Group balance sheet 31 March 2010

	Notes	2010 £000	2009 £000
Non-current assets
Goodwill	14	190,186	175,667
Other intangible assets	15	56,386	43,814
Property, plant and equipment	16	32,923	34,518
Interests in joint ventures	18	5,924	5,224
Deferred tax assets	23	2,937	4,189
		288,356	263,412

Current assets
Inventories	19	950	9,495
Trade and other receivables	20	235,122	206,132
Cash and cash equivalents	20	25,409	21,345
		261,481	236,972

Total assets		549,837	500,384

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables	24	(206,297)	(206,033)
Current tax liabilities		(9,500)	(11,790)
Derivative financial instruments	21	—	(1,947)
Bank and other loans	22	(28,300)	(55,300)
		(244,097)	(275,070)
Net current assets/(liabilities)		17,384	(38,098)

Non-current liabilities
Bank and other loans	22	(50,000)	—
Other financial liabilities	25	(17,431)	(10,411)
Retirement benefit obligation	39	(4,248)	(1,919)
		(71,679)	(12,330)
Total liabilities		(315,776)	(287,400)
Net assets		234,061	212,984
Equity
Share capital	26	8,218	8,167
Share premium account	27	36,102	33,486
Merger reserve	28	70,992	70,992
Own shares reserve	29	(24,958)	(27,523)
Share incentive reserve	30	6,538	8,381
Capital redemption reserve	31	1,200	1,200
Hedging and currency translation reserve	32	8,722	2,336
Retained earnings	33	127,247	115,945
Total equity		234,061	212,984

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 25 May 2010.
They were signed on its behalf by:

Chief Financial Officer
25 May 2010