Dunelm Group plc announced the appointment of Liz Doherty as a non-executive director, with effect from 1st May 2013. Liz will be a member of the audit and risk, remuneration and nominations committees. Liz has held a number of senior finance roles within significant international businesses. Most recently, she was Finance Director of Reckitt Benckiser PLC. Prior to this, she was Finance Director of Brambles Limited (Australia) and Group International Finance Director of Tesco PLC. She started her career at Unilever PLC, where she held a number of finance roles in the UK and Europe.

Dunelm Group plc announced interim management statement for the third quarter and nine months ended March 30, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported total sales value of £177.8 million with total sales growth of 15.4% against total sales value of £154.1 million with total sales growth of 10.7% for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2012. Total revenue for the third quarter grew by 15.4% benefiting from three store openings in the period, including one re-location of an existing superstore, taking the total store openings in the financial year to date to 13. For the nine months, the company reported total sales value of £517.9 million with total sales growth of 14.1% against total sales value of £454.0 million with total sales growth of 9.4% for the thirty nine weeks ended March 31, 2012. For the third quarter ended March 30, 2013, the gross margin growth is expected to be 20 bps against 30 bps a year ago.

Dunelm Group plc reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the twenty six weeks ended December 29, 2012. The company reported revenue of £340,100,000, operating profit of £59,302,000, profit before taxation of £59,818,000, profit of £44,983,000 or 22.1 pence per diluted share against revenue of £299,915,000, operating profit of £51,791,000, profit before taxation of £52,227,000, profit of £37,935,000 or 18.6 pence per diluted share a year ago. Net cash generated from operating activities was £63,407,000 against £60,211,000 a year ago. Acquisition of property plant and equipment was £14,490,000 against £28,345,000 a year ago. An interim dividend of 4.5 pence per ordinary share, an increase of 12.5% on the prior year interim dividend of 4.0 pence, will be paid on 12 April 2013 to shareholders on the register at 22 March 2013. The final quarter of its financial year presents some challenging like for like sales comparatives, but with a significant new store growth opportunity and an exciting multi-channel agenda in place, the board remains confident in the overall growth prospects for the business.