REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 |
for |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 |
for |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited (Registered number: 09304255) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the year ended 31st December 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Abridged Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited |
Company Information |
for the year ended 31st December 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors |
Princes House |
Wright Street |
Hull |
East Yorkshire |
HU2 8HX |
BANKERS: |
1 Victoria Place |
Holbeck |
Leeds |
LS11 5AN |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited (Registered number: 09304255) |
Abridged Balance Sheet |
31st December 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Investments | 4 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 5 |
Retained earnings | ( |
) | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited (Registered number: 09304255) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the year ended 31st December 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Related party exemption |
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
Investments in subsidiaries |
Interest in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power given to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited (Registered number: 09304255) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st December 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial statements. |
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position 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. |
Basic financial assets, which include debtors, 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. |
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its 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. |
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Gem Scientific 2014 Limited (Registered number: 09304255) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st December 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL). |
4. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Information on investments other than loans is as follows: |
Totals |
£ |
COST |
At 1st January 2024 |
and 31st December 2024 | 3,474,554 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st December 2024 | 3,474,554 |
At 31st December 2023 | 3,474,554 |
5. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 47,750 | 47,750 |
6. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
The Report of the Auditors was unqualified. |
for and on behalf of |
7. | ULTIMATE PARENT AND CONTROLLING PARTY |
The ultimate controlling party is LBO France, a company registered in France (RCS Strasbourg Reg. No. 418354502). The immediate parent company is SLS Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (Reg. No. 03743859). |
The parent of the largest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up is Dutscher Holding. Copies of the consolidated accounts can be obtained from 2C, Rue De Bruxelles, 67170, Bernolsheim, France. |
The parent of the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up is Scientific Laboratory Supplies Group Limited, whose registered office address is Orchard House, The Square, Hessle, United Kingdom, HU13 0AE. |
Dutscher Holding SAS (incorporated in France) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company (RCS Strasbourg Reg. No. 882634660). |