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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
CONTENTS
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The Company is a holding and management consultancy company.
The Company has not granted any securities to any of its subsidiaries and this limits the risks to which the company is exposed.
The Directors review the company's income, expenditure, bank balances and cashflow on an ongoing basis.
The directors acknowledge and understand their duties and responsibilities, including that of section 172, of the Companies Act 2006. A director of a company must act in the way he or she considers, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in doing so have regard (amongst other matters) to:
- the likely consequences of any decision in the long term; - the interest of the company's employees; - the need to foster the company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others; - the impact of the company's operating on the local community and the environment; - the desirability of the company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct; and - the need to act fairly as members of the company. The board recognises that the long term success of the Group is dependent on the way we interact with a large number of stakeholders including our colleagues, customers and shareholders. The directors have had regard to the interest of our stakeholders while complying with their obligations to promote the ongoing success of the Group in line with the section 172 of the Companies Act. Ahead of all board meetings the directors ares supplied with board papers that highlight relevant stakeholder considerations along with performance metrics. The board's decision making considers both risk and reward in the pursuit of delivering long term value to our stakeholders and acknowledging and understanding the current and potential risks to the business, both financial and non-financial, are fundemental to how we manage the Group. The directors, both individually and collectively as a board, consider the decisions taken during the period ended 31 December 2023 were in conformance of their duty under section 172 of the Companies Act.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙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 to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £4,136,335 (2022 - £2,120,449).
No dividends were declared or paid during the year (2022: £Nil).
The Directors who served during the year were:
The Directors anticipate that the company will continue to operate at similar levels for the foreseeable future.
As a holding company, there is limited engagement with external customers.
The Company has not disclosed information in respect of greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and energy efficiency action as its energy consumption in the United Kingdom for the year is 40,000kWh or lower.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, Armstrong Watson Audit Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ARRANGLEN LIMITED
We do not express an opinion on the accompanying financial statements of the company. Because of the significance of the matters described in the basis for disclaimer of opinion section of our report, we have not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on these financial statements. In addition, in the current year we were unable to obtain sufficient assurance over the turnover recognised in the accounts of £1,620,908. Additionally as explained in note 2.1 to the financial statements, the directors have not prepared consolidated financial statements for the group for the subsidiaries which this company controls. Under FRS 102, since there is no publicly available set of consolidated accounts prepared that include the parent company and subsidiaries, the exemption from preparing consolidated accounts is not applicable. The effects of this on the financial statements presented have not been determined, however had the consolidation been prepared, the financial statements would have been materially affected. Our opinion is modified because of the possible material effect of the above matters on the current period’s results. .
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ARRANGLEN LIMITED (CONTINUED)
• the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and • the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Arising from the limitation of our work referred to above: • we have not obtained all the information and explanations that we considered necessary for the purpose of our audit; and • we were unable to determine whether adequate accounting records have been kept. 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: • 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. 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. However, because of the matters described in the basis for disclaimer of opinion section of our report, we were not able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on these financial statements. 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.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ARRANGLEN LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
• the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and knowledge of the Company to identify or recognise non compliance with applicable laws and regulations; • we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management and review of appropriate industry knowledge. Key laws and regulations we identified during the audit were the UK Companies Act 2006 and tax legislation, UK employment legislation and UK health and safety legislation; • we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above by making enquiries of management; and • identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: • making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and • considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non compliance with laws and regulations. To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: • performed analytical procedures as a risk assessment tool to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; • tested journal entries recorded on the Company’s finance system to identify unusual transactions that may indicate override of controls; • reviewed key judgements and estimates for any evidence of management bias; and • reviewed the application of accounting policies with focus on those with heightened estimation uncertainty. In response to the risk of irregularities and non compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: • agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; and • enquiring of management to identify actual and potential litigation and claims. Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, as with any audit, there remains a higher risk of non detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing fraud or non compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all fraud and non compliance with laws and regulations.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ARRANGLEN LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
1st Floor
24 Blythswood Square
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: SC182141
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 13 to 24 form part of these financial statements.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Arranglen Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in Scotland. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.
The presentation currency of the financial statements is Pound Sterling (£).
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The company has prepared standalone financial statements and has not prepared consolidated financial statements for the group for the subsidiaries which the company owns and controls, which would be required under the Companies Act 2006, and under the requirements of FRS 102. Under FRS 102, since there is no publicly available set of consolidated accounts prepared that include the parent company and subsidiaries, the exemption from preparing consolidated accounts is not applicable. The directors are unable to evaluate the effects of this on the financial statements presented, however, had the consolidated financial statements been prepared, the financial statements would have been materially affected.
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.
Management consider there to be no key judgments or significant estimates.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The information used to make this assessment is the preparation of group forecasts to at least twelve months from the date of the financial statements approval. These showed that the Group has a sufficient cash position for the foreseeable future and has sufficient funding facilities available. On this basis, the Directors are confident that the Group and Company will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and the Company will continue as a going concern for at least this twelve month period.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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 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 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.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, which includes investments in equity instruments which are not classified as subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the recognised transaction price. Such assets are subsequently measured at fair value with the changes in fair value being recognised in the profit or loss. Where other financial assets are not publicly traded, hence their fair value cannot be measured reliably, they are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.
If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.
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 the deduction of all its liabilities.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Company transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Company will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
7.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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ARRANGLEN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
The ultimate parent company is
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