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| DIRECTORS | Joachim Christian Benes |
| Matthew David Mcconnell (Resigned 26 April 2024) | |
| Lucas Sielecki |
| REGISTERED OFFICE | 22 Chancery Lane |
| London | |
| WC2A 1LS | |
| United Kingdom |
| BUSINESS ADDRESS | 86 Brook Street |
| London | |
| W1K 5AY |
| COMPANY NUMBER | 10685406 (England and Wales) |
| AUDITOR | Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP |
| Statutory Auditor | |
| 22 Chancery Lane | |
| London | |
| WC2A 1LS |
The directors present their Strategic Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2025.
REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS
The Company is authorised by the FCA as an AIFM. It provides management services to a unit trust domiciled in the Cayman Islands and is remunerated based on a percentage of the value of managed assets.
Revenue grew by a further 9% during the period, underscoring the strength of our investment model. In a year characterised by significant market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty, our diversified approach has continued to deliver consistent results. We remain confident that this discipline will continue to serve us well, and we anticipate comparable performance in 2025/26.
Capital and liquid reserves are maintained in accordance with FCA regulations.
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The principal potential risks for the company's business model are:
- if there were failures in controls it could lead to withdrawal of the company's FCA authorisation
- withdrawals of funds by investors of managed entities could lead to a reduction in the company's income
- regulatory changes could make it more difficult for the company to provide cross border management services
Approved by the Board of Directors and signed on its behalf by:
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Lucas Sielecki
Director |
The directors present their annual report on the affairs of the company, together with the financial statements and auditors’ report, for the financial year ended 31 March 2025.
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS
Turnover for the financial year amounted to £2,782,693 (2024: £2,547,816). The company earned a profit after taxation totalling £472,915 (2024: £155,940).
The net current asset position of the company as at the financial year end amounted to £1,478,718 (2024: net current asset £999,102).
The net asset position of the company as at the financial year end amounted to £1,492,331 (2024: net asset £1,019,416).
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
The company complies with the FCA's rules regarding capital and liquidity. The company's capital is represented principally by on demand balances with banks with high credit ratings. The company's income is from a single source, to which the company is fund manager, and is billed and paid on a regular basis. The company has exposure to price risk as its income is a percentage of managed funds and the principal protection is therefore the success of the company's investment strategy for the managed funds.
DIRECTORS
The directors, who served during the financial year and to the date of this report except as noted, were as follows:
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AUDITOR
Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approval of this report confirms 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 they ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information.
Approved by the Board of Directors and signed on its behalf by:
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Lucas Sielecki
Director |
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual 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 United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including FRS 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 financial period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
* Select suitable accounting policies 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; and
* 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 enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The directors 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.
We have audited the financial statements of Helix Equities Limited for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows, the accounting policies, and the related notes 1 to 16, including 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 of Helix Equities Limited (the ‘company’):
* Give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its profit for the financial year then ended;
* Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland"; and
* Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's 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 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 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.
Opinions 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 Directors' Report has 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 and the Directors' Report. 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:
* 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 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, 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.
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:
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
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 by considering, amongst other things, the industry and sector in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We designed audit procedures to respond to the assessed level of risk, but recognised that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate
concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion. We focused on laws and regulations which could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, UK Company Law, UK tax legislation, FCA Regulations.
Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, enquiries with management and consideration of the firm’s FCA scope of permission.
As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by management that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud.
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.
For and on behalf of
Statutory Auditor
London
WC2A 1LS
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| Turnover | 2 |
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| Profit before taxation | 3 |
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| Tangible assets | 8 |
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| 17,913 | 26,839 | |||
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| Debtors | 9 |
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| Cash at bank and in hand |
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| 1,989,060 | 1,570,253 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 10 | (
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| Net current assets | 1,478,718 | 999,102 | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,496,631 | 1,025,941 | ||
| Provision for liabilities | 11 | (
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| Net assets | 1,492,331 | 1,019,416 | ||
| Capital and reserves | 12 | |||
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| Total shareholder's funds | 1,492,331 | 1,019,416 |
The financial statements of Helix Equities Limited (registered number:
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Lucas Sielecki
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The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Helix Equities Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales.
The address of the Company's registered office is 22 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LS.
The principal place of business is 86 Brook Street, London, W1K 5AY.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The current 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.
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The company as lessee
The company's financial instruments are all debt instruments measured at amortised cost. The company's principal financial instruments are cash at bank, and short term payables and receivables.
Turnover is wholly attributable to the principal activity of the company and generated solely from activities carried on within the United Kingdom.
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
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Profit before taxation is stated after charging/(crediting):
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An analysis of the auditor's remuneration is as follows:
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| Fees payable to the company’s auditor and its associates for the audit of the company's annual financial statements: | 8,000 | 7,500 | |
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Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
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| 1,455,568 | 1,649,355 |
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| Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes |
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| 512,283 | 939,962 |
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Remuneration of the highest paid director
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| Director's emoluments | 300,000 | 400,000 | |
| Company contributions to money purchase schemes | 1,321 | 1,321 | |
| 301,321 | 401,321 |
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The tax assessed for the year is higher than (2024: higher than) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK:
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| Profit before taxation | 634,728 | 211,761 | |
| Tax on profit at standard UK corporation tax rate of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%) |
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| Total tax charge for year | 161,813 | 55,821 |
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| Net book value | |||
| At 31 March 2025 | 17,913 | 17,913 | |
| At 31 March 2024 | 26,839 | 26,839 |
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| Deferred taxation | Total | ||
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Deferred tax
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| Called-up share capital presented as equity | 240,100 | 240,100 |
Commitments
Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
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The directors hold interests in the AIF that is managed by the company and provides the company's turnover.
The ultimate controlling party is the director, Lucas Sielecki.