Income statement
Revenue
£125.1M
2022
£117.4M
2021
£118.6M
2020
£111.7M
2019
£110.7M
Operating profit
£14.5M
2022
£11.9M
2021
£20.5M
2020
£16.2M
2019
£16.1M
Profit before tax
£14.9M
2022
£10.6M
2021
£19.1M
2020
£14.8M
2019
£14.8M
Profit after tax
£11.4M
+ 34.00%2022
£8.5M
- 48.00%2021
£16.3M
+ 39.00%2020
£11.7M
+ 0%2020
£11.7M
- 2.00%2019
£11.9M
Dividends paid
£5.8M
+ 5.00%2022
£5.5M
+ 6.00%2021
£5.2M
+ 6.00%2020
£4.9M
+ 4.00%2019
£4.7M
Balance sheets
Property, plant and equipment
£216.1M
+ 0.00%2022
£216.2M
+ 0.00%2021
£216.6M
- 1.00%2020
£217.9M
+ 0.00%2019
£217M
Net current assets
£59.3M
+ 15.00%2022
£51.5M
+ 14.00%2021
£45.3M
+ 20.00%2020
£37.8M
+ 31.00%2019
£28.8M
Non-current liabilities
£91.3M
2022
(£90.8M)
2021
£87.5M
2020
£83.0M
2019
£79.2M
Net assets
£241.5M
+ 1.00%2022
£239.4M
+ 6.00%2021
£225.4M
+ 9.00%2020
£205.9M
+ 3.00%2019
£199.5M
Financial ratios and statistics
Earnings per ordinary share
36.8p
+ 35.00%2022
27.2p
- 48.00%2021
52.7p
+ 39.00%2020
37.9p
- 1.00%2019
38.4p
Gross dividend paid per ordinary share
23.5p
+ 8.00%2022
21.8p
+ 3.00%2021
21.1p
+ 5.00%2020
20.1p
+ 5.00%2019
19.1p
Ordinary dividend paid per share
18.8p
2022
17.8p
2021
16.9p
2020
16.1p
2019
15.3p
Dividend cover
2.0X
2022
1.6X
2021
3.1X
2020
2.4X
2019
2.5X
Net cash (net debt)
£17.4M
2022
£17.4M
2021
£13.1M
2020
£5.5M
2019
(£5.1M)
Capital expenditure
£11.1M
2022
£10.4M
2021
£9.9M
2020
£12M
2019
£13.3M
Electricity statistics
Unit sales of electricity
608.0M
2022
613M
2021
639M
2020
619M
2019
627M
% of units imported
94.5%
2022
95.3%
2021
95.2%
2020
94.7%
2019
94.1%
% of units generated
0.4%
2022
0.3%
2021
0.4%
2020
0.2%
2019
0.3%
% of units from energy from waste plant
5.1%
2022
4.4%
2021
4.4%
2020
5.1%
2019
5.6%
Maximum demand
159
2022
145
2021
170
2020
141
2019
150
Number of customers
53343
+ 2.00%2022
52473
+ 1.00%2021
51912
+ 1.00%2020
51522
+ 1.00%2019
51103
Customer minutes lost
4
2022
5
2021
5
2020
5
2019
6
Average price per kilowatt hour sold
14.6p
2022
14.5p
2021
13.9p
2020
13.6p
2019
13.3p
Manpower statistics
Energy
265
2022
253
2021
238
2020
199
2019
188
Other
92
2022
92
2021
88
2020
97
2019
94
Trainees
17
2022
18
2021
21
2020
9
2019
11
Total
374
2022
363
2021
347
2020
305
2019
293
Units sold per energy employee
2.3M
2022
2.4M
2021
2.6M
2020
3.1M
2019
3.3M
Number of customers per energy employee
204
2022
207
2021
218
2020
259
2019
272
Annual & half-year reports
Interim Report - 2018
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