The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
The fair value of the Profit Participating Notes at the balance sheet date was reviewed by the directors and considered to be $23.8m at the balance sheet date. Accordingly a fair value loss of $6.5m has been recognised in the Income Statement (2022 - $Nil).
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
The company's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to follow the CBI's Prompt Payers Code (copies are available from the CBI, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU).
The company's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to:
settle the terms of payment with suppliers when agreeing the terms of each transaction;
ensure that suppliers are made aware of the terms of payment by inclusion of the relevant terms in contracts; and
pay in accordance with the company's contractual and other legal obligations.
Trade creditors of the company at the year end were equivalent to XX day's purchases, based on the average daily amount invoiced by suppliers during the year.
The auditor, FLS Accounting Solutions Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
The Board monitors the effectiveness of the internal financial and operating systems in order to safeguard shareholders' investment and the company's assets. The Board reviews the financial controls over the company's business through a series of regular Board meetings during the financial year.
The directors believe the company and its parent has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future and that it is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. Thus they believe it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
We have audited the financial statements of Interglobe Aircraft Management Services (UK) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Profit or Loss, the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union.
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 Auditors' 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
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:
the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or
the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.
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.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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:
the information given in the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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 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:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the directors were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, 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 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.
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 a Report of the Auditors 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.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the travel sector;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation including compliance with customs regulations, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, and health and safety legislation;
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations which were communicated within the audit team regularly with the team remaining alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
obtaining an understanding of the policies and procedures including internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances (but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control).
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
identified and assessed the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and performed audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtained audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion;
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates in relation to income recognition, collectability of debtors, impairment of tangible and intangible assets and valuation of stock were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors;
evaluating the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation (i.e. gives a true and fair view);
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;
reviewing correspondence with HMRC and the company's legal advisors; and
Concluding on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the company to cease to continue as a going concern.
Other matters which we are required to address
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve collusion, forgery, deliberate concealment and omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.
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 a Report of the Auditors 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.
The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
The notes on pages 12 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
The notes on pages 12 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
The notes on pages 12 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
The notes on pages 12 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
InterGlobe Aircraft Management Services (UK) Private Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Dixcart House, Addlestone Road, Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2LE. The company's principal activities and nature of its operations are disclosed in the directors' report.
The financial statements are prepared in US$, which is the functional currency of the company. Functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates. The directors of the company believe that US$ most faithfully represents the economic effects of the underlying transactions, events and conditions of the company. The company operates in the aviation sector within which most global operations are transacted in US$.
Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest $.
Other fixed asset investments are recognised initially at fair value and any transaction costs are recognised in profit or loss when incurred. Any changes in fair value are recognised in the Income Statement in the reporting period in which they arise.
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.
The company recognises financial liabilities when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments. Financial liabilities are classified as either 'financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss' or 'other financial liabilities'.
Other financial liabilities, including borrowings, trade payables and other short-term monetary liabilities, are initially measured at fair value net of transaction costs directly attributable to the issuance of the financial liability. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. For the purposes of each financial liability, interest expense includes initial transaction costs and any premium payable on redemption, as well as any interest or coupon payable while the liability is outstanding.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company’s obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.
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.
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Operating expenses
All operating expenses are accounted for on an accruals basis.
A brief outline of the IFRSs which were issued by the IASB effective for financial periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023 and which were adopted by the company in the financial statements is as follows:
Insurance contracts (IFRS 17)
IFRS 17 establishes the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts and supersedes IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts.
IFRS 17 outlines a general model, which is modified for insurance contracts with direct participation features, described as the variable fee approach. The general model is simplified if certain criteria are met by measuring the liability for remaining coverage using the premium allocation approach. The general model uses current assumptions to estimate the amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows and it explicitly measures the cost of that uncertainty. It takes into account market interest rates and the impact of policyholders’ options and guarantees.
The company does not have any contracts that meet the definition of an insurance contract under IFRS 17.
Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12)
The company has adopted the amendments to IAS 12 for the first time in the current year. The amendments introduce a further exception from the initial recognition exemption. Under the amendments, an entity does not apply the initial recognition exemption for transactions that give rise to equal taxable and deductible temporary differences. Depending on the applicable tax law, equal taxable and deductible temporary differences may arise on initial recognition of an asset and liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit.
Following the amendments to IAS 12, an entity is required to recognise the related deferred tax asset and liability, with the recognition of any deferred tax asset being subject to the recoverability criteria in IAS 12.
International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules (Amendments to IAS 12 and IFRS for SMEs)
The scope of IAS 12 is amended to clarify that the Standard applies to income taxes arising from tax law enacted or substantively enacted to implement the Pillar Two model rules published by the OECD, including tax law that implements qualified domestic minimum top-up taxes described in those rules.
The amendments introduce a temporary exception to the accounting requirements for deferred taxes in IAS 12, so that an entity would neither recognise nor disclose information about deferred tax assets and liabilities related to Pillar Two income taxes.
The Pillar two rules are not applicable for the company.
Definition of Accounting estimates (Amendments to IAS 8)
The company has adopted the amendments to IAS 8 for the first time in the current year. The amendments replace the definition of a change in accounting estimates with a definition of accounting estimates. Under the new definition, accounting estimates are “monetary amounts in financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty”. The definition of a change in accounting estimates was deleted. There is no impact on the accounting estimation reporting of the company.
Disclosure of Accounting policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2)
The IASB issued amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality Judgements, providing guidance to help entities meet the accounting policy disclosure requirements. The amendments aim to make accounting policy disclosures more informative by replacing the requirement to disclose ‘significant accounting policies’ with ‘material accounting policy information’. The amendments also provide guidance under what circumstance, the accounting policy information is likely to be considered material and therefore requiring disclosure.
The company has adopted the amendments to IAS 1 for the first time in the current year.
A brief outline of the likely impact on future financial statements of IFRSs which is issued by the IASB but not yet effective and have not been adopted in the financial statements is as follows.
IFRS 16 Leases (Amendment - Liability in a Sale and Leaseback) - effective 1 January 2024
IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Amendment – Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-Current) - effective 1 January 2024
IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Amendment – Non-current Liabilities with Covenants) - effective 1 January 2024
IAS 7 Statement of Cashflows and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (Amendment – Supplier finance arrangements) - effective 1 January 2024
IAS 10 Events after the reporting period and IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures (Amendment – sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture) - effective 1 January 2024
The adoption of the above IFRSs is not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements.
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.
Estimates
These include an estimate of the fair value of the company's investments outlined in Note 10. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the financial period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that financial period or in the financial period of the revision and future financial periods if the revision affects both current and future financial periods.
Judgements
Details of material judgements have been further described in reference to the company's functional currency within Note 2.1 'Accounting convention' and Note 9 'Income tax expense'.
The company employed no persons during the current and preceding year.
The charge for the year can be reconciled to the (loss)/profit per the income statement as follows:
The company has unrelieved tax losses of $1,150,344 at 31 December 2023. These unrelieved tax losses are available for tax utilisation against future trading profits. Management have exercised judgement over the decision as to whether a deferred tax asset should be recognised for the period ended 31 December 2023 and concluded that it should not be recognised at this point in time.
In order for the company to recognise a deferred tax asset, it must be probable that sufficient future taxable profits will be available against which the losses can be utilised. In light of the general uncertainty in the business environment and the fact the company has yet to make a profit, the directors have concluded that it is not probable at this juncture that the company will have sufficient profits against which losses could be utilised.
Non-current investments comprises profit participating notes with a cost value of $30,299,000 and 1 equity share in Airborne Tailwind Limited ("ATL") of $1. This represents a 1% holding in the company.
The Profit Participating Notes held by the company represent an exclusive right to receive all proceeds and to control the ownership, dealing and disposal of the E-Certificates held by ATL in Helios Aviation Limited ("HAL"). As such the risks and rewards of ownership of the E-Certificates are deemed to have transferred to the company and a financial asset has been recognised in line with IFRS 9. ATL owns 50% of the total Certificate Interest issued by the issuer, HAL, that in turn owns 100% of the certificate interest in Tailwind2019-1 ("Tailwind") an ABS platform.
The Profit Participating Notes do not meet the criteria set out in IFRS 9 to be classified as a financial asset measured at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income and as such are measured at fair value through profit or loss.
Given the relative illiquidity of the E-Certificates, the value has been triangulated via:
1) Income Approach: discounted cashflows of Tailwind 2019-1 based on market assumptions ($27.1m)
2) Adjusted Net Asset Approach: estimating net asset value by deducting liabilities from assets ($20.4m)
A Market Approach (i.e. referencing value at which comparable ABS’ E-Certificates were traded at) was considered. However, given ‘comparable’ transactions were not available due to fundamental differences between the various ABS E-Certificates that traded due to underlying portfolio featured significantly different aircraft types / vintages / lease term remaining / lessees, etc. (and varying exposure to other macroeconomic risks such as the Ukraine-Russia conflict), it was questionable as to whether the data points were useful for a comparable valuation given they were not trades for ‘similar or identical’ instruments.
On the basis of the above, the average of the 2 methodologies ([US$27.1m + US$20.4]/2) is US$23.8m, and so a value of US$23.8m is estimated for the 50% share of E-Certificates in Tailwind held collectively by ATL. A fair value loss of $6.5m has therefore been recognised in in the Income Statement (2022 - $Nil).
Income Approach
The current cashflow projections of Tailwind involves a lump sum payment due to equity of US$95.3m in 15 December 2026-15 January 2027, following a number of assumptions, including but not limited to:
- December 2026 reflects the Anticipated Repayment Date (“ARD”), being 7 years since the pricing and funding of Tailwind 2019-1; the 7 year assumption is a relatively universal assumption amongst all aircraft ABS transactions;
- Continued payment of aircraft rentals as per the then current / anticipated contractual obligations of airlines (including maintenance reserves being paid per projections by Alton Consultancy);
- Sale of aircraft assets in December 2026 per the average of 3 appraisal values provided by 3 ISTAT appraisal firms (CV, IBA, MBA), being the 3 appraisal firms initially selected for this transaction in 2019 (and in-line with most other aircraft ABS transactions); and
- Assuming cashflows are discounted at a rate of 18.5% to 31 December 2023, being the equity returns of similar vintage issued E-Notes in 2018 and 2019
Adjusting for cash flows due to Anchor Investor (Elliott), and fees payable to the servicer (Servicer Incentive + Asset Management Fee), the expected net cash flow due to the company would be US$45.1m. Based on discounting the expected cashflow in 15 December 2026 by 18.5% to 31 December 2023, the expected equity value would be US$27.1m in relation to 50% share of E-Certificates in Tailwind held by ATL.
Adjusted Net Asset Approach
The adjusted net asset approach involves deriving an equity value estimate by deducting liabilities from the asset of Tailwind. By use of the maintenance adjusted base values (being a representation of the metal value of the assets) of the 3 appraisers initially selected for the ABS (being CV, IBA, MBA):Appraiser x. Adj. Base Value
CV $465.29m
MBA $375.27m
IBA $337.12m
Average $392.56M
The value of the assets can be estimated to be US$392.56m based on the appraisal figures dated for December 2023 / Q4 2023.
Outstanding debt for Tailwind was US$358.62m as at 31 December 2023. On the basis of these figures (US$392.56 – US$358.62m + US$7.26m - US$1.00m + US$0.64m), the net assets of Tailwind can be estimated to be US$40.8m, of which ATL's 50% share will be US$20.4m.
Other Information
It should be highlighted that the 3 x Lion Air aircraft in the Tailwind portfolio have deferred rentals due to be received starting January 2028 (or upon Lion Air’s IPO, whichever is earlier); the amount deferred and due to be received is circa US$18.6m in total across the 3 aircraft. As this value has not been included in a) the ‘Income Approach’ due to the receipt of such deferrals beyond the projection time horizon of December 2026 (and that this deferred amount will be accretive should buyers assign value to it in December 2026) nor b) the ‘Adjusted Net Asset Approach’ as the methodology is based on appraisal values (which assesses the value of the aircraft metal and not the associated lease), there is potential upside in the E-Certificate value as a result of this factor.
The cash balances are held with Standard Chartered Bank, which are A1 based on long-term Moody’s ratings.
The carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates the fair value.
The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the company. All ordinary shares rank equally with regard to the company's residual assets.
The principal risks arising from the company's financial instruments are asset, credit, market, liquidity and operational risk. The company has established policies for managing these risks as outlined below.
Asset risk
The company has an asset risk through its investment in Profit Participating Notes issued by Airborne Tailwind Limited ("ATL"). ATL owns 50% of the total Certificate Interest issued by the issuer, Helios Aviation Limited ("HAL), that in turn owns 100% of the certificate interest in Tailwind2019-1 ("Tailwind"), an ABS platform.
Tailwind operates within the aviation industry, with aircraft on lease to airlines internationally. A deterioration in the aviation sector could adversely affect the company through a reduction in value of the Profit Participating Notes. The directors monitor this risk by reviewing annual valuations of the E-Certificates which are based on up to date market assumptions.
The directors also consider the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine to be of low risk to the investment value as Tailwind currently has zero Russian exposure. The directors will however keep this under constant review.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the company if a counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations.
ATL has a contractual obligation to remit cashflows to the company in respect of the E-Certificates held in HAL. The directors consider the risk of default to be low as ATL would only be remitting amounts equivalent to those collected from HAL.
The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date was $24,541,027 (2022 - $31,275,797) which comprises the company's investments in financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss and cash and cash equivalents.
The company’s cash balances are held with Standard Chartered Bank, which are rated A1 based on longterm Moody’s ratings.
Market risk
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates and interest rates will affect the company’s income or the value of its holding of financial instruments.
Currency risk
The company has a minimum exposure to foreign exchange risk as the majority of transactions are denominated in US$.
Interest rate risk
The company currently has minimum exposure to interest rate risk as it does not currently hold any interest bearing financial instruments.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The company has funded its operations through intercompany loans and the issue of share capital. All of the company's financial liabilities are due for payment within one year.
Operational risk
The company was incorporated with the purpose of engaging in the activity of being a holding company of an aircraft leasing group. All administration functions are outsourced to Dixcart International Limited.
During the year the company paid fees of $3,856 (2022: $4,581) to Dixcart International Limited in relation to key management personnel services.