pre_text: Consolidated income statement For the year ended 31 March 2019 1 The Group has adopted IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’, and IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ from 1 April 2018. The year ended 31 March 2018 has been restated for IFRS 16 which was implemented using the fully retrospective method. For further information on the impact of the change in accounting policies, see note 2 of these consolidated financial statements.
table: Note 2019 (Restated)1 2018
table: £m £m
table: Revenue 5 355.1 330.1
table: Administrative expenses (112.3) (108.8)
table: Share of profit from joint ventures 16 0.9 –
table: Operating profit 6 243.7 221.3
table: Finance costs 9 (10.2) (10.6)
table: Profit on the sale of subsidiary 10 8.7 –
table: Profit before taxation 242.2 210.7
table: Taxation 11 (44.5) (39.6)
table: Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent 197.7 171.1
table: Basic earnings per share 12
table: From profit for the year (pence per share) 21.00 17.74
table: Diluted earnings per share 12
table: From profit for the year (pence per share) 20.94 17.68
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the percentage change in profit before taxation in 2019 from 2018?