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Woolworths Group plc
News Releases 2005
Wednesday 23 March 2005
  Woolworths Group plc:
Preliminary Results Announcement 2005
   
  Group Balance Sheet back to contents
  At 29 January 2005 and 31 January 2004
   
 
  2005
£m
Restated
2004
£m

Fixed assets    
Intangible assets 12.0 58.7
Tangible assets 312.1 323.7
Investments – associates
  – joint ventures
0.2 0.2
56.9
 
  comprising – share of gross assets
– share of gross liabilities
– goodwill
49.2 12.0
(43.5) (12.0)
(51.2)

  381.2 382.6

Current assets    
Stocks – finished goods 371.1 363.4
Debtors 148.8 166.3
Cash at bank and in hand 208.4 155.2

728.3 684.9
     

Creditors due within one year (499.1) (483..9)

Net current assets 229.2 201.0

Total assets less current liabilities 610.4 583.6
Creditors due after one year (99.6) (98.5)
Provisions for liabilities and charges (46.0) (27.8)

Net assets 464.8 457.3

Capital and reserves    
Called up share capital 179.4 176.6
Share premium reserve 5.2 1.2
Demerger reserve 24.1 24.1
Revaluation reserve 3.0 3.1
Profit and loss account 253.1 252.1

Equity shareholders’ funds 464.8 457.1
Equity minority interests 0.2

  464.8 457.3

   
  The prior year comparative has been restated following the adoption Urgent Issues Task Force, Abstract 38 (UITF 38) ‘Accounting for ESOP Trusts’.