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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The directors present their Strategic Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The directors are of the opinion that the Company is in a good position to progress into the next financial year despite it being a challenging year for trading, and believe that their expertise should help ensure that the Company is successful.
The principal risk for the Company is its exposure to the volatility of economic conditions and possible economic downturns. Such downturns will likely have an impact on investor confidence, which will likely impact the frequency and value of trades undertaken by customers. The Company is exposed to financial market risks and may be impacted negatively by fluctuations in foreign exchange and interest rates which create volatility in the company's results to the extent that revenue is earned mainly in USD/EUR and costs are mainly in GBP.
Further, the wider cost of regulation and compliance related to the Company's registration with the FCA means that the directors will continue to seek operational efficiency to offset such costs as well as implementing new strategies and business lines more in keeping with the regulatory environment in the UK.
The directors constantly monitor the financial risks to which the Company is exposed. Further details are provided in note 17.
The directors, in line with their duties under section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 (“s.172”), act in a way that they consider would be most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in doing so have regard to a range of matters when making decisions for the long term, including the list of non-exhaustive matters as set out in s.172. Factors contained within s.172 are considered when making key decisions and considering matters that are of strategic importance to the Company.
This report was approved by the board on 9 September 2024 and signed on its behalf.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The directors who served during the year were:
The Blackwell Global team is dedicated to providing traders with an efficient solution, customisable trading conditions and access to new technologies that ensure they receive fast access to multiple markets. The Company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA").
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £27,798 (2023 - loss £237,927).
The brokerage market in which the Company operates is competitive but the directors believe that the Company
has a strong competitive advantage due to their vast market expertise.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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 judgments 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 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Over recent financial years the Directors have been through a cost cutting exercise to reduce the Company’s operational expenses whilst maintaining its revenue, leading to the company making a profit of £27,798 (2023: Loss of £237,927) in the current year. The Directors expect the Company to maintain performance around a breakeven point for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. Post year end the company has recovered £900,000 of cash from amounts owed by group undertakings, bringing their cash balance to £1.2m at the date of signature of the financial statements. This gives the Company forecasted headroom of £1m over the cash needed to meet the operational needs of the company for the next 12 months from the date the financial statements are signed by the Directors. The Directors confirm their intention to manage the available cash in the best interests of the Company. The Directors have received confirmation from Blackwell Global Investments Limited (Bahamas) that the £1.5m amounts owed to group undertakings will not be recalled if it were to put the Company at a financial disadvantage to the extent that the Company would no longer be a going concern.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The auditors, Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Blackwell Global Investments (UK) Limited (the "Company") for the year ended 31 March 2024, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.
∙We considered our general commercial and sector experience and held a discussion with the directors and other management personnel to identify laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements.
∙We determined that the laws and regulations which are directly relevant to the financial statements are those that relate to the reporting framework (Financial Reporting Standard 102 and the Companies Act 2006), compliance with the FCA and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates. We evaluated the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.
∙The Company is subject to a number of other laws and regulations where consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on the financial statements, for example imposition of fines/litigation, or the loss of the Company's licence to trade. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: specific aspects of regulatory capital and liquidity, and compliance with the FCA rules. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
∙In addition, there are other significant laws and regulations which may have an affect on the determination of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements being those laws and regulations relating to employment law, occupational health and safety, General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), fraud, bribery and corruption. For these laws and regulations, the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through fines or litigation being imposed. As required by the auditing standards, auditing procedures in respect of non-compliance with these identified laws and regulations are limited to enquiry of the directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Actual or suspected non-compliance was not sufficiently significant to our audit to result in our response being identified as a key audit risk.
∙We assessed the susceptibility of the Company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, by meeting with a number of individuals, including with individuals outside of the finance function, and conducted interviews to understand where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud. 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 principle risks were related to areas of estimate and judgement in the financial statements.
∙Based on this understanding, we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations and fraud risks identified in the paragraphs above. In addition to the audit procedures, we remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. The specific audit procedures performed included:
°Reviewed large and unusual bank transactions.
°Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates.
°Identifying and testing journal entries.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
°Review of Board and Compliance Committee meeting minutes.
°Review of correspondence with regulatory bodies.
°Walkthrough tests on the key accounting systems and identification and testing of the key controls.
°Enquiries of staff as to examples of management override of controls.
°Conversations with management and key staff responsible for compliance.
°Identification of related parties, including close family members, and review of the Company's accounting records to ensure that all related party transactions have been identified and are bona fide.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
3rd Floor, Waverley House
7-12 Noel Street
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09241171
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Blackwell Global Investments (UK) Limited is a private company, limited by shares, domiciled in England & Wales, registration number 09241171. The registered office is 107 Cheapside, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 6DN.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
All monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
Over recent financial years the Directors have been through a cost cutting exercise to reduce the Company’s operational expenses whilst maintaining its revenue, leading to the company making a profit of £27,798 (2023: Loss of £237,927) in the current year. The Directors expect the Company to maintain performance around a breakeven point for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. Post year end the company has recovered £900,000 of cash from amounts owed by group undertakings, bringing their cash balance to £1.2m at the date of signature of the financial statements. This gives the Company forecasted headroom of £1m over the cash needed to meet the operational needs of the company for the next 12 months from the date the financial statements are signed by the Directors. The Directors confirm their intention to manage the available cash in the best interests of the Company. The Directors have received confirmation from Blackwell Global Investments Limited (Bahamas) that the £1.5m amounts owed to group undertakings will not be recalled if it were to put the Company at a financial disadvantage to the extent that the Company would no longer be a going concern.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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.
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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables, 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, 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.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other receivables due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting date.
Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.
If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instruments any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other payables, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price after transaction costs. When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade payables are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade payables are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Company transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Company will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Management is required to assess whether it is appropriate to recognise a deferred tax asset relating to taxable losses available to the Company. In making this assessment, management takes into consideration the likelihood of future taxable profits being available to utilise against taxable losses. See note 10 for more details. Debtor recoverability The directors continually use judgement to ascertain whether there are indicators of impairment of the Company's debtors. Factors taken into consideration in reaching such a decision include the economic standing of third and related parties who owe amounts to the Company and the likelihood of settlement being received.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Company has estimated tax losses carried forward of £4,342,119 (2023 - £4,359,694) which are available for offset against future trading profits. A deferred tax asset has not been recognised in these financial statements on the basis of uncertainty over the availability of short term future taxable profits of the Company.
In the Finance Act 2021, enacted on 24 May 2021, the UK Government confirmed that the corporation tax main rate for the years commencing 1 April 2021 and 2022 would remain at 19% and from 1 April 2023 corporation tax would increase to 25%, except for companies with profits of up to £50,000 whereby the rate of corporation tax would remain at 19%, and a tapered rate applied to those companies with profits between £50,000 and £250,000.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
An intercompany balance of £738,560 (2023 - £549,179) has been reclassiffied from trade creditors to amounts owed to group undertakings.
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The directors constantly monitor the financial risks to which the Company is exposed, in order to detect those risks in advance and take the necessary action to mitigate them through regular review by the board.
The following section provides qualitative disclosures on the effect that these risks may have upon the Company. Credit risk Credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will cause a financial loss to the Company by failing to discharge its obligations to the Company. Liquidity risk Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities. The Company has adopted a series of policies and procedures whose purpose is to optimise the management of funds and to reduce the liquidity risk, as follows:
∙maintaining an adequate level of available liquidity; and
∙monitoring future liquidity on the basis of the business planning.
Management believes that the funds and credit lines currently available, in addition to those funds that will be generated from future operating and funding activities, will enable the Company to satisfy its requirements resulting from its investing activities and its working capital needs to fulfil its obligations to repay its debts at their natural due date. Market risk Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The Company does not currently have any material borrowings affected by interest rates. Exchange rate risk is hedged through the matching principle. Capital risk management The Company aims to manage its overall capital so as to ensure that the Company continues to operate as a going concern.
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £
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BLACKWELL GLOBAL INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Immediate controlling party
The Company is 90% owned by its immediate and ultimate parent company Ultimate controlling party The ultimate contolling party of the Company is considered to be
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