Section 15

15.1 Cash and cash equivalents

  31 March 2024 £000 31 March 2023 £000
Current    
At 1 April brought forward 40,946 41,709
Net change in year 9,553 (763)
At 31 March 50,499 40,946
Broken down into    
Cash at commercial banks and in hand 19 19
Cash with the Government Banking Service 50,480 40,927
Cash and cash equivalents as in SoFP and SoCF 50,499 40,946

15.2 Third party assets held

  31 March 2024 £000 31 March 2023 £000
Bank balances 1 18

The third-party assets relate to monies held by the Trust on behalf of patients. The majority of the 2022/23 balance related to the account of a patient who has since been discharged. These figures are excluded from the cash at bank and in hand figure reported in the accounts.