pre_text: 30. Financial instruments and financial risk management The main purpose of the Group’s financial instruments, other than trade and other receivables, trade and other payables, contractual provisions and lease liabilities, is to fund the Group’s liquidity requirements. All of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities are categorised as financial assets/liabilities stated at amortised cost, except for forward foreign currency exchange contracts, included within current other financial assets, that are designated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and corporate owned life insurance, amounting to $3.0 million (2018 $2.4 million), included within non-current trade and other receivables, that is designated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. These are shown in the below table: The Group enters into derivative transactions, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, for the management of the Group’s foreign currency exposures when deemed appropriate. The key objective of the Group’s treasury department is to manage the financial risks of the business and to ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to the Group. All treasury activity operates within a formal control framework. The Board has approved treasury policies and guidelines and periodically reviews treasury activities. Additionally, it is the Group’s policy that speculative treasury transactions are expressly forbidden.
table: 2019 2018
table: Notes $ million $ million
table: Non-current trade and other receivables 20 5.7 3.5
table: Cash and cash equivalents 22 183.2 121.6
table: Current trade and other receivables 20 133.2 126.9
table: Current other financial assets 20 0.1 –
table: Financial assets 322.2 252.0
table: Non-current other payables, excluding government grants 23 0.8 4.4
table: Current trade payables, other payables and accruals 23 75.4 57.1
table: Lease liabilities, current and non-current 26 33.0 –
table: Contractual provisions 28 3.6 3.6
table: Financial liabilities 112.8 65.1
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What was the change in Non-current trade and other receivables?