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Registration number: 02464025

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2 to 3

Directors' Report

4 to 5

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

6

Independent Auditor's Report

7 to 10

Profit and Loss Account

11

Balance Sheet

12

Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Statement of Cash Flows

14

Notes to the Financial Statements

15 to 26

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Company Information

Directors

C P Wolfram

Dr S Wolfram

Company secretary

J E Topliss

Registered office

The Wolfram Centre
Lower Road
Long Hanborough
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8FD

Auditors

Just Audit & Assurance Ltd
Registered Auditors
37 Market Square
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 6RE

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the European sales, marketing and support of technical software produced by Wolfram Research Inc, including its flagship product, Mathematica.

Fair review of the business

The board uses a range of financial and non financial performance indicators, reported on a periodic basis, to monitor the company's performance over time. These include;
- Reviewing the sales order book to establish the balance of outstanding orders received from customers to ensure there is always sufficient business in the pipeline.
- Calculating the return on sales, or gross profit margin expressed as a percentage, to ensure the company is continually implementing an acceptable mark up on services sold by the company.

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Unit

2023

2022

Turnover

£

10,334,756

10,420,726

Gross margin

%

33

33

Gross profit

£

3,414,731

3,448,085

Principal risks and uncertainties

The company has significant currency flows in euro, US dollar and sterling and is thus epxposed to fluctuaitons in exchange rates. The company seeks to minimise this risk by maintaining foreign currency accounts to minimise losses on exchange.

On 23rd June 2016 the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. Whilst this event obviously increases the uncertainty regarding foreign trade in the future, the Directors do not believe that the event will have a major negative impact on the company going forward.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 June 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

.........................................
C P Wolfram
Director

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

C P Wolfram

Dr S Wolfram

Financial instruments

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

The business' activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

The business' principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, trade debtors and trade creditors. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance the business' operations.

Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow risks by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debtors.

Trade creditors' liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 June 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
C P Wolfram
Director

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities 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 elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards 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 these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

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

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 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.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Wolfram Research Europe Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, 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).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor 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 UK, including the FRC’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.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 original financial statements were 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.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

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 such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in 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 in this regard.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wolfram Research Europe Limited

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities [set out on page 6], the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Our assessment focused on key laws and regulations the company has to comply with and areas of the financial statements we assessed as being more susceptible to misstatement. These key laws and regulations included but were not limited to compliance with the Companies Act 2006, United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and relevant tax legislation.

We are not responsible for preventing irregularities. Our approach to detect irregularities included, but was not limited to, the following:

• obtaining an understanding of the entity’s policies and procedures and how the entity has complied with these, through discussions and sample testing of controls;
• obtaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the entity and how the entity is complying with that framework;
• an understanding of the entity’s risk assessment process, including the risk of fraud;
• designing our audit procedures to respond to our risk assessment; and
• performing audit work over the risk of management override of controls including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing estimates for bias.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 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 auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

......................................
Jonathan Russell (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Just Audit & Assurance Ltd, Statutory Auditor

37 Market Square
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 6RE

10 June 2024

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Turnover

3

10,514,382

10,420,726

Cost of sales

 

(6,920,025)

(6,972,641)

Gross profit

 

3,594,357

3,448,085

Administrative expenses

 

(2,819,531)

(2,606,253)

Operating profit

5

774,826

841,832

Other interest receivable and similar income

6

120,359

43,076

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

-

1,955

   

120,359

45,031

Profit before tax

 

895,185

886,863

Tax on profit

11

(214,502)

(173,356)

Profit for the financial year

 

680,683

713,507

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

(Registration number: 02464025)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

12

121,125

138,577

Current assets

 

Stocks

6,540

7,287

Debtors

13

2,170,372

2,357,332

Cash at bank and in hand

 

6,726,685

6,165,294

 

8,903,597

8,529,913

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

15

(3,949,541)

(4,094,366)

Net current assets

 

4,954,056

4,435,547

Total assets less current liabilities

 

5,075,181

4,574,124

Provisions for liabilities

16

(26,240)

(26,240)

Net assets

 

5,048,941

4,547,884

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

3

3

Share premium reserve

226,999

226,999

Retained earnings

4,821,939

4,320,882

Shareholders' funds

 

5,048,941

4,547,884

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 June 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
C P Wolfram
Director

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Share capital
£

Share premium
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2023

3

226,999

4,320,882

4,547,884

Profit for the year

-

-

680,683

680,683

Dividends

-

-

(179,626)

(179,626)

At 31 December 2023

3

226,999

4,821,939

5,048,941



 

Share capital
£

Share premium
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2022

3

226,999

4,959,055

5,186,057

Profit for the year

-

-

713,507

713,507

Dividends

-

-

(1,351,680)

(1,351,680)

At 31 December 2022

3

226,999

4,320,882

4,547,884

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

680,683

713,507

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

27,104

30,121

Loss on disposal of tangible assets

4

1,312

3,276

Finance income

6

(120,359)

(43,076)

Finance costs

7

-

(1,955)

Income tax expense

11

214,502

173,356

Foreign exchange gains/losses

 

43,702

(100,391)

 

846,944

774,838

Working capital adjustments

 

Decrease/(increase) in stocks

747

(66)

Decrease/(increase) in trade debtors

13

186,960

(161,090)

(Decrease)/increase in trade creditors

15

(134,658)

140,627

Increase in deferred income, including government grants

 

83,931

278,574

Cash generated from operations

 

983,924

1,032,883

Income taxes paid

11

(308,600)

(261,052)

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

675,324

771,831

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

6

120,359

43,076

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(12,154)

(44,602)

Proceeds from sale of tangible assets

 

1,190

-

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

109,395

(1,526)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Interest paid

7

-

1,955

Dividends paid

20

(179,626)

(1,351,680)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(179,626)

(1,349,725)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

605,093

(579,420)

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January

 

6,165,294

6,644,323

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

 

(43,702)

100,391

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December

 

6,726,685

6,165,294

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England & Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
The Wolfram Centre
Lower Road
Long Hanborough
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8FD

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 10 June 2024.

2

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 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.'

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the Company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts. Income relating to support contracts invoiced in advance have been reported as deferred income.

The Company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the Company's activities.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Deferred Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises UK corporation and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax laws and rules that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred income 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 income tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets is stated in the balance sheet 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

Plant and machinery

33% reducing balance

Fixtures, fittings and equipment

10% reducing balance

Motor vehicles

25% reducing balance

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

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.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell, afer due regard for obsolete and slow moving stocks.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the Company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, if required.

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.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

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.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are recognised in the profit and loss accounts in the period in which they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2023
 £

2022
 £

Sales

10,455,049

10,337,665

Freight

(5,580)

1,290

Other income

64,913

81,771

10,514,382

10,420,726

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year by market is as follows:

2023
 £

2022
 £

UK

1,786,014

1,696,726

Europe

7,620,000

7,244,000

Rest of world

1,108,368

1,480,000

10,514,382

10,420,726

4

Other gains and losses

The analysis of the company's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023
 £

2022
 £

Gain/loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

(1,312)

(3,276)

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2023
 £

2022
 £

Depreciation expense

27,104

30,121

Foreign exchange losses/(gains)

43,702

(100,391)

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

1,312

3,276

6

Other interest receivable and similar income

2023
 £

2022
 £

Other finance income

120,359

43,076

7

Interest payable and similar expenses

2023
 £

2022
 £

Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings

-

(1,955)

8

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2023
 £

2022
 £

Wages and salaries

1,703,395

1,619,785

Social security costs

207,115

238,868

Other short-term employee benefits

7,289

6,848

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

58,359

59,602

Other employee expense

12,969

10,935

1,989,127

1,936,038

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2023
No.

2022
No.

Administration and support

17

18

Distribution

17

16

Other departments

10

14

44

48

9

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2023
 £

2022
 £

Remuneration

162,116

134,865

10

Auditors' remuneration

2023
 £

2022
 £

Audit of the financial statements

6,145

5,425


 

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

11

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement

2023
 £

2022
 £

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

214,502

168,269

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

-

5,087

Tax expense in the income statement

214,502

173,356

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2022 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2022 - 19%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2023
 £

2022
 £

Profit before tax

895,185

886,863

Corporation tax at standard rate

210,368

168,503

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

715

544

Deferred tax expense (credit) relating to changes in tax rates or laws

5,697

5,087

Tax increase (decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

(2,278)

(778)

Total tax charge

214,502

173,356

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

12

Tangible assets

Fixtures and fittings
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Plant and machinery
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

174,143

21,438

131,993

327,574

Additions

-

2,451

9,703

12,154

Disposals

(1,464)

-

(25,230)

(26,694)

At 31 December 2023

172,679

23,889

116,466

313,034

Depreciation

At 1 January 2023

106,463

1,654

80,880

188,997

Charge for the year

6,451

4,682

15,971

27,104

Eliminated on disposal

(404)

-

(23,788)

(24,192)

At 31 December 2023

112,510

6,336

73,063

191,909

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2023

60,169

17,553

43,403

121,125

At 31 December 2022

67,680

19,784

51,113

138,577

13

Debtors

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Trade debtors

 

1,105,513

1,234,892

Amounts owed by related parties

21

972,406

1,079,690

Other debtors

 

(60)

-

Prepayments

 

38,621

42,750

Accrued income

 

53,892

-

 

2,170,372

2,357,332

Details of non-current trade and other debtors

£972,406 (2022 - £1,079,690) of amounts owed by related parties is classified as non current.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

14

Cash and cash equivalents

2023
 £

2022
 £

Cash on hand

3,926

4,063

Cash at bank

6,624,585

6,161,231

Short-term deposits

98,174

-

6,726,685

6,165,294

15

Creditors

Note

2023
 £

2022
 £

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

47,155

676,160

Amounts due to related parties

21

711,182

-

Social security and other taxes

 

76,770

81,935

Accrued expenses

 

410,705

610,522

Income tax liability

11

974

95,072

Deferred income

 

2,694,327

2,610,396

Gross amount due to customers for contract work

 

8,428

20,281

 

3,949,541

4,094,366

16

Deferred tax and other provisions

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2023

26,240

26,240

At 31 December 2023

26,240

26,240

The deferred tax account consists of the tax effect of timing differences in respect of accelerated capital allowances.

 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

17

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £58,359 (2022 - £59,602).

18

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2023

2022

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary of £0.10 each

30

3

30

3

         
 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

19

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2023
 £

2022
 £

Not later than one year

147,640

147,640

Later than one year and not later than five years

590,560

590,560

Later than five years

971,963

1,119,603

 

1,710,163

1,857,803

20

Dividends

   

2023

 

2022

   

£

 

£

Interim dividend of £59,875.33 (2022 - £450,560.00) per ordinary share

 

179,626

 

1,351,680

         
 

Wolfram Research Europe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

21

Related party transactions

Other related party transactions

During the year the company made the following related party transactions:
Wolfram Research Inc (Stephen Wolfram is common owner and director)
Wolfram Research Inc is the main supplier of the company. During the year the company paid royalties to, bought goods from and paid for consultancy and IT services from Wolfram Research Inc at a cost of £6,886,779 (2022 - £6,964,530). This was in accordance with the terms of the management agreements. The Company recieved £495,687 (2022 - £ 464,913) in terms of payroll expense recharges. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Wolfram Research Inc was £711,161 (2022 - £651,152).

Wolfram Properties Limited (Conrad Wolfram is a common director)
The company has previously loaned Wolfram Properties Limited £2,078,945 upon which interest has been accruing and repayments received. The balance of this loan at the beginning of the year was £1,079,690 (2022 - £1,177,389). During the year, a further £nil (2022 - £64,000) was loaned to Wolfram Properties Limited, interest was charged at £30,212 (2022 - £33,567) and repayments were received totalling £195,648 (2022 - £195,266). During the year the company paid rent and service charges to Wolfram Properties Limited of £163,040 (2022 - £162,919). At the balance sheet date the amount due from Wolfram Properties Limited was £971,255 (2022 - £1,079,690).

Computerbasedmath.org Ltd (Conrad Wolfram is a common owner and director)
During the year the company paid income from the sale of books and conference tickets to Computerbasedmath.org Ltd of £829 (2022 - £50). During the year the company received £4,495 (2022 - £1,427) from Computerbasedmath.org Ltd in respect of book, conference and other expenses. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Computerbasedmath.org Ltd was £21 (2022 - £18). At the balance sheet date the amout due from Computerbasedmath.org was £836.26 (2022 - £nil).

Conrad Wolfram (Director and shareholder)
During the year dividends of £5,987.53 (2022 - £45,056) were paid to Conrad Wolfram, a director of the company. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Conrad Wolfram was £nil (2022 - £nil).

Stephen Wolfram (Director and shareholder)
During the year, dividends of £5,987.53 (2022 - £45,056) were paid to Stephen Wolfram, a director of the company. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Stephen Wolfram was £nil (2022 - £nil).

Wolfram Holdings Corp (Stephen Wolfram in common director and shareholder)
During the year, dividends of £5,987.53 (2022 - £45,056) were paid to Wolfram Holdings Corp, a company of which Stephen Wolfram is a director and shareholder. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Wolfram Holdings Corp was £nil (2021 - £nil).