The Shannon Airport Group Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Annual Report and Accounts | 2024

Annual Report and Accounts | 2024

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Trade receivables The Group has procedures in place for monitoring and managing the credit risk related to its trade receivables based on experience, customers’ track record and historic default rates. Individual risk limits are generally set by customer and risk is only accepted above such limits in defined circumstances. Credit risk exposures in relation to ad hoc customers are mitigated, where necessary, using prepayments or the request of deposits.

25. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Financial risk factors The Company’s Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Group’s risk management policy. The Board of Directors has established an Audit and Risk Committee which is responsible for developing and monitoring the Group’s risk management systems. The Group has an established group wide risk management system that ensures risks are consistently identified, assessed, recorded and reported across all Business Units and functions and which seeks to limit the impact of these risks on the financial performance of the Group. It is the Group’s policy to manage these risks in a non-speculative manner. The Group’s operations expose it to various financial risks, as described below. This note presents information about the Group’s exposure to these risks and its objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing the risk. Further quantitative disclosures are included throughout this note. (a) Credit risk The Group undertakes financial transactions in the ordinary course of business with a number of counterparties and could suffer financial loss if any of those counterparties were to either fail or to default in the performance of their respective obligations. Credit risk arises from credit to customers arising on outstanding receivables and outstanding transactions as well as cash and cash equivalents, investment in government bonds, money market funds and deposits with banks and financial institutions. The Group’s deposits are held with one credit institution. The Group has invested in a number of German and Irish government bonds and in a money market fund. Counterparty exposures are regularly monitored by management and reported to the Board as required. The carrying amount of financial assets, net of impairment provisions represents the Group’s maximum credit risk exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at year end is outlined in the table below.

The Group’s trade receivables are all denominated in Euro. The exposure to credit risk for trade and receivables by geographic region of customers was as follows:

2024 €’000

2023 €’000

Gross trade receivables Republic of Ireland

2,158

2,758

396 442

United Kingdom

396 468

Rest of world

2,996

3,622

At 31 December

At 31 December 2024, the exposure to credit risk for trade receivables by type of counterparty was as follows:

2024 €’000

2023 €’000

1,780

1,509

Aeronautical customers

589 446 181

499

Commercial property customers

1,234

Airport concession and rental customers

380

Other commercial customers

2,996

3,622

At 31 December

Trade receivables do not carry interest and are stated net of allowances for doubtful receivables, an analysis of which is provided as follows:

2024 €’000

2023 €’000

Carrying amount 2024 €’000

2023 €’000

Expected credit loss At the start of the year

946

1,298 (314)

Group Trade receivables (Note 16)

(280)

Amounts credited to operating expenses

2,345 3,110

2,676 2,769

(15) 651

(38) 946

Trade receivables written off

Other receivables and contract assets (Note 16)

At 31 December

251

Finance lease receivable (Note 13) Other financial assets (Note 18) Cash and cash equivalents (Note 18)

265

59,117 14,424 79,247

-

2,345

Net trade receivables (Note 16)

2,676

77,415 83,125

Total

Company Trade receivables (Note 16) Other receivables (Note 16)

-

42

307 383 275 965

191 297 366 896

Amounts due from subsidiary companies (Note 16)

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 18)

Total

106

107

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