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Financial Statements 95<br />
21. Inventories<br />
Group<br />
2008 2007<br />
£m £m<br />
Raw materials and consumables 0.3 0.4<br />
The directors consider that the carrying amount of inventories approximates their fair value.<br />
There were no amounts of inventories written off during the year (2007: nil).<br />
22. Trade and other receivables<br />
Group<br />
Company<br />
2008 2007 2008 2007<br />
£m £m £m £m<br />
Current assets:<br />
Trade receivables 224.1 209.9 – –<br />
Less: Provision for impairment of receivables (13.0) (11.8) – –<br />
Trade receivables – net 211.1 198.1 – –<br />
Amounts recoverable on contracts 44.7 43.6 – –<br />
Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings (note 39) – – 8.4 8.5<br />
Amounts due from Joint Ventures (note 39) 9.7 15.8 – –<br />
Other receivables 20.3 20.8 – –<br />
Prepayments and accrued income 13.9 5.7 – –<br />
299.7 284.0 8.4 8.5<br />
The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates their fair value.<br />
At 31 March 2008 £172.2m (2007: £161.1m) of trade receivables were within normal payment terms and considered to be fully<br />
performing. A further £38.8m (2007: £35.6m) were past due date and aged up to six months from invoice date, which carried<br />
a provision for impairment of £1.3m (2007: £nil). Trade receivables aged beyond six months of invoice date totalled £13.1m<br />
(2007: £13.2m) and carried a provision for impairment of £11.7m (2007: £11.8m).<br />
Movements in the Group provision for impairment of trade receivables were as follows:<br />
Group<br />
2008 2007<br />
£m £m<br />
Provision for impairment at beginning of year (11.8) (12.2)<br />
Increase in provisions (4.1) (5.1)<br />
Release of provisions 3.1 4.4<br />
Receivables written off as uncollectable 0.3 1.6<br />
Difference on exchange (0.5) (0.5)<br />
Provision for impairment at end of year (13.0) (11.8)<br />
The creation and release of the provision have been included within revenue in the income statement.<br />
None of the financial assets that are fully performing were renegotiated during the year.<br />
Amounts due from Joint Ventures are shown net of contract-related provisions of £22.6m (2007: £nil) which was previously held<br />
within amounts recoverable on contracts. The other classes of financial assets shown within trade and other receivables were<br />
unimpaired both at 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2007.<br />
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WS <strong>Atkins</strong> plc Annual Report 2008