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Notes to the accounts

12 Tangible fixed assets
  Freehold
property
£m
Leasehold
property
£m
Plant and
equipment
£m
Total
£m
Group
Cost:
As at 1 January 2004 68.0 5.0 127.0 200.0
Exchange adjustments (0.9) (0.3) (0.8) (2.0)
Additions 2.0 0.6 13.9 16.5
Acquisition of subsidiary undertakings 0.4 - 1.2 1.6
Transfers (0.2) 1.1 (2.8) (1.9)
Disposals and write offs (0.4) - (7.2) (7.6)
As at 31 December 2004 68.9 6.4 131.3 206.6
Depreciation:
As at 1 January 2004 14.1 3.6 89.9 107.6
Exchange adjustments - (0.3) (1.1) (1.4)
Charge for the year 1.9 0.6 10.9 13.4
Acquisition of subsidiary undertakings - - 0.9 0.9
Transfers 0.9 - (2.0) (1.1)
Disposals and write offs - - (6.5) (6.5)
As at 31 December 2004 16.9 3.9 92.1 112.9
Net book value:
As at 31 December 2004 52.0 2.5 39.2 93.7
As at 1 January 2004 53.9 1.4 37.1 92.4
The book value of non-depreciated land included above is £10.3m (2003: £10.3m).
Transfers include the reclassification of freehold and leasehold property and a net transfer of £0.8m of plant and equipment to stocks.
    Leasehold
property
£m
Plant and
equipment
£m
Total
£m
Company
Cost:
As at 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2004   0.3 0.5 0.8
Depreciation:
As at 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2004   0.2 0.5 0.7
Net book value:
As at 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2004   0.1 - 0.1

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