Notes And Other Explanatory Information [Abstract]
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2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31 |
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| Disclosure of accounting judgements and estimates [text block] |
6. Critical accounting estimates, assumptions
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| Disclosure of accrued expenses and other liabilities [text block] |
(a) Analysis by type and maturity
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| Disclosure of allowance for credit losses [text block] |
(b) Loss allowance matrix
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| Disclosure of associates [text block] |
23. Investments in associates
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| Disclosure of auditors' remuneration [text block] |
14. Fees payable to the Company's auditor
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| Disclosure of authorisation of financial statements [text block] |
These financial statements were approved by the Board on 13 May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
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| Disclosure of basis of consolidation [text block] |
(a) Basis of consolidation
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| Disclosure of basis of preparation of financial statements [text block] |
2. Basis of preparation
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| Disclosure of borrowing costs [text block] |
(a) Net finance expense included in profit before tax
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| Disclosure of borrowings [text block] |
27. Borrowings
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| Disclosure of business combinations [text block] |
41. Acquisitions and disposals
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| Disclosure of cash and cash equivalents [text block] |
25. Cash and cash equivalents – excluding bank overdrafts
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| Disclosure of cash flow statement [text block] |
40. Notes to the Group cash flow statement
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| Disclosure of changes in accounting policies [text block] |
4. Recent accounting developments
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| Disclosure of commitments [text block] |
(e) Lease commitments
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| Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [text block] |
42. Capital commitments
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| Disclosure of contingent liabilities [text block] |
43. Contingencies
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| Disclosure of credit risk [text block] |
Credit risk
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| Disclosure of debt instruments [text block] |
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| Disclosure of deferred income [text block] |
(d) Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations
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| Disclosure of deferred taxes [text block] |
(a) Analysis of tax charge in the Group income statement
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| Disclosure of depreciation and amortisation expense [text block] |
13. Amortisation and depreciation charges
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| Disclosure of derivative financial instruments [text block] |
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| Disclosure of dividends [text block] |
19. Dividends on ordinary shares
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| Disclosure of earnings per share [text block] |
18. Earnings per share disclosures
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| Disclosure of effect of changes in foreign exchange rates [text block] |
11. Foreign currency
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| Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] |
(a) Labour costs (including executive directors)
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| Disclosure of entity's operating segments [text block] |
10. Segment information
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| Disclosure of events after reporting period [text block] |
45. Events occurring after the end of the reporting period
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| Disclosure of fair value measurement [text block] |
(g) Analysis by valuation method for put options and items measured at fair value
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| Disclosure of fair value of financial instruments [text block] |
(ii) Fair value and notional principal amounts of derivative financial instruments
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| Disclosure of finance income (cost) [text block] |
16. Net finance expense
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| Disclosure of financial instruments [text block] |
30. Financial assets and liabilities
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| Disclosure of financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss [text block] |
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| Disclosure of financial risk management [text block] |
8. Financial risk management
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| Disclosure of general information about financial statements [text block] |
1. Corporate information
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| Disclosure of going concern [text block] |
Going concern
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| Disclosure of goodwill [text block] |
20. Goodwill
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| Disclosure of impairment of assets [text block] |
An impairment charge of
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| Disclosure of income tax [text block] |
17. Tax charge
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| Disclosure of information about employees [text block] |
12. Labour costs and employee numbers
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| Disclosure of information about key management personnel [text block] |
(d) Remuneration of key management personnel
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| Disclosure of intangible assets [text block] |
21. Other intangible assets
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| Disclosure of interest income (expense) [text block] |
(b) Net interest expense included in Benchmark PBT
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| Disclosure of interests in other entities [text block] |
(v) Other undertakings
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| Disclosure of leases [text block] |
29. Leases
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| Disclosure of liquidity risk [text block] |
Liquidity risk
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| Disclosure of market risk [text block] |
Foreign exchange risk
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| Disclosure of material accounting policy information [text block] |
5. Material accounting policies
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| Disclosure of non-controlling interests [text block] |
There are no significant non-controlling interests.
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| Disclosure of objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [text block] |
(b) Capital risk management
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| Disclosure of other assets [text block] |
(b) Other financial assets and liabilities
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| Disclosure of other provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets [text block] |
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| Disclosure of prepayments and other assets [text block] |
(a) Analysis by type and maturity
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| Disclosure of property, plant and equipment [text block] |
22. Property, plant and equipment
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| Disclosure of provisions [text block] |
37. Provisions
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| Disclosure of related party [text block] |
44. Related party transactions
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| Disclosure of research and development expense [text block] |
In addition to the development capitalised above we charged US$384m (2024: US$357m) of research and development costs in the Group
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| Disclosure of reserves within equity [text block] |
39. Retained earnings and other reserves
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| Disclosure of revenue [text block] |
9. Revenue
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| Disclosure of revenue from contracts with customers [text block] |
(a) Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers
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| Disclosure of information about separate financial statements [text block] |
Company profit and loss account
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| Disclosure of share capital, reserves and other equity interest [text block] |
38. Called-up share capital and share premium account
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| Disclosure of share-based payment arrangements [text block] |
33. Share incentive plans
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| Disclosure of subsidiaries [text block] |
U. Related undertakings at 31 March 2025
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| Disclosure of tax receivables and payables [text block] |
(b) Net current tax assets/(liabilities)
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| Disclosure of trade and other payables [text block] |
26. Trade and other payables
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| Disclosure of trade and other receivables [text block] |
24. Trade and other receivables
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| Disclosure of treasury shares [text block] |
(i) Movements in reserves
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