The company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development and position, are set out in the Business Review section of the directors' report in the consolidated financial statements.
The company is expected to generate positive cash flows on its own account for the foreseeable future. The company participates in the group's centralised treasury arrangements and so shares banking arrangements with its parent and fellow subsidiaries.
The directors, having assessed the responses of the directors of the company's parent NHC Holdings Limited to their enquiries have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the NHC Holdings Limited group to continue as a going concern or its ability to continue with the current banking arrangements.
On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position and of the enquiries made of the directors of NHC Holdings Limited, the company directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in the operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements has been used.