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Trade and other receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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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 |

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