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120     Notes to the Financial Statements                                                                                                                                                                                            121


               The table below analyses the Bank’s contractual financial liabilities including any accrued interest up to the point   is the main market risk faced by the Bank, and primarily arises from loans and deposits to customers, liquidity
               of maturity as at 31 December. The contractual date is the earliest repayment date of the deposits.                    holdings and debt securities. Oversight of interest rate risk is monitored by ALCO monthly and is managed
                                                                                                                                      through the use of appropriate financial instruments, including derivatives, with established risk limits, reporting   Contents
               Contractual maturity analysis at       Due within  Due after more   No contractual      Total                          lines, mandates and other control procedures in place.
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               31 December 2021                         one year   than one year      maturity
               £’000                                                                                                                  Interest rate risk consists of asset-liability gap risk and basis risk.
               Customers’ accounts                       880,586        153,039             –       1,033,625
                                                                                                                                          – Asset-liability gap risk
               Central Bank facilities (TFSME)                –          79,371             –         79,371
                                                                                                                                        Where possible the Bank seeks to match the interest rate structure of assets with liabilities, creating a natural   Strategic Report
               Lease liabilities                            104           1,952             –          2,056                            hedge. Where this is not possible the Bank will enter into interest rate swap transactions to convert the fixed
                                                                                                                                        rate exposures on loans and advances, customer deposits and debt securities into variable rate exposures.
               Derivative financial liabilities               –            254              –           254
                                                                                                                                          – Basis risk
               Other liabilities                              –              –          5,224          5,224
                                                                                                                                        Basis risk is the risk of loss arising from changes in the relationship between interest rates, which have similar,
               Total Liabilities                         880,690       234,616          5,224      1,120,530
                                                                                                                                        although not identical, characteristics. This risk is managed by matching and, where appropriate, through the
                                                                                                                                        use of derivatives with established risk limits and other control procedures.
               Contractual maturity analysis at       Due within  Due after more   No contractual      Total                          The Bank’s forecasts and plans take account of the risk of interest rate changes and are prepared and stressed
               31 December 2021                         one year   than one year      maturity                                        in line with PRA guidance. The following table summarises the re-pricing periods for the Bank’s assets and
               £’000                                                                                                                  liabilities. Items are allocated to time bands by reference to the earlier of the next contractual interest rate
                                                                                                                                      change and the maturity date. The interest rate sensitivity exposure of the Bank at 31 December 2021 was:  Corporate Governance Statement
               Deposits                                  826,252         98,397             –        924,649
               Lease liabilities                             147          2,055             –           2,202
               Other liabilities                               –             –           4,709          4,709
                                                                                                                                      31 December 2021     Within 3  More than  More than  More than  More than    Non-       Total
               Total Liabilities                         826,399       100,452          4,709        931,560                          £’000                 months   3 but less   6 months   1 year but   5 years  Interest
                                                                                                                                                                        than 6   but less  less than 5            Bearing
                                                                                                                                                                      months than 1 year      years

                                                                                                                                      Assets
                                                                                                                                      Cash and balances    240,158          –         –          –          –          –    240,158
               The following table sets outs the Bank’s liquid assets:
                                                                 During 2021 the Bank repaid the £57m of Treasury                     at central banks
                                                                 Bills drawn under the Funding for Lending Scheme
               £’000                        2021     2020                                                                             Loans and advances to:
                                                                 (FLS). The Bank drew £78m of funding in cash under
               Balances with Central banks  240,158  190,962     the Bank of England’s TFSME scheme (Term Funding                      Banks                12,293          –         –          –          –          –     12,293       Independent Auditor’s Report
                                                                 Scheme with additional incentives for SME) in 2021.
               Loans and advances to banks  12,293   9,687                                                                             Customers           904,921      9,551     15,054     59,898      4,335    (15,925)  977,834
                                                                 The Bank has a total of £188m (2020: £122m) of loans
               Debt securities             37,137   38,044       and debt securities which are available as collateral to             Debt Securities            –         –      10,210     26,958         –        (31)    37,137
                                                                 support drawings under the Bank of England’s Sterling
               Total                     289,588   238,693                                                                            Other                      –         –          –          –          –      7,449      7,449
                                                                 Monetary Framework (SMF) facilities.
                                                                                                                                      Total Assets        1,157,372     9,551     25,264     86,856     4,335     (8,507)  1,274,871
               The following table sets outs the Bank’s off-balance
               sheet assets:
                                                               •  Market risk                                                         Off balance sheet     12,000         –          –       9,000         –          –     21,000
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               £’000 Asset encumbrance      2021     2020                                                                             derivatives
                                                                 Market risk is the risk that changes in market rates                                                                                                                     Financial Statements
               Funding for Lending             –    57,000       negatively impact the earnings or market value of the                Liabilities
               Scheme Treasury Bills                             Bank’s assets or liabilities. All the Bank’s exposure to             Customers’ accounts  (792,286)   (52,903)  (108,183)  (146,374)       –      (4,027) (1,103,773)
                                                                 market risk relates to non-trading portfolios.
               Total                           –    57,000                                                                            Other liabilities          –         –          –          –          –      (7,281)    (7,281)
                                                                 As at 31 December 2021, the Bank does not have any                   Total Equity          (22,900)       –          –          –          –    (140,917)  (163,817)
                                                                 customer accounts or derivatives where the interest
                  – Asset encumbrance                            rate is set or linked to LIBOR.                                      Total liabilities    (815,186)  (52,903)  (108,183)  (146,374)        –   (152,225) (1,274,871)
               The Bank’s assets can be used to support collateral   The principal risk to which non-trading portfolios are
               requirements for central bank operations, or third party   exposed is the risk of loss from fluctuations in the        Off balance sheet     (21,000)       –          –          –          –          –     (21,000)
               repurchase transactions. Assets that have been set   future cash flows or fair values of financial instruments         derivatives
               aside for such purposes are classified as ‘encumbered   because of a change in market interest rates.                                                                                                                      Notes to the Financial Statements
               assets’ and cannot be used for other purposes. All                                                                     Interest Rate        333,186    (43,352)   (82,919)  (50,518)     4,335   (160,732)        –
               other assets are defined as ‘unencumbered assets’.   Interest rate risk                                                Sensitivity Gap
               These assets are readily available to secure funding or                                                                Cumulative Gap       333,186    289,834    206,915    156,397   160,732          –         –
               meet collateral requirements and are not subject to   Interest rate risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse
               any restrictions.                                 movements in market interest rates. Interest rate risk
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