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.