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           Impairment                                                                                                                Taxation
                                                                                                                                     The taxation charge of £5.3m (2021:
            £’000                                                     2022        2021                                               £3.0m), reflects an effective corporation
                                                                                                                                     tax rate of 19% (2021: 19%). The taxation
            Value of loans past due –                                20,263      11,947                                              charge includes a £176k charge (2021:
            Up to 3 payments missed
                                                                                                                                     £141k credit) in respect of deferred tax,
            Value of loans in default –                              27,423      28,575                                              and a credit of £274k in respect of the
            inc. credit impaired and IFRS 9 stage 3 loans                                                                            Bank’s convertible loan note interest
                                                                                                                                     payment (2021: £244k).
            Impairment loan provisions                               16,928      14,766
                                                                                                                                     Dividends and convertible loan
           The Bank’s asset quality remains strong   related weightings, are provided in Note 28.                                    note payments
           and it continued to successfully manage   The Bank continues to review all its IFRS 9                                     The Bank paid a £1.4m coupon on 30
           its defaulted loan cases throughout 2022,   model assumptions on a regular basis to                                       September 2022 (2021: £1.3m) in interest
           despite the uncertain economic and      ensure they reflect actual performance as                                         payments on the convertible loan notes to
           market environment.                     well as management’s future expectations.                                         Cambridgeshire County Council Pension
                                                   The Bank’s 2022 Expected Credit Loss
           The Bank has always ensured that its    includes a Post Model Adjustment (PMA) of                                         Fund, the holder of the loan notes.
           customers could potentially service     £685k (December 21: nil). This adjustment                                         The Board did not pay an ordinary share
           increased levels of repayments with
                                                   has been applied to reflect risks not fully                                       dividend in 2022 and does not propose
           applicant’s affordability stressed at higher
                                                   captured by the Bank’s REF IFRS 9 model.                                          an ordinary share dividend in 2023 as
           than current Bank base rate. The Bank has
                                                   Commercial property prices recorded                                               it continues to focus on maintaining a
           also maintained its loan to value limits with
                                                   significant reductions in the final quarter                                       strong, well-capitalised balance sheet.
           the average LTV on the Real estate book at
                                                   of 2022 and Management do not consider
           31 December 2022 being 56% (2021: 56%).
                                                   these to have been fully captured within                                          Shareholders’ funds
           The Bank’s balance sheet impairment     its model at the end of the year for loans
           provision increased from £14.8m to £16.9m   drawn in the year. A Valuation Risk ECL                                        £’000                                                              2022       2021   Change %
           in 2022. The Bank’s loan loss provision   adjustment has therefore been modelled
           coverage ratio increased to 1.6% during the   and included as part of the total stage                                      Share capital                                                     44,955     44,955
           year (2021: 1.5%).                      1 expected credit loss in 2022. This                                               Convertible loan notes                                           22,900      22,900
                                                   adjustment has been calculated by uplifting
           The IFRS 9 calculated income statement
                                                   the Loss Given Default metric for all new                                          Retained earnings                                                118,200     96,437      22.5%
           impairment charge was £4.8m in 2022,
                                                   loans drawn in the first 3 quarters of 2022
           an increase of £1.3m compared to 2021.                                                                                     Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve             (1,209)      (475)
                                                   to reflect the reported fall in commercial
           The charge reflects write-offs of balances
                                                   property prices in Q4. The increase in the                                         Total Shareholder Funds                                         184,846     163,817      12.8%
           totalling £2.9m, recoveries on previously   loan impairment charge combined with the
           written-off accounts of £0.1m and new   growth in total loan balances results in an
           provisions of £2.0m. The number and     annual cost of risk of 47bps (2021: 38bps).                                                                            31 December 2022                  31 December 2021
           balances of the Bank’s stage 3 loans (the
           majority of which are in default) remains   The Bank is very aware of the potential                                        Unaudited                            Before             After          Before             After
           broadly similar year on year.           impact of the current economic                                                                                  transitional relief  transitional relief  transitional relief  transitional relief
                                                   environment on its customer’s businesses.
           The impairment charge is calculated using   The Bank remains committed, as it                                              Risk weighted assets (RWA) £m         783.7             787.6           723.4            728.4
           the Bank’s granular credit grading and   did during Covid-19, to supporting its
           IFRS9 impairment models. The models     customers through this less favourable and                                         Common Equity Tier 1 ratio            20.1%            20.7%            19.2%            19.9%
           include forward looking economic        more volatile economic environment.                                                (CET1)
           scenarios. The scenarios, together with the                                                                                Tier 1 capital ratio                  23.1%            23.6%            22.4%            23.0%

                                                                                                                                      Total capital ratio                   23.1%            23.6%            22.4%            23.0%


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