REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Report of the Members and |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
for |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Report of the Members and |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
for |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
Page |
General Information | 1 |
Report of the Members | 2 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
Statement of Comprehensive Income | 7 |
Balance Sheet | 8 |
Reconciliation of Members' Interests | 9 |
Cash Flow Statement | 11 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
General Information |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
DESIGNATED MEMBERS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors & |
Chartered Accountants |
1 Charterhouse Mews |
London |
EC1M 6BB |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Report of the Members |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
The members present their report with the financial statements of the LLP for the year ended 31 March 2024. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the LLP in the year under review was that of providing fixed income capital markets services. As of 1 April 2014, the LLP became registered as authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its own right, with the firm registration number 583157. |
DESIGNATED MEMBERS |
The designated members during the year under review were: |
RESULTS FOR THE YEAR AND ALLOCATION TO MEMBERS |
The profit for the year before members' remuneration and profit shares was £1,091,635 (2023 - £942,861 profit). |
MEMBERS' INTERESTS |
The members participate in the profits and losses of the LLP in the proportions set out in the agreement between the members. |
Members receive drawings by way of regular monthly payments that take into account the need to maintain sufficient funds to finance working capital and other needs of the business. These drawings are treated as a reduction in the balance due to members. The final division of profits to members is made at the Balance Sheet date. |
STATEMENT OF MEMBERS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The members are responsible for preparing the Report of the Members and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Legislation applicable to limited liability partnerships requires the members to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the members have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under legislation applicable to limited liability partnerships the members 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 LLP and of the profit or loss of the LLP for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the members 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 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 LLP will continue in business. |
The members are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the LLP's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the LLP and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 as applied to LLPs by the Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the LLP and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the members are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the LLP's auditors are unaware, and each member has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a member in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the LLP's auditors are aware of that information. |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Report of the Members |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Anstey Bond LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Lindisfarne Partners LLP (the 'LLP') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Reconciliation of Members' Interests, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Financial Statements, 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). |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the LLP's affairs as at 31 March 2024 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 as applied to LLPs by the Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008. |
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 Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the LLP 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 members' 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 LLP'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 members with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
Other information |
The members are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Members, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 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. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 as applied to LLPs 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 |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
Responsibilities of members |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Members' Responsibilities set out on page two, the members 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 members determine 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 members are responsible for assessing the LLP'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 members either intend to liquidate the LLP or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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: |
We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws an regulations, including fraud. We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion. |
We focussed on laws and regulations which could give rise to material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation and enquiries with management. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above, and the further removed non - compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relation to irregularities, including fraud. As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud. |
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 Report of the Auditors. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
Use of our report |
This report is made solely to the LLP's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 as applied to LLPs by the Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the LLP's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the LLP and the LLP's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditors & |
Chartered Accountants |
1 Charterhouse Mews |
London |
EC1M 6BB |
Anstey Bond LLP |
1 Charterhouse Mews. London. EC1M 6BB |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Statement of Comprehensive |
Income |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OPERATING PROFIT | 4 |
Interest receivable and similar income |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR BEFORE MEMBERS' REMUNERATION AND PROFIT SHARES AVAILABLE FOR DISCRETIONARY DIVISION AMONG MEMBERS |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
Revaluation of Investment |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
3,503 |
10,620 |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Balance Sheet |
31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Investments | 6 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 7 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
and |
NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MEMBERS |
1,518,126 |
1,376,848 |
LOANS AND OTHER DEBTS DUE TO MEMBERS |
9 |
888,126 |
746,848 |
MEMBERS' OTHER INTERESTS |
Capital accounts | 630,000 | 630,000 |
1,518,126 | 1,376,848 |
TOTAL MEMBERS' INTERESTS |
Loans and other debts due to members | 9 | 888,126 | 746,848 |
Members' other interests | 630,000 | 630,000 |
1,518,126 | 1,376,848 |
The financial statements were approved by the members of the LLP and authorised for issue on |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Reconciliation of Members' Interests |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
EQUITY |
Members' other interests |
Members' |
capital |
(classified |
as | Other |
equity) | reserves | Total |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 April 2023 | 630,000 | - | 630,000 |
Profit for the financial year available for discretionary division among members |
- |
1,091,635 |
1,091,635 |
Members' interests after profit for the year | 630,000 | 1,091,635 | 1,721,635 |
Other divisions of profit | - | (1,091,635 | ) | (1,091,635 | ) |
Drawings on account and distributions of profit | - | - | - |
Balance at 31 March 2024 | 630,000 | - | 630,000 |
DEBT | TOTAL |
Loans and other debts due to | MEMBERS' |
members less any amounts due | INTERESTS |
from members in debtors |
Other |
amounts | Total |
£ | £ |
Amount due to members | 746,848 |
Amount due from members | - |
Balance at 1 April 2023 | 746,848 | 1,376,848 |
Profit for the financial year available for discretionary division among members |
- |
1,091,635 |
Members' interests after profit for the year | 746,848 | 2,468,483 |
Other divisions of profit | 1,091,635 | - |
Drawings on account and distributions of profit | (950,357 | ) | (950,357 | ) |
Amount due to members | 888,126 |
Amount due from members | - |
Balance at 31 March 2024 | 888,126 | 1,518,126 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Reconciliation of Members' Interests |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
EQUITY |
Members' other interests |
Members' |
capital |
(classified |
as | Other |
equity) | reserves | Total |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 April 2022 | 630,000 | - | 630,000 |
Profit for the financial year available for discretionary division among members |
- |
942,861 |
942,861 |
Members' interests after profit for the year | 630,000 | 942,861 | 1,572,861 |
Other divisions of profit | - | (942,861 | ) | (942,861 | ) |
Drawings on account and distributions of profit | - | - | - |
Balance at 31 March 2023 | 630,000 | - | 630,000 |
DEBT | TOTAL |
Loans and other debts due to | MEMBERS' |
members less any amounts due | INTERESTS |
from members in debtors |
Other |
amounts | Total |
£ | £ |
Amount due to members | 1,021,448 |
Amount due from members | - |
Balance at 1 April 2022 | 1,021,448 | 1,651,448 |
Profit for the financial year available for discretionary division among members |
- |
942,861 |
Members' interests after profit for the year | 1,021,448 | 2,594,309 |
Other divisions of profit | 942,861 | - |
Drawings on account and distributions of profit | (1,217,461 | ) | (1,217,461 | ) |
Amount due to members | 746,848 |
Amount due from members | - |
Balance at 31 March 2023 | 746,848 | 1,376,848 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Cash Flow Statement |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 12 |
Net cash from operating activities |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Sale of fixed asset investments |
(Gain)\Loss on revaluation of investment | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest received |
Net cash from investing activities |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Transactions with members and former | members |
Payments to members | (950,357 | ) | (1,217,461 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (950,357 | ) | (1,217,461 | ) |
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
13 |
1,644,645 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 13 | 706,599 | 926,914 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP is registered in England and Wales. The LLP's registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
After reviewing the Partnerships forecasts and projects, the members have a reasonable expectation that the LLP has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements therefore have been prepared on a Going Concern basis. |
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 £. |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. Income in the year relates to the following services: |
2024 | 2023 |
Brokerage services | 1,126,951 | 981,575 |
Revenue recognition |
Broking is transacted on an arranging, execution and give-up basis. Revenue is recognised as the spread commission on a trade date basis. |
Investment |
The fixed asset investment included within the financial statement relates to a lender account being acquired. The asset is recognised at its fair value at the year end date. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet 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. |
Classification of share of profits in the cash flow statement |
Discretionary amounts due to members in respect of their participation of rights in the profits of the LLP for the financial year are classed as equity until allocation is approved by the members. The allocation to the members of residual profits for a financial year occurs at the Balance Sheet date. A member's share in the profit or loss for the year is accounted for as an allocation of profits. Unallocated profit and losses are included within 'Other reserves'. |
Drawings are included as a reduction in the balance due to members. |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Allocation of profits and drawings |
Discretionary amounts due to members in respect of their participation of rights in the profits of the LLP for the financial year are classed as equity until allocation is approved by the members. The allocation to the members of residual profits for a financial year occurs at the Balance Sheet date. A member's share in the profit or loss for the year is accounted for as an allocation of profits. Unallocated profit and losses are included within 'Other reserves'. |
Drawings are included as a reduction in the balance due to members. |
Taxation |
Members are personally liable for taxation on their share of their profits. Consequently no reserve for taxation is made in these accounts. |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank and in hand and highly liquid interest-bearing securities with maturities of three months or less. In the cash-flow statement, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts, which are included as current borrowings in liabilities on the balance sheet. |
Trade and other debtors |
Trade and other debtors that are receivable within one year and do not constitute a financing transaction are recorded at the undiscounted amount expected to be received, net of impairment. Those that are receivable after more than one year or that constitute a financing transaction are recorded initially at fair value less transaction costs and subsequently at amortised cost, net of impairment. |
Trade and other creditors |
Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost. |
3. | EMPLOYEE INFORMATION |
There were no staff costs for the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for the year ended 31 March 2023. |
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL). |
4. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Auditors' remuneration |
5. | INFORMATION IN RELATION TO MEMBERS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
The amount of profit attributable to the member with the largest entitlement was | 888,126 | 746,848 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
The average number of members during the year was | 4 | 4 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
6. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£ |
COST OR VALUATION |
At 1 April 2023 |
Disposals | ( |
) |
Revaluations |
At 31 March 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 |
At 31 March 2023 |
Cost or valuation at 31 March 2024 is represented by: |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£ |
Valuation in 2022 | 31,053 |
Valuation in 2023 | (25,380 | ) |
Valuation in 2024 | (5,673 | ) |
Cost | 9,176 |
9,176 |
7. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
Prepayments and accrued income |
8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Other creditors |
Accruals and deferred income |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
9. | LOANS AND OTHER DEBTS DUE TO MEMBERS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed to members in respect of profits | 888,126 | 746,848 |
Falling due within one year | 888,126 | 746,848 |
10. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
In the opinion of the designated members of the LLP, there was neither an immediate controlling party nor an ultimate controlling party during the accounting period. |
11. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
UCG Finance Limited, the appointed corporate member of the partnership, was bound by an agreement with Lindisfarne Partners LLP, dated 1 March 2020, whereby UCG Finance Limited would be a corporate partner. UCG Finance Limited had a balance of £350,000 (2023: £350,000) as equity and £280,000 (2023: £280,000) as debt. |
UCG Finance Limited funds and will continue to fund the working capital of Lindisfarne Partners LLP. Lindisfarne Partners LLP records these transactions as prepayments in the balance sheet, which are recharged to UCG Finance Limited at the year end date. At the year end the amount owed to the partnership in respect of the prepayment was £729,788 (2023: £687,981). In return, UCG Finance Limited receives a profit distribution from Lindisfarne Partners LLP, this amounted to £888,126 (2023: £746,855). |
12. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR BEFORE MEMBERS' REMUNERATION AND PROFIT SHARES AVAILABLE FOR DISCRETIONARY DIVISION AMONG MEMBERS TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Profit for the financial year before members' remuneration and profit shares available for discretionary division among members |
1,091,635 |
942,861 |
Finance income | (5,699 | ) | (1,193 | ) |
1,085,936 | 941,668 |
Increase in trade and other debtors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Decrease in trade and other creditors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash generated from operations |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
13. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 1.4.23 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 706,599 | 926,914 |
Year ended 31 March 2023 |
31.3.23 | 1.4.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 926,914 | 1,644,645 |
14. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS/(DEBT) |
Other |
non-cash |
At 1.4.23 | Cash flow | changes | At 31.3.24 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank | 926,914 | (220,315 | ) | 706,599 |
926,914 | ( |
) | 706,599 |
Net funds (before |
members' debt) | 926,914 | (220,315 | ) | - | 706,599 |
Loans and other debts |
due to members |
Other amounts |
due to members | (746,848 | ) | 950,357 | (1,091,635 | ) | (888,126 | ) |
Net funds/(debt) | 180,066 | 730,042 | (1,091,635 | ) | (181,527 | ) |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
15. | FCA RISK DISCLOSURES |
Background |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (the "firm) is an matched principal investment broker regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority's ("FCA") and subject to disclosures on its risk management policies and procedures in accordance with the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) and MIFIDPRU regulations. |
These disclosures are published on at least an annual basis and based on the position of Lindisfarne Partners LLP as at 31 March 2024, its financial year end. The disclosures are not subject to audit, except where they are equivalent to those included in the audited financial statements of the company. |
Governance Framework |
The firm's partners form the governing body providing oversight and take responsibility for the strategic leadership of the partnership, within a framework of good corporate governance and prudent and effective controls enabling risk to be assessed and managed. |
The partners constitute the Risk Committee, though as an matched principal broker, the firm faces reduced risks. The partners set the partnerships' strategic aims, ensuring financial and human resources are in place to meet its objectives and regularly review performance. |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among its workforce, and eliminating discrimination through policies that promote equal opportunities in the recruitment, training and development its members. |
Risk management objectives |
The partners of the firm assess the risks faced by the firm on an ongoing basis through its Internal Capital Adequacy and Risk Assessment (ICARA) process, with the aim to operate a defined and transparent risk management framework. These policies and procedures are updated as required |
The firm has identified the material risk types to which it is exposed as follows: |
Operational Risk |
Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from internal processes which are inadequate or have failed due to human errors, system failures, or external events. The firm is exposed to operational risk within its core business, with the loss of key staff identified as having potential to negatively impact the firm's financial activity and performance. |
The firm seeks to manage and mitigate operational risk through continuously improving processes and control, regular internal reporting and encouraging a positive and proactive management and operational risk culture. |
Business Risk |
Business risk encompasses the exposure to uncertainty in wider economic and competitive environment and the impact on the firm's ability to carry out its stated business plan. The risk is managed with a long-term focus, assisted by appropriate management oversight to maintain high investment performance and trade execution levels for clients. |
Concentration Risk |
The firm has longstanding and strong relationships with its clients and does not have any direct exposure to a single client or group of connected clients. |
Liquidity risk |
The risk that the firm is unable to meet its liabilities as they fall due. To manage this risk the firm maintains a surplus of liquidity resources sufficient to meet current operational requirements that can be prudently foreseen as well as reasonable unexpected events on cost effective terms. The firm has resources in excess of its fixed overhead requirements. |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP (Registered number: OC346898) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31 March 2024 |
Capital Adequacy |
The firm conducts ongoing reviews of its internal systems and controls to ensure it maintains adequate financial resources to manage and mitigate the identified risks that may result in material harm or result in the winding down of the business. This assessment is performed through daily capital adequacy calculations and its Internal Capital Adequacy and Risk Assessment (ICARA) process. |
All capital requirements were met during the year under review |
Own Funds Requirement |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP regularly assesses its internal capital to ensure it meets the ongoing needs of the firm whilst maintaining a strong capital base to accommodate future developments in the business. At all times the firm ensures that it satisfies the MIFIDPRU 3 requirements that its total Own Funds are greater than 100% of its Own Funds Requirement as laid out under MIFIDPRU 4.3 |
The firms' own funds requirement for period ending 31 March 2024 was the greater of: |
- Permanent minimum capital requirement of £330,000 |
- Its calculated fixed overhead requirement of £87,000 |
- K-factor (only K-COH applies) requirement of £30,000 |
At the date of the financial statements the firm had total own funds of £630,000 comfortably exceeding its baseline requirements. A reconciliation of the firms' total own funds to the financial statements is as follows: |
Total Own Funds | £ |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital | 350,000 |
Additional Tier 1 Capital | - |
Tier 2 Capital | - |
Tier 3 Capital | 280,000 |
Total Own Funds | 630,000 |
Loans and other debts due to members | 888,126 |
Members capital accounts | 630,000 |
Amounts due from members | - |
Total Members Interests per Financial Statements | 1,518,126 |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP's own funds are comprised only of Common Equity Tier 1 items with no deductions from capital. |
Further Enquiries |
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Or Paul Baker |
Lindisfarne Partners LLP |
6 Snow Hill |
London |
EC1A 2AY |