Company balance sheet

at 31 December 2008

	Notes	2008 £m	2007 £m
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	5	18.8	19.3
Investments	7	473.8	372.1
Financial assets	6	21.6	4.7

		514.2	396.1
Current assets
Trade investments	7	0.1	0.1
Financial assets	6	4.1	0.9
Debtors due within 1 year	8	435.8	873.8
Debtors due after more than 1 year	8	212.8	0.8
Cash		14.9	–

		667.7	875.6
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year	9	125.7	97.9

Net current assets		542.0	777.7

Total net assets		1,056.2	1,173.8

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than 1 year	9	404.3	378.5

		651.9	795.3

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	11	12.8	12.6
Employee benefit trust	12	(0.2)	–
Share premium account	12	410.4	374.9
Capital redemption reserve	12	1.8	1.8
Merger reserve	12	44.6	44.6
Profit and loss account	12	182.5	361.4

		651.9	795.3

The accounts were approved by the Board of Directors on 25 February 2009 and signed on its behalf by:

P R M Pindar
Chief Executive G M Hurst
Group Finance Director