M | -£4.7M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | £25.4M | £63.1M |
| Other Intangible Assets | £16.1M | £10.4M |
| Other Reserves | £22.4M | £22.4M |
| Payments of Other Equity Instruments | £16.1M | £16.5M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £17.9M | £42.8M |
| Profit Loss From Continuing Operations | £133.6M | -£3.7M |
| Profit Loss From Discontinued Operations | £4.7M | -£5.7M |
| Purchase of Treasury Shares | £50.4M | £74.7M |
| Reclassification Adjustments On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | £0 | £2.7M |
| Repayments of Bonds Notes and Debentures | £96.2M | £88.0M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | -£21.9M | -£22.9M |
| Retained Earnings | -£1.3M | -£74.8M |
| Share Premium | £693.3M | £693.3M |
| Treasury Shares | £31.1M | £20.4M |
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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