Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group, including the directors of the Company listed on page 33, and the Chief Operating Officer.
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| £’000 | £’000 | £’000 | ||||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 811 | 1,054 | 850 | |||||||||
| Defined contribution pension cost | 68 | 59 | 59 | |||||||||
| Payments made to third parties | 142 | 142 | 223 | |||||||||
| Social security contributions and similar taxes | 97 | 152 | 88 | |||||||||
| Benefits in kind | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| Share based payment | 388 | 184 | 170 | |||||||||
| 1,509 | 1,593 | 1,397 | ||||||||||