REGISTERED NUMBER: |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
FOR |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
FOR |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Report of the Director | 2 |
Independent Auditors' Report | 3 |
Income Statement | 7 |
Statement of Financial Position | 8 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 9 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 10 |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
DIRECTOR: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors |
Central House |
1 Ballards Lane |
London |
N31LQ |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
CHANGE OF NAME |
The company passed a special resolution on 10 June 2024 changing its name from |
DIRECTOR |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES |
The director is responsible for preparing the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to: |
- | select suitable accounting policies 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 director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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 AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, N7 Accountants Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of B2BSTARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (EX. EXPANDI MATCH LIMITED) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise of the Income Statement, the Statement of financial position, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes 1 to 13 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 FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
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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 Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the 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 director's 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant |
sections of this report. However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this statement is not a guarantee as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. |
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 with 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. |
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. |
Opinions 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 Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Report of the Director has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
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. |
Responsibilities of director |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page two, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
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 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. |
Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud |
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 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. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, |
including fraud is detailed below. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and management. |
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws was as follows: |
- We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the Company and determined that the most significant are those relating to the reporting framework (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and the relevant direct and indirect tax compliance regulations. |
- 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 directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the company's activity. |
- 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, taxation legislation and data protection. |
- We understood how B2BSTARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (EX. EXPANDI MATCH LIMITED) is complying with those frameworks by making enquiries with management to understand how the group maintains and communicates its policies and procedures to ensure compliance. We corroborated this through our review of the group's board minutes. We also reviewed correspondence with the relevant tax authorities regarding tax compliance. |
- 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 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; and |
- understanding the potential incentives and pressures for management to manipulate the financial statements and performed procedures to understand the areas in which this would most likely arise. Based on our risk assessment procedures on this Company as a holding entity, we identified management override of controls as our fraud risk. |
- To address our fraud risk of management 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 any accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; |
- 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. |
- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance. |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
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. |
Description of the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report. |
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 Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditors |
Central House |
1 Ballards Lane |
London |
N31LQ |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
INCOME STATEMENT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Cost of sales | ( |
) |
GROSS LOSS | ( |
) |
Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OPERATING LOSS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest payable and similar expenses |
(LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 5 | ( |
) |
Tax on (loss)/profit |
(LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
( |
) |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION |
31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 6 |
Tangible assets | 7 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 8 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 9 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Retained earnings | ( |
) | ( |
) |
( |
) | ( |
) |
The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 January 2022 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2022 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Balance at 31 December 2023 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
B2B Stars International Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. |
The going concern basis is considered not appropriate by the director as the entity ceased trading during the reporting period and the management intends to liquidate the Company in the next 12 months. |
Related party exemption |
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
Intangible assets |
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Fixture and fitting 33.33% straight line |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
The entity recognises a financial asset or a financial liability only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial assets |
The company's financial assets comprise basic financial instruments, being trade and other receivables, amounts owed by group undertakings, cash and bank balances. |
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of no more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months or less from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value. |
Trade, other receivable and amounts owed by group undertakings are measured at transaction price less any impairment. Any impairment loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss. |
Basic debt instruments and commitments to receive a loan and to make a loan to another entity that meet the conditions in FRS 102:11.8(c) can, after initial recognition, be measured at fair value through profit or loss, provided that this results in more relevant information. |
Financial assets are derecognised when contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expires or are settled, or when substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred. |
Financial liabilities |
The company's financial liabilities comprise of basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables. These are initially recognised at transaction price. |
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. |
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled, or expires. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position 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. |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Going concern |
The Company ceased trading in the reporting period and the management intends to liquidate the entity in due course within the next 12 months. |
For this reason the entity is not regarded by the management to be a going concern and accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. |
No material adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2022 - NIL). |
4. | EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Exceptional items |
5. | (LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
The loss (2022 - profit) is stated after charging: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Computer software amortisation |
6. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Other |
intangible |
assets |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Reclassification/transfer | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Reclassification/transfer | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
B2B STARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 10056591) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
7. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Disposals | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
10. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The immediate and ultimate parent company is Expandi Limited, Expandi Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ |