Company registration number 09885115 (England and Wales)
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
2 - 3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 7
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF 4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of 4Energy Group Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise, the balance sheet and the related notes from the company’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made solely to the board of directors of 4Energy Group Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 3 August 2021. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of 4Energy Group Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of 4Energy Group Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than 4Energy Group Limited and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that 4Energy Group Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of 4Energy Group Limited. You consider that 4Energy Group Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of 4Energy Group Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.
Carpenter Box Jones Avens
10 September 2024
Chartered Accountants
Piper House
4 Dukes Court
Bognor Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8FX
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
1,730,465
1,730,465
Current assets
Debtors
6
359,868
231,224
Cash at bank and in hand
327
1,718
360,195
232,942
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(504,581)
(360,356)
Net current liabilities
(144,386)
(127,414)
Total assets less current liabilities
1,586,079
1,603,051
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
8
(208,001)
(208,001)
Net assets
1,378,078
1,395,050
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
9
111
111
Share premium account
1,174,893
1,174,893
Profit and loss reserves
203,074
220,046
Total equity
1,378,078
1,395,050
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 10 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr D Woodhams
Director
Company registration number 09885115 (England and Wales)
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
4Energy Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Piper House, 4 Dukes Court, Bognor Road, West Sussex, Chichester, PO19 8FX.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
1.3
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.4
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.5
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.
1.6
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.7
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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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.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was 0 (2022 - 0).
4
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
1,730,465
1,730,465
5
Subsidiaries
The company has taken advantage of the small companies exemption from preparing consolidated accounts. The accounts apply only to 4Energy Group Limited.
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2023 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
System Five Controls Limited
United Kingdom
Ordinary
100.00
System Five (Trident) Service Limited
United Kingdom
Ordinary
100.00
Analytics4Energy Limited
United Kingdom
Ordinary
80.00
6
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
265,492
156,527
Other debtors
94,376
74,697
359,868
231,224
4ENERGY GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
1,200
1,425
Amounts owed to group undertakings
469,774
263,698
Taxation and social security
31,807
75,062
Other creditors
1,800
20,171
504,581
360,356
8
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023
2022
£
£
Other creditors
208,001
208,001
9
Called up share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
ordinary 'Class A' shares of 1p each
10,000
10,000
100
100
ordinary 'Class B' shares of 1p each
1,111
1,111
11
11
11,111
11,111
111
111
10
Related party transactions
The company has taken advantage of FRS102 33.1A "Related Party Disclosures" from disclosing transactions with other members of the group.