THE LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATION P.L.C. financials

THE LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATION P.L.C.

Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI: 2138006E39QX7XV6PP21
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Financial statements (GBP, as reported — unscaled; 89 line items across 3 annual periods)
Line item 202520242023
Income statement
Revenue £111.6M£99.7M
Cost of sales £9.6M£8.2M
Other income £2.8M£1.2M
Administrative expenses £50.4M£45.4M
Operating profit (EBIT) £314.3M£105.4M
Profit before tax £307.1M£98.8M
Income tax expense £2.4M£1.9M
Profit for the year £304.7M£97.0M
Total comprehensive income £305.3M£94.4M
Per share
Basic EPS £2.30£0.74
Diluted EPS £2.29£0.74
Free cash flow / share £0.39£0.36
Cash flow statement
Cash generated from operations £16.9M£11.1M
Net cash from operating activities £51.8M£46.9M
Net cash from investing activities -£53.4M-£317.0K
Purchase of PP&E (capex) £155.0K£268.0K
Purchase of intangibles £337.0K£275.0K
Net cash from financing activities £7.0M-£39.4M
Dividends paid £45.6M£43.0M
Proceeds from borrowings £50.0M£0
Lease liability payments £1.3M£1.3M
Net change in cash £5.4M£7.1M
Balance sheet
Total assets £1.45B£1.13B£1.06B
Non-current assets £1.38B£1.06B£1.00B
Property, plant & equipment £1.5M£2.0M£2.3M
Right-of-use assets £3.2M£3.8M£4.1M
Intangible assets & goodwill £1.9M£2.0M£19.0M
Current assets £66.9M£62.8M£61.5M
Trade & other receivables £14.6M£17.8M£21.5M
Cash & equivalents £43.8M£38.4M£31.4M
Total equity £1.20B£931.4M£864.2M
Non-current liabilities £223.5M£171.3M£172.8M
Long-term borrowings £213.9M£163.9M£163.9M
Lease liabilities (non-current) £3.5M£4.2M£4.7M
Current liabilities £20.0M£23.0M£25.6M
Lease liabilities (current) £708.0K£1.0M£1.0M
Trade & other payables £9.8M£8.4M£12.6M
Deferred tax liabilities £2.6M£1.4M£1.8M
Derived metrics
Free cash flow £51.7M£46.6M
Operating margin 281.6%105.7%
Net margin 273.0%97.2%
Return on equity 25.3%10.4%
Cash conversion ratio 0.17×0.48×
Capex coverage 334.32×174.92×
Other reported items
Capital Redemption Reserve £8.0K£8.0K£8.0K
Capital Reserve £998.0M£742.8M£694.3M
Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position £43.8M£38.4M£31.4M
Current Contract Assets £7.2M£6.7M£8.6M
Current Contract Liabilities £7.7M£9.0M£8.0M
Current Payables On Social Security and Taxes Other Than Income Tax £1.8M£2.3M£1.8M
Current Tax Assets £1.3M£0£0
Current Tax Liabilities £0£2.3M£2.2M
Dividends Received Classified As Operating Activities £39.6M£36.6M
Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners of Parent Relating To Current Year £22.4M£21.0M
Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners of Parent Relating To Prior Years £23.2M£22.0M
Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners Per Share £0.10£0.10
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents £37.0K-£223.0K
Fee and Commission Income Expense £66.7M£61.7M
Gains Losses On Financial Assets At Fair Value Through Profit Or Loss £262.6M£76.3M
Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss Goodwill £0-£17.0M
Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income £529.0K£499.0K
Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities £5.3M£770.0K
Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill £1.8M£2.6M£3.0M
Interest Expense £7.2M£6.5M
Interest Paid Classified As Financing Activities £7.1M£6.3M
Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities £0£739.0K
Interest Received Classified As Operating Activities £647.0K£0
Investments In Subsidiaries £0£0£0
Issue of Equity £11.0M£11.2M
Issued Capital £6.7M£6.6M£6.6M
Net Assets Liabilities £1.20B£931.4M£864.2M
Noncurrent Contract Liabilities £3.5M£1.9M£2.4M
Noncurrent Financial Assets At Fair Value Through Profit Or Loss £1.36B£1.04B£965.2M
Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan £12.5M£10.5M£7.4M
Other Cash Payments To Acquire Equity Or Debt Instruments of Other Entities Classified As Investing Activities £185.5M£193.4M
Other Cash Receipts From Sales of Equity Or Debt Instruments of Other Entities Classified As Investing Activities £132.6M£192.9M
Other Comprehensive Income £635.0K-£2.5M
Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans £1.7M£2.7M
Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation -£554.0K-£222.0K
Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans £1.2M£2.2M
Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares £614.0K£1.2M
Proceeds From Issuing Shares £11.6M£12.4M
Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation £7.2M£7.2M£2.7M
Retained Earnings £184.7M£60.4M£57.5M
Revenue From Dividends £40.9M£36.1M
Revenue From Interest £1.3M£739.0K
Share Premium £11.1M£119.4M£107.1M
Trade and Other Current Payables To Related Parties £0£0£0
Treasury Shares £5.8M£5.2M£3.9M
Methodology

Every line item above is a fact tagged in THE LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATION P.L.C.'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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