Company Registration No. 05511665 (England and Wales)
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr R J Cook
Mr R L Simmonds
Company number
05511665
Registered office
1350-1360 Montpellier Court
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AH
Auditor
Kendall Wadley LLP
Granta Lodge
71 Graham Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 2JS
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3
Directors' responsibilities statement
4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Statement of cash flows
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 18
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors present the strategic report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The principal activity of the company is that of a holding company for a UK financial services group of companies.
Review of the business
The results for the company show a pre tax profit of £2,011,051 for the period (2022 : £2,824,301).
The company has no external borrowing and shareholder's funds amount to £32,415 (2022 : £12,202).
The group has developed new products and services and expanded its distribution network to exploit these opportunities. As such, the directors expect the group to continue to develop new opportunities and focus on growth of revenue streams.
The board is satisfied with the overall performance of the of the group this year and expects revenues to grow modestly in the next year.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Key risks and uncertainties relate to inflation and base rate increases. Investments performed in line with expectations. The group has continued to raise a healthy flow of new funds and investment management activities continue to generate revenue. The management team are confident in the group's resilience and ability to trade and adjust to the ‘new normal’.
Section 172 (1) Statement
The Directors have acted in a way that they considered, in good faith, to be the most likely to promote the success of Blackfinch Group Limited for the benefit of its stakeholders, and in doing so had regard, amongst other matters to:
the likely consequences of any decision in the long term,
the interests of the company's employees,
the need to foster the company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others,
the impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment,
the desirability of the company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct, and
the need to act fairly as between members of the company.
These matters were achieved by the Directors in the following ways:
Long term view
The Directors carry out a robust and thorough assessment of the risks faced by the company, this enables the strategic objectives and long-term viability of the company and allows it to remain in a healthy and stable condition.
Employees
Our employees are critical to the progression of the company moving forwards, we value every member and improve systems to enhance the working environment where possible. The working conditions (post Covid-19) have allowed our teams to flexibly work from home. An enhanced employee benefits package is also in place.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Customers
We aim to deliver a truly outstanding customer experience that is clear, concise and provide a rewarding journey.
We have made a portal which empowers our customers to obtain real time information and have efficient communication channels that enables strong business relationships.
Suppliers
We aim to treat suppliers fairly and pay them within agreed timescales, holding ourselves to high standards of business conduct.
Community and environment
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a core pillar of the company’s framework. We work to ensure that any impact on the environment is positive; that we always consider social responsibility; and that the Group makes governance a priority.
Mr R J Cook
Director
10 September 2024
BLACKFINCH GROUP 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.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company for a UK financial services group of companies.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £2,000,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr R J Cook
Mr R L Simmonds
Auditor
In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Kendall Wadley LLP be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.
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.
On behalf of the board
Mr R J Cook
Director
10 September 2024
BLACKFINCH GROUP 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:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements 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 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.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Blackfinch Group 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, the statement of cash flows 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 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.
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.
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 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.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our 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.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKFINCH GROUP 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 strategic report or 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 remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
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.
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:
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 discussions with management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the industry;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006 and taxation legislation;
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the 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 enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, 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.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators and the company’s legal advisors.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that 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.
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 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.
Elizabeth Needham ACA CTA (VAT) (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Kendall Wadley LLP
10 September 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Granta Lodge
71 Graham Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 2JS
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Administrative expenses
(38,949)
(34,067)
Interest receivable and similar income
4
2,050,000
2,858,368
Profit before taxation
2,011,051
2,824,301
Tax on profit
6
9,162
6,473
Profit for the financial year
2,020,213
2,830,774
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
8
379,920
379,920
Current assets
Debtors
10
9,312
63,929
Cash at bank and in hand
4,692
1,068
14,004
64,997
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
11
(361,509)
(432,715)
Net current liabilities
(347,505)
(367,718)
Net assets
32,415
12,202
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
1,000
1,000
Own shares
(120)
(120)
Profit and loss reserves
31,535
11,322
Total equity
32,415
12,202
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 10 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr R J Cook
Director
Company registration number 05511665 (England and Wales)
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Share capital
Own shares
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2022
1,000
(120)
8,916
9,796
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
2,830,774
2,830,774
Dividends
7
-
-
(2,828,368)
(2,828,368)
Balance at 31 December 2022
1,000
(120)
11,322
12,202
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
2,020,213
2,020,213
Dividends
7
-
-
(2,000,000)
(2,000,000)
Balance at 31 December 2023
1,000
(120)
31,535
32,415
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash absorbed by operations
15
(5,538)
(6,041)
Income taxes refunded
9,162
6,473
Net cash inflow from operating activities
3,624
432
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
3,624
432
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
1,068
636
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
4,692
1,068
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Blackfinch Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 1350-1360 Montpellier Court, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AH.
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.
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.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
Blackfinch Group Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BF Inter Limited and the results of Blackfinch Group Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of BF Inter Limited which are available from 1350-1360 Montpellier Court, Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, GL3 4AH.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group of which this company is part has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
1.4
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand are basic financial assets and include cash in hand.
1.5
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ 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.
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.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors 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 transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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 creditors and loans from fellow group companies 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. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.6
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.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.7
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently receivable.
Current tax
The tax currently receivable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account 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.
Group relief
Group relief is paid for in full at the rate of tax prevailing in connection with the savings made by the surrender of losses from fellow group undertakings.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount 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 where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
3
Operating loss
2023
2022
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
1,980
1,800
4
Interest receivable and similar income
2023
2022
£
£
Income from fixed asset investments
Income from shares in group undertakings
2,050,000
2,858,368
5
Employees
There were no employees during the year apart from the 2 directors (2022 2 directors).
6
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
Current tax
Group tax relief
(9,162)
(6,473)
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
6
Taxation
(Continued)
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The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Profit before taxation
2,011,051
2,824,301
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19.00%)
473,019
536,617
Dividend income
(482,181)
(543,090)
Taxation credit for the year
(9,162)
(6,473)
The company has estimated trading losses of £56,049 (2022 : £ 56,049) available for carry forward against future trading profits.
The company has estimated non trading loan relationship losses of £13,952 (2022 : £13,952) available to carry forward against future non trading loan relationship profits.
No provision has been made for a deferred tax asset in respect of accumulated losses as the director does not believe that these will be utilised in the foreseeable future.
7
Dividends
2023
2022
£
£
Dividend paid
2,000,000
2,828,368
8
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
9
379,920
379,920
9
Subsidiaries
Separate company financial statements are required to be prepared by law. Consolidated financial statements for the Blackfinch Group Limited are consolidated into BF Inter Ltd accounts and are publicly available.
These financial statements are separate company financial statements for 31 December 2023.
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2023 are as follows:
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
9
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
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Name of undertaking
Address
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Blackfinch Adaptations plc
*
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
Blackfinch Corporate Services Limited
*
Financial services
Ordinary
100.00
Blackfinch Financial Limited
*
Financial Services
Ordinary
100.00
Blackfinch Investments Limited
*
Agency Services
Ordinary
100.00
Origin Investments Limited
*
Financial brokering services
Ordinary
100.00
rcs Solutions Limited
*
Financial services and rental
Ordinary
100.00
Blackfinch Holdings Limited
*
Financial Investments
Ordinary
100.00
Blackfinch Energy Ltd
*
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
Feather Pensions Limited
*
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
Registered office addresses (all UK unless otherwise indicated):
*
1350-1360 Montpellier Court, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AH
The aggregate capital and reserves and the result for the year of the subsidiaries noted above was as follows:
Name of undertaking
Capital and Reserves
Profit/(Loss)
£
£
Blackfinch Adaptations plc
50,000
Blackfinch Corporate Services Limited
14,720
(4,703)
Blackfinch Financial Limited
(141,810)
53,898
Blackfinch Investments Limited
4,700,769
3,379,005
Origin Investments Limited
747,225
446,143
rcs Solutions Limited
170,001
(163,266)
Blackfinch Holdings Limited
30,197
30,196
Blackfinch Energy Ltd
1
Feather Pensions Limited
1
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
10
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
150
5,050
Amounts owed by group undertakings
9,162
36,473
Prepayments and accrued income
22,406
9,312
63,929
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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11
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
23,715
Amounts owed to group undertakings
355,227
407,200
Accruals and deferred income
6,282
1,800
361,509
432,715
12
Share capital
2023
2022
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
630 Ordinary A Shares of £1 each
630
630
50 Ordinary B Shares of £1 each
50
50
100 Ordinary C Shares of £1 each
100
100
200 Ordinary D Shares of £1 each
200
200
20 Ordinary E Shares of £1 each
20
20
1,000
1,000
The holders of the A and B ordinary £1 shares are entitled to receive notice of and attend and vote at any General Meeting duly convened and held by the company. The holders of the remaining classes of shares are entitled to receive notice of but not vote at any General Meeting duly convened and held by the company.
All classes of shares may receive a dividend if voted to the holders of that category of share and all are entitled to participate in the winding up of the company.
As part of the restructuring of this group on 31 July 2014 the E ordinary shares were surrendered for ownership by the company becoming treasury shares.
During 2015 the C ordinary shares were repurchased and surrendered for ownership by the company becoming treasury shares.
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Ultimate controlling party
The immediate parent company is BF Inter Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, which owns 100% of the issued share capital. The ultimate controlling party is Richard Cook who owns 55% of the share capital in BF Inter Limited.
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Related party transactions
The company is a 100% owned subsidiary of BF Inter Limited. The company has therefore elected to make use of the exemption provided in FRS102.33.1A (Related Party Transactions) not to disclose related party transactions with other members of the group.
BLACKFINCH GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Cash absorbed by operations
2023
2022
£
£
Profit for the year after tax
2,020,213
2,830,774
Adjustments for:
Taxation credited
(9,162)
(6,473)
Investment income
(2,050,000)
(2,858,368)
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
54,617
(11,104)
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
(21,206)
39,130
Cash absorbed by operations
(5,538)
(6,041)
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Analysis of changes in net funds
1 January 2023
Cash flows
31 December 2023
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
1,068
3,624
4,692
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