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Consolidated Profit and Loss Account
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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
Notes to the Financial Statements
Major Investment Properties Summary
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Ten Year Record


Ten Year Record


Summarised profit and loss accounts 2004

£m

2003
Restated
£m

2002

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2001

£m
2000

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1999

£m
1998

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1997

£m
1996

£m
1995

£m

Gross rental income 486.7 449.4 415.3 390.1 368.3 311.9 286.8 299.8 239.8 191.2

Net rental income 450.3 418.6 386.6 371.8 347.5 296.5 266.4 277.0 220.9 173.9
Other income (expenditure) (28.5) (36.6) (23.0) 2.0 19.6 (5.6) 2.2 (6.8) (13.5) (12.4)

Operating profit 421.8 382.0 363.6 373.8 367.1 290.9 268.6 270.2 207.4 161.5
Share of operating profits of joint ventures 67.5 92.3 88.6 76.5 68.9 64.5 51.2 6.8 (3.4)  
Disposal of fixed assets 32.9 26.1 37.0 32.1 3.3 0.8 24.9 1.6 4.0 (1.2)
Net interest payable† (336.2) (326.1) (317.9) (394.9) (282.9) (300.9) (217.5) (187.4) (145.9) (111.2)

Profit on ordinary activities before taxation 186.0 174.3 171.3 87.5 156.4 55.3 127.2 91.2 62.1 49.1
Taxation (14.5) (33.7) (11.9) (26.3) (27.6) (2.6) (19.6) (15.2) (10.9) (14.6)

Profit on ordinary activities after taxation 171.5 140.6 159.4 61.2 128.8 52.7 107.6 76.0 51.2 34.5
Minority interest         (0.1) (0.5) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2)  

Profit for the financial year 171.5 140.6 159.4 61.2 128.7 52.2 107.3 75.8 51.0 34.5
Preference dividend             (3.9) (7.7) (7.7) (8.0)
Ordinary dividends (70.8) (65.9) (64.3) (59.6) (56.5) (53.4) (50.5) (41.5) (36.8) (28.2)

Retained profit for the year 100.7 74.7 95.1 1.6 72.2 (1.2) 52.9 26.6 6.5 (1.7)

Summarised cash flow statements                  

Net cash inflow from operating activities 381.4 373.6 382.4 380.3 432.2 345.1 307.8 259.3 204.1 167.1
Cash inflow (outflow) from dividends, interest
and taxation
(218.3) (278.6) (283.6) (351.0) (280.4) (189.8) (192.5) (184.5) (191.7) (140.7)
Cash inflow (outflow) from capital expenditure,
investments, acquisitions and disposals
(185.6) (270.6) (152.8) 81.7 (764.4) (559.1) (229.8) (183.0) (352.6) (694.5)
Equity dividends paid (67.0) (65.1) (60.6) (57.5) (92.3)   (44.7) (37.4) (32.1)  
Cash inflow (outflow) from management of liquid resources and financing 136.5 266.5 107.5 (78.6) 672.8 438.4 152.0 168.6 304.6 560.5

Increase (decrease) in cash 47.0 25.8 (7.1) (25.1) (32.1) 34.6 (7.2) 23.0 (67.7) (107.6)

Summarised balance sheets                  

Investment properties 9,251.2 8,085.2 7,528.3 7,145.9 6,777.8 5,289.5 4,604.4 4,142.7 3,992.0 2,651.4
Investments in joint ventures 658.2 700.2 727.2 704.2 570.8 595.2 564.7 297.6 69.6 166.8
Other investments 3.1 17.4 12.4 73.7 150.4 101.8 68.3 20.9 2.2 1.7

Fixed assets 9,912.5 8,802.8 8,267.9 7,923.8 7,499.0 5,986.5 5,237.4 4,461.2 4,063.8 2,819.9
Current assets 283.1 241.5 459.5 295.8 229.2 301.1 344.3 337.8 369.8 421.2
Creditors due within one year (869.9) (555.9) (769.5) (706.0) (566.0) (435.7) (310.4) (232.1) (432.0) (469.8)

Total assets less current liabilities 9,325.7 8,488.4 7,957.9 7,513.6 7,162.2 5,851.9 5,271.3 4,566.9 4,001.6 2,771.3
Creditors due after one year (4,406.3) (4,119.6) (3,613.7) (3,057.3) (3,249.4) (2,271.7) (1,877.6) (2,083.2) (1,986.5) (1,045.5)
Convertible Bonds (149.0) (146.8) (146.7) (463.9) (463.2) (462.4) (461.6) (146.4) (146.3) (146.3)
Provisions for liabilities and charges (101.1) (92.7) (89.6) (77.9)            
Pension asset (liability) 0.1 (6.0)                

  4,669.4 4,123.3 4,107.9 3,914.5 3,449.6 3,117.8 2,932.1 2,337.3 1,868.8 1,579.5

Represented by:                    
Called up share capital 122.0 122.1 129.6 129.6 129.5 129.5 128.9 118.9 107.9 92.1
Reserves 4,547.4 4,001.2 3,978.3 3,784.9 3,320.1 2,988.3 2,803.2 2,218.4 1,760.9 1,487.4

Shareholders’ funds 4,669.4 4,123.3 4,107.9 3,914.5 3,449.6 3,117.8 2,932.1 2,337.3 1,868.8 1,579.5

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Earnings per share (pre exceptional)* 35.1 27.4 30.8 26.0 24.8 20.6 21.2 15.7 11.2 8.4
Earnings per share*† 35.1 27.4 30.8 11.8 24.8 10.1 21.2 15.7 11.2 8.4
Dividends per share 14.5 13.4 12.4 11.5 10.9 10.3 9.8 9.0 8.6 8.1
Net assets per share*§ 999 883 833 802 694 630 592 487 426 416
Diluted net assets per share*§ 966 859 803 774 681 625 592 478 424 415


* Including surplus over book value of trading and development properties.
§ Adjusted for the placing of 42.8m shares in March 1997, the placing and open offer of 61.6m shares in November 1995 and the open offer of 61.3m shares in March 1995.
† Including exceptional finance costs in 2001 of £83.6 million and 1999 of £68.0 million.
Pension costs for 2004 and 2003 accounted for in accordance with FRS 17, 2002 and earlier years in accordance with SSAP 24.





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