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Registered number: 00465970










POINTING LIMITED










ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

 
POINTING LIMITED
 
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
A M Agallar 
J K Smits (appointed 10 July 2024)
C G Babich (resigned 10 July 2024)




Registered number
00465970



Registered office
Oldmedow Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4LA




Independent auditor
Kinnair Associates Limited
Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors

Aston House

Redburn Road

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE5 1NB





 
POINTING LIMITED
 

CONTENTS



Page
Strategic Report
 
 
1 - 2
Directors' Report
 
 
3 - 5
Independent Auditor's Report
 
 
6 - 9
Statement of Comprehensive Income
 
 
10
Balance Sheet
 
 
11
Statement of Changes in Equity
 
 
12
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
 
13 - 24


 
POINTING LIMITED
 
 
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Introduction
 
The directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Business review
 
The company ceased to trade in 2004. The company continues to be responsible as the principal employer for any funding deficits arising from the Pointing Limited Pension Fund. 
The company is also the head of a group of companies within the Sensient group which operate predominantly within the UK.

Principal risks and uncertainties
 
The principal risk and uncertainty facing the company is liquidity risk. In order to maintain liquidity to ensure that sufficient funds are available for ongoing operations and future developments, the company uses predominantly long term intercompany debt finance.

Financial key performance indicators
 
The company's financial key performance indicators relate to the value of the pension fund net assets / (liabilities). At 31 December 2023, the company's pension fund held net assets amounting to £3,682,000 (2022 - £4,245,000). This asset is not recognised in the balance sheet of the company, in line with prevailing accounting rules.

Other key performance indicators
 
The company does not trade and has no employees. There are no other key performance indicators of relevance to the company.

Directors' statement of compliance with duty to promote the success of the Company
 
Section 172 (1) Statement
 
The revised UK Corporate Governance Code was published on July 2018 and applies to accounting periods on or after January 1, 2019.
The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 required Directors to explain how they considered the interest of key stakeholders and the broader matters set out in section 172 (1) (A) to (F) of the Companies Act 2006 (‘S172’) when performing their duty to promote the success of the Company under S172.
This S172 statement explains how the directors:
 
a) Have engaged with its stakeholders; and
b) Have had regard to the need to foster the Company’s business relationships, and the effect of that    regard, including on the principal decisions taken by the Company in the financial year.
The S172 statement focuses on matters of strategic importance to the Company and the level of information disclosed is consistent with the size and complexity of the business.
General confirmation of Directors’ duties
The Board has a clear framework for determining the matters within its remit and certain financial and strategic thresholds have been determined to identify matters requiring Board consideration and approval. The Delegation of Authority sets out the delegation and approval process across the broader business.
 
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POINTING LIMITED
 

STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023


When making decisions, each Director ensures that they act in the way they consider, in good faith, would most likely promote the company’s success for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in doing so have regard (among other matters) to:
S172 (1) (A) ‘The likely consequences of any decision in the long term’
The Company is part of the Sensient Technologies Corporation group, which is a global group of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and all of its shares are held internally within the group. The Sensient Technologies Corporation group and all of its subsidiaries embrace the long-term sustainability of shareholder return into its core values. The business and its directors embody the core values of building the best team, continuously improving and driving innovation and this is included in each decision made in the short or long term. 
S172 (1) (C) ‘The need to foster the Company’s business relationships with suppliers, customers and others’
The Company does not trade on a day-to-day basis. The Company seeks the promotion and application of sound corporate governance principles and that governs the Company’s approach to opportunities and reorganisations. The Company continuously assesses the priorities related to those with whom it does engage and the Board is involved in this process through business strategy updates. These include information provided by the finance and legal departments (e.g. internal reorganisation proposals).
S172 (1) (D) ‘The impact of the Company’s operations on the community and the environment’
The Board receives information on these topics to provide relevant information for its decisions.
S172 (1) (E) ‘The desire of the company to maintain a reputation for high standards of business conduct’
The Company abides by its Code of Conduct which follows the Sensient Technologies Corporation Standards of Conduct, Ethics and Compliances programmes. This ensures high standards of business conduct are maintained both within the Company and its business relationships.
S172 (1) (F) ‘The need to act fairly as between members of the Company’
After weighing up all the relevant factors, the Directors consider which course of action best enables delivery of the Company’s strategy through the long-term, taking into consideration the impact on stakeholders. In doing so, the Directors act fairly as between the Company’s members but are not required to balance the Company’s interest with those of other stakeholders, and this can sometimes mean that certain stakeholder interests may not be fully aligned.
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)
The Company is an investment company and is a low energy user therefore it is not required to make detailed disclosures of energy and carbon usage.


This report was approved by the board on 6 September 2024 and signed on its behalf.



J K Smits
Director

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
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.

Principal activity

The company ceased to trade in 2004. The company continues to be responsible as the principal employer for any funding deficits arising from the Pointing Limited Pension Fund.
During the year, a group reorganisation led to a change in ownership of the company between companies owned within the Sensient Group. The company is now also the head of a group of companies within the Sensient group which operate predominantly within the UK.

Engagement with suppliers, customers and others

The company does not trade on a day-to-day basis. 

Results and dividends

The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £642,222 (2022 - loss £651,788).

The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.

Future developments

There are no changes anticipated to the current principal activities of the company.

Qualifying third party indemnity provisions

The company has no qualifying third party indemnity provisions.

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

A M Agallar 
C G Babich (resigned 10 July 2024)

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

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 2006They 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.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' Report is approved has confirmed that:
 
so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditor is unaware, and

the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information.

Post balance sheet events

There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023


Auditor

The auditor, Kinnair Associates Limitedwill be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the board on 6 September 2024 and signed on its behalf.
 





J K Smits
Director

Page 5

 
POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF POINTING LIMITED
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Pointing Limited (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 policiesThe 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 loss 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.


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 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 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.


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.


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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF POINTING LIMITED (CONTINUED)


Other information


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 ReportOur 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.


Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
 

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.


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 Strategic Report or 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.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 4, 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.


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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF POINTING LIMITED (CONTINUED)


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.


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:

• 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;
• 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  and UK    taxation legislation.
• we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making    enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
• we ensured that the 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 and their   knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
• 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; and
• tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; 
• assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in   note three were indicative of potential bias.
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;
• reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
• enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
• reviewing correspondence with HMRC.
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.
 
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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF POINTING LIMITED (CONTINUED)


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 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 Auditor's Report.


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 2006Our 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.






Detlev Anderson (Senior Statutory Auditor)
  
for and on behalf of
Kinnair Associates Limited
 
Chartered Accountants
Registered Auditors
  
Aston House
Redburn Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE5 1NB

9 September 2024
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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2023
2022
Note
£
£

  

Interest payable and similar expenses
 6 
(839,731)
(804,677)

Loss before tax
  
(839,731)
(804,677)

Tax on loss
 7 
197,509
152,889

Loss for the financial year
  
(642,222)
(651,788)

Other comprehensive income for the year
  

Actuarial losses on defined benefit pension scheme
  
(771,000)
(3,494,000)

Pension surplus not recognised
  
771,000
3,494,000

Other comprehensive income for the year
  
-
-

Total comprehensive income for the year
  
(642,222)
(651,788)

The notes on pages 13 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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POINTING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 00465970

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023

2023
2022
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Investments
 8 
54,000,000
54,000,000

  
54,000,000
54,000,000

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 9 
456,865
259,356

  
456,865
259,356

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 10 
(3,050,421)
(2,210,690)

Net current liabilities
  
 
 
(2,593,556)
 
 
(1,951,334)

Total assets less current liabilities
  
51,406,444
52,048,666

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 11 
(40,000,000)
(40,000,000)

  

Net assets
  
11,406,444
12,048,666


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 12 
34,504
34,504

Share premium account
 13 
14,000,949
14,000,949

Capital redemption reserve
 13 
9,207
9,207

Profit and loss account
 13 
(2,638,216)
(1,995,994)

  
11,406,444
12,048,666


The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 6 September 2024.




J K Smits
Director

The notes on pages 13 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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POINTING LIMITED
 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023


Called up share capital
Share premium account
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£
£
£


At 1 January 2022
34,504
14,000,949
9,207
(1,344,206)
12,700,454


Comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year

-
-
-
(651,788)
(651,788)


Other comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
-
-


Total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
(651,788)
(651,788)


Total transactions with owners
-
-
-
-
-



At 1 January 2023
34,504
14,000,949
9,207
(1,995,994)
12,048,666


Comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year

-
-
-
(642,222)
(642,222)


Other comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
-
-


Total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
(642,222)
(642,222)


Total transactions with owners
-
-
-
-
-


At 31 December 2023
34,504
14,000,949
9,207
(2,638,216)
11,406,444


The notes on pages 13 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1.


General information

Pointing Limited is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, company number 00465970.  Its registered office is Oldmedow Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LA.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

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 financial statements are presented in pounds Sterling and rounded to the nearest pound except for disclosures relating to the pension asset of the company which are disclosed to the nearest £'000.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Going concern

The company is supported by its ultimate parent company, Sensient Technologies Corporation. The company has received a parental support letter from that company which enables the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.

 
2.3

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price.

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.4

Pensions

Defined benefit pension plan
The Company operates a defined benefit plan for certain employees. A defined benefit plan defines the pension benefit that the employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent upon several factors including but not limited to age, length of service and remuneration. A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan.
The liability recognised in the Balance Sheet in respect of the defined benefit plan is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the balance sheet date less the fair value of plan assets at the balance sheet date out of which the obligations are to be settled.
The defined benefit obligation is calculated using the projected unit credit method. Annually the company engages independent actuaries to calculate the obligation. The present value is determined by discounting the estimated future payments using market yields on high quality corporate bonds that are denominated in sterling and that have terms approximating to the estimated period of the future payments ('discount rate').
The fair value of plan assets is measured in accordance with the FRS 102 fair value hierarchy and in accordance with the Company's policy for similarly held assets. This includes the use of appropriate valuation techniques.
 
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.4
Pensions (continued)


Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to other comprehensive income. These amounts together with the return on plan assets, less amounts included in net interest, are disclosed as 'Remeasurement of net defined benefit liability'.
The cost of the defined benefit plan, recognised in profit or loss as employee costs, except where included in the cost of an asset, comprises:
a) the increase in net pension benefit liability arising from employee service during the period; and
b) the cost of plan introductions, benefit changes, curtailments and settlements.
The net interest cost is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net balance of the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets. This cost is recognised in profit or loss as a 'finance expense'.

 
2.5

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

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);
the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A.

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Sensient Technologies Corporation as at 31 December 2023 and these financial statements may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC.

 
2.6

Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements

The Company is a parent Company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a parent undertaking established under the law of a non-EEA state and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 401 of the Companies Act 2006.

 
2.7

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.8

Borrowing costs

All borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the year in which they are incurred.

 
2.9

Taxation

Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.

 
2.10

Valuation of investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

 
2.11

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment.

 
2.12

Financial instruments

The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” 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.

Basic financial assets, which include cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment.
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.
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. 


3.


Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Estimation uncertainty exists in the use of actuarial valuations of the pension scheme liabilities. The company employs actuarial experts Aon Hewitt to provide calculations of those liabilities using assumptions relevant to the company scheme. 

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

4.


Auditor's remuneration

During the year, the Company obtained the following services from the Company's auditor and its associates. Fees in respect of this work are charged through the company's subsidiary, Pointing Holdings Limited:


2023
2022
£
£

Fees payable to the Company's auditor and its associates for the audit of the Company's financial statements
5,090
4,200

Fees payable to the Company's auditor and its associates in respect of:

Taxation compliance services
1,180
870


5.


Employees




The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:


        2023
        2022
            No.
            No.







Directors
2
2


6.


Interest payable and similar expenses

2023
2022
£
£


Bank interest payable
96,753
18,953

Loans from group undertakings
742,978
785,724

839,731
804,677

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

7.


Taxation


2023
2022
£
£

Corporation tax


Current tax on profits for the year
(197,509)
(152,889)


(197,509)
(152,889)


Total current tax
(197,509)
(152,889)

Factors affecting tax charge for the year

The tax assessed for the year is the same as (2022 - the same as) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2022 - 19%) as set out below:

2023
2022
£
£


Loss on ordinary activities before tax
(839,731)
(804,677)


Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% and 19% (2022 - 19%)
(197,509)
(152,889)

Effects of:

Total tax charge for the year
(197,509)
(152,889)


Factors that may affect future tax charges

There is an unrecognised deferred tax asset at 25% of £145,606,  (2022 - £145,606) which represents tax losses brought forward. On the basis of available evidence it is unlikely that the company will generate any suitable taxable profits in the future against which to relieve these losses brought forward. 

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

8.


Fixed asset investments





Investments in subsidiary companies

£



Cost or valuation


At 1 January 2023
54,000,000



At 31 December 2023
54,000,000




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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Subsidiary undertakings


The following were subsidiary undertakings of the Company:

Name

Registered office

Class of shares

Holding

Sensient Holding Company LLC
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA
ordinary
100%
Sensient Technologies Holding Company LLC
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA
ordinary
100%
Sensient Holdings UK
Bilton Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckingham MK1 1HP
ordinary
100%
Sensient Technologies Ltd
7 Pilgrim Street, London EC4V 6L8
ordinary
100%
Sensient Colors UK Ltd
Oldmedow Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LA
ordinary
100%
Pointing Holdings Ltd
Oldmedow Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LA
ordinary
100%
Sensient Flavors Limited
Bilton Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckingham MK1 1HP
ordinary
100%
Sensient Flavors Belgium NV
Interleuvenlaan 37, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium
ordinary
100%
Pointing International Ltd
Oldmedow Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LA
ordinary
100%
Pointing Colors Inc.
2515 N. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63106-1939, USA
ordinary
100%
Sensient Technologies South Africa Pty Ltd
11 Mastiff Road, Linbro Business Park, Longlake, 1608, South Africa
ordinary
100%

With the exception of the holdings in Sensient Holding Company LLC and Sensient Technologies Holding Company LLC which are held directly, all of the subsidiary companies listed are held by other subsidiary companies set out in the group above.

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

9.


Debtors

2023
2022
£
£


Amounts owed by group undertakings
456,865
259,356

456,865
259,356



10.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2023
2022
£
£

Bank overdrafts
2,204,761
1,365,030

Amounts owed to group undertakings
845,660
845,660

3,050,421
2,210,690



11.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2023
2022
£
£

Amounts owed to group undertakings
40,000,000
40,000,000

40,000,000
40,000,000


The aggregate amount of liabilities repayable wholly or in part more than five years after the balance sheet date is:

2023
2022
£
£


Repayable other than by instalments
40,000,000
40,000,000

40,000,000
40,000,000

The £40,000,000 loan is an unsecured sterling loan from a group undertaking which falls due for payment in March 2031. The loan attracts interest at a fixed rate of 1.832%. 

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

12.


Share capital

2023
2022
£
£
Allotted, called up and fully paid



34,504 (2022 - 34,504) Ordinary shares shares of £1.00 each
34,504
34,504



13.


Reserves

Share premium account

The share premium account represents the excess paid for the company's ordinary share capital on issue of the shares. 

Profit and loss account

The profit and loss account represents the cumulative amount of the annual profits and losses generated through the Statement of Recognised Gains and losses.

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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

14.


Pension commitments

The Company operates a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

The Pointing Limited Pension Fund is closed to new entrants. This is an approved funded pension scheme. The assets of the Scheme are held separately from the assets of the company in trustee administered funds. The Scheme provides benefits on a defined benefit basis.
The contribution made by the parent company, Pointing Holdings Limited, for the year ended 31 December 2023 was £nil 
(2022 - £nil). Contributions are assessed in accordance with the advice of a qualified actuary and paid by Pointing Holdings Limited.



Reconciliation of present value of plan liabilities:


2023
2022
£
£

Reconciliation of present value of plan liabilities


At the beginning of the year
6,642,000
10,489,000

Interest cost
318,000
202,000

Actuarial gains/losses
386,000
(3,860,000)

Benefits paid
(292,000)
(189,000)

At the end of the year
7,054,000
6,642,000



Reconciliation of present value of plan assets:


2023
2022
£
£


At the beginning of the year
10,887,000
18,079,000

Interest income
526,000
351,000

Actuarial gains/losses
(385,000)
(7,354,000)

Benefits paid
(292,000)
(189,000)

At the end of the year
10,736,000
10,887,000


Composition of plan assets:


2023
2022
£
£


Fixed interest gilts
6,136,000
7,377,000

Corporate bonds
3,709,000
3,390,000

Cash / net current assets
891,000
120,000

Total plan assets
10,736,000
10,887,000
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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
 
14.Pension commitments (continued)


2023
2022
£
£


Fair value of plan assets
10,736,000
10,887,000

Present value of plan liabilities
(7,054,000)
(6,642,000)

Unrecognised asset
(3,682,000)
(4,245,000)

Net pension scheme liability
-
-




The Company expects to contribute £NIL to its Defined Benefit Pension Scheme in 2024.





Principal actuarial assumptions at the balance sheet date (expressed as weighted averages):

2023
2022
%
%
Discount rate


4.60

4.90
 
Future pension increases


2.45

2.55
 
Inflation assumption


2.90

3.10
 
Mortality rates



 
- for a male aged 65 now


20.7

20.9
 
- at 65 for a male aged 45 now


21.9

22.2
 
- for a female aged 65 now


23.5

23.7
 
- at 65 for a female member aged 45 now


24.9

25.1
 



Amounts for the current and previous four periods are as follows:


Defined benefit pension schemes

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
£
£
£
£
£
Defined benefit obligation

(7,054,000)

(6,642,000)

(10,489,000)
 
(12,455,000)
 
(10,416,000)

Scheme assets

10,736,000

10,887,000

18,079,000
 
19,974,000
 
17,902,000

Surplus
3,682,000

4,245,000

7,590,000
 
7,519,000
 
7,486,000




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POINTING LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

15.


Related party transactions

The exemption granted by FRS 102 not to disclose transactions with other wholly owned group companies has been used in preparing these accounts.
Details of the company's subsidiaries are provided in note eight.


16.


Controlling party

In the opinion of the directors, the company's ultimate parent company and ultimate controlling party is  Sensient Technologies Corporation, a company incorporated in the United States of America at 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202-5304, USA. This is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group for which group accounts are prepared.  
Copies of the group financial statements of Sensient Technologies Corporation are filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC.
The parent undertaking is Sensient Wisconsin LLC, a company registered in the USA, which holds 100% of the share capital of the company. 
 
Under Section 401 of the Companies Act the company is exempt from the requirement to produce consolidated accounts as its results are included in the accounts of a larger group headed by Sensient Technologies Corporation.  Details of that company are provided above.

 
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