retained earnings
Americanplural noun
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Accounts filed in February showed the company had £2.03m in retained earnings in the year to April 2024, up from about £590,000 the previous year, while cash in the bank rose from £560,000 to more than £2.7m.
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Investment by the harbour is currently funded from its retained earnings, rather than by borrowing money.
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Severn Trent Water's 2023/24 accounts - which include the £1.68bn investment - report the company has very healthy retained earnings of £1.84bn.
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But the accounts for the wider Severn Trent Group, where all the creative accounting is cancelled out, show retained earnings of just £7.9m.
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As well as bolstering the balance sheet, the made-up £1.68bn has also been added to Severn Trent Water's retained earnings - that is the pot of money from which cash can be paid out to shareholders.
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