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Annual consolidated revenue for 2026: about GBP 2.92B, using the latest reported figures. The previous period, 2025, was about GBP 2.922B.

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Latest fiscal year

Revenue

2.92 billion GBP

2026 · GBP

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Revenue: 2920200000 GBP Source

Operating margin

15.9%

2026 · %

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Income: 464200000 GBP Source
  • Revenue: 2920200000 GBP Source

Operating cash flow

761 million GBP

2026 · GBP

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Cash Flow: 760700000 GBP Source

Free cash flow

94.6 million GBP

2026 · GBP

Exact inputs and evidence
  • Operating Cash Flow: 760700000 GBP Source
  • Capital Expenditure: 666100000 GBP Source
Cash and cash equivalents
234 million GBP Source
Exact value

233700000 GBP

Long-term debt including current maturities
Not available
Shares outstanding
Not available

Company performance

Up to ten complete financial years · consolidated figures

Includes later revisions to earlier periods. Annual charts exclude incomplete years.

Latest filing recorded: 2026-05-27.

Financial data available through: 2026-02-26.

Coverage by financial measure
  • Revenue: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • Operating income: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • net income: No compatible figures in this window
  • Operating cash flow: 6 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • Capital expenditure: 3 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • Total assets: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • Total liabilities: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • current assets: No compatible figures in this window
  • Current liabilities: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • Cash and cash equivalents: 5 of 11 periods available· newest 2026-02-26
  • long term debt: No compatible figures in this window
  • shares outstanding: No compatible figures in this window

Coverage describes values retained in this snapshot. Missing values are not zero; loading limits are reported separately.

What changed year over year

Latest complete year compared with the corresponding period one year earlier. These are measured changes; they do not establish their business causes.

  • Revenue

    -0.1%

    Prior period

    GBP 2.92 billion

    –

    Current period

    GBP 2.92 billion

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    2920200000 − 2921900000 = -1700000 GBP

    2921900000 GBP · 2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27

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    2920200000 GBP · 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26

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  • Operating cash flow

    -0.1%

    Prior period

    GBP 761.7 million

    –

    Current period

    GBP 760.7 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    760700000 − 761700000 = -1000000 GBP

    761700000 GBP · 2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27

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    760700000 GBP · 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26

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  • Capital expenditure

    +42.8%

    Prior period

    GBP 466.4 million

    –

    Current period

    GBP 666.1 million

    –

    Exact inputs and evidence

    666100000 − 466400000 = 199700000 GBP

    466400000 GBP · 2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27

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    666100000 GBP · 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26

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Comparable inputs unavailable for: Net income.

Where revenue goes

How a period’s revenue divides into costs and what remains as profit. Items marked Derived are calculated by subtraction from reported figures.

2026 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26

  • Revenue GBP 2.92 billion 100% of revenue
  • Operating costs Derived GBP 2.46 billion 84% of revenue
  • Operating income GBP 464.2 million 16% of revenue
  • Tax, interest and other Derived Unavailable An input is unavailable.
  • Net income Unavailable An input is unavailable.

Cash

  • Operating cash flow GBP 760.7 million 26% of revenue
  • Capital expenditure GBP 666.1 million 23% of revenue
  • Free cash flow Derived GBP 94.6 million 3.2% of revenue

Share of revenue by period

  • Net income
  • Tax, interest and other
  • Operating costs
  • 2021 Not shown: operating income or net income is not reported.
  • 2022 Not shown: operating income or net income is not reported.
  • 2023 Not shown: operating income or net income is not reported.
  • 2025 Not shown: operating income or net income is not reported.
  • 2026 Not shown: operating income or net income is not reported.
Values and sources
Revenue breakdown by annual reporting period
PeriodRevenueOperating costsOperating incomeTax, interest and otherNet incomeFree cash flowSource
2021 2020-02-28 – 2021-02-25589400000 1428500000 Derived -839100000 UnavailableUnavailable-608500000 Derived Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Source
2022 2021-02-26 – 2022-03-031703400000 1476100000 Derived 227300000 UnavailableUnavailable308300000 Derived Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Source
2023 2022-03-04 – 2023-03-022625200000 2120200000 Derived 505000000 UnavailableUnavailable317900000 Derived Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Source
2025 2024-03-01 – 2025-02-272921900000 2407900000 Derived 514000000 UnavailableUnavailable295300000 Derived
Source
2026 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-262920200000 2456000000 Derived 464200000 UnavailableUnavailable94600000 Derived
Source

Amounts are exact, in GBP.

Growth

Sales over time and how quickly they are changing.

Revenue

Revenue reported for each complete financial period.

GBP 2.9B 2026
Revenue historyRevenue reported for each complete financial period. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.3.2B2.4B1.6B788.9M0.020212022202320252026
Values and sources
Revenue values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(GBP)Source evidence
2021Revenue589400000
2022Revenue1703400000
2023Revenue2625200000
2025Revenue2921900000
2026Revenue2920200000

Revenue growth

Change in revenue from the same financial period one year earlier.

-0.1% 2026
Revenue growth historyChange in revenue from the same financial period one year earlier. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.204%149%94%40%-15%20212022202320252026
Values and sources
Revenue growth values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2021Year over yearNo prior comparable period
2022Year over year189%
2023Year over year54.1%
2025Year over yearNo prior comparable period
2026Year over year-0.1%

Profit and cash

How much revenue becomes profit, and how much cash operations generate.

Profit margins

Operating income, net income and free cash flow as a share of revenue.

Operating margin 15.9% 2026
Free cash flow margin 3.2% 2026
Profit margins historyOperating income, net income and free cash flow as a share of revenue. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.32%-15%-62%-108%-155%20212022202320252026
  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
  • Free cash flow margin
Values and sources
Profit margins values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2021Operating margin-142.4%
2022Operating margin13.3%
2023Operating margin19.2%
2025Operating margin17.6%
2026Operating margin15.9%
2021-02-25Net marginNot reported
2022-03-03Net marginNot reported
2023-03-02Net marginNot reported
2025-02-27Net marginNot reported
2026-02-26Net marginNot reported
2021Free cash flow margin-103.2%
2022Free cash flow margin18.1%
2023Free cash flow margin12.1%
2025Free cash flow margin10.1%
2026Free cash flow margin3.2%

Operating cash flow

Cash generated by the company’s normal business operations.

GBP 760.7M 2026
Operating cash flow historyCash generated by the company’s normal business operations. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.895.2M549.8M204.4M-141.0M-486.4M20212022202320252026
Values and sources
Operating cash flow values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(GBP)Source evidence
2021Operating cash flow-391100000
2022Operating cash flow508700000
2023Operating cash flow799900000
2025Operating cash flow761700000
2026Operating cash flow760700000

Free cash flow

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure for the same period and unit.

GBP 94.6M 2026
Free cash flow historyOperating cash flow minus capital expenditure for the same period and unit. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.392.0M123.4M-145.3M-414.0M-682.6M20212022202320252026
Values and sources
Free cash flow values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValue(GBP)Source evidence
2021Free cash flow-608500000
2022Free cash flow308300000
2023Free cash flow317900000
2025Free cash flow295300000
2026Free cash flow94600000

Balance sheet

Liabilities and short-term ability to meet obligations at each period end.

Liabilities to assets

Total liabilities as a share of total assets.

67.2% 2026
Liabilities to assets historyTotal liabilities as a share of total assets. Values are shown by financial reporting period. Open Values and sources below for the exact observations and evidence.73%54%36%18%0%20212022202320252026
Values and sources
Liabilities to assets values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2021Liabilities / assets56.4%
2022Liabilities / assets56.9%
2023Liabilities / assets58.6%
2025Liabilities / assets66.3%
2026Liabilities / assets67.2%

Current assets to current liabilities

Current assets divided by current liabilities.

Not enough comparable data to show this history.
Values and sources
Current assets to current liabilities values and source evidence
PeriodSeriesValueSource evidence
2021-02-25Current assets / current liabilitiesNot reported
2022-03-03Current assets / current liabilitiesNot reported
2023-03-02Current assets / current liabilitiesNot reported
2025-02-27Current assets / current liabilitiesNot reported
2026-02-26Current assets / current liabilitiesNot reported

Cash generation

Compare reported profit with operating cash and capital spending. Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditure when both exact, consolidated amounts match the same period and unit.

Cash generation by annual reporting period
PeriodNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flow
2021 2020-02-28 – 2021-02-25
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
−GBP 391.1 million
Exact value

Exact value: -391100000 GBP

2020-02-28 – 2021-02-25: -391100000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 217.4 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Exact value

Exact value: 217400000 GBP

2020-02-28 – 2021-02-25: 217400000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Including Intangibles Open source
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−GBP 608.5 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Calculation and evidence

-391100000 − 217400000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: -608500000 GBP

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2022 2021-02-26 – 2022-03-03
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 508.7 million
Exact value

Exact value: 508700000 GBP

2021-02-26 – 2022-03-03: 508700000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 200.4 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Exact value

Exact value: 200400000 GBP

2021-02-26 – 2022-03-03: 200400000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Including Intangibles Open source
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GBP 308.3 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Calculation and evidence

508700000 − 200400000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 308300000 GBP

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2022 2021-03-04 – 2022-03-03
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 508.7 million
Exact value

Exact value: 508700000 GBP

2021-03-04 – 2022-03-03: 508700000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 200.4 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Exact value

Exact value: 200400000 GBP

2021-03-04 – 2022-03-03: 200400000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Including Intangibles Open source
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GBP 308.3 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Calculation and evidence

508700000 − 200400000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 308300000 GBP

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2023 2022-03-04 – 2023-03-02
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 799.9 million
Exact value

Exact value: 799900000 GBP

2022-03-04 – 2023-03-02: 799900000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 482 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Exact value

Exact value: 482000000 GBP

2022-03-04 – 2023-03-02: 482000000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Including Intangibles Open source
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GBP 317.9 million Capital expenditure here includes intangible assets.
Calculation and evidence

799900000 − 482000000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 317900000 GBP

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2024 2023-03-03 – 2024-02-29
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 877.9 million
Exact value

Exact value: 877900000 GBP

2023-03-03 – 2024-02-29: 877900000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 479.9 million
Exact value

Exact value: 479900000 GBP

2023-03-03 – 2024-02-29: 479900000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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GBP 398 million
Calculation and evidence

877900000 − 479900000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 398000000 GBP

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2025 2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 761.7 million
Exact value

Exact value: 761700000 GBP

2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27: 761700000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 466.4 million
Exact value

Exact value: 466400000 GBP

2024-03-01 – 2025-02-27: 466400000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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GBP 295.3 million
Calculation and evidence

761700000 − 466400000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 295300000 GBP

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2026 2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26
Unavailable Not reported for this period.
GBP 760.7 million
Exact value

Exact value: 760700000 GBP

2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26: 760700000 GBP Inspect Operating Cash Flow Open source
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GBP 666.1 million
Exact value

Exact value: 666100000 GBP

2025-02-28 – 2026-02-26: 666100000 GBP Inspect Capital Expenditure Open source
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GBP 94.6 million
Calculation and evidence

760700000 − 666100000 GBP

Exact free cash flow: 94600000 GBP

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Capital expenditure uses the canonical mapped positive-spending convention. A missing, ambiguous, incompatible, or negative-sign input is left blank. Values use the latest reported version.

Dataset coverage and company identifiers

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5 filings · 403 latest values · 403 originally reported values

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Identifiers: 21380099VMZKRMN3EX36, esef:21380099VMZKRMN3EX36