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LDL Corporate Ltd
Company Information
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LDL Corporate Ltd
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Strategic Report
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The principal activity of the company during the year was of that of a property company.
Business model The company leases a warehouse unit to a related group company for a market price rent. Business Review The parent company, LDL Holdings Limited, was acquired during the prior year in a management buy-out led by the existing management team. The company remortgaged its property and advanced the surplus of the proceeds following settlement of the existing mortgage to LDL Group Holdings Limited to facilitate the buy-out. The primary trading entity of the LDL Group Holdings Limited group, LDL Components Limited, remains the sole tenant of the company’s property.
The company’s activities expose it primarily to interest rate risk and the commercial property market.
Interest rate risk The company’s borrowings are on a variable rate agreement and interest payments fluctuate in line with the Bank of England’s published rate. The business must ensure that the agreed rent reflects the current cost of servicing its debt to ensure it has sufficient resource to meet liabilities as they fall due. The current rent agreed is sufficient to cover a number of further rate rises and as banking covenants are assessed on a group basis, it is expected that increased rent, if required, would be agreed given common control. Commercial property market The commercial property market impacts the open market valuation of the company’s property and as such impacts both the income potential of the company and asset valuation. Whilst the business is unable to influence the market, provisions in the lease agreement ensure the upkeep of the property to protect asset value. Common control of the company and the tenant allows the company greater flexibility in determining rent which mitigates the risk of a decrease in the value of its commercial property.
Financial key performance indicators are as follows:
2023 2022 Loan to Value 72% 74% Income to capital repayments 107.5% 111.2%
Other key performance indicators measured by the company are as follows:
- CBRE monthly index
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Strategic Report (continued)
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Directors' Report
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements 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 to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £9,873 (2022 - £14,996).
The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The directors who served during the year were:
The company will continue to lease a warehouse unit to a related group company for a market price rent.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Directors' Report (continued)
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, Hurst Accountants Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of LDL Corporate Ltd
We have audited the financial statements of LDL Corporate Ltd (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of 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).
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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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 Auditors' 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.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of LDL Corporate Ltd (continued)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have 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 Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of LDL Corporate Ltd (continued)
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 Auditors' 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.
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:
We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities
In identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:
∙The nature of the industry and sector in which the company operates; the control environment and business performance including key drivers for directors' remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets.
∙The outcome of enquiries of local management and parent company management, including whether management was aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and whether management had knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud.
∙Supporting documentation relating to the Company's policies and procedures for:
−Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations
−Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud
∙The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.
∙The outcome of discussions amongst the engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.
∙The legal and regulatory framework in which the Company operates, particularly those laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006, pensions and tax legislation, or which had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Company, including General Data Protection requirements and Anti-bribery and Corruption.
Audit response to risks identified
Our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:
∙Reviewing the financial statements disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with the provisions of those relevant laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements.
∙Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
∙Evaluation of management’s controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities.
∙Enquiring of management about any actual and potential litigation and claims.
∙Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships which may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of LDL Corporate Ltd (continued)
We have also considered the risk of fraud through management override of controls by:
∙Testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments.
∙Challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, and assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and
∙Evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above, and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations are from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of them. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
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 Auditors' 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 an Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
3 Stockport Exchange
SK1 3GG
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Registered number: 08521511
Balance Sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 20 form part of these financial statements.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
LDL Corporate Ltd is a private company limited by members capital and incorporated in England and Wales. The address of its registered office and principal place of business is Unit 12 Graphite Way, Rossington Park, Hadfield, Derbyshire, SK13 1QH.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d).
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of LDL Group Holdings Limited as at 31 December 2023 and these financial statements may be obtained from Unit 12 Graphite Way, Rossington Park, Hadfield, Derbyshire SK13 1QH.
The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.
Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term. This includes any rent-free periods or other lease incentives. The total rental income to be received over the lease term is allocated evenly over the period, ensuring that income is recognised in the periods in which it is earned, in accordance with FRS 102 Section 20.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an 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.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss account
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LDL Corporate Ltd
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of LDL Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered address of LDL Holdings Limited is Unit 12 Graphite Way, Rossington Park, Hadfield, Derbyshire, SK13 1QH.
The largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by LDL Group Holdings Limited. The consolidated accounts of this group are available to the public and may be obtained from the Registrar of Companies, Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF4 3UZ. No other group accounts include the results of the company. The company has taken advantage of the exemption under paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102 not to disclose transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries. There is no overall controlling party of LDL Group Holdings Limited.
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