Company Registration No. 13740338 (England and Wales)
Hartley Pictures Limited
Financial statements
for the period ended 12 May 2023
Pages for filing with the registrar
Hartley Pictures Limited
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 7
Hartley Pictures Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 12 May 2023
Page 1
2023
Notes
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
4
3,014,906
Cash at bank and in hand
167,058
3,181,964
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(3,181,864)
Net current assets
100
Capital and reserves
-
Called up share capital
100

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 9 November 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Frith Tiplady
Director
Company Registration No. 13740338 (England and Wales)
Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the period ended 12 May 2023
Page 2
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Hartley Pictures Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 39 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9LG.

1.1
Reporting period

The reporting period covers the 18 month period from 12 November 2021 to 12 May 2023. This is the first reporting period. The longer reporting period was used to align with the stage of completion of the programme.

1.2
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.

1.3
Turnover

In respect of long-term contracts for ongoing services, turnover represents the value of work done in the period, including estimates for amounts not invoiced. Value of work done in respect of long-term contracts and contracts for ongoing services is determined by reference to the stage of completion.

 

The "percentage of completion method" is used to determine the appropriate amount to recognise in a given period. The stage of completion is measured by the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed to date compared to the estimated total contract costs. Costs incurred in the period in connection with future activity on a contract are excluded from contract costs in determining the stage of completion. These costs are presented as stocks, prepayments or other assets depending on their nature, and provided it is probable they will be recovered.

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.

Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 12 May 2023
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 3
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.

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.

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.

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.

1.7
Taxation

The tax credit represents the sum of the tax currently recoverable and deferred tax.

Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 12 May 2023
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 4
Current tax

The tax currently receivable is based on relievable losses arising as the result of high-end television tax relief legislation. Relievable losses differ from net losses as reported in the profit and loss account because they include an additional deduction relating to qualifying production expenditure and exclude items of income or expense that are deductible in other years, as well as items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's tax position 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
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.

1.9
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.10
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions where practicable, else at the average rate over the period in which the transactions were incurred. 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.

Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 12 May 2023
Page 5
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.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Tax credit estimate

The key accounting estimate within the financial statements for this company is the valuation of the high-end TV tax credit available. The estimate is based on the assessment of the value of qualifying expenditure as per HMRC legislations and guidance plus assessment of the qualification of the underlying production as eligible for the tax relief.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:

2023
Number
Total
22
4
Debtors
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
Corporation tax recoverable
2,825,662
Amounts owed by group undertakings
100
Other debtors
189,144
3,014,906
Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 12 May 2023
Page 6
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
£
Trade creditors
74,950
Other creditors
3,106,914
3,181,864
6
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006:

The auditor's report was unqualified.

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Isla MacGillivray
Statutory Auditors:
Saffery LLP
7
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the period the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

Purchases
2023
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
1,863,515

The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:

2023
Amounts due from related parties
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
100
Hartley Pictures Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the period ended 12 May 2023
Page 7
8
Parent company

The company's immediate parent undertaking is Moonage Pictures Limited, a company registered in England and Wales at 39 Long Acre, London, England, WC2E 9LG.

 

The ultimate controlling parties are considered to be William Gould and Matthew Read by virtue of their shareholding.

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