Lease arrangements - Summary of right of use assets (Details) - GBP (£) £ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
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| Lease arrangements | ||
| At start of year | £ 89 | £ 113 |
| Additions | 35 | 32 |
| Remeasurement | 1 | 5 |
| Disposals | (9) | |
| Depreciation | (37) | (50) |
| Exchange translation differences | (1) | (2) |
| At end of year | £ 87 | £ 89 |
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- Definition The amount of additions to right-of-use assets other than those acquired through business combinations. [Refer: Total for all business combinations [member]; Right-of-use assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The decrease in right-of-use assets resulting from disposals. [Refer: Right-of-use assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition The increase (decrease) in right-of-use assets resulting from net exchange differences arising on the translation of the financial statements from the functional currency into a different presentation currency, including the translation of a foreign operation into the presentation currency of the reporting entity. [Refer: Right-of-use assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- References No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of assets that represent a lessee's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term that do not meet the definition of investment property. Underlying asset is an asset that is the subject of a lease, for which the right to use that asset has been provided by a lessor to a lessee. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of remeasurement to right of use assets. No definition available.
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