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Rolls‑Royce Holdings plc Annual Report 2016
The Group is organised into five customer-facing businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Power Systems, Marine and Nuclear.
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underlying revenue £7,067m
underlying profit before financing £367m
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underlying revenue £2,209m
underlying profit before financing £384m
underlying revenue £2,655m
underlying profit before financing £191m
underlying revenue £1,114m
underlying loss before financing £(27)m
underlying revenue £777m
underlying profit before financing £45m
Underlying Revenue £13,783m
Underlying profit before FINANCING £915m
ORDER BOOK £79.8bn
Engineers (year end)16,526
GROSS R&D EXPENDITURE £1.3bn
EMPLOYEES (YeAR AVERAGE)49,900
PATENTS APPLIED FOR672
Countries50
Ian Davis
Warren East
David Smith
“Progress in 2016 can be judged by how we have overcome our challenges; we have delivered on our commitments in a difficult year while at the same time embarking on a significant transformation.”
“2016 has been an important year as we accelerated the transformation of Rolls-Royce.”
“We performed ahead of expectations despite the known headwinds and challenges faced in the year.”
We continue to invest in the resources and capabilities which underpin our future success as we transform the business.
In 2016, we spent over £1.3bn on gross R&D to develop the technology we embed in our products and deliver to market. As a result, we applied for 672 patents in the year, a Rolls-Royce record.
In 2016, we invested over £32m in employee learning and development, delivering over one million hours of employee training. 97% of Rolls-Royce employees completed annual ethics training, focused on dealing with ethical dilemmas.
In 2016, we invested £50m in improvements to existing facilities and £184m in the development of new facilities, while at the same time reducing our global operational footprint by 2%.
At the end of 2016, 99% of our suppliers had contractually agreed to adhere to our Global Supplier Code of Conduct. In September 2016, the USAF recognised Rolls-Royce as a Superior Supplier.
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This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements. Any statements that express forecasts, expectations and projections are not guarantees of future performance and guidance may be updated from time to time. This report is intended to provide information to shareholders, and is not designed to be relied upon by any other party or for any other purpose, and the Company and its Directors accept no liability to any other person other than that required under English law. Latest information will be made available on the Group’s website. By their nature, these statements involve risk and uncertainty, and a number of factors could cause material differences to the actual results or developments.