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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
CONTENTS
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Business Environment
Internal Environment The staffing and location for the business has been generally stable over the last fifteen years, with a fully-trained and highly skilled team in both front and back offices. The director is also the original founder. The Company location is based in Salisbury, close to the cathedral and city centre, and offers an attractive working environment for Oxeye staff. Transportation facilities are good and most employees live within a short commute from the office. External Environment Oxeye business performance tends to be strongest when the market trend stabilises after a period of market volatility. It can also be positive when the market is range trading in a low volatility environment. Its riskiest environment is when markets become strongly bearish and move from low volatility to extremely high volatility. This will tend to occur when economic uncertainties arise in an unexpected manner, such as recessions, geopolitical conflict, environmental disasters, health pandemics and an unstable monetary environment. However, this latter scenario can sow the seeds of a fertile period of performance for Oxeye’s self-healing strategies.
Business Performance
Oxeye strategies had a positive year with all clients showing gains on their portfolios. Towards the end of the year some clients were paying performance fees as their account balances made new net highs.Generally over the year the market traded in a sideways range with falling volatility. In such an environment Oxeye strategies keep most of the premium written and pay less away in risk management costs. In terms of employee gender diversity, Oxeye has a ratio of two male to two female employees.
The principal risks are twofold: loss of funds under management and falling fee income. If funds under
management see poor performance then clients may redeem leading to lower fee income. The principal uncertainty surrounds the market performance affecting Oxeye client returns negatively. However, the 23 year track record shows only four negative years in the flagship strategy, providing a reasonable level of predictability for Oxeye fee income in the future.
Oxeye measures its performance against three main indicators: the UK Leading Equity index, cash on deposit and an index made up of the performance of other similar hedge fund operators. The aim is to produce consistent absolute returns which first and foremost beat deposit interest rates and secondly outperform the total return from an investment in the UK Leading Equity index. Beating the opposition is a bonus, but not so important owing to the small size of the Company compared to its peers.
Oxeye’s overall record of maintaining clients due to excellent customer service is an important support for maintaining the client base, especially during times of poor returns. In this respect Oxeye has a good record.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Director, in line with his duties under s172 of the Companies Act 2006, acts in the way he considers, in good
faith, to promote the success of the Company, and in doing so has regard, amongst other matters, to the: · likely consequences of any decision in the long term; · interests of the Company's employees; · need to foster the Company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others; · impact of the Company's operations on the community and the environment; · desirability of the Company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct. The Director regards these matters as embedded in the decision-making process, through the Company’s business strategy, culture, governance framework, management information flows and stakeholder engagement processes. The Company’s business strategy is focused on achieving success for the Company in the long-term. In setting this strategy, the Director takes into account the impact of relevant factors and stakeholder interests on the Company’s performance. The Director identifies principal risks facing the business and sets risk management objectives whilst promoting a culture of upholding the highest standards of business conduct and regulatory conduct. The Director ensures that these core values are communicated to the Company’s employees and embedded in the Company’s policies and procedures, employee induction and training programmes. The Director recognises that building strong and lasting relationships with stakeholders will help the Company to deliver its strategy in line with long-term values.
This report was approved by the board on 22 April 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The Director is responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Director's report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the Director is 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 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 to enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He 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.
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £4,141 (2023 - profit £13,537).
The Director who served during the year was:
2024 was a positive year for the Company's investment strategies. Some client portfolios have recovered to new high water marks and fee paying territory. With steady market volatility and no sharp moves either way strategy performance can continue to be profitable. With consistent positive performance we hope to attract more customers and grow our fee income.
Reducing contribution to greenhouse gases by reducing our operating footprint and online storage of documents.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company’s business strategy is focused on achieving success for the Company in the long-term. In setting
this strategy, the Director takes into account the impact of relevant factors and stakeholder interests on the Company’s performance. The Director identifies principal risks facing the business and sets risk management objectives whilst promoting a culture of upholding the highest standards of business conduct and regulatory conduct. The Director ensures that these core values are communicated to the Company’s employees and embedded in the Company’s policies and procedures, employee induction and training programmes. The Director recognises that building strong and lasting relationships with stakeholders will help the Company to deliver its strategy in line with long-term values.
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.
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, Clifford Fry & Co LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Oxeye Capital Management Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Balance sheet, the Statement of cash flows and the related notes, 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).
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 Auditors' 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 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.
We consider that the Company is reliant upon the support of the Director to ensure that there is sufficient cash available for the Company's needs and to ensure the Company has sufficient capital to meet the capital adequacy requirements of the Financial Conduct Authority. As with any Company placing reliance on a Director, there can be no guarantee that this support will be provided.These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The Director is responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the 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 the Director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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 Director's report.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the Company and the industry in which it operates and considered the risk of the Company not complying with the applicable laws and regulations including fraud, in particular those that could have a material impact on the financial statements. This included those regulations directly related to the financial statements, including financial reporting, tax legislation and distributable profits. Furthermore, this included a review of the key laws and regulations in respect the Company's registration with the Financial Conduct Authority. The risks were discussed with the audit team and we remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. We carried out specific procedures to address the risks identified as follows: - agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; - enquiring of management including those responsible for the key regulations; - reviewing the key accounting policies and estimates; - reviewing Company compliance with FCA regulation, including capital adequacy. To address the risk of management override of controls, we carried out testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluated the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business. Due to 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 Auditors' report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 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
St Mary's House
Netherhampton
Wiltshire
SP2 8PU
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04134088
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Oxeye Capital Management Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales, United Kingdom. The address of the registered office is 36 Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3UH. The nature of the Company's operations and principal activities are that of investment management services.
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 preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is dependent on the continuing support of the Director, which he has pledged for the forseeable future.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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.
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.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company has tax losses of £197,044 (2023 - £180,362) available to carry forward against future trading profits. A deferred tax asset has not been recognised due to the uncertainty of future profits to offset these losses.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The bank overdraft and loans are secured.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The bank loan is secured.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Profit and loss account
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £1,393 (2023 - £1,099). Contributions totalling £Nil (2023 - £114) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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OXEYE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company is controlled by the Director, Martin Petherick, by virtue of his shareholding.
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