Group income statement

For the year ended 31 December 2023

	2023 £m	2022 £m
Revenue	802.5	743.6
Cost of sales and overheads¹	(694.4)	(646.2)
Other operating income¹	12.6	9.2
Other operating expenses¹	(1.3)	(4.5)
Net impairment losses on financial assets	(0.2)	(0.1)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items	119.2	102.0
Exceptional items	–	–
Operating profit	119.2	102.0
Finance income	0.8	0.4
Finance charge	(8.3)	(7.1)
Profit before taxation	111.7	95.3
Taxation charge	(24.9)	(21.0)
Profit for the year	86.8	74.3
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent	85.6	73.7
Non-controlling interests	1.2	0.6
	86.8	74.3
Earnings per share
	Pence	Pence
Basic	45.1	38.6
Diluted	44.8	38.5

¹ Excludes exceptional items

All activities have arisen from continuing operations

For the year ended 31 December 2023

	2023 £m	2022 £m
Revenue	802.5	743.6
Cost of sales and overheads¹	(694.4)	(646.2)
Other operating income¹	12.6	9.2
Other operating expenses¹	(1.3)	(4.5)
Net impairment losses on financial assets	(0.2)	(0.1)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items	119.2	102.0
Exceptional items	–	–
Operating profit	119.2	102.0
Finance income	0.8	0.4
Finance charge	(8.3)	(7.1)
Profit before taxation	111.7	95.3
Taxation charge	(24.9)	(21.0)
Profit for the year	86.8	74.3
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent	85.6	73.7
Non-controlling interests	1.2	0.6
	86.8	74.3
Earnings per share
	Pence	Pence
Basic	45.1	38.6
Diluted	44.8	38.5

¹ Excludes exceptional items

All activities have arisen from continuing operations