Company registration number 05170841 (England and Wales)
LOM (UK) LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
LOM (UK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 8
LOM (UK) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
$
$
$
$
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
5
102,677
33,193
Current assets
Debtors
6
625,105
242,239
Cash at bank and in hand
16,670
580,400
641,775
822,639
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(118,528)
(201,681)
Net current assets
523,247
620,958
Total assets less current liabilities
625,924
654,151
Provisions for liabilities
(25,670)
(8,299)
Net assets
600,254
645,852
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
4,000
4,000
Share premium account
696,000
696,000
Profit and loss reserves
(99,746)
(54,148)
Total equity
600,254
645,852

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

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 11 April 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
J Cornell
Director
Company registration number 05170841 (England and Wales)
LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

LOM (UK) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Third floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN and their place of business is First Floor, Unit 2, Sheene Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EG.

1.1
Accounting convention

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 US Dollars which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest $.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Land and buildings leasehold
20% - 33% on cost
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
25% - 33% on cost
Computer equipment
20% - 50% on cost

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.5
Cash and cash equivalents

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

 

 

 

 

 

LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Financial instruments
Basic financial assets

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

Basic financial liabilities

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

1.7
Equity instruments

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

1.8
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.9
Employee benefits

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

 

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

 

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

1.10
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.11
Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.12
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than USD are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation are included in the profit and loss account for the period.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

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

 

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

 

There were no significant judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty noted.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
14
12
LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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4
Taxation
2024
2023
$
$
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
-
0
56,159
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(28,043)
-
0
Total current tax
(28,043)
56,159
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
17,371
(1,915)
Total tax (credit)/charge
(10,672)
54,244

From 1 April 2023, the UK corporation tax rate changed from 19% to 25%, with marginal relief available for profits between £50,000 and £250,000, therefore the effective tax rate last year differs to this year.

The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected (credit)/charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
$
$
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(56,270)
211,188
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
(14,068)
49,671
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
937
1,677
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(30,394)
-
0
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
2,370
-
0
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(17,282)
4,811
Deferred tax movement
17,371
(1,915)
Unutilised tax losses carried back
30,394
-
0
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(10,672)
54,244
LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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5
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
Plant and machinery etc
Total
$
$
$
Cost
At 1 January 2024
22,534
260,393
282,927
Additions
3,021
95,852
98,873
Disposals
(18,129)
(7,810)
(25,939)
At 31 December 2024
7,426
348,435
355,861
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
22,028
227,706
249,734
Depreciation charged in the year
758
28,631
29,389
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(18,129)
(7,810)
(25,939)
At 31 December 2024
4,657
248,527
253,184
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
2,769
99,908
102,677
At 31 December 2023
506
32,687
33,193
6
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
$
$
Trade debtors
73,513
28,832
Amounts owed by group undertakings
403,970
128,987
Other debtors
124,210
84,420
601,693
242,239
2024
2023
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
$
$
Other debtors
23,412
-
0
Total debtors
625,105
242,239

 

LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
$
$
Bank loans and overdrafts
54,939
-
0
Amounts owed to group undertakings
334
91,150
Taxation and social security
50,145
82,625
Other creditors
13,110
27,906
118,528
201,681

 

8
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
$
$
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of $1 each
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
9
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Tracey Wickens
Statutory Auditor:
MGI Midgley Snelling LLP
Date of audit report:
14 April 2025
10
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

Amounts due in relation to the defined contribution pension scheme as at 31 December 2024 were $1,258 (2023: $3,345).

LOM (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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11
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2024
2023
$
$
300,698
56,758
12
Parent company

LOM Financial Limited (incorporated in Bermuda) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. LOM Financial Limited heads both the largest and the smallest group within which the subsidiary belongs and for which group accounts are prepared. The registered office of LOM Financial Limited is The LOM Building, 27 Reid Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda.

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements of LOM Financial Limited are available from their web site www.lom.com.

 

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