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Company information
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Strategic report
Year ended 29 February 2024
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 29 February 2024 (‘FY24’).
Mandata Group Limited ('the company') is a parent company for a medium group comprising Mandata (Holdings) Limited, Mandata Solutions Limited, Mandata Network Limited, Eureka Information Systems Limited and Mandata (Management and Data Services) Ltd. Mandata (Management and Data Services) Limited is an indirect holding via Mandata (Holdings) Limited and therefore the company acts as an intermediate holding company.
In the prior year the business acquired Eureka Information Systems Limited, a company incorporated in Ireland. Future developments The company will be an intermediary holding company in the coming year and beyond. Financial key performance indicators Due to the nature of the business, financial key performance indicators are not relevant. Principal risks and uncertainties The principal risk to the company is impairment of the investment held in its indirect subsidiary, Mandata (Management and Data Services) Ltd. Mandata (Management and Data Services) Ltd is cash generating with healthy liquidity and is forecast to be so for the foreseeable future. Mandata Group Limited will continue to closely monitor the performance of its subsidiary to ensure no impairment is necessary.
This report was approved by the board on 27 November 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
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Directors' report
Year ended 29 February 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2024.
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £7,794,000 (2023: profit £628,000).
The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend (2023: £nil).
The directors who served during the year up to the date of signing the financial statements were:
A Farrell (resigned 1 March 2024)
N Duffy (appointed 8 July 2024)
A English (appointed 9 September 2024)
The following information, which would otherwise be disclosed in the directors' report is instead disclosed in the strategic report, as permitted by section 414c(11) of the Companies Act 2006:
- financial risk management objectives and policies - future developments
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.
Pursuant to section 487 of the Companies Act 2006 the auditor shall be deemed to be reappointed and UNW LLP will therefore continue in office.
This report was approved by the board on
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Directors' responsibilities statement
Year ended 29 February 2024
The directors are responsible for preparing the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 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.
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Independent auditor's report to the members of Mandata Group Limited
We have audited the financial statements of Mandata Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 29 February 2024, which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and the related notes, 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).
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.
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.
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Independent auditor's report to the members of Mandata Group Limited (continued)
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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the 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.
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.
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Independent auditor's report to the members of Mandata Group Limited (continued)
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:
We identified areas of law and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general and sector experience and through discussions with the directors and other management (as required by Auditing Standards) and from inspection of the company's legal correspondence and we discussed with the directors and other management the policies and procedures in place regarding compliance with the laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our audit team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. Firstly, the company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation (including related companies legislation), distributable profits legislation and taxation legislation and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. Secondly, the company is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines or litigation. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect; health and safety, employment law, data protection, environmental law and certain aspects of company legislation, recognising the nature of the company's activities. Auditing Standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Through these procedures we did not become aware of any actual or suspected non-compliance material to the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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Independent auditor's report to the members of Mandata Group Limited (continued)
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.
for and on behalf of UNW LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Statement of comprehensive income
Year ended 29 February 2024
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Balance sheet
At
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
Company registered number: 11216360
The notes on pages 12 to 20 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of changes in equity
Year ended 29 February 2024
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
Mandata Group Limited ('the company') is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales and incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006. The address of the registered office is given on the company information page of these financial statements. The nature of the company's operations and its principal activities are disclosed in the strategic report.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland' ('FRS 102') and the Companies Act 2006.
3.Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated.
These financial statements are the company's separate financial statements. The company is exempt by virtue of section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the basis that it is itself a subsidiary undertaking and is included in the consolidated financial statements of its parent undertaking, Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited, whose registered address is 3rd Floor Q5, Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BS.
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention. They are presented in pounds sterling and rounded to the nearest £'000. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in the process of applying the company's accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in note 4.
FRS 102 allows a qualifying entity certain disclosure exemptions. The company meets the definition of a qualifying entity and has taken advantage of the exemptions relating to the preparation of a cash flow statement, analysis of net debt and remuneration of key management personnel. The consolidated financial statements of the parent company, Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited, can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ, include the equivalent disclosures and a consolidated cash flow statement and analysis of net debt.
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
3.Accounting policies (continued)
In determining the appropriate basis of preparation of the financial statements, the directors are required to consider whether the company can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. The directors have performed this assessment and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which is considered appropriate for the following reasons.
Notwithstanding net liabilities of £12,211,000, the company have the financial support of the wider Mandata group, headed by Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited, which will enable the company to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due and to carry on its business for at least the next 12 months from the date of these financial statements.
Turnover comprises revenue recognised in respect of goods and services supplied during the year, net of discounts and excluding Value Added Tax.
Rendering of services Turnover from rendering of services is recognised in the period in which the service is provided. Payments received in advance are initially recorded as deferred income (within creditors) and released to the profit and loss account in future periods, as the service is provided.
Short-term benefits
Short-term benefits, including holiday pay and other similar non-monetary benefits are recognised as an expense in the period in which the employee's entitlement to the benefit accrues.
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
3.Accounting policies (continued)
Current tax is the amount of income tax payable in respect of the taxable profit for the current or past reporting periods. It is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax represents the future tax consequences of transactions and events recognised in the financial statements of current and previous periods and arises from 'timing differences' (where transactions or events are included in the financial statements in periods different from those in which they are assessed for tax). Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences, except that unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date that are expected to apply to the reversal of timing differences.
The company only enters into financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of basic debt financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, cash and bank balances, bank loans and loans to or from related parties, including fellow group companies.
Debt instruments due within one year are measured, initially and subsequently at the transaction price. At the end of each reporting period debt financial assets are assessed for impairment, and their carrying value reduced if necessary. Any impairment charge is recognised in the profit and loss account.
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
Significant judgments in applying the company's accounting policies The company has a investment in subsidiary companies (see note 11). The company considers whether the investment is impaired. Where are indication of impairment is identified, the estimation of recoverable value requires estimation of the recoverable cash generating unit (CGU). This requires estimation of future cash flows from the CGU and also selection of appropriate discount rates in order to calculate the net present value of those cash flows. In preparing these financial statements, the directors do not consider there to have been any other significant judgments that were required in the process of applying the group's accounting policies. Key sources of estimation uncertainty Estimates included within these financial statements include asset impairments (for example provisions against debtors). None of the estimates made in the preparation of these financial statements are considered to carry significant estimation uncertainty, nor to bear significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
9.Taxation (continued)
In the Spring Budget 2021 it was announced that the main UK corporation tax rate would increase from 19% to 25% from 1 April 2023. This rate increase was substantively enacted as part of the Finance Act 2021 on 24 May 2021 and has now taken effect. Accordingly, the group's profits are taxed at an effective rate of 24.49% for the year ended 29 February 2024 (19% for the year ended 28 February 2023), and future profits will be taxed at a rate of 25%. Deferred tax at the balance sheet date has been calculated at 25% (2022: 25%), as this was the tax rate substantively enacted at the year end.
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
14.Deferred taxation (continued)
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 29 February 2024
The company has given guarantee in respect of loan note finance of its indirect parent company, Project Galaxy UK Midco Limited, which amounted to £67,204,000 at 29 February 2024 (2023: £67,027,000). The guarantee is secured by a charge on the company's assets.
The company has given guarantee in respect of the bank loan of its indirect parent company, Project Galaxy UK Bidco Limited, which amounted to £20,000,000 at 29 February 2024 (2023: £20,000,000). The guarantee is secured by a charge on the company's assets.
As permitted by section 33.1A of FRS 102, the company is exempt from disclosing transactions with other companies that are wholly owned within the group.
The immediate parent undertaking is Project Galaxy UK Bidco Limited.
The ultimate parent undertaking and the only group to consolidate these financial statements is Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited. Copies of Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. The ultimate controlling party is Tenzing PE LI GP LLP, by virtue of its control over Project Galaxy UK Topco Limited.
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