Classification
The company holds the following financial instruments:
- Short term trade and other debtors and creditors
- Cash and bank balances
- Hire purchase liabilities
- Bank lending
All financial instruments held by the company are classified as basic.
Recognition and measurement
The company has chosen to apply the recognition and measurement principles in FRS102.
Financial instruments are recognised when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or when substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to another party. Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s obligations are discharged, cancelled or expire.
Basic financial instruments are initially measured at transaction price, including transaction costs, except where the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Short-term debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate are measured at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received, less any impairment.
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting date.