Report & accounts 2002 in full - Unilever
Report & accounts 2002 in full - Unilever
Report & accounts 2002 in full - Unilever
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Balance sheet as at 31 December<br />
<strong>Unilever</strong> Annual <strong>Report</strong> & Accounts and Form 20-F <strong>2002</strong><br />
Company <strong>accounts</strong> 135<br />
<strong>Unilever</strong> PLC<br />
£ million £ million<br />
<strong>2002</strong> 2001<br />
Fixed assets<br />
Goodwill and <strong>in</strong>tangible assets 3 –<br />
Fixed <strong>in</strong>vestments 2 456 2 433<br />
Current assets<br />
Debtors<br />
Debtors due with<strong>in</strong> one year 787 2 007<br />
Debtors due after more than one year 27 –<br />
Cash and current <strong>in</strong>vestments 33 138<br />
Total current assets 847 2 145<br />
Creditors due with<strong>in</strong> one year (2 126) (2 721)<br />
Net current assets/(liabilities) (1 279) (576)<br />
Total assets less current liabilities 1 180 1 857<br />
Creditors due after more than one year – 763<br />
Capital and reserves 1 180 1 094<br />
Called up share capital 21 41 41<br />
Share premium account 94 94<br />
Capital redemption reserve 23 11 11<br />
Profit reta<strong>in</strong>ed 1 034 948<br />
Total capital employed 1 180 1 857<br />
All amounts <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> capital and reserves are classified as equity as def<strong>in</strong>ed under United K<strong>in</strong>gdom F<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>Report</strong><strong>in</strong>g Standard 4.<br />
As permitted by Section 230 of the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom Companies Act 1985, PLC’s profit and loss account does not accompany its<br />
balance sheet.<br />
On behalf of the Board of Directors<br />
N W A FitzGerald Chairman<br />
A Burgmans Vice-Chairman<br />
4 March 2003<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial Statements