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Employee benefit expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Employee benefit expense

Schedule of employee benefits


		2023		2022		2021
		£m		£m		£m
Wages and salaries¹		2,318		1,582		1,225
Social security costs		171		154		138
Share-based payments		27		17		10
Pension costs:
– defined contribution plans		32		22		31
– defined benefit plans		2		2		1
		2,550		1,777		1,405

1.Including £44m staff costs reported as one-off and adjusting items in Note A1 (2022:£41m).

Schedule of monthly average number of people employed by Group


		2023		2022		2021
		Number		Number		Number
Processing and service delivery		47,387		38,256		34,163
Sales and marketing		7,501		5,993		5,400
Administration and overheads		8,663		7,226		6,468
		63,551		51,475		46,031

Schedule of emoluments of the Directors of Rentokil Initial plc


		Highest-
		paid		Other
		Director		Directors
		£000		£000
2021
Aggregate emoluments excluding share options		2,661.2		1,444.0
Aggregate gains made by Directors on exercise of share options		916.3		370.6
Aggregate amount receivable under long-term incentive schemes		3,340.0		145.9
		6,917.5		1,960.5
2022
Aggregate emoluments excluding share options		2,698.7		1,557.5
Aggregate gains made by Directors on exercise of share options		—		233.8
Aggregate amount receivable under long-term incentive schemes		831.9		380.3
		3,530.6		2,171.6
2023
Aggregate emoluments excluding share options		1,942.3		1,188.4
Aggregate gains made by Directors on exercise of share options		3,729.4		—
Aggregate amount receivable under long-term incentive schemes		1,397.6		485.3
		7,069.3		1,673.7

Schedule of number of Directors accruing retirement benefits, exercising share options and receiving shares in incentive schemes


		2023		2022		2021
		Number		Number		Number
Number of Directors accruing retirement benefits
– defined contribution schemes		—		—		2
Number of Directors exercising share options¹		1		1		2
Number of Directors receiving shares as part of long-term incentive schemes		2		2		2

1.	The highest-paid Director exercised 971,802 (2022: nil; 2021: 163,625) share options during the year.