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              27  Capital and reserves
              •  Share capital

                                                                      £’000                 No. of shares
                                                                   2024         2023        2024         2023
                 Ordinary shares of £1 each authorised,
                 issued and fully paid
                 1 January                                        44,955      44,955   44,955,000   44,955,000
                 Shares issued during the year                        –           –            –           –

                 31 December                                      44,955      44,955   44,955,000   44,955,000
                 Perpetual subordinated contingent
                 convertible loan notes

                 1 January                                        22,900      22,900   22,900,000   22,900,000
                 Authorised notes issued during the year              –           –            –           –
                 Fully paid notes as at 31 December               22,900      22,900   22,900,000   22,900,000



                 The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive   £’000                2024      2023
                 dividends as declared from time to time and are
                 entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the   Convertible loan note     2,459    2,191
                 Bank. During the year there were no new shares   interest 10.74 pence per loan
                 authorised or issued (2023: nil). There were no new   note (2023: 9.57 pence per
                 issues of any convertible loan notes (2023: nil).  loan note)

                 Dividends on ordinary shares are recognised in   Total                        2,459    2,191
                 equity in the period in which they are approved by
                 shareholders. No ordinary share dividends were paid   28 Employee benefits
                 in 2024 (2023: nil).
                                                               •  Defined contribution pension plans
                 Cambridgeshire Local Government Pension Fund     The defined contribution plan is a post‑
                 holds the perpetual subordinated contingent      employment benefit plan under which the
                 convertible loan notes. Interest on these securities   Company pays fixed contributions into a
                 is due and payable only at the sole discretion of   separate entity and will have no legal or
                 the Board.
                                                                  constructive obligation to pay further amounts.
              •  Fair value through other comprehensive income    Obligations for contributions to defined
                 reserve (FVOCI reserve)                          contribution pension plans are recognised as
                                                                  an expense in the income statement in the
                 The FVOCI reserve includes the cumulative net    periods during which services are rendered
                 change in the fair value of financial assets until the
                                                                  by employees.
                 investment is derecognised or impaired.
                                                                  The Bank operates a defined contribution
                 £’000                        2024     2023       Personal Pension Scheme, which is provided by
                                                                  Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited
                 FVOCI reserve as at 1 January   (376)  (1,209)
                                                                  and contributes to the personal pension plans
                 FVOCI financial assets – net   150    1,111      of certain employees. The pension cost for the
                 change during the year                           year represents the contributions payable by the
                                                                  Bank under these arrangements and amounted
                 Related tax                    (48)    (278)
                                                                  to £2,153k (2023: £1,846k). There was an
                 FVOCI Reserve as at           (274)    (376)     outstanding contribution due of £4k (2023: £nil)
                 31 December                                      at the end of the year.
                                                               29 Financial instruments and fair values
              •  Convertible loan note interest payments
                                                                  The Bank has set out in Notes 22, 28 and 29,
                 The following convertible loan note interest
                                                                  how it classifies financial assets and liabilities
                 payments were recognised as distributions to
                                                                  under IFRS 9. The following tables summarise
                 owners during the year ended 31 December.
                                                                  the classification and carrying amounts of the
                 The increased rate reflects the higher average bank
                                                                  Bank’s financial assets and liabilities as well as
                 base rate during 2024.
                                                                  the valuation basis:
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