Company registration number 03848153 (England and Wales)
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Statement of financial position
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Notes to the financial statements
2 - 6
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
$
$
$
$
Non-current assets
Investments
3
825
825
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
5
161,687
167,876
Current liabilities
6
(152,317)
(139,694)
Net current assets
9,370
28,182
Net assets
10,195
29,007
Equity
Called up share capital
825
825
Retained earnings
7
9,370
28,182
Total equity
10,195
29,007
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 22 May 2025
Mr J Abraham
Director
Company registration number 03848153 (England and Wales)
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Martrade Logistics UK Holding Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 24 Old Queen Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 9HP.
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 US Dollars, 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.
1.2
Going concern
There are plans within the group to restructure once the 2024 accounts are all signed. This will lead to the existing business being transferred to a fellow group company and this company being wound up. As such, these accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis.
1.3
Revenue
Revenue is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT.
Revenue represents service fees and management charges receivable on ordinary operations exclusive of VAT.
Revenue from contracts for services is recognised when there is a right to sales consideration under the contract. Where work on a contract for services is in progress at the end of an accounting period, the estimated unbilled realisable invoice value of work performed up to the balance sheet date is included in turnover and as accrued revenue in the balance sheet.
1.4
Non-current investments
Interests in subsidiaries are stated at cost less provision for diminution in value.
1.5
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.
1.6
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 statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are measured at transaction price including transaction costs less any impairment.
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are measured at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies 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 receipts 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 payables 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 payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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.
1.7
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.
1.8
Foreign exchange
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are taken to profit and loss account.
1.9
The financial statements present information about the company as an individual undertaking and not about its group. The company and its subsidiary undertaking comprise a small-sized group. The company has therefore taken advantage of the exemptions provided by section 399 of the companies Act 2006 not to prepare group accounts.
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
3
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
$
$
Investments
825
825
Movements in non-current investments
Shares in group undertakings
$
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024 & 31 December 2024
825
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
825
At 31 December 2023
825
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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4
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
office
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Martrade Shipping Services UK Limited
UK
Shipping and forwarding agent
Ordinary
100.00
0
The aggregate capital and reserves and the result for the year of the subsidiaries noted above was as follows:
Name of undertaking
Profit/(Loss)
Capital and Reserves
$
$
Martrade Shipping Services UK Limited
400
(508,827)
5
Trade and other receivables
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
$
$
Amounts owed by group undertakings
161,595
161,595
Other receivables
92
6,281
161,687
167,876
6
Current liabilities
2024
2023
$
$
Amounts owed to group undertakings
140,378
132,694
Other payables
11,939
7,000
152,317
139,694
7
Retained earnings
2024
2023
$
$
At the beginning of the year
28,182
39,271
Loss for the year
(18,812)
(11,089)
At the end of the year
9,370
28,182
MARTRADE LOGISTICS UK HOLDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
Opinion
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.
In forming our opinion on the financial statements, which is not qualified, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made in note 1.2 to the financial statements, concerning the company's ability to continue as a going concern and restructure plans within the group.
In consequence of this, the company is not a going concern and therefore the accounts have been prepared on this basis.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Colin Hamilton
Statutory Auditor:
Ward Williams Limited
Date of audit report:
23 May 2025
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Parent company
The company's immediate parent company is Martrade Shipping + Transport GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany with limited liability.
In the directors' opinion the company's ultimate parent company is IQ Martrade Holding and Managementgesellschaft mbH, a company incorporated in Germany with limited liability. A copy of its group accounts, which include the company, are available from Amtsgericht Duesseldorf, Muhlenstrasse 34, 40213 Duesseldorf, Germany.