Company Registration No. 12449261 (England and Wales)
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
LB GROUP
Ground Floor
Swift House
18 Hoffmanns Way
Chelmsford
CM1 1GU
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr C G Harman
Mr R C Hayes
Mr P J Staddon
Mr C J Blackwell
Secretary
Ms N Watson
Company number
12449261
Registered office
1 Vicarage Lane
Stratford
London
E15 4HF
Auditor
LB Group Limited (Chelmsford)
Ground Floor
Swift House
18 Hoffmanns Way
Chelmsford
CM1 1GU
Business address
First Floor
153 Fenchurch Street
London
Greater London
UK
EC3M 6BB
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 7
Profit and loss account
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 18
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Principal activities
The company operates as an Appointed Representative of Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited. The company is an underwriting agent, accepting insurance business on behalf of insurance companies.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr C G Harman
Mr R C Hayes
Mr P J Staddon
Mr C J Blackwell
Results and dividends
The Directors’ report a trading profit of £209,490 (2022: £205,531 loss) for the period to 31 December 2023. No dividend is proposed.
During the year the Company returned strong growth and returned to profitability. The Company is currently supported by underwriting capacity from three insurance companies with a minimum of “A” security and is producing positive underwriting results in the current strong market.
Financial instruments
Treasury operations and financial instruments
The company has various financial assets and liabilities, such as trade receivables and trade payables, arising directly from its operations. These assets and operating cash arising are actively managed to avoid unnecessary currency exposure. The company has not undertaken hedging activity but may do so if such arrangements appear to be a suitable solution to minimising any currency exposures, especially for earnings in currencies other than sterling.
Liquidity risk
The company manages its own cash and borrowings to maximise interest income and minimise interest expense, whilst ensuring that sufficient liquid resources are available to meet operating needs. The company does not hold client money while insurers’ funds are held with approved banks in currencies appropriate to the settlement requirements of the business.
Interest rate risk
The company could become exposed to interest rate risk on bank deposits if interest rates recover.
Foreign currency risk
Current and anticipated insurance business is predominantly denominated in sterling.
Credit risk
The company acts as an agent for insurers; while suitable vetting arrangements are operated to verify the credit worthiness of insurance brokers from whom business predominantly comes, the risk of non-payment rests largely with others. Investment of cash surpluses are made with banks which are considered by the Board to have adequate credit ratings to achieve the prudential standards applicable in our business.
As an Appointed Representative of a firm which is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority, Trilogy Underwriting Limited is exempt from direct regulation and regulatory compliance has been contracted to the Principal. However, the Company monitored compliance with regulatory requirements during the period, especially systems and controls, financial crime and its policy towards customers.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Auditor
LB Group Limited (Chelmsford) were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr C J Blackwell
Director
22 August 2024
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Trilogy Underwriting Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
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.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the 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 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 prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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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 from our commercial knowledge and experience of the insurance industry;
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 Companies Act 2006, FCA compliance and taxation legislation;
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing correspondence with the FCA and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained 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.
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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 were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions; and
observed and identified internal controls in place.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
reviewing correspondence with laws and regulations.
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 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 deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
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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.
Michael Warman
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of LB Group Limited (Chelmsford)
22 August 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Ground Floor
Swift House
18 Hoffmanns Way
Chelmsford
CM1 1GU
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2023-12-31
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
1,310,405
772,387
Cost of sales
(147)
Gross profit
1,310,405
772,240
Administrative expenses
(1,087,925)
(961,417)
Operating profit/(loss)
222,480
(189,177)
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(12,990)
(16,354)
Profit/(loss) before taxation
209,490
(205,531)
Tax on profit/(loss)
Profit/(loss) for the financial year
209,490
(205,531)
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
8
62,364
65,600
Tangible assets
9
16,303
17,588
78,667
83,188
Current assets
Debtors
10
20,556
17,233
Cash at bank and in hand
3,856
7,158
24,412
24,391
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
11
(314,587)
(528,577)
Net current liabilities
(290,175)
(504,186)
Net liabilities
(211,508)
(420,998)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
111
111
Profit and loss reserves
(211,619)
(421,109)
Total equity
(211,508)
(420,998)
These financial statements have been prepared 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 22 August 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr C J Blackwell
Director
Company Registration No. 12449261
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING 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
111
(215,578)
(215,467)
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
(205,531)
(205,531)
Balance at 31 December 2022
111
(421,109)
(420,998)
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
209,490
209,490
Balance at 31 December 2023
111
(211,619)
(211,508)
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Trilogy Underwriting Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 1 Vicarage Lane, Stratford, London, E15 4HF.
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
The Company is a managing general agent underwriting insurance on behalf of major insurance companies and Lloyd’s syndicates (“Carriers”). The business of insurance underwriting is conducted as an Appointed Representative (“AR”) of Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited, an FCA regulated entity and a Lloyd’s coverholder.
The directors have considered the outlook for the Company, which they consider to be positive and the budgets prepared for the periods to 31 December 2025 have been prepared on a prudent basis and indicate that no further funding will be required from RUHL.
RUPL is responsible to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for the conduct of it ARs and, as the regulated entities are required to report their regulatory capital surplus or deficit to the FCA to confirm their solvency positions. The Company has a capital surplus at the year-end and this position is monitored regularly through the review of monthly management accounts and the assessment of future profit and loss, and cash flow forecasts.
During the year the Company returned strong growth and returned to profitability.
Based on the budgets, which have been prepared on a prudent basis, the Directors have considered the outlook for the Company and believe that the Company will be profitable during these periods. Accordingly, the financial statements of the Company as at 31 December 2023 have been prepared on a going concern basis. Additionally, the Company has received confirmation from its parent company RUHL that it will continue to support the Company’s operations for the foreseeable future.
The directors are confident about the Company's prospects but, notwithstanding the prudent forecasts, they recognise that the success or otherwise of it being able to meet its forecasts is inevitably uncertain.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.3
Turnover
The company generates revenue principally from commissions, profit commissions and fees associated with underwriting and administering insurance contracts.
Brokerage, commission and fees not due until after the year end are recognised on the inception of the insurance contracts concerned, which is when the underwriting services have been substantially completed. Adjustments to commission and fees are recognised when they can be ascertained with reasonable certainty, which is normally when the amounts concerned are advised or confirmed by the relevant third parties.
Profit commissions are receivable based upon the underwriting performance of certain schemes. They are recognised when the Company can be certain that the commission will be paid and the amount can be reasonably accurately ascertained.
1.4
Innovation and development expenditure
Identifiable development expenditure is capitalised to the extent that the technical, commercial and
financial feasibility can be demonstrated.
1.5
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill
Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.
Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.
Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives. No amortisation is charged until the asset is utilised within the business. The following bases have been used:
Computer software development costs
5 years straight line
1.6
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:
Computers
5 years 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.
1.7
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.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.8
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.
1.9
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.10
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.
1.11
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.
1.12
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.
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.13
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.14
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.
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.
We consider there to be no key sources of estimation that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
3
Turnover
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Commission received from insurance companies
1,310,405
772,387
4
Auditor's remuneration
2023
2022
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
14,400
12,480
For non-audit service
Other assurance services
16,138
18,251
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
9
10
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2023
2022
£
£
Wages and salaries
599,993
510,920
Social security costs
69,829
59,725
Pension costs
35,666
33,005
705,488
603,650
6
Directors' remuneration
2023
2022
£
£
Remuneration paid to directors
192,000
162,000
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Interest payable and similar expenses includes the following:
Interest payable to group undertakings
12,990
16,354
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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8
Intangible fixed assets
Other
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023
96,000
Additions
17,096
At 31 December 2023
113,096
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
30,400
Amortisation charged for the year
20,332
At 31 December 2023
50,732
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
62,364
At 31 December 2022
65,600
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Tangible fixed assets
Computers
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023
36,695
Additions
6,695
At 31 December 2023
43,390
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
19,107
Depreciation charged in the year
7,980
At 31 December 2023
27,087
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
16,303
At 31 December 2022
17,588
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Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Prepayments and accrued income
20,556
17,233
TRILOGY UNDERWRITING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
1,350
8,057
Amounts owed to group undertakings
153,532
424,498
Taxation and social security
22,921
20,799
Accruals
136,784
75,223
314,587
528,577
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Called up share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A shares of 10p each
1,000
1,000
100
100
Ordinary B shares of 10p each
110
110
11
11
1,110
1,110
111
111
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Related party transactions
The company is as an Appointed Representative of Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited, a managing general agent. During the year, the company earned commission of £1,310,403 (2022: £168,754) relating to this agreement with Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited. As at 31 December 2023, the Company owed £3,230 (2022: £81,150) to Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited in respect of this agreement.
Mr C G Harman and Mr R C Hayes are also directors in Resolution Group Services Limited, Resolution Underwriting Holdings Limited and Resolution Underwriting Partnership Limited.
The company was charged £37,169 (2022: £28,817) for the rent of office space by Resolution Group Services Limited.
As at 31 December 2023, the Company owed £102,307 (2022: £49,663) to Resolution Group Services Limited. At 31 December 2023 the company owed £47,995 (2022: £293,684) to Resolution Underwriting Holdings Limited and was charged interest of £12,990 (2022: £16,334) by Resolution Underwriting Holdings Limited.
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Parent company
The ultimate parent company is Resolution Underwriting Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales whose registered office is 1 Vicarage Lane, London E15 4HF.
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