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REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003 (England and Wales)






























STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

FOR

WBR GROUP LIMITED

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024










Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 6

Statement of Comprehensive Income 10

Balance Sheet 11

Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


WBR GROUP LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024







DIRECTORS: Mr L Harding-Cox
Mr TP Moore
Mr DK Santaney
Mr RN Leanders
Mr MJ Tilley
Mr JM Gain



REGISTERED OFFICE: 5a Dominus Way
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
LE19 1RP



REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Mr Andrew Turner FCA FMAAT



AUDITORS: Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants
and Statutory Auditors
Granville Hall
Granville Road
Leicester
LE1 7RU

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the provision of administration services for small self-administered pension schemes, actuarial services, commercial property and corporate legal services and bespoke corporate and personal tax services.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The directors consider that the results for the year are satisfactory and that the company will continue to trade profitably for the foreseeable future.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The directors have identified the main business risks as follows:

UK government policies
The UK government continues to keep under review the tax policies relating to pensions and could implement policies which could reduce the advantages of setting up and running a small self-administered pension scheme.

IT Security
The directors continue to invest in IT infrastructure, both hardware and software, to ensure that our IT security remains as robust as possible. In the year under review the business attained the cyber essentials plus (verified) and IASME level one certifications, and are currently working towards the IASME verified gold standard certification.

Competition
The directors feel that the company is well placed to compete effectively in the target environment. The directors further feel that the service offering is unique with no other provider bringing together the suite of services that the Group has, including actuarial, tax and law, all of which are delivered to the highest possible standards of professionalism, empathy, excellence and respect - our key values.

With these risks and uncertainties in mind, we are aware that any plans for the future development of the business may be subject to unforeseen events outside of our control.


WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
We consider that our key financial performance indicators are those that communicate the financial performance and strength of the company as a whole, these being revenue, gross margin and net assets.

The profit for the year before taxation was £4,153,618 (2023 - £255,318). The company's balance sheet position as at the year-end is considered to be heading in the right direction. The net assets at the year-end were £3,147,593 (2023 - £555).

KPI's £    2024 2023
Turnover 10,581 1,123
Gross Profit % 73.8% 49.5%
Operating Profit % 31.9% 27.4%
Net Profit 3,674 255
Net Assets 3,148 -

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr RN Leanders - Director


8 October 2024

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2024.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of SSAS administration and management

DIVIDENDS
Interim dividends per share on the Ordinary £0.01 shares were paid as follows:
30,000 - 30 April 2023
30,000 - 31 May 2023
30,000 - 30 June 2023
45,000 - 31 July 2023
45,000 - 31 August 2023
45,000 - 30 September 2023
45,000 - 31 October 2023
45,000 - 30 November 2023
45,000 - 31 December 2023
76,500 - 31 January 2024
45,000 - 29 February 2024
45,000 - 31 March 2024
526,500

The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

No interim dividend was paid on the Ordinary A £0.01 shares. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2024 will be £ 526,500 .

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2023 to the date of this report.

Mr L Harding-Cox
Mr TP Moore
Mr DK Santaney
Mr RN Leanders
Mr MJ Tilley
Mr JM Gain


WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are 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 each director 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, Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr RN Leanders - Director


8 October 2024

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WBR GROUP LIMITED


Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of WBR Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity 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 company'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.

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 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, 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.

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 Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WBR GROUP LIMITED


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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 directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page five, 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 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.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WBR GROUP 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 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:

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. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISA's (UK).

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the Company and industries in which it operates through our general commercial experience. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: FRS 102, Companies Act 2006 and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the UK. In addition, we concluded that there are certain laws and regulations that may have an effect in the determination of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements such as health and safety and employee related matters.

We enquired of management concerning the Company's policies and procedures relating to:

- the identification and compliance with laws and regulations

- the detection and response to the risks of fraud

- the internal controls inherent within the company to mitigate fraud risk and non-compliance to laws and regulations.

We enquired of management, whether they were aware of any instance of non-compliance with laws and regulations or whether they had any knowledge of actual, suspected or alleged fraud.

We communicated relevant laws and regulations and potential areas of fraud to all audit team members including the potential for fraud in revenue recognition through the manipulation of costs. We remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

We have determined that the principal risk areas where material irregularities could occur were related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, revenue recognition and significant one-off or unusual transactions.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond in particular to these identified risks (including non compliance with laws and regulations and fraud).

Our audit procedures included but were not limited to:

-A review of a sample of trade debtors to verify the existence and valuation of debtor balances by agreeing to after date cash received and circularisations, where relevant.

- A review of turnover was undertaken, testing the different types of turnover as follows: a sample of annual and adhoc fees received in the year were traced to sales invoices to ensure these were correctly recorded in revenue and a detailed proof in total was carried out on the bank commission received in the year to test sales completeness.

- A review of laws and regulations the company is subject to, followed by compliance checks and discussion with management to ensure no instances of non compliance.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WBR GROUP LIMITED


- Identifying and testing journal entries, on a sample basis, to review for potential management bias or manipulation of revenue recognition.

We did not identify any matters during the course of our work that indicated non-compliance with laws and regulations or relating 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.

Other matters which we are required to address
We draw your attention to the comparative information presented in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023. The corresponding figures for the prior year have not been audited. Therefore, we express no opinion on the accuracy or completeness of these unaudited amounts.

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 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 company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Mr Andrew Turner FCA FMAAT (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Mark J Rees LLP Chartered Accountants
and Statutory Auditors
Granville Hall
Granville Road
Leicester
LE1 7RU

11 October 2024

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 10,580,673 1,123,307

Cost of sales 2,767,536 567,041
GROSS PROFIT 7,813,137 556,266

Administrative expenses 4,433,328 248,219
OPERATING PROFIT 5 3,379,809 308,047

Profit/loss on sale of
investments 6 1,084,733 -
4,464,542 308,047


Interest payable and similar expenses 7 310,924 52,729
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 4,153,618 255,318

Tax on profit 8 480,080 -
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 3,673,538 255,318

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

3,673,538

255,318

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

BALANCE SHEET
31 MARCH 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 4,571,656 4,825,637
Tangible assets 11 104,888 73,866
Investments 12 - 400,192
4,676,544 5,299,695

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 13 5,806,397 3,997,115
Cash at bank 249,363 615,573
6,055,760 4,612,688
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 14 7,584,711 5,932,099
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (1,528,951 ) (1,319,411 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

3,147,593

3,980,284

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year 15 - 3,979,729
NET ASSETS 3,147,593 555

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 18 124 124
Retained earnings 19 3,147,469 431
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 3,147,593 555

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 8 October 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mr RN Leanders - Director


WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2022 120 113 233

Changes in equity
Issue of share capital 4 - 4
Dividends - (255,000 ) (255,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 255,318 255,318
Balance at 31 March 2023 124 431 555

Changes in equity
Dividends - (526,500 ) (526,500 )
Total comprehensive income - 3,673,538 3,673,538
Balance at 31 March 2024 124 3,147,469 3,147,593

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

WBR Group Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Annual fee income is invoiced at the start of the year and recorded in accrued income. 20% to 30% of the income is recognised in the first month, when the administrative costs are greater. Subsequently the residual income is released equally throughout the year.

One off transactions or ad hoc administrative fees are recognised at the completion of the transaction.

Commission income is recognised at the point the group is entitled to it.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2023, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years.

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
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Improvements to property - 10% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
Motor vehicles - 20% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on cost

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

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.

Creditors
Short term trade 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.

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

2024 2023
£    £   
SSAS fees 5,424,649 662,881
Commission receivable 3,544,998 273,388
Other income 1,611,026 187,038
10,580,673 1,123,307

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2024 2023
£    £   
Wages and salaries 3,927,738 760,958
Social security costs 346,283 61,851
Other pension costs 856,694 282,320
5,130,715 1,105,129

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2024 2023

Actuarial 6 1
Directors 5 5
Law 5 -
SSAS 107 40
Trustee Consultants 3 -
Sales and Marketing 3 1
Tax 8 5
Group 17 4
154 56

WBR Group Ltd incurs the wages costs of the WBR Group and then recharges the expenses to WBR Tax Ltd, WBR Law Ltd, Bespoke Corporate Pensions Ltd and WBR Pension Administration Ltd. The number of employees given above is the total number of employees across the group.

2024 2023
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 217,413 135,767
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 394,186 224,007

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 5 5

Information regarding the highest paid director for the year ended 31 March 2024 is as follows:
2024
£   
Emoluments etc 98,400
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 63,341

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2024 2023
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 19,576 4,850
Goodwill amortisation 253,981 253,981

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


6. EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
2024 2023
£    £   
Exceptional items - loan
write offs - (21,000 )
Profit/loss on sale of
investments 1,084,733 -
1,084,733 (21,000 )

In the year ended 31 March 2024 there was an exceptional item in relation to the profit on disposal of fixed asset investments.

In the year ended 31 March 2023 there was an exceptional item in relation to the write off of a loan.

7. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2024 2023
£    £   
Other loan interest 310,924 52,729

8. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 480,080 -
Tax on profit 480,080 -

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


8. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2024 2023
£    £   
Profit before tax 4,153,618 255,318
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2023 - 19%)

1,038,405

48,510

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 8,253 18,442
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 61,850 35,155
Exceptional item (271,183 ) -
Group relief (357,245 ) (102,107 )
Total tax charge 480,080 -

9. DIVIDENDS
2024 2023
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
Interim 526,500 255,000

10. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 April 2023
and 31 March 2024 5,079,618
AMORTISATION
At 1 April 2023 253,981
Amortisation for year 253,981
At 31 March 2024 507,962
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 4,571,656
At 31 March 2023 4,825,637

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Improvements Fixtures
to and Motor Computer
property fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2023 4,779 63,192 - 11,404 79,375
Additions - 9,958 26,000 14,640 50,598
At 31 March 2024 4,779 73,150 26,000 26,044 129,973
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 547 3,779 - 1,183 5,509
Charge for year 483 14,288 433 4,372 19,576
At 31 March 2024 1,030 18,067 433 5,555 25,085
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 3,749 55,083 25,567 20,489 104,888
At 31 March 2023 4,232 59,413 - 10,221 73,866

12. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 April 2023 400,192
Additions 65,178
Disposals (465,370 )
At 31 March 2024 -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 -
At 31 March 2023 400,192

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 1,584,359 1,210,798
Bad debt provision (504,998 ) -
Amounts owed by group undertakings 4,324,180 2,364,919
Other debtors 15,610 124
Prepayments and accrued income 387,246 421,274
5,806,397 3,997,115

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Other loans (see note 16) - 888,000
Trade creditors 236,540 144,367
Amounts owed to group undertakings 2,534,086 1,067,157
Taxation 480,080 -
Paye/Ni payable 155,825 170,802
VAT 263,000 148,077
Other creditors 1,588,213 1,449,675
Directors' current accounts 24,909 17,002
Accruals and deferred income 2,302,058 2,047,019
7,584,711 5,932,099

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Other loans (see note 16) - 2,604,729
Other creditors - 1,375,000
- 3,979,729

16. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2024 2023
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Other loans - less than 1 yr - 888,000

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


16. LOANS - continued
2024 2023
£    £   
Amounts falling due between one and two years:
Other loans - 1-2 years - 888,000

Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Other loans - 2-5 years - 1,716,729

The loans within other loans are secured via fixed and floating charges on the assets of the company.

17. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
2024 2023
£    £   
Within one year 38,103 26,652
Between one and five years 22,537 46,640
60,640 73,292

18. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
12,000 Ordinary £0.01 120 120
363 Ordinary A £0.01 4 4
124 124

The holders of the Ordinary shares have full rights regarding voting, payment of dividends and on return of capital. Ordinary shares are not redeemable.

The holders of A Ordinary shares do not have the right to vote or receive dividends. Each A Ordinary share ranks pari passu in respect of capital distributions (including a winding up). The A Ordinary shares are not redeemable.

WBR GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12944003)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024


19. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2023 431
Profit for the year 3,673,538
Dividends (526,500 )
At 31 March 2024 3,147,469

20. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The company operates a pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company within independently administered funds. The charge for the year was £462,508 (2023: £58,313). Contributions of £62,508 (2023: £48,681) were unpaid at the year end.

21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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.

22. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate parent company and controlling party is WBR Group Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales.

The group accounts can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.