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Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013
OVERVIEW BUSINESS REVIEW PERFORMANCE REVIEW GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the Parent Company financial statements of Tesco PLC
for the financial year ended 23 February 2013 which comprise the Parent
Company balance sheet and the related notes. The financial reporting
framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accounting Practice).
Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ responsibilities set
out on page 70, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the
Parent Company financial statements and for being satisfied that they
give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an
opinion on the Parent Company financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).
Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s
Ethical Standards for Auditors.
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for
the Company’s members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part
16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in
giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other
purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into
whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior
consent in writing.
Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable
assurance that the financial statements are free from material
misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an
assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to
the Parent Company’s circumstances and have been consistently
applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by the Directors; and the overall
presentation of the financial statements. In addition, we read all
the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report
and Financial Statements to identify material inconsistencies
with the audited financial statements. If we become aware
of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we
consider the implications for our report.
Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the Parent Company financial statements:
• give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs as at
23 February 2013;
• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006.
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:
• the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited has
been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006;
and
• the information given in the Report of the directors for the financial
year ended 23 February 2013 for which the Parent Company financial
statements are prepared is consistent with the Parent Company
financial statements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the
Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
• adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent
Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received
from branches not visited by us; or
• the Parent Company financial statements and the part of the
Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited are not in agreement
with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of Directors’ remuneration specified by law are not
made; or
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require
for our audit.
Other matter
We have reported separately on the Group financial statements of
TescoPLC for the financial year ended 23 February 2013.
Mark Gill (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
London
1 May 2013
Independent auditors’ report to the members of Tesco PLC