FACTS FOR INVESTORS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 80, 5 April 1939, Page 8

FACTS FOR INVESTORS.

WOOI.WORTHS, LIMITED.

BALANCE SHEET FIGURES

Record profit? earned by Woolworths, Limited. (Sydney), for the year ended January 31, have already been reported. balance sheet items are now available, together with the following comparisons.' VHAK ENDED J.VM'AKY si. lit-17 1-1.-J8 i mo « t £ I'roflt 237,,'iU 247.717 .108.1(08 In tiiEiiMun . «.-i,OOO ,1(1000 H2OH Net I-ro.it . . 17J.344 3n,7J7 liivhk'iKl— <trd nmount 105,402 lHl.ani i!>4 nr.o To taT-frcc " 4 ' ,3iS ™' Mi «.'«« To - - Cl -361 ! it bldg. res — ■> 5,,q j Pii stuff fund 1,000 B,'uoo 2.500' lo chiiritiiis . 1.000 2 500 ■• -,oo hepreclatk.., . 43,757 U5.117 33,0(14 | I.IAIWI.ITIKS ♦ 'nilital : I'ref.. 10 p.e 75.000 75,000 75 000 I I'ef., 7 p.c. 20o:0OO 200.000 "iio'ooo I ~O r(1 543,113.S ill's 382 1.11J1.000 .en. reserve. 1U5.153 27G 827 ' Tax-free res. — J_ 1V y«i I Capital n,Sbl\ I-'re'mi? ' r,7flft " 47,««!> 47,608 on shares . TS.3S(i 1!tn,f177 14 310 lepreealon 154,45;: J7o>7 ioi',o7o Ins. & bidjr. 5.000 5 oml _ (■.■ editors ~.. 03,1)75 51,553 70.!)5!» fe tax : u : on n i ß7o wji^se ; Ktaif ftiliU .. 5,000 7.000 10,000 ASSKTS— Laud and huUdings 288,837 251.735 an.lT"* ' .enselu.id . c s 7 . (l i;-! ~j j.-.g 2. , \\ iirk 111 pruir. i U.l.lu's, ere) 15.74S SOO 1,150 i liiics, pliuit 2."i!),5"1 1!10.HJ4 201704 M"«lf Ulii.l.'lO 2l:i s:so 315.'43.-; Kei.K.rs* .. |i«,-,!l IUM.UU Wo'.Ui) • ash 4,74s 52 5(17 54 iiir. Shares, other <n,Wo i«iiii|iiiui«ti.. 547,32(i l.li;i.7CH 1,13(1.211:! Goodwill .. 1(;r,,227 Um.227 l(i,->.'227 •linludos subsidiary dompanifis' current aecouiit. The formation of ;\ sujmrate company, Woolworths Properties, Limited, i<, i,il>e ! over the company's freehold properties' except the bulk store, is rellected in the fall in the "'laud and buildings" item in 1 the assets and in an increase in the sub-, sidinry companies' ciirreiw actount to £348.014 from 1100.002. j Subsidiaries' Higher Profits. ! -Aggregate profit of the subsidiary com-1 piinios is shown i( t I'-JOiUjli, ronipaied j With £342.081 for the previous year. Pro- I vision for taxation is £11!).G34, against £121,000. TctiU assets, including goodwill and establishment charges of £403.-580. appear at £2.630,097, compared with £1.907,040 last year.