REGISTERED NUMBER: |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
DIRECTOR: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
BANKERS: |
165 High Street |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO14 2NZ |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 DECEMBER 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 4 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 5 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 6 | ( |
) |
NET LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Retained earnings | ( |
) | ( |
) |
( |
) | ( |
) |
The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Solent Towage Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" ("FRS 102") and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. |
The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view. |
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1. |
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. |
The company has taken advantage of the small companies exemption not to prepare consolidated accounts. |
Going concern |
In June 2023, the company's contract with Esso Petroleum Company Limited ended. At this point the company ceased to trade and is currently a non-trading company. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through financial support received from its parent undertaking. The group has provided an undertaking that it will continue to provide financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing. It is the intension of the directors to look for future trading opportunities, however at this point in time the company remains non-trading and therefore the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for the construction of tugs and the provision of towage facilities provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes, recognised once the service has been provided. |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial instruments and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks. |
Financial instruments |
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
Financial instruments are recognised when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Basic financial assets |
Basic financial assets, which include trade, other debtors, amounts due from group undertakings and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the financial asset is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. |
Basic financial liabilities |
Basic financial liabilities, including trade, other creditors and amounts due to group undertakings, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. |
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
Equity instruments |
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the fair value of proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company. |
Taxation |
The tax expense represents the sum of the current tax expense and deferred tax expense. Current tax assets are recognised when tax paid exceeds the tax payable. |
Current and deferred tax is charged or credited to profit or loss, except when it relates to items charged or credited to other comprehensive income or equity, when the tax follows the transaction for event it relates to and is also charged or credited to other comprehensive income, or equity. |
Current tax assets and current tax liabilities and deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset, if and only if, there is a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and the entity intends either to settle on the net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Current tax is based on taxable profit for the year. Current tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. |
Deferred tax is measured at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax is measured on a non-discounted basis. |
Foreign currencies |
Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency (foreign currency) are initially recorded at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of the transaction. |
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate ruling at the date or the transaction, or, if the asset or liability is measured at fair value, the rate when that fair value was determined. |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Employee benefits |
The costs of employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. |
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received. |
Leasing commitments |
Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged against profits on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL). |
4. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
VAT |
Prepayments and accrued income |
5. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Social security and other taxes |
Other creditors |
Accruals and deferred income |
6. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Other provisions | 50,000 | - |
Other |
provisions |
£ |
Provided during year |
Balance at 31 December 2024 |
SOLENT TOWAGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02789253) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
6. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) have approached the company to fund a shortfall in a historic defined benefit pension scheme relating to a third party payroll provider which is now dissolved. As at 31 December 2024, the value of the claim was under discussion and since the year end a value has been proposed whereby a payment of £50,000 plus 10% of monies received from the salvage claim, as noted in note 11, will be paid. At time of signing, there is sufficient uncertainty as to the quantum of the claim that the additional 10% has not been recognised and only the £50,000 has been provided for in the financial statements. |
7. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
The Report of the Auditors was unqualified. |
for and on behalf of |
We draw attention to note 2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the contract with Esso Petroleum Company Limited to provide waterborne services at the Fawley Marine Terminal Southampton is due to expire on 30 June 2023. A decision has not yet been announced as to whether a new contract has been awarded to the company. Should a contract not be awarded, the parent undertaking has indicated that it would explore alternative revenue streams and opportunities, and provide continued financial support to the company. However, the director has indicated that the company may cease trading sometime in the next 12 months if no suitable opportunities are identified. As stated in note 2, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. |
8. | CONTINGENT ASSET |
Following a salvage operation in August 2022, the company is in the process of negotiating a salvage claim. It is expected that this will be of sizable benefit to the company. Whilst some initial offers have been proposed, the directors do not feel that negotiations are at a point where it is virtually certain that an asset can be recognised in the financial statements or that a figure can be provided as a reasonable estimation of an amount that might be received. |
9. | PARENT COMPANY |
Verteks AS is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company, a company incorporated in Norway. |
The smallest group for which consolidated accounts are drawn up of which the company is a member is BT Holding AS. |
The consolidated accounts can be obtained from the parent company's registered office of Smedasundet 97B, 5525 Haugesund, Norway. |