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              are often obtained, such as personal guarantees.   LTV banding
              Real Estate Loans are secured on properties solely   The Bank’s Real Estate lending balances falls into
              located in the UK, concentration risks are monitored,   the following LTV bandings:
              and credit exposures are diversified by sector and
              geography. The Bank retains the ownership of all   LTV banding                2024      2023
              assets financed by hire purchase and finance leases.
                                                               0 – 50%                      38%        34%
              Concentration of Credit Risk
                                                               51 – 60%                     29%        30%
              The Bank monitors concentration of Credit Risk by
              product type, borrower type, geographic location   61 – 70%                   30%        32%
              and loan size.
                                                               71 – 80%                      1%         2%
              Lending by product          2024      2023       81%+                          2%         2%
              and type %
                                                               Total                       100%      100%
              Real estate lending
               Residential                 25%       27%       Credit Risk – security
               Commercial                  60%       59%       The Bank enters into loan agreements with
                                                               customers, and where appropriate takes security.
               Other                        1%        1%
                                                               The security profile of the loan’s receivable book
              Asset finance                 8%        8%       is shown below:
              Classic Vehicles and Sports   6%        5%                              2024            2023
              Total                       100%      100%       £’000            £’000    %      £’000    %

              The Bank’s lending Real Estate lending portfolio is   Secured on
              geographically diversified across the UK:        property     1,059,221   86    972,023   88
                                                               Secured on
              Region                      2024      2023       other assets   166,495   14    134,032   12
              East Anglia                   2%        2%       Total        1,225,716  100  1,106,055  100
              East Midlands                18%       18%

              Greater London                5%        4%       In addition to security over property, the Bank
                                                               may also take additional security in the form
              North East                    6%        6%
                                                               of Director Guarantees and cash deposits.
              North West                   15%       16%       Collateralised deposits at the end of 2024
                                                               totalled £0.6m (2023: £0.9m).
              Scotland                      5%        6%
                                                               Credit Risk – allowance for impairment losses
              South East                    8%        8%
                                                               (see also Note 16)
              South West                    8%        7%
                                                               The Bank uses a forward‑looking ‘expected
              Wales                         5%        6%
                                                               credit loss’ (ECL) model to assess its Credit
              West Midlands                 8%        7%       Risk. This requires considerable management
                                                               judgement over how changes in economic
              Yorkshire/Humberside         20%       20%
                                                               factors affect ECLs, which are determined on a
              Total                       100%      100%       probability‑weighted basis.
                                                               As the Bank has to date incurred limited arrears
              The Bank’s Real Estate lending portfolio (by number
                                                               and losses in its initial twelve years of trading,
              of accounts) falls into the following concentration
                                                               it has had to use significant management
              by loan size:
                                                               judgement in calibrating the weightings and
                                                               values. Over time as the Bank obtains more
              Loan size                   2024      2023
                                                               performance data, it will continue to develop its
              0 – £250k                    40%       45%       models and incorporate this performance data
                                                               into them.
              £251k – £500k                26%       25%
                                                               The payment status of the Bank’s loans
              £501k – £1,000k              18%       16%
                                                               and advances are a key driver of the Bank’s
              £1,001k – £3,000k            13%       11%       provisioning requirements. The table below
                                                               provides information on the payment due
              £3,001k+                      3%        3%
                                                               status of loans and advances to customers
              Total                       100%      100%       as at 31 December:
   101   102   103   104   105   106   107   108   109   110   111