| 18 | Inventories |
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| £’000 | £’000 | £'000 | ||||||||||
| Work in progress | - | - | 230 | |||||||||
| Finished goods | 941 | 817 | 229 | |||||||||
| Total inventories | 941 | 817 | 459 | |||||||||
A reserve is maintained against inventory that is not expected to be sold before its sell by date. The resulting charge to the comprehensive statement of income for the year was £151k (2016: £287k, 2015: Nil).