- Annual Report 2005
- Financial Section
- Group Balance Sheet
GROUP BALANCE SHEET
as at 2nd October, 2005
| Note | 2005 £m | 2004 £m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | |||||
| Intangible assets | 19 | 833.4 | 793.0 | ||
| Tangible assets | 20 | 518.4 | 502.6 | ||
| Investments | |||||
| Joint ventures: | |||||
| Share of gross assets | 26.3 | 44.3 | |||
| Share of gross liabilities | (3.9) | (21.0) | |||
| 22 | 22.4 | 23.3 | |||
| Associates | 22 | 65.0 | 118.2 | ||
| Other investments | 23 | 101.9 | 37.4 | ||
| 189.3 | 178.9 | ||||
| 1,541.1 | 1,474.5 | ||||
| Current Assets | |||||
| Stocks | 24 | 26.6 | 24.8 | ||
| Debtors | 25 | 493.4 | 429.3 | ||
| Short-term investments | 27 | 42.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 82.3 | 88.0 | |||
| 644.8 | 546.8 | ||||
| Creditors | |||||
| Amounts falling due within one year | 28 | (753.9) | (852.8) | ||
| Net Current Liabilities | (109.1) | (306.0) | |||
| Total Assets less Current Liabilities | 1,432.0 | 1,168.5 | |||
| Creditors | |||||
| Amounts falling due after more than one year | 28 | (906.3) | (703.8) | ||
| Provisions for Liabilities and Charges | 29 | (63.3) | (62.6) | ||
| *Net Assets | 462.4 | 402.1 | |||
| Capital and Reserves | |||||
| Called up share capital | 31 | 50.2 | 50.2 | ||
| Share premium account | 32 | 8.3 | 7.3 | ||
| Revaluation reserve | 32 | 71.1 | 72.1 | ||
| Other reserves | 32 | (41.3) | (25.7) | ||
| Profit and loss account | 32 | 379.9 | 306.8 | ||
| Equity Shareholders’ Funds | 468.2 | 410.7 | |||
| Equity minority interests | (6.1) | (8.6) | |||
| Non-equity minority interests | 0.3 | – | |||
| 462.4 | 402.1 |
The accounts from Group Balance Sheet to Principal Subsidiaries were approved by the Directors on 29th November, 2005 and signed on their behalf by:
Rothermere
C J F Sinclair
Directors