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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD










ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

 
C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
C A Darlington 
T M Neale 
J M T Upton 
K W Walpole 




Registered number
03392357



Registered office
21 Shaw Lane
Markfield

Leicester

LE67 9PU




Independent auditor
MHA

Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors

11 Merus Court

Meridian Business Park

Leicester

LE19 1RJ




Bankers
HSBC
2-6 Gallowtree Gate

Leicester

LE1 1DA





 
C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 

CONTENTS



Page
Strategic Report
 
1
Directors' Report
 
2 - 3
Independent Auditor's Report
 
4 - 7
Profit and Loss Account
 
8
Balance Sheet
 
9 - 10
Statement of Changes in Equity
 
11
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
12 - 17


 
C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Business review and future developments
 
The Company is the immediate parent company of C.J. Upton & Sons Limited and Brandvik Limited and remains dormant having never traded. 

Other key performance indicators
 
The Company does not use any other key performance indicators. 

Directors' statement of compliance with duty to promote the success of the Company
 
In compliance with the Companies Act 2006, the Board of Directors are required to act in accordance with a set of general duties. During 2024, the Board of Directors consider that they have, individually and collectively, acted in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefits of its stakeholders as a whole, having regard to a number of broader matters including the likely consequences of decision for the long term and the Company's wider relationships. In doing so, the Board has had regard to matters contained in section 172(1) (a)-(f) of the Companies Act 2006.


This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.



................................................
T M Neale
Director

Date: 5 June 2025

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

make judgements 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 2006They 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.

Results and dividends

The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £180 (2023 - loss £180).

During the year dividends of £NIL (2023 - £NIL) were declared by the directors. 

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

C A Darlington  
T M Neale 
J M T Upton 
K W Walpole 

Invasion of Ukraine and Russian sanctions

The Company does not operate in either Ukraine or Russia and no key suppliers are located in either country. The Board's assessment of this highly tragic geopolitical situation is that the business is not impacted at present, and the situation will remain under review.

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Going concern

After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company can remain a viable going concern for the foreseeable future. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainty in relation to going concern. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements..
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (‘SECR’)  
As permitted by the Companies (Directors Report) and Limited Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 ('SECR requirements'), the Company is exempt from disclosing separate energy use and emissions information in its Annual Report as these are included within the parent Company's energy use and emissions reporting on a Group basis. The information is reported within the Directors' Report of its parent undertaking, Uptonsteel Holdings Limited.

Matters covered in the Strategic Report

The Company has chosen in accordance with section 414C (11) of the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 to set out in the Company's Strategic Report certain matters required by schedule 7 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. 

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the persons who are Directors at the time when this Directors' Report is approved has confirmed that:
 
so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditor is unaware, and

the Director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a Director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information.

Auditor

The auditor, MHA, previously traded through the legal entity MacIntyre Hudson LLP. In response to regulatory changes, MacIntyre Hudson LLP ceased to hold an audit registration with the engagement transitioning to MHA Audit Services LLP.

MHA 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.
 





................................................
T M Neale
Director

Date: 5 June 2025

21 Shaw Lane
Markfield
Leicester
LE67 9PU

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of C.J. Upton Holdings Ltd (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe 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's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.


Other information


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 ReportOur 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.


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD (CONTINUED)


Opinion on other matters 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 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.


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 Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.


I have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires me 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 me; 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.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 2, 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.


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD (CONTINUED)


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. I 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:
 
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual, potential or suspected litigation, claims, non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations and fraud.
Enquiry of entity staff in tax and compliance functions and external advisors to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Performing audit work over the risk of management override, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transations outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias. 
Reviewing the financial statements disclosures and testing these to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. 
Discussions amongst the engagement team in relation to how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. 
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.


Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.


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 Auditor's Report.


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD (CONTINUED)


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 2006My 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.




Shelley Harvey FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of MHA, Statutory Auditor
Leicester, United Kingdom

Date: 5 June 2025
MHA is the trading name of MHA Audit Services LLP, a limited liability partnership in England and Wales (registered number OC455542).
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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2024
2023
£
£

  

Administrative expenses
  
(180)
(180)

Operating loss
  
(180)
(180)

Loss for the financial year
  
(180)
(180)

There are no items of other comprehensive income for 2024 or 2023 other than the loss for the yearAs a result, no separate Statement of Comprehensive Income has been presented.

The notes on pages 12 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03392357

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

2024
2023
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Intangible assets
  
-
-

Investments
 6 
6,031,761
6,031,761

  
6,031,761
6,031,761

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 7 
8,736,539
8,736,539

Cash at bank and in hand
 8 
1,043
1,223

  
8,737,582
8,737,762

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 9 
(4,225,809)
(4,225,809)

Net current assets
  
 
 
4,511,773
 
 
4,511,953

Total assets less current liabilities
  
10,543,534
10,543,714

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 10 
(8,736,539)
(8,736,539)

Provisions for liabilities
  

Net assets
  
1,806,995
1,807,175


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 11 
100,000
100,000

Share premium account
  
1,600,000
1,600,000

Profit and loss account
  
106,995
107,175

  
1,806,995
1,807,175


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03392357
    
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 




................................................
T M Neale
Director

Date: 5 June 2025

The notes on pages 12 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024


Called up share capital
Merger reserve
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£
£


At 1 January 2023
100,000
1,600,000
107,355
1,807,355


Comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year
-
-
(180)
(180)



At 1 January 2024
100,000
1,600,000
107,175
1,807,175


Comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year
-
-
(180)
(180)


At 31 December 2024
100,000
1,600,000
106,995
1,806,995


The notes on pages 12 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

Profit and loss account
The Profit and Loss Account represents cumulative profits and losses of the Company. All amounts are distrubutable.
Merger reserve
Includes all balances arising on business combinations which were accounted for using merger accounting. All amounts are non-distributable. 

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

1.


General information

The entity is a private company limited by shares, which is incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office address is 21 Shaw Lane, Markfield, Leicester, LE67 9PU. The Company registration number is 03392357. 

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

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 preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).

The financial statements have been presented in British Pound Sterling (£).

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of [Enter Parent entity here] as at [Enter Year end here] and these financial statements may be obtained from [Enter location here].

 
2.3

Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements

The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.

 
2.4

Going concern

After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonabe expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. 

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.5

Valuation of investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

 
2.6

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.7

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at transaction price, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.8

Financial instruments

The Group only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at transaction price, net of transaction costs, and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the Group would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date.


 
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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.8
Financial instruments (continued)

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an 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.


3.


Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The Company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below.


4.


Auditor's remuneration

During the year, the Company obtained the following services from the Company's auditor and its associates: The cost of these services are borne by other group companies.


2024
2023
£
£

Fees payable to the Company's auditor and its associates in respect of:

The auditing of accounts of associates of the Company
2,000
2,000

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption not to disclose amounts paid for non-audit services as these are disclosed in the consolidated accounts of the parent Company.


5.


Employees

Staff costs were £Nil (2023 - £Nil).





The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:


        2024
        2023
            No.
            No.







Directors
4
4

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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

6.


Fixed asset investments


Subsidiary undertakings


The following were subsidiary undertakings of the Company:

Name

Registered office

Principal activity

Class of shares

Holding

C J Upton & Sons Limited
Number one, Lanyon Quay, Belfast, BT1 3LG
Steel sheet and coil distributor
Ordinary
100%
Brandvik Limited
21 Shaw Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9PU
Steel sheet and coil distributor
Ordinary
100%

As a parent company established under the law of the UK for the year ended 31 December 2024, C.J. Upton Holdings Ltd took advantage of the audit exemption under section 479A of the  Companies Act 2006 relating to Brandvik Limited (registered number 03438113) included in the consolidated accounts. 
C.J. Upton Holdings Ltd guarantees the liabilities of Brandvik Limited under Section 479C of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2024. 


7.


Debtors

2024
2023
£
£

Due after more than one year

Amounts owed by group undertakings
8,736,539
8,736,539

8,736,539
8,736,539



8.


Cash and cash equivalents

2024
2023
£
£

Cash at bank and in hand
1,043
1,223

1,043
1,223


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

9.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2024
2023
£
£

Amounts owed to group undertakings
4,225,809
4,225,809

4,225,809
4,225,809


Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.


10.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2024
2023
£
£

Other creditors
8,736,539
8,736,539

8,736,539
8,736,539


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C.J. UPTON HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

11.


Share capital

2024
2023
£
£
Allotted, called up and fully paid



9,879,999 (2023 - 9,879,999) Ordinary A shares of £0.01 each
98,800
98,800
120,001 (2023 -  120,001120,001) Ordinary B shares of £0.01 each
1,200
1,200

100,000

100,000

The A shares and B shares rank, in all respects, pari passu to each other.



12.


Related party transactions

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by Section 33 of Financial Reporting Standard 102 not to disclose transactions with other Group entities who are wholly owned within the Group.
At the year end, the Company owed £8,736k (2023- £8,736k) to other related parties.
Amounts owed to and from group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.
No other transactions with related parties were undertaken such as are required to be disclosed under Financial Report Standard 102, section 33.1A.


13.


Controlling party

At the balance sheet date, the ultimate controlling party is K W Walpole and T M Neale by virtue of the majority shareholding in Uptonsteel Holdings Limited, the ultimate parent company of the Company.

 
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