Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000312069-25-000114
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
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The fixed forward price to be paid under these contracts is £ 274m and has been recorded in retained earnings.

| Strategy                                      | Shareholderinformation | Climate andsustainability report | Governance | Riskreview | Financialreview |     | Financialstatements |     | Barclays PLC 2024Annual Reporton Form 20-F | 426 |
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32 Pensions and post-retirement benefits Accounting for pensions and post-retirement benefits The Group operates a number of pension schemes and post-employment benefit schemes. Defined contribution schemes – the Group recognises contributions due in respect of the accounting period in the income statement. Any contributions unpaid at the balance sheet date are included as a liability. Defined benefit schemes – the Group recognises its obligations to members of each scheme at the period end, less the fair value of the scheme assets after applying the asset ceiling test. Each scheme’s obligations are calculated using the projected unit credit method. Scheme assets are stated at fair value as at the period end. Changes in pension scheme liabilities or assets (remeasurements) that do not arise from regular pension cost, net interest on net defined benefit liabilities or assets, past service costs, settlements or contributions to the scheme, are recognised in other comprehensive income. Remeasurements comprise experience adjustments (differences between previous actuarial assumptions and what has actually occurred), the effects of changes in actuarial assumptions, return on scheme assets (excluding amounts included in the interest on the assets) and any changes in the effect of the asset ceiling restriction (excluding amounts included in the interest on the restriction). Post-employment benefit schemes – the cost of providing healthcare benefits to retired employees is accrued as a liability in the financial statements over the period that the employees provide services to the Group, using a methodology similar to that for defined benefit pension schemes. Pension schemes UK Retirement Fund (UKRF) The UKRF is the Group’s main scheme, representing 96% ( 2023 : 96% ) of the Group’s total retirement benefit obligations. Barclays Bank PLC is the principal employer of the UKRF. The UKRF was closed to new entrants on 1 October 2012, and comprises 10 sections, the two most significant of which are: ▪ Afterwork, which comprises a contributory cash balance