RELX PLC financials
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RELX PLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2025-12-31
LEI:
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(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 101 line items across 3 annual periods)
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||
| Cost of sales | £3.23B | £3.30B | £3.22B |
| Gross profit | £6.36B | £6.13B | £5.95B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £3.03B | £2.86B | £2.68B |
| Net finance income / (cost) | -£286.0M | -£298.0M | -£315.0M |
| Finance costs | £298.0M | £304.0M | £323.0M |
| Profit before tax | £2.75B | £2.56B | £2.29B |
| Income tax expense | £672.0M | £613.0M | £507.0M |
| Profit for the year | £2.08B | £1.94B | £1.79B |
| — attributable to owners | £2.06B | £1.93B | £1.78B |
| — attributable to NCI | £13.0M | £10.0M | £7.0M |
| Total comprehensive income | £1.66B | £2.15B | £1.48B |
| Per share | |||
| Basic EPS | £1.13 | £1.04 | £0.94 |
| Diluted EPS | £1.12 | £1.03 | £0.94 |
| Free cash flow / share | £1.52 | £1.37 | £1.27 |
| Cash flow statement | |||
| Cash generated from operations | £3.73B | £3.52B | £3.37B |
| Net cash from operating activities | £2.84B | £2.61B | £2.46B |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£770.0M | -£575.0M | -£569.0M |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £21.0M | £20.0M | £30.0M |
| Net cash from financing activities | -£2.05B | -£2.06B | -£2.06B |
| Dividends paid | £1.20B | £1.13B | £1.07B |
| Lease liability payments | £40.0M | £63.0M | £72.0M |
| Net change in cash | £15.0M | -£32.0M | -£169.0M |
| Balance sheet | |||
| Total assets | £14.76B | £15.13B | — |
| Non-current assets | £11.80B | £12.14B | — |
| Property, plant & equipment | £72.0M | £82.0M | — |
| Right-of-use assets | £87.0M | £89.0M | — |
| Intangible assets & goodwill | £7.93B | £8.22B | — |
| Current assets | £2.96B | £3.00B | — |
| Cash & equivalents | £131.0M | £119.0M | £155.0M |
| Total equity | £2.39B | £3.50B | £3.44B |
| — attributable to owners | £2.37B | £3.48B | — |
| Non-controlling interests | £24.0M | £23.0M | — |
| Non-current liabilities | £6.37B | £5.91B | — |
| Current liabilities | £6.00B | £5.72B | — |
| Trade & other payables | £4.27B | £4.12B | — |
| Derived metrics | |||
| Free cash flow | £2.81B | £2.59B | £2.43B |
| Operating margin | 31.6% | 30.3% | 29.3% |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 20.6% | 19.5% |
| Return on equity | 86.9% | 55.5% | 52.0% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 1.36× | 1.34× | 1.37× |
| Capex coverage | 135.05× | 130.40× | 81.90× |
| Other reported items | |||
| Cancellation of Treasury Shares | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash Flows From Used In Increase Decrease In Current Borrowings | £232.0M | £461.0M | £84.0M |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £260.0M | £170.0M | £124.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £13.0M | £10.0M | £7.0M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Owners of Parent | £1.64B | £2.13B | £1.48B |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £50.0M | £35.0M | — |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £7.0M | £59.0M | — |
| Current Provisions | £2.0M | £6.0M | — |
| Current Tax Expense Income and Adjustments For Current Tax of Prior Periods | £726.0M | £607.0M | £575.0M |
| Current Tax Liabilities Current | £153.0M | £119.0M | — |
| Deferred Tax Expense Income Recognised In Profit Or Loss | -£54.0M | £6.0M | -£68.0M |
| Dividends Paid To Equity Holders of Parent Classified As Financing Activities | £1.18B | £1.12B | £1.06B |
| Dividends Paid To Noncontrolling Interests Classified As Financing Activities | £15.0M | £9.0M | £7.0M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners | £873.0M | — | — |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.48 | £0.45 | £0.42 |
| Dividends Received From Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method Classified As Investing Activities | £40.0M | £37.0M | £21.0M |
| Effect of Exchange Rate Changes On Cash and Cash Equivalents | -£3.0M | -£4.0M | -£10.0M |
| Finance Income | £12.0M | £6.0M | £8.0M |
| Gains Losses On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | £55.0M | £11.0M | £29.0M |
| Gains Losses On Exchange Differences On Translation Net of Tax | -£438.0M | £175.0M | -£285.0M |
| General and Administrative Expense | £1.86B | £1.85B | £1.85B |
| Income Tax Relating To Cash Flow Hedges of Other Comprehensive Income | £5.0M | -£3.0M | £12.0M |
| Income Tax Relating To Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans of Other Comprehensive Income | £3.0M | £11.0M | -£19.0M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £638.0M | £662.0M | £619.0M |
| Increase Decrease Through Changes In Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries That Do Not Result In Loss of Control | -£19.0M | -£1.0M | — |
| Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill | £3.07B | £3.16B | — |
| Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities | £274.0M | £257.0M | £303.0M |
| Interest Received Classified As Operating Activities | £13.0M | £6.0M | £9.0M |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £164.0M | £169.0M | — |
| Issue of Equity | £42.0M | £47.0M | £41.0M |
| Issued Capital | £264.0M | £272.0M | — |
| Liabilities | £12.37B | £11.63B | — |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £2.39B | £3.50B | — |
| Net Deferred Tax Assets | £75.0M | £84.0M | — |
| Net Deferred Tax Liabilities | £405.0M | £473.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £62.0M | £39.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £104.0M | £126.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £131.0M | £92.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £197.0M | £186.0M | — |
| Noncurrent Recognised Liabilities Defined Benefit Plan | £154.0M | £165.0M | — |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£422.0M | £201.0M | -£306.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Before Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | £5.0M | £43.0M | -£75.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£424.0M | £169.0M | -£250.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | £2.0M | £32.0M | -£56.0M |
| Other Longterm Provisions | £6.0M | £2.0M | — |
| Other Noncurrent Payables | £1.0M | £13.0M | — |
| Other Noncurrent Receivables | £7.0M | £16.0M | — |
| Payments For Development Project Expenditure | £504.0M | £464.0M | £447.0M |
| Payments From Changes In Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries | £19.0M | £1.0M | £0 |
| Proceeds From Issue of Ordinary Shares | £42.0M | £47.0M | £41.0M |
| Proceeds From Noncurrent Borrowings | £1.13B | £711.0M | £651.0M |
| Proceeds From Sales of Property Plant and Equipment Classified As Investing Activities | £0 | £0 | £7.0M |
| Purchase of Other Longterm Assets Classified As Investing Activities | £42.0M | £4.0M | £8.0M |
| Reclassification Adjustments On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | £36.0M | £20.0M | -£18.0M |
| Repayments of Noncurrent Borrowings | £621.0M | £1.02B | £847.0M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | £129.0M | £567.0M | — |
| Revenue From Contracts With Customers | £9.59B | £9.43B | £9.16B |
| Share of Profit Loss of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method | £44.0M | £43.0M | £46.0M |
| Share Premium | £1.65B | £1.60B | — |
| Treasury Shares | £406.0M | £722.0M | — |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in RELX PLC's annual report
filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) under the IFRS
taxonomy (ifrs-full) — the income statement, balance sheet
and cash-flow statement as the filer reported them. Values are shown
as-is, in the reporting currency (GBP), without
rescaling; the row labels map to the underlying concept name (e.g.
Revenue → ifrs-full:Revenue, Operating profit →
ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities, Diluted EPS →
ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare), and any concept
without a curated label is shown under “Other reported items” with its
de-camel-cased tag name. Only consolidated, default-member facts are
shown (segment / dimensional breakdowns are excluded).
“Derived metrics” (free cash flow, margins, ROE, …) are computed from those facts by the same model the U.S. financials pages use — not tagged by the filer.
Source: machine-readable OIM xBRL-JSON aggregated by filings.xbrl.org (XBRL International). Entity identity is resolved by LEI via the public-domain GLEIF register. This is reference data, not investment advice.