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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due after more than one year (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Trade and other non-current payables [abstract] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables | The following are included in trade and other payables falling due within one year:
| 2024 |  | 2023
| £m |  | £m
Trade payables | 10,637 |  |  | 10,826 |
Contingent consideration liabilities | 57 |  |  | 73 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors | 1 |  |  | 14 |
Fair value of derivatives | 32 |  |  | 1 |
Other payables and accruals 1 | 2,329 |  |  | 2,409 |
| 13,056 |  |  | 13,323 |
Note 1 This balance includes media rebates, staff costs, indirect taxes payable and other individually not material items. The following are included in trade and other payables falling due after more than one year:
| 2024 |  | 2023
| £m |  | £m
Contingent consideration liabilities | 76 |  |  | 126 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors | 66 |  |  | 90 |
Fair value of derivatives | 25 |  |  | 1 |
Other payables and accruals | 62 |  |  | 66 |
| 229 |  |  | 283 |
Maturity Analysis for Non-derivative Financial Liabilities | The following table sets out contingent consideration liabilities, comprising contingent consideration and the Directors’ best estimates of future contingent consideration-related obligations:
| 2024 |  | 2023
| £m |  | £m
Within one year | 57 |  |  | 73 |
Between one and two years | 38 |  |  | 54 |
Between two and three years | 22 |  |  | 71 |
Between three and four years | 8 |  |  | 1 |
Between four and five years | 6 |  |  | — |
Over five years | 2 |  |  | — |
| 133 |  |  | 199 |
Summary of Future Anticipated Cash Flows in Relation to Liabilities in Respect of Put Options | The following table is an analysis of future anticipated cash flows in relation to liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors at 31 December:
| 2024 |  | 2023
| £m |  | £m
Within one year | 1 |  |  | 14 |
Between one and two years | 32 |  |  | 24 |
Between two and three years | 15 |  |  | 39 |
Between three and four years | 12 |  |  | 10 |
Between four and five years | 3 |  |  | 6 |
Over five years | 4 |  |  | 11 |
| 67 |  |  | 104 |

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