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XPS Group, a FTSE 250 company, is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions sector and providing wider ranging support to insurance companies in the life and bulk annuities sector.

We are a forward-looking, ambitious business providing the best place for people to work and the best partner for our clients. Our objective is to be the pre-eminent UK focussed pensions consulting and administration firm.

Diversified and stable client base

We have long-standing relationships with a large and diverse client base, consisting of over 1,300 clients. We have a strong brand and have won multiple industry awards for our client service.

1,300+

clients
Top ten clients represent
20% of revenue

Benefit from regulatory and market change

There are c.£1 trillion of liabilities of private UK defined benefit pension schemes and a rapidly growing defined contribution market. Regulatory developments are driving increased client activity and demand for our services.

>£2.5bn

size of annual fee market

Track record of profitable revenue growth

XPS has delivered year on year profitable revenue growth, through a range of macroeconomic conditions, since listing on the London Stock Exchange.

14%

five-year revenue CAGR

Trusted expertise and highly engaged colleagues

The outstanding expertise and client service focus of our colleagues are widely relied upon and highly valued by our clients. We have high client satisfaction scores and our people think XPS is a great place to work.

90%

of our people
think XPS is a great
place to work

Non-cyclical and recurring revenues with inflation linkage

Our services are typically provided on the basis of an open-ended engagement with clients and are compliance driven to a statutory timetable. They are, therefore, required in all parts of the economic cycle. We have a high degree of visibility of our revenue.

c.90%

repeat recurring revenue
across the business

Strong cash conversion and growing dividends

XPS has a robust balance sheet, consistently high cash conversion and a progressive dividend policy. Since listing in 2017, £138 million has been paid in dividends.

91%

operating cash flow conversion

Opportunities for earnings enhancing M&A and scale up

We have a proven track record of successful earnings enhancing M&A which demonstrates our ability to execute deals that are aligned to our corporate strategy.

acquisitions
since listing in 2017

Financial highlights

Revenue

Adjusted EBITDA¹

Adjusted diluted earnings per share²

FTE employees³

Proposed full year dividend

Net debt/adjusted EBITDA⁴

Profit before tax

Basic earnings per share

Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of exceptional and non-trading items (see note 5 in the financial statements). See table 1 in the appendix to the Chief Financial Officer’s Review for more detail.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share is based on adjusted profit after tax, which excludes the impact of exceptional and non-trading items and the tax impact of these items (see note 5 in the financial statements). Also see table 3 in the appendix to the Chief Financial Officer’s Review.
As at year end.
For banking covenant purposes, net debt is the drawn revolving credit facility less cash held. This includes any amount owed as contingent consideration, but excludes lease liabilities.

Five year summary

	2022⁸	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenue
Advisory¹	75.9	95.4	113.7	125.5	150.1
Administration	52.3	57.5	71.9	93.7	98.7
SIP	6.1	9.4	11.0	12.6	13.9
NPT	4.3	4.3	2.8	0.0	0.0
Total revenue	138.6	166.6	199.4	231.8	262.7

Adjusted EBITDA²	34.1	42.4	55.3	69.7	75.7
Profit before tax³	16.9	19.1	62.5	40.8	38.7
Adjusted diluted EPS (pence per share)⁴	10.2	12.6	15.3	20.6	22.3
Basic EPS (pence per share)⁵	4.6	7.7	26.2	14.7	13.0
Full year dividend (pence)	7.2	8.4	10.0	11.9	13.2
Net debt⁶	54.6	55.3	14.0	40.3	46.2
FTE Employees⁷	1,442	1,570	1,712	1,901	2,024

All figures in millions of £'s unless otherwise stated

Advisory previously split out into Actuarial and Consulting, and Investment Consulting. The work done by this team now includes Insurance consulting, and has now all been combined to present one figure for Advisory.
Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of share-based payment costs, fair value adjustments of contingent consideration, and exceptional costs.
Profit before tax for FY24 includes the gain on disposal of the NPT business of £32.5m.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share is based on adjusted profit after tax, which excludes the impact of amortisation of intangible assets, share-based payment costs, fair value adjustment of contingent consideration, exceptional costs and the gain on disposal of NPT business, as well as the tax impact of these items.
Basic earnings per share in FY24 includes the impact of the gain on disposal of the NPT business of £32.5m (equivalent to 15.7 pence per share).
Net debt excludes lease liabilities.
As at year end.
Revenue re-statement between Pensions Actuarial & Consulting and Pensions Administration.