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DFS Furniture announced that pretax proft was up to £50.2m from £38.3m in a 31.1% increase in its final results for the period ended 30 June 2019.
Revenue increased 14% to £996.2m and free cash flow also jumped to £92.6m from £60.4m.
A dividend of 11.2p per share was paid.
The company saw good trading performance with all brands and channels achieving like-for-like gross sales growth, with leverage being lowered.
Tim Stacey, chief executive officer said:
'Our trading performance for the last financial year was good overall, as we continue to execute our new strategy to lead sofa retailing in the digital age.'
'Like-for-like growth across all brands and all channels, especially online and in Sofology, has enabled us to grow our market share and as we celebrate DFS's 50th anniversary, we believe that our Group is well positioned for the long term.'
'Recent trading conditions have reflected the increasingly uncertain political and economic backdrop and we have seen reduced levels of footfall across our brands, which we attribute to lower levels of consumer confidence and housing transactions, the two key drivers of the upholstery market.'
'Although we have had some success in driving conversion to mitigate this trend, we note that over the first twelve weeks of financial year order intake levels have been subdued.'
'Our financial performance in the year ahead will inevitably be dependent on broader political and economic developments and at this stage it is difficult to predict what will happen specifically within the upholstery market.'
'However, we remain focused on those variables that we can control and on executing our strategy, which we believe puts us in a strong position in the market over the long-term.'
At 10:01am: (LON:DFS) DFS Furniture Plc share price was -2p at 224.5p