REGISTERED NUMBER: 06528694 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
for |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: 06528694 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
for |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Group Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 4 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 10 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet | 11 |
Company Balance Sheet | 12 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 13 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 14 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 15 |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 16 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 17 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
63 Broad Green |
Wellingborough |
Northamptonshire |
NN8 4LQ |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
The directors present their strategic group report for the year ended 30 April 2024. |
Review of the business |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited own and operate three boutique hotels in central London. The hotels are well positioned in the West End and City and fall into the luxury sector, competing with both branded and non-branded hotels in the four and five-star market. |
All three properties are traditional boutique hotels; the primary source of revenue is generated through bedroom sales with ancillary sales of food & beverage and event room hire. |
Results and performance |
The directors are satisfied with results for the year. The results are in line with the board's projections. |
Business environment |
The London hotel market is highly competitive, with many new openings in the pipeline. Occupancy remains high, and the average room rate has seen double-digit growth. The Company is very well established and benefits from a loyal following in all markets both home and abroad. The Company is also very fortunate to have a strong foothold in the domestic leisure market. |
Strategy: |
The Company's success is centred around maximising room sales whilst managing operating costs and costs of sale.The London hotel market remains fiercely competitive with an overcapacity of supply. The Group has a robust sales and marketing plan in place, with a view to securing its fair market share, underpinned by a huge emphasis on guest satisfaction - the goal being to secure repeat business. |
Key performance indicators ('KPIs') |
We continuously monitored all KPIs, and the board are satisfied that all management is complying with strategy and meeting the business objectives. |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Turnover | 8,641,649 | 8,211,214 |
Profit/(loss) before taxation | 2,180,863 | 1,978,159 |
Shareholders'' fund total | 20,195,806 | 19,393,836 |
Principal risks and uncertainties |
Given the size of the Company, the directors have not delegated the responsibility of monitoring financial risk to a board sub-committee. The finance department implements the policies set out by the directors. |
General economic Risk |
The Company is exposed to general economic risk, including changes in the economic outlook in the hospitality sector and the Company is also exposed to the risk of future government changes in industrial, fiscal, monetary or regulatory policies. The Company has an effective revenue strategy charging its customers rates that vary depending on levels of demand. This reduces, though does not eliminate, the financial impact arising from such adverse conditions. |
Price Risk |
The Company is exposed to price risk due to inflationary increases in the purchase price of goods and services in the UK. |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
Credit Risk |
The Company has implemented policies that require appropriate credit checks where necessary on potential corporate customers before sales are made. |
Liquidity Risk |
The Company holds long-term debt finance that is designed to ensure the group has sufficient funds for operations. Management maintains cash flow and covenant compliance forecasts to ensure the Company can meet its liabilities as they fall due. |
Interest rate Risk |
The Company has both interest bearing assets and interest bearing liabilities. Interest bearing assets include cash balances which earn interest at variable rates. The directors will revisit the appropriateness of this policy should the Group's operations change in size or nature. |
Going Concern |
Management has a robust sales and marketing strategy that is frequently reviewed and amended based on demand and current trends. |
The directors are confident that The Board will continue to monitor developments and adjust assumptions as required. They are also satisfied with the sales strategy and that the current cash reserve levels will enable the Company to meet its financial obligations. |
For further information, please see note 2 in the Accounting policies section of the financial statements |
Future developments |
The Company has no immediate plans for further expansion. The management are entirely focused on maintaining current performance and product standards whilst managing the operational costs across the business. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 30 April 2024. |
DIVIDENDS |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 30 April 2024 was £800,000. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 May 2023 to the date of this report. |
Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT |
Details of future developments and financial instruments risk management can be found in the Strategic report on page 2 and form part of this report by cross reference. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group 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), 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group 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 group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information. |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Clifford Roberts - Statutory Auditor, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 30 April 2024 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent 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 Group 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 Group 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 Group 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 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the parent company 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 four, 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Hazlitt's Hotels 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. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
- We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the sector in which they operate. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: the Companies Act 2006, UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, UK corporate taxation laws. |
- We obtained an understanding of how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making inquiries to the management and by observing the oversight of management, the culture of honesty and ethical behaviour and whether strong emphasis is placed on fraud prevention, which may reduce the opportunities for fraud to take place, and fraud deterrence, which could persuade individuals not to commit fraud in the first instance. |
We corroborated our inquiries through our review of all relevant available audit information. |
> identifying and assessing the design and effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud; |
> understanding of how senior management 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; |
> performing audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias; and, |
> assessing the extent of compliance with relevant laws and regulations. |
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 Report of the Auditors. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited |
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. |
for and on behalf of |
63 Broad Green |
Wellingborough |
Northamptonshire |
NN8 4LQ |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 8,641,649 | 8,211,214 |
Cost of sales | 1,426,427 | 1,514,728 |
GROSS PROFIT | 7,215,222 | 6,696,486 |
Administrative expenses | 4,801,004 | 4,445,743 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 4 | 2,414,218 | 2,250,743 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 16,590 | 2,809 |
2,430,808 | 2,253,552 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 5 | 249,945 | 275,393 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 2,180,863 | 1,978,159 |
Tax on profit | 6 | 578,892 | 407,228 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
1,601,971 |
1,570,931 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 1,601,971 | 1,570,931 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 1,601,971 | 1,570,931 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
30 April 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 9 | 27,103,494 | 27,123,734 |
Investments | 10 | - | - |
27,103,494 | 27,123,734 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 11 | 32,942 | 35,316 |
Debtors | 12 | 377,768 | 378,665 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 2,082,731 | 1,501,233 |
2,493,441 | 1,915,214 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 13 | 1,307,589 | 1,329,532 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS | 1,185,852 | 585,682 |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
28,289,346 |
27,709,416 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
14 |
(7,375,000 |
) |
(7,620,000 |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 17 | (718,540 | ) | (695,580 | ) |
NET ASSETS | 20,195,806 | 19,393,836 |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 18 | 12,750 | 12,750 |
Revaluation reserve | 19 | 2,439,329 | 2,443,453 |
Other reserves | 19 | 621,850 | 621,850 |
Retained earnings | 19 | 17,121,877 | 16,315,783 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 20,195,806 | 19,393,836 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 17 January 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: |
Mrs C M A Conaty - Director |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Company Balance Sheet |
30 April 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 9 |
Investments | 10 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 13 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 18 |
Other reserves | 19 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
Company's profit for the financial year | 800,000 | 800,000 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Revaluation | Other | Total |
capital | earnings | reserve | reserves | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 May 2022 | 12,750 | 15,540,728 | 2,447,577 | 621,850 | 18,622,905 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (800,000 | ) | - | - | (800,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 1,575,055 | (4,124 | ) | - | 1,570,931 |
Balance at 30 April 2023 | 12,750 | 16,315,783 | 2,443,453 | 621,850 | 19,393,836 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (800,000 | ) | - | - | (800,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 1,606,095 | (4,124 | ) | - | 1,601,971 |
Balance at 30 April 2024 | 12,750 | 17,121,878 | 2,439,329 | 621,850 | 20,195,807 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Other | Total |
capital | earnings | reserves | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 May 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 30 April 2023 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 30 April 2024 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | 2,614,326 | 2,634,945 |
Interest paid | (249,945 | ) | (275,393 | ) |
Tax paid | (489,258 | ) | 33,331 |
Net cash from operating activities | 1,875,123 | 2,392,883 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (265,215 | ) | (231,133 | ) |
Interest received | 16,590 | 2,809 |
Net cash from investing activities | (248,625 | ) | (228,324 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Loan repayments in year | (245,000 | ) | (1,800,000 | ) |
Equity dividends paid | (800,000 | ) | (800,000 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (1,045,000 | ) | (2,600,000 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 581,498 | (435,441 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
1,501,233 |
1,936,674 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
2 |
2,082,731 |
1,501,233 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation | 2,180,863 | 1,978,159 |
Depreciation charges | 285,455 | 223,955 |
Finance costs | 249,945 | 275,393 |
Finance income | (16,590 | ) | (2,809 | ) |
2,699,673 | 2,474,698 |
Decrease/(increase) in stocks | 2,374 | (4,146 | ) |
Decrease in trade and other debtors | 897 | 205,837 |
Decrease in trade and other creditors | (88,618 | ) | (41,444 | ) |
Cash generated from operations | 2,614,326 | 2,634,945 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 30 April 2024 |
30.4.24 | 1.5.23 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,082,731 | 1,501,233 |
Year ended 30 April 2023 |
30.4.23 | 1.5.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,501,233 | 1,936,674 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
At 1.5.23 | Cash flow | At 30.4.24 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 1,501,233 | 581,498 | 2,082,731 |
1,501,233 | 581,498 | 2,082,731 |
Debt |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (7,620,000 | ) | 245,000 | (7,375,000 | ) |
(7,620,000 | ) | 245,000 | (7,375,000 | ) |
Total | (6,118,767 | ) | 826,498 | (5,292,269 | ) |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited is a |
The nature of the company's and group's operations and its principal activity are set out in the Strategic report on page 2. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. |
Basis of consolidation |
The consolidated financial statements include the company and all its subsidiaries. All intra-group transactions are eliminated on consolidation and all sales and profit figures relate to external transactions only. |
Significant judgements and estimates |
Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements and estimates. The items in the financial statements where these judgements and estimates have been made include deferred taxation and the estimated useful economic life and residual value of the freehold property. |
Revenue |
Turnover, which excludes value added tax, represents the invoiced value of goods and services derived from ordinary activities where right to consideration has been obtained. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Direct costs associated with planning and construction of the hotels were capitalised. Financing and indirect costs were written off as incurred. |
Provision is made for depreciation on all tangible assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation, of each asset over its expected useful life. as follows |
Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings | Varying amounts between 5% and 20% per annum on cost |
Plant and Machinery | Varying amounts between 5% and 20% per annum on |
Equipment | Varying amounts between 20% and 25% per annum on cost |
Hotel building and improvements | 250 years straight line on cost or valuation less residual value |
The buildings were constructed in the 18th century, the group has an obligation to maintain the buildings to a high standard in order to comply with English Heritage legislation and also to meet the high expectations of the clientèle. On this basis the directors believe that the period of consumption is at least 250 years. There is no underlying reason to suggest that the property or its function will become obsolete due to either economic or technological advances in the future. |
The directors have therefore decided that it would be prudent to depreciate the property over a period of no less than 250 years. Depreciation has therefore been calculated on cost at the date of acquisition less the residual value and over 250 years. |
The properties are systematically tested for impairment at the end of each reporting period. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Current tax |
Current tax represents the amount of tax payable or receivable in respect of the taxable profit (or loss) for the current or past reporting periods. It is measured at the amount expected to be paid or recovered using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax represents the future tax consequences of transactions and events recognised in the financial statements of current and previous periods. It is recognised in respect of all timing differences, with certain exceptions. Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and total comprehensive income as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of income and expense in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. 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. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet 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. |
Going concern |
Based on forecasts and projections, together with available market information and the directors' knowledge and experience of the industry. The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements. |
Debtors and creditors |
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. |
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 rate method. |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
The Group only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties. |
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost. |
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account. |
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The Group |
Staff costs during the year were as follows: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Wages and Salaries | 2,865,947 | 2,374,912 |
Social security costs | 275,469 | 229,497 |
Pension costs | 42,141 | 35,142 |
3,183,557 | 2,639,551 |
The average monthly number of employees of the group during the year was as follows: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Hotel | 84 | 82 |
Administration | 6 | 6 |
90 | 88 |
The group operates a defined contribution benefit scheme for all qualifying employees. |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration | 467,802 | 253,503 |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Money purchase schemes | 2 | 2 |
Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Emoluments etc | 273,558 | 146,321 |
4. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets | 285,455 | 223,955 |
Auditors' remuneration | 46,957 | 46,500 |
Rental of buildings | 36,000 | 36,000 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
5. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Bank loan interest | 249,945 | 275,393 |
6. | 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 | 555,933 | 361,574 |
Deferred tax | 22,959 | 45,654 |
Tax on profit | 578,892 | 407,228 |
Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Profit before tax | 2,180,863 | 1,978,159 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2023 - 19.510 %) |
545,216 |
385,939 |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 7,604 | 8,405 |
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | 26,072 | 12,884 |
Total tax charge | 578,892 | 407,228 |
7. | INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
8. | DIVIDENDS |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Paid | 800,000 | 800,000 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Plant, | Furniture, |
machinery | fixtures |
Freehold | and | and | Computer |
property | equipment | fittings | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 May 2023 | 27,506,784 | 1,133,322 | 3,340,729 | 8,233 | 31,989,068 |
Additions | 85,802 | 124,844 | 54,569 | - | 265,215 |
At 30 April 2024 | 27,592,586 | 1,258,166 | 3,395,298 | 8,233 | 32,254,283 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 May 2023 | 2,274,918 | 901,272 | 1,687,497 | 1,647 | 4,865,334 |
Charge for year | 79,108 | 56,304 | 148,397 | 1,646 | 285,455 |
At 30 April 2024 | 2,354,026 | 957,576 | 1,835,894 | 3,293 | 5,150,789 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 April 2024 | 25,238,560 | 300,590 | 1,559,404 | 4,940 | 27,103,494 |
At 30 April 2023 | 25,231,866 | 232,050 | 1,653,232 | 6,586 | 27,123,734 |
Included in cost of land and buildings is freehold land of £7,982,690 (2023 - £7,982,690) which is not depreciated. |
The tangible fixed assets of the company are pledged as security for the group's bank loans. |
10. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
The principal subsidiary undertakings are: |
Subsidiary |
Country of incorporation |
Activity |
Ordinary shares held |
Hazlitt's Soho Limited | England | Hotelier | 100% |
The Rookery Hotel Limited | England | Hotelier | 100% |
Batty Langley's Limited | England | Hotelier | 100% |
11. | STOCKS |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Stocks | 32,942 | 35,316 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
12. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Trade | 123,019 | 185,987 |
Other | 18,373 | 723 |
Prepayments | 236,376 | 191,955 |
377,768 | 378,665 |
13. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade | 229,625 | 247,134 |
Amounts owed to group undertakings | - | - |
Corporation tax | 428,249 | 361,574 |
Social security and other taxes | 59,985 | 61,165 |
VAT | 285,667 | 269,689 | - | - |
Other | 147,249 | 128,303 |
Accrued expenses | 156,814 | 261,667 |
1,307,589 | 1,329,532 |
14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans (see note 15) | 7,375,000 | 7,620,000 |
15. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due between two and five | years: |
Bank loans | 7,375,000 | 7,620,000 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
16. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans | 7,375,000 | 7,620,000 |
Security on the bank loans includes mortgage debentures over the assets of Hazlitt's Hotels Limited and it's subsidiaries and cross guarantees between Hazlitt's Soho Limited, The Rookery Hotel Limited, Batty Langley's Limited. |
Interest is charged at 3.33% fixed bank loan of £7,375,000. |
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17. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 718,540 | 695,580 |
Group |
Deferred tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 May 2023 | 695,580 |
Accelerated capital allowances | 22,960 |
Balance at 30 April 2024 | 718,540 |
18. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 12,750 | 12,750 |
19. | RESERVES |
Group |
Retained | Revaluation | Other |
earnings | reserve | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
At 1 May 2023 | 16,315,782 | 2,443,453 | 621,850 | 19,381,085 |
Profit for the year | 1,601,971 | 1,601,971 |
Dividends | (800,000 | ) | (800,000 | ) |
Transfer of realised profits | 4,124 | (4,124 | ) | - | - |
At 30 April 2024 | 17,121,877 | 2,439,329 | 621,850 | 20,183,056 |
Hazlitt's Hotels Limited (Registered number: 06528694) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024 |
19. | RESERVES - continued |
Company |
Retained | Other |
earnings | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 May 2023 | 621,850 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 30 April 2024 | 621,850 |
20. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Under the provisions of FRS 102 "Related Party Disclosures", transactions with group companies eliminated in preparing the group accounts are exempt from detailed disclosure. |
During the year the group was charged rent of £36,000 (2023 - £36,000) by Hazlitts Hotels Limited Retirement benefit scheme. At the year end the group owed £12,000 (2023, £12,000) to the Hazlitts Hotels Limited Retirement benefit Scheme. |