Provident Financial - Corporate Responsibility Report:
Financial performance
It's important for us to measure not just our social and environmental performance, but also the impact of our economic performance.
Table 5: Group financial performance
|
2005 £m |
2004 £m |
Change £m |
UK home credit |
146.3 |
154.0 |
(7.7) |
Vanquis Bank |
(15.9) |
(9.0) |
(6.9) |
International |
51.1 |
39.8 |
11.3 |
| Motor insurance |
40.0 |
34.6 |
5.4 |
| Group central costs |
(15.5) |
(11.2) |
(4.3) |
| Profit before taxation from ongoing operations |
206.0 |
208.2 |
(2.2) |
Yes Car Credit |
|
|
|
- trading |
(24.6) |
(2.7) |
(21.9) |
- costs of closure |
(141.0) |
- |
(141.0) |
Profit before taxation |
40.4 |
205.5 |
(165.1) |
Brackets indicate a negative.
The international division had another excellent year. Profit before taxation is set out by region in the table below.
Table 6: International division - profit before taxation
| 2005 £m | 2004 £m | Change £m | |
| Central Europe | 64.2 | 52.6 | 11.6 |
| Mexico | (2.9) | (2.2) | (0.7) |
| International central costs | (10.2) | (10.6) | 0.4 |
| Profit before taxation | 51.1 | 39.8 | 11.3 |
Brackets indicate a negative.
More detailed information about our financial results, performance and activities is published in our
Annual Report and Accounts 2005.
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