Company registration number 07723757 (England and Wales)
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Statement of changes in equity
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 9
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2024
31 March 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
5
810,554
615,248
Cash at bank and in hand
331,962
656,839
1,142,516
1,272,087
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(2,773)
(132,202)
Net current assets
1,139,743
1,139,885
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
7
(36)
36
-
Net assets
1,139,779
1,139,885
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
100,000
100,000
Profit and loss reserves
1,039,779
1,039,885
Total equity
1,139,779
1,139,885
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 17 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M E S Chambers
Director
Company registration number 07723757 (England and Wales)
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2022
100,000
1,039,705
1,139,705
Year ended 31 March 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
180
180
Balance at 31 March 2023
100,000
1,039,885
1,139,885
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(106)
(106)
Balance at 31 March 2024
100,000
1,039,779
1,139,779
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
EHC Estates Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales under Companies Act 2006.
The registered office is Mallory Court Hotel, Harbury Lane, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV33 9QB.
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.
The functional currency of EHC Estates Limited is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates.
EHC Estates Limited meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its financial statements. Exemptions have been taken in relation to related party transactions with wholly owned group companies, share-based payments, financial instruments, presentation of a cash flow statement and remuneration of key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Eden Hotel Collection Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Harbury Lane, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9QB.
1.2
Going concern
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider appropriate. The company relies on support from the trueultimate parent company, Rigby Group (RG) plc, which is considered to be available for the foreseeable future and for at least the next twelve months from the date of approval of the accounts. Should the going concern basis not be applicable adjustments would have to be made to reduce assets to their recoverable amounts and reclassify long term liabilities as short term liabilities.
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
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
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 group after deducting all of its liabilities.
Fair value measurement of financial instruments
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial assets
Debt instruments which meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method:
The contractual return to the holder is:
a fixed amount;
a positive fixed rate or a positive variable rate; or
a combination of a positive or a negative fixed rate and a positive variable rate.
The contract may provide for repayments of the principal or the return to the holder (but not both) to be linked to a single relevant observable index of general price inflation of the currency in which the debt instrument is denominated, provided such links are not leveraged.
The contract may provide for a determinable variation of the return to the holder during the life of the instrument, provided that:
the new rate satisfies condition (a) and the variation is not contingent on future events other than:
a change of a contractual variable rate;
to protect the holder against credit deterioration of the issuer;
changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law; or
the new rate is a market rate of interest and satisfies condition (a).
There is no contractual provision that could, by its terms, result in the holder losing the principal amount or any interest attributable to the current period or prior periods.
Contractual provisions that permit the issuer to prepay a debt instrument or permit the holder to put it back to the issuer before maturity are not contingent on future events, other than to protect the holder against the credit deterioration of the issuer or a change in control of the issuer, or to protect the holder or issuer against changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law.
Contractual provisions may permit the extension of the term of the debt instrument, provided that the return to the holder and any other contractual provisions applicable during the extended term satisfy the conditions of paragraphs (a) to (c).
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when:
a.the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled;
b.the group transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset; or
c.the group, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.
Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.
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.
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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
Derivatives
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value at the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured to fair value at each reporting end date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in profit or loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship.
A derivative with a positive fair value is recognised as a financial asset, whereas a derivative with a negative fair value is recognised as a financial liability.
1.7
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for timing differences arising from investments in subsidiaries and associates, except where the company is able to control the reversal of the timing difference and it is probable that it will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. Deferred tax relating to property, plant and equipment measured using the revaluation model and investment property is measured using the tax rates and allowances that apply to sale of the asset.
Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income.
Current tax assets and liabilities are offset only when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and the company intends either to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only if: a) the company has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities; and b) the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax liabilities or assets are expected to be settled or recovered.
1.8
Employee benefits
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
1.9
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.
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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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:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Directors
2
2
4
Directors' remuneration
Mr M E S Chambers and Mr D G Buck did not receive any remuneration for their qualifying services to the company during the year. The total emoluments for Mr M E S Chambers and Mr D G Buck are included in the directors' emoluments of Eden Hotel Collection Limited.
5
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
615,343
615,248
Other debtors
195,211
810,554
615,248
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
317
Taxation and social security
129,901
Other creditors
236
236
Accruals and deferred income
2,220
2,065
2,773
132,202
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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7
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Tax losses
(36)
-
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2023
-
Credit to profit or loss
(36)
Asset at 31 March 2024
(36)
8
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
9
Guarantees
The company is party to an unlimited intercompany guarantee securing all amounts due to the National Westminster Bank Plc from Eden Hotel Collection Limited and all its subsidiaries.
At the year end current amounts owed to National Westminster Bank Plc by the group were £6,652,000 (2023: £7,762,913) from Bovey Castle Property Limited, £168,236 (2023: £55,609) from Brockencote Hall Hotel Limited and £702,828 (2023: £170,316) from The Greenway Hotel & Spa Limited and £16,698 (2023: £nil) from Mallory Court Hotel Limited and £46,798 (2023: £158,450) from Arden Hotel Investments Limited.
10
Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006:
The auditor's report was unqualified.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Colm McGrory FCA
Statutory Auditor:
Ormerod Rutter Limited
Date of audit report:
20 September 2024
EHC ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Ultimate controlling party
Rigby Group (RG) plc is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.
The Rigby Family control the company as a result of being members of the group of trustees and the only beneficiaries of trusts which own 100% of the issued ordinary share capital and control 100% of the voting rights of Rigby Group (RG) Plc, the ultimate parent company.
The registered office address of Rigby Group (RG) plc continues to be Bridgeway House, Bridgeway, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6YX.
Rigby Group (RG) plc continues to be the largest group to consolidate and prepare consolidated accounts.
Eden Hotel Collection Limited, the immediate parent company is the smallest group to consolidate these financial statements.
The consolidated statements for both Rigby Group (RG) plc and Eden Hotel Collection Limited are available at the above address.