Company registration number 03514233 (England and Wales)
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr G D Baber
Mr J C Boyce
Mr R G Boyce
Mr R S J Seager
Company number
03514233
Registered office
HPB House
24-28 Old Station Road
Newmarket
CB8 8EH
Auditor
Ensors Accountants LLP
Saxon House
Moseley's Farm Business Centre
Fornham All Saints
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 6JY
Business address
HPB House
24-28 Old Station Road
Newmarket
CB8 8EH
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Profit and loss account
6
Balance sheet
7
Notes to the financial statements
8 - 17
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a letting agent for holiday properties.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr G D Baber
Mr J C Boyce
Mr R G Boyce
Mr R S J Seager
Qualifying third party indemnity provisions
The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.
Auditor
Ensors Accountants LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr G D Baber
Director
23 June 2025
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors 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 the directors 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 company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors 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, the directors 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 company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Cornwall Hideaways Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the profit and loss account, the balance sheet and notes to the financial statements, including 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 company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its loss 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.
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 Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’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
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 company'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 directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, 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.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors 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 directors 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 directors are responsible for assessing the company'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 directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
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 auditor's 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 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.
Our audit was designed to include tests of detail together with an assessment of the control environment to enable us to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement due to fraud. This included work on areas where we consider there is a higher risk of fraud including revenue recognition, management override of systems and control, transactions with related parties, commitments and contingencies and accounting estimates.
We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, through discussions with the directors and other management, and from our own knowledge and experience of the sector.
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team:
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, including the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and how the company are complying with the legal and regulatory framework both at the planning stage and reminded to remain alert throughout the audit;
inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including any known actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud;
audited the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business;
reviewing minutes of those charged with governance;
discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud might occur including assessment of how and where the financial statements may be susceptible to fraud;
robustly challenged accounting estimates to ensure no indication of management bias.
However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's 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 company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Malcolm McGready (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Ensors Accountants LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Saxon House
Moseley's Farm Business Centre
Fornham All Saints
Bury St Edmunds
IP28 6JY
24 June 2025
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
1,377,349
1,311,796
Cost of sales
(653,948)
(572,849)
Gross profit
723,401
738,947
Administrative expenses
(957,698)
(994,890)
Operating loss
2
(234,297)
(255,943)
Interest receivable and similar income
10,740
13,431
Loss before taxation
(223,557)
(242,512)
Tax on loss
5
34,323
36,910
Loss for the financial year
(189,234)
(205,602)
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
6
413,617
499,193
Tangible assets
7
60,842
72,261
Investments
8
210
474,459
571,664
Current assets
Debtors
9
163,291
168,224
Cash at bank and in hand
142,083
467
305,374
168,691
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
10
(1,406,452)
(1,175,322)
Net current liabilities
(1,101,078)
(1,006,631)
Total assets less current liabilities
(626,619)
(434,967)
Provisions for liabilities
(9,303)
(11,721)
Net liabilities
(635,922)
(446,688)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
(636,022)
(446,788)
Total equity
(635,922)
(446,688)
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 23 June 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr G D Baber
Director
Company registration number 03514233 (England and Wales)
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Cornwall Hideaways Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is HPB House, 24-28 Old Station Road, Newmarket, CB8 8EH.
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.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
1.2
Going concern
The going concern basis of accounting is considered to be appropriate for the company as there are no material uncertainties in existence. The company has performed financial modelling for the period to 31 December 2024 and no issues were identified that would give rise to a going concern risk. As explained in Note 15 the company is part of an omnibus bank arrangement and given the current economic uncertainty the ultimate parent company, Quality Holidays Assured Limited, has provided a letter of support for the period covering at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, which includes confirmation it will not seek repayment of £892,320 included in creditors. The directors have evaluated the ability of Quality Holidays Assured Limited to provide this support in the context of the group structure and activities of fellow subsidiaries and have not identified any material uncertainties in this regard. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.true
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents rental commissions and services receivable, excluding value added tax. Where the company acts as agent, turnover includes only the commission element of the rental arrangements. The company recognises commission in the profit and loss account at the point of booking when the deposit is received as that is the provision of the service being the trigger point for recognition. In some cases, where the company also provides additional services to the independent property owners (e.g. property management) the revenue attributed to these services are recognised when the services are provided.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Intangible fixed assets - goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition of business over the fair value of net assets acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life from original acquisition on 30 October 2019, of 10 years.
For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the cash-generating units expected to benefit the acquisition. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.
1.5
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold improvements
Over term of lease
Fixtures and fittings
4 years straight line
Computers
4 years straight line
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance
Residual value is calculated on prices prevailing at the reporting date, after estimated costs of disposal, for the asset as if it were at the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.6
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost, including directly attributable transaction costs 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 to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
1.7
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.8
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.
1.9
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 balance sheet 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.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
1.10
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.
1.11
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 profit and loss account 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.
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 profit and loss account, 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.
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.12
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. The company's holiday year ends at the reporting date.
Employees are not entitled to carry forward any unused holiday entitlement at the reporting date, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
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.
1.13
Retirement benefits
Contributions are made into the individual personal pension plans of certain employees. The contributions are charged to profit or loss in the year in which they become payable.
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.14
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
2
Operating loss
2024
2023
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
21,554
26,345
Loss/(profit) on disposal of tangible fixed assets
5,648
(13)
Amortisation of intangible assets
85,576
85,576
Operating lease charges
46,917
46,407
3
Auditor's remuneration
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
5,240
4,850
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Administration
17
16
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
4
Employees
(Continued)
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Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
361,371
332,816
Social security costs
19,077
29,793
Pension costs
5,243
9,174
385,691
371,783
Of the 4 (2023: 5) directors who held office during the year, who are considered to be the key management personnel, none received remuneration during the year (2023: 1).
5
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
(31,904)
(36,261)
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(15)
Total current tax
(31,904)
(36,276)
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(2,419)
(634)
Total tax credit
(34,323)
(36,910)
The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Loss before taxation
(223,557)
(242,512)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
(55,889)
(57,039)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
172
109
Amortisation on assets not qualifying for tax allowances
21,394
20,073
Under/(over) provided in prior years
(16)
Remeasurement of deferred tax for changes in tax rates
(37)
Taxation credit for the year
(34,323)
(36,910)
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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6
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
841,497
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
342,304
Amortisation charged for the year
85,576
At 31 December 2024
427,880
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
413,617
At 31 December 2023
499,193
7
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
23,912
27,525
45,603
82,677
179,717
Additions
1,038
15,995
17,033
Disposals
(1,494)
(16,100)
(17,594)
At 31 December 2024
24,950
26,031
45,603
82,572
179,156
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
13,778
24,212
37,515
31,951
107,456
Depreciation charged in the year
4,235
1,730
2,772
12,817
21,554
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(1,494)
(9,202)
(10,696)
At 31 December 2024
18,013
24,448
40,287
35,566
118,314
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
6,937
1,583
5,316
47,006
60,842
At 31 December 2023
10,134
3,313
8,088
50,726
72,261
8
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
210
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
8
Fixed asset investments
(Continued)
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Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
210
Disposal
(210)
At 31 December 2024
-
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
-
At 31 December 2023
210
9
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
55,078
61,522
Amounts owed by group undertakings
298
41,224
Other debtors
14,003
Prepayments and accrued income
93,912
65,478
163,291
168,224
10
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
51,497
78,821
Trade creditors
18,528
25,857
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,027,423
800,931
Taxation and social security
1,231
4,090
Other creditors
285,873
238,031
Accruals and deferred income
21,900
27,592
1,406,452
1,175,322
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
9,303
11,721
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
11,721
Credit to profit or loss
(2,418)
Liability at 31 December 2024
9,303
The deferred tax liability set out above relates to accelerated capital allowances.
12
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
13
Pensions
The company makes payments into individual personal pension plans on behalf of certain employees. The assets of these pension plans are held separately from those of the company in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the funds. The charge for the year was £5,243 (2023 - £9,174) with £nil outstanding at the year (2023- £nil).
CORNWALL HIDEAWAYS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
A deed of accession was made on 5 June 2020 supplemental to an omnibus guarantee and set-off arrangement registered on 25 September 2014 in favour of Lloyds Bank plc (the bank), encompassing the company, its ultimate parent company Quality Holidays Assured Limited and fellow subsidiary companies, Conker Interiors Limited, HPB Holdings Limited, HPB Loans Limited, HPB Tenancies Limited, Lantern & Larks Limited, Newmarketing Campaign Limited, Rural Retreats Holidays Limited, Signature Holidays Limited, Cotswolds Hideaways Limited, Cornwall Hideaways Limited, Norfolk Hideaways Limited and Hideaways Holidays Group Limited.
Each company guarantees payment of liabilities due to the bank by any or all of these companies. The arrangement also permits the bank to combine or consolidate all or any of the companies’ accounts held with the bank with all or any of the companies’ liabilities due to the bank and to set-off or transfer any credit balance held, in or towards satisfaction of any such liabilities. At 31 December 2024 total liabilities due to the bank by the companies were £1,241,537 (2023: £1,229,949).
There is a Cross Guarantee in place, for pooling of interest, between the company and 9 (2023: 9) fellow group undertakings in favour of Lloyds Bank PLC.
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Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Within one year
28,133
42,670
Between two and five years
66,960
95,093
95,093
137,763
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Events after the reporting date
On 14 January 2025, the Company acquired Self Cater Cornwall Holidays Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, by purchasing its entire issued Ordinary Share Capital.
On 28 February 2025, the Company acquired West Country Beach Holidays, an unincorporated business.
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Parent company
The ultimate parent company is Quality Holidays Assured Limited, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, which is also the parent of the largest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up and of which the company is a member.
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Hideaways Holidays Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of the ultimate parent's registered office is:
Bank Chambers
15-19, Athol Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
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