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| 2026 | 2025 | ||
| Notes | £000 | £000 | |
| Expenditure | |||
| Operating expenditure | 1,3 | 233,891 | 169,631 |
| Net management expenditure on staff costs | 3 | 87,217 | 83,997 |
| Other management expenditure | 3 | 14,610 | 20,216 |
| 335,718 | 273,844 | ||
| Income | |||
| Income from activities | 2 | (12,050) | (9,757) |
| Other income | 2 | (9,879) | (12,396) |
| (21,929) | (22,153) | ||
| Net Operating Expenditure | 313,789 | 251,691 | |
| Income from investments | 2 | (92) | (421) |
| Interest receivable | 2 | (13,472) | (10,265) |
| Other finance charge / (income) | 1 | 166 | 1,821 |
| Net Expenditure after interest | 300,391 | 242,826 | |
| Taxation | 4 | 1,669 | 1,074 |
| Net expenditure after taxation | 302,060 | 243,900 | |
| Other Comprehensive Net Expenditure | |||
| Items that will not be classified to net expenditure: | |||
| Net gains on revaluation of property, plant and equipment | (347) | (312) | |
| Net remeasurement gains recognised in retirement benefit scheme | (19,563) | (40,849) | |
| Total Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year | 282,150 | 202,739 |
The notes on pages 145 to 197 form part of these accounts.