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REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000 (England and Wales)















UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

FOR

NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024










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Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4


NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024







DIRECTORS: C A Dunckley
G W Evans
D G Harlow





REGISTERED OFFICE: Top Floor Cwmbran House
Mamhilad Park Estate
Mamhilad
Pontypool
Wales
NP4 0HZ





REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Galloways Accounting
First Floor
Ridgeland House
15 Carfax
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1DY

NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000)

BALANCE SHEET
30 SEPTEMBER 2024

30.9.24 30.9.23
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 3 128,652 5,500
Tangible assets 4 99,593 123,705
228,245 129,205

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 433,154 511,382
Investments 6 2,007,505 1,500,000
Cash at bank 7 1,421,572 2,890,011
3,862,231 4,901,393
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 8 2,833,200 3,950,651
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,029,031 950,742
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,257,276

1,079,947

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 24,898 30,926
NET ASSETS 1,232,378 1,049,021

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 54,813 54,813
Share premium 229,891 229,891
Retained earnings 947,674 764,317
1,232,378 1,049,021

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 September 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

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BALANCE SHEET - continued
30 SEPTEMBER 2024


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 8 January 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





C A Dunckley - Director


NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


1. 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" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Significant judgements and estimates
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the Directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Treatment of leases
Determine whether leases entered into by the group either as a lessor or a lessee are operating leases or finance leases. These decisions depend on an assessment of whether the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred from the lessor to the lessee on a lease by lease basis.

Impairment of tangible and intangible fixed assets
Determine whether there are indicators of impairment of the company's tangible fixed assets. Factors taken into consideration in reaching such a decision include the economic viability and expected future financial performance of the asset and where it is a component of a larger cash-generating unit, the viability and expected future performance of that unit.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets, other than freehold property and investment properties, are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value assessments consider issued such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

Estimating the fair value and value in use
The Directors have made estimates of the fair value of financial instruments using suitable, available evidence. Where third party valuations are available, these have been incorporated by the Directors in any estimates made, taking into account the valuer's qualifications and the reasonableness of any assumptions that have been used.

Where there is an indication that fixed assets have been impaired, the Directors have carried out an impairment review to determine the recoverable amount, which is the higher of fair value less cost to sell and value in use. The value in use calculation requires the Directors to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the asset or the cash generating unit, and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate present value.

Recoverability of trade and other debtors
A provision for bad and doubtful debts is established where it is estimated that trade or other debtors are not fully recoverable. When assessing recoverability the Directors consider factors such as the ageing of the receivables, past experience of recoverability, and the credit profile of individual or groups of debtors.

Turnover
Turnover obtained from insurance broking activities includes income from insurance commission paid to the company by insurance companies, brokerage fees paid by customers, and income received from finance providers relating to premium finance arranged by the company for its customers.


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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

Insurance commission is recognised on the date when the period of insurance commences (the "incepted date"). Brokerage fee income is recognised on the date when the policy of insurance is sold or adjusted. Mid-term adjustments are recognised when an additional premium or return premium is calculated. The pro-rata commission due and payable on a cancelled policy is offset by cancellation fees applied to the policy and both are recognised at the point of cancellation.

Income from variable commission arrangements is recognised when the amount can be estimated with a reasonable degree of certainty, and is equivalent to the minimum value expected to be received by the company.

Income due to the Company on premium finance arranged on behalf of customers is recognised on a straight-line basis over the period of time from when the policy or adjustment is financed with a third-party finance provider until the finance agreement cessation upon the agreement being fully paid or cancelled.

Remuneration for credit broking and debt administration when received from a premium finance partner who remunerates the Company monthly over the course of the recourse finance agreement life, is recognised consistently with the payment profile from customer to finance provider, and from finance provider to company. As such no revenue is required to be deferred at the balance sheet date, not any provision for future cancellations is required.

Remuneration for credit broking and debt administration when received from a premium finance partner who remunerates the Company on the arrangement of the recourse finance agreement and claws back commission on cancellation, is deferred and net revenue is recognised over the life of the financed policy.

Other fees received from insurance broking activities are recognised when the service is provided.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life.

Computer and office equipment is depreciated at 25% per annum straight line basis.

Other equipment and platform costs are depreciated at 25% reducing balance basis.

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in the profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.



Insurance broking receivables and payables

The insurance premium element of debtor and creditor balances is not recognised in the company’s Balance Sheet before cash has been received as it does not represent an asset (or liability) under FRS 102. When cash in relation to the premium has been received, recognition at that point is made with a corresponding liability.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 Basic Financial Instruments and Section 12 Other Financial Instruments Issues of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally 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.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

Research and development
Research expenditure is written off against profits in the year in which it is incurred. Identifiable development expenditure is capitalised to the extent that the technical, commercial and financial feasibility can be demonstrated.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

NEXT RISK SOLUTIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08503000)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

2. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 104 (2023 - 97 ) .

3. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Other
intangible
assets
£   
COST
At 1 October 2023 6,000
Additions 126,246
At 30 September 2024 132,246
AMORTISATION
At 1 October 2023 500
Charge for year 3,094
At 30 September 2024 3,594
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2024 128,652
At 30 September 2023 5,500

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Computer
Platform and
and other office
equipment equipment Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 October 2023 320,297 124,958 445,255
Additions - 11,769 11,769
Disposals (4,621 ) (170 ) (4,791 )
At 30 September 2024 315,676 136,557 452,233
DEPRECIATION
At 1 October 2023 248,737 72,813 321,550
Charge for year 17,650 17,153 34,803
Eliminated on disposal (3,663 ) (50 ) (3,713 )
At 30 September 2024 262,724 89,916 352,640
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2024 52,952 46,641 99,593
At 30 September 2023 71,560 52,145 123,705

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
30.9.24 30.9.23
£    £   
Trade debtors 358,176 448,593
Prepayments and accrued income 74,978 62,789
433,154 511,382

6. CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS
30.9.24 30.9.23
£    £   
Short term deposits 2,007,505 1,500,000

Investments in short term deposits have an original maturity of 3 months or less. At the balance sheet date the average maturity of the deposits was 1 month.

7. CASH AT BANK
30.9.24 30.9.23
£    £   
Current accounts 86,698 106,251
Deposit account 55,668 500,264
Insurance intermediary balance 1,279,206 2,283,496
1,421,572 2,890,011

All cash held relating to insurance transactions cannot be utilised by the company for general purposes.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
30.9.24 30.9.23
£    £   
Insurance creditors 1,279,207 2,283,496
Other trade creditors 23,707 70,599
Tax 161,529 132,917
Social security and other taxes 56,887 -
VAT 23,546 10,656
Other creditors 9,127 9,037
Accruals and deferred income 1,279,197 1,443,946
2,833,200 3,950,651