| For the year ended 31 March** |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
| Income statement and selected returns |
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Adjusted
(£'000) |
344 695 |
300 704 |
230 017 |
149 510 |
106 203 |
89 668 |
127 613 |
100 906 |
87 246 |
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Operating profit before goodwill, non-operating items and taxation (£'000) |
537 671 |
466 585 |
388 767 |
224 124 |
132 260 |
85 762 |
158 567 |
133 196 |
123 474 |
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Operating profit:Southern Africa (% of total) |
63.2% |
57.6% |
68.3% |
66.9% |
58.6% |
81.0% |
51.6% |
25.6% |
15.4% |
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Operating profit: UK, Europe, Australia and Other (% of total) |
36.8% |
42.4% |
31.7% |
33.1% |
41.4% |
19.0% |
48.4% |
74.4% |
84.6% |
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Cost to income ratio |
56.1% |
59.0% |
58.7% |
67.4% |
72.7% |
80.0% |
72.0% |
72.6% |
70.2% |
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Staff compensation to operating income ratio |
37.2% |
40.9% |
40.1% |
43.4% |
47.3% |
51.1% |
44.5% |
45.5% |
43.6% |
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Return on average
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23.6% |
26.1% |
25.5% |
20.0% |
15.4% |
13.1% |
19.4% |
18.2% |
16.9% |
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Net interest income as a percentage of operating income |
39.3% |
29.2% |
26.8% |
23.2% |
18.8% |
21.3% |
26.5% |
28.9% |
24.6% |
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Non-interest income as a percentage of operating income |
60.7% |
70.8% |
73.2% |
76.8% |
81.2% |
78.7% |
73.5% |
71.1% |
75.4% |
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Effective tax rate |
22.6% |
26.3% |
27.3% |
28.8% |
21.0% |
6.3% |
18.0% |
22.6% |
29.2% |
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| Balance sheet |
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Total capital resources (including subordinated liabilities (£'million) |
3 275 |
2 665 |
2 042 |
1 579 |
1 303 |
1 012 |
958 |
842 |
639 |
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Total shareholders’equity (including preference shares and minority interests) (£'million) |
2 210 |
1 820 |
1 512 |
1 076 |
805 |
679 |
768 |
603 |
555 |
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Total assets (£'million) |
34 104 |
26 300 |
23 901 |
19 917 |
15 319 |
14 914 |
16 957 |
15 984 |
16 030 |
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(£'million) |
12 854 |
10 095 |
9 605 |
6 408 |
4 846 |
3 909 |
3 314 |
3 299 |
3 083 |
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as a percentage of total assets |
37.7% |
38.4% |
40.2% |
32.2% |
31.6% |
26.2% |
19.5% |
20.6% |
19.2% |
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Third party assets under management (£'million) |
52 749 |
56 121 |
56 331 |
33 855 |
30 138 |
24 088 |
24 741 |
23 084 |
24 157 |
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Capital adequacy ratio: Investec plcº |
15.3% |
24.7% |
17.7% |
16.1% |
17.3% |
14.2% |
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Capital adequacy ratio: Investecº Limited |
13.9% |
14.7% |
16.3% |
17.9% |
15.1% |
12.2% |
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| Salient financial features and key statistics |
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Adjusted earnings per share before goodwill and non-operating items (pence)# |
56.9 |
53.3 |
41.9 |
26.9 |
20.8 |
19.2 |
28.0 |
25.2 |
22.0 |
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Basic earnings per share
(pence)# |
57.7 |
54.7 |
53.8 |
17.8 |
12.0 |
(13.4) |
3.0 |
19.8 |
18.0 |
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Diluted earnings per share (pence)# |
54.0 |
50.4 |
50.0 |
17.1 |
11.9 |
(13.4) |
2.8 |
19.3 |
17.9 |
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Dividends per share (pence)# |
25.0 |
23.0 |
18.2 |
13.4 |
11.6 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
^^13.7 |
^^12.3 |
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Dividend cover (times) |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
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(pence)# |
215.0 |
178.6 |
148.9 |
99.2 |
83.0 |
75.0 |
74.8 |
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(million)# |
606.2 |
563.8 |
548.8 |
555.5 |
511.5 |
466.5 |
456.5 |
401.0 |
397.0 |
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Total number of shares in issue (million)# |
657.6 |
609.3 |
593.0 |
593.0 |
593.0 |
565.0 |
461.0 |
405.0 |
403.0 |
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Closing share price (pence)# |
339 |
658 |
588 |
311 |
218 |
123 |
161 |
346 |
497 |
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Market capitalisation (£'million) |
2 229 |
4 009 |
3 488 |
1 844 |
1 292 |
695 |
742 |
1 400 |
2 005 |
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Number of employees in the group |
6 333 |
5 430 |
4 453 |
4 163 |
4 458 |
4 874 |
5 529 |
4 836 |
4 441 |
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Average ZAR/£ exchange rate |
14.31 |
13.38 |
11.43 |
11.47 |
12.02 |
15.04 |
13.65 |
10.82 |
9.93 |