Financial Times Group

Key performance indicators

The FT Group is a leading provider of essential information in attractive niches of the global business information market.

Sales - 2012 £443m, 2011 £427m, Headline growth 4%, CER growth 4%, Underlying growth 4%. Adjusted operating profit* - 2012 £49m, 2011 £76m, Headline growth (36)%, CER growth (32)%, Underlying growth (7)%. * Reflects the absence in 2012 of the £20m 2011 profit from Pearson’s stake in FTSE International following its sale.

Highlights of 2012

The Financial Times digital readership continues to grow strongly with digital subscriptions increasing 18% to almost 316,000 and with 3.5 million FT web app users.

Financial Times
digital subscriptions

267000 - 2011, 316000 - 2012