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Registration number: 10168597

Finix Restaurants Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Director's Report

3 to 4

Statement of Director's Responsibilities

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 9

Income Statement

10

Statement of Financial Position

11

Statement of Changes in Equity

12

Statement of Cash Flows

13

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 to 25

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Company Information

Director

Mrs F R Nicholls

Registered office

32 High Street
Wall Heath
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 0HB

Accountants

Munslows Accountants Ltd
Chartered Certified Accountants32 High Street
Wall Heath
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 0HB

Auditors

Manex Accountants Ltd
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors9 Castle Court 2
Castlegate Way
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 4RD

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The director presents her strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is an operator of a group of McDonald's restaurant franchises.

Fair review of the business

The results for the year and the financial position at the end of the year are shown in the annexed financial statements.

As an operator of a chain of McDonald's restaurants the director considers the company's key performance indicators to be turnover and gross profit. Although turnover for the year remained at a similar level to the previous year, gross profit increased by almost 2%. Due to increases in utility costs and other overheads, the company incurred a loss before taxation adjustments of £20,197 for the year, compared to a loss of £54,052 in the previous year.

The director believes the trading environment in which the company operates will continue to be challenging but remains optimistic regarding future trading and is committed to increasing both future turnover and profitability and to continuing the company’s reinvestment program. The company has continued to invest in the business and in the development and training of its employees, as well as continued investment in IT and store equipment.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The company operates in a highly competitive market with high levels of price sensitivity. Consumer behaviour can impact the company's turnover and profitability. The company mitigates this risk by adopting a policy of constantly assessing its pricing strategy with ongoing market research.

The company remains exposed to periods of food cost inflation together with the variability of commodity prices both of which impact on profitability. In addition, the effects of Brexit have the possibility of impacting the business in terms of the access to, and cost of, both food and labour. The company continually assesses any risks identified, with the aim of mitigating the threats these may have on the company's operations and profitability. The company's supply chain is closely maintained by McDonald's, who endeavour to negotiate effectively on behalf of all franchisees to ensure better purchasing terms. This helps as much as possible to protect the company from risks associated with fluctuating food costs.

The company is also inherently exposed to pressures within the labour market and to wage cost inflation. The company mitigates this risk by a policy of adopting remuneration and benefits packages designed to be competitive within the market as well as ensuring full compliance with labour market regulations, with employment policies to allow fulfilling career opportunities for all employees.

Approved and authorised by the director on 16 May 2025
 

.........................................
Mrs F R Nicholls
Director

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The director presents her report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Director of the company

The director who held office during the year was as follows:

Mrs F R Nicholls

Results and dividends
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £49,200 (2023 - loss £74,558).

During the year, dividends paid amounted to £37,000 (2023: £38,000). The directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend.
 

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

The company uses various financial instruments including cash, bank overdraft and trade creditors that arise directly from its operations. The existence of these financial instruments exposes the company to a number of financial risks, which are described in more detail below.

Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company there is no exposure to price risk. The company sets its own prices within allowable margins. Cashflow and liquidity exposure is therefore directly related to prices and turnover.

The company's strategy to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that the company has sufficient funds to meet all of its potential liabilities as they fall due. In respect of bank loans, wherever possible monthly repayments are fixed. The liquidity risk is therefore managed by ensuring there are sufficient funds available to meet the monthly repayments. In respect of trade creditors, the liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due for payment on agreed terms.

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

The main risks arising from the company's financial instruments are interest risk and liquidity risk. The board reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below.

Interest rate risk
The company's exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates is limited to bank loans. The additional requirement for medium to long term debt will be reviewed by the directors based on the company's forecast requirements.

Liquidity risk
The company's objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of cash and bank loans.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Employment of disabled persons

The company operates an equal opportunities policy in all areas of recruitment and seeks to offer suitable work and training wherever practicable to persons with disabilities. The policy of the company is to ensure that disabled applicants are given full and fair consideration having regards to their particular aptitudes and abilities. Existing disabled employees are given equal access to appropriate training, career development and promotion opportunities within the company. In the event of employees becoming disabled while in the employment of the company, all reasonable means are explored to achieve retention in employment in the same or an alternative capacity.

Employee involvement

The company aims to promote a working environment free from harassment, victimisation, bullying and discrimination. The company regards all of its employees as members of a team, where opinions are valued, and everyone is regarded as equal in status and treated with fairness and respect. The company's recruitment procedures are intended to ensure that employees are selected, promoted, and treated according to their ability and that everyone has an equal opportunity to receive training and development. The company communicates regularly with all employees on matters relating to its performance, with employees encouraged to contribute to the decision-making process through regular staff meetings. In addition, there is a bulletin board in each restaurant where memoranda relating to company policy are displayed. There is also an online portal known as MyStuff, which contains news and information for McDonald's employees.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

The director has taken steps that she ought to have taken as a director in order to make herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The director confirms that there is no relevant information that she knows of and of which she knows the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

The auditors Manex Accountants Ltd are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved and authorised by the director on 16 May 2025
 

.........................................
Mrs F R Nicholls
Director

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Statement of Director's Responsibilities

The director acknowledges her responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless she is 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 director is required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The director is 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 her to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with FRS 102. She is 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.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Finix Restaurants Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Finix Restaurants Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Income Statement, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, 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 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.

Basis for opinion

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 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 director's 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The director are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Finix Restaurants Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Director's Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Director's Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Director's Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of the director

As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities [set out on page 5], the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Finix Restaurants Limited

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: The Companies Act 2006/FRS 102, Employment Law and Waste, Health and Safety. We enquired of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures to obtain an understanding of how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks and whether they had any knowledge of actual or suspected fraud. We corroborated the results of our enquiries through our discussions with the directors and management. We did not identify any matters relating to non-compliance with laws and regulations or matters in relation to fraud.

In assessing the potential risks of material misstatements, we obtained an understanding of the company’s operations, including its objectives and strategies to understand the expected financial statement disclosures and business risks that may result in risks of material misstatement;

In assessing the appropriateness of the collective competence and capabilities of the engagement team the engagement partner considered the engagement team’s :
 Understanding of, and practical experience with, audit engagements of a similar nature and complexity through appropriate training and participation,
 The specialist skills required and
 Knowledge of the industry in which the client operates.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
 Assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
 Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates;
 Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular manual journal entries made at year end for financial statement preparation; and
 Assessing the extent of compliance with the relevant laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement item.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Finix Restaurants Limited

Use of our 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.

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Clinton Meehan BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Manex Accountants Ltd, Statutory Auditor
 9 Castle Court 2
Castlegate Way
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 4RD

16 May 2025

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Revenue

3

21,882,731

21,847,069

Cost of sales

 

(7,486,082)

(7,772,234)

Gross profit

 

14,396,649

14,074,835

Administrative expenses

 

(14,360,920)

(14,031,595)

Other operating income

4

26,889

4,620

Operating profit

5

62,618

47,860

Other interest receivable and similar income

6

2,062

2,988

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

(84,877)

(104,900)

   

(82,815)

(101,912)

Loss before tax

 

(20,197)

(54,052)

Tax on loss

11

(29,003)

(20,506)

Loss for the financial year

 

(49,200)

(74,558)

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

(Registration number: 10168597)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Intangible assets

12

2,035,605

2,158,751

Property, plant and equipment

13

1,281,117

1,553,754

Other financial assets

14

5,000

5,000

 

3,321,722

3,717,505

Current assets

 

Inventories

15

96,170

68,742

Debtors

16

115,549

103,057

Cash at bank and in hand

17

1,378,742

2,421,715

 

1,590,461

2,593,514

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

18

(2,549,954)

(3,114,905)

Net current liabilities

 

(959,493)

(521,391)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

2,362,229

3,196,114

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

18

(586,647)

(1,276,478)

Provisions for liabilities

19

(269,210)

(327,064)

Net assets

 

1,506,372

1,592,572

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

21

100

100

Retained earnings

1,506,272

1,592,472

Shareholders' funds

 

1,506,372

1,592,572

Approved and authorised by the director on 16 May 2025
 

.........................................
Mrs F R Nicholls
Director

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

100

1,592,472

1,592,572

Loss for the year

-

(49,200)

(49,200)

Dividends

-

(37,000)

(37,000)

At 31 December 2024

100

1,506,272

1,506,372

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2023

100

1,705,030

1,705,130

Loss for the year

-

(74,558)

(74,558)

Dividends

-

(38,000)

(38,000)

At 31 December 2023

100

1,592,472

1,592,572

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
 £

2023
 £

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss for the year

 

(49,200)

(74,558)

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

476,246

468,119

Finance income

6

(2,062)

(2,988)

Finance costs

7

84,877

104,900

Income tax expense

11

29,003

20,506

 

538,864

515,979

Working capital adjustments

 

(Increase)/decrease in inventories

15

(27,428)

27,071

Increase in receivables

16

(70,752)

(3,021)

(Decrease)/increase in payables

18

(615,169)

640,049

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

(174,485)

1,180,078

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

6

2,062

2,988

Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment

(80,463)

(513,475)

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(78,401)

(510,487)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Interest paid

7

(84,877)

(104,900)

Repayment of bank borrowing

 

(649,268)

(684,910)

Repayment of other borrowing

 

(18,942)

(11,600)

Dividends paid

24

(37,000)

(38,000)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(790,087)

(839,410)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,042,973)

(169,819)

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January

 

2,421,715

2,591,534

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December

17

1,378,742

2,421,715

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
32 High Street
Wall Heath
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 0HB

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 16 May 2025.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Judgements

In the application of the company's accounting policies, which are described in note 2, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts 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 of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the critical judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty that the directors have made in the process of applying the company's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Income taxes

The company is subject to the corporation tax laws of the United Kingdom. These laws are complex and subject to different interpretations by taxpayers and tax authorities. When establishing corporation tax provisions, the directors make a number of judgments and interpretations about the application and interaction of these laws. Changes in these tax laws or in their interpretation could affect the company's effective tax rate and the results of operations in a given period.

Revenue recognition

Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Revenue is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

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 taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of property, plant and equipment includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant and equipment

straight line between 5 and 7 years

Goodwill

Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

Intangible assets

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the Company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date.

Licences have a finite useful life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

straight line over the remaining life of the licence

Licence fees

straight line over the remaining life of the licence

Stamp duty

straight line over the remaining life of the licence

Investments

Investments in unlisted company shares, whose market value can be readily determined, are remeasured to market value at each balance sheet date. Gains and losses on remeasurement are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income for the period. Where market value cannot be reliably determined, such investments are stated at historical cost less impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Receivables

Receivables are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Receivables 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 receivables 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.

Inventories

Stocks are stated at the lower of average cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value is based on estimated selling price less further costs expected to be incurred prior to completion and disposal.

Payables

Payables 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.

Payables are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the income statement over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

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.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Revenue

The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Sales of food and drinks

21,622,846

21,571,400

Sales of non-product items

259,885

275,669

21,882,731

21,847,069

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Miscellaneous other operating income

26,889

4,620

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£

2023
£

Depreciation expense

353,100

344,974

Amortisation expense

123,146

123,145

Operating lease expense - property

2,824,788

2,707,664

6

Other interest receivable and similar income

2024
£

2023
£

Interest income on bank deposits

2,062

2,916

Other finance income

-

72

2,062

2,988

7

Interest payable and similar expenses

2024
£

2023
£

Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings

84,877

104,900

8

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including director's remuneration) were as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Wages and salaries

5,927,774

5,732,167

Social security costs

244,821

207,277

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

53,351

48,697

Other employee expense

35,528

37,597

6,261,474

6,025,738

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2024
No.

2023
No.

Crew labour

486

500

Management labour

19

19

505

519

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

9

Director's remuneration

The director's remuneration for the year was as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Remuneration

16,202

10,929

10

Auditors' remuneration

2024
£

2023
£

Audit of the financial statements

2,350

2,250


 

11

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement

2024
£

2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

28,638

-

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

(41)

-

28,597

-

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

406

20,506

Tax expense in the income statement

29,003

20,506

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2024
£

2023
£

Loss before tax

(20,197)

(54,052)

Corporation tax at standard rate

(5,049)

(13,513)

Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods

(41)

-

Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

63,865

2,295

Decrease from effect of different UK tax rates on some earnings

(1,917)

-

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

30,405

31,724

Effect of tax losses

(58,260)

-

Total tax charge

29,003

20,506

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

269,210

-

269,210

2023

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

327,064

Tax losses carried forward

58,260

-

58,260

327,064

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Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Licence fees
 £

Stamp duty
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

2,280,167

120,000

63,492

2,463,659

At 31 December 2024

2,280,167

120,000

63,492

2,463,659

Amortisation

At 1 January 2024

267,086

24,489

13,333

304,908

Amortisation charge

114,009

6,000

3,137

123,146

At 31 December 2024

381,095

30,489

16,470

428,054

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

1,899,072

89,511

47,022

2,035,605

At 31 December 2023

2,013,081

95,511

50,159

2,158,751

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

13

Property, plant and equipment

Plant and equipment
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

3,022,636

3,022,636

Additions

80,463

80,463

At 31 December 2024

3,103,099

3,103,099

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

1,468,882

1,468,882

Charge for the year

353,100

353,100

At 31 December 2024

1,821,982

1,821,982

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

1,281,117

1,281,117

At 31 December 2023

1,553,754

1,553,754

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Other financial assets (current and non-current)

Financial assets at cost less impairment
£

Total
£

Non-current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

5,000

5,000

At 31 December 2024

5,000

5,000

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

5,000

5,000

15

Inventories

2024
£

2023
£

Closing stocks of food, paper and non-products

96,170

68,742

16

Debtors

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Receivables

 

540

-

Prepayments

 

115,009

44,797

Deferred tax assets

11

-

58,260

 

115,549

103,057

17

Cash and cash equivalents

2024
£

2023
£

Cash on hand

11,500

11,500

Cash at bank

1,215,835

2,175,870

Short-term deposits

151,407

234,345

1,378,742

2,421,715

18

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

22

676,608

636,045

Payables

 

732,309

1,143,942

Amounts due to related parties

285,797

304,739

Social security and other taxes

 

438,064

725,263

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

10,861

12,389

Other payables

 

189,735

187,642

Accruals

 

187,983

104,885

Income tax liability

11

28,597

-

 

2,549,954

3,114,905

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

22

586,647

1,276,478

19

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

327,064

327,064

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(57,854)

(57,854)

At 31 December 2024

269,210

269,210

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

20

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £53,351 (2023 - £48,697).

Contributions totalling £10,861 (2023 - £12,389) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

21

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100

100

100

100

       

22

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

586,647

1,276,478

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

676,608

636,045

23

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Not later than one year

747,492

771,942

Later than one year and not later than five years

2,989,968

3,085,968

Later than five years

6,318,132

7,311,814

10,055,592

11,169,724

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £2,824,788 (2023 - £2,707,664).

 

Finix Restaurants Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

24

Dividends

2024

2023

£

£

Interim dividend of £370.00 (2023 - £380.00) per ordinary share

37,000

38,000

 

 

25

Analysis of changes in net debt

At 1 January 2024
£

Financing cash flows
£

At 31 December 2024
£

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash

2,421,715

(1,042,973)

1,378,742

Borrowings

Long term borrowings

(1,276,478)

689,830

(586,648)

Short term borrowings

(636,045)

(40,562)

(676,607)

Directors loan

(304,739)

18,942

(285,797)

(2,217,262)

668,210

(1,549,052)

 

204,453

(374,763)

(170,310)

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Controlling interest

The ultimate controlling party is Mrs F Nicholls.