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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
CONTENTS
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The director presents his strategic report, which is followed by the director's report, together with the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The principal activity of the group continued to be that of investment related services.
The Group's results show an increase in turnover to £24,191,399 (2022: £23,263,817) which is a result of changes in the funds that the Group is now advising. During the year, the Group increased its overall net profit margin to 48.3% (2022: 0.4%) which primarily arises from a restructure of the group.
The Group aims to maintain its high quality service in the provision of its advisory services. With these financial statements, the Group aims to present a balanced and comprehensive review of the development and performance of the business during the year and its position at the end of it. This review is consistent with the size and non-complex nature of our business and is written in the context of the risks and uncertainties faced. The principal risk facing the business is in relation to the performance of the funds that it advises, and their long term stability. The primary risks facing these funds stem from the markets that the funds invest in. The funds manage their portfolio to diversify risk and therefore help to mitigate any subsequent risk for the Group.
The director has monitored the progress of the Group strategy by reference to certain financial key performance indicators:
The Group's turnover was £24,191,399 (2022: £23,263,817) The Group's net profit margin was 48.3% (2022: 0.4%) The Group's net assets/(liabilities) were £7,973,027 (2022: (£4,743,288)).
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Group's principal financial instruments are cash and amounts due/(to) from related parties. The Group has various other limited financial instruments such as trade debtors, trade creditors and other creditors, which arise directly from its operations. It is, and has been throughout the year under review, the Group's policy that no trading in financial instruments shall be undertaken.
The main risks that arise from the Group's financial instruments are that of credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk. The Board reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below. These policies have remained unchanged throughout the period. Credit risk The Group trades only with recognised and creditworthy parties. It is the Group's policy that all customers who wish to trade on credit terms are subject to credit verification procedures. In addition, receivable balances are reviewed on a regular basis and a provision is made for doubtful debts when necessary. Liquidity risk and cash flow risk The board continually monitors the cash requirements of the Group to ensure that the Group has sufficient access to the required resources that the Board deem necessary at any time during the year. The monitoring and review of future projections by the Board ensures that there are adequate cash facilities to support the Group's cash flow requirements.
This report was approved by the board on 7 April 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Director's Report and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group 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 the Group and to 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 the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £11,674,002 (2022 - £93,506).
The director does not propose a dividend.
The review of the business and assessment of risks are included in the Strategic Report in pages 1 to 2.
The director who served during the year was:
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The auditors, Sumer Auditco Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Mark Capital Management Limited (the 'parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Company Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, 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).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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 or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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. 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 course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Director's Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group Strategic Report and the Director's Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Director's Report.
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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 Group financial statements.
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:
In order to identify and assess the risks of material misstatements, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations that could be expected to have a material impact on the financial statements, we have considered:
∙the results of our enquiries of management and those charged with governance of their assessment of the risks of fraud and irregularities
∙the nature of the group, including its management structure and control systems (including the opportunity for management to override such controls);
∙management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements including the group’s remuneration and bonus policies and performance targets; and
∙the industry and environment in which it operates.
We also considered UK tax and pension legislation and laws and regulations relating to employment and the preparation and presentation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006.
Based on this understanding we identified the following matters as being of significance to the entity:
∙laws and regulations considered to have a direct effect on the financial statements including UK financial reporting standards, Company Law and tax and pension legislation;
∙management bias in selecting accounting policies and determining estimates;
∙inappropriate journal entries;
∙the timing of the recognition of commercial income;
∙manipulation of specific performance measures to meet remuneration targets; and
∙recoverability of debtors including work in progress.
We communicated the outcomes of these discussions and enquiries, as well as consideration as to where and how fraud may occur in the entity, to all engagement team members including the auditors of significant components.
Audit procedures undertaken in response to the potential risks relating to irregularities (which include fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations) comprised:
∙enquiries of management and those charged with governance as to whether the entity complies with such laws and regulations;
∙enquiries with the same concerning any actual or potential litigation or claims;
∙discussion with the same regarding any known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud;
∙inspection of relevant legal correspondence;
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
∙assessment of matters reported to management and the result of the subsequent investigation;
∙obtaining an understanding of the relevant controls and testing their operation during the period;
∙obtaining an understanding of the policies and controls over the recognition of income and testing their implementation during the year;
∙challenging assumptions made by management in their specific accounting policies and estimates, in particular in relation to depreciation of tangible fixed assets;
∙identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations or crediting revenue or cash;
∙assessing the recovery of debtors in the period since the balance sheet date and challenging assumptions made by management regarding the recovery of balances which remain outstanding;
∙challenging key assumptions made by management;
∙reviewing the financial statements for compliance with the relevant disclosure requirements;
∙performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships or unexpected movements in account balances which may be indicative of fraud;
∙reviewing the minutes of Board meetings and correspondence with HMRC;
∙evaluating the underlying business reasons for any unusual transactions; and
∙considered the implementation of controls during the year.
No instances of material non-compliance were identified. However, the likelihood of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is limited by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the entity’s controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK).
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
14th Floor
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04500535
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 18 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04500535
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
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MARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04500535
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial statements. The profit after tax of the parent Company for the tax year was £360,100 (2022 - £669,894).
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by
The notes on pages 18 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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