|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Before
specific
items
|
|
|
Specific
items |
a |
|
Total |
|
|
For
the year ended 31 March 2006
|
|
|
Notes |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
19,514 |
|
|
– |
|
|
19,514 |
|
|
Other
operating income
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
227 |
|
|
– |
|
|
227 |
|
|
Operating
costs
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
(17,108 |
) |
|
(138 |
) |
|
(17,246 |
) |
|
|
|
Operating
profit
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2,633 |
|
|
(138 |
) |
|
2,495 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finance
expense
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
(2,740 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(2,740 |
) |
|
Finance
income
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
2,268 |
|
|
– |
|
|
2,268 |
|
|
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
(472 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(472 |
) |
|
Share
of post tax profit of associates and joint ventures
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
– |
|
|
16 |
|
|
Profit
on disposal of joint venture
|
|
|
|
|
|
– |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Profit
before taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,177 |
|
|
(137 |
) |
|
2,040 |
|
|
Taxation
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
(533 |
) |
|
41 |
|
|
(492 |
) |
|
|
|
Profit
for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,644 |
|
|
(96 |
) |
|
1,548 |
|
|
|
|
Attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
shareholders of the parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,643 |
|
|
(96 |
) |
|
1,547 |
|
|
Minority
interests
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
– |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.4 |
p |
|
Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.1 |
p |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Before
specific
items |
|
|
Specific
items |
a |
|
Total |
|
| For
the year ended 31 March 2005 |
|
|
Notes |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
|
| Revenue |
|
|
1 |
|
|
18,429 |
|
|
– |
|
|
18,429 |
|
| Other
operating income |
|
|
2 |
|
|
193 |
|
|
358 |
|
|
551 |
|
| Operating
costs |
|
|
3 |
|
|
(15,929 |
) |
|
(59 |
) |
|
(15,988 |
) |
|
|
| Operating
profit |
|
|
1 |
|
|
2,693 |
|
|
299 |
|
|
2,992 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Finance
expense |
|
|
5 |
|
|
(2,773 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(2,773 |
) |
| Finance
income |
|
|
5 |
|
|
2,174 |
|
|
– |
|
|
2,174 |
|
|
|
| Net
finance expense |
|
|
|
|
|
(599 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(599 |
) |
| Share
of post tax loss of associates and joint ventures |
|
|
16 |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
(25 |
) |
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
| Profit
before taxation |
|
|
|
|
|
2,080 |
|
|
274 |
|
|
2,354 |
|
| Taxation |
|
|
6 |
|
|
(541 |
) |
|
16 |
|
|
(525 |
) |
|
|
| Profit
for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
1,539 |
|
|
290 |
|
|
1,829 |
|
|
|
| Attributable
to: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Equity
shareholders of the parent |
|
|
|
|
|
1,540 |
|
|
290 |
|
|
1,830 |
|
| Minority
interests |
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
| Earnings
per share |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Basic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.5 |
p |
| Diluted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.3 |
p |
|
|
| a |
For
a definition of specific items, see accounting policies.
An analysis of specific items is provided in note
4. |
| Dividends
paid in the year were £912 million (2005:
£786 million), as shown in note
7. Interim and final dividends proposed
in respect of the 2006 financial year were 11.9 pence
per share (2005: 10.4 pence) which amounts to £993
million (2005: £883 million). |
|
|
|
