Balance sheets

as at 31 December

  Notes Group   Company
2010
£m
2009
£m
2010
£m
2009
£m
Assets            
Non-current assets            
Intangible assets 12 6.8 11.4  
Investment in subsidiaries 13   666.7 666.2
Property, plant and equipment 14 35.7 39.5  
Deferred tax assets 15 48.5 46.5   0.3 1.0
    91.0 97.4   667.0 667.2
Current assets            
Amounts receivable from customers:            
– due within one year   558.8 514.9  
– due in more than one year   8.1 10.7  
  16 566.9 525.6  
Derivative financial instruments 22   2.6
Cash and cash equivalents 17 23.5 31.2   0.8 0.5
Current tax asset     3.4 0.4
Other receivables 18 21.3 16.3   275.4 115.8
    611.7 573.1   279.6 119.3
Total assets   702.7 670.5   946.6 786.5

Liabilities
           
Current liabilities            
Borrowings 20 (19.5) (111.6)   (10.1) (39.2)
Derivative financial instruments 22 (4.5) (7.9)   (2.3)
Trade and other payables 19 (55.9) (47.1)   (134.1) (71.9)
Current tax liabilities   (25.7) (15.6)  
    (105.6) (182.2)   (144.2) (113.4)
Non-current liabilities            
Retirement benefit obligation 25 (3.3) (7.5)   (0.8) (1.6)
Borrowings 20 (284.8) (221.0)   (215.4) (62.4)
    (288.1) (228.5)   (216.2) (64.0)
Total liabilities   (393.7) (410.7)   (360.4) (177.4)
Net assets   309.0 259.8   586.2 609.1

Equity attributable to owners of the parent
           
Ordinary shares 27 25.7 25.7   25.7 25.7
Other reserve   (22.5) (22.5)   226.3 226.3
Foreign exchange reserve   42.2 41.5  
Hedging reserve   (2.7) (5.0)   0.1
Shares held by employee trust   (5.7) (5.7)   (5.7) (5.7)
Retained earnings   272.0 225.8   339.9 362.7
Total equity   309.0 259.8   586.2 609.1

The accounting policies and notes 1 to 31 are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Financial Statements comprising the consolidated income statement, statements of comprehensive income, Group and Parent Company balance sheets, statements of changes in equity and cash flow statements, the accounting policies and notes 1 to 31 were approved by the Board on 2 March 2011 and were signed on its behalf by:

John Harnett
Chief Executive Officer

David Broadbent
Finance Director

© International Personal Finance 2012

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