Registration number:
for the
Year Ended 30 April 2024
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Contents
Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Company Information
Directors |
Dr A Hider S House P Kinsey H R Leigh Y Murray J Strange |
Registered office |
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Auditors |
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Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 April 2024.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is as a management and holding company.
The principal activity of the group is providing mental health care services as well as education and care services.
Fair review of the business
The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show turnover of £6,061,650 (2023 - £6,552,700) and an operating profit of £12,602 (2024 - £1,681,626). At 30 April 2024, the company had net assets of £8,639,229 (2023 - £10,605,812). The directors consider the performance for the year and the financial position at the year end to be satisfactory.
Given the nature of the business, the group's directors are of the opinion that key performance indicators are important. The group uses a number of indicators to monitor and improve development, performance or the position of the business. Indicators are reviewed and altered to meet changes both in the internal and external environments. The directors do not consider the inclusion of an analysis using key performance indicators to be necessary to assist users of the financial statements in their understanding of the financial performance or position of the group.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Principal risks to the organisation are managed through organisation risk registers. These identify all of the potential risks to the business with mitigating controls for managing and monitoring risk.
All risks are profiled, and the Board is regularly updated on the current status of risks to the organisation and commensurate risk mitigation strategies.
Reputational risk
Provision of poor or inappropriate levels of care would cause severe damage to the Group’s brand and the ability of the business to attract new service users. The business operates sophisticated levels of performance monitoring with regular reporting to senior management and the Board of any potential issues.
Health and safety
We believe that no serious injury to staff, residents, their guests or anyone else on our premises is acceptable. Everyone in our business has accountability for health and safety, and they are given the necessary tools (including training, safety equipment and resources) to operate safely.
Government policy
Continued pressure is being exerted on Government and Local Authority spending. The business is mitigating this pressure by concentrating on providing care for those with more complex and challenging behaviour.
Cost base inflation
The principal costs for the successful operation of the business include staff costs, energy and food. All of these areas are subject to on-going cost pressures in excess of inflation. In order to mitigate these issues, the Group has a well organised procurement process to source energy and food at the best possible rates. The Group also has a well organised operations structure to ensure that labour is employed as effectively as possible.
Environmental matters
The Group is aware of its environmental impact and is monitoring this. There have been some initiatives implemented to aid in decreasing the Group's carbon footprint, measures to minimise waste across the Group where possible, with items being recycled wherever possible and training of managers on environmental awareness.
Approved by the
Director
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2024.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Employment of disabled persons
The group's policy is to recruit disabled workers for those vacancies that they are able to fill. All necessary assistance with initial training courses is given. Once employed, a career plan is developed so as to ensure suitable opportunities for each disabled person. Arrangements are made, wherever possible, for retraining employees who become disabled, to enable them to perform work identified as appropriate to their aptitudes and abilities.
Employee involvement
The group's policy is to recruit disabled workers for those vacancies that they are able to fill. All necessary assistance with initial training courses is given. Once employed, a career plan is developed so as to ensure suitable opportunities for each disabled person. Arrangements are made, wherever possible, for retraining employees who become disabled, to enable them to perform work identified as appropriate to their aptitudes and abilities.
Future developments
The external environment is expected to remain competitive in 2024/25, however the directors remain confident that they will continue to improve the future performance of the business.
Financial instruments
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk
The group is exposed to the usual credit and cash flow risk associated with selling on credit and manages this through credit control procedures. The group's bank loans and loan notes are subject to price and liquidity risk as disclosed in note 17 to the financial statements. The subsidiaries are exposed to price and liquidity risk. The board constantly monitor the company's trading results to ensure that the group can meet its future obligations as they fall due.
Disclosure of information to the auditors
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.
Appointment of auditors
Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.
Approved by the
Director
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with 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 apply them consistently; |
• | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
• | state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards has been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
• | 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.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 April 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, 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 30 April 2024 and of its loss 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 auditor 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 original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.
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 4, 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 is 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.
Auditor’s 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 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.
Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
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 considered the nature of the company’s industry and its control environment and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations. We also enquired of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and identified the key laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including the UK Companies Act and tax legislation, and, those that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.
We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
In common with all audits conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements made in accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:
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reviewing financial statement disclosures by testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements; |
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performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatements due to fraud; |
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enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; and |
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reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance. |
Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of this 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 an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
For and on behalf of
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
GL50 3AT
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Operating profit |
12,602 |
1,681,626 |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Fair value gain on financial instrument |
- |
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Interest payable and similar charges |
( |
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(Loss)/profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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(Loss)/profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no other comprehensive income for the year.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
(Registration number: 05190932)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2024
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Fixed assets |
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Intangible assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Investments |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Profit and loss account |
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Total equity |
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Approved and authorised by the
Director
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Share capital |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
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At 1 May 2023 |
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Loss for the year |
- |
( |
( |
Dividends |
- |
( |
( |
At 30 April 2024 |
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Share capital |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
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At 1 May 2022 |
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Profit for the year |
- |
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Dividends |
- |
( |
( |
At 30 April 2023 |
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Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.
The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.
Summary of disclosure exemptions
The company has not presented a cash flow statement on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of the ultimate parent company.
Name of parent of group
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Iris Care Group Limited.
The financial statements of Iris Care Group Limited may be obtained from Companies House.
Group accounts not prepared
Going concern
After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Judgements and estimation uncertainty
These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty. |
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the group’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the group. The group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the group's activities.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the group operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the group. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
Equipment |
20%-25% straight line |
Motor vehicles |
20% straight line |
Goodwill
Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed five years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.
Intangible assets
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date.
Negative goodwill arising on an acquisition is recognised on the face of the balance sheet on the acquisition date and subsequently the excess up to the fair value of non-monetary assets acquired is recognised in profit or loss in the periods in which the non-monetary assets are recovered.
Separately acquired trademarks and licences are shown at historical cost.
Trademarks, licences (including software) and customer-related intangible assets acquired in a business combination are recognised at fair value at the acquisition date.
Trademarks, licences and customer-related intangible assets have a finite useful life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.
Amortisation
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:
Asset class |
Amortisation method and rate |
Goodwill |
Straight line over 20 years |
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Investments
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
Defined contribution pension obligation
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Financial instruments
Classification
Recognition and measurement
Impairment
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.
Turnover |
The total turnover of the company has been derived from its principal activity wholly undertaken in the United Kingdom.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
2024 |
2023 |
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Depreciation expense |
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Amortisation expense |
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Operating lease expense - property |
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Operating lease expense - plant and machinery |
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Exceptional items |
2024 |
2023 |
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Exceptional expenses |
233,322 |
- |
Exceptional items during the year relate to one off legal and professional fees.
Other interest receivable and similar income |
2024 |
2023 |
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Interest income on investments |
1,029,161 |
827,180 |
Dividend income |
- |
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Interest payable and similar expenses |
2024 |
2023 |
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Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings |
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Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts |
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Interest expense on other finance liabilities |
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Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
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Wages and salaries |
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Social security costs |
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Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
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The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
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Administration and support |
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Other departments |
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Auditors' remuneration |
2024 |
2023 |
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Audit of the financial statements |
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Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account
2024 |
2023 |
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
- |
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UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
( |
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(478,911) |
576,176 |
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Deferred taxation |
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Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
( |
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Tax (receipt)/expense in the income statement |
( |
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Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
2024 |
2023 |
|
(Loss)/profit before tax |
( |
|
Corporation tax at standard rate |
( |
|
Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
|
|
Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period |
|
|
(Decrease)/increase in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
( |
|
Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
|
|
Tax decrease from other short-term timing differences |
- |
( |
Tax increase arising from group relief |
|
- |
Tax decrease from effect of dividends from UK companies |
- |
( |
Total tax (credit)/charge |
( |
|
Deferred tax
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
2024 |
Asset |
Accelerated capital allowances |
( |
Other short term timing differences |
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|
2023 |
Asset |
Accelerated capital allowances |
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Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Intangible assets |
Other Intangibles |
|
Cost or valuation |
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At 1 May 2023 |
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Additions acquired separately |
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At 30 April 2024 |
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Amortisation |
|
At 1 May 2023 |
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Amortisation charge |
|
At 30 April 2024 |
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Carrying amount |
|
At 30 April 2024 |
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At 30 April 2023 |
|
Tangible assets |
Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Motor vehicles |
Total |
|
Cost |
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At 1 May 2023 |
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Additions |
- |
|
|
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Disposals |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 30 April 2024 |
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|
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Depreciation |
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At 1 May 2023 |
- |
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
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Eliminated on disposal |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 30 April 2024 |
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|
|
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 April 2024 |
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At 30 April 2023 |
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Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £93,482 (2023 - £110,112) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Investments |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Investments in subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
£ |
Cost and carrying amount |
|
At 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024 |
|
Details of undertakings
Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
Undertaking |
Registered office |
Holding |
Proportion of voting rights and shares held |
|
2024 |
2023 |
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Subsidiary undertakings |
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|
England and Wales |
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|
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England and Wales |
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England and Wales |
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|
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England and Wales |
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|
|
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England and Wales |
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|
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England and Wales |
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|
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Stocks |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Other inventories |
|
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Debtors |
Current |
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
Amounts owed by related parties |
|
|
|
Other debtors |
- |
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Details of non-current trade and other debtors
£46,963,545 (2023 -£36,996,977) of amounts owed by group undertakings is classified as non current.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Creditors |
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Due within one year |
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Loans and borrowings |
|
|
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Trade creditors |
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|
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Amounts due to related parties |
|
- |
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Social security and other taxes |
|
|
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Other creditors |
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Accrued expenses |
|
|
|
Corporation tax liability |
|
|
|
|
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Due after one year |
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Loans and borrowings |
|
- |
Loans and borrowings |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Current loans and borrowings |
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Bank borrowings |
|
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HP and finance lease liabilities |
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|
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
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Non-current loans and borrowings |
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Bank borrowings |
|
- |
Bank loans outstanding of £29,337,125 (2023 - £31,657,489) are stated after deducting £183,875 (2023 - £58,511) of costs associated with the raising of finance which are being released to the profit and loss account over the debt in accordance with FRS 102. Total bank loans excluding capitalised debt costs were £29,521,000 at 30 April 2024 (2023 - £31,716,000).
The bank loan is secured by a fixed and floating charge debenture over the property owned by the group together with a cross guarantee between the group companies. The bank loan is in quarterly instalments, with the remainder repayable in full on 30 April 2026.
Hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets to which they relate.
A group refinancing was completed post year end, replacing the bank loan as at 30 April 2024 with intercompany debt.
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2024
Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
2024 |
2023 |
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No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
20,000 |
Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts |
Operating leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Not later than one year |
|
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Later than one year and not later than five years |
|
|
|
|
Dividends |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Dividends paid |
1,200,000 |
350,000 |
Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
The ultimate parent is
The ultimate controlling party is