Five Year Financial Highlights
| year ended 31 December | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| turnover | £m | 93.6 | 100 | 113 | 107 | 114 |
| pre tax profit | £m | 4.64 | 6.71 | 1.56 | 3.64 | 5.01 |
| retained profit | £m | 1.51 | 2.89 | (1.52) | 1.16 | 2.26 |
| earn per share | p | 13.9 | 21.1 | (0.6) | 13.0 | 18.8 |
| div per share | p | 6.60 | 6.90 | 7.15 | 7.15 | 7.50 |
| intangibles | £m | 12.7 | 23.1 | 26.6 | 24.0 | 24.5 |
| fixed assets | £m | 7.50 | 7.45 | 7.56 | 6.70 | 6.48 |
| fixed investments | £m | - | - | - | - | - |
| stocks | £m | 13.9 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 15.3 |
| pre-publication costs | £m | 20.9 | 24.9 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 33.1 |
| debtors | £m | 27.0 | 31.8 | 38.5 | 33.7 | 32.6 |
| cash, securities | £m | 14.2 | 17.6 | 28.2 | 24.1 | 28.1 |
| creditors short | £m | 45.2 | 36.9 | 43.6 | 33.1 | 33.7 |
| creditors long | £m | 31.5 | 62.6 | 88.1 | 80.6 | 80.2 |
| prefs, minorities | £m | 3.68 | 3.96 | 5.20 | 4.68 | 5.30 |
| ord cap, reserves | £m | 16.0 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 22.0 |
| mkt capitalisation | £m | 36.5 | 35.1 | 12.8 | 18.4 | 27.6 |