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104     Notes to the Financial Statements                                                                                                                                                                                            105


            23  Central Bank Facilities                        25  Capital and reserves                                               £’000                        2021     2020      26 Employee benefits
               During the year, the Bank has utilised facilities      Share capital                                                   FVOCI reserve as at            26        2        Defined contribution pension plans                Contents
               provided by the Bank of England through its Sterling                                                                   31 December                                       The defined contribution plan is a post-employment
               Monetary Framework. These facilities enable either                   £’000       No. of shares                         FVOCI financial assets –      (411)     29        benefit plan under which the company pays fixed
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               funding or off-balance sheet liquidity to be provided                               (000)                              net change during the year                        contributions into a separate entity and will have
               on the security of designated pools of the Bank’s                 2021    2020   2021    2020                                                                            no legal or constructive obligation to pay further
               customer loans and advances and debt securities                                                                        Related tax                    (90)      (5)      amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined
               with the amount available based on the value of   Ordinary shares                                                      FVOCI reserve as at          (475)      26        contribution pension plans are recognised as an
               the security given, subject, where appropriate, to a   of £1 each                                                      31 December                                       expense in the income statement in the periods    Strategic Report
               haircut. Drawings under the Term Funding Scheme   authorised,                                                                                                            during which services are rendered by employees.
               for SMEs (‘TFSME’) have a maturity of four years and   issued and                                                      Convertible loan note interest payments
               bear interest at BBR. The remaining maturity of the   fully paid
                                                                                                                                                                                        The Bank operates a defined contribution Personal
               Bank’s drawings is 45 months. As these drawings   1 January      44,955 44,955 44,955 44,955                           The following convertible loan note interest      Pension Scheme, which is provided by Royal
               were provided at rates below those available                                                                           payments were recognised as distributions to      London Mutual Insurance Society Limited and
               commercially, by a government agency, they were   Shares issued       –      –      –       –                          owners during the year ended 31 December:         contributes to the personal pension plans of certain
               accounted for under IAS 20. Of the £78m drawn,    during the year
                                                                                                                                                                                        employees. The pension cost for the year represents
               £2.4m relates to deferred government assistance.                                                                       £’000                        2021     2020
                                                                 31 December    44,955 44,955 44,955 44,955                                                                             the contributions payable by the Bank under these
                                                                                                                                      Convertible loan note        1,283    1,440       arrangements and amounted to £1,023k (2020:
               Drawings under the Funding for Lending Scheme                                                                          interest 5.602 pence per                          £992k). There was an outstanding contribution due
               (‘FLS’) were used to provide off balance sheet    Perpetual                                                            loan note                                         of £2k (2020: £23k) at the end of the year.       Corporate Governance Statement
               liquidity and formed part of the Bank’s High Quality   subordinated                                                    (2020: 6.288 pence per
               Liquid Assets (‘HQLA’). Fees were charged under   contingent                                                           loan note)
               the FLS at 0.25% of the market value of the liquidity   convertible
               drawn. The £57m outstanding drawings at 31        loan notes                                                           Total                        1,283    1,440
               December 2020 were repaid in 2021.
                                                                 1 January      22,900 22,900 22,900 22,900
               Further loan assets of the Bank have been pre-    Authorised          –      –      –       –
               positioned with the Bank of England for future use   notes issued
               in Sterling Monetary Schemes (note 28).           during the year
                                                                 Fully paid     22,900 22,900 22,900 22,900
               £’000         2021              2020              notes as at 31
                            On      Off-      On      Off-       December
                        balance   balance   balance   balance                                                                                                                                                                             Independent Auditor’s Report
                          sheet    sheet    sheet    sheet
                                                                 The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to
               TFSME     78,000        –        –        –       receive dividends as declared from time to time and
                                                                 are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of
               FLS           –         –        –    57,000
                                                                 the Bank. During the year there were no new shares
               Total     78,000        –        –   57,000       authorised or issued (2020: nil). There were no new
                                                                 issues of any convertible loan notes (2020: nil).
            24 Other liabilities
                                                                 Dividends on ordinary shares are recognised in
               £’000                        2021     2020        equity in the period in which they are approved by
                                                                 shareholders. No ordinary share dividends were
               Accruals                     4,284    3,407
                                                                 paid in 2021 (2020: nil).                                                                                                                                                Financial Statements
               Lease liability              2,056    2,202
                                                                 Cambridgeshire Local Government Pension
               Other creditors               940     1,302
                                                                 Scheme holds the perpetual subordinated
               Total                        7,280    6,911       contingent convertible loan notes. Interest on
                                                                 these securities is due and payable only at the sole
            See Note 29 for more details on the lease liability.
                                                                 discretion of the Board.
                                                                 Fair value through other comprehensive income
                                                                 reserve (FVOCI reserve)
                                                                 The FVOCI reserve includes the cumulative net
                                                                 change in the fair value of financial assets until
                                                                 the investment is derecognised or impaired. The                                                                                                                          Notes to the Financial Statements
                                                                 decrease in 2021 reflects the impact of the maturity
                                                                 of one security and the purchase of a new longer-
                                                                 term instrument.
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