Annual Report and Accounts 2012 - Petards Group plc

Notes
(forming part of the financial statements) (continued)
3. Expenses and auditors’ remuneration
Profit before tax is stated after charging:
2012 2011
£’000 £’000
Amortisation of development costs 223 325
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment, owned 57 73
Net write down of inventories 43 73
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Auditors’ remuneration:
2012 2011
£’000 £’000
Audit of these financial statements 19 18
Amounts receivable by auditors and their associates in respect of:
Audit of financial statements of subsidiaries pursuant to legislation 35 34
Other services pursuant to such legislation 2 2
Other services relating to taxation 15 15
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Amounts paid to the Company’s auditors in respect of services to the Company, other than the audit of the Company’s financial statements,
have not been disclosed as the information is required instead to be disclosed on a consolidated basis.
4. Staff numbers and costs
The aggregate payroll costs, including directors, were as follows:
Group
2012 2011
£’000 £’000
Wages and salaries 2,982 3,240
Share based payments (note 19) (33) 14
Social security costs 341 317
Other pension costs (note 19) 222
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206
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3,512 3,777
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The average number of employees during the year (including directors) was as follows:
Group
2012 2011
Number
Number
Direct labour 50 54
Development 7 7
Sales 14 14
Administration 18
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89 93
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