Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are initially measuredat transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effectiveinterest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measuredat thepresent value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangementsentered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company afterdeducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies andpreference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement
constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receiptsdiscounted at a market rate of interest.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course ofbusiness from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year orless. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables are recognised initially at transaction priceand subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company has obtained undertakings fromits shareholders that they will continue to support the company for the foreseeable future and meet all third partyliabilities as they fall due. Given this undertaking, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt a going concern basisin preparing the financial statements.