Company registration number 02168125 (England and Wales)
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 8
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
24 MARCH 2023
24 March 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
16,246,507
17,757,730
Investments
4
7,117,200
7,117,200
23,363,707
24,874,930
Current assets
Debtors
5
3,782,971
3,446,996
Investments
6
3,672,282
2,290,380
Cash at bank and in hand
12,939,545
14,412,025
20,394,798
20,149,401
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(17,406,007)
(15,240,898)
Net current assets
2,988,791
4,908,503
Total assets less current liabilities
26,352,498
29,783,433
Provisions for liabilities
(24,245)
(401,494)
Net assets
26,328,253
29,381,939
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
4,334,280
4,334,280
Share premium account
2,548,755
2,548,755
Capital redemption reserve
1,054,942
1,054,942
Profit and loss reserves
18,390,276
21,443,962
Total equity
26,328,253
29,381,939
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 24 March 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
24 MARCH 2023
24 March 2023
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 October 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
S Mintz
J Mintz
Director
Director
Company registration number 02168125 (England and Wales)
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Anglo Scottish Properties Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 73 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3QQ.
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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in 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, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
1.2
Turnover
Turnover represents net rental income from properties, which is recognised in the period that the rent accrues plus the proceeds from sale of dealing properties which is recognised on completion of sale.
1.3
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Investment property, which is held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is measured using the fair value model and stated at its fair value as at the reporting end date. The surplus or deficit on revaluation is recognised in the profit and loss account.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
15% written down value
Motor vehicles
25% written down value
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.4
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.
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
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.
1.7
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 balance sheet 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
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.
1.8
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.
1.9
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 year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account 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.
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. 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.
1.10
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.11
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.12
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.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
2
2
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
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3
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
Plant and machinery etc
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 25 March 2022
17,700,000
192,562
17,892,562
Additions
195
195
Revaluation
(1,500,000)
(1,500,000)
At 24 March 2023
16,200,000
192,757
16,392,757
Depreciation and impairment
At 25 March 2022
134,832
134,832
Depreciation charged in the year
11,418
11,418
At 24 March 2023
146,250
146,250
Carrying amount
At 24 March 2023
16,200,000
46,507
16,246,507
At 24 March 2022
17,700,000
57,730
17,757,730
The investment properties were revalued by the directors as at the year end.The historical cost of the company's investment properties as at the balance sheet date was approximately £15.28 million (2022: £15.28 million).
4
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
7,117,200
7,117,200
5
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
116,282
68,630
Corporation tax recoverable
125,409
150,313
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,746,811
1,889,145
Other debtors
316,805
113,471
2,305,307
2,221,559
ANGLO SCOTTISH PROPERTIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 24 MARCH 2023
5
Debtors
(Continued)
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2023
2022
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
1,477,664
1,225,437
Total debtors
3,782,971
3,446,996
6
Current asset investments
2023
2022
£
£
Other investments
3,672,282
2,290,380
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
235,812
48,017
Amounts owed to group undertakings
12,406,717
10,607,127
Taxation and social security
21,034
3,446
Other creditors
4,742,444
4,582,308
17,406,007
15,240,898
8
Related party transactions
Included in debtors is a balance of £1,477,664 (2022: £1,225,437) due from Waveline investments, a company controlled by some of the company directors.
Also included in other creditors is a balance of £3,388,114 (2022: £3,407,967) due to Louis J. Mintz Son & Partners Limited, a company controlled by two of the directors.
Also included in creditors are amounts of £318,751 (2022: £238,344) due from the directors, J and S Mintz.
Also included in creditors are amounts of £450,286 (2022: £465,521) due from the director P Mintz.
There are no specific terms of interest or repayments in respect of any of the above balances.
During the year dividends of £944,000 (2022: £582,500) were paid out on Ordinary B shares.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS102 whereby it has not disclosed any transactions and balances with fully owned group companies.