Group results
Financial highlights
| Financial Highlights | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Revenue | £193.2m | £181.4m | £110.5m |
| (Loss)/profit before taxation | £(15.1)m | £57.2m | £21.0m |
| EBITDA(1)(2) | £60.3m | £77.2m | £50.6m |
| Earnings(3) per share - basic adjusted | 13.1p | 18.1p | 12.5p |
| EBITDA(1) | £25.3m | £69.3m | £24.8m |
| Earnings per share - basic | (6.1)p | 15.6p | 5.0p |
(1) Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation.
(2) Before exceptional items.
(3) Before exceptional items and amortisation of intangibles on consolidation.
Other highlights for the year ended 31 March 2009
- 36% increase in number of active customers to 76,000.
- 50% increase in number of customer trades to 30 million.
- 12% increase in value of customer trades to USD 1.5 trillion.
- Restructuring programme successfully delivered to position business to capitalise on the significant opportunities available.

