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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

8. Intangible assets

 

 

 

Patents

 

 

Computer

Software

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

£

 

£

 

 

£

 

Cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015

 

 

1,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,004

 

Additions

 

 

529

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

539

 

At December 31, 2016

 

 

1,533

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

1,543

 

Accumulated amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

Charge for the year

 

 

86

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

89

 

At December 31, 2016

 

 

163

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

166

 

Cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016

 

 

1,533

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

1,543

 

Additions

 

 

582

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

725

 

At December 31, 2017

 

 

2,115

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

2,268

 

Accumulated amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2016

 

 

163

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

166

 

Charge for the year

 

 

139

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

164

 

At December 31, 2017

 

 

302

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

330

 

Net book value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017

 

 

1,813

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

1,938

 

At December 31, 2016

 

 

1,370

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

1,377