Income statement

for the year ended 31 October 2025

	2025			2024*
	Underlying performance £m	Non- underlying items £m	Total £m	Underlying performance £m	Non- underlying items £m	Total £m
Continuing operations
Revenue	497.5	-	497.5	488.3	-	488.3
Operating profit	73.5	(0.1)	73.4	69.6	(13.0)	56.6
Finance expense	(5.7)	-	(5.7)	(4.8)	-	(4.8)
Profit before tax	67.8	(0.1)	67.7	64.8	(13.0)	51.8
Taxation	(14.2)	0.2	(14.4)	(12.0)	1.7	(10.3)
Profit after tax	53.6	(0.3)	53.3	52.8	(11.3)	41.5
Discontinued operations
(Loss)/profit after tax from discontinued operations	2.3	(2.8)	(5.1)	(0.1)	(1.9)	(2.0)
Profit after tax	51.3	(3.1)	48.2	52.7	(13.2)	39.5
Earnings per ordinary share
Continuing operations
Basic	19.8p		19.7p	19.3p		15.2p
Diluted	19.4p		19.3p	18.9p		14.9p
Continuing and discontinued operations
Basic	18.9p		17.8p	19.3p		14.5p
Diluted	18.6p		17.5p	18.9p		14.1p

* Information has been re-presented due to a change in classification for discontinued operations.