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Registered number: OC415086
Deutsche Finance International LLP
Financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Information
Members
DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG
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LLP registered number
OC415086
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Registered office
4th Floor, 25 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6HN
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Independent auditors
Kreston Reeves LLP, 2nd Floor, 168 Shoreditch High Street, London, E6 1RA
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Contents
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Independent auditors' report
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Consolidated profit and loss account
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Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
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Consolidated balance sheet
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Consolidated reconciliation of members' interests
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LLP reconciliation of members' interests
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Notes to the financial statements
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Members' report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
The members present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of Deutsche Finance International LLP (the "LLP and the Group") for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal object of the LLP and the Group is the provision of investment advisory services.
Designated Members
DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG, F C Roccogrande, and G S C Neilan were designated members of the LLP and the Group throughout the year.
Members' capital and interests
Each member's subscription to the capital of the LLP is determined by its share of the profit and is repayable following retirement from the LLP.
Details of changes in members' capital in the year ended 31 December 2024 are set out in the Reconciliation of members' interests.
Members are remunerated from the profits of the LLP and are required to make their own provision for pensions and other benefits. Profits are allocated and divided between members after finalisation of the financial statements. Members draw a proportion of their profit shares monthly during the year in which it is made, with the balance of profits if available being distributed after the year, subject to the cash requirements of the business.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Members' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Members' responsibilities statement
The members are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law, (as applied by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008), requires the members to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the members have 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, (as applied by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008) the members must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the LLP, the Group and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the members are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies 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 members are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group's and the LLP's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 (as applied by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of the Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the LLP, the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Disclosure of information to auditors
Each of the persons who are members at the time when this Members' report is approved has confirmed that:
∙so far as that member is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Group's auditors are unaware, and
∙that member has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a member in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Group's auditors are aware of that information.
This report was approved by the members and signed on their behalf by:
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F C Roccogrande
Designated member
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Independent auditors' report to the members of Deutsche Finance International LLP
We have audited the financial statements of Deutsche Finance International LLP (the 'parent LLP') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of comprehensive income, the Consolidated and LLP Balance sheets, the Consolidated and LLP's Reconciliation of members' interests 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).
In our opinion the financial statements:
∙give a true and fair view of the state of the Group's and of the parent LLP's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of the Group's profit 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, as applied to limited liability partnerships by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008.
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.
Conclusions relating to going concern
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In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members' 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 LLP'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 members with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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Independent auditors' report to the members of Deutsche Finance International LLP (continued)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The members are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and 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.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
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We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006, as applied to limited liability partnerships, requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
∙adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Group or parent LLP, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
∙the Group or parent LLP financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
∙we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of members
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As explained more fully in the Members' responsibilities statement set out on page 1, the members are 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 members determine 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 members are responsible for assessing the Group's and the parent LLP'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 members either intend to liquidate the Group or the parent LLP or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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Independent auditors' report to the members of Deutsche Finance International LLP (continued)
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
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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:
Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities, including fraud
Based on our understanding of the LLP and industry, and through discussion with the members and other management (as required by auditing standards), we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to anti-bribery and employment law. We considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and taxation legislation. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to: posting inappropriate journal entries to reduce expenditure, management bias in accounting estimates and judgemental areas of the financial statement. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
∙Discussions with management and assessment of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud; and
∙Assessment of identified fraud risk factors; and
∙Confirmation of related parties with management, and review of transactions throughout the period to identify any previously undisclosed transactions with related parties outside the normal course of business; and
∙Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any manual entries made at the year end for financial statement preparation; and
∙Reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
∙Performing analytical procedures with automated data analytics tools to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships, including related party transactions, that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
∙Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
∙Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion of the effectiveness of the Group's internal control.
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Independent auditors' report to the members of Deutsche Finance International LLP (continued)
∙Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the members.
∙Conclude on the appropriateness of the members' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group or the parent LLP's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our Auditors' report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our Auditors' report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group's and the parent LLP to cease to continue as a going concern.
∙Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in manner that achieves fair presentation.
∙Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
This report is made solely to the LLP's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, as applied by Part 12 of The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Applications of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the LLP'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 LLP and the LLP's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Anne Dwyer BSc(Hons) FCA (Senior statutory auditor)
for and on behalf of
Kreston Reeves LLP
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
London
29 April 2025
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Consolidated profit and loss account
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Interest and other income
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Interest payable and similar expenses
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Profit for the year before members' remuneration and profit shares
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Profit for the financial year attributable to:
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Profit for the year before members' remuneration and profit shares
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Members' remuneration charged as an expense
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Profit for the financial year available for discretionary division among members
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The notes on pages 15 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Profit for the financial year
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Other comprehensive income
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Currency translation differences
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Total comprehensive income for the year
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Profit for the year attributable to:
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Total comprehensive income attributable to:
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The notes on pages 15 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Consolidated balance sheet
As at 31 December 2024
Registered number: OC415086
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Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Total assets less current liabilities
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Provisions for liabilities
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Registered number: OC415086
Consolidated balance sheet (continued)
As at 31 December 2024
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Members' capital classified as equity
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Loans due from members (included in debtors)
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The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the members and were signed on their behalf on 29 April 2025.
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F C Roccogrande
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The notes on pages 15 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Registered number: OC415086
LLP balance sheet
As at 31 December 2024
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Total assets less current liabilities
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Provisions for liabilities
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Registered number: OC415086
LLP balance sheet (continued)
As at 31 December 2024
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Members' capital classified as equity
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Loans due from members (included in debtors)
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Loans and other debts due from members
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Members' capital classified as equity
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The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the members and were signed on their behalf on 29 April 2025.
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The notes on pages 15 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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Consolidated Reconciliation of members' interests
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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EQUITY
Members' other interests
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DEBT
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Profit for the year available for discretionary division among members
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Members' interests after profit for the year
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Other division of profits
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Balance at 31 December 2023
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Profit for the year available for discretionary division among members
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Members' interests after profit for the year
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Amounts introduced by members
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Balance at 31 December 2024
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The notes on pages 15 to 27 form part of these financial statements.
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LLP reconciliation of members' interests
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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EQUITY
Members' other interests
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DEBT
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Balance at 31 December 2023
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Balance at 31 December 2024
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There are no existing restrictions or limitations which impact the ability of the members of the LLP to reduce the amount of Members' other interests.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
The partnership is a limited liability partnership, and is incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office and principal place of business is 4th Floor, 25 Berkely Square, London, W1J 6HN. The principal activity of the LLP and the Group is the provision of investment advisory services.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The consolidated Group and LLP financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006. The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 12 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The preparation of consolidated Group and LLP financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies (see note 3).
The LLP has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Profit and loss account in these financial statements.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the LLP and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated profit and loss account from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases.
The members have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the members continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the
financial statements.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Foreign currency translation
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Functional and presentation currency
The LLP's functional and presentational currency is Pound sterling.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.
At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.
Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation at period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in profit or loss except when deferred in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow hedges.
Foreign exchange gains and losses that relate to borrowings and cash and cash equivalents are presented in the Consolidated profit and loss account within 'finance income or costs'. All other foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in profit or loss within 'other operating income'.
On consolidation, the results of overseas operations are translated into Sterling at rates approximating to those ruling when the transactions took place. All assets and liabilities of overseas operations are translated at the rate ruling at the reporting date. Exchange differences arising on translating the opening net assets at opening rate and the results of overseas operations at actual rate are recognised in other comprehensive income.
Translation
The trading results of group undertakings are translated into sterling at the average exchange rates for the year. The assets and liabilities of overseas undertakings are translated at the exchange rates ruling at the year-end. Exchange adjustments arising from the retranslation of opening net investments and from the translation of the profits or losses at average rates are recognised in ‘Other comprehensive income’.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Turnover from provision of investment advisory services is recognised in line with the terms of the asset management agreement, based on the extent of services rendered and when the performance obligations are satisfied. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, less discounts and value added tax. The following criteria must also be met before turnover is recognised:
Rendering of services
Turnover from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
∙the amount of turnover can be measured reliably;
∙it is probable that the Group will receive the consideration due under the contract;
∙the extent that services performed as at the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
∙the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.
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Placement Agency Fees (Cost of Sales)
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Placement agent fees relate to fundraising services provided by third party agents and are recorded as cost of sales. Fee payable to the placement agents is capitalised as a prepayment and amortised over the investment period to the relevant fund vehicle to which it relates.
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Operating leases: the Group as lessee
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Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.
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Finance and borrowing costs
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Finance and borrowing costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issuance costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated debt instrument.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Group provides a range of benefits to employees, including annual bonus arrangements, paid holiday arrangements and defined contribution pension plans.
Short term benefits
Short term benefits, including holiday pay and other similar non-monetary benefits, are recognised as an expense in the period in which the service is received.
Defined contribution pension plan
The Group operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Group has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Group in independently administered funds.
Annual bonus
The Group operates an annual bonus scheme for employees. An expense is recognised in the profit and loss account when the Group has a legal or constructive obligation to make payments under the plans as a result of past events and a reliable estimate of the obligation can be made.
Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the LLP and the Group operate and generate income.
Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Tangible fixed assets (continued)
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Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
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Long-term leasehold property
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Over the remaining term of the lease
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The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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Investments in subsidiaries
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Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.
Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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Provisions for liabilities
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Provisions are recognised when an event has taken place that gives rise to a legal or constructive obligation, a transfer of economic benefits is probable and a reliable estimate can be made.
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
Increases in provisions are generally charged as an expense to profit or loss.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The group only enters into basic financial transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments into ordinary shares.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate determined under the contract.
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Judgments in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
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The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the statements of financial position date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses for the year.
The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, not always equal the related actual results. There have been no significant estimates or judgements used in applying accounting policies or key sources of estimation uncertainty.
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An analysis of turnover by class of business is as follows:
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Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Cost of defined contribution scheme
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The average monthly number of persons (including members with contracts of employment) employed during the year was as follows:
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Information in relation to members
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The average number of members during the year was
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Parent LLP profit for the year
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The LLP has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Profit and loss account in these financial statements. The profit of the parent LLP for the year was £1,625,829 (2023 - £1,388,316).
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
8.Tangible fixed assets (continued)
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Investments in subsidiary companies
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Amounts owed by other related parties
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Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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Included in bank loans in Note 11 is a loan balance of £400,000 (2023 Note 11 and 12: £800,000) due to HSBC Innovation Bank Limited repayable over 1 years (2023: 2 years) with an interest rate of 3.5% above base rate. Bank arrangement fees of £167,672 (2023: £117,944) have been capitalised against the loan and amortised over the term of the loan. The carrying amount of the bank arrangement fee at 31 December 2024 is £59,076.
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Loans and other debts due from members
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Other amounts due from members
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Loans and other debts due to members may be further analysed as follows:
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Loans and other debts due from members rank equally with debts due to ordinary creditors in the event of a winding up.
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Commitments under operating leases
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At 31 December 2024 the Group and the LLP had future minimum lease payments due under non-cancellable operating leases for each of the following periods:
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Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years
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Deutsche Finance International LLP
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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Related party transactions
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The Group discloses transactions with related parties which are not wholly owned within the same group. Where appropriate, transactions of a similar nature are aggregated unless, in the opinion of the members, separate disclosure is necessary to understand the effect of the transactions on the group financial statements.
The LLP was owed £179,500 (2023: £149,500) by DFI Jersey Holdings LP. During the year, DFI Jersey Holdings LP borrowed a further £30,000.
The LLP was owed £143,500 (2023: £113,500) by DFI Jersey Holding II LP. During the year, DFI Jersey Holding II LP borrowed a further £30,000.
The LLP was owed £14,000 (2023: £Nil) by DFI Olympus Jersey Holding LP. During the year, DFI Olympus Jersey Holding LP borrowed £14,000.
The LLP operated a loan account with one of its members during the year. At the year end, the member was owed £215,000 (2023: £215,000) with interest of 1% accruing totalling £12,976 (2023: £10,821).
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The controlling member is DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG, a company incorporated and registered in Germany. The LLP's ultimate controlling party is DF Deutsche Finance Partners GmbH.
Copies of the consolidated financial statements of the parent undertaking can be obtained from their registered office at Hansastrasse 29, D-81373 Munchen.
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