 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Before
specific
items |
|
|
Specific
items |
a |
|
Total |
|
|
For
the year ended 31 March 2007
|
|
|
Notes |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
£m |
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
20,223 |
|
|
– |
|
|
20,223 |
|
|
Other
operating income
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
236 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
233 |
|
|
Operating
costs
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
(17,746 |
) |
|
(169 |
) |
|
(17,915 |
) |
|
|
|
Operating
profit
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2,713 |
|
|
(172 |
) |
|
2,541 |
|
|
Finance
expense
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
(2,604 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
(2,604 |
) |
|
Finance
income
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
2,371 |
|
|
139 |
|
|
2,510 |
|
|
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
(233 |
) |
|
139 |
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
Share
of post tax profit of associates and joint ventures
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
– |
|
|
15 |
|
|
Profit
on disposal of associate
|
|
|
|
|
|
– |
|
|
22 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
Profit
before taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,495 |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
2,484 |
|
|
Taxation
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
(611 |
) |
|
979 |
|
|
368 |
|
|
|
|
Profit
for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,884 |
|
|
968 |
|
|
2,852 |
|
|
|
|
Attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
shareholders of the parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,882 |
|
|
968 |
|
|
2,850 |
|
|
Minority
interests
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
– |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34.4 |
p |
|
Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33.6 |
p |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
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
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
– |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.4 |
p |
|
Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.1 |
p |
|
|
| a |
For
a definition of specific items, see accounting
policies. An analysis of specific items is provided
in specific items.
|
Dividends paid
in the year were £1,053 million (2006: £912
million, 2005: £786 million), as shown in dividends.
Dividends proposed in respect of the 2007 financial year
were 15.1 pence per share (2006: 11.9 pence, 2005: 10.4
pence) which amounts to £1,247 million (2006: £993
million, 2005: £883 million).
| |
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
(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 specific items.
|
|
|
