BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY financials
BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI:
213800Q1Q9DV4L78UM09 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 110 line items across 2 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | £11.85B | £11.78B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £735.3M | £799.3M |
| Finance costs | £181.3M | £178.0M |
| Profit before tax | £620.5M | £673.6M |
| Income tax expense | £160.7M | £172.6M |
| Profit for the year | £459.8M | £501.0M |
| — attributable to owners | £459.2M | £500.4M |
| — attributable to NCI | £600.0K | £600.0K |
| Total comprehensive income | £419.7M | £324.4M |
| Per share | ||
| Basic EPS | £1.42 | £1.50 |
| Diluted EPS | £1.41 | £1.49 |
| Free cash flow / share | £2.58 | £2.54 |
| Cash flow statement | ||
| Net cash from operating activities | £913.0M | £910.9M |
| Income taxes paid | £179.7M | £180.5M |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£119.4M | -£609.1M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £71.5M | £54.4M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£901.9M | -£381.1M |
| Dividends paid | £242.2M | £228.6M |
| Proceeds from borrowings | £495.4M | £561.7M |
| Repayments of borrowings | £559.2M | £132.9M |
| Lease liability payments | £232.7M | £216.7M |
| Net change in cash | -£108.3M | -£79.3M |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Total assets | £8.57B | £9.53B |
| Non-current assets | £4.59B | £4.64B |
| Property, plant & equipment | £231.1M | £213.3M |
| Right-of-use assets | £682.1M | £697.6M |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £3.62B | £3.68B |
| Current assets | £3.98B | £4.88B |
| Inventories | £1.68B | £1.76B |
| Trade & other receivables | £1.73B | £1.63B |
| Cash & equivalents | £540.1M | £1.43B |
| Total equity | £2.79B | £2.79B |
| — attributable to owners | £2.79B | £2.79B |
| Non-controlling interests | £3.8M | £3.3M |
| Non-current liabilities | £2.93B | £2.60B |
| Long-term borrowings | £1.74B | £1.36B |
| Lease liabilities (non-current) | £555.5M | £573.7M |
| Current liabilities | £2.85B | £4.14B |
| Short-term borrowings | £203.8M | £619.2M |
| Lease liabilities (current) | £187.0M | £180.4M |
| Trade & other payables | £2.11B | £2.21B |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £258.7M | £263.3M |
| Derived metrics | ||
| Free cash flow | £841.5M | £856.5M |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity | 16.5% | 18.0% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 1.99× | 1.82× |
| Capex coverage | 12.77× | 16.74× |
| Other reported items | ||
| Acquisitionrelated Costs Recognised As Expense For Transaction Recognised Separately From Acquisition of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities In Business Combination | -£23.5M | -£31.7M |
| Adjustments For Amortisation Expense | £151.5M | £148.3M |
| Adjustments For Depreciation Expense | £253.2M | £235.8M |
| Adjustments For Finance Income Cost | £126.7M | £105.4M |
| Adjustments For Gain Loss On Disposal of Investments In Subsidiaries Joint Ventures and Associates | -£11.9M | £20.3M |
| Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Employee Benefit Liabilities | £0 | -£3.2M |
| Amount Removed From Reserve of Cash Flow Hedges and Included In Initial Cost Or Other Carrying Amount of Nonfinancial Asset Liability Or Firm Commitment For Which Fair Value Hedge Accounting Is Applied | £600.0K | £600.0K |
| Bank Overdrafts Classified As Cash Equivalents | £212.6M | £987.9M |
| Cancellation of Treasury Shares | £0 | £0 |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents If Different From Statement of Financial Position | £327.5M | £445.0M |
| Cash Flows From Losing Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £17.0M | £2.9M |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £118.5M | £636.2M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £500.0K | £600.0K |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | £419.2M | £323.8M |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £10.8M | £28.0M |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £6.5M | £15.8M |
| Current Provisions | £57.5M | £57.1M |
| Current Tax Assets | £15.8M | £13.0M |
| Current Tax Liabilities Current | £77.6M | £63.7M |
| Deferred Tax Assets | £21.9M | £14.1M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.54 | — |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£9.2M | -£27.6M |
| Equity and Liabilities | £8.57B | £9.53B |
| Finance Income | £54.6M | £72.6M |
| Gains Losses On Disposals of Investments | £11.9M | -£20.3M |
| Income Tax Relating To Components of Other Comprehensive Income | -£2.7M | -£6.5M |
| Income Tax Relating To Components of Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss | -£1.8M | £1.7M |
| Income Tax Relating To Components of Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss | -£900.0K | -£8.2M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £179.7M | £180.5M |
| Increase Decrease In Working Capital | £30.5M | £97.1M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | -£400.0K | £19.0M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Financing Activities | £127.3M | £126.6M |
| Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities | £50.9M | £61.4M |
| Issue of Equity | £3.5M | £7.0M |
| Issued Capital | £104.2M | £106.4M |
| Liabilities | £5.78B | £6.74B |
| Liabilities Included In Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £0 | £5.7M |
| Noncurrent Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £0 | £15.7M |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £6.1M | £0 |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £62.9M | £82.8M |
| Noncurrent Provisions | £55.4M | £49.7M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £34.2M | £35.8M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £16.8M | £16.0M |
| Other Adjustments For Noncash Items | £3.1M | £18.6M |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£40.1M | -£176.6M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Exchange Differences On Translation | -£31.8M | -£193.3M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Exchange Differences On Translation Other Than Translation of Foreign Operations | -£31.8M | -£193.3M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | -£3.7M | -£35.1M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Hedges of Net Investments In Foreign Operations | £5.2M | £20.3M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£37.3M | -£149.7M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£2.8M | -£26.9M |
| Other Noncurrent Payables | £240.2M | £255.4M |
| Other Reserves | £22.0M | £24.3M |
| Proceeds From Exercise of Options | £2.8M | £53.7M |
| Proceeds From Issue of Ordinary Shares | £3.5M | £7.0M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £2.7M | £17.2M |
| Purchase of Treasury Shares | £151.5M | £301.2M |
| Reclassification Adjustments On Hedges of Net Investments In Foreign Operations Before Tax | £5.6M | -£18.7M |
| Reclassification Adjustments On Hedges of Net Investments In Foreign Operations Net of Tax | £5.6M | -£18.7M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | -£356.6M | -£324.6M |
| Retained Earnings | £2.80B | £2.77B |
| Share Premium | £215.5M | £212.1M |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY'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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