Parent Company Balance Sheet |
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| At 31 March 1999 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 1998 | 1998 | |||||
| (restated) (note 1) |
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| Notes | £m | £m | £m | £m | ||||
| FIXED ASSETS | ||||||||
| Tangible assets | 15 | 6.6 | 6.5 | |||||
| Investment in joint venture | 16 | |||||||
| Shares in joint venture | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Loans to joint venture | 138.8 | 215.0 | ||||||
| 141.2 | 217.4 | |||||||
| Other fixed asset investments | 17 | 1,931.7 | 1,728.5 | |||||
| 2,079.5 | 1,952.4 | |||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Debtors - due within one year | 19 | 2,637.6 | 2,376.9 | |||||
| Debtors - due in more than one year | 19 | - | 35.2 | |||||
| Bank balances and cash | 32.6 | 591.0 | ||||||
| 2,670.2 | 3,003.1 | |||||||
| Creditors - amounts falling due within one year | 22 | (2,832.4) | (2,936.6) | |||||
| NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS | (162.2) | 66.5 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 1,917.3 | 2,018.9 | ||||||
| Provisions for deferred and other liabilities and charges | 25 | (12.9) | (12.9) | |||||
| NET ASSETS | 1,904.4 | 2,006.0 | ||||||
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES | ||||||||
| Called up share capital | 27 | 251.4 | 251.4 | |||||
| Revaluation reserve | 29 | 2.6 | 2.2 | |||||
| Profit and loss account | 29 | 1,650.4 | 1,752.4 | |||||
| EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS' FUND | 1,904.4 | 2,006.0 | ||||||
| Approved by the Board of Directors on | ||||||||
| 16 June 1999 and signed on its behalf by:- | ||||||||
| Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale | } | Directors | ||||||
| David Tyler | ||||||||