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REGISTERED NUMBER: 02667726 (England and Wales)















Sixense Limited

Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023






Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Report of the Directors 2

Report of the Independent Auditors 3

Statement of Comprehensive Income 6

Balance Sheet 7

Statement of Changes in Equity 8

Notes to the Financial Statements 9


Sixense Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: Mr J G La Fonta
Mr G J Trafford
Mr R M Piggin





SECRETARY: Mr G J Trafford





REGISTERED OFFICE: Unit 9
Spectrum West Lawrence Avenue
Twenty Twenty Business Estate
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 0LL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 02667726 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Advance Audit Limited
Statutory Auditor
71/73 Hoghton Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 0PR

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of specialised construction services.

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

G J Trafford
J Ghislain La Fonta
R M Piggin

None of the directors who held office at the end of the year had any disclosable interest in the shares of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors 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 then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-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.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr G J Trafford - Director


18 September 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Sixense Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Sixense Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity 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 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 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.

Conclusions relating to going concern
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.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors 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 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.

Opinions on other matters 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 Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Sixense Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
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 Report of the Directors.

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; or
- the directors were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, 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 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.

Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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:

- Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims;
- Enquiry of entity staff in tax and compliance functions to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- 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 accounting estimates for bias.

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 Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Sixense Limited


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 a Report of the Auditors 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.




Jennifer Tobin FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Advance Audit Limited
Statutory Auditor
71/73 Hoghton Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 0PR

18 September 2024

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £'000 £'000

TURNOVER 3 15,423 9,965

Cost of sales 11,563 8,032
GROSS PROFIT 3,860 1,933

Administrative expenses 2,360 1,634
1,500 299

Other operating income - 1
OPERATING PROFIT 6 1,500 300

Interest receivable and similar income 216 15
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 1,716 315

Tax on profit 7 402 60
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1,314 255

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

1,314

255

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £'000 £'000
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 9 44 41
Debtors 10 335 704
Cash at bank 8,196 2,576
8,575 3,321
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 11 6,858 2,918
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,717 403
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,717

403

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 12 168 168
Retained earnings 1,549 235
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,717 403

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 18 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mr G J Trafford - Director


Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£'000 £'000 £'000
Balance at 1 January 2022 20 (372 ) (352 )

Changes in equity
Increase in share capital 500 - 500
Reduction in share capital (352 ) 352 -
Total comprehensive income - 255 255
Balance at 31 December 2022 168 235 403

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 1,314 1,314
Balance at 31 December 2023 168 1,549 1,717

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Sixense Limited (the "Company") is a company limited by shares and incorporated, domiciled and registered in England in the UK.

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland ("FRS 102"). The presentation currency of these financial statements is sterling. All amounts in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 unless specified otherwise.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Vinci S.A. includes the Company in its consolidated financial statements.

The consolidated financial statements of Vinci S.A. are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU and are available to the public and may be obtained from the address given in note 13. In these financial statements, the Company is considered to be a qualifying entity (for the purposes of this FRS) and has applied the exemptions available under FRS 102 in respect of the following disclosures:

- Reconciliation of the number of shares outstanding from the beginning to end of the period;
- Cash Flow Statement and related notes; and
- Key Management Personnel compensation.

As the consolidated financial statements of Vinci S.A. include the equivalent disclosures, the Company has also taken the exemptions under FRS 102 available in respect of the following disclosures:

- Certain disclosures required by FRS 102.26 Share Based Payments; and,
- The disclosures required by FRS 102.11 Basic Financial Instruments and FRS 102.12 Other Financial Instrument Issues in respect of financial instruments not falling within the fair value accounting rules of Paragraph 36(4) of Schedule 1.

The accounting policies set out below have, unless otherwise stated, been applied consistently to all periods presented in these financial statements.

The Company proposes to continue to adopt the reduced disclosure framework of FRS 102 in its next financial statements.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements
The financial statements contain information about Sixense Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, Vinci S.A, 1, cours Ferdinand de Lesseps, F-92851, Rueil-Malmaison, Cedex, France.

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Construction contracts
The amount of profit attributable to the stage of completion of a long-term contract is recognised when the outcome of the contract can be foreseen with reasonable certainty. Turnover for such contracts is stated at the cost appropriate to their stage of completion plus attributable profits, less amounts recognised in previous years. Provision is made for any losses as soon as they are foreseen.

Contract work in progress is stated at costs incurred, less those transferred to the profit and loss, after deducting foreseeable losses and payments on account not matched to turnover.

Construction contract debtors
Construction contract debtors represent the gross unbilled amount for contract work performed to date. They are measured at cost plus profit recognised to date less a provision for foreseeable losses and less progress billings. Variations are included in contract revenue when they are reliably measurable, and it is probable that the customer will approve the variation itself and the revenue arising from the variation. Claims are included in contract revenue only when they are reliably measurable, and negotiations have reached an advanced stage such that it is probable that the customer will accept the claim. Cost includes all expenditure related directly to specific projects and an allocation of fixed and variable overheads incurred in the entity's contract activities based on normal operating capacity.

Construction contract debtors are presented as part of debtors in the balance sheet. If payments received from customers exceed the income recognised, then the difference is presented as accruals and deferred income in the balance sheet.

Turnover
Turnover has been calculated on the basis of the value of work done during the year including the settlement of monetary claims on contracts completed in previous years and includes the company's share of any turnover from joint arrangements, net of VAT where appropriate.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Basic financial instruments
Trade and other debtors / creditors
Trade and other debtors are recognised initially at transaction price less attributable transaction costs. Trade and other creditors are recognised initially at transaction price plus attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses in the case of trade debtors. If the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, for example if payment is deferred beyond normal business terms, then it is measured at the present value of future payments discounted at a market rate of instrument for a similar debt instrument.

Investments in preference and ordinary shares
Investments in equity instruments are measured initially at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Transaction costs are excluded if the investments are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss. Subsequent to initial recognition investments that can be measured reliably are measured at fair value with changes recognised in profit or loss. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment in profit or loss.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and call deposits.


Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Taxation
Tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account except to the extent that it relates to items recognised directly in equity or other comprehensive income, in which case it is recognised directly in equity or other comprehensive income.

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax is provided on timing differences which arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. The following timing differences are not provided for: differences relating to investments in subsidiaries, to the extent that it is not probable that they will reverse in the foreseeable future and the reporting entity is able to control the reversal of the timing difference. Deferred tax is not recognised on permanent differences arising because certain types of income or expense are non-taxable or are disallowable for tax or because certain tax charges or allowances are greater or smaller than the corresponding income or expense.

Deferred tax is measured at the tax rate that is expected to apply to the reversal of the related difference, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date. Deferred tax balances are not discounted.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that is it probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the Group companies' functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are retranslated to the functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at that date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are retranslated to the functional currency at foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates the fair value was determined. Foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in the profit and loss account.

Employee benefits - defined contribution plans
A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined contribution pension plans are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account in the periods during which services are rendered by employees.

Going concern
The Company's business model results in a positive working capital cycle which generates sufficient cash flows to fund the business. The Company also shows a net asset position at 31 December 2023. The directors have reviewed the current performance and prepared cash flow forecasts for the next 12 months. The realisation of these forecasts may be affected by a number of factors, including changes in customer behaviour, however, the directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue its operations for the foreseeable future.

For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result from the basis of preparation being inappropriate.

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Expenses
Operating lease
Payments (excluding costs for services and insurance) made under operating leases are recognised in the profit and loss account on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease unless the payments to the lessor are structured to increase in line with expected general inflation; in which case the payments related to the structured increases are recognised as incurred. Lease incentives received are recognised in profit and loss over the term of the lease as an integral part of the total lease expense.

Interest receivable and Interest payable
Interest payable and similar charges include interest payable, finance charges on shares classified as liabilities and finance leases recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method, unwinding of the discount on provisions, and net foreign exchange losses that are recognised in the profit and loss account (see foreign currency accounting policy).

Other interest receivable and similar income include interest receivable on funds invested and net foreign exchange gains.

Interest income and interest payable are recognised in profit or loss as they accrue, using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recognised in the profit and loss account on the date the entity's right to receive payments is established. Foreign currency gains and losses are reported on a net basis.

Related parties
As the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet S.A., the Company has taken advantage of the exemption contained in FRS 102.33.1A and has therefore not disclosed transactions or balances with wholly owned entities which form part of that group.

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

2023 2022
£'000 £'000
United Kingdom 15,423 9,965
15,423 9,965

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

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

20232022

Administration / management89
Site operatives5035
5844

The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:

20232022
£'000£'000

Wages and salaries2,6871,908
Social security costs295218
Other pension costs10789
3,0892,215

5. DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS

The directors' aggregate remuneration in respect of qualifying services was £117k (2022: £112k).

6. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2023 2022
£'000 £'000
Auditors' remuneration 8 6

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2023 2022
£'000 £'000
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 402 60
Tax on profit 402 60

UK corporation tax has been charged at 23.50% (2022 - 19%).

In 2023, the corporation tax rate was 19% to 31 March 2023, and at 25% after that date.

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

8. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Gage Technique International Limited

The cost and net book value of investments held in group undertakings are £0 (2022: £2).

At the prior year-end, the company held a 100% investment in the share capital of Gage Technique International Limited, a dormant entity. During the year under review, that dormant entity was dissolved and therefore Sixense Limited no longer holds its investment in that company.

9. STOCKS
2023 2022
£'000 £'000
Stocks 44 41

10. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£'000 £'000
Amounts recoverable on contrac ts 265 477
Other debtors - 1
Tax - 151
Prepayments 70 75
335 704

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£'000 £'000
Trade creditors 356 313
Tax 8 -
Social security and other taxes 78 60
Pension Control 12 -
VAT 306 27
Accruals and deferred income 6,098 2,518
6,858 2,918

12. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £'000 £'000
520,000 Ordinary £0.323 32.3p 168 168

On 27 October 2022 the company's share capital was reduced from £520,000 divided into 520,000 ordinary shares of £1 each to £167,960 divided into 520,000 ordinary shares of £0.323 each.

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company.

Sixense Limited (Registered number: 02667726)

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

13. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The Company is a member of Bachy's group defined contribution pension scheme and stakeholder pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the funds and amounted to £107k (2022: £89k).

There were no outstanding contributions at the end of the financial year (2022: £nil).

14. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The Company is a subsidiary undertaking of Soletanche Freyssinet S.A. The ultimate parent company at the balance sheet date is Vinci S.A, incorporated in France.

The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Vinci S.A., incorporated in France. The smallest group in which they are consolidated is that headed by Soletanche Freyssinet S.A, incorporated in France. The consolidated financial statements, of these groups are available to the public and may be obtained from Soletanche Freyssinet S.A., Rueil Malmaison Cedex, France.

15. COMMITMENTS

Non-cancellable operating lease rentals are payable as follows:

2023202320222022

Land and
Buildings

Other
Land and
Buildings

Other
£'000£'000£'000£'000

Less than one year14011412431
Between one and five years29322338146
More than five years----
43433850577


During the year £297k was recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account in respect of operating leases (2022: £193k).