HIGHLIGHTS
Profit before tax £812.4 million; up 53.0% (2016: £530.9 million)
Net cash £285.5 million (April 2016: £107.4 million) after dividend payments of £254.6 million and share buy-backs of £64.5 million
Net asset value per share Up 18.4% to £15.56 (April 2016: £13.14)
Forward sales £2.74 billion (April 2016: £3.25 billion)
Land bank £6.4 billion of estimated future gross margin (April 2016: £6.1 billion) across 46,351 plots (April 2016: 42,858 plots)
Investment Sixteen sites added to land bank, including five contracted in the St William joint venture
People Over 13,000 people working across our sites, including over 650 apprentices in the year
