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Registered number: 05333310
ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMATION FOR FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Statement of financial position
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Notes to the financial statements
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 05333310
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 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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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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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 profit and loss account 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 7 March 2025.
The notes on pages 2 to 6 form part of these financial statements.
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
Advantage 4 Travel Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.
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 preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The parent company, Advantage Travel Centres Limited, has indicated its willingness and intention to continue to provide ongoing support to the Company. Having considered this, the directors are confident that the Company will continue to receive support from its parent for a period of at least twelve months from the signing of the financial statements.
On this basis, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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Foreign currency translation
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Functional and presentation currency
The Company's functional and presentational currency is GBP.
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.
Turnover represents net invoiced sales of services, excluding value added tax and adjusted for accrued revenue calculated by reference to the fair value of services performed up to the balance sheet date but not invoiced. Where payments are received from customers in advance of services provided, the amounts are recorded as deferred income and included as part of creditors due within one year. Turnover in respect of principal sales is recognised on the date of departure.
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 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.
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 Statement of financial position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
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 reporting date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.
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.
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Statement of financial position when the
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Financial instruments (continued)
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Company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
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Judgments in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
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The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 a continuing 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.
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The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 2 (2023 - 2).
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Prepayments and accrued income
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Prepayments and accrued income include advance payments to suppliers for future travel amounting to £582,184 (2023: £363,031).
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 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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Accruals and deferred income include advanced receipts from customers for future travel amounting to £897,265 (2023: £648,487)
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
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Amounts owed to group undertakings
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Allotted, called up and fully paid
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1,000,600 (2023 - 1,000,600) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
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The Company operates a defined contributions 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 £4,568 (2023: £3,899). Contributions totalling £nil (2023: £nil) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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ADVANTAGE 4 TRAVEL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Related party transactions
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Appendix C of FRS 102 Section 1A, does not require disclosure of transaction entered into between two or more members of the group, provided that any subsidiary which is a party to the transaction is a wholly owned member. Hence these transactions were not disclosed in these financial statements.
There were no material related party transactions entered into during the year that have not been concluded under normal market conditions.
At the year end, the Company owed £1,045,369 (2023: £859,410) to Advantage Travel Centres Limited, its ultimate parent company.
At the year end, the Company owed £12,246 (2023: £7,672) to Worldwide Independent Travel Network (WIN) Ltd, a fellow subsidiary.
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Post balance sheet events
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The directors have concluded that no other material events have occurred since the date of approval of
these financial statements that would affect these financial statements.
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Ultimate controlling party
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The ultimate parent company preparing group financial statements is Advantage Travel Centres Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. This company prepares group financial statements which are publicly available and copies can be obtained from its registered office at C/O Regus, Eagle House, 167 City Road, London, EC1V 1NR.
The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024 was unqualified.
The audit report was signed on 7 March 2025 by Yasin Khandwalla FCCA (Senior statutory auditor) on behalf of Xeinadin Audit Limited.
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