Annual Review 2007/2008

Statement of income and expenditure

for the year ended 31 March

Matt Price reporting for BBC World News
 
Note
2008
£m
  2007
£m
 
Grant-in-Aid   255.0   239.5  
Other income   2.7   2.8  
Total income   257.7   242.3  
Operating expenditure excluding exceptional restructing costs 1 (257.9 ) (230.7 )
Exceptional restructuring costs -   (0.2 )
Total operating expenditure   (257.9 ) (230.9 )
Operating (deficit)/surplus before interest and taxation 2 (0.2 ) 11.4  
Interest receivable   0.4   0.3  
Surplus before taxation   0.2   11.7  
Taxation 4 (0.1 ) (0.1 )
Surplus for the financial year 11 0.1   11.6  
Transfer to capital reserve 11 (3.7 ) (7.2 )
Transfer from revaluation reserve 11 0.8   0.8  
Transfer (from)/to operating reserve   (2.8 ) (5.2 )

There were no recognised gains or losses other than the surplus stated above.

2008 Grant-in-Aid income includes baseline Grant-in-Aid and additional grant funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in support of Persian television.