Company registration number 13762523 (England and Wales)
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr J Lemmila
Mr J A Veijalainen
Secretary
Michelmores Secretaries Ltd
Company number
13762523
Registered office
100 Liverpool Street
London
EC2M 2AT
Auditor
Moore (South) LLP
City Gates
2-4 Southgate
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8DJ
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Statement of financial position
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 7
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
6
2,628
14,748
Cash and cash equivalents
433,224
344,224
435,852
358,972
Current liabilities
7
(315,699)
(303,676)
Net current assets
120,153
55,296
Equity
Called up share capital
9
1,000
1,000
Retained earnings
119,153
54,296
Total equity
120,153
55,296

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
3 July 2024
03 July 2024
and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr J Lemmila
Director
Company registration number 13762523 (England and Wales)
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

3 Step IT Services Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2AT.

1.1
Reporting period

These financial statements are presented for the 12 months to 31 December 2023. The prior period financial statements cover a 13 month period to 31 December 2022, of which the company was trading for 9 months. The comparative amounts presented in the financial statements are therefore not entirely comparable.

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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.3
Going concern

The company relies on the support of it's parent company for working capital financing and the board have no reason to doubt that this will continue. Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.4
Revenue

Revenue comprises revenue recognised by the company in respect of goods and services supplied, exclusive of Value Added Tax and trade debtors.

 

Revenue accruing over time is recognised over the period to which it relates.

1.5
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.

1.6
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.

3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial assets

Financial assets are classified into specified categories. The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of recognition.

 

Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables 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.

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.

Basic financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into.

 

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, 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.

1.7
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.

1.8
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 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.

3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 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 income statement, 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.

1.9
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 non-current 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.

1.10
Retirement benefits

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

1.11
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
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 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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3
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Exchange losses
115
157
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
6,825
6,500
4
Employees

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

2023
2022
Number
Number
13
7
5
Directors' remuneration

The directors are remunerated via the company's parent company, 3 Step IT Group Oy.

6
Trade and other receivables
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
-
0
12,514
Other receivables
2,628
2,234
2,628
14,748
7
Current liabilities
2023
2022
£
£
Trade payables
524
1,449
Amounts owed to group undertakings
106,114
336
Corporation tax
24,920
14,469
Other taxation and social security
40,883
36,775
Other payables
143,258
250,647
315,699
303,676
3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 6 -
8
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
76,658
51,303

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.

 

No balances outstanding at the balance sheet date.

9
Called up share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
10
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:
Matthew Bather
Statutory Auditor:
Moore (South) LLP
Date of audit report:
4 July 2024
11
Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel

Key management personnel are considered to be the Directors as only they have the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the company. The directors are remunerated via the company's parent company, 3 Step IT Group Oy.

3 STEP IT SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
11
Related party transactions
(Continued)
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Transactions with related parties

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

During the year, the company made sales of £934,014 (2022: £852,397) to its immediate parent company, 3 Step IT Group Oy in respect of services provided. At the year end, included within creditors is £61,098 due to 3 Step IT Group Oy (2022: £9,682 included in debtors, due from 3 Step IT Group Oy).

 

During the year, the company made sales of £948,521 (2022: £600,972) to connected company, 2Holding N&B Oy in respect of services provided. At the year end, included within creditors is £43,452 due to 2Holding N&B Oy (2022: £2,832 included in debtors, due from 2Holding N&B Oy).

 

During the year, the company made sales of £245 (2022: £nil) to connected company BNP Paribas 3 Step IT. No outstanding balance in respect of either the 2023 or 2022 year end.

 

During the year, the company made purchases of £4,392 (2022: £3,425) to connected company, 3 Step IT OU in respect of services received. At the year end, included within creditors is £1,554 due to 3 Step IT OU (2022: £336).

 

During the year, the company advanced a loan to connected company, 3 Step IT (UK) Limited totalling £4,000 (2022: £nil). The loan was advanced in February 2023 and paid in full in September 2023. No interest was charged on the loan.

 

12
Controlling parties

The immediate parent company is 3 Step IT Group Oy, registered in Finland, which is a 52.7% subsidiary of 4Lighthouse Oy, also registered in Finland. The immediate parent company owns 100% of the issued share capital of 3 Step IT Services Limited and has two senior executives, J Lemmila and J.A. Veijalainen serving as directors of 3 Step IT Services Limited.

 

The ultimate controlling party of 4Lighthouse Oy is Jarkko Veijalainen who held a controlling share between 50-75% of the shares.

 

Financial statements for the parent company 3 Step IT Group Oy can be found on its website www.3stepit.com

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