PEARSON PLC financials
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PEARSON PLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI:
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 111 line items across 3 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||
| Revenue | £3.58B | £3.55B | £3.67B |
| Cost of sales | £1.72B | £1.74B | £1.84B |
| Gross profit | £1.86B | £1.81B | £1.83B |
| Operating expenses | £1.35B | £1.26B | £1.32B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £507.0M | £541.0M | £498.0M |
| Finance costs | £98.0M | £112.0M | £81.0M |
| Profit before tax | £457.0M | £510.0M | £493.0M |
| Income tax expense | £121.0M | £75.0M | £113.0M |
| Profit for the year | £336.0M | £435.0M | £380.0M |
| — attributable to owners | £335.0M | £434.0M | £378.0M |
| — attributable to NCI | £1.0M | £1.0M | £2.0M |
| Total comprehensive income | £143.0M | £403.0M | £17.0M |
| Cash flow statement | |||
| Cash generated from operations | £731.0M | £811.0M | £682.0M |
| Net cash from operating activities | £656.0M | £627.0M | £525.0M |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£243.0M | -£131.0M | -£301.0M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £29.0M | £33.0M | £30.0M |
| Purchase of intangibles | £105.0M | £91.0M | £96.0M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£609.0M | -£241.0M | -£450.0M |
| Dividends paid | £160.0M | £156.0M | £155.0M |
| Proceeds from borrowings | £1.02B | £1.26B | £285.0M |
| Repayments of borrowings | £974.0M | £921.0M | £285.0M |
| Lease liability payments | £77.0M | £78.0M | £84.0M |
| Balance sheet | |||
| Total assets | £6.46B | £6.89B | — |
| Non-current assets | £4.14B | £4.16B | — |
| Property, plant & equipment | £210.0M | £216.0M | — |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £3.01B | £3.03B | — |
| Inventories | £66.0M | £74.0M | — |
| Trade & other receivables | £1.08B | £1.03B | — |
| Cash & equivalents | £333.0M | £543.0M | — |
| Total equity | £3.66B | £4.05B | £3.99B |
| — attributable to owners | £3.65B | £4.04B | — |
| Non-controlling interests | £15.0M | £15.0M | — |
| Non-current liabilities | £1.63B | £1.36B | — |
| Long-term borrowings | £1.42B | £1.16B | — |
| Short-term borrowings | £62.0M | £315.0M | — |
| Trade & other payables | £1.04B | £1.05B | — |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £89.0M | £63.0M | — |
| Derived metrics | |||
| Free cash flow | £627.0M | £594.0M | £495.0M |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 15.2% | 13.6% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 12.2% | 10.3% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 10.7% | 9.5% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 1.95× | 1.44× | 1.38× |
| Capex coverage | 22.62× | 19.00× | 17.50× |
| Other reported items | |||
| Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Inventories | £5.0M | £15.0M | £9.0M |
| Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade and Other Receivables | -£104.0M | £32.0M | -£24.0M |
| Adjustments For Finance Income Cost | -£50.0M | -£31.0M | -£5.0M |
| Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade and Other Payables | £35.0M | -£99.0M | -£20.0M |
| Adjustments For Provisions | -£19.0M | -£1.0M | -£61.0M |
| Adjustments For Sharebased Payments | £39.0M | £44.0M | £40.0M |
| Basic Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.51 | £0.65 | £0.53 |
| Capital Redemption Reserve | £49.0M | £41.0M | — |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position | £333.0M | £543.0M | £309.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £0 | £1.0M | £1.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | £143.0M | £402.0M | £16.0M |
| Current Assets Other Than Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale Or As Held For Distribution To Owners | £2.32B | £2.73B | — |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £2.0M | £31.0M | — |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £1.0M | £54.0M | — |
| Current Liabilities Other Than Liabilities Included In Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £1.16B | £1.48B | — |
| Current Tax Assets Current | £15.0M | £103.0M | — |
| Current Tax Assets Noncurrent | £0 | £4.0M | — |
| Current Tax Liabilities | £47.0M | £32.0M | — |
| Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions | — | -£11.0M | -£1.0M |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £58.0M | £52.0M | — |
| Diluted Earnings Loss Per Share From Continuing Operations | £0.51 | £0.64 | £0.53 |
| Dividends Paid To Equity Holders of Parent Classified As Financing Activities | £160.0M | £156.0M | £154.0M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.00 | — | — |
| Dividends Received From Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method Classified As Investing Activities | £1.0M | £2.0M | £0 |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£14.0M | -£21.0M | -£8.0M |
| Finance Income | £48.0M | £81.0M | £76.0M |
| Income Tax Relating To Exchange Differences On Translation of Other Comprehensive Income | £0 | -£2.0M | £0 |
| Income Tax Relating To Financial Assets Measured At Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income | £3.0M | £2.0M | -£20.0M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £2.0M | £119.0M | £97.0M |
| Increase Decrease In Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£210.0M | £234.0M | -£234.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Exercise of Options | £9.0M | £7.0M | £9.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £29.0M | £37.0M | £40.0M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities | £73.0M | £65.0M | £60.0M |
| Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities | £33.0M | £20.0M | £20.0M |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £8.0M | £12.0M | — |
| Investment Property | £91.0M | £77.0M | — |
| Issued Capital | £158.0M | £166.0M | — |
| Liabilities | £2.79B | £2.84B | — |
| Liabilities Included In Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £0 | £0 | — |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £3.66B | £4.05B | — |
| Noncurrent Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £0 | £0 | — |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £14.0M | £20.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £2.0M | £4.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Receivables | £105.0M | £125.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £518.0M | £491.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £36.0M | £41.0M | — |
| Other Adjustments To Reconcile Profit Loss | -£21.0M | £32.0M | -£16.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£193.0M | -£32.0M | -£363.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Financial Assets Measured At Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income | -£7.0M | -£2.0M | £1.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | £10.0M | £5.0M | -£85.0M |
| Other Gains Losses | -£3.0M | -£7.0M | -£16.0M |
| Other Longterm Provisions | £12.0M | £13.0M | — |
| Other Noncurrent Financial Assets | £125.0M | £141.0M | — |
| Other Noncurrent Liabilities | £76.0M | £83.0M | — |
| Other Shortterm Provisions | £8.0M | £23.0M | — |
| Proceeds From Issue of Ordinary Shares | £9.0M | £7.0M | £9.0M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £0 | £0 | £7.0M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £3.0M | £6.0M | £5.0M |
| Purchase of Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £5.0M | £7.0M | £8.0M |
| Purchase of Treasury Shares | £63.0M | £33.0M | £35.0M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | £184.0M | £376.0M | — |
| Reserve of Gains and Losses On Financial Assets Measured At Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income | -£21.0M | -£14.0M | — |
| Retained Earnings | £629.0M | £827.0M | — |
| Sale Or Issue of Treasury Shares | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Share of Profit Loss of Continuing Operations of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method | £1.0M | £2.0M | £1.0M |
| Share Premium | £2.66B | £2.65B | — |
| Treasury Shares | £9.0M | £7.0M | — |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in PEARSON 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.
Source: machine-readable OIM xBRL-JSON aggregated by filings.xbrl.org (XBRL International). Entity identity is resolved by LEI via the public-domain GLEIF register. This is reference data, not investment advice.