Company registration number 03912553 (England and Wales)
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 6
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
5
3,293,409
1,174,365
Cash at bank and in hand
32,555
66,969
3,325,964
1,241,334
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(2,644,842)
(1,836,009)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
681,122
(594,675)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
681,022
(594,775)
Total equity
681,122
(594,675)

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account 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 8 August 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr J R Specht
Director
Company registration number 03912553 (England and Wales)
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Spearmint Rhino Companies (Europe) Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 64 Hagley Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B16 8PF.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

After taking into account the economic conditions, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Spearmint Rhino Companies Worldwide continues to be supportive of the company and its business. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

 

The club is currently shut due to a flood on the premises and therefore will not be trading in the foreseeable future. As such, the company is reliant on the support of Spearmint Rhino Companies Worldwide. On the basis that this support will be provided for the foreseeable future, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

1.3
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

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:

Leasehold land and buildings
20% 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.

1.4
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand.

SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Financial instruments
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.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.6
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

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.

1.7
Retirement benefits

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

SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
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.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

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

Deferred tax asset

Deferred tax assets are raised to the extent that is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the unused tax losses and unused tax credits can be utilised.

3
Employees

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

2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
4
4
4
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold land and buildings
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023
812,668
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023
812,668
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
-
0
At 31 December 2022
-
0
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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5
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
10,953
-
0
Other debtors
3,157,744
1,048,712
3,168,697
1,048,712
Deferred tax asset
4,712
5,653
3,173,409
1,054,365
2023
2022
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
120,000
120,000
Total debtors
3,293,409
1,174,365
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
2,321,705
1,709,021
Amounts owed to group undertakings
282,909
114,017
Taxation and social security
-
0
3,768
Other creditors
-
2,965
Accruals and deferred income
40,228
6,238
2,644,842
1,836,009
7
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:
Paul Creasey
Statutory Auditor:
Azets Audit Services
Date of audit report:
9 August 2024
SPEARMINT RHINO COMPANIES (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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8
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

At the year end the company is party to a cross guarantee with members of its group headed by Spearmint Rhino Ventures (UK) Limited and associated group headed by Spearmint Rhino JSUK Limited. In the event of the cross guarantee being enforced by the company is contingently liable for the amounts due to the bank at that time. The directors do not expect this liability to crystallise in the foreseeable future.

9
Operating lease commitments

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2023
2022
£
£
Within one year
440,000
440,000
Between two and five years
1,760,000
1,760,000
In over five years
3,740,000
4,180,000
5,940,000
6,380,000
10
Parent company

The immediate parent company is Spearmint Rhino Ventures (UK) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 64 Hagley Road, Birningham, B16 8PF.

 

The ultimate controlling party is J Gray.

11
Related Party Disclosures

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

The group headed by Spearmint Rhinos Companies Worldwide Inc is regarded as a related party by virtue of common ownership. Amounts owed to the company by the group at the year ended amounted to £1,425,688 (2022: £nil).

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