AJ BELL PLC financials

AJ BELL PLC

Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-09-30
LEI: 213800VNKA7DPWXWJJ36
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Financial statements (GBP, as reported — unscaled; 73 line items across 2 annual periods)
Line item 20252024
Income statement
Revenue £317.8M£269.4M
Administrative expenses £185.9M£162.2M
Operating profit (EBIT) £132.0M£107.3M
Finance costs £931.0K£904.0K
Profit before tax £137.8M£113.3M
Income tax expense £32.7M£29.0M
Profit for the year £105.1M£84.3M
— attributable to owners £105.1M£84.3M
Per share
Basic EPS £0.26£0.20
Diluted EPS £0.26£0.20
Free cash flow / share £0.21£0.23
Cash flow statement
Cash generated from operations £131.2M£127.1M
Net cash from operating activities £86.5M£96.3M
Net cash from investing activities £4.4M£4.0M
Purchase of PP&E (capex) £1.2M£1.5M
Purchase of intangibles £1.2M£1.5M
Net cash from financing activities -£99.3M-£49.9M
Dividends paid £52.3M£47.4M
Lease liability payments £1.7M£1.6M
Balance sheet
Total assets £303.1M£288.9M
Non-current assets £34.7M£31.6M
Property, plant & equipment £3.7M£3.8M
Right-of-use assets £10.6M£11.8M
Intangible assets & goodwill £7.0M£7.0M
Current assets £266.7M£257.3M
Trade & other receivables £68.5M£59.5M
Cash & equivalents £188.2M£196.7M
Total equity £217.5M£204.0M
Non-current liabilities £12.5M£14.1M
Lease liabilities (non-current) £9.8M£11.7M
Current liabilities £73.1M£70.8M
Lease liabilities (current) £2.2M£1.5M
Trade & other payables £64.5M£61.9M
Derived metrics
Free cash flow £85.2M£94.8M
Operating margin 41.5%39.8%
Net margin 33.1%31.3%
Return on equity 48.3%41.3%
Cash conversion ratio 0.82×1.14×
Capex coverage 69.75×65.24×
Other reported items
Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade and Other Receivables -£10.5M-£1.0M
Adjustments For Depreciation and Amortisation Expense and Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss £4.1M£3.4M
Adjustments For Finance Costs £931.0K£904.0K
Adjustments For Gain Loss On Disposals Property Plant and Equipment -£37.0K-£340.0K
Adjustments For Income Tax Expense £32.7M£29.0M
Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade and Other Payables £2.6M£9.5M
Adjustments For Provisions -£1.0M£6.1M
Adjustments For Sharebased Payments £4.1M£1.5M
Current Provisions £6.4M£7.4M
Current Tax Assets £10.1M£1.1M
Decrease Increase Through Tax On Sharebased Payment Transactions -£714.0K-£498.0K
Deferred Tax Assets £5.5M£1.5M
Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners £39.3M£34.0M
Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share £0.10£0.08
Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities £44.7M£30.8M
Increase Decrease In Cash and Cash Equivalents -£8.5M£50.3M
Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions £4.2M£567.0K
Increase Decrease Through Transactions With Owners -£91.7M-£46.3M
Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill £8.0M£7.5M
Interest Paid Classified As Financing Activities £931.0K£904.0K
Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities £6.8M£6.9M
Investment Income £6.8M£6.9M
Issue of Equity £175.0K£0
Issued Capital £50.0K£52.0K
Liabilities £85.6M£84.9M
Net Assets Liabilities £217.5M£204.0M
Noncurrent Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale Or As Held For Distribution To Owners £1.6M£0
Noncurrent Provisions £2.6M£2.4M
Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares £44.6M£0
Proceeds From Issuing Shares £175.0K£0
Purchase of Treasury Shares £44.6M
Retained Earnings £209.2M£197.0M
Share Premium £9.1M£9.0M
Treasury Shares £926.0K£2.0M
Methodology

Every line item above is a fact tagged in AJ BELL 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.

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