13. Cash <strong>and</strong> cash equivalents15. Trade <strong>and</strong> other payables31 March2013£00031 March2012£000Balance at 1 April 17,028 14,689Net change in year 5,703 2,339Balance at 31 March 22,731 17,028Made up ofCash at commercial banks <strong>and</strong> in h<strong>and</strong> 181 106Cash with the Government Banking Service 22,447 4,285Other current investments 103 12,637Cash <strong>and</strong> cash equivalents as in statement of financial position 22,731 17,02814. Non-current assets held for saleCurrent year: 2012/13Property,plant <strong>and</strong>equipment£000Other assets£000Total£000As at 1 April 2012 - - -Assets classified as available for sale in the year 226 100 326Assets sold in year (226) (100) (326)Impairment of assets held for sale - - -As at 31 March 2013 - - -Prior year: 2011/12Property,plant <strong>and</strong>equipment£000Other assets£000Total£000As at 1 April 2012 174 - 174Assets classified as available for sale in the year - - -Assets sold in year (174) - (174)Impairment of assets held for sale - - -As at 31 March 2012 - - -At 31 March 2013 there were no properties declared surplus to operational requirements.16. Other liabilities17. Prudential borrowing limitThe Trust is required to comply <strong>and</strong> remain within a prudential borrowing limit. This is made up of two elements:• the maximum cumulative amount of long-term borrowing. This is set by reference to the five ratiotests set out in Monitor’s Prudential Borrowing Code. The financial risk rating set under Monitor’sCompliance Framework determines one of the ratios <strong>and</strong> therefore can impact on the long termborrowing limit• the amount of any working capital facility approved by Monitor.31 March2013£000Current31 March2012£000NHS payables 33 135Amounts due to other related parties 1,160 1,250Trade payables – capital 212 52Other trade payables 931 778Other payables - -Accruals 3,440 2,691PDC dividend payable - 4Total excluding taxes 5,776 4,910Taxes payable 1,868 2,013Total 7,644 6,92331 March2013£000Current31 March2012£00031 March2013£000Non-current31 March2012£000Deferred iIncome 216 204 - -Net pension scheme liability - - 3,867 2,714216 204 3,867 2,714Further information on the NHS Foundation Trust Prudential Borrowing Code <strong>and</strong> Compliance Frameworkcan be found on the website of Monitor, the independent Regulator of Foundation Trusts.181182
The Trust’s prudential borrowing limit is:31 March2013£00031 March2012£000Total long term borrowing limit set by Monitor 24,900 23,500Working capital facility approved by Monitor 8,100 8,100Total prudential borrowing limit 33,000 31,600Legalclaims£000Redundancy£000Injurybenefits£000At 1 April 2012 95 - 438Arising during the year 65 926 339Used during the year (46) - (48)Reversed unused (33) - -At 31 March 2013 81 926 729Neither of the above facilities were utilised by the Trust in 2012/13 or in the year to 31 March 2012.The financial ratios for 2012/13 <strong>and</strong> 2011/12 as published in the Prudential Borrowing Code are shownbelow, together with the actual level of achievement by the Trust.Financial ratioActualratios2012/1331 March2013£000CurrentApprovedPBL ratios2012/1331 March2012£000Actualratios2011/1231 March2013£000Non-currentApprovedPBL ratios2011/12Minimum Dividend Cover 4.5 >1x 3 >1xMinimum Interest Cover 1.5 >3x - >3xMinimum Debt Service Cover - >2x - >2xMaximum Debt Service to Revenue -