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17 Other investments and negative goodwill

  Group Parent – Other Investments
 
 
Negative goodwill
£m
Other investments
£m
Shares in subsidiaries
£m
Loans to subsidiaries
£m
Other investments
£m
Total
£m

At 1 April 2003
(9.2)
26.6
5,023.1
4,062.9
18.6
9,104.6
Additions
(6.4)
10.8
 
376.0
10.2
386.2
Release on sales
1.5
         
Disposals
 
(20.5)
   
(17.8)
(17.8)
Exchange fluctuations
   
(2.9)
   
(2.9)
Revaluations
 
0.3
7.6
 
0.1
7.7

At 31 March 2004
(14.1)
17.2
5,027.8
4,438.9
11.1
9,477.8

For the year ended 31 March 2004 dividends and interest from other investments amounted to £1.1m (2003: £0.3m). The historical cost of other Group investments is £18.3m (2003: £28.1m). Shares in subsidiaries are included at cost or directors’ valuation in 1977, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 to take account of their underlying net asset value; their historical cost is £5,119.7m (2003: £5,122.6m).

These financial statements include, on a consolidated basis, the results and financial position of the Group’s 100% interest in the Peacock Centre Partnership and the Group’s 50% interest in the Tesco British Land Property Partnership, the Scottish Retail Property Limited Partnership and BL Rosemound Limited Partnership. Accordingly, advantage has been taken of the exemptions provided by Regulation 7 of the Partnerships and Unlimited Companies (Accounts) Regulations 1993.

Principal operating subsidiaries:

Executive

The British Land Corporation Limited*
British Land Developments Limited
British Land Financing Limited*
British Land Properties Limited*


Finance, Investment and Management

British Land Property Management Limited
Broadgate (Funding) PLC
BLSSP (Funding) PLC
MSC (Funding) PLC
BLU Nybil Limited


Property

135 Bishopsgate Financing Limited* Broadgate (PHC 9) Limited
BLU Property Management Limited Broadgate (PHC 11) Limited
Broadgate City Limited Broadgate (PHC 15a) Limited
Broadgate Court Investment Limited Exchange House Holdings Limited
Broadgate (PHC 1) Limited Meadowhall Shopping Centre Limited
Broadgate (PHC 2) Limited Peacocks Centre Limited
Broadgate (PHC 3) Limited Sealhurst Properties Limited
Broadgate (PHC 4) Limited Tamagon Limited
Broadgate (PHC 7) Limited Union Property Corporation Limited
Broadgate (PHC 8) Limited Union Property Holdings (Investments) Limited


Overseas Property Companies

British Land Investments Netherlands B.V. (Netherlands)
Firmount Limited* (Republic of Ireland)

These companies are wholly owned and except where otherwise stated are registered and operate in England and Wales.
* Directly held by parent.


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