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118 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2010
Audit report on the Companynancial statements
Independent auditor’s report to the members of
Vodafone Group Plc
We have audited the parent company financial statements of Vodafone Group Plc for
the year ended 31 March 2010 which comprise the balance sheet and the related
notes 1 to 11. 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).
We have reported separately on the consolidated financial statements of Vodafone
Group Plc for the year ended 31 March 2010.
This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken
so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to
state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than
the Company and the Company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this
report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
The directors’ responsibilities for preparing the annual report and the parent company
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom
Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice)
are set out in the directors’ statement of responsibilities.
Our responsibility is to audit the parent company financial statements in accordance
with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and International Standards on
Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing
Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors.
Scope of the audit of the nancial 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.
Opinion on nancial statements
In our opinion the parent company financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the parent company’s affairs as at
31 March 2010;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting
Standards (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 directors’ report for the financial year for which
the 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.
Panos Kakoullis (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Deloitte LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
London
United Kingdom
18 May 2010