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              2024                       Computer            33  Commitments
              Lease liability             Hardware             At 31 December 2024, the Bank had undrawn credit
              (£’000)            Property  – Printers  Total
                                                               line commitments of £150.1m (2023: £67.5m). A
              Balance at           1,847        72  1,919      commitment is defined as an application that has
              1 January 2024                                   been approved by the Bank’s credit function within
                                                               the last 6 months. The Bank had capital commitments
              Additions               –          6      6
                                                               of £nil (2023: £nil).
              Disposals               –         –      –
                                                               At 31 December 2024, the Bank had contingent
              Interest charged      110          7    117      liabilities of £nil (2023: £nil).
              to P&L
                                                             34 Related parties
              Lease payments        (228)      (21)  (249)
                                                               Related parties of the Bank include key management
              Balance at           1,729        64  1,793      personnel and entities that have a significant voting
              31 December 2024
                                                               power. The following transactions with related parties
                                                               are included in the income statement for the period.
              2023                       Computer            •  Transactions with Controlling parties
              Lease liability             Hardware
              (£’000)            Property  – Printers  Total   £’000                          2024    2023
              Balance at           1,956        39  1,995      Cambridgeshire
              1 January 2023                                   County Council
              Additions               –         77     77      Interest payments on perpetual   2,459  2,191
              Disposals               –        (29)   (29)     subordinated contingent
                                                               convertible loan notes
              Interest charged      119          4    123
              to P&L                                           Trinity Hall, Cambridge
              Lease payments        (228)      (19)  (247)     Hospitality services              5       4

              Balance at           1,847        72  1,919
              31 December 2023
                                                               The Bank used the services of Aula Hospitality Ltd for
                                                               hospitality and conference facilities in 2024 and 2023.
              Most of the Bank’s lease costs relate to its Leicester   Aula Hospitality Ltd is part of Trinity Hall.
              Head Office. This lease is for a period of 15 years,
              ending on 13 August 2034. The rent was fixed for   •  Key management personnel compensation
              the first five years and was reviewed in 2024.
                                                               The key management personnel of the Company
              The Bank has not recognised right‑of‑use assets   comprised the Executive and Non‑Executive Directors
              and liabilities for its Regional Office leases where   of the Bank. The compensation of key management
              the lease term ends within 12 months of the date of   personnel is shown in the following table (see also
              initial application. The short‑term nature of these   Note 11).
              leases provides the Bank with the flexibility to move
              premises as business needs change. The offices   £’000                        2024      2023
              are located in a major UK cities and towns and   Directors’ remuneration*    2,559     2,473
              alternative premises are readily available should
              the Bank require larger or smaller offices. Whilst   Social security costs     302       316
              the leases include renewal options, the renewal   Total                      2,861     2,789
              is not certain and therefore no value for the lease
              is recorded within the Bank’s property, plant, and   *  Director’s remuneration includes employer pension costs totalling £14k
                                                               in 2024 (2023:£9k).The emoluments of the highest paid Director were
              equipment balance sheet category. During the year,
                                                               £1,012k (2023: £693k). No Directors received any shares as part of their
              the expense incurred on all the Bank’s short term   remuneration. There were no Directors’ loans in 2024 (2023: nil).
              property leases was £127k (2023: £39k).
                                                             •  Transactions with key management personnel:
              The maturity profile of the Bank’s lease liabilities is
              shown in the table below:                        Mike Hudson, an Executive Director, is a trustee of a
                                                               not‑for profit organisation that had £78k (2023: £86k)
              £’000                        2024     2023       on deposit at the end of the year. The account earns
                                                               interest at the standard rate for this type of account.
              Less than one year            248       248
                                                               There were no other transactions with key
              Between one and five years   1,227    1,213
                                                               management personnel in 2024 (2023: nil).
              More than five years          895     1,151
                                                               There were no loans outstanding to any Directors at
              Total                        2,370    2,612      31 December 2024 (2023: nil).
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