Company registration number 06555978 (England and Wales)
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Statement of financial position
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Notes to the financial statements
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ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
46,005
13,244,435
Current assets
Debtors
5
50,000
824,299
Cash at bank and in hand
355,405
208,550
405,405
1,032,849
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(19,502)
(270,040)
Net current assets
385,903
762,809
Net assets
431,908
14,007,244
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1,545
1,520
Share premium account
15,200,469
Profit and loss reserves
430,363
(1,194,745)
Total equity
431,908
14,007,244
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 income statement within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 2 June 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
G J Roberts
Director
Company registration number 06555978 (England and Wales)
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Arts Alliance Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 106 Kensington High Street, London, England, W8 4SG.
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 sterling, 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
The directors prepare annual budgets and forecasts in order to ensure that they have sufficient liquidity in place in the business. Based on their latest assessment of the budgets and forecasts for the business of the Company, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Interest income is recognised when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and the effective interest rate applicable.
1.4
Fixed asset investments
Interests 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.
Investments in unlisted Company shares, whose market value can be reliably determined, are remeasured to market value at each balance sheet date. Where market value cannot be reliably determined, such investments are stated at historic cost less impairment.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
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.
ARTS ALLIANCE 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
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 instruments.
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
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.
Classification of financial liabilities
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
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.
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 income statement 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.
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 income statement, 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.
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.
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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 where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors made judgments in relation to the disposal of a significant investment during the year to a connected party. This included assessing the appropriateness of the transaction terms and determining that the sale was conducted at fair value. The directors considered the valuation of the associated company with reference to a recent fundraising transaction undertaken with an independent third party. The directors also exercised judgment in concluding that the transaction met the criteria for exemption from corporation tax under the Substantial Shareholding Exemption.
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
2
2
4
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
5,005
1,025,005
Loans to group undertakings and participating interests
41,000
11,925,000
Other equity investments
294,430
46,005
13,244,435
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in associates
Loans to associates
Other investments
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
1,025,005
11,925,000
294,430
13,244,435
Additions
-
41,000
-
41,000
Disposals
(1,020,000)
(11,925,000)
(294,430)
(13,239,430)
At 31 December 2024
5,005
41,000
-
46,005
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
5,005
41,000
-
46,005
At 31 December 2023
1,025,005
11,925,000
294,430
13,244,435
As explained in Note 4, the company sold its entire holding in an associated company in the year. The company also sold its entire balance of other investments in the year. These other investments were previously provided against in full in 2018 but subsequently written back up in the year ended December 2023 to the value that was ultimately realised in the year ended December 2024. The majority of this value was realised in cash and the remainder was realised on disposal on 20 June 2024.
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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5
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Corporation tax recoverable
46,846
Other debtors
50,000
777,453
50,000
824,299
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
2,994
Amounts owed to group undertakings
250,000
Corporation tax
1,642
Other creditors
17,860
17,046
19,502
270,040
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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:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its 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.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Iain McManus
Statutory Auditor:
Sanders
Date of audit report:
2 June 2025
ARTS ALLIANCE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Related party transactions
The company paid for finance and accounting services of £17,992 (2023: £26,589) to Hoegh Capital Partners Limited. This company is a related party by virtue of the fact that Thomas Hoegh is a director of each entity.
During the year £Nil (2023: £4,925,000) was advanced to Garden Campus Limited and £Nil (2023: £11,925,000) remained outstanding at the year end. Thomas Hoegh is a director of this company.
During the year £50,000 (2023: £Nil) was advanced to Arts Alliance Production Limited and £50,000 (2023: £Nil) remained outstanding at the year end. The loan is interest free, unsecured and repayable on demand. Thomas Hoegh is a director of this company.
During the year £41,000 (2023: £Nil) was advanced to Bluejohn Solutions Limited and £41,000 (2023: £Nil) remained outstanding at the year end. The loan is a mixture of interest and interest free, unsecure and repayable on demand. Thomas Hoegh is a director of this company.
During the year, the Company disposed of its investment in Garden Campus Limited to Arts Alliance Investments Limited, a company connected at the time by virtue of a common directorship. The total consideration received was £21.44m, resulting in a gain of £7.66m, which was recognised within ‘Gain on disposal of fixed asset investments’ in the profit and loss account. The consideration for the disposal was settled through the issue of loan notes by Arts Alliance Investments Limited to the Company.
Subsequently, the Company transferred the loan notes received to Nationwide Limited, its parent company at the time of the transaction, in exchange for an equivalent amount of loan notes issued by that company. Following the above transactions a group re-organisation was undertaken, and Arts Alliance Investments Limited became the Company’s parent undertaking. This change in group structure occurred on 20 June 2024 and is disclosed accordingly in Note 9 to these financial statements. The loan notes issued by Arts Alliance Investments Limited were later settled in full by way of offset against a dividend declared by the Company in favour of the parent. No cash was exchanged as part of this settlement. Arts Alliance Investments Limited, after a group re-organisation, became the Company's parent company and bore all the costs associated with the disposal.
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Parent company
Nationwide Leisure Limited was the immediate parent company before the group structure changes. Following the group re-organisation Arts Alliance Investments Limited became the immediate and ultimate parent company. Its registered office is Suite 7 Windsor House, Lower Pollet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1WF.