The company has chosen to adopt Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.
Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are initiallyrecognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where thetransaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans and loans fromfellow groupcompanies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financingtransaction, 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.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amounts presented in the financial statementswhen there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention tosettle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.