Registration number:
Prepared for the registrar
for the
Year Ended 31 December 2023
Lambourne Limited
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Company Information |
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Balance Sheet |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Lambourne Limited
Company Information
Directors |
J L Balmer R Dooley J H Sage |
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Lambourne Limited
(Registration number: 09740066)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
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Profit and loss account |
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These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and the option not to file the Profit and Loss Account has been taken.
Approved and authorised by the
Director
Lambourne Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.
The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1,000.
Name of parent of group
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Gibson Topco Limited.
The financial statements of Gibson Topco Limited may be obtained from Companies House.
Group accounts not prepared
Judgements and estimation uncertainty
These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty. |
Going concern
Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £1,174,000 (2022 - £997,000) as at 31 December 2023 and a loss for the year then ended of £50,000 (2022 - £459,000), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.
The Company is part of the Gibson Topco Limited group (the “Group”). The Company is a property investment company which will be used for future investments.
The Group have multiyear cash flow forecasts including a downside scenario reflecting a possible disruption to operations as result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Under all scenarios considered, the Group would be able to operate within its borrowing facilities. The plan shows that the company and the Group are a going concern when considering the trading of the Group and continuation of the Group financing facility.
The Directors are confident having secured the businesses ongoing financing facility that the Going Concern status of the Group will remain strong for the foreseeable future.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
Lambourne Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
Freehold property |
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Freehold land |
nil |
Freehold property is not depreciated. The company has a regular policy of maintenance and repair on its freehold properties. The director's annually review the carrying value of the freehold properties. The directors consider this to be appropriate on the basis that the residual values of the properties are not materially different to their carrying value and therefore depreciation would be immaterial.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Lambourne Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Financial instruments
Classification
Recognition and measurement
Impairment
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.
Lambourne Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was as follows:
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Average number of employees |
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Auditors' remuneration |
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the auditing of the company's annual accounts are borne by a related undertaking.
Taxation |
A deferred tax asset of £115,000 (2022 - £71,000) has not been recognised as sufficient taxable profits are not expected in the foreseeable future.
Tangible assets |
Freehold land and buildings |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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Additions |
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At 31 December 2023 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 December 2022 |
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The freehold land and buildings are not depreciated as they are in the course of construction.
Debtors |
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Amounts owed by group undertakings |
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Other debtors |
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Amounts owed by group undertakings bear interest at 5% (2022 - 1.0525%) per annum.
Lambourne Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Creditors |
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Trade creditors |
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Amounts due to group undertakings |
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Other creditors |
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Accrued expenses |
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Amounts due to group undertakings bear interest at 5% (2022 - 1.0525%) per annum.
Contingent liabilities |
There is a fixed and floating charge which covers all the property or undertaking of the company by way of a group guarantee for the loan facility in Oakland Propco B Limited, a fellow subsidiary undertaking. The balance of the loan and accrued interest as at 31 December 2023 was £55,582,000 (2022 - £40,416,000).
Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent company is Oakland Propco B Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
The ultimate parent is
Gibson Topco Limited is the parent undertaking of the largest and smallest group of undertakings to consolidate these financial statements at 31 December 2023. A copy of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Companies House.
Audit report |
As permitted by Section 444 CA 2006, these accounts do not contain a copy of the company’s Profit and Loss account or a copy of the Directors’ Report. Accordingly, the Independent Auditors Report has also been omitted.