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Registration number: 03080743

Thomson Holdings Limited

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Thomson Holdings Limited

Contents

Directors' Report

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 to 5

 

Thomson Holdings 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:

W.D. Rowell

K. Major

B.A. Boateng

Approved by the Board on 17 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:

.........................................
K. Major
Director

 

Thomson Holdings Limited

(Registration number: 03080743)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Investments

3

105,531,251

105,531,251

Current assets

 

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

4

11,810,254

11,810,254

Total assets

 

117,341,505

117,341,505

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

5

1

1

Capital contribution reserve

 

202,000,000

202,000,000

Profit and loss account

(84,658,496)

(84,658,496)

Total equity

 

117,341,505

117,341,505

For the financial year ending 31 December 2023 the Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to dormant companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the Company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 17 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................

K. Major
Director

 

Thomson Holdings 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 United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
Five Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5AQ
United Kingdom

2

Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom.

Trading Status
The Company has not traded during the year or the previous year, has incurred no liabilities and consequently, has made neither profit or loss. None of the Directors received any emoluments in respect of their services to the Company.

Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are stated at historical cost less provision for any dimunition in value.

3

Investments

Subsidiaries

£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

105,531,251

At 31 December 2023

105,531,251

At 31 December 2022

105,531,251

The Directors are of the opinion that the value of the Company's investments is not less than the value of which it is stated in the Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023.

 

Thomson Holdings Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 (continued)

3

Investments (continued)

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the Company holds direct and indirect investment in any class of share capital are as follows:

Name of subsidiary

Country of incorporation and principal place of business

Principal activity

Proportion of ownership interest and voting rights held

     

2023

2022

Subsidiary undertakings

Thomson UK Limited*

Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom, E14 5AQ, England

Dormant

100%

100%

Thomson Information & Publishing Holdings Limited

Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom, E14 5AQ, England

Holding Company

100%

100%

Thomson Publishing Group Limited

Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom, E14 5AQ, England

Non Trading

100%

100%

*indicates direct investment of the Company.

4

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

2023
£

2022
£

Amounts owed by group undertakings

11,810,254

11,810,254

11,810,254

11,810,254

Amounts owned by fellow group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand

5

Called up share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2023

2022

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary share of £1 each

1

1

1

1

         
 

Thomson Holdings Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 (continued)

6

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The Company's immediate parent is TTC (1994) Limited, incorporated in United Kingdom.

 The ultimate parent is Thomson Investments Limited, incorporated in Canada.

 The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Thomson Reuters Corporation. These financial statements are available upon request from Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, and online at www.thomsonreuters.com.
 

The parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Thomson Reuters Corporation, incorporated in Canada.