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Consolidated statement of changes in equity - GBP (£) £ in Millions | Total owners' equity | Share capital and share premium | Paid-in equity | Other statutory | [1] | Retained earnings | Fair value | Cash flow hedging | [2],[3] | Foreign exchange | Merger | Non-controlling interests | Total
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Equity at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2020 |  | £ 43,860 | £ 13,240 | £ 4,999 | £ (24) | £ 12,567 | £ 360 | £ 229 | £ 1,608 | £ 10,881 | £ (36) | £ 43,824 |
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and other equity owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit from continuing operations |  | 2,804 |  |  |  | 2,804 |  |  |  |  | 44 | 2,848 | [4]
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations |  | 464 |  |  |  | 464 |  |  |  |  |  | 464 | [4],[5]
Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realised gains/(losses) in period on FVOCI equity shares |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | (3) |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of retirement benefit schemes |  | (669) |  |  |  | (669) |  |  |  |  |  | (669) |
Changes in fair value of credit in financial liabilities designated at FVTPL |  | (29) |  |  |  | (29) |  |  |  |  |  | (29) |
Unrealised losses |  | 32 |  |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  |  | 32 |
Amounts recognised in equity |  | (687) |  |  |  |  |  | (687) |  |  |  | (687) |
Retranslation of net assets |  | (484) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (484) |  | 4 | (480) |
Gains/(losses) on hedges of net assets |  | 88 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88 |  |  | 88 |
Amount transferred from equity to earnings | [6] | 270 |  |  |  |  | 119 | 161 | (10) |  |  | 270 |
Tax |  | 377 |  |  |  | 171 | (1) | 224 | (17) |  |  | 377 |
Total comprehensive income for the year |  | 1,626 |  |  |  | 2,744 | (91) | (624) | (403) |  | 48 | 1,674 |
Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary share dividends paid |  | (693) |  |  |  | (693) |  |  |  |  | (5) | (698) |
Equity preference dividends paid |  | (19) |  |  |  | (19) |  |  |  |  |  | (19) |
Paid-in equity dividends paid |  | (299) |  |  |  | (299) |  |  |  |  |  | (299) |
Shares repurchased during the period | [7],[8] | (1,423) | (698) |  | 698 | (1,423) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,423) |
Redemption of preference shares |  |  |  |  | 24 | (24) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares and securities issued during the period | [9] | 1,024 | 87 | 937 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,024 |
Reclassification of paid-in equity | [10] | (1,896) |  | (2,046) |  | 150 |  |  |  |  |  | (1,896) |
Employee share scheme |  | 8 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |
Shares vested under employee share schemes |  | 36 |  |  | 36 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36 |
Share based payments |  | (45) |  |  |  | (45) |  |  |  |  |  | (45) |
Own shares acquired | [7] | (383) |  |  | (383) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (383) |
Equity at end of period at Dec. 31, 2021 | [11] | 41,796 | 12,629 | 3,890 | 351 | 12,966 | 269 | (395) | 1,205 | 10,881 | 7 | 41,803 |
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and other equity owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit from continuing operations |  | 3,851 |  |  |  | 3,851 |  |  |  |  | 6 | 3,857 |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations |  | (262) |  |  |  | (262) |  |  |  |  |  | (262) | [5]
Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realised gains/(losses) in period on FVOCI equity shares |  |  |  |  |  | 113 | (113) |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of retirement benefit schemes |  | (840) |  |  |  | (840) |  |  |  |  |  | (840) |
Changes in fair value of credit in financial liabilities designated at FVTPL |  | 50 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  |  |  | 50 |
Unrealised losses |  | (570) |  |  |  |  | (570) |  |  |  |  | (570) |
Amounts recognised in equity |  | (2,973) |  |  |  |  |  | (2,973) |  |  |  | (2,973) |
Retranslation of net assets |  | 512 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 512 |  |  | 512 |
Gains/(losses) on hedges of net assets |  | (266) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (266) |  |  | (266) |
Amount transferred from equity to earnings | [6] | 137 |  |  |  |  | (172) | 304 | 5 |  |  | 137 |
Tax |  | 1,254 |  |  |  | 181 | 140 | 901 | 32 |  |  | 1,254 |
Total comprehensive income for the year |  | 619 |  |  |  | 3,093 | (371) | (2,376) | 273 |  | 6 | 625 |
Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary share dividends paid |  | (1,205) |  |  |  | (1,205) |  |  |  |  | (5) | (1,210) |
Special dividends paid |  | (1,746) |  |  |  | (1,746) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,746) |
Paid-in equity dividends paid |  | (249) |  |  |  | (249) |  |  |  |  |  | (249) |
Shares repurchased during the period | [7],[8] | (2,054) | (929) |  | 929 | (2,054) |  |  |  |  |  | (2,054) |
Redemption of preference shares | [12] | (750) |  |  |  | (750) |  |  |  |  |  | (750) |
Tax on redemption of paid-in equity |  | (36) |  |  |  | (36) |  |  |  |  |  | (36) |
Employee share scheme |  | 6 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |
Shares vested under employee share schemes |  | 113 |  |  | 113 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 113 |
Share based payments |  | (6) |  |  |  | (6) |  |  |  |  |  | (6) |
Equity at end of period at Dec. 31, 2022 |  | 36,488 | 11,700 | 3,890 | 1,393 | 10,019 | (102) | (2,771) | 1,478 | 10,881 | 8 | 36,496 |
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and other equity owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit from continuing operations |  | 4,748 |  |  |  | 4,748 |  |  |  |  | (4) | 4,744 |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations |  | (112) |  |  |  | (112) |  |  |  |  |  | (112) | [5]
Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realised gains/(losses) in period on FVOCI equity shares |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | (1) |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of retirement benefit schemes |  | (280) |  |  |  | (280) |  |  |  |  |  | (280) |
Changes in fair value of credit in financial liabilities designated at FVTPL |  | (39) |  |  |  | (39) |  |  |  |  |  | (39) |
Unrealised losses |  | 22 |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  |  | 22 |
Amounts recognised in equity |  | 187 |  |  |  |  |  | 187 |  |  |  | 187 |
Retranslation of net assets |  | (239) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (239) |  |  | (239) |
Gains/(losses) on hedges of net assets |  | 107 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 107 |  |  | 107 |
Amount transferred from equity to earnings | [6] | (578) |  |  |  |  | (44) | (1,021) | 487 |  |  | (578) |
Tax |  | (282) |  |  |  | 84 | (12) | (336) | (18) |  |  | (282) |
Total comprehensive income for the year |  | 4,690 |  |  |  | 4,402 | 53 | 872 | (637) |  | (4) | 4,686 |
Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary share dividends paid |  | (1,456) |  |  |  | (1,456) |  |  |  |  | (5) | (1,461) |
Paid-in equity dividends paid |  | (242) |  |  |  | (242) |  |  |  |  |  | (242) |
Shares repurchased during the period | [7],[8] | (2,057) | (856) |  | 856 | (2,057) |  |  |  |  |  | (2,057) |
Employee share scheme |  | 14 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  |  |  | 14 |
Shares vested under employee share schemes |  | 114 |  |  | 114 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 114 |
Share based payments |  | (35) |  |  |  | (35) |  |  |  |  |  | (35) |
Own shares acquired | [7] | (359) |  |  | (359) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (359) |
Acquisition of subsidiary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 | 32 |
Equity at end of period at Dec. 31, 2023 |  | £ 37,157 | £ 10,844 | £ 3,890 | £ 2,004 | £ 10,645 | £ (49) | £ (1,899) | £ 841 | £ 10,881 | £ 31 | £ 37,188 |
[1] | Other statutory reserves consist of Capital redemption reserves of £2,507 million (2022 - £1,651 million, 2021 - £722 million) and Own shares held reserves of £503 million (2022 - £258 million, 2021 - £371 million)
[2] | As referred in Note 14, the amount transferred from equity to the income statement is mostly recorded within net interest income mainly in loans to customers, balances at central banks and customer deposits as per Note 1.
[3] | The change in the cash flow hedging reserve is driven by realised accrued interest transferred into the income statement and a decrease in swap rates compared to previous periods where they rose. The portfolio of hedging instruments is predominantly receive fixed swaps.
[4] | Comparative results have been re-presented from those previously published to reclassify certain items as discontinued operations as described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements.
[5] | The results of discontinued operations, comprising the post-tax profit, is shown as a single amount on the face of the income statement. An analysis of this amount is presented in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements
[6] | Includes £460 million foreign exchange recycled to profit or loss upon completion of a capital repayment by UBIDAC.
[7] | In May 2023, there was an agreement to buy 469.2 million (March 2022 – 549.9 million, March 2021 - 591.0 million) ordinary shares of the Company from UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI) at 268.4 pence per share (March 2022 - 220.5 pence per share, March 2021 - 190.5 pence per share) for the total consideration of £1.3 billion (2022 - £1.2 billion, 2021 - £1.1 billion). NatWest Group cancelled 336.2 million of the purchased ordinary shares, amounting to £906.9 million excluding fees and held the remaining 133.0 million shares as Own Shares Held, amounting to £358.8 million excluding fees. The nominal value of the share cancellation has been transferred to the capital redemption reserve.
[8] | NatWest Group plc repurchased and cancelled 460.3 million (2022 – 379.3 million, 2021 - 310.8 million) shares, of which 2.3 million were settled in January 2024. The total consideration of these shares excluding fees was £1,151.7 million (2022 - £829.3 million, 2021 £676.2 million), of which £4.9 million were settled in January 2024, as part of the On Market Share Buyback Programmes. The nominal value of the share cancellations has been transferred to the capital redemption reserve.
[9] | There was an issue of shares in 2021. This is split between Ordinary share capital of £37 million and Share premium of £50 million.
[10] | In July 2021, paid-in equity was reclassified to liabilities as the result of a call in August 2021 of US$2.65 billion AT1 capital notes.
[11] | In 2021, the Total equity balance of £41,803 million includes £494 million attributable to Preference shareholders.
[12] | Following an announcement of a Regulatory Call in February 2022, the Series U preference shares were reclassified to liabilities. A £254 million loss was recognised in retained earnings as a result of foreign exchange unlocking.

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