British aerospace company profits late 1950s

[Kiltonge]

Article from Flight, Dec 1957, summarising trading profits for British aerospace companies in the latter half of the 1950s.

Trading profit is operational net revenue prior to interest payments or asset sales.

Selected extracts, £millions. To convert to 2024 Sterling equivalent, multiply by about 21.

​	Hawker Siddeley Group​	Bristol Aeroplane Company​	Rolls-Royce​	de Havilland Holdings​
1957​	20.5​	​	​	​
1956​	17​	4​	7.598​	5.5​
1955​	15.7​	3.392​	5.9​	3.9​
1954​	11.4​	2.918​	6.631​	0.1372​
1953​	7.9​	​	4​	3.92​

 

[Apophenia]

... To convert to 2024 Sterling equivalent, multiply by about 21.

Or: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator