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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n If you are reading this document without having agreed to PwC's terms of access, which should have been visible upon opening this document, you are an unauthorised recipient. Please close this document and do not use it for any purpose whatsoever.\n \n \n Independent Limited Assurance Report to the Directors of NEXT plc on the selected ESG performance metrics\n \n \n Our limited assurance conclusion\n \n \n Based on the procedures we have performed, as described under the \"Summary of work performed\", and the evidence we have\n \n \n obtained, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the information marked with the symbol in\n \n \n NEXT plc's Corporate Responsibility Report and with the symbol in NEXT plc's Annual Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks ended 25 January 2025 (the \"Reports\") and summarised below (together, the \"Subject Matter Information\"), has not been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with NEXT plc's Reporting Principles, Criteria and Methodology (the \"Reporting Criteria\") as set out in Appendix A.\n \n \n What we were engaged to assure\n \n \n The Subject Matter Information needs to be read and understood together with the Reporting Criteria which NEXT plc's Directors are solely responsible for selecting and applying. The Subject Matter Information and the Reporting Criteria are as set out within Appendix A below.\n \n \n The scope of our work did not extend to information in respect of earlier periods or to any other information included in, or linked from, the Reports including any images, audio files or videos.\n \n \n Our work\n \n \n Professional standards applied\n \n \n We performed a limited assurance engagement in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised) 'Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information' and, in respect of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3410 'Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements', issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.\n \n \n Our independence and quality control\n \n \n We have complied with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Code of Ethics, which includes independence and other requirements founded on fundamental principl...