52 weeks to
29 March
2013
(audited)
£m
52 weeks to
28 March
2014
(audited)
£m
52 weeks to
27 March
2015
(pro forma)*
£m
52 weeks to
1 April
2016
(audited)
£m
52 weeks to
31 March
2017
(audited)
£m
Revenue871.3939.71,004.91,021.51,095.0
Cost of sales(394.2)(435.5)(469.8)(478.4)(536.4)
Gross profit477.1504.2535.1543.1558.6
Operating expenses(400.0)(426.4)(450.5)(458.6)(481.5)
Operating profit before non-recurring items78.177.884.684.577.1
Non-recurring operating expenses(1.0)(0.2)(0.3)(1.7)(3.4)
Operating profit77.177.684.382.873.7
Net finance costs(6.1)(5.0)(3.5)(3.0)(2.3)
Underlying Profit Before Tax*72.072.881.181.575.4
Non-recurring operating expenses(1.0)(0.2)(0.3)(1.7)(3.4)
Non-recurring finance costs(0.6)
Profit before tax71.072.680.879.871.4
Taxation(18.2)(17.0)(17.4)(16.6)(15.9)
Taxation on non-recurring items(0.1)(0.1)(0.1)0.30.9
Profit attributable to equity shareholders52.755.563.363.556.4
Basic earnings per share27.2p28.6p32.5p32.5p28.7p
Basic underlying earnings per share*27.7p28.8p32.7p33.2p30.3p
Weighted average number of shares194.3m194.0m194.2m195.2m196.6m

* These alternative performance measures are defined on the key performance indicators page.