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Registered number: 09319778
FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Accountants and Registered Office
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Camboro Business Park, Girton
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Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Notes to the financial statements
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09319778
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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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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The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The company has opted not to file the statement of comprehensive income in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 23 April 2025.
The notes on pages 2 to 5 form part of these financial statements.
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
FACT-Finder (UK) Limited is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Cambridge House, Camboro Business Park, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0QH.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 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 following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The validity of this assumption depends on the continued support from other group companies by not seeking repayment of the amounts owed.
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Foreign currency translation
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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.
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:
Rendering of services
Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
∙the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
∙it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
∙the stage of completion of the contract at the end of 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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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Operating leases: the company 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.
Finance 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. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.
Defined contribution pension plan
The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company 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 company in independently administered funds.
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the
ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at
amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the
impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
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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.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.
Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Provisions for liabilities
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Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the company a legal or constructiveobligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimatecan be made of the amount of the obligation.
Provisions are charged as an expense to profit or loss in the year that the company becomes awareof the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the balance sheet date of the expenditurerequired to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.
When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the balance sheet.
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition offinancial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and otherthird parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of eachreporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, animpairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet whenthere is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on anet basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 5 (2023 - 8).
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Prepayments and accrued income
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FACT-FINDER (UK) LIMITED
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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Amounts owed to group undertakings
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Other taxation and social security
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Accruals and deferred income
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The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £82,273 (2023 - £81,138). Contributions totalling £6,747 (2023 - £6,663) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
The company's ultimate parent undertaking, and the parent of the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up, is FACT-Finder Holding GmbH, whose registered office is Habermehlstraße 17, 75172 Pforzheim, Germany.
The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 was unqualified.
The audit report was signed on 23 April 2025 by David Wheeler (senior statutory auditor) on behalf of .
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