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Reconciliation of profit before taxation to headline operating profit (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Disclosure Of Reconciliation Of Profit Before Interest And Taxation To Headline PBIT [Abstract] |
Summary of Reconciliation of Operating (Loss)/Profit to Headline Operating Profit | Reconciliation of profit before taxation to headline operating profit:
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| £m |  | £m |  | £m
Profit before taxation | 1,031 |  |  | 346 |  |  | 1,160 |
Finance and investment income | (137) |  |  | (127) |  |  | (145) |
Finance costs | 417 |  |  | 389 |  |  | 359 |
Revaluation and retranslation of financial instruments | 50 |  |  | (7) |  |  | (76) |
Profit before interest and taxation | 1,361 |  |  | 601 |  |  | 1,298 |
(Earnings)/loss from associates | (36) |  |  | (70) |  |  | 60 |
Operating profit | 1,325 |  |  | 531 |  |  | 1,358 |
Goodwill impairment | 237 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 38 |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets | 93 |  |  | 728 |  |  | 62 |
Other impairment charges | 26 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 77 |
Restructuring and transformation costs | 251 |  |  | 196 |  |  | 219 |
Property-related restructuring costs | 26 |  |  | 232 |  |  | 18 |
(Gains)/losses on disposal of investments and subsidiaries | (322) |  |  | (7) |  |  | 36 |
Gain on disposal of property | (7) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other transaction costs | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Gains on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership | — |  |  | — |  |  | (66) |
Legal provision charges/(gains) | 68 |  |  | (11) |  |  | — |
Headline operating profit | 1,707 |  |  | 1,750 |  |  | 1,742 |

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