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Reconciliation of profit before taxation to headline operating profit | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Disclosure Of Reconciliation Of Profit Before Interest And Taxation To Headline PBIT [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of profit before taxation to headline operating profit | 30. Reconciliation of profit before taxation 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 |
Headline operating profit is one of the metrics that management uses to assess the performance of the business. Reconciling items in the above table are components of operating profit, which are included in Note 3: Costs of services and general and administrative costs.

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