Company registration number 04035160 (England and Wales)
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
J M B Strowbridge
C L C Colt
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
S Bratanis Olsson
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
D A Reuben Jnr
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
Secretary
R Clements
Company number
04035160
Registered office
3 Cygnet Drive
Swan Valley
Northampton
NN4 9BS
Auditor
Gerald Edelman LLP
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 21
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Review of the business

The performance in the period is in line with expectations. Turnover for the period was £8.2m (2022: £6.0m). The Company recorded an operating profit of £1.9m (2022: £949k).

Principal risks and uncertainties

The Company is a subsidiary of Avery Care (Cannock) Limited and is managed on a unified basis as part of the Avery Healthcare Group. The principal; risks faced by the Company reflect those of the Avery Healthcare Group in delivering its strategic priorities for the forthcoming year. These are listed below:

 

 

 

 

Objectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

How we will achieve this

 

 

 

 

 

How we will assess our performance

 

 

 

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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Key performance indicators

The Company monitors the performance of the business using the following:

 

 

 

Other indicators are occupancy rates and the proportion of private pay clients who are attracted to homes of a high standard.

On behalf of the board

S Bratanis Olsson
Director
28 March 2024
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the Company is the operation of a care home together with the provision of specialist services for the elderly.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

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:

M F Proctor
(Resigned 28 April 2023)
J M B Strowbridge
C L C Colt
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
S Bratanis Olsson
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
D A Reuben Jnr
(Appointed 27 February 2023)
Auditor

Gerald Edelman 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:

 

 

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.

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.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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Going concern

The group headed by Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited has agreed to continue to provide the Company with the necessary financial support and working capital for at least one year from the date of the approval of these financial statements to allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due.  The Company is also subject to cross guaranteed property leasing with other group undertakings.  Detailed information regarding the financial position of the Group headed by Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities are included in the financial statements of Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited, which can be obtained from Companies House. 

 

The Group meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through operating cash flows and debt financing. Having reviewed the groups financial forecasts and expected future cash flows, the directors are confident that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the directors are confident that the group will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

On behalf of the board
S Bratanis Olsson
Director
28 March 2024
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Avery Homes (Cannock) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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:

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

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.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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.

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.

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.

We planned our audit so that we have a reasonable expectation of detecting material misstatements in the financial statements resulting from irregularities, fraud or non-compliance with law or regulations.

 

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

 

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

 

In response to the risk of irregularities and non compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but are not limited to:

 

The test nature and other inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of any accounting and internal control system, mean that there is an unavoidable risk that some material misstatements in respect of irregularities may remain undiscovered even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK). Furthermore, the further removed those laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Our examination should therefore not be relied upon to disclose all such material misstatements or frauds, errors or instances of non-compliance that might exist. The responsibility for safeguarding the assets of the company and for the prevention and detection of fraud, error and non-compliance with law or regulations rests with the directors.

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.

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.

Mr Grant Lee FCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Gerald Edelman LLP
28 March 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
73 Cornhill
London
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AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
8,151,856
6,024,101
Cost of sales
(5,766,473)
(4,312,123)
Gross profit
2,385,383
1,711,978
Administrative expenses
(1,253,217)
(1,140,135)
Other operating income
780,892
377,640
Operating profit
5
1,913,058
949,483
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(1,605,289)
(867,699)
Profit before taxation
307,769
81,784
Tax on profit
8
(20,069)
10,912
Profit for the financial year
287,700
92,696

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

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2023
31 March 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
9
2,736,818
2,896,030
Current assets
Stocks
10
33,470
27,434
Debtors
11
12,088,131
12,450,590
Cash at bank and in hand
896,021
846,532
13,017,622
13,324,556
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
(7,198,838)
(7,952,684)
Net current assets
5,818,784
5,371,872
Net assets
8,555,602
8,267,902
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
16
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
8,555,601
8,267,901
Total equity
8,555,602
8,267,902
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 March 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
S Bratanis Olsson
Director
Company Registration No. 04035160
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2021
1
8,175,205
8,175,206
Year ended 31 March 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
92,696
92,696
Balance at 31 March 2022
1
8,267,901
8,267,902
Year ended 31 March 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
287,700
287,700
Balance at 31 March 2023
1
8,555,601
8,555,602
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Avery Homes (Cannock) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 3 Cygnet Drive, Swan Valley, Northampton, NN4 9BS.

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 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 Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from Companies House.The registered address of Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited is 3 Cygnet Drive, Swan Valley, Northampton, NN4 9BS.

 

1.2
Going concern

The group headed by Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited has agreed to continue to provide the Company with the necessary financial support and working capital for at least one year from the date of the approval of these financial statements to allow the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due.  The Company is also subject to cross guaranteed property leasing with other group undertakings.  Detailed information regarding the financial position of the Group headed by Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities are included in the financial statements of Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited, which can be obtained from Companies House.  true

 

The Group meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through operating cash flows and debt financing. Having reviewed the groups financial forecasts and expected future cash flows, the directors are confident that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the directors are confident that the group will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents fee income relating to the provision of care services, net of value added tax, if applicable. Fee income comprises care fees which are recognised when the delivery of the service is completed. Fees invoiced in advance are included as deferred income until the service is completed.

1.4
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.

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:

Land and buildings
50 years
Fixtures and fittings
7 years
Computers
5 years

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.

1.5
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
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.7
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.

1.8
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.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

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.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 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

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

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.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.9
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.

1.10
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 statement of comprehensive income 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.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 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 statement of comprehensive income, 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.

1.11
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.

1.12
Retirement benefits

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

1.13
Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

 

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.14
Government grants

Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.

 

A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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2
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.

3
Turnover

Turnover is derived entirely in the UK from the principal activities of the company.

2023
2022
£
£
Turnover
8,151,856
6,024,101

Turnover is derived entirely in the UK from the principle activities of the Company.

4
Other revenue
2023
2022
£
£
Grants received
209,358
377,640
Other operating income
571,534
-
780,892
377,640

Included in grants received is an amount of £nil (2022: £53,096) relating to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The rest of the grants related to funding in respect of COVID support.

5
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Government grants
(209,358)
(377,640)
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
-
0
-
0
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
288,432
279,111
Exceptional professional fees and other transaction related costs*
-
0
36,000
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of these financial statements are settled by another group companyWillowbrook Healthcare Limited
*In 2022, exceptional professional fees were shown seperately in the statement of comprehensive income as an exceptional item.
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
- 17 -
6
Employees

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

2023
2022
Number
Number
Management and administration staff
7
5
Nursing, care and domestic staff
156
125
Total
163
130

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2023
2022
£
£
Wages and salaries
5,349,150
3,986,116
Social security costs
292,869
185,637
Pension costs (Note 15)
57,210
45,904
5,699,229
4,217,657
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
1,604,384
866,711
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
905
988
1,605,289
867,699

The interest on bank overdraft and loans relates to interest on a long term loan held by Avery Care (Cannock) Limited, the immediate parent company. As at 31 March 2023, the loan was a long term loan facility of £20m with Hightower Finance Limited. Interest calculated is based on the bank of England base rate with a margin of 5.5%, subject to a cap of 10% in its first year and a floor of 8% annually, and after the first year the cap is removed.

8
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
20,069
(10,912)
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
8
Taxation
(Continued)
- 18 -

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

2023
2022
£
£
Profit before taxation
307,769
81,784
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2022: 19.00%)
58,476
15,539
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
27,414
26,481
Adjustments in respect of prior years
10,716
-
0
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
(213)
-
0
Group relief
(383,625)
(217,795)
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
2,296
-
0
Restricted interest
305,005
164,863
Taxation charge/(credit) for the year
20,069
(10,912)
9
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2022
3,946,366
1,450,178
84,935
5,481,479
Additions
15,563
104,610
9,047
129,220
At 31 March 2023
3,961,929
1,554,788
93,982
5,610,699
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2022
1,314,497
1,206,931
64,021
2,585,449
Depreciation charged in the year
176,481
104,601
7,350
288,432
At 31 March 2023
1,490,978
1,311,532
71,371
2,873,881
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023
2,470,951
243,256
22,611
2,736,818
At 31 March 2022
2,631,869
243,247
20,914
2,896,030
10
Stocks
2023
2022
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
33,470
27,434
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
- 19 -
11
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
597,281
812,097
Amounts owed by group undertakings
11,320,371
11,518,101
Other debtors
-
0
20,315
Prepayments and accrued income
95,620
5,149
12,013,272
12,355,662
Deferred tax asset (note 14)
74,859
94,928
12,088,131
12,450,590

Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.

12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
13
606
1,830
Trade creditors
218,249
100,568
Amounts owed to group undertakings
3,999,937
3,938,559
Group relief payable
1,086,006
1,086,006
Other taxation and social security
76,298
35,163
Other creditors
1,169,761
1,802,159
Accruals and deferred income
647,981
988,399
7,198,838
7,952,684

Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.

13
Finance lease obligations
2023
2022
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
606
1,224
In two to five years
-
0
606
606
1,830
AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
- 20 -
14
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Assets
Assets
2023
2022
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
74,859
94,928
2023
Movements in the year:
£
Asset at 1 April 2022
(94,928)
Charge to profit or loss
20,069
Asset at 31 March 2023
(74,859)

The deferred tax asset set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to the utilisation of tax losses against future expected profits of the same period.

15
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
57,210
45,904

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

16
Share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary share of £1 each
1
1
1
1
17
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

The Company, together with its subsidiary undertaking, is part of a cross collaterised security arrangement to secure this company's loans of £20.75m with Clydesdale Bank. The security relates to the freehold properties owned by this company and the operations of the companies party to the arrangement.

AVERY HOMES (CANNOCK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
- 21 -
18
Ultimate controlling party

The Company is a subsidiary undertaking of Avery Care (Cannock) Limited.

 

The ultimate controlling party is Veilchenblau Estates Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.

 

The largest group in which the results of the Company were consolidated was that headed by Veilchenblau Estates Ltd. The smallest group in which the results of the Company were consolidated was that headed by Avery Healthcare Holdings Limited.

 

The company's ultimate UK parent is Veilchenblau Estates Ltd; whose accounts are available from Companies House. The registered address for Veilchenblau Estates Ltd is Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW IP 4QP.

 

The ultimate parent company is Landal Worldwide Corp, a company registered in British Virgin Islands.

 

The registered address for Landal Worldwide Corp is 2nd Floor O'Neal Marketing Associates Building, PO Box 3174, Wickham's Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

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