Navigate PR Limited - Period Ending 2020-05-31
Navigate PR Limited - Period Ending 2020-05-31
Registration number:
Navigate PR Limited
for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
Navigate PR Limited
Contents
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Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Statement of Cash Flows |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Navigate PR Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
William Charles Long Gregory Paul Fenton Tim Decker Whipple |
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Registered office |
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Auditors |
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Accountants |
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Navigate PR Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 May 2020.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is public relations consultancy.
Fair review of the business
Turnover for the year was stable at £985k (2019 - £1,000k) and in line with expectations. Costs have increased during the year due to increased payroll costs following the acquisition of the company by Witt O'Brien's LLC on 21 February 2020. The Balance Sheet at the year end showed net assets of £223k (2019 - £136k).
Principal risks and uncertainties
Foreign exchange risk
The company is exposed to movement in foreign exchange rates as a result of transactions with international clients. The company manages these risks by maintaining foreign currency balances within accepted risk parameters.
Liquidity risk
The company carefully manages the liquidity position with the objective of maintaining the ability to fund commitments and repay liabilities in accordance with the suppliers' payment terms. The company has no external financing.
Interest rate risk
The company's operating activities were mainly funded through reinvestment and favourable trading terms with its suppliers.
Credit risk
The directors do not consider that the company has significant credit risk. The company has implemented policies and arrangements with its customers to minimise the potential credit risk.
Approved by the
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Director
Navigate PR Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2020.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Matters covered in the strategic report
Disclosure of the company's business review (including future developments), principal risks and uncertainties and financial key performance indicators are provided in the Strategic Report.
Disclosure of information to the auditors
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.
Reappointment of auditors
The auditors Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Approved by the
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Director
Navigate PR Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report 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:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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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.
Navigate PR Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Navigate PR Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Navigate PR Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 May 2020, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, 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 31 May 2020 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 Auditor’s 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:
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the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or |
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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. |
Navigate PR Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Navigate PR Limited
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report and Financial Statements, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.
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 4, 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 is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Navigate PR Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Navigate PR Limited
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.
Auditor’s 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 an auditor’s report 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 auditor's report.
Other matter
We draw your attention to the fact that the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 May 2019 are unaudited. We have obtained sufficient and appropriate evidence to ensure that the opening balances do not contain misstatements that materially affect the current year's financial statements.
Use of audit 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 an auditor’s report 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.
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For and on behalf of
Eighth Floor
6 New Street Square
EC4A 3AQ
Navigate PR Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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2020 |
2019 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Operating profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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- |
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Profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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Profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
Navigate PR Limited
(Registration number: 05129959)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2020
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Fixed assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Current assets |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Profit and loss account |
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Total equity |
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These Financial Statements were approved and authorised by the
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Director
Navigate PR Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Share capital |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
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At 1 June 2019 |
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Profit for the year |
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Total comprehensive income |
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Dividends |
- |
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At 31 May 2020 |
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Share capital |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
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At 1 June 2018 |
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Profit for the year |
- |
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Total comprehensive income |
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Dividends |
- |
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At 31 May 2019 |
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Navigate PR Limited
Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Profit for the year |
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Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items |
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Depreciation and amortisation |
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Finance income |
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Income tax expense |
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Working capital adjustments |
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(Increase)/decrease in trade debtors |
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Increase in trade creditors |
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Cash generated from operations |
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Income taxes paid |
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Net cash flow from operating activities |
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Cash flows used in investing activities |
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Interest received |
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Acquisitions of tangible assets |
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Net cash flows used in investing activities |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Dividends paid |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 1 June |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 31 May |
249,449 |
158,547 |
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Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England & Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
England
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the
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Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.
The company recognises revenue when:
- The amount of revenue can be reliably measured,
- It is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and
- Specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.
Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
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Depreciation method and rate |
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Office equipment |
33% straight line |
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares.
Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
Defined contribution pension obligation
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
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Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the Balance Sheet date and the amounts reported for expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates.
No judgements, estimates or assumptions that materially impacted the financial statements were made during the year.
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Revenue |
The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Rendering of services |
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Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
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2020 |
2019 |
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Depreciation expense |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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2020 |
2019 |
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Interest income on bank deposits |
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Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Wages and salaries |
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Social security costs |
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Other short-term employee benefits |
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Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
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The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Production |
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Administration and support |
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Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Remuneration |
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Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
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39,509 |
51,534 |
Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Auditors' remuneration |
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2020 |
2019 |
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Audit of the financial statements |
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Taxation |
Tax charged in the income statement
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2019 |
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
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UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
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43,034 |
64,904 |
The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2019 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Profit before tax |
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Corporation tax at standard rate |
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Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit |
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Increase in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
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Tax (decrease) increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
( |
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Tax increase from other short-term timing differences |
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Total tax charge |
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In March 2021 the UK government announced that the rate of Corporation Tax would increase to 25%, effective from 1 April 2023.
Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Tangible assets |
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Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Total |
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Cost or valuation |
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At 1 June 2019 |
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Additions |
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At 31 May 2020 |
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Depreciation |
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At 1 June 2019 |
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Charge for the year |
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At 31 May 2020 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 May 2020 |
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At 31 May 2019 |
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Debtors |
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2020 |
2019 |
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Trade debtors |
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Other debtors |
- |
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Prepayments and accrued income |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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2020 |
2019 |
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Cash on hand |
- |
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Cash at bank |
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Short-term deposits |
- |
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Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Creditors |
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Note |
2020 |
2019 |
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Due within one year |
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Trade creditors |
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Amounts due to related parties |
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Social security and other taxes |
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Other payables |
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Accrued expenses |
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Income tax liability |
43,034 |
64,635 |
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Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £
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Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
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2020 |
2019 |
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£ |
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100 |
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100 |
Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts |
Operating leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
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2020 |
2019 |
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Not later than one year |
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The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £
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Dividends |
Interim dividends paid
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2020 |
2019 |
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Interim dividend of £ |
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Related party transactions |
Michael Elsom and William Lines were both directors of the company until 21 February 2020. These disclosures relate only to the period for which they were directors of the company.
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Dividends paid to directors |
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2020 |
2019 |
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William John Lines |
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46,000 |
118,000 |
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Michael Timothy Elsom |
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46,000 |
118,000 |
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Navigate PR Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2020
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
The ultimate parent is
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is