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| 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Notes | £000 | £000 | |
| Expenditure | |||
| Operating expenditure | 1,3 | 241,654 | 175,172 |
| Net management expenditure on staff costs | 3 | 93,629 | 92,718 |
| Other management expenditure | 3 | 15,145 | 20,751 |
| 350,428 | 288,641 | ||
| Income | |||
| Income from activities | 2 | (12,676) | (7,946) |
| Other income | 2 | (18,018) | (21,065) |
| (30,694) | (29,011) | ||
| Net Operating Expenditure | 319,734 | 259,630 | |
| Share of losses in equity accounted investees | 8 | - | 286 |
| Income from investments | 2 | (141) | (471) |
| Interest receivable | 2 | (13,497) | (10,345) |
| Other finance charge | 1 | 166 | 1,847 |
| Net Expenditure after interest | 306,262 | 250,947 | |
| Taxation | 4 | 1,669 | 1,081 |
| Net expenditure after taxation | 307,931 | 252,028 | |
| Other Comprehensive Net Expenditure | |||
| Items that will not be classified to net expenditure: | |||
| Net (gains) / losses on revaluation of property, plant and equipment | (3,700) | (3,709) | |
| Net remeasurement (gains) / losses recognised in retirement benefit scheme | (19,563) | (40,849) | |
| Total Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year | 284,668 | 207,470 | |
| Attributable to: | |||
| Taxpayers' Equity | 284,710 | 207,559 | |
| Non-Controlling Interest | (42) | (89) | |
| 284,668 | 207,470 |
The notes on pages 145 to 197 form part of these accounts.