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Registered number: 01858286










DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED










DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

 
DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
H T Salaam 
M B Sleiman (resigned 29 November 2023)
D J S Horner (appointed 29 November 2023)




Company secretary
S Kadi



Registered number
01858286



Registered office
150 Holborn

London

EC1N 2NS




Independent auditor
MHA

Victoria Court

17-21 Ashford Road

Maidstone

United Kingdom

ME14 5DA




Bankers
Europe Arab Bank PLC
13-15 Moorgate

London

EC2R 6AD





 
DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 

CONTENTS



Page
Directors' Report
 
 
1 - 2
Directors' Responsibilities Statement
 
 
3
Independent Auditor's Report
 
 
4 - 7
Statement of Income and Retained Earnings
 
 
8
Balance Sheet
 
 
9
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
 
10 - 13


 
DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) 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.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the Company is the provision of services in connection with engineering, urban development, town and regional planning and economic studies. The Company's workload is performed by companies within the Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners) Holdings Limited group. The Company itself has no employees or operating facilities. As such the future activities of the Company depend entirely on the requirements or preferences of clients of other group entities to contract with a UK group entity.
The directors consider that circumstances under which clients of other group entities require or prefer a UK contracting entity are likely to be infrequent and consequently the Company will shortly be struck off the company register.
Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments were required as a result of preparing the accounts on a basis other than as a going concern.

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

H T Salaam 
M B Sleiman (resigned 29 November 2023)
D J S Horner (appointed 29 November 2023)

Qualifying third party indemnity provisions

The Company carries an appropriate level of professional indemnity insurance cover for the size of the business and also has insurance cover for directors' and officers' liability.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' Report is approved has confirmed that: 
 
so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditor is unaware, and
the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information.

Auditor

The auditor, MHAwill be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

Small companies note

In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

The Company has also taken the exemption under section 414B not to prepare a strategic report.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
 





D J S Horner
Director

Date: 19 September 2024

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements 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 to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006They 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.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Dar Consultants (U.K.) Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe 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 loss 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 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 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.


Emphasis of matter - financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern


We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements, which explains that the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as the Company has ceased trading and there is an intention to strike off the Company. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.













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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED (CONTINUED)


Other information


The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditor's Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual ReportOur 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.


Opinion 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.


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 in relation to which 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 prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the Directors' Report and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.


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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED (CONTINUED)


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 3, 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.


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:

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;
reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and
enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims.


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 Auditor's Report.


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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED (CONTINUED)


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 2006Our 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 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 members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Duncan Cochrane-Dyet BSc BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of
MHA
Statutory Auditor
Maidstone
United Kingdom

25 September 2024
MHA is the trading name of MacIntyre Hudson LLP, a limited liability partnership in England and Wales (registered number OC312313)
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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2023
2022
£
£

  

Administrative expenses
  
(11,245)
(5,824)

Loss before tax
  
(11,245)
(5,824)

Tax on loss
  
2,533
1,107

Loss after tax
  
(8,712)
(4,717)

  

  

Retained earnings at the beginning of the year
  
309,406
314,123

  
309,406
314,123

Loss for the year
  
(8,712)
(4,717)

Retained earnings at the end of the year
  
300,694
309,406

All amounts relate to discontinuing activities in the current and prior year.
There were no recognised gains and losses for 2023 or 2022 other than those included in the statement of income and retained earnings.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 01858286

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023

2023
2022
Note
£
£

  

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 5 
585,956
583,839

Cash at bank and in hand
  
6,465
2,568

  
592,421
586,407

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 6 
(291,627)
(276,901)

Net current assets
  
 
 
300,794
 
 
309,506

  

Net assets
  
300,794
309,506


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
  
100
100

Profit and loss account
  
300,694
309,406

  
300,794
309,506


The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 




D J S Horner
Director

Date: 19 September 2024

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1.


General information

Dar Consultants (U.K.) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales within the United Kingdom. The address of the registered office is 150 Holborn, London, EC1N 2NS.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).

The financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Company, and rounded to the nearest £1.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Going concern

The Company is not trading. The directors consider that circumstances under which clients of other group entities require or prefer a UK contracting entity are likely to be infrequent and consequently the Company will shortly be struck off the company register.
Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. No adjustments were required as a result of preparing the accounts on a basis other than as a going concern.

 
2.3

Taxation

Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.

 
2.4

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset’s cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount.  Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount where the impairment loss is a revaluation decrease.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.5

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.6

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.7

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 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. 
 
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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.7
Financial instruments (continued)


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 receipts 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.

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.


3.


Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the Company’s accounting policies, which are described in note 2, the directors are required to make judgements (other than those involving estimations) that have a significant impact on the amounts recognised and to make estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements in applying the Company’s accounting policies
The following are the critical judgements, apart from those involving estimations (which are dealt with separately below), that the directors have made in the process of applying the Company’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty 
There were no key sources of estimation uncertainty.

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DAR CONSULTANTS (U.K.) LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

4.


Employees

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 2 (2022 - 2).


5.


Debtors

2023
2022
£
£


Amounts owed by group undertakings
584,680
583,839

Other debtors
1,276
-

585,956
583,839



6.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2023
2022
£
£

Trade creditors
2,944
-

Amounts owed to group undertakings
281,083
263,997

Accruals and deferred income
7,600
12,904

291,627
276,901



7.


Related party transactions

The Company has taken advantage of the FRS 102 paragraph 1AC.35 exemption not to disclose transactions with other members of the group that are wholly owned by the ultimate parent undertaking, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partners Holdings Ltd.


8.


Parent undertaking

The parent undertaking of the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared is, Dar Al-Handasah (UK) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales at the registered office address of 150 Holborn, London, EC1N 2NS.

 
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