Accounts
Notes to the Accounts
Note 17 – Debtors
| Group | Company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
2005 £m |
2004 £m |
2005 £m |
2004 £m |
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| Amounts falling due within one year: | ||||||
| Trade debtors | 553 | 496 | – | – | ||
| Amounts owed by Group undertakings | – | – | 10,695 | 3,883 | ||
| Regulatory assets | 369 | 472 | – | – | ||
| Other debtors | 79 | 158 | – | – | ||
| Prepayments and accrued income | 544 | 462 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1,545 | 1,588 | 10,697 | 3,884 | |||
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: | ||||||
| Regulatory assets | 2,402 | 2,639 | – | – | ||
| Other debtors | 96 | 69 | – | – | ||
| 2,498 | 2,708 | – | – | |||
| 4,043 | 4,296 | 10,697 | 3,884 | |||
| Provision for doubtful debts |
Group £m |
|---|---|
| At 1 April 2003 | 116 |
| Exchange adjustments | (13) |
| Reinstatement of amounts previously written off | 14 |
| Charge for the year | 50 |
| Uncollectable amounts written off net of recoveries | (39) |
| At 31 March 2004 | 128 |
| Exchange adjustments | (3) |
| Charge for the year | 42 |
| Uncollectable amounts written off net of recoveries | (34) |
| At 31 March 2005 | 133 |