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Trade and other receivables (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Statement [LineItems]  
Bad Debt Provisions
Bad debt provisions:
 
 
  
2019
£m
 
 
2018
£m
 
 
2017
£m
 
At beginning of year
  
 
116.6
 
 
 
91.3
 
 
 
93.8
 
New acquisitions
  
 
5.0
 
 
 
1.5
 
 
 
1.2
 
Charged to the income statement
  
 
45.4
 
 
 
66.7
 
 
 
27.4
 
Released to the income statement
  
 
(19.0
) 
 
 
(11.6
) 
 
 
(8.4
) 
Exchange adjustments
  
 
(4.1
) 
 
 
2.1
 
 
 
(4.1
) 
Transfer to disposal group classified as held for sale
  
 
(8.9
) 
 
 
–
 
 
 
–
 
Utilisations and other movements
  
 
(23.3
) 
 
 
(33.4
) 
 
 
(18.6
) 
At end of year
  
 
111.7
 
 
 
116.6
 
 
 
91.3
 
Within one year [member]  
Statement [LineItems]  
Summary of Trade and Other Receivables
Amounts falling due within one year
  
2019
£m
 
  
2018
£m
 
Trade receivables (net of bad debt provision)
  
 
7,007.6
 
  
 
8,062.2
 
Work in progress
  
 
349.5
 
  
 
366.5
 
VAT and sales taxes recoverable
  
 
212.7
 
  
 
264.2
 
Prepayments
  
 
287.1
 
  
 
287.3
 
Accrued income
  
 
3,292.7
 
  
 
3,541.2
 
Fair value of derivatives
  
 
1.4
 
  
 
1.3
 
Other debtors
  
 
671.3
 
  
 
578.8
 
 
  
 
11,822.3
 
  
 
13,101.5
 
Over 1 year [member]  
Statement [LineItems]  
Summary of Trade and Other Receivables
Amounts falling due after more than one year
  
2019
£m
 
  
2018
£m
 
Prepayments
  
 
2.2
 
  
 
3.0
 
Accrued income
  
 
–
 
  
 
16.5
 
Fair value of derivatives
  
 
–
 
  
 
8.4
 
Other debtors
  
 
135.4
 
  
 
152.1
 
 
  
 
137.6
 
  
 
180.0
 
Trade and other receivable [member]  
Statement [LineItems]  
Ageing of Trade Receivables and Other Financial Assets The ageing of trade receivables and other financial assets by due date is as follows:
 
 
Carrying
amount at
31 December
2019
£m
 
 
Not
past due
£m
 
 
Days past due
 
2019
 
0-30
days
£m
 
 
31-90
days
£m
 
 
91-180
days
£m
 
 
181
days-
1 year
£m
 
 
Greater
than
1 year
£m
 
Trade receivables
 
 
7,007.6
 
 
 
5,553.3
 
 
 
934.9
 
 
 
341.0
 
 
 
92.1
 
 
 
22.4
 
 
 
63.9
 
Other financial assets
 
 
582.5
 
 
 
357.6
 
 
 
129.9
 
 
 
48.3
 
 
 
16.2
 
 
 
5.2
 
 
 
25.3
 
 
 
 
7,590.1
 
 
 
5,910.9
 
 
 
1,064.8
 
 
 
389.3
 
 
 
108.3
 
 
 
27.6
 
 
 
89.2
 
 
 
Carrying
amount at
31 December
2018
£m
 
 
Not
past due
£m
 
 
Days past due
 
2018
 
0-30
days
£m
 
 
31-90
days
£m
 
 
91-180
days
£m
 
 
181
days-
1 year
£m
 
 
Greater
than
1 year
£m
 
Trade receivables
 
 
8,062.2
 
 
 
5,873.7
 
 
 
1,370.7
 
 
 
549.1
 
 
 
128.3
 
 
 
75.6
 
 
 
64.8
 
Other financial assets
 
 
551.7
 
 
 
424.9
 
 
 
61.3
 
 
 
14.2
 
 
 
8.6
 
 
 
7.7
 
 
 
35.0
 
 
 
 
8,613.9
 
 
 
6,298.6
 
 
 
1,432.0
 
 
 
563.3
 
 
 
136.9
 
 
 
83.3
 
 
 
99.8