Balance sheets

Account books relating to various departments at Blackfriars (Sainsbury's head office complex) including the bacon department, works department, factory, and depot. The accounts relate to a half-yearly period (26 or 27 weeks) including profit and loss accounts, trading accounts, balance sheets and property related accounts.

The main series of balance sheet volumes are called "Depot Balance Sheets". It appears that the term 'depot' is used to refer to any accounts dealt with at a head office level (rather than at branch level) and includes operations across the company. For example the majority of properties in the depot rental account appears to be branch premises 'rented' out by head office to the branches.

Accounts typically included are:
Bacon Department Trading and Profit & Loss Accounts
Works Department Trading and Profit & Loss Accounts
Factory Trading and Profit & Loss Accounts
Stores Department Trading Account
Depot Departmental Trading Account
Depot Profit & Loss Account
General Profit & Loss Account
Depot Balance Sheet
Sundry Schedules
Schedule of Depot Properties [note: refers to various properties owned by the company, including many branches]
Depot Rental Account [profit and loss figures for the rental account, mainly refers to branches]

Some of the ledgers (see SA/FIN/4) contain similar accounts.