Company Registration No. 09451006 (England and Wales)
White Truffle Events Limited
Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2023
White Truffle Events Limited
Company information
Directors
M O Warren
G A Hall
Company number
09451006
Registered office
Harbour House
60 Purewell
Christchurch
England
BH23 1ES
Auditor
Fiander Tovell Limited
Stag Gates House
63 - 64 The Avenue
Southampton
SO17 1XS
White Truffle Events Limited
Contents
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Statement of comprehensive income
6
Statement of financial position
7
Notes to the financial statements
8 - 14
White Truffle Events Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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The Directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Directors

The Directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

M O Warren
G A Hall
Auditor

The auditor, Fiander Tovell Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a Director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the Directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as Directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
G A Hall
Director
24 September 2024
White Truffle Events Limited
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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The Directors are responsible 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:

 

 

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.

White Truffle Events Limited
Independent auditor's report
to the member of White Truffle Events Limited
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of White Truffle Events Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 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:

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's 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 contained within the annual report. 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. 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

White Truffle Events Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
to the member of White Truffle Events Limited
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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 directors' report.

 

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:

 

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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's 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.

 

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

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.

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

White Truffle Events Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
to the member of White Truffle Events Limited
- 5 -

We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed those laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the Directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://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 member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member 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 member for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Andrew Jay ACA FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Fiander Tovell Limited
24 September 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Stag Gates House
63 - 64 The Avenue
Southampton
SO17 1XS
White Truffle Events Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
222,688
857,017
Cost of sales
(155,727)
(599,006)
Gross profit
66,961
258,011
Administrative expenses
(87,433)
(207,451)
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(20,472)
50,560
Tax on (loss)/profit
3
4,853
(40,601)
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
(15,619)
9,959
White Truffle Events Limited
Statement of financial position
as at 31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
-
0
43,092
Current assets
Stocks
-
0
9,024
Debtors
5
357,977
484,195
Cash at bank and in hand
-
0
19,417
357,977
512,636
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
-
0
(177,280)
Net current assets
357,977
335,356
Total assets less current liabilities
357,977
378,448
Provisions for liabilities
-
0
(4,852)
Net assets
357,977
373,596
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
500,001
500,001
Profit and loss reserves
9
(142,024)
(126,405)
Total equity
357,977
373,596

These financial statements have been prepared 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 24 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
G A Hall
Director
Company Registration No. 09451006
White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

White Truffle Events Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Harbour House, 60 Purewell, Christchurch, England, BH23 1ES.

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Turnover

Revenue represents amounts receivable from the provision of event catering services, recognised net of VAT at the point of service to the customer.

1.3
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Plant and equipment
6% straight line
Fixtures and fittings
15% straight line
Computers
25% straight line
Motor vehicles
20% straight line

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

During the year, the company changed the estimate of useful lives upon which its fixed assets should be depreciated. The directors, having given due consideration to the existing asset classes, have reclassified the assets to better reflect the activities of the business, and accordingly applied the appropriate rates of depreciation as outlined below.

 

Fixtures and fittings - from 6% to 15% straight line

Computer equipment - from 20% to 25% straight line

1.4
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
1
Accounting policies
(continued)
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Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.5
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first out basis.

1.6
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.

1.7
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.

1.8
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 income statement 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.

White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
1
Accounting policies
(continued)
- 10 -
Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.9
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.10
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.11
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.

2
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
12
74
3
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
3
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
(continued)
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Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(4,853)
852
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
-
0
39,749
Total deferred tax
(4,853)
40,601

The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge/(credit) for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2023
2022
£
£
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(20,472)
50,560
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.50% (2022: 19.00%)
(4,811)
9,606
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
-
0
18
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(963)
-
0
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
-
0
205
Group relief
921
(8,792)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
-
0
(185)
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
-
0
39,749
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(4,853)
40,601
White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023
17,873
53,600
11,276
6,205
88,954
Disposals
(17,873)
(53,600)
(11,276)
(6,205)
(88,954)
At 31 December 2023
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
7,475
25,958
10,878
1,551
45,862
Depreciation charged in the year
1,072
8,040
397
1,551
11,060
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(8,547)
(33,998)
(11,275)
(3,102)
(56,922)
At 31 December 2023
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
At 31 December 2022
10,398
27,642
398
4,654
43,092
5
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
357,977
465,370
Other debtors
-
0
17,928
Prepayments and accrued income
-
0
897
357,977
484,195

Amounts owed by group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.

6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
-
0
10,707
Amounts owed to group undertakings
-
0
4,718
Taxation and social security
-
0
23,858
Other creditors
-
0
106,302
Accruals and deferred income
-
0
31,695
-
0
177,280

Amounts owed to group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.

White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
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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
2023
2022
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
-
4,956
Other short term timing differences
-
(104)
-
4,852
2023
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2023
4,852
Credit to profit or loss
(4,852)
Liability at 31 December 2023
-
8
Called up share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
500,001
500,001
500,001
500,001
9
Reserves
Profit and loss reserves

The profit and loss account represents cumulative profits and losses, net of any dividends and other adjustments.

 

10
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

The bank loans of Harbour Hotels Group Limited, an intermediate parent company, are secured by a cross guarantee and a fixed and floating charge debenture over the company's assets.

 

11
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

White Truffle Events Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2023
11
Related party transactions
(continued)
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Other costs
2023
2022
£
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
-
20,600
Other information

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available in Section 33.1A of FRS 102 whereby it has not disclosed transactions between group companies who are wholly owned within the group.

12
Ultimate controlling party

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbour Hotels Group Limited. The ultimate parent company is Global Reach UK Holdings Limited, a company in which Turnstone (Isle of Man) Limited is considered the ultimate controlling party. The financial statements for Global Reach UK Holdings Limited are publicly available from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

 

The smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Harbour Hotels Group Limited and the largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Global Reach UK Holdings Limited. The registered office of Harbour Hotels Group Limited is 60 Purewell, Christchurch, England, BH23 1ES. The registered office of Global Reach UK Holdings Limited is c/o Zedra, Booths Hall, Booths Park 3, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, WA16 8GS.

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