| Year ended 31 December 2004 £m |
Year ended 31 December 2003 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Excluding exceptional items: | ||
| Group turnover | 768 | 852 |
| Cost of sales | (672) | (729) |
| Gross profit | 96 | 123 |
| Other operating costs | (42) | (64) |
| Other operating income | 56 | 66 |
| Operating profit | 110 | 125 |
| Other operating income includes compensation for the late commissioning of plant, billings in respect of operations and maintenance services and profits on sale of development sites. Exceptional items would reduce other operating costs by £11 million (2003: increase cost of sales by £404 million). | ||
| Group turnover includes the following amounts of finance income: | Year ended 31 December 2004 £m |
Year ended 31 December 2003 £m |
| Group (including share of associated undertakings and joint ventures) | 144 | 108 |
| Less: share of associated undertakings and joint ventures | (138) | (108) |
| 6 | – | |