Registration number:
SNB Holdings Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
SNB Holdings Limited
Contents
Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Director's Report |
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Statement of Director's Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Consolidated Profit and Loss Account |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet |
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Balance Sheet |
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
SNB Holdings Limited
Company Information
Director |
Mr SN Bhattessa |
Company secretary |
Mr K Jegeswaran |
Registered office |
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Auditors |
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SNB Holdings Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
The director presents his strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Fair review of the business
The group owns and operates a luxury hotel in Brentwood, The Marygreen Manor Hotel.
The hotel have maintained their reputation for excellence as evidenced by the AA 4 star accreditation awarded to Marygreen Manor Hotel.
Following the sale of The Barn, the director is taking the opportunity to invest in The Marygreen Manor Hotel to further improve the facilities and other investment opportunities as they arise.
The group's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:
Financial KPIs |
Unit |
2024 |
2023 |
Turnover |
£ |
3,058,095 |
4,158,071 |
Gross profit margin |
% |
25 |
41 |
Profit/(loss) before tax |
£ |
(634,072) |
(241,669) |
At the end of the year, the net assets totalled £7,418,721 (2023: £8,201,408).
Principal risks and uncertainties
The directors themselves are aware and keep themselves informed about the current downturn in the global economy.
They have taken measures to mitigate risks and have further plans to manage the adverse effects that may impact on the hotel and leisure industry.
Approved and authorised by the
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SNB Holdings Limited
Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
The director presents his report and the for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Director of the group
The director who held office during the year was as follows:
Financial instruments
Objectives and policies
The company's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, bank overdrafts and loans to the company. The main purpose of these loans is to raise funds for the company's operations and to finance the company's operations.
Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company, there is no exposure to price risk. The company's approach to managing other risks is applicable to the financial instruments concerned, is shown below.
In respect of bank balances, the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of overdrafts at floating rates of interest. Any excess funds are held on high interest deposit accounts.
In respect of loans, these comprise loans from financial institutions. The interest rates on the loans from institutions are variable but the monthly repayments are fixed. The company manages the liquidity risk by ensuring there are sufficient funds to meet the payments.
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk
The business' principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, bank overdrafts, trade debtors, trade creditors and loans to the business. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance the business' operations.
In respect of bank balances, the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of overdrafts at floating rates of interest. All of the business' cash balances are held in such a way that achieves a competitive rate of interest. The business makes use of money market facilities where funds are available.
Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow risk by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debts. Trade creditors' liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due.
Loans comprise loans from the director and from financial institutions. The interest rate and monthly repayments on the loans from financial institutions are fixed. The business manages the liquidity risk by ensuring that there are sufficient funds to meet the payments.
Statement of director's responsibilities
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
SNB Holdings Limited
Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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.
Disclosure of information to the auditor
The director has taken steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information. The director confirms that there is no relevant information that he knows of and of which he knows the auditor is unaware.
Reappointment of auditors
In accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution for the re-appointment of Xeinadin Audit Limited as auditors of the company is to be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Approved and authorised by the
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SNB Holdings Limited
Statement of Director's Responsibilities
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and the company and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group's and the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and the company and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
SNB Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SNB Holdings Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of SNB Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2024, which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, 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 group's and the parent company's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of the group's 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 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 director's 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 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The director 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.
SNB Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SNB Holdings 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 Director's 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 Director's 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 Director's 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 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
• | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Responsibilities of the director
As explained more fully in the statement of director's responsibilities [set out on page 3], the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor 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.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
SNB Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SNB Holdings Limited
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities,
including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
• the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence,
capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
• we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other
management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;
• we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the
financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation
and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation;
• we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries
of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
• identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained
alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including
obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
• making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their
knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
• considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and
regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
• performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
• tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
• assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative
of potential bias; and
• investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures
which included, but were not limited to:
• agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
• reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
• enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
• reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators, and the company’s legal advisors.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and
regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance.
Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations
to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if
any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they
may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
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.
SNB Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SNB Holdings 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 an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Chartered Accountants
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SNB Holdings Limited
Consolidated Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Note |
Total |
Total |
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Turnover |
|
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Cost of sales |
( |
( |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
|
Administrative expenses |
( |
( |
|
Operating loss |
( |
( |
|
Income from other Fixed assets investments |
|
( |
|
Other interest receivable and similar income |
|
- |
|
Interest payable and similar expenses |
( |
( |
|
34,590 |
(219,894) |
||
Loss before tax |
( |
( |
|
Tax on loss |
|
( |
|
Loss for the financial year |
( |
( |
|
Profit/(loss) attributable to: |
|||
Owners of the company |
( |
( |
The group has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
SNB Holdings Limited
(Registration number: 04395545)
Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
|||
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
Fixed assets |
|||||
Tangible assets |
|
|
|||
Other financial assets |
726,009 |
1,400,553 |
|||
|
|
||||
Current assets |
|||||
Stocks |
|
|
|||
Debtors |
|
|
|||
Cash at bank and in hand |
|
|
|||
|
|
||||
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
( |
( |
|||
Net current assets |
|
|
|||
Total assets less current liabilities |
|
|
|||
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
( |
( |
|||
Provisions for liabilities |
( |
( |
|||
Net assets |
|
|
|||
Capital and reserves |
|||||
Called up share capital |
100 |
100 |
|||
Other reserves |
10,672,175 |
10,672,175 |
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Retained earnings |
(3,253,554) |
(2,470,867) |
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Equity attributable to owners of the company |
7,418,721 |
8,201,408 |
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Shareholders' funds |
7,418,721 |
8,201,408 |
Approved and authorised by the
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SNB Holdings Limited
(Registration number: 04395545)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Fixed assets |
|||||
Investments |
|
|
|||
Current assets |
|||||
Debtors |
|
|
|||
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
( |
( |
|||
Net current assets |
|
|
|||
Net assets |
|
|
|||
Capital and reserves |
|||||
Called up share capital |
100 |
100 |
|||
Retained earnings |
470,423 |
603,304 |
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Shareholders' funds |
470,523 |
603,404 |
The company made a profit after tax for the financial year of £17,119 (2023 - profit of £24,433).
Approved and authorised by the
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SNB Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Equity attributable to the parent company
Share capital |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
|
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
( |
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
( |
( |
Dividends |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
( |
|
Total equity |
|
At 1 April 2023 |
|
Loss for the year |
( |
Dividends |
( |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
Share capital |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
|
At 1 April 2022 |
|
|
( |
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
( |
( |
Dividends |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2023 |
100 |
10,672,175 |
(2,470,867) |
8,201,408 |
Total equity |
|
At 1 April 2022 |
|
Loss for the year |
( |
Dividends |
( |
At 31 March 2023 |
8,201,408 |
SNB Holdings Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
|
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
|
Profit for the year |
- |
|
|
Dividends |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
|
At 1 April 2022 |
|
|
|
Profit for the year |
- |
|
|
Dividends |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2023 |
100 |
603,304 |
603,404 |
SNB Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
|||
Loss for the year |
( |
( |
|
Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items |
|||
Depreciation and amortisation |
|
|
|
Loss on disposal of tangible assets |
|
|
|
Loss from disposals of investments |
|
- |
|
Finance income |
( |
|
|
Finance costs |
|
|
|
Income tax expense |
( |
|
|
( |
|
||
Working capital adjustments |
|||
Decrease/(increase) in stocks |
|
( |
|
Increase in trade debtors |
( |
( |
|
Decrease in trade creditors |
( |
( |
|
Cash generated from operations |
( |
( |
|
Income taxes paid |
- |
( |
|
Net cash flow from operating activities |
( |
( |
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|||
Interest received |
|
- |
|
Acquisitions of tangible assets |
( |
( |
|
Proceeds from sale of tangible assets |
|
|
|
Dividend income from financial assets |
|
- |
|
Acquisition of financial investments other than trading investments |
( |
( |
|
Proceeds from disposal of financial investments other than trading investments |
|
- |
|
Net cash flows from investing activities |
( |
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|||
Interest paid |
( |
( |
|
Repayment of bank borrowing |
( |
( |
|
Proceeds from other borrowing draw downs |
|
- |
|
Dividends paid |
( |
( |
|
Net cash flows from financing activities |
( |
( |
|
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
( |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March |
929,308 |
2,454,786 |
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 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:
England
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 that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 31 March 2024.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is achieved where the company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Profit and Loss Account from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by the group.
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations that result in the acquisition of subsidiaries by the group. The cost of a business combination is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any excess of the cost of the business combination over the acquirer’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised is recorded as goodwill.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between the company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, are eliminated in full.
Intra-group losses are also eliminated but may indicate an impairment that requires recognition in the consolidated financial statements.
Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group. Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiaries are identified separately from the group’s equity therein. Non-controlling interests consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the original business combination and the non-controlling shareholder’s share of changes in equity since the date of the combination.
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and 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.
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current income 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.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses. On transition to FRS 102, the company elected to use the revalued amounts for Land and buildings as deemed cost.
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, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
Freehold and long leasehold land & buildings |
Over 125 years |
Fixtures and fittings |
12.5% straight line basis |
Equipment |
25% straight line basis |
Motor vehicles |
25% straight line basis |
Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the group’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. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.
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 |
Amortised over 7 years |
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 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 recognised at the transaction price less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the transaction.
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.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are recognised at the transaction price, and 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.
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 group has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Leases
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.
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the group’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 group 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.
Financial instruments
Classification
Recognition and measurement
Turnover |
The analysis of the group's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Rendering of services |
|
|
Operating loss |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
2024 |
2023 |
|
Depreciation expense |
|
|
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Interest payable and similar expenses |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings |
|
|
Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts |
|
- |
Interest expense on other finance liabilities |
|
|
Foreign exchange gains |
|
- |
|
|
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including director's remuneration) were as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
Social security costs |
|
|
Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
|
|
|
|
The average number of persons employed by the group (including the director) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Administration and support |
|
|
Sales |
|
|
|
|
Director's remuneration |
The director's remuneration for the year was as follows:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Remuneration |
|
- |
Auditors' remuneration |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Audit of these financial statements |
23,292 |
22,500 |
Other fees to auditors |
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Taxation compliance services |
|
|
All other assurance services |
|
|
|
|
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the consolidated profit and loss account
2024 |
2023 |
|
Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
|
|
UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
( |
|
(1,385) |
10,521 |
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 before tax |
( |
( |
Corporation tax at standard rate |
( |
( |
(Decrease)/increase in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
( |
|
Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
|
|
Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
|
|
Tax increase from effect of unrelieved tax losses carried forward |
|
|
Tax decrease from effect of dividends from UK companies |
( |
- |
Tax increase from changes in pension fund prepayment |
|
|
Total tax (credit)/charge |
( |
|
Deferred tax
Group
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
2024 |
Asset |
Liability |
Revaluation of property |
- |
|
- |
|
2023 |
Asset |
Liability |
Revaluation of property |
- |
|
- |
|
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Intangible assets |
Group
Goodwill |
Total |
|
Cost or valuation |
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At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
Amortisation |
||
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
Carrying amount |
||
At 31 March 2024 |
- |
- |
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Tangible assets |
Group
Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Motor vehicles |
Total |
|
Cost or valuation |
||||
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
- |
( |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
||||
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
Eliminated on disposal |
- |
( |
( |
( |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
||||
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
At 31 March 2023 |
|
|
|
|
Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £7,023,092 (2023 - £6,314,870) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
The net carrying amount of tangible assets includes the following amounts in respect of assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts:
2024 |
2023 |
|
Motor vehicles |
39,958 |
- |
Restriction on title and pledged as security
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Investments |
Company
2024 |
2023 |
|
Investments in subsidiaries |
|
|
Details of undertakings
Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
Undertaking |
Holding |
Proportion of voting rights and shares held |
||
2024 |
2023 |
Subsidiary undertakings |
||||
|
Ordinary shares |
|
|
|
|
Ordinary shares |
|
|
|
Subsidiary undertakings |
Pantheon Hotels and Leisure Limited The principal activity of Pantheon Hotels and Leisure Limited is |
Mulberry Enterprises Limited The principal activity of Mulberry Enterprises Limited is |
The subsidiary Mulberry Enterprises Limited has taken advantage of the exemption under s.479a of the Companies Act 2006 not requiring an audit.
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Other financial assets |
Group
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss |
Financial assets at cost less impairment |
Total |
|
Non-current financial assets |
|||
Cost or valuation |
|||
At 1 April 2023 |
1,157,503 |
243,050 |
1,400,553 |
Fair value adjustments |
44,774 |
- |
44,774 |
Additions |
291,299 |
- |
291,299 |
Disposals |
(1,010,617) |
- |
(1,010,617) |
At 31 March 2024 |
482,959 |
243,050 |
726,009 |
Carrying amount |
|||
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
726,009 |
Stocks |
Group |
Company |
|||
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Other inventories |
|
|
- |
- |
Debtors |
Group |
Company |
||||
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
- |
- |
|
|
|
Other debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Cash and cash equivalents |
Group |
Company |
|||
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Cash on hand |
|
|
- |
- |
Cash at bank |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
- |
- |
Creditors |
Group |
Company |
||||
Note |
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Due within one year |
|||||
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
- |
- |
|
|
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Other creditors |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Accruals |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Corporation tax |
326,461 |
322,827 |
19,572 |
15,938 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Due after one year |
|||||
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
Provisions for liabilities |
Group
Deferred tax |
Total |
|
At 1 April 2023 |
|
|
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the group to the scheme and amounted to £
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
2024 |
2023 |
|||
No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
100 |
|
100 |
Loans and borrowings |
Non-current loans and borrowings
Group |
Company |
|||
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Bank borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
Hire purchase contracts |
|
- |
- |
- |
Other borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
- |
- |
Current loans and borrowings
Group |
Company |
|||
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Bank borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
Hire purchase contracts |
|
- |
- |
- |
Other borrowings |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
- |
- |
Group
Bank borrowings
The bank has a floating charge over the company's assets to secure the bank loan and overdraft. The loans in respect of the bank loans are secured against the assets to which they relate.
Dividends |
2024 |
2023 |
|||||
£ |
£ |
|||||
Interim dividend of £ |
|
|
SNB Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Financial guarantee contracts |
Group
Two of the subsidiaries have entered into a guarantee dated 10 January 2012. Each company has provided a cross guarantee to National Westminster Bank Plc as security for monies due.
The amount of the financial guarantee contract is £
Related party transactions |
Group
2024 |
At 1 April 2023 |
Advances to director |
Repayments by director |
At 31 March 2024 |
Mr SN Bhattessa |
||||
Amounts due from/(to) director |
|
|
( |
|
2023 |
At 1 April 2022 |
Advances to director |
Repayments by director |
At 31 March 2023 |
Mr SN Bhattessa |
||||
Amounts due from/(to) director |
( |
|
( |
|