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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Presentation Of Leases For Lessee [Abstract]  
Leases

14. Leases

 

The Company has lease contracts solely for office space with lease terms of between two and five years. Generally, the Company is restricted from assigning and subleasing the leased assets. There are a number of lease contracts that include extension and termination options and variable lease payments, which are further discussed below.

 

Refer to Note 9 for the carrying amounts of right of use assets recognized and the movements during the period.

 

The carrying amounts of lease liabilities and the movements during the period are as follows:

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

£

 

 

£

 

At January 1

 

806

 

 

 

434

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

548

 

Re-measurement of liability

 

115

 

 

 

2

 

Accretion of interest

 

26

 

 

 

21

 

Payments

 

(297

)

 

 

(197

)

Effect of foreign currency exchange differences

 

(5

)

 

 

(2

)

At December 31

 

645

 

 

 

806

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classified as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

278

 

 

 

268

 

Non-current

 

367

 

 

 

538

 

 

 

645

 

 

 

806

 

 

14. Leases (continued)

 

The maturity analysis of lease liabilities is as follows:

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

£

 

 

£

 

Contractual undiscounted payments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not later than 1 year

 

296

 

 

 

293

 

Later than 1 year and not later than 3 years

 

307

 

 

 

400

 

Later than 3 years and not later than 5 years

 

74

 

 

 

167

 

Total contractual undiscounted payments

 

677

 

 

 

860

 

Less: effect of discounting

 

(32

)

 

 

(54

)

Discounted lease liabilities

 

645

 

 

 

806

 

 

The following are the amounts recognized in the statements of operations with respect to lease contracts:

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

£

 

 

£

 

 

£

 

Depreciation expense of right of use assets under IFRS 16

 

 

268

 

 

 

193

 

 

 

 

Interest expense on lease liabilities (included in administrative expenses) under IFRS 16

 

 

26

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

Operating lease expense under IAS 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150

 

Total amount recognized in statements of operations

 

 

294

 

 

 

214

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

14. Leases (continued)

The Company had total net cash outflows for leases of £0.3 million in 2020 (2019: £0.2 million). The Company also had non-cash additions to right of use assets and lease liabilities of £nil in 2020 (2019: £0.5 million). The Company renewed one lease contract in 2020, which resulted in a re-measurement of the right of use asset and lease liability of £0.1 million.

 

The Company has one lease contract with variable payments where the lease costs after the first year of the lease are increased based upon a consumer price index. All other lease contracts have fixed payments.

 

The Company has a number of lease contracts that include extension and termination options. These options are negotiated by management to provide flexibility in managing the leased asset portfolio and align it with the Company’s business needs. None of the termination options have been exercised or are expected to be exercised. All of the extension options require a market rental review and the lease cost for the extension period will typically be set at the higher of either the current lease cost or the open market lease cost.

 

Based upon the current lease cost, the undiscounted future rental payments of potential extension options that are not included in the lease liability are as follows:

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

£

 

 

£

 

Extension options not expected to be exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not later than 5 years

 

591

 

 

 

351

 

Later than 5 years

 

387

 

 

 

627

 

Total

 

978

 

 

 

978