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STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Directors present their Strategic Report and audited financial statements for the 53 week period ended 31 March 2024.
The Company’s principal activity is that of a service company to Rosa’s London Ltd.
The strategy of the Group to which this company belongs is to continue to invest in earnings enhancing sites in London and across the UK, whilst investing in the teams and processes needed to support that growth. At the same time the Group’s focus remains on like for like growth in existing restaurants by maintaining and leveraging the quality of its offering. Business Review and Future Developments The trading results, balance sheet and other financial statements for the period are shown on pages 11 to 21. The Directors have not recommended a dividend for the year.
Despite ongoing inflationary pressures in the year the Company has continued to grow organically, opening a further seven new restaurants in the year. One restaurant has closed in the year (Nottingham).
The Directors remain committed to providing clear career paths for our teams and have continued to invest heavily in this area with the aim of making Rosa’s an employer of choice in the hospitality sector. Our fantastic teams across the county remain very engaged as evidenced in the all-time high customer ratings consistently achieved during the year.
A number of UK sites are legally committed, with Bristol opening imminently and fit out works in progress for sites in Norwich and Kingston at the time of signing these accounts, and continued openings in the coming year.
Principal risks and uncertainties
COVID-19 / future pandemics
Whilst the World Health Organisation has now declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, there remains a risk of further imposed trade restrictions as a result of future breakouts of Covid or other significant infectious diseases. It is reasonable to assume similar Government support measures would be implemented to help minimize the impact of such and the Company has established processes and procedures that could be easily reinstated.
UK Economic Outlook
Inflation has subsided significantly since the date of our last accounts however interest rates remain high, and both the economy and consumer disposable income are still feeling the impact of cost of living and other pressures. For most eating out remains discretionary spend so some short-term market contraction is expected, although any short-term impact does not appear to have been material. The impact from the recent change in government is yet to be seen.
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STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Terrorism
The business has terrorism insurance cover for all site and the Directors believe the geographical spread of sites across London and increasingly other parts of the UK would help lessen the impact of any event happening near any one of the current sites. Exchange Rates The Company buys ingredients from the EU and Thailand and is therefore exposed to a degree of exchange rate risk. The management team have worked hard, with some considerable success, to minimise the impact by changing suppliers and renegotiating contracts, and there does appear to be greater stability in sterling than was seen in recent years. Operational Risk The business is multi-faceted in its operations and therefore inherently has many operational risk categories. Key risks in this area include our ability to retract and retain talent, both back and front of house, and an increased responsibility to protect our teams and customers. Brexit and subsequently COVID-19 has led to increased competition for employees, with a reduction in the available work pool due to migration movements. The Company invests heavily in people, technology, and training to mitigate such risks, and we also hold a sponsorship visa to assist us in filling critical wok chef roles. The business uses several external partners to assist us in monitoring and developing our practices in these areas. Liquidity and Financing Risk There is little by way of day-to-day credit risk in the business as the vast majority of customers pay at the point of sale. As the business continues to expand stringent liquidity management for both capital spending and operations remain vital. The business currently has a modest level of debt and attempts to maintain healthy cash balances, which the Directors believe is a prudent approach to the current market conditions. Additional debt facilities have been agreed since the end of the financial year and whilst the business remains at a low leverage level the increasing interest rates mean debt is more expensive currently. The first interest rate cut in several years has been seen since the year end, with further widely expected to follow in the latter part of the year. Cost Pressures The Group is affected by cost inflationary pressures in common with the rest of the hospitality sector, especially on key lines such as labour, food, and utilities. Career development pathways and competitive remuneration packages support improved recruitment and retention levels, and supply chain management measures including consolidation and contracted price negotiations help to mitigate some of the pressures.
As the Company is a holding company, the directors have decided not to have any key performance indicators.
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STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
This statement, which forms part of the Strategic Report, is intended to show how the Directors have approached and met
their responsibilities under Section 172(1) (a) to (f) of Companies Act 2006 (“Section 172(1)”) during the period unde
review, which is the first period the statement is required.
As required by Section 172(1), the Directors have a duty to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its
members as a whole, having regard to its stakeholders and the matters set out in Section 172(1) as follows:
∙The likely consequences of any decision in the long term;
∙The interests of the Company’s employees
∙The need to foster the Company’s business relationships with suppliers, customers and others;
∙The impact of the Company’s operations on the community and the environment;
∙The desirability of the Company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct; and
∙The need to act fairly between members of the Company. In accordance with section 172 of the Companies Act 2006
∙the directors have taken into consideration the interests of various stakeholders of the business whilst making
∙decisions to promote the success of the business overall:
Employees
Our employees are key to our success and the Directors and other senior management seek to regularly update them on
business matters through site visits and other forums. Staff turnover is monitored and reported monthly to the Board,
alongside other key people metrics. Regular surveys are undertaken to seek feedback from employees, with results
reported back to the Board and to employees themselves
Customers
Customer satisfaction is equally important to the business’ ongoing success. All customers whether dining in site or away
from the premises via takeaway or delivery are offered the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience. Customer
ratings are a primary KPI for our restaurants, with trends by channel being reviewed by Exec members regularly in order to
identify any potential training requirements or product or service changes. We also engage with customers through our
various social media platforms.
Community
Through continued openings in the UK the Company is creating ongoing work opportunities in many communities. We aim
to operate a localised approach to marketing with teams encouraged to engage in their local community.
Suppliers
The Company has well-established relationships with key suppliers including restaurant suppliers, property consultants and
maintenance and building contractors. Relationships are managed by relevant senior management members to ensure
good practice is maintained and promote the success of both partners. We also have long-standing partnerships in place
with our Thai suppliers from whom we directly import products and we have seen these businesses grow and prosper as
our demand levels increase.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2024.
The directors who served during the period were:
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements 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.
In accordance with Section 414(C)(ii) of the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 the Strategic Report preceeding the Directors' Report includes information that would have formerly been included in the business review and the principal risks and uncertainties sections of the Directors' Report.
The Group expects to continue growing it's presence across the UK through new restaurant openings.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, Menzies LLP will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditor 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SPICE BIDCO LTD
We have audited the financial statements of Spice Bidco Ltd (the 'Company') for the period ended 31 March 2024, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Statement of Financial Position 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.
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.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SPICE BIDCO LTD (CONTINUED)
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 period 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 SPICE BIDCO LTD (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:
The Group is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting
legislation. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant including:
∙The Companies Act 2006;
∙Food Safety Act 1990;
∙UK health and safety legislation;
∙UK employment legislation; and
∙General Data Protection Regulations.
We understood how the Company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by, making inquiries to management, those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations. The assessment did not identify any issues in this area.
We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
∙Identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
∙Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process;
∙Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates; and
∙Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.
As a result of the above procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the following areas:
∙Posting of journals to the accounting software which are of a non-routine nature in terms of timing and amount
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 SPICE BIDCO LTD (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.
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Chartered Accountants
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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 20 form part of these financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Spice Bidco Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of its registered office is disclosed on the company information page. The Company does not have a principal place of business.
The principal activities of the Company are set out in the strategic report.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
∙the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
∙the requirements of Section 26 Share-based Payment paragraphs 26.18(b), 26.19 to 26.21 and 26.23;
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Spice Holding Ltd as at 31 March 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House.
The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.
Revenue is recognised at the point of sale. The turnover and operating profit for the period was derived from the Company's principal continuing activity which was wholly carried out in the UK.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The audit fee of £3,500 (2023: £3,300), accounts fee of £1,150 (2023: £1,100) and taxation fee of £900 (2023: £825) were paid for by Rosa's London Limited.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
12.Taxation (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Company's immediate parent company is Spice Holding Ltd whose registered office is 26 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LN. The parent of the largest and smallest group in which the Company's results are consolidated is Spice Holding Ltd. The consolidated accounts are available from Companies House.
The ultimate parent company is Trispan RS RT LLP, registered in Guernsey. The directors do not consider there to be an ultimate controlling party.
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