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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
CONTENTS
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The directors present their strategic report accompanying the financial statements for the period ended 31
December 2023.
The profit before tax for the year ending 31 December 2023 is £0.9m, an increase on the prior period profit before tax of £0.4m.
Turnover increased from £13.9m for the period ended 31 December 2022 to £14.1m for the year ended 31 December 2023. Annualized, this is an increase of 1.9% over the prior period. This is primarily the result of an increase in recurring revenue, from new sales closed during the year. As a result, the directors are confident in the core financial metrics of the company.
The principal risks and uncertainties faced by the company are those of general market and economic risks in common with other businesses in the current economic climate. The directors aim to manage these risks and uncertainties going forward in order to maintain and improve on the current level of performance.
The key financial performance indicators are as follows:
- Revenue per employee - Ratio of employment costs to annually recurring revenue - Ratio of recurring revenue to total revenue The directors consider the above ratios to be at acceptable levels for the period ended 31 December 2023.
This report was approved by the board on 23 September 2024 and signed on its behalf.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES 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.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙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 to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £376,677 (2022 - £393,569).
The directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend.
The directors who served during the year were:
The company is budgeted to continue to trade profitably and to pursue opportunities to improve its financial performance and financial position in the year to 31 December 2024.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.
The auditors, Barnes Roffe LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Castleton Technologies Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, 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).
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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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 Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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.
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 law and regulations, was as follows: • The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; • We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussion with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the software and technology sector in which the company operates; • The specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, are as follows; • Companies Act 2006 • FRS102 • Health and Safety legislation • Employment legislation • Tax legislation • We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing board minutes and inspecting relevant legal and other correspondence; and • Laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team at the planning meeting, and during the audit as any further laws and regulation were identified. The audit team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by: • Making enquires of management as to where they consider there was susceptibility to fraud and their knowledge of actual suspected and alleged fraud; • Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; • Reviewing the financial statements and testing the disclosures against supporting documentation; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected trends or anomalies; • Inspecting and testing journal entries to identify unusual or unexpected transactions; • Assessing whether judgement and assumptions made in determining significant accounting estimates, including certain year end accruals and provisions, were indicative of management bias; and investigating the rationale behind significant transactions, or transactions that are unusual or outside the company’s usual course of business.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The areas that we identified as being susceptible to misstatement through fraud were:
• Management bias in the estimates and judgements made; • Management override of controls; and • Posting of unusual journals or transactions. 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 Auditors' 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 an Auditors' 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 members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Charles Lake House
Claire Causeway
Crossways Business Park
Kent
DA2 6QA
Date:
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 06193446
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 11 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Castleton Technologies Limited is a private company limited by share capital and incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 9 King Street, London, EC2V 8EA. The principal activity of the company is that of the provision of IT infrastructure and support for businesses, provision of document management, process management, customer relationship management solutions, provision of IT consultancy, IT solutions and software support to the housing association sector.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
• the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; • the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d); • the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7. This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of MRI Software Limited as at 31 December 2023 and these financial statements may be obtained from 9 King Street, London, EC2V 8EA.
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Income from development and consultancy, including training, is recognised as these services are provided to the customer.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on the following basis:
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 profit or loss.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are charged as an expense to profit or loss in the year that the company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the balance sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.
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 in the company's Balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other receivables due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instruments any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other payables, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price after transaction costs. When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade payables are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade payables are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
No significant judgements have had to be made by the company in preparing these financial statements. b) Key accounting estimates and assumptions Usefuel economic lives of tangible fixed assets The company has made key assumptions regarding the useful economic life of tangible fixed assets and this is further described in note 2.9 of the accounting policies. Bad debt provision The company has made key estimates in respect of the level of bad debt provision required. A general provision is held, as well as specific provisions being made where the recoverability of debts is uncertain. Commissions and bonus accruals The company makes key estimates in respect of the level of commissions and bonuses to accrue into the financial statements at the year end. Management makes this estimate based on the bookings made and the corresponding remuneration package as at the year end for commissions and an expected percentage of salary regarding bonuses
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principal activity of the company, which continued to be the provision of IT infrastructure and support for businesses, provision of document management, process management, customer relationship management solutions, provision of IT consultancy, IT solutions and software support to the housing association sector.
A geographical analysis of turnover has not been provided as permitted by the Companies Act 2006.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The company has tax losses carried forward of £Nil (2022: £752,968) to use against future trading profits.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
In the prior year it has been noted that management charges had been incorrectly classified in the profit or loss, as such, this has been corrected in the current year by a prior year adjustment to ensure the disclosure is consistent with the current year.
The impact of this adjustment is a reduction in other operating income of £1,976,401 and a decrease in administrative expenses of £1,976,401.
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CASTLETON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The ultimate parent company in the UK is MRI Software Limited, a company incorporated in England and
Wales. MRI Software Limited produces financial statements incorporating the results of Castleton Technologies Limited which can be obtained from 9 King Street, London, EC2V 8EA. MRI Software Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of MRI Software LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Delaware, USA. The ultimate parent company is MRI Intermediate Holdings LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Delaware, USA.
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