Financial summary
   
Year ended
31 December 2009

Year
ended
31 December 2008

Year
ended
31 December 2007
Eighteen months
ended
31 December 2006
Consolidated Income Statement and
recognised income and expense
         
Group revenue £’000 284,299 277,876 252,119 359,501
Total EBITDA £’000 28,800 31,116 26,759 63,881
Group operating profit £’000 10,394 17,103 16,727 32,952
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation £’000 (15,422) (9,926) (13,763) 11,396
Earnings/(loss) per share Pence (22.0p) (3.6p) (19.4p) 2.1p
Total comprehensive income and expense £'000 (22,725) (82,128) 132,182 59,953

Consolidated cash flow:          
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities £’000 19,076 14,294 (7,160) 22,990
Net cash inflows/(outflows) from investing activities £'000 (15,161) (51,637) (66,061) 174,472
Decrease/(increase) in net debt during period £'000 (5,014) (49,738) (62,905) 137,162
Closing net debt £’000 (362,764) (357,750) (308,012) (245,107)

Consolidated balance sheet:          
Total property interests £’000 559,466 565,932 605,633 406,852
Net asset value £'000 176,249 203,799 296,160 153,285
Number of ordinary shares in issue at year end '000 72,371 72,371 80,522 80,522
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company £’000  104,536 125,881 204,377 99,322
Equity attributable to shareholders per share £’000 144p 174p 254p 123p
Net gearing Per cent 206% 176% 104% 160%
Property gearing Per cent 65% 63% 51% 60%

1. The results in the table above to 31 December 2006 cover the eighteen months from the Company’s previous year end of 30 June 2005 to 31 December 2006. The prior period’s results are for the year ended 30 June.
2. The figures above reflect adoption by the Group of International Financial Reporting Standards in 2005 and subsequent years.
3. EBITDA is the earnings of the Group for the period before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
4. Net gearing is the percentage that total debt at the period end, less available cash, bears to net assets of the Group.
5. Property gearing is the percentage that net debt of the Group at the period end bears to total property interests at the period end.