|
The directors
are responsible for preparing the group’s financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by
the European Union (EU), and for preparing the parent
company financial statements in accordance with applicable
law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The
directors are responsible for preparing financial statements
for each financial year which give a true and fair view,
in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, of the
state of affairs of the group and of the profit or loss
of the group and a true and fair view, in accordance
with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice
(UK GAAP), of the state of affairs of the company and
of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the directors
are required to:
| • |
select
suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
|
| • |
make
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent;
|
| • |
state
whether the group financial statements comply
with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, and with regard
to the parent company financial statements whether
applicable accounting standards have been followed,
subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements; and
|
| • |
prepare
the group financial statements on the going concern
basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that
the group will continue in business.
|
| |
|
The
directors confirm that they have complied with the above
requirements in preparing the financial statements.
The
directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting
records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any
time the financial position of the company and the group
and to enable them to ensure that the group financial
statements comply with the Companies Act 1985 and Article
4 of the IAS Regulation and the parent company financial
statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are
also responsible for the preparation of the Report on
directors’ remuneration, safeguarding the assets
of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other
irregularities.
The
directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity
of the corporate and financial information included on
the group’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. |
