Year ended 31 December 2010
Revenue: £175.4m
Profit before tax*: £5.9m
Earnings per share*: 5p
Employees: 2,073
Year ended 31 December 2009
Revenue: £238.0m
Profit before tax*: £17.2m
Earnings per share*: 13.3p
Employees: 2,283
Year ended 31 December 2008
Revenue: £226.7m
Profit before tax*: £17.6m
Earnings per share*: 13.9p
Employees: 2,071
Pro forma 12 months ended 31 December 2007
Revenue: £209.2m
Profit before tax*: £15.4m
Earnings per share*: 12.2p
Pro forma 12 months ended 31 December 2006
Revenue: £194.3m
Profit before tax*: £13.0m
Earnings per share*: 10.4p
9 months ended 31 December 2007
Revenue: £153.3m
Profit before tax*: £10.6m
Earnings per share*: 8.4p
Employees: 2,007
July 2007 - Year end changed to December
June 2007 - Peter Martin appointed Chief Executive
April 2007 - Successful sale of Mercury Health at a profit of £27m
Year to 31 March 2007
Revenue: £231.9m
Profit before tax*: £11.7m
Earnings per share*: 10.3p
Employees: 2,294
Year to 31 March 2006
Revenue: £214.8m
Profit before tax*: £19.0m
Earnings per share*: 17.2p
Employees: 2,123
Year to 31 March 2005
Revenue: £179.9m
Profit before tax*: £17.9m
Earnings per share*: 15.3p
Employees: 1,849
Year to 31 March 2004
Revenue: £152.2m
Profit before tax*: £20.1m
Earnings per share*: 20.5p
Employees: 1,590
July 2003 - Acquisition of first publicly listed company, HACAS Group plc
July 2003 - Successful £20.5m fundraising
Year to 31 March 2003
Revenue: £98.4m
Profit before tax*: £15.4m
Earnings per share*: 18.6p
Employees: 1,174
July 2002 - Move from Alternative Investment Market listing to the Official Listing of the London Stock Exchange
Year to 31 March 2002
Revenue: £45.7m
Profit before tax*: £8.1m
Earnings per share*: 14.2p
Employees: 744
November 2001 - Successful £20.9m fundraising
Year to 31 March 2001
Revenue: £17.5m
Profit before tax*: £1.9m
Earnings per share*: 6.9p
Employees: 330
February 2001 - Flotation on Alternative Investment Market listing of the London Stock Exchange
Year to 31 March 2000
Employees: 54
September 1999 - company founded by Henry Pitman (Chief Executive) and commenced trading
March 2000 - First acquisition, SfE, a teacher training company
* Profit and earnings per share are stated before goodwill impairment and intangible asset amortisation