REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Statement of Financial Position | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Certified Accountants |
and Statutory Auditors |
9 St Clare Street |
London |
EC3N 1LQ |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Statement of Financial Position |
31 December 2023 |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
Investment property | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 6 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 7 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 8 |
NET LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Retained earnings | ( |
) | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Going concern |
The company incurred a loss of £79K and had net current liabilities of £2.9 million and net liabilities of £1.3 million as at the balance sheet date, which is mainly due to the amounts owed to group undertakings, no short-term demand on the repayment of the funds is expected to be instructed. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through financial support from its immediate parent company, which has confirmed to provide financial support to enable the company to meet its obligations as and when they fall due for a minimum period of 18 months from the date of signing the financial statements.Therefore, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors considers to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Tangible fixed assets under the cost model, other than investment properties, are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. |
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. |
Depreciation is provided on the following basis: |
Plants and machinery - 20% on cost |
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date. |
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Income Statement. |
Investment properties |
Investment property is carried at fair value and derived from the current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. No depreciation is provided. Changes in fair value are recognised in the Income Statement. |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
Financial instruments are recognised when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Basic financial assets |
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the financial asset is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. |
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. |
Basic financial liabilities |
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, and loans from group undertakings, 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. |
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest method. |
Share capital |
Financial instruments issued by the company are classified as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of a financial liability or financial asset. |
The company's ordinary shares are classified as equity instruments. |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
and | Computer |
fittings | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
5. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
The fair value of the Company's investment property at 31 December 2023 has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at that date by the directors. The fair value was determined based on the market comparable approach that reflects recent transaction prices for similar properties. |
Fair value at 31 December 2023 is represented by: |
£ |
Valuation in 2019 | 131,030 |
Valuation in 2020 | (51,800 | ) |
Cost | 1,526,770 |
1,606,000 |
6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Other debtors |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Other creditors |
Included in other creditors there was a director loan account balance of £22,531 (2022: £68,975). |
Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand. |
8. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax |
Other timing differences | 19,873 | 15,054 |
China Harbour Engineering Company (UK) |
Limited (Registered number: 09488380) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
8. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
Provided during year |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
9. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
The Report of the Auditors was unqualified. |
for and on behalf of |
10. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
11. | CONTROLLING PARTY |
The immediate parent undertaking is China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, a company registered in P.R. China. |
The largest group to consolidate these financial statements is China Communications Construction Limited, a company registered in P.R. China and copies of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from the company website http://en.ccccltd.cn. |
The ultimate parent undertaking is China Communications Construction Group, which is a wholly stated-owned company in the People's Republic of China. |