|  31 March 2020 | |
|  £ 000 | |
|  Defined benefit obligation at start of period |  52,729 | 
|  Current service cost |  172 | 
|  Expenses |  38 | 
|  Interest expense |  1,204 | 
|  Member contributions |  160 | 
|  Actuarial losses due to scheme experience |  ( 967 ) | 
|  Actuarial losses due to changes in demographic assumptions |  ( 462 ) | 
|  Actuarial losses due to changes in financial assumptions |  ( 5,788 ) | 
|  Benefits paid and expenses |  ( 1,330 ) | 
|  Liabilities acquired in a business combination |  - | 
|  Liabilities extinguished on settlements |  - | 
|  Losses / ( gains ) on curtailments |  - | 
|  Losses / ( gains ) due to benefit changes |  - | 
|  Exchange rate changes |  - | 
|  Defined benefit obligation at end of period |  45,756 | 
|  Reconciliation of opening and closing balances of the fair value of plan assets | |
|  31 March 2020 | |
|  £ 000 | |
|  Fair value of plan assets at start of period |  39,627 | 
|  Interest income |  916 | 
|  Experience on plan assets ( excluding amounts included in interest income ) - gain |  28 | 
|  Employer contributions |  1,446 | 
|  Member contributions |  160 | 
|  Benefits paid and expenses |  ( 1,330 ) | 
|  Assets acquired in a business combination |  - | 
|  Assets distributed on settlements |  - | 
|  Exchange rate changes |  - | 
|  Fair value of plan assets at end of period |  40,847 |