2005-06
Preliminary results presentation 2005/06 - September 2006
Highlights
- Revenue £173m, up 9.5%
- Underlying profit before tax and pensions credit £10.8m up 25.6%
- Pension deficit reduced by £11m, pensions credit of £3.7m
- Order book £72m, up 4% year on year
- Pipeline of prospects at end August remains healthy at £367m (2005: £362m)
- Germany engineering led recovery under way - small operating profit in last five months
- Underlying earnings per share up 27% to 18.8p (2005: 14.8p)
- Proposed final dividend increased to 6.7p ( 2005: 6.3p ), totalling 9.4p for the year (2005: 9p)