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Trade and other receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Trade and other receivables [abstract] |
Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | The following are included in trade and other receivables:
| 2024 |  | 2023
Amounts to be realised within one year | £m |  | £m
Trade receivables (net of loss allowance) | 6,487 |  |  | 7,055 |
Unbilled costs | 238 |  |  | 273 |
VAT and sales taxes recoverable | 323 |  |  | 371 |
Prepayments | 221 |  |  | 239 |
Fair value of derivatives | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Other receivables 1 | 452 |  |  | 521 |
| 7,722 |  |  | 8,460 |
Note 1 This balance does not include any individually material items.
| 2024 |  | 2023
Amounts to be realised after more than one year | £m |  | £m
Fair value of derivatives | 4 |  |  | 32 |
Other receivables and prepayments 1 | 170 |  |  | 177 |
| 174 |  |  | 209 |
Note 1 This balance does not include any individually material items.
Schedule Of Analysis Of Age Of Financial Assets That Are Past Due But Not Impaired | The ageing of trade receivables by due date is as follows:
| Carrying amount at 31 December |  | Not past due |  | Days past due
0-30 days |  | 31-90 days |  | 91-180 days |  | 181 days- 1 year |  | Greater than 1 year
2024 | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m
Gross trade receivables | 6,522 |  |  | 5,672 |  |  | 572 |  |  | 155 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 42 |
Expected credit losses | (35) |  |  | (1) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2) |  |  | (9) |  |  | (23) |
| 6,487 |  |  | 5,671 |  |  | 572 |  |  | 155 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 19 |
2023 | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m
Gross trade receivables | 7,099 |  |  | 6,173 |  |  | 613 |  |  | 183 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 47 |
Expected credit losses | (44) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (3) |  |  | (10) |  |  | (28) |
| 7,055 |  |  | 6,172 |  |  | 612 |  |  | 182 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 19 |
Summary of Bad Debt Provisions |
| 2024 |  | 2023 |
| £m |  | £m |
Expected credit losses |  |  |  |
At beginning of year | 44 |  |  | 72 |  |
Charged to the income statement | 20 |  |  | 15 |  |
Released to the income statement | (7) |  |  | (22) |  |
Exchange adjustments | (1) |  |  | (5) |  |
Utilisations and other movements | (21) |  |  | (16) |  |
At end of year | 35 |  |  | 44 |  |

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