Company registration number 06517338 (England and Wales)
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Director
J Granjon
Secretary
Z Turki
Company number
06517338
Registered office
5th Floor
Ashford Commercial Quarter
1 Dover Place
Ashford
Kent
United Kingdom
TN23 1FB
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
5th Floor
Ashford Commercial Quarter
1 Dover Place
Ashford
Kent
United Kingdom
TN23 1FB
Bankers
Société Générale
SG House
41 Tower Hill
London
United Kingdom
EC3N 4SG
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Director's report
1
Statement of director's responsibilities
2
Independent auditor's report to the members of Vente-Privee.com Limited
3 - 5
Profit and loss account and other comprehensive income
6
Balance sheet
7
Statement of changes in equity
8
Statement of cash flows
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 18
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The director presents his annual report and financial statements of Vente-Privee.com Limited ('the Company') for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the Company was the sale of goods and the provision of services to the parent company.
The Company has taken advantage of the small companies exemption not to prepare a strategic report.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 6.
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2023 (2022 - £Nil).
Political contributions
The Company made no political donations or incurred any disclosable political expenditure during the year (2022 - £Nil).
Director
The director who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements was as follows:
J Granjon
Auditor
In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Azets Audit Services be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
The director who held office at the date of approval of this director's report confirms that, so far as he is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditor is unaware; and the director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
J Granjon
Director
23 July 2024
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN RESPECT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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The director is responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law he has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with UK accounting standards and applicable law (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
assess the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern; and
use the going concern basis of accounting unless he either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is responsible for such internal control as he determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to him to safeguard the assets of the company and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Vente-Privee.com Limited (“the company”) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account and Other Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and related notes, including the accounting policies in note 1.
In our opinion the financial statements:
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (“ISAs (UK)”) and applicable law. Our responsibilities are described below. We have fulfilled our ethical responsibilities under, and are independent of the company in accordance with, UK ethical requirements including the FRC Ethical Standard. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is a sufficient and appropriate basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The director is responsible for the director’s report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover that report and we do not express an audit opinion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the director’s report and, in doing so, consider whether, based on our financial statements audit work, the information therein is materially misstated or inconsistent with the financial statements or our audit knowledge. Based solely on that work:
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the director's eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the director's report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
We have nothing to report in these respects.
Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in his statement set out on page 2, the director is responsible for: the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view; such internal control as he determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; 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 he either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has 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 our opinion in an auditor’s report. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but does not 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 aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial statements.
A fuller description of our responsibilities is provided on the FRC’s website at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
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Extent to which the audit was considered 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 and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.
We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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.
Christiaan de Lange
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
5th Floor
Ashford Commercial Quarter
1 Dover Place
Ashford
Kent
United Kingdom
TN23 1FB
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
1,844,877
1,632,808
Administrative expenses
(933,717)
(866,310)
Operating profit
4
911,160
766,498
Interest payable and similar expenses
6
(471)
(254)
Profit before taxation
910,689
766,244
Tax on profit
8
(220,082)
(145,727)
Profit for the financial year
690,607
620,517
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
7
311
481
Current assets
Debtors
9
4,370,667
3,729,145
Cash at bank and in hand
82,866
55,846
4,453,533
3,784,991
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
10
(167,615)
(189,850)
Net current assets
4,285,918
3,595,141
Total assets less current liabilities
4,286,229
3,595,622
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
40,000
40,000
Profit and loss reserves
4,246,229
3,555,622
Total equity
4,286,229
3,595,622
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 23 July 2024
J Granjon
Director
Company Registration No. 06517338
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2022
40,000
2,935,105
2,975,105
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
620,517
620,517
Balance at 31 December 2022
40,000
3,555,622
3,595,622
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
690,607
690,607
Balance at 31 December 2023
40,000
4,246,229
4,286,229
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the year
690,607
620,517
(Increase) in trade and other debtors
(641,522)
(794,495)
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors
(31,320)
83,098
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
170
406
Taxation charged
220,082
145,727
Interest paid
(471)
(254)
Income taxes paid
(210,997)
(132,247)
Net cash from operating activities
27,020
(76,994)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(509)
Net cash flows from investing activities
-
(509)
27,020
(77,503)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
27,020
(77,503)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
55,846
133,349
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
82,866
55,846
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Vente-Privee.com Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales, in the UK. The registered office is 5th Floor, Ashford Commercial Quarter, 1 Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom, TN23 1FB.
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 on the historical cost convention.
The Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Vente-Privee.com S.A., includes the Company in its consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements of Vente-Privee.com S.A. are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU and are available to the public.
The accounting policies set out below have, unless otherwise stated, been applied consistently to all periods presented in these financial statements.
1.2
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the director believes to be appropriate for the following reason. The Company is reliant for its working capital on funds provided to it by the Company’s ultimate parent undertaking, Vente-Privee.com S.A., which has provided the Company with an undertaking that it will, for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company. This should enable the Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the director acknowledges that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, he has no reason to believe that it will not do so.true
1.3
Turnover
The turnover shown in the statement of comprehensive income represents amounts invoiced during the year, exclusive of value added tax, in respect of the sale of services to customers. Turnover is recognised when the services are performed.
Revenue from contributions to costs incurred to the parent company is recorded on a fixed sum quarterly basis.
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:
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
33% straight line
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.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible 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.
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 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 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.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Basic financial liabilities
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 receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts 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 payables 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.
1.8
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the Company.
Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.
1.9
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
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
Leases
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.
1.13
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.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, the director is 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
An analysis of the Company's turnover is as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Commissions receivable and services
1,574,877
1,362,808
Recharge of costs to parent company
270,000
270,000
1,844,877
1,632,808
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
France
1,844,877
1,632,808
4
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange (gains)/losses
(4,155)
8,696
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
7,500
7,350
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
170
406
Operating lease charges
50,300
34,125
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the Company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Administration and sales
10
9
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
5
Employees
(Continued)
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Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2023
2022
£
£
Wages and salaries
564,629
555,341
Social security costs
66,044
63,258
Pension costs
15,214
14,629
645,887
633,228
The director was remunerated by the parent company for his services in the year and in the prior year. The value of services attributed to the Company was £5,000 (2022 - £5,000).
6
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Other finance costs:
Other interest
471
254
7
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023
9,997
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
9,516
Depreciation charged in the year
170
At 31 December 2023
9,686
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
311
At 31 December 2022
481
8
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
218,000
146,500
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
2,082
(773)
Total current tax
220,082
145,727
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
8
Taxation
(Continued)
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The actual charge 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
910,689
766,244
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2022: 19.00%)
227,672
145,586
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
332
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(2,082)
(773)
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
(5,508)
Other differences
582
Taxation charge for the year
220,082
145,727
9
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
4,344,480
3,718,221
Other debtors
25,973
10,496
Prepayments
214
428
4,370,667
3,729,145
10
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
2,641
10,737
Corporation tax
57,072
47,987
Other taxation and social security
12,333
55,798
Other creditors
9,058
Accruals
95,569
66,270
167,615
189,850
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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11
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
15,214
14,629
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.
The charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £15,214 (2022 - £14,629). The amount outstanding at 31 December 2023 was £16,275 (2022 - £11,867).
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Share capital
2023
2022
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
40,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the Company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Within one year
19,253
26,799
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Ultimate controlling party
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vente-Privee.com S.A., a company registered in France. The Company is controlled by Mr J A Granjon as a majority shareholder. The only consolidated group financial statements which include the results of the Company are those of the group headed by Vente-Privee.com S.A. Copies of its consolidated financial statements are publicly available. The address of the registered office of the parent company is 249 avenue du President Wilson, 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis, France.
VENTE-PRIVEE.COM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of key management personnel, which is in respect of one employee (2022: two employees), is as follows.
2023
2022
£
£
Aggregate compensation
101,132
308,169
At the balance sheet date the Company was owed £4,337,303 (2022 - £3,718,221 ) by its parent undertaking, Vente-Privee.com S.A.
Turnover includes £1,844,877 (2022 - £1,632,808 ) invoiced to the parent undertaking, Vente-Privee.com S.A.
Admin costs include £127,043 (2022- £115,222) invoiced by its parent undertaking.
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