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United Kingdom company law requires the Directors to prepare financial
statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the
state of affairs of the Company and Group and of their profit or loss for that
period. In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:
•Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
•Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
•State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed; and
•Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless
it is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records
which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position
of Company and Group and enable them to ensure that the financial
statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also
responsible for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to
safeguard the assets of the Company and Group and to prevent and
detect fraud and other irregularities.
Each of the persons who is a Director at the date of approval of this
Report confirms that:
•so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information
of which the Company’s auditors are unaware; and
•the Director has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken
as a director in order to make himself/herself aware of any relevant
audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditors are
aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance
with the provisions of s234ZA of the Companies Act 1985.
Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
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