Also from a review of the Google Finance Website and financial statements in company investor relations websites, I found another 14 Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom which reported their financial statements in British Pounds (BPs) not with the US SEC and with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than BP10 bil.
I excluded all UK Utility Companies.
How have these 32 UK Companies recovered from the 2008-9 worldwide financial meltdown? Not so well. Their Total Audited Earnings From Continuing Operations in 2014 were down 28% from 2007.
Of these 32 UK Companies Reporting in British Pounds, 24 of them are Non-Financial Companies and 8 are Financials.
The 24 Non-Financial UK Companies generated 2014 Total Audited Earnings From Continuing Operations which were 38% below that in 2013.
On the UK Financial Company front, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group has been an unmitigated financial disaster with Total Audited Losses of more than BP44 Bil for the most recent 7 years.
Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for each of these 32 UK Companies reporting in British Pounds for all years reported from 2007 through 2014:
| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
| Most | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | ||
| Recent | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | ||
| 2014 | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | ||
| UK Companies Reporting in BPs | UK HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) |
| mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | mil BPs | |||
| Financials | ||||||||||
| Prudential plc | London | Dec14 | 2,216 | 1,346 | 2,163 | 1,451 | 1,326 | 691 | (391) | 709 |
| Aviva plc | London | Dec14 | 1,680 | 878 | (86) | 489 | 1,086 | 1,287 | (707) | 1,027 |
| Lloyds Banking Group plc | London | Dec14 | 1,499 | (802) | (1,387) | (554) | (2,613) | 2,953 | 798 | 3,320 |
| Santander UK plc | London | Dec14 | 1,110 | 898 | 881 | 923 | 1,583 | 1,245 | 819 | 685 |
| Legal & General Group plc | London | Dec14 | 992 | 906 | 801 | 721 | 820 | 844 | (1,130) | 718 |
| Barclays Bank plc | London | Dec14 | 845 | 1,297 | 181 | 3,868 | 4,499 | 3,511 | 4,683 | 4,524 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | Edinburgh | Dec14 | 734 | (9,035) | (6,208) | (2,774) | (963) | (2,218) | (23,524) | 7,625 |
| Abbey National Treasury Services plc | London | Dec14 | 121 | 164 | 264 | 164 | 460 | 378 | 248 | |
| Total 8 Financials | 9,197 | (4,348) | (3,391) | 4,288 | 6,198 | 8,691 | (19,204) | 18,608 | ||
| Non-Financials | ||||||||||
| Vodaphone Group Public Ltd Co | Berkshire | Mar15 | 5,860 | 11,312 | (3,959) | 3,439 | 7,870 | 8,618 | 3,080 | 6,756 |
| British American Tobacco plc | London | Dec14 | 3,393 | 4,199 | 4,076 | 3,321 | 3,092 | 2,956 | 2,659 | 2,287 |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc | Middlesex | Dec14 | 2,831 | 5,628 | 4,678 | 5,405 | 1,806 | 5,669 | 4,712 | 5,310 |
| Diageo plc | London | Jun 15 | 2,467 | 2,264 | 2,550 | 2,032 | 1,960 | 1,762 | 1,704 | 1,560 |
| BT Group plc | London | Mar15 | 2,135 | 2,018 | 1,948 | 1,756 | 1,233 | 1,048 | (191) | 1,738 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | Berkshire | Dec14 | 1,664 | 1,403 | 1,825 | 1,754 | 1,570 | 1,418 | 1,120 | 938 |
| Imperial Tobacco Group plc | Bristol | Sep14 | 1,451 | 929 | 699 | 1,816 | 1,522 | 677 | 441 | 912 |
| Sky plc | London | Jun15 | 1,332 | 820 | 979 | 906 | 758 | 896 | 291 | (96) |
| WPP plc | London | Dec14 | 1,152 | 1,012 | 895 | 917 | 661 | 507 | 514 | 515 |
| International Airlines Group | London | Dec14 | 1,003 | 151 | (885) | 555 | 100 | |||
| Relx plc | London | Dec14 | 960 | 1,115 | 1,049 | 738 | 597 | 395 | 462 | 894 |
| Compass Group plc | Surrey | Sep14 | 868 | 434 | 611 | 694 | 667 | 552 | 397 | 312 |
| Associated British Foods plc | London | Sep14 | 783 | 628 | 583 | 577 | 569 | 383 | 391 | 400 |
| BAE Systems plc | London | Dec14 | 752 | 176 | 1,074 | 1,260 | 1,027 | (61) | 1,879 | 875 |
| Next plc | Leicestershire | Jan15 | 635 | 553 | 509 | 475 | 401 | 364 | 302 | 354 |
| Wolseley plc | Reading | Dec14 | 504 | 284 | 60 | 281 | (366) | (732) | 242 | 462 |
| ITV plc | London | Dec14 | 473 | 330 | 257 | 248 | 270 | 94 | (2,554) | 138 |
| Arm Holdings plc | Cambridge | Dec14 | 255 | 105 | 161 | 113 | 86 | 40 | 44 | 35 |
| Pearson plc | London | Dec14 | 242 | 295 | 253 | 864 | 447 | 377 | 344 | 274 |
| AMEC Foster Wheeler plc | Cheshire | Dec14 | 106 | 186 | 207 | 211 | 236 | 170 | 210 | 121 |
| Manchester United | Manchester | Jun14 | 24 | 146 | 23 | 13 | (47) | 5 | ||
| GW Pharmaceuticals plc | Cambridge | Dec14 | (15) | (5) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | London | Dec14 | (84) | 1,323 | 2,295 | 848 | 543 | 2,217 | (1,345) | 600 |
| Tesco plc | Hertfordshire | Feb15 | (5,719) | 1,912 | 1,528 | 3,164 | 2,777 | 2,336 | 2,138 | 2,130 |
| Total 24 Non-Financials | 23,072 | 37,218 | 21,418 | 31,390 | 27,784 | 29,693 | 16,840 | 26,515 | ||
| Earnings % Decline 24 Non-Financials: | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2013 | -38% | |||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2007 | -13% | |||||||||
| Grand Total all 32 | 32,269 | 32,870 | 18,027 | 35,678 | 33,982 | 38,384 | (2,364) | 45,123 | ||
| Earnings % Decline All 32: | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2013 | -2% | |||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2011 | -10% | |||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2009 | -16% | |||||||||
| ….. 2014 Below 2007 | -28% |
