Group income statement

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Group income statement

For the year ended 31 December 2019

	Note	2019 £m	2018 £m
Revenue		719.7	728.6
Cost of sales and overheads		(590.5)	(594.5)
Acquisition costs	5	1.7	0.5
Operating profit	3	128.6	134.1
Investment revenue	6	0.2	0.2
Finance costs	7	(4.9)	(2.1)
Profit before taxation		123.9	132.2
Tax impact in relation to change in US tax rate		–	–
Taxation		(29.9)	(28.6)
Taxation charge	8	(29.9)	(28.8)
Profit for the year		94.0	103.6
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		93.8	103.2
Non-controlling interests		0.2	0.4
		94.0	97.3
Earnings per share	10
		Pence	Pence
Basic		49.4	54.2
Diluted		49.2	54.2

All activities have arisen from continuing operations.

Group income statement

For the year ended 31 December 2019

	Note	2019 £m	2018 £m
Revenue		719.7	728.6
Cost of sales and overheads		(590.5)	(594.5)
Acquisition costs	5	1.7	0.5
Operating profit	3	128.6	134.1
Investment revenue	6	0.2	0.2
Finance costs	7	(4.9)	(2.1)
Profit before taxation		123.9	132.2
Tax impact in relation to change in US tax rate		–	–
Taxation		(29.9)	(28.6)
Taxation charge	8	(29.9)	(28.8)
Profit for the year		94.0	103.6
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		93.8	103.2
Non-controlling interests		0.2	0.4
		94.0	97.3
Earnings per share	10
		Pence	Pence
Basic		49.4	54.2
Diluted		49.2	54.2

All activities have arisen from continuing operations.