Preliminary Results

RNS Number : 7469F
Driver Group plc
19 January 2010
 



DRV

19 January 2010


DRIVER GROUP PLC

("Driver" or "the Group")


Preliminary Results 

for the Year to 30 September 2009


Driver provides specialist commercial & dispute resolution services 

to the construction and engineering industries.


Key Points 


  • Creditable trading figures in very difficult economic environment

  • Revenues increased by 13% to £20.5m (2008: £18.2m)  

    -  strong overseas growth; Middle East revenues up 85% to £5.75m (2008: £3.10m)

    -  difficult UK markets, particularly in northern region

  • Underlying* profit before tax of £1.11m (2008: £2.08m)

    -  Reported profit before tax of £1.05m (£1.98m) 

    -  Middle East segmental profits up by 80% to £0.97m (2008: £0.54m)

  • Underlying* earnings per share of 3.4p (2008: 6.3p).

    -  Reported earnings per share of 3.2p (2008: 5.8p)

  • Strong operating cash flow performance

  • Strong balance sheet with net borrowings of just £0.2m (2008: £0.2m)

  • Final dividend of 1.00p per share proposed (2008: 2.00p) taking total to 2.00p (2008: 2.95p)

  • Significant operational changes implemented in Q4 - as part of three year growth plan

  • Further revenue investment of c£1m planned in current financial year to support new growth plan and in particular the development of overseas business 

  • Current financial year viewed as year of strategic investment with benefits to flow through in the following year and beyond


* underlying figures are stated before the share-based payment charge 


Steve Driver, Executive Chairman of Driver, commenting on the results, said,


"Against a very challenging trading backdrop, especially in the second half of the year, I am pleased to report that Driver Group generated a pre-tax profit of £1.1m on sales of £20.5m. While conditions in our core UK market were generally very difficult, we saw continuing strong growth in our overseas business, especially the Middle East where sales rose by 85%. 


Looking ahead, we see interesting growth opportunities over the next three years, especially in developing our international presence. Over the current financial year we have planned for an additional £1m of revenue investment, in excess of our usual budget levels, in support of our expansion strategy. We therefore view this financial year as one of strategic investment, with the benefits to come through in the next financial year and beyond."



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Steve Driver, Executive Chairman

Dave Webster, Chief Executive officer

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CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT


Introduction


Against a very challenging trading backdrop, especially in the second half of the year, I am pleased to report that Driver Group generated a pre-tax profit of £1.1m on sales of £20.5m. While conditions in our core UK market were generally very difficult, especially in the north of England, we saw continuing strong growth in our overseas business. In total, sales from our Middle East business rose by 85% and accounted for approximately 28% (2008: 17%) of the Group's revenue for the year. In more challenging markets, the Group benefited from its breadth of service offering and an area of focus for us was the growth of our expert witness services both in the UK and Middle East.  


In August, we were pleased to announce significant changes to the Group's operational structure as well as changes to the Board. These changes took effect after the year end, on 1 October 2009, and are part of our plans to develop the business for growth over the next three years. 


Financial Results


Revenue over the twelve months to 30 September 2009 increased by 13% to £20.5m (2008: £18.2m). Underlying* profit before taxation fell by £0.97m to £1.11m from £2.08m in 2008. This is stated after the impact of a charge of £0.3m for bad and doubtful debts (2008: £0.1m) and one-off costs relating to cost base reductions amounting to £0.2m (2008: nil). After deducting the IFRS 2 charge for share-based payments which totalled £59,000 (2008: £97,000), reported profit before tax was £1.05m (2008: £1.98m).


Underlying* earnings per share were 3.4 pence (2008: 6.3 pence). After deducting the share based payments charge, reported earnings per share were 3.2 pence (2008: 5.8 pence).


Cash generation remained healthy with net cash inflow from operating activities of £1.09m (2008: £1.39m). The Group's net borrowing position at the end of the year stood at £0.2m, largely unchanged from the prior year position (30 September 2008: net borrowings of £0.2m) and an improvement on the net borrowing position on 31 March 2009 of £0.93m.


*underlying figures are stated before the share-based payment charge 


Dividend


The Board is pleased to recommend the payment of a final dividend of 1.00p per share (2008: 2.00p per share). This makes a total dividend for the year of 2.00p (2008: 2.95p). The final dividend will be paid on 18 March to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 26 February. 


Trading Overview


The trading environment during the financial year has been very challenging reflecting the wider economic conditions.


Trading by Driver Consult in the UK, which accounted for approximately 53% of Group revenues, was mixed. Our London office and the Southern regions performed in line with management expectations, supported by growth in expert services work. By contrast, the performance of the northern region was significantly below management projections due to the weakness of the regional construction market, although we did see growth in the provision of services to financial institutions involved with distressed or insolvent businesses.


The Group is continuing to expand strongly overseas, especially in the Middle East, which was the main focus of our international push. Revenues from the Middle East accounted for 28% of the Group's total and showed year on year growth of 85%, from £3.1m to £5.8m, with segmental profits increasing by 80%. Although the construction industry in Dubai has been severely affected by the global recession, the expansion of our activities in Oman and Abu Dhabi more than offset the impact and we benefited, in particular, from increases in expert witness services. While we experienced some delays in the commencement of expected contracts in the second half, prospects for continuing growth in the region remain very good. Government spend on infrastructure projects and public works remains at very high levels.


Commercial Management Consultants ("CMC"), which we acquired in February 2008, performed well, helped by its focus on providing project services to substantial infrastructure projects in the South of England.  


Board and Operational Changes


A number of changes to the structure of both the Group and the Board took effect on 1 October 2009. At Board level, Mike Davis retired as Chairman while continuing as a Non-Executive Director and retaining responsibility as Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Mike had been Chairman since he joined the Board in October 2005 and helped to steer the business through its AIM flotation. I would like to thank Mike personally for his leadership of the Board over these four years. In taking up the position of Executive Chairman, I was delighted to hand over the position of Chief Executive Officer to Dave Webster, previously Chief Operating Officer. Dave has been instrumental in the Group's successful development to date, having joined the business in 2000.  


We also made important changes to the Group's operational structure and reporting lines, creating five new business units. These new business units comprise Middle East, International, Expert Services, Consultancy Services (UK) and Project Services. Each unit is led by a highly experienced managing director and all have been involved with the development of Driver over a number of years. This restructuring is part of our plan to position the Group for growth over the next three years. We will be making further investment in the senior management team over the coming year in order to support the development of our international operations.  


Outlook


While conditions are tougher, we believe that there are interesting growth opportunities available to us over the next three years. The organisational restructuring which we have put in place is the first step in developing these opportunities. Building on our growing presence in the Middle East, we see scope to deliver our expert services, consultancy and project services offering in new territories in the Middle East as well as in other geographic markets, including Africa, the Far East and Asia. The client relationships we have with international contracting and engineering companies will assist this process. Over the course of the current financial year, we expect to invest c£1m in our expansion strategy, including the recruitment of key personnel for new market sectors. The Board therefore views the current financial year as a year of strategic investment, with the attendant beneficial effect on revenues and profitability coming through in the next financial year and beyond. With these strategic initiatives in place we believe that the Group is positioned to deliver a strong performance in the coming years.


Steve Driver

Executive Chairman






CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT


Introduction


The year has proven to be a testing period as the impact of the global economic downturn was felt across the construction and engineering industries. The impact for us was most evident in the UK and Dubai, where live construction and engineering projects declined significantly. Against that, we continued to experience strong growth in the Middle East overall, especially in Oman. Revenues from the Middle East increased by 85% year on year and the growth in our overseas business over the last two years now means that our foreign earnings contribute a significant proportion of the Group's overall profits. Our focus on developing our expert witness and litigation support services across all our geographic operations has been successful and we expect this work to continue to increase over the coming year.  


Driver Consult 


Driver Consult is the principle trading subsidiary of the Group and provides dispute resolution and commercial management services to the construction and engineering industry in the UK, Middle East and Internationally. The results for the subsidiary are reported in two segments: Driver Consult UK, which includes domestic and international operations which are serviced from the UK, and Driver Consult Middle East. 


During the year there was a significant decline in the UK and Dubai commercial building sectors and our services to live projects in these sectors reduced accordingly. In reacting to changing market conditions, a major aim has been to refocus our capability and resources on the wider international market and to expand our expert services offering. We have started to see the benefits of this refocusing, which has helped to offset the decline in the broader UK market. Our operations in the Middle East, excluding Dubai, grew strongly over the year, particularly in Oman where we also started to widen our service offering. 


UK 


Our UK offices are grouped into the three regions, Northern, Midlands & South-West, and London & South-East. 


Revenue in the London & South-East region increased by 6% in the year. This region is the primary home of our expert witness services and our revenue growth reflected our efforts to increase our share of the expert witness marketplace. We continue to project growth in London and, in order to accommodate this, moved our London operations into larger premises.


The Northern and Midlands & South-West regions experienced a 22% decline in revenue following the downturn of work in the construction and engineering industries during the year. We have positioned our operations in these regions to focus on the power, energy and utility sectors but are currently not projecting significant recovery during the course of the current financial year to 30 September 2010.  


Our Corporate Services business is accounted for within the Northern region. This division provides services to the banking, accountancy and insolvency sectors and, as would be expected in the current environment, revenues from Corporate Services increased over the year. The major part of our work was undertaken for Administrators managing the administration of construction companies. We anticipate continuing growth from Corporate Services during the coming year and expect to add fee-earning resource to support this. The business is also well positioned for due diligence and project monitoring work for banks and other lenders when the construction market recovers.


International (reported within the UK segment)


During the year, this business area generated revenue of £1.8m at a 21% margin. We view the wider international arena, outside our existing operations in the Middle East, as offering excellent potential for expansion and have started to position Driver Consult accordingly, leveraging our existing client relationships. 


We are investing in senior managers to develop such markets as Africa, the Far East and Asia, and looking further into the future, South America. We also see the larger international projects as a source for providing services wider than our current offering and we are looking to secure work of a more strategic consultancy nature; to this end we will invest in a senior manager with experience and contacts in this area.


Middle East


Revenues from the Middle East increased by 85% and segmental profits rose by 80% and the region now represents a material and growing revenue stream. The services we provide in the region are wider than those we currently provide in the UK. They cover contract document preparation, employer's representative roles and contract administration as well as the claims, dispute and expert witness services traditionally provided in the UK. The success of these wider services has prompted plans to widen the service offering across the whole Group in future years.


The media has reported widely on the turbulent market in Dubai and our experience over the period reflected this, with all our appointments on live project services terminated during late 2008 and early 2009. However, our live project services work in Abu Dhabi was not affected and during the remainder of the year the Dubai market saw an increase in demand for our dispute resolution services. Our business in the United Arab Emirates as a whole therefore experienced an increase in revenue of 17% in the year.


Our Oman business has continued to grow significantly in the year with revenue increasing fourfold, from £0.8m to £3m, and segmental profits rising five-fold from £0.2m to £1m. In fact, revenue and profit would have been higher had a major dispute, on which we were providing expert services, not settled earlier than expected, in June 2009. Our primary clients are the Omani government, where we work for several governmental ministries, and major contracting organisations. The performance of this office is particularly pleasing given that it was only opened in the previous financial year.  


Commercial Management Consultants ("CMC")


The integration of CMC has been successful and the business delivered its first full year trading contribution since its acquisition in February 2008. During the year, we merged CMC's Dartford office with the Group's London office resulting in reduced overheads. This completed the office merger programme, which commenced the previous year when CMC's Glasgow and Manchester offices were merged with existing Group offices.


While CMC has been affected by the decline in the live project market in the UK, its focus on larger infrastructure projects around London and the South-East has largely insulated the business from much of the impact. Revenue and profits have been maintained at full year underlying levels similar to the previous year.  


We see opportunities to expand the business into the industrial and process plant maintenance sectors and to widen the services CMC offers to include project planning. We also have plans to develop CMC in Europe using our contacts established in our Driver Consult International Operations and a new Managing Director has been identified to deliver this strategy.


Outlook


We do not anticipate any overall growth in the UK market in the near term. Although it is expected that our expert witness and litigation support services will grow, this is unlikely to offset the continued decline in the services we offer to the live construction and engineering sectors.


The Middle East region is set to continue to grow and we are looking at opportunities to develop into other countries in the region adopting the successful model in place in Oman. We will also seek to expand our staff levels providing dispute resolution and expert witness services in the region.


Our longer term plans are to position the Group as a global construction management consultant and over the course of this coming year, we will continue to implement our initiatives to position ourselves for these longer term aims as well as ensure that the Group is best able to face the challenges in the current economic climate, particularly in the UK and Europe. In focusing on overseas expansion, we expect to be active in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the coming year and are seeking a point of entry into the Far East and Asia . We will also be investing in senior managers with a track record of providing the wider consultancy services we seek to offer.


We have planned for an additional £1m of revenue investment in excess of our usual budget levels for business development, and anticipate that our track record to-date of successfully expanding the Group will hold us in good stead for this future development. These plans are set out over a three year period and we look forward to reporting on the successful progress towards this aim during the coming year.


Dave Webster

Chief Executive Officer



DRIVER GROUP PLC


CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2009



        


Notes

2009

2008




£000

£000







REVENUE

3, 4

20,539

18,149


Cost of sales

 

(14,612)

(11,660)







GROSS PROFIT


 5,927

6,489







Administrative expenses


 (5,004)

(4,581)


Other operating income


  146

  120












OPERATING PROFIT





-    before share based payment


1,128

2,125


-    Share-based payment


  (59)

  (97)








3, 4

1,069

2,028












Finance income


  13

  14


Finance expenses

 

  (30)

  (62)












PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

 

1,052

1,980


Taxation


  (276)

  (571)












PROFIT FOR THE YEAR


  776

 1,409












(Loss) / profit attributable to minority interests


  (5)

  11







Profit attributable to equity shareholders


781

 1,398









  776

  1,409












Basic earnings per share (pence)

 2

  3.2p

  5.8p












Diluted earnings per share (pence)

 2

  3.2p

  5.8p

















The profit for the year arises from the Group's continuing operations.








DRIVER GROUP PLC


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

30 SEPTEMBER 2009







  2009

  2008




£000

£000

£000

£000

NON-CURRENT ASSETS






Goodwill


2,356


2,356


Property, plant and equipment


3,173


3,059


Deferred tax asset


52


37





5,581


5,452

CURRENT ASSETS






Trade and other receivables


4,539


4,823


Cash and cash equivalents


687


1,054





5,226



5,877

TOTAL ASSETS



10,807


11,329







CURRENT LIABILITIES






Borrowings


(13)


(219)


Trade and other payables


(2,391)


(2,380)


Current tax payable


(133)



(361)





(2,537)


(2,960)

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES






Borrowings


(838)


(1,000)


Deferred tax liabilities


(292)



(309)





(1,130)



(1,309)

TOTAL LIABILITIES



(3,667)



(4,269)







NET ASSETS



7,140



7,060


SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY






Share capital



106


106

Share premium



2,649


2,649

Merger reserve



1,493


1,493

Translation reserve



(24)


-

Capital redemption reserve



18


18

Share based payment reserve



-


187

Retained earnings



4,134


3,838

Own shares



(1,242)



(1,242)

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY


7,134


7,049







MINORITY INTEREST IN EQUITY


6


11







TOTAL EQUITY



7,140



7,060








DRIVER GROUP PLC


CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2009





  Year ended 

30 September 2009

  £000

Year ended 

30 September 2008

£000

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES



Profit before taxation



  - before share-based payments

1,111

2,077

  - share-based payments

(59)

(97)





1,052

1,980

Adjustments for:



  Depreciation

216

170

  Exchange adjustments

-

(65)

  Finance income

(13)

(14)

  Finance expense

30

62

  Equity settled share-based payment expense

59

97


_________

_________

OPERATING CASH FLOW BEFORE CHANGES IN WORKING CAPITAL AND PROVISIONS


1,344


2,230


_________

_________

Decrease / (increase) in trade and other receivables

260

(875)

Increase in trade and other payables

11

602


_________

_________

CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

1,615

1,957

Taxation paid

(527)

(563)


_________

_________

NET CASH INFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

1,088

1,394


_________

_________

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES



Finance income received

13

14

Acquisition of subsidiary net of cash acquired  

-

(1,003)

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

(330)

(111)


_________

_________

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

(317)

(1,100)


_________

_________

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES



Finance expense paid

(30)

(62)

Borrowings

(368)

590

Payment of equity dividends

(740)

(688)


_________

_________

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

(1,138)

(160)


_________

_________

Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents

(367)

134

Effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents

-

65

Cash and cash equivalents at start of period

1,054

855


_________

_________

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

687

1,054


_________

_________










   


 
 

  DRIVER GROUP PLC


  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 
Share
capital
Share
premium
 Merger
reserve
Other
reserves(1)
Retained
earnings
Own
shares
 
Total
Minority interest
Total
Equity
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
    £000
£000
£000
£000
OPENING
BALANCE AT 01 OCTOBER 2007
99
2,649
-
112
3,086
(1,242)
4,704
16
4,720
 
Deferred tax credit on property revaluation
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
26
 
 
-
 
 
26
 
 
-
 
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NET INCOME RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
26
Profit for the year
-
-
-
-
1,398
-
1,398
11
1,409
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL RECOGNISED INCOME AND EXPENSE
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
1,424
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
1,424
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
1,435
Issue of new shares
7
-
1,493
-
-
-
1,500
-
1,500
Dividends
-
-
-
-
(672)
-
(672)
(16)
(688)
Share based payment
-
-
-
93
-
-
93
-
93
 
CLOSING BALANCE AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
106
2,649
1,493
205
3,838
(1,242)
7,049
11
7,060
 
Deferred tax credit on property revaluation
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
9
 
 
-
 
 
9
 
 
-
 
 
9
Exchange adjustment
-
-
-
(24)
-
-
(24)
-
(24)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NET INCOME RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(24)
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(15)
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(15)
Profit for the year
-
-
-
-
781
-
781
(5)
776
 
TOTAL RECOGNISED INCOME AND EXPENSE
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
(24)
 
 
790
 
 
-
 
 
766
 
 
(5)
 
 
761
Dividends
-
-
-
-
(740)
-
(740)
-
(740)
Share based payment
-
-
-
-
59
-
59
-
59
Transfer of reserves(2)
-
-
-
(187)
187
-
-
-
-
 
BALANCE AT 30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEPTEMBER 2009
106
2,649
1,493
(6)
4,134
(1,242)
7,134
6
7,140
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



(1)    'Other reserves' combines the translation reserve, capital redemption reserve and share based payment reserve.  


(2)    The opening balance on the share based payment reserve has been credited to retained earnings.




NOTES

 

1    
The financial information set out in these Preliminary Results does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2009 or the year ended 30 September 2008 but is derived from those accounts. 
 
 
Statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2008 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies, and those for the year ended 30 September 2009 will be delivered following the Company's Annual General Meeting. BDO LLP have reported on the 2009 and 2008 accounts. Their reports were unqualified, did not include references to any matters to which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report, and did not contain statements under section 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006 or section 237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. 
 
Earnings per share
 
 
Adjusted earnings per share before the charge for share-based payments is 3.4p (2008: 6.3p)
 
 
The calculation of earnings per share before share-based payments is based on earnings of £840,000 (2008: £1,520,000). Earnings after deducting these charges are £781,000 (2008: £1,398,000). The basic and diluted weighted average number of shares in issue for the period were 24,678,771 and 24,678,771 respectively (2008: 23,992,712 and 23,995,988 respectively).  
 
3    
Segmental analysis
 
 
The table below sets out revenue and profit by business segment:
 
For management purposes, the Group is organised into three operating divisions: Driver Consult UK, Driver Consult Middle East and Commercial Management Consultants ("CMC"). These divisions are the basis on which the Group is structured and managed, based on its geographical structure and principal services provided.

 



Year ended 30 September 2009

Continuing Operations



Driver Consult UK

£000

Driver Consult Middle East

£000




CMC

£000




Eliminations

£000




Unallocated

£000




Consolidated

£000

Total external revenue

10,588

5,596

4,355

-

-

20,539

Total inter-segment revenue

229

155

5

(389)

-

-


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Total revenue

10,817

5,751

4,360

(389)

-

20,539


                  

                  

                  

                  

                  

                  


Segmental profit


1,453


974


423


-


-


2,850

Unallocated corporate expenses


-



-


-


-


(1,722)


(1,722)

Share option expense

-

-

-

-

(59)

(59)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Operating profit

1,453

974

423

-

(1,781)

1,069

Finance income

-

-

-

-

13

13

Finance expense

-

-

-

-

(30)

(30)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Profit before taxation

1,453

974

423

-

(1,798)

1,052

Taxation

-

-

-

-

(276)

(276)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Profit for the year

1,453

974

423

-

(2,074)

776


                  

                  

                  

                  

                  

                  








Inter-segment sales are charged at prevailing market rates.






(1) Unallocated costs represent Directors' remuneration, administration staff, corporate head office costs and expenses associated with AIM.

    

Revenue from one of the customers of the Driver Consult Middle East segment exceeds 10% of the Group's total revenue with revenue of £2.1m.


Year ended 30 September 2008

Continuing Operations

    


Driver Consult UK

£000

Driver Consult Middle East

£000



CMC

£000



Eliminations

£000



Unallocated

£000



Consolidated

£000

Total external revenue

12,628

3,096

2,425

-

-

18,149

Total inter-segment revenue

305

12

99

(416)

-

-


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Total revenue

12,933

3,108

2,524

(416)

-

18,149


                  

                  

                  

                  

                  

                  


Segmental profit


2,984


537


354


-


-


3,875

Unallocated corporate expenses


-


-


-


-


(1,750)


(1,750)

Share option expense

-

-

-

-

(97)

(97)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Operating profit 

  2,984

537

354

-

(1,847)

2,028

Finance income

-

-

-

-

14

14

Finance expense

-

-

-

-

(62)

(62)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Profit before taxation

2,984

537

354

-

(1,895)

1,980

Taxation

-

-

-

-

(571)

(571)


_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

_________

Profit for the year

2,984

537

354

-

(2,466)

1,409


                  

                  

                  

                  

                  

                  


Revenue from one of the customers of the Driver Consult UK segment exceeds 10% of the Group's total revenue in 2008 with revenue of £2.1m.

 

 
 

4      GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

         The Group's operations are located in the UK and the Middle East.

         The following table provides an analysis of the Group's revenue by geography based upon location of the 
          Group's operations:

    



Year ended

30 September 

2009

£000

Year ended 

30 September 2008

£000

UK

Middle East


 14,943

5,596

_________

15,053

3,096

_________



20,539

18,149



                  

                  

 

 

5    
Copies of the annual report and financial statements
 
 
 
The Annual Report and Financial Statements will be sent to shareholders in due course. Further copies will be available to the public, free of charge at the Company's registered office, Driver House, 4 St Crispin Way, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 4PW and on the Company's website, www.drivergroupplc.com.
 
 
 
The Annual General Meeting will be held at IoD Hub, 1st Floor, Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN on Wednesday 24 February 2010 commencing at 3.00pm.

 


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