Company registration number 04341625 (England and Wales)
CH BOLTON LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
CH BOLTON LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Josh Bond
John Cavill
Secretary
Infrastructure Managers Limited
Company number
04341625
Registered office
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
Independent Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Atria One
144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
Bankers
Bank of Scotland plc
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
Solicitors
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
CH BOLTON LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditors' report
4 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 20
CH BOLTON LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors present their annual report and the financial statements of CH Bolton Limited ("the Company") for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a provision of a primary school and community centre and associated facilities management for The Borough Council of Bolton over a contract period of 25 years. The project was completed on 29 September 2003 and is in the operational phase. The contract is in year 19 of its term expiring in 2028.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

 

The profit for the financial year, after taxation, amounted to £304,121 (2022: £319,894).

 

The directors are satisfied with the overall performance of the Company and do not foresee any significant change in the Company's activities in the coming financial year.

No ordinary dividends were paid (2022: £Nil). The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of approval of the financial statements were as follows:

Bryan Acutt
(Resigned 1 April 2024)
Josh Bond
(Appointed 1 April 2024)
John Cavill
Qualifying third party indemnity provisions

The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.

Financial instruments

Many of the cash flow risks are addressed by means of contractual provisions. The Company's liquidity risk is principally managed through the Company by means of long term borrowings.

The financial risk management objectives of the Company are to ensure that financial risks are mitigated by the use of financial instruments. The Company uses interest rate swaps to reduce its exposure to interest rate movements. Financial instruments are not used for speculative purposes.

Auditors

The auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of disclosure to auditors

In the case of each director in office at the date the Directors' Report is approved:

 

CH BOLTON LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Key performance indicators

The performance of the Company from a cash perspective is assessed six monthly by the testing of the covenants of the senior debt provider. The key indicator being the debt service cover ratio. The Company has been performing well and has been compliant with the covenants laid out in the Group loan agreement.

 

Climate Change

The directors recognise that it is important to disclose their view of the impact of climate change on the Company. The Company's key operational contracts are long-term and with a small number of known counterparties. In most cases, the cashflows from these contracts can be predicted with reasonable certainty for at least the medium-term. Having considered the Company's operations, its contracted rights and obligations and forecast cash flows, there is not expected to be a significant impact upon the Company's operational or financial performance arising from climate change.

Going Concern

These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis for the reasons set out in the Accounting Policies.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. Exemption has also been taken from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 20 June 2024 and signed by order of the board by:
Mike Forrest
For and on behalf of Infrastructure Managers Limited
Secretary
20 June 2024
CH BOLTON 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 prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", 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 the financial statements, the directors are required to:

 

 

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 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.

 

 

The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 20 June 2024

 

 

 

 

Josh Bond

Director                        

 

CH BOLTON LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF CH BOLTON LIMITED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Report on the audit of the financial statements
Opinion

In our opinion, CH Bolton Limited's financial statements:

 

 

 

 

We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report and Financial Statements (the "Annual Report"), which comprise: the Statement of financial position as at 31 December 2023; the Statement of comprehensive income and the Statement of changes in equity for the year then ended; and the notes to the financial statements, which include a description of the significant accounting policies.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) ("ISAs (UK)") and applicable law. Our responsibilities under ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

 

Independence

We remained independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, which includes the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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.

 

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.

 

However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBER OF CH BOLTON LIMITED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Reporting on other information

The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify an apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report based on these responsibilities.

With respect to the Directors' report, we also considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 2006 have been included.

Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and matters as described below.

Directors' Report

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, the information given in the Directors' report for the year ended 31 December 2023 is consistent with the financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

 

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we did not identify any material misstatements in the Directors' report.

Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the directors for the financial statements

As explained more fully in the Directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The directors are also responsible for such internal control as they 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.

Auditors' 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 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.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBER OF CH BOLTON LIMITED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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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.

 

Based on our understanding of the company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non­-compliance with laws and regulations related to Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to inappropriate journal entries and the risk of management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

 

 

 

 

 

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. 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 FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors' report.

Use of this report

This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company's members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.

 

Other required reporting

 

Companies Act 2006 exception reporting

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

 

 

 

 

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBER OF CH BOLTON LIMITED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Entitlement to exemptions

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, the directors were not entitled to: take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the Directors' report; and take advantage of the small companies exemption from preparing a strategic report. We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

Paul Cheshire (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Edinburgh
20 June 2024
CH BOLTON LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
1,317,263
1,187,171
Cost of sales
(880,372)
(722,079)
Gross profit
436,891
465,092
Administrative expenses
(155,506)
(150,008)
Operating profit
4
281,385
315,084
Interest receivable and similar income
6
391,416
401,421
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(259,044)
(301,368)
Profit before taxation
413,757
415,137
Tax on profit
8
(109,636)
(95,243)
Profit for the financial year
304,121
319,894
Other comprehensive income
Fair value gain on cash flow hedging instruments, net of tax
23,016
150,362
Total comprehensive income for the year
327,137
470,256

This income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 11 to 20 form part of these financial statements.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
9
1,320,522
1,191,703
Debtors: amounts falling due after one year
9
3,349,097
4,071,241
Cash at bank and in hand
1,138,097
1,143,132
5,807,716
6,406,076
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
10
(786,238)
(960,676)
Net current assets
5,021,478
5,445,400
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
11
(1,862,171)
(2,503,966)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred taxation
13
(736,297)
(845,561)
(736,297)
(845,561)
Net assets
2,423,010
2,095,873
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
14
5,981
5,981
Share premium account
969,147
969,147
Hedging reserve
(9,467)
(32,483)
Profit and loss reserve
1,457,349
1,153,228
Total shareholders' funds
2,423,010
2,095,873

The notes on pages 11 to 20 form part of these financial statements.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 20 June 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Josh Bond
Director
Company registration number 04341625 (England and Wales)
CH BOLTON LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Called up share capital
Share premium account
Hedging reserve
Profit and loss reserve
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2022
5,981
969,147
(182,845)
833,334
1,625,617
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit for the financial year
-
-
-
319,894
319,894
Other comprehensive income:
Fair value movements on cash flow hedging instruments, net of tax
-
-
150,362
-
150,362
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
150,362
319,894
470,256
Balance at 31 December 2022
5,981
969,147
(32,483)
1,153,228
2,095,873
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit for the financial year
-
-
-
304,121
304,121
Other comprehensive income:
Fair value movements on cash flow hedging instruments, net of tax
-
-
23,016
-
23,016
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
23,016
304,121
327,137
Balance at 31 December 2023
5,981
969,147
(9,467)
1,457,349
2,423,010
Included in the fair value movement on cash flow hedging instrument is £15,952 (2022: £100,063) that was recycled through Interest Payable in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

The notes on pages 11 to 20 form part of these financial statements.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

CH Bolton Limited ("the Company") is a private company limited by shares incorporated in the United Kingdom and is registered England and Wales. The registered office is located at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF.

 

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a provision of a primary school and community centre and associated facilities management for The Borough Council of Bolton over a contract period of 25 years. The project was completed on 29 September 2003 and is in the operational phase. The contract is in year 19 of its term expiring in 2028.

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.

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, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below and have been consistently applied to the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of BIIF Holdco Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF.

 

 

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Cash flow forecasts are prepared for the underlying investment looking over the expected life of the asset and so including the 12 month period from the date the financial statements are signed. In drawing up these forecasts, the directors have made assumptions based upon their view of the current and future economic conditions, that will prevail over the forecast period.

 

The Company's cash flows are dependent on the performance of its investment. After reviewing the performance of the investment, which is done on a regular basis, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

 

In light of this, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Company's annual financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents the services' share of the management services income received by the Company for the provision of a PFI (Private Finance Initiative) asset to the customer. This income is received over the life of the concession period. Management service income is allocated between turnover, finance debtor interest and reimbursement of the finance debtor so as to generate a constant rate of return in respect of the finance debtor over the life of the contract.

1.4
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.

 

The Company is obligated to keep cash reserves as at the balance sheet date in respect of requirements in the company's funding agreements. This restricted cash balance, which is shown within the "cash at bank and in hand" balance amounts to £790,093 (2022: £828,490).

1.5
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 statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors , cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and debtors 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.

Other financial assets

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

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.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including Creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group 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.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value at each reporting date. The fair values of the derivatives have been calculated by discounting the fixed cash flows at forecasted forward interest rates over the term of the financial instrument. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.6
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.

1.7
Hedge accounting

The Company has entered into an arrangement with third parties that is designed to hedge future cash flows arising on variable rate interest loan arrangements, with the net effect of exchanging the cash flows arising under those arrangements for a stream of fixed interest cash flows ("interest rate swaps").

 

To qualify for hedge accounting, documentation is prepared specifying the hedging strategy, the component transactions and methodology used for effectiveness measurement. Changes in the carrying value of financial instruments that are designated and effective as hedges of future cash flows ("cash flow hedges") are recognised directly in a hedging reserve in equity and any ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. Amounts deferred in equity in respect of cash flow hedges are subsequently recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the same period in which the hedged item affects net profit or loss or the hedging relationship is terminated and the underlying position being hedged has been extinguished.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.

1.8
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 Statment Of Comprehensive Income 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 Statment Of Comprehensive Income, 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.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.9
Finance debtor

The Company has taken the transition exemption in FRS102 Section 35.10(i) that allows the Company to continue the service concession arrangement accounting policies from previous UK GAAP.

 

The Company accounts for the concession asset based on the ability to substantially transfer all the risks and rewards of ownership to the customer, with this arrangement the costs incurred by the Company on the design and construction of the asset have been treated as a finance debtor within these financial statements.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

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

Impairment of assets

The carrying value of those assets recorded in the Company's Statement of Financial Position, at amortised cost less any impairment losses, could be materially reduced where circumstances exist which might indicate that an asset has been impaired and an impairment review is performed. Impairment reviews consider the fair value and/or value in use of the potentially impaired asset or assets and compare that with the carrying value of the asset or assets in the Statement of Financial Position. Any reduction in value arising from such a review would be recorded in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. Impairment reviews involve the significant use of assumptions. Consideration has to be given as to the price that could be obtained for the asset or assets, or in relation to a consideration of value in use, estimates of the future cash flows that could be generated by the potentially impaired asset or assets, together with a consideration of an appropriate discount rate to apply to those cash flows.

Fair value of derivative contracts

Fair values for derivative contracts are based on mark-to-market valuations provided by the contract counterparty. Whilst these can be tested for reasonableness, the exact valuation methodology and forecast assumptions for future interest rates or inflation rates are specific to the counterparty.

Service concession contract

Accounting for the service concession contract and finance debtor requires estimation of service margin, finance debtor interest rates and associated amortisation profile which is based on projected trading results to the end of the contract.

CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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3
Turnover
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Rendering of services
1,317,263
1,187,171

The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principal activity of the Company wholly undertaken in the United Kingdom.

 

4
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's financial statements
13,100
12,250

Included in the fee above is £2,660 (2022: £2,490) for the audit of the immediate parent entity CH Bolton (Holdings) Limited.

5
Employees

The average number of persons employed by the Company during the financial year, including the directors, amounted to nil (2022: nil). The directors are not employed by the Company and did not receive any remuneration from the Company during the year (2022: £nil).

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Interest receivable and similar income
2023
2022
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
27,137
1,458
Interest received on finance debtor
319,091
358,403
Interest receivable from group companies
45,188
41,560
391,416
401,421
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
124,753
161,952
Interest payable to group undertakings
120,958
121,203
Other interest payable and similar expenses
13,333
18,213
259,044
301,368
CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 17 -
8
Taxation on profit
2023
2022
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
226,572
157,587
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
-
0
(2,489)
Total current tax
226,572
155,098
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(116,936)
(62,344)
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
-
0
2,489
Total deferred tax
(116,936)
(59,855)
Total tax charge
109,636
95,243

In 2021 an increase in the corporation tax rate to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023 was substantively enacted.

The 23.52% rate used above reflects 9 months of this new rate and 3 months of the previous rate of 19%.

 

2023
2022
£
£
Profit before taxation
413,757
415,137
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19.00%)
97,316
78,876
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
19,238
10,998
Adjustments in respect of prior years
-
0
2,489
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
(6,918)
2,880
Taxation charge for the year
109,636
95,243
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Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Corporation tax recoverable
14,819
-
0
Amounts owed by group undertakings
569,460
523,967
Finance debtor
730,062
636,962
Prepayments and accrued income
6,181
30,774
1,320,522
1,191,703
CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
9
Debtors
(Continued)
- 18 -
2023
2022
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Finance debtor
3,349,097
4,071,241
Total debtors
4,669,619
5,262,944

Amounts owed by Group undertakings represents trading balances of £562,748 (2022: £517,560), which bear interest at 8.4% and are repayable on demand and accrued interest of £6,652 (2022: £6,407) on the Coupon Bearing Investment sum and an intercompany balance of £60 (2022: £0).

 

10
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
12
611,108
692,442
Trade creditors
83,992
142,435
Corporation tax
-
0
13,991
Other taxation and social security
53,032
61,986
Accruals and deferred income
38,106
49,822
786,238
960,676

 

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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
12
982,441
1,593,548
Other borrowings
12
867,108
867,108
Derivative financial instruments
12,622
43,310
1,862,171
2,503,966
CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 19 -
12
Loans and overdrafts
2023
2022
£
£
Bank loans
1,593,549
2,285,990
Loans from group undertakings
867,108
867,108
2,460,657
3,153,098
Payable within one year
611,108
692,442
Payable after one year
1,849,549
2,460,656

The bank loan is secured by a bond and floating charge over all the assets, rights and undertakings of the Company. The loan is repayable under an instalment scheme whereby small repayments are made in the first few years of the loan, the final repayment is due in September 2026. The loan bears interest at SONIA plus 0.95% however the Company has 2 interest rate swap arrangements receiving SONIA and paying interest for approximately 96% of the loan drawn, hence fixing the majority of the interest payable on the bank loan. The full amount of loan drawdown at 31 December 2023 is £1,632,041 (2022: £2,337,815). Issue costs of £38,492 (2022: £51,825) have been set off against the total loan drawdown.

 

Loans from group undertakings - In April 2002 The Company issued a £850,000 Unsecured Loan Stock 2028 to its immediate parent company, CH Bolton (Holdings) Limited. The Loan Stock carries an interest rate of 14% per annum and payment of capital falls in full in 2028. The Loan Stock on the principal amount accrues daily and is payable in cash in June and December each year. The invested sum was advanced under a subordinated loan arrangement and is therefore unsecured, and would rank alongside ordinary creditors in case of winding up.

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Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2023
2022
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
810,335
943,628
Short term timing differences
(70,882)
(87,239)
Derivative financial instruments
(3,156)
(10,828)
736,297
845,561
2023
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2023
845,561
Credit to profit or loss
(116,936)
Charge to other comprehensive income
7,672
Liability at 31 December 2023
736,297
CH BOLTON LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
13
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 20 -

The net deferred tax liability expected to reverse in 2024 is £135,973 (2023: £115,157). This primarily relates to the reversal of timing differences on capital allowances and short term timing differences.

 

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Share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary Shares of 1p each
598,110
598,110
5,981
5,981

There is a single class of ordinary share. There are no restrictions on the distribution of dividends and the repayment of capital.

 

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Ultimate controlling party

The immediate parent undertaking is CH Bolton (Holdings) Limited.

 

The intermediate parent undertaking is BIIF Holdco Limited, which is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group to consolidate these financial statements. Copies of BIIF Holdco Limited consolidated financial statements can be obtained from the Company Secretary at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF.

The ultimate parent and controlling party is BIIF L.P.. BIIF L.P. is owned by a number of investors with no one investor having individual control.

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