SMITHS NEWS PLC financials

SMITHS NEWS PLC

Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-08-30
LEI: 2138004O33ONVOOQXB02 ISIN: GB00B17WCR61
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Financial statements (GBP, as reported — unscaled; 75 line items across 2 annual periods)
Line item 20252024
Income statement
Revenue £1.06B£1.10B
Cost of sales £988.9M£1.03B
Gross profit £75.1M£73.2M
Administrative expenses £37.4M£33.8M
Operating profit (EBIT) £41.2M£40.0M
Finance costs £3.6M£6.3M
Profit before tax £37.9M£34.1M
Income tax expense £9.6M£8.6M
Profit for the year £28.3M£25.5M
— attributable to owners £28.3M£25.5M
Total comprehensive income £29.8M£25.4M
Per share
Basic EPS £0.12£0.11
Diluted EPS £0.11£0.10
Free cash flow / share £0.18£0.08
Cash flow statement
Net cash from operating activities £49.4M£22.4M
Net cash from investing activities -£4.1M-£3.8M
Purchase of PP&E (capex) £3.9M£3.4M
Purchase of intangibles £600.0K£1.0M
Net cash from financing activities -£44.1M-£48.9M
Dividends paid £17.4M£10.8M
Proceeds from borrowings -£15.9M£17.5M
Repayments of borrowings £0£41.5M
Lease liability payments £6.5M£5.9M
Net change in cash £1.2M-£30.3M
Balance sheet
Total assets £174.0M£179.6M
Non-current assets £48.9M£47.5M
Property, plant & equipment £10.7M£9.7M
Right-of-use assets £29.4M£29.5M
Intangible assets & goodwill £2.5M£2.4M
Current assets £125.1M£132.1M
Inventories £12.6M£18.0M
Trade & other receivables £103.4M£106.2M
Cash & equivalents £8.2M£7.0M
Total equity £9.5M-£3.3M
Non-current liabilities £31.2M£47.6M
Long-term borrowings £1.7M£17.6M
Lease liabilities (non-current) £24.9M£25.4M
Current liabilities £133.3M£135.3M
Lease liabilities (current) £5.6M£5.5M
Trade & other payables £127.2M£128.5M
Derived metrics
Free cash flow £45.5M£19.0M
Operating margin 3.9%3.6%
Net margin 2.7%2.3%
Return on equity 297.9%-772.7%
Cash conversion ratio 1.75×0.88×
Capex coverage 12.67×6.59×
Other reported items
Current Provisions £500.0K£1.3M
Current Tax Assets £900.0K£900.0K
Current Tax Relating To Items Charged Or Credited Directly To Equity -£500.0K-£100.0K
Deferred Tax Assets £800.0K£1.3M
Deferred Tax Relating To Items Charged Or Credited Directly To Equity £100.0K£100.0K
Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share £0.04£0.03
Dividends Received From Joint Ventures Classified As Investing Activities £200.0K£200.0K
Finance Income £300.0K£400.0K
Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss £0-£300.0K
Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss Trade Receivables -£3.6M-£500.0K
Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income £0
Increase Decrease Through Change In Equity of Subsidiaries -£100.0K
Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions £1.3M£900.0K
Interest Paid Classified As Financing Activities £3.2M£4.9M
Interest Received Classified As Investing Activities £200.0K£400.0K
Investments In Joint Ventures £4.6M£4.6M
Issued Capital £12.4M£12.4M
Liabilities £164.5M£182.9M
Net Assets Liabilities £9.5M-£3.3M
Noncurrent Provisions £4.6M£4.6M
Other Comprehensive Income -£100.0K
Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Exchange Differences On Translation -£100.0K
Other Noncurrent Assets £900.0K£0
Proceeds From Exercise of Options £500.0K£0
Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation £200.0K£200.0K
Retained Earnings £219.4M£207.4M
Share of Profit Loss of Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method -£100.0K-£200.0K
Share Premium £60.5M£60.5M
Treasury Shares £2.9M£3.7M
Methodology

Every line item above is a fact tagged in SMITHS NEWS 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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