Southrop Estates Limited - Limited company accounts 20.1
Southrop Estates Limited - Limited company accounts 20.1
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
FOR |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 4 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
Statement of Comprehensive Income | 8 |
Balance Sheet | 9 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Accountants |
and Statutory Auditors |
25 St Thomas Street |
Winchester |
Hampshire |
SO23 9HJ |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
STRATEGIC REPORT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 September 2019. |
Review of the business |
The principal activity of the company continues to be that of running a hotel. |
This year there has been considerable investment and growth of the hotel business. |
Turnover has increased from £1,955,205 in 2018 to £3,614,157 in 2019. |
The profit before taxation is £2,166,051 in 2019 compared to a loss of £1,812,228 in 2018 and includes a property |
impairment of £9,444,488 in 2019 as well as an intercompany loan write off resulting in income to the company of |
£12,564,851. |
Shareholders funds as at 30th September 2019 are £3,275,252 (2018: £1,109,201). |
At the year end the company has a contingent liability involving a former building contractor, which is described in note |
17 to the accounts. |
At the time of approving the accounts the country is in the midst of the COVID 19 outbreak as described in business |
continuity below and note 19 to the accounts. |
Discontinued or new business areas |
There have been no changes to the principal activities of the company. |
Capital investments |
The company continues to invest in the hotel through capital improvements. |
Funding |
The company receives support in the form of loans from the directors and from a fellow subsidiary company, Ropsley |
Farms Limited. The company has obtained confirmation that support will continue for at least 12 months from the date |
of approval of the financial statements. |
People |
The company employs 92 staff, all are critical to the success of the business. |
Health and safety |
The company recognises that health and safety in the work place is paramount and it is therefore taken very seriously. |
The directors believe that they have all the necessary policies in place to safeguard the welfare of the staff. |
Business continuity |
At the time of approving the accounts the country is in the midst of the COVID 19 outbreak and the hotel operated by |
Southrop Estates Limited is closed and a number of staff have been furloughed under the government scheme. As |
described in the accounting policies under going concern, the company has obtained confirmation that the directors will |
continue to provide support through loans and support will also continue from Ropsley Farms Limited through an |
intercompany loan. As such, the company's ability to continue as a going concern is not considered to be affected and |
the hotel will be ready to reopen to supply it's customers when it is allowed to do so under government regulations. |
Financial risk management objectives and policies |
The directors aim to minimise the financial risk to the group and manage this as follows: |
Interest rate risk |
The company does not have a significant interest rate exposure. |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
STRATEGIC REPORT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
Credit risk |
The company does not extend long credit terms to its customers, who are mainly hotel guests and therefore credit risk |
from customers is considered to be low. The directors consider that this policy meets the objective of managing and |
minimising exposure to credit risk. |
Liquidity risk |
The company controls cashflow by careful budgeting which ensures liquidity is maintained. |
Currency risk |
The company does not have a significant currency risk exposure |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 September 2019. |
DIVIDENDS |
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 30 September 2019. |
EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR |
Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 October 2018 to the date of this |
report. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements |
in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors |
have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting |
Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not |
approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the |
company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors |
are required to: |
- | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
- | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
- | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the |
company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and |
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for |
safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud |
and other irregularities. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act |
2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have |
taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the |
company's auditors are aware of that information. |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Martin and Company Audit Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual |
General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Southrop Estates Limited (the 'company') for the year ended |
30 September 2019 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in |
Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial |
reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting |
Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and |
Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 2019 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. |
Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the |
financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical |
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, |
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit |
evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
Conclusions relating to going concern |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to |
you where: |
- | the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or |
- | the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Other information |
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic |
Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors |
thereon. |
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise |
explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing |
so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge |
obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or |
apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial |
statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude |
that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to |
report in this regard. |
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
- | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, |
we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you |
if, in our opinion: |
- | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Responsibilities of directors |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, the directors are responsible |
for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such |
internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from |
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a |
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of |
accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic |
alternative but to do so. |
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from |
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. |
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs |
(UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are |
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic |
decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. |
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting |
Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
Use of our report |
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the |
Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those |
matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent |
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's |
members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
for and on behalf of |
Chartered Accountants |
and Statutory Auditors |
25 St Thomas Street |
Winchester |
Hampshire |
SO23 9HJ |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Cost of sales |
GROSS PROFIT |
Administrative expenses |
(983,765 | ) | (1,414,763 | ) |
Other operating income |
OPERATING LOSS | 4 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest receivable and similar income |
11,619,763 | (1,404,260 | ) |
Gain/loss on revaluation of tangible assets | (9,444,488 | ) | - |
2,175,275 | (1,404,260 | ) |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 |
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION | ( |
) |
Tax on profit/(loss) | 7 |
PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
( |
) |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
( |
) |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
BALANCE SHEET |
30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 8 |
Tangible assets | 9 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 10 |
Debtors | 11 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 12 |
NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
13 |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 15 |
Retained earnings | 16 | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
BALANCE SHEET - continued |
30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on signed on its behalf by: |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 October 2017 |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Balance at 30 September 2018 | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 30 September 2019 |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Southrop Estates Limited is a |
company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial |
statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of |
Ireland": |
• | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
• | the requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7. |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
Ropsley Holdings Limited is the company's ultimate parent undertaking, which prepares consolidated accounts. |
The registered office and principal place of business is as detailed on page 1. |
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The |
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party |
transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
Turnover |
The company derives income from hotel accommodation, bar/food sales, spa treatments and retail sales. |
All sales are recognised when the goods and services are provided. Turnover is measured at the fair value of the |
consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
Intangible assets |
Intangible assets represent trademarks and amortisation is provided at 10% of cost to reflect the useful economic |
life of 10 years. |
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost |
less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Tangible fixed assets |
Plant and machinery | - |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Computer equipment | - |
Freehold property is not depreciated on the grounds that depreciation would be immaterial. |
The depreciation policy for fixtures and fittings was changed during the year from 20% to 10% straight line as |
the directors feel this more accurately reflects the useful estimated life of the assets held. |
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and |
accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of |
operating as intended. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow |
moving items. |
Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present |
location and condition. |
Financial instruments |
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction |
price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest |
method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the |
present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as |
receivable within one year are not amortised. |
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference |
shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a |
financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments |
discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not |
amortised. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive |
Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in |
equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or |
substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance |
sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from |
those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that |
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the |
timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they |
will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension |
scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the |
lease term. |
Assets held under finance leases, which are leases where substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of |
the asset have passed to the company, are capitalised in the balance sheet as tangible fixed assets and are |
depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. The capital elements of future obligations |
under the leases are included as liabilities in the balance sheet. The interest element of the rental obligation is |
charged to the profit and loss account over the period of the lease and represents a constant proportion of the |
balance of capital repayments outstanding. |
Going concern |
The accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis and the directors confirm that they are satisfied that |
the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. This has been |
determined by review of cash flow forecasts of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial |
statements. The company has obtained confirmation that the directors will continue to provide support through |
directors loans and support will also continue from Ropsley Farms Limited through an intercompany loan. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
Administration | 5 | 5 |
General | 87 | 70 |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Money purchase schemes |
4. | OPERATING LOSS |
The operating loss is stated after charging/(crediting): |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
Trademarks amortisation |
Auditors' remuneration |
5. | EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Intercompany loan write off |
6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Mortgage |
RFL loan interest |
Leasing |
7. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 30 September 2019 nor for the year ended |
30 September 2018. |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
8. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Trademarks |
£ |
COST |
Additions |
At 30 September 2019 |
AMORTISATION |
Amortisation for year |
At 30 September 2019 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 September 2019 |
9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
Freehold | Plant and | and |
property | machinery | fittings |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 October 2018 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 30 September 2019 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 October 2018 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Impairments |
At 30 September 2019 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 September 2019 |
At 30 September 2018 |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Motor | Computer |
vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 October 2018 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) |
At 30 September 2019 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 October 2018 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
Impairments |
At 30 September 2019 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 September 2019 |
At 30 September 2018 |
Included within the net book value of tangible fixed assets is £nil (2018: £4,952) in respect of assets held under |
finance leases and similar hire purchase contracts. Depreciation for the period on these assets was £nil (2018: |
£2,732). |
10. | STOCKS |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Stocks |
11. | DEBTORS |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year: |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
VAT |
Prepayments and accrued income |
Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
Other debtors |
Aggregate amounts |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
12. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Finance leases (see note 14) |
Trade creditors |
Social security and other taxes |
Other creditors |
13. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Other creditors |
Directors' loan accounts | 1,508,400 | 1,568,982 |
14. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Finance leases |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year |
Non-cancellable |
operating leases |
30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
15. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30.9.19 | 30.9.18 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | 1 | 1,842,004 | 1,842,004 |
SOUTHROP ESTATES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04391888) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
16. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 October 2018 | ( |
) |
Profit for the year |
At 30 September 2019 |
17. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
There is an ongoing dispute between Southrop Estates Limited and the building contractor who was employed to |
carry out development works at the hotel pursuant to the terms of a building contract. The dispute regards the |
sums that are payable under the building contract in respect of the works carried out by the contractor. |
Southrop Estates Limited's position is that no further sums are payable to the contractor because (a) Southrop |
Estates Limited considers that the contractor has overvalued and overcharged for the works and (b) certain |
elements of the works are defective and must be rectified by Southrop Estates Limited. In addition, Southrop |
Estates Limited considers that the contractor is liable to Southrop Estates Limited for damages caused by the |
contractor's breaches of the building contract, with such damages to include the cost of the diesel spill clean-up |
(see below), the loss of profit suffered by Southrop Estates Limited as a result of the diesel spill and the |
professional fees which have been incurred as result of the dispute. |
Accordingly, Southrop Estates Limited considers that the contractor owes it c.£1.1m. However, the contractor |
claims that, under the terms of the building contract, it is owed c.£1.1m in addition to the sums already paid to |
Edmont in respect of the works it has completed. As such, the sum in dispute between the parties is circa £2.2m. |
The total amounts that will ultimately be paid/received by Southrop Estates Limited in relation to these |
competing claims are subject to uncertainty. As such, they have therefore not been provided for and are |
considered to be contingent liabilities. |
As noted above, there has been a case of environmental contamination involving a diesel spill caused by the |
building contractor. Southrop Estates Limited has now rectified and cleaned-up the spill at its own cost. |
Southrop Estates Limited is confident, however, that it has a strong legal case for the recovery of the costs of the |
environmental clean-up from the contractor (these costs would likely be met by the contractor's insurers). |
Therefore, the net amount of £189,608 that Southrop Estates Limited has spent on the clean-up is held in other |
debtors. |
18. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
At the year end the company owed £7,070,000 (2018: £16,100,465) to Ropsley Farms Limited, a company under |
common control. No interest or fees were charged during the year (2018: £395,601). The loan is classified as |
due in more than one year. During the year £12,564,851 was written off the loan. |
19. | POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS |
At the time of approving the accounts the country is in the midst of the COVID 19 outbreak and the hotel |
operated by Southrop Estates Limited is closed and a number of staff have been furloughed. As described in the |
accounting policies under going concern, the company has obtained confirmation that the directors will continue |
to provide support through loans and support will also continue from Ropsley Farms Limited through an |
intercompany loan. |