Company Registration No. 04506726 (England and Wales)
LIFE AT LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
LIFE AT LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
R M Conway
P L Huberman
G H Sacks
Company number
04506726
Registered office
3rd Floor
Sterling House
Langston Road
Loughton
Essex
IG10 3TS
Auditor
Buzzacott LLP
130 Wood Street
London
EC2V 6DL
LIFE AT LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Statement of financial position
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 14
LIFE AT LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company.

 

On the 8 October 2023 the company sold its underlying investment in Life at Parliament View for £20.5 million.

Results and dividends

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £19,800,000 (2023: £1,000,000). 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:

R M Conway
P L Huberman
G H Sacks
Auditor

The auditor, Buzzacott LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

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:

 

 

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.

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.

LIFE AT LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

On behalf of the board
R M Conway
Director
7 October 2024
LIFE AT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF LIFE AT LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Life At Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity 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:

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.

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.

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 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.

LIFE AT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF LIFE AT LIMITED
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Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

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:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the statement of directors' responsibilities, 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:

 

How the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

 

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:

 

 

 

LIFE AT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF LIFE AT LIMITED
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We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through:

 

 

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

 

 

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

 

 

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.

 

LIFE AT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF LIFE AT LIMITED
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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 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.

Philip Westerman (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Buzzacott LLP, Statutory Auditor
7 October 2024
130 Wood Street
London
EC2V 6DL
LIFE AT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Administrative expenses
(523,740)
-
0
Other operating income
3
20,551,144
-
0
Operating profit
20,027,404
-
Investment income
5
1,903,632
1,000,000
Profit before taxation
21,931,036
1,000,000
Tax on profit
-
0
-
0
Profit for the financial year
21,931,036
1,000,000

The statement of comprehensive income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 10 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
LIFE AT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 MARCH 2024
31 March 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Non-current assets
Investments
7
50,002
2,000
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
9
2,030,281
4
Cash and cash equivalents
53,677
-
0
2,083,958
4
Current liabilities
10
(2,520)
(1,600)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
2,081,438
(1,596)
Net assets
2,131,440
404
Equity
Called up share capital
11
10
10
Retained earnings
2,131,430
394
Total equity
2,131,440
404

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 7 October 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
R M Conway
Director
Company Registration No. 04506726
The notes on pages 10 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
LIFE AT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Share capital
Retained earnings
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2022
10
394
404
Year ended 31 March 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
1,000,000
1,000,000
Dividends
6
-
(1,000,000)
(1,000,000)
Balance at 31 March 2023
10
394
404
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
21,931,036
21,931,036
Dividends
6
-
(19,800,000)
(19,800,000)
Balance at 31 March 2024
10
2,131,430
2,131,440
LIFE AT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Life At Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 3rd Floor, Sterling House, Langston Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3TS.

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

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 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS102 Section 1A Small Entities requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the accounting policies. The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

1.2
Going concern

The directors have assessed the company’s cashflow forecasts and they are satisfied that there is sufficient available cash for at least the next twelve months to meet the operating needs of the companytrue. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.

1.3
Non-current 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.

1.4
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.5
Financial instruments

Financial assets, other than investments, are initially measured at transaction price and subsequently held at cost, less any impairment.

 

Financial liabilities are measured initially at transaction price and subsequently at amortised cost.

 

Financial liabilities and equity are classified according to the substance of the instrument's contractual obligation, rather than its legal form.

 

Finance costs are charged to profit and loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest rate method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount.

LIFE AT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.7

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.

1.8

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.

1.9

Dividends

Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimate and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the reporting date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates.

3
Other operating income
2024
2023
£
£
Exceptional profit on disposal of investment
20,545,000
-
Sundry income
6,144
-
0
20,551,144
-
4
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
-
0
-
0
LIFE AT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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5
Investment income
2024
2023
£
£
Investment income includes the following:
Income from shares in group undertakings
1,903,632
1,000,000
6
Dividends
2024
2023
£
£
Dividends paid
19,800,000
1,000,000
7
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
50,002
2,000
Movements in non-current investments
Investments
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2023
2,000
Additions
99,983
Disposals
(2,001)
At 31 March 2024
99,982
Impairment
At 1 April 2023
-
Impairment losses
49,980
At 31 March 2024
49,980
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2024
50,002
At 31 March 2023
2,000
8
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 March 2024 are as follows:

LIFE AT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
8
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
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Name of undertaking
Address
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Resi Developments Limited
1
Ordinary
100.00
Life Residential PTE Ltd
2
Ordinary
100.00

Registered office addresses (all UK unless otherwise indicated):

1
3rd Floor Sterling House, Langston Road, Loughton, Essex, England, IG10 3TS
2
127 Devonshire Road, Singapore, 239885
9
Trade and other receivables
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other receivables
2,030,281
4

Included within other receivables is the second deferred consideration payment of £2 million, which is receivable six months from the date of the investment disposal, in April 2024.

10
Current liabilities
2024
2023
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,520
1,600
11
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A shares of £0.00001 each
360,000
360,000
4
4
Ordinary B shares of £0.00001 each
640,000
640,000
6
6
1,000,000
1,000,000
10
10

The ordinary A and ordinary B shares rank pari passu in all respects.

 

Following the completion of the sale of Life at Parliament View Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary the dividends paid to the respective shareholders was £19.80 per ordinary A and B share totaling £19,800,000.

LIFE AT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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12
Parent company

The immediate parent company is Galliard Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, and the ultimate holding company is Galliard Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.

 

Galliard Group Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from 3rd floor Sterling House, Langston Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3TS or from Companies House.

 

In the opinion of the directors, the controlling party is Stephen Conway, a director who holds more than 50% of voting rights.

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