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20. Provisions for liabilities and charges

Group

Property buy-backs £’000

2024 £’000

2023 £’000

Balance at 1 April Additions in the year Balance at 31 March

– –

2,082 2,082

2,082 2,082

– Issues with damp ingress have been identified at one of the Group’s development sites. Investigations are underway to establish the cause and extent of these issues and any works necessary to remediate them. 29 properties have been sold at the affected development and the Group has made an open offer to customers to repurchase the properties. As at 31 March 2024, three properties are in the process of being bought back for a total consideration of £2.1m. See note 30 for details of the full extent of the contingent liability were all customers to take up the repurchase offer. There are no provisions for liabilities and charges at Association level (2023: £nil).

21. Debt analysis

Group

Association

Borrowings

2024 £’000

2023 £’000

2024 £’000

2023 £’000

Fixed rates Interest rate Orchardbrook Limited Between 11.295% - 11.615%

38,084 15,508 330,370 24,583 46,328 455,003 130 163,617 163,617 618,620

38,398 16,406

38,084 15,508

38,398 16,406

Banks

5.080%

Local authorities

Between 7.250% - 16.500%

140

130

140

Bond

2.000%

329,846 330,370 329,846

Private placements

Between 5.200% - 5.370% Between 3.439% - 8.125%

24,583 46,328

Other

46,936

46,936

431,726 455,003 431,726

Variable rates Banks (unsecured)

Interest rate

Between 1.100% - 1.150% above SONIA

116,917 163,617 116,917 116,917 163,617 116,917 548,643 618,620 548,643

Total housing loans

In 2022 a sustainability Use of Proceeds public bond was issued, repaying unsecured bridging finance, and a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility (RCF) was put in place. The RCF is unsecured bank borrowing to which an unencumbered asset test is applied. The interest payable is linked to key performance indicators in five areas measured against a 2019-20 baseline, details of which are set out in the sustainability section of the Strategic Report.

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