St. Vincent Capital Limited - Limited company accounts 11.6
St. Vincent Capital Limited - Limited company accounts 11.6
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
FOR |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Director | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
Profit and Loss Account | 7 |
Balance Sheet | 8 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
DIRECTOR: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Accountants |
Registered Auditors |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
STRATEGIC REPORT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
The director presents his strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2014. |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
During the year the company continued to manage it's investment projects. |
The results for the year and financial position of the company are as shown in the annexed financial statements. The company has |
made a loss in the current year but has continued to manage its various property projects during the year. The company continued to |
operate under the Creditors Voluntary Arrangement which commenced in September 2011. The company is in the course of raising |
further finance to progress its activities. |
The CVA has been extended through to September 2016 after the CVA Supervisor evaluated evidence to support continued trading of |
the company and the potential for improving the underlying creditors' position, given an extension of time. |
The continued development of the company's projects requires further significant funding in order to succeed. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
The principal risks and uncertainties facing the company are around the ability of the investment projects to raise finance to progress |
each particular property project. |
The risks and uncertainties are therefore attached to the availability of loan finance and the knock on effect of the profitability of each |
project. |
The director is confident that the necessary finance will be raised in order to complete the company's projects. |
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
The company made an operating loss for the year of £223,069 (2013: £298,511). The loss represents the cost of running the business |
and it's projects during the year.There is no income shown in the accounts for the current or previous year as the projects have not |
raised sufficient finance to enable the operating costs to be recharged to the projects. |
The current year shows further losses and the business is still in the process of raising finance. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
13 November 2014 |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2014. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of arranging and managing property investments. |
DIVIDENDS |
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 March 2014. |
DIRECTOR |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
The company's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, trade creditors, other debtors and loans to the company from |
other group members and other individuals . The main purpose of these instruments is to raise funds to finance the company's |
operations. |
Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company there is no exposure to price risk. There is exposure to currency |
risk as the company has balances with other group entities which are designated in Euros or Dollars. The risk is managed by assessing |
the level of these balances and observing currency changes. |
In respect of bank balances the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility |
through the careful monitoring of cash flow. |
Loans from other group members are managed by ensuring that funds required for the Group as a whole are available to the various |
group companies as appropriate. |
There are other loans to the company from private individuals. The repayment of these loans is fixed and the company ensures that it |
has sufficient working capital to fund repayment at the appropriate times. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES |
The director is responsible for preparing the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and |
regulations. |
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is |
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 director is required to: |
- | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
- | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
- | state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; |
- | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The director is 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 him to ensure that the financial |
statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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 director is 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 he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself |
aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Collards, 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 |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED |
We have audited the financial statements of St. Vincent Capital Limited for the year ended 31 March 2014 on pages seven to thirteen. |
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting |
Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
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. |
Respective responsibilities of director and auditors |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page three, the director is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors. |
Scope of the audit of the financial statements |
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable |
assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an |
assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances and have been consistently applied and |
adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the director; and the overall presentation of the |
financial statements. In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the |
Director to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently |
materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If |
we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report. |
Opinion on financial statements |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2014 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. |
Going Concern |
Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to note 18 in the financial statements concerning the company's ability to continue |
as a going concern. |
The company entered a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement in September 2011 to enable it to continue to trade and it will need to rely |
on successful funding of its various investment projects to sustain its operations in the future. At present there is significant uncertainty |
as to how that funding will crystallise. |
The accounts do not include any adjustments that may be required if the business remains insolvent and is unable to obtain sufficient |
funding to continue in existence. |
This indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. |
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
In our opinion the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial |
statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
for and on behalf of |
Chartered Accountants |
Registered Auditors |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
2014 | 2013 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Administrative expenses |
(223,069 | ) | (367,011 | ) |
Other operating income |
OPERATING LOSS | 3 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Profit/loss on sale of invest |
29,726 | (298,511 | ) |
Interest receivable and similar income |
29,757 | (298,511 | ) |
Interest payable and similar charges | 4 | ( |
) |
PROFIT/(LOSS) ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION |
( |
) |
Tax on profit/(loss) on ordinary activities | 5 | ( |
) |
PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
( |
) |
CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
None of the company's activities were acquired or discontinued during the current year or previous year. |
TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES |
The company has no recognised gains or losses other than the profit for the current year and the loss for the previous year. |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 MARCH 2014 |
2014 | 2013 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 6 |
Investments | 7 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 8 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) | ( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 11 |
Profit and loss account | 12 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 15 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
The financial statements were approved by the director on |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Accounting convention |
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and are in accordance with applicable |
accounting standards. |
Tangible fixed assets |
In the previous year all net book values of assets were fully written off. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the |
lease. |
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 the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate. |
Cash flow statement |
The company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No. 1 from the requirement to produce a |
cash flow statement on the grounds that it is a wholly owned subsidiary and that a group cash flow statement is produced by |
the holding company in its consolidated accounts. |
2. | STAFF COSTS |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
Other pension costs |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2014 | 2013 |
Directors |
3. | OPERATING LOSS |
The operating loss is stated after charging/(crediting): |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Hire of plant and machinery | 429 | - |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
Auditors' remuneration |
Foreign exchange differences |
Director's remuneration |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
4. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR CHARGES |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Bank interest |
Other interest | (429 | ) | - |
( |
) |
5. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax credit |
The tax credit on the profit on ordinary activities for the year was as follows: |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Current tax: |
UK corporation tax | ( |
) |
Tax on profit/(loss) on ordinary activities | ( |
) |
Factors affecting the tax credit |
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax | ( |
) |
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities |
multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax |
in the UK of |
( |
) |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
Trading losses carried forward |
Write back of investments | (58,142 | ) | - |
Prior year tax credit | (29,019 | ) | - |
Current tax credit | ( |
) |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
6. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
and | Computer |
fittings | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2013 |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2014 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2013 |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2014 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2014 |
At 31 March 2013 |
7. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Interest |
Shares in | in other |
group | participating |
undertakings | interests | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2013 | 21,003 | 984,910 | 1,005,913 |
Disposals | - | (7,650 | ) | (7,650 | ) |
At 31 March 2014 | 21,003 | 977,260 | 998,263 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2014 |
At 31 March 2013 |
8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
Prepayments and accrued income | 11,295 | 3,300 |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 10) |
Other loans (see note 10) |
Trade creditors |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Corporation tax payable |
Social security and other taxes |
Other creditors |
Directors' current accounts | 25,869 | 35,400 |
Accrued expenses |
10. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
Bank overdrafts |
Other loans |
187,548 | 187,478 |
11. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2014 | 2013 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 |
12. | RESERVES |
Profit |
and loss |
account |
£ |
At 1 April 2013 | ( |
) |
Profit for the year |
At 31 March 2014 | ( |
) |
13. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
The ultimate parent company is St. Vincent Group Limited (previously Fleet (Holdings) Limited). |
ST. VINCENT CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04685586) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014 |
14. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
The company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No. 8 from the requirement to disclose |
related party transactions within the group on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking and |
consolidated financial statements are publicly available. |
15. | RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
2014 | 2013 |
£ | £ |
Profit/(loss) for the financial year | ( |
) |
Net addition/(reduction) to shareholders' funds | ( |
) |
Opening shareholders' funds | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Closing shareholders' funds | ( |
) | ( |
) |
16. | GOING CONCERN |
The company has made further losses in the current period. In addition, included in debtors are funds due to the company from |
other group entities which will only be paid once the property investment projects in which the company is involved are able |
to generate sufficient funding to pay the debts due to it. |
The Company entered a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement in September 2011 to provide stability to itself and other Group |
Companies and to simplify its affairs and thus raise funds to kick start the various developments in which the Group is |
involved in Poland and Barbados. |
The director is confident that the company is sufficiently stabilised and that funds will be forthcoming and the accounts have |
therefore been prepared on a going concern basis. |