Year ended
31 December 2004
 
Year ended
31 December 2003
 
  Note   £000   £000   £000   £000  
Net cashflow from
operating trading activities
    316       (5,272 )    
Outflow relating to exceptional items     (2,673 )     (4,728 )    
Net cashflow from operating activities 18a)       (2,357 )     (10,000 )
Returns on investment and servicing of finance 18b)       (558 )     866  
Taxation         (111 )     (12 )
Capital expenditure and financial investment 18c)       (1,785 )     (720 )
          (4,811 )     (9,866 )
Acquisitions and disposals 18d)       -       (5,736 )
Equity dividends paid         (306 )     (292 )
Net cashflow before management of liquid resources and financing       (5,117 )     (15,894 )
Management of liquid resources 18e)       37       223  
Financing 18f)       (4 )     473  
Decrease in cash for the year         (5,084 )     (15,198 )

Reconciliation of net cashflow to movement in net funds

  Year ended
31 December
2004
£000
  Year ended
31 December
2003
£000

 
Decrease increase in cash (5,084 ) (15,198 )
Cashflow from management of liquid resources (37 ) (223 )
Cashflow from change in lease financing -   23  
Cash outflow from change in other debt 1,037   228  
Change in net funds resulting from cashflows (4,084 ) (15,170 )
Loans and finance leases acquired with subsidiaries -   (23 )
Exchange differences 7   -  
Loan notes converted -   3,000  
Issue of loan notes -   (6,500 )
Change in net funds in the year (4,077 ) (18,693 )
Net funds brought forward 32,974   51,667  
Net funds carried forward 28,897   32,974  

Analysis of net funds

  31 December
2003
£000
  Cashflow
£000
  Non-cash
Movements
£000
  Foreign Exchange
Movements
£000
  31 December
2004
£000
 
Short term cash deposits 745   (37 )   -   708  
Cash at bank and in hand 36,474   (5,084 )   7   31,397  
Debt due within one year (1,745 ) (1,037 ) (625)   -   (1,333 )
Debt due after more than one year (2,500 ) -   625   -   (1,875 )
  32,974   (4,084 ) -   7   28,897