Company Registration No. 13558686 (England and Wales)
Arc Holdco Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Arc Holdco Limited
Company information
Directors
Simon Foster
Andrew Crow
(Appointed 29 October 2022)
Claire Kraft
(Appointed 23 August 2023)
Company number
13558686
Registered office
Unit 4 Fulwood Park
Caxton Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9NZ
Independent auditor
BDO LLP
55 Baker Street
London
W1U 7EU
Arc Holdco Limited
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Statement of financial position
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 22
Arc Holdco Limited
Strategic report
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 1

The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2022. The Company was incorporated on 10 August 2021. Accordingly, the prior year financial statements were prepared for the period from incorporation to 31 December 2021.

Fair review of the business

The principal activity of the Company was that of an investment holding company.

 

The Company generated £nil (2021: £nil) revenue a loss before tax of £16k (2021: £6k).

 

At the balance sheet date, the Company had net assets of £145,742k (2021: £26,863k).

Principal risks and uncertainties

The principal risks facing the Company can be broadly classified as financial. The directors have measures in place in order to mitigate such risk and will continue to work on these.

 

Potential risk- Besides the usual business risk, the Company continues to monitor and manage the impact from the current cost of living crisis within the economy. Input cost pressures are being managed as much as possible and management charges will be reviewed.

 

Key performance indicators

The financial results for the Company are set out on page 9.

 

The directors do not believe there are any Key Performance Indicators for the Company as an investment and management company that can only generate revenue from its group.

On behalf of the board

Simon Foster
Director
2 November 2023
Arc Holdco Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 2

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company during the period was that of an investment holding company.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 9.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Anup Bagaria
(Resigned 29 October 2022)
Simon Foster
Robert Gray
(Resigned 29 October 2022)
Amanda Ratner
(Resigned 29 October 2022)
Michael Struble
(Resigned 29 October 2022)
Andrew Crow
(Appointed 29 October 2022)
Claire Kraft
(Appointed 23 August 2023)
Auditor

BDO LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible 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:

 

Arc Holdco Limited
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 3

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.

Strategic report

The Company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the Group's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of the Business review, Principal Risk and Uncertainties and Financial Key Performance Indicator sections.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Going concern

The Company is in a net asset position and meets its day to day working capital requirements through the performance of its investments and intercompany balances. The company is financially supported by Arc Investco Limited which has confirmed that it will continue to provide ongoing financial support for the company for the foreseeable future and a period of at least 12 months plus one day from the issuance of the financial statements.

In respect of the intercompany loan balance of £381,886 due to Group Undertakings, confirmation has been obtained that repayment of the balance will not be demanded or sought unless the company has the financial resources available to do so. On the basis of this assessment, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future, and as such, has adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.

On behalf of the board
Simon Foster
Director
2 November 2023
Arc Holdco Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the member of Arc Holdco Limited
Page 4
Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

We have audited the financial statements of Arc Holdco Limited (“the Company”) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position and the 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).

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 believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

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.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Arc Holdco Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Arc Holdco Limited
Page 5

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Directors 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.

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 course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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.

Other Companies Act 2006 reporting

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

 

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 Directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Directors’ responsibilities statement, 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.

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.

Arc Holdco Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Arc Holdco Limited
Page 6
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.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Non-compliance with laws and regulations

Based on:

We considered the significant laws and regulations to be Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), the Companies Act of 2006, Data Protection Act 2018, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and UK tax legislation.

The Company is also subject to laws and regulations where the consequence of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amount or disclosures in the financial statements, for example through the imposition of fines or litigations. We identified such laws and regulations to be regulations such as National Insurance and VAT requirements.

 

Our procedures in respect of the above included:

 

 

Arc Holdco Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Arc Holdco Limited
Page 7

Fraud

 

We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including fraud. Our risk assessment procedures included:

 

Based on our risk assessment, we considered the areas most susceptible to fraud to be management override of controls.

 

Our procedures in respect of the above included:

 

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members who were all deemed to have appropriate competence and capabilities and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Arc Holdco Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of Arc Holdco Limited
Page 8

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 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.

Peter Smithson (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor
London, UK
3 November 2023
55 Baker Street
London
W1U 7EU
Arc Holdco Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 9
Year
Period
ended
ended
31 December
31 December
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Administrative expenses
(15,950)
(5,500)
Loss before taxation
(15,950)
(5,500)
Tax on loss
5
760
285
Loss for the financial year
(15,190)
(5,215)

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 12 to 22  form part of these financial statements.
There was no other comprehensive income for 2022 (2021: £nil).
Arc Holdco Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2022
31 December 2022
Page 10
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
6
145,762,509
26,867,783
Current assets
Debtors
8
362,981
359,431
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(383,386)
(364,646)
Net current liabilities
(20,405)
(5,215)
Net assets
145,742,104
26,862,568
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
10
7
3
Share premium account
145,762,502
26,867,780
Profit and loss reserves
(20,405)
(5,215)
Total equity
145,742,104
26,862,568

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

 

There was no other comprehensive income for 2022 (2021: £nil).

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 2 November 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Simon Foster
Director
Company Registration No. 13558686 (England and Wales)
Arc Holdco Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 11
Share capital
Share premium account
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 10 August 2021
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
Period ended 31 December 2021:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the period
-
-
(5,215)
(5,215)
Issue of share capital
10
3
26,867,780
-
26,867,783
Balance at 31 December 2021
3
26,867,780
(5,215)
26,862,568
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
(15,190)
(15,190)
Issue of share capital
10
4
118,894,722
-
118,894,726
Balance at 31 December 2022
7
145,762,502
(20,405)
145,742,104

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

 

There was no other comprehensive income for 2022 (2021: £nil).

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 12
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Arc Holdco Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9NZ. The Company's principal activity is set out in the strategic report.

 

The prior year financial statements present the 5 month period from incorporation, being 10 August 2021, to 31 December 2021.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in pound sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Arc Investco Limited as at 31 December 2022. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9NZ.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 13
1.1
Accounting convention (continued)

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2
Going concern

The Company is in a net asset position and meets its day to day working capital requirements through the performance of its investments and intercompany balances. The company is financially supported by Arc Investco Limited which has confirmed that it will continue to provide ongoing financial support for the company for the foreseeable future and a period of at least 12 months plus one day from the issuance of the financial statements.true

In respect of the intercompany loan balance of £381,886 due to Group Undertakings, confirmation has been obtained that repayment of the balance will not be demanded or sought unless the company has the financial resources available to do so. On the basis of this assessment, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to operate for the foreseeable future, and as such, has adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.

1.3
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.4
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.5
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 14
Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors, 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.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 15
1.5
Financial instruments (continued)
Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and loans from fellow group companies 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.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Other financial liabilities

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

1.6
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 16
1.7
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the period. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.8
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 17
2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

On review, management have identified no critical accounting judgments or key sources of estimation uncertainty within the financial statements.

Critical judgements

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Investments

Judgements are required in assessing the recoverable value of the company's investments. Where indications of impairment exist the company reviews the carrying value of its investments for principal impairment based on their recoverable values, being the higher of the investments value in use and fair value less costs to sell.

Recoverability of amounts owed by group undertakings

We consider the need for any provision for impairment of the carrying value of amounts owed by group undertakings, based on management's estimate of the prospect of recovering the amount due, which includes considering the solvency of the counterparty and its future outlook, based on budgets and forecasts prepared by management. No such provisions have been made as at 31 December 2022.

3
Auditor's remuneration
2022
2021
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
7,500
4,000
4
Employees

During the year, the Company had no employees. Directors of the Company were remunerated through the subsidiary company, Arc Media Holdings Limited.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 18
5
Taxation
2022
2021
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
-
0
0
(285)
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(760)
-
0
Total current tax
(760)
(285)

The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2022
2021
£
£
Loss before taxation
(15,950)
(5,500)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2021: 19.00%)
(3,031)
(1,045)
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(760)
-
0
Group relief
3,031
-
0
Other permanent differences
-
0
760
Taxation credit for the year
(760)
(285)

Factors that may affect future tax charges

 

The Finance Act 2021 was substantively enacted in May 2021 and increased the corporation tax rate from 19% to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023. As this increase in rate was not enacted at the reporting date, there is no impact on the calculation of tax at the reporting date.

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Page 19
6
Fixed asset investments
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
7
145,762,509
26,867,783
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2022
26,867,783
Additions
118,894,726
At 31 December 2022
145,762,509
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2022
145,762,509
At 31 December 2021
26,867,783

During the year, the Company subscribed to a further 4 Ordinary shares for a total consideration of £118,894,726 in its subsidiary, Arc Media Holdings Limited.

7
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2022 are as follows:

Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
7
Subsidiaries (continued)
Page 20
Name of undertaking
Address
Class of shares held
% Held
Direct
Indirect
Arc Media Holdings Limited
1
Ordinary Shareholding
100.00
-
Farmers Guardian Limited
1
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Holiday Parks & Resorts Ltd
1
Ordinary shareholding
0
100.00
Family Attractions Ltd
1
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Incisive Media Group Holdings Limited
2
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited
2
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
LAMMA Limited
1
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Incisive Business Media Limited
2
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Arc Network Holdings Corp
4
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
HighQuest Partners, LLC
5
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Arc Network LLC
6
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
HRM Asia LLC
7
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
HRM Asia Pte, Ltd
8
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
FoodCompanions Impact B.V.
3
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
FoodCompanions B.V.
3
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Farm Business Innovation Ltd
1
Ordinary Shareholding
0
100.00
Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
7
Subsidiaries (continued)
Page 21

Registered office addresses (all UK unless otherwise indicated):

1
Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, England, PR2 9NZ, UK
2
New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London, England, WC2B 5QR, UK
3
Aan de Rijn 6, 6701PB, Wageningen, Netherlands
4
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
5
10 South Main Street, Suite 209, Topsfield, MA 01983, USA
6
108 Lakeland Avenue, Dover, Delaware 19901, USA
7
360 Hiatt Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418, USA
8
109 North Bridge Road 05-21, Singapore 179097
8
Debtors
2022
2021
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Corporation tax recoverable
1,045
285
Amounts owed by group undertakings
359,146
359,146
Other debtors
2,790
-
0
362,981
359,431

Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and there are no set terms of repayment.

 

9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022
2021
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
381,886
363,146
Accruals and deferred income
1,500
1,500
383,386
364,646

Amounts owed to group undertakings falling due within one year are unsecured, interest free and there are no set terms of repayment.

10
Share capital
2022
2021
2022
2021
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
7
3
7
3
Arc Holdco Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
10
Share capital (continued)
Page 22

The company has one class of ordinary share carrying full rights to voting, dividends and distribution of capital.

 

On 31 March 2022, 1 Ordinary share with a nominal value of £1 was issued for an aggregate consideration of £1,931,506.

 

On 4 May 2022, a further 1 Ordinary share with a nominal value of £1 was issued for an aggregate consideration of £4,714,192.

 

On 30 June 2022, a further 1 Ordinary share with a nominal value of £1 was issued for an aggregate consideration of £14,150,744.

 

On 31 October 2022, a further 1 Ordinary share with a nominal value of £1 was issued for an aggregate consideration of £95,684,425.

 

During the year, interests in B shares totalling a value of £2,413,859 were awarded in lieu of fees as part of the acquisitions made (see note 6) and this amount has been recognised in share premium.

11
Related party transactions

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption available under paragraph 33.1A of the Financial Reporting Standard 102 not to disclose transactions with other wholly owned members of the Group.

12
Ultimate controlling party

The immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Arc Investco Limited. This is the only group of which the company is a member for which group financial statements are prepared. Copies of the group financial statements are available from the company's registered office at Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, England, PR2 9NZ.

 

In the opinion of the directors, there is no ultimate controlling party.

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