24. Share capital

	2022 £000	2021 £000
Issued and fully paid:
309,523,061 ordinary shares of 2.5p each (2021: 308,221,462 ordinary shares of 2.5p each)	7,738	7,706

The issue of shares represents shares stated to satisfy the 2018 and 2020 sharesave schemes.

The ordinary shares carry no right to fixed income. There are no share options outstanding as at 26 March 2022 (2021: nil).