17. TRADE & OTHER PAYABLES

Group

Company

2022

2021

2022

2021

€m

€m

€m

€m

Trade payables

206.8

135.2

-

-

Payroll taxes & social security

6.5

4.1

-

-

VAT

32.3

41.4

-

-

Excise duty

46.2

40.0

-

-

Accruals

94.3

75.5

2.9

3.1

Amounts due to Group undertakings

-

-

49.7

33.9

Total

386.1

296.2

52.6

37.0

Amounts due to Group undertakings are a combination of interest bearing and interest free payables and are all payable on demand.

The Group’s exposure to currency and liquidity risk related to trade & other payables is disclosed in note 24.

Company

The Company has entered into financial guarantee contracts to guarantee the indebtedness of the liabilities of certain of its subsidiary undertakings. As at 28 February 2022, the Directors consider these to be in the nature of insurance contracts and do not consider it probable that the Company will have to make a payment under these guarantees and as such discloses them as a contingent liability as detailed in note 27.