Company Registration No. SC746413 (Scotland)
SCM Balfron Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
SCM Balfron Limited
Company information
Directors
N F A Clinton
S G Rhodes
G G M Shand
Secretary
Burness Paull LLP
Company number
SC746413
Registered office
2 Marischal Square
Broad Street
Aberdeen
Scotland
AB10 1DQ
Independent auditor
Saffery LLP
Torridon House
Beechwood Park
Inverness
IV2 3BW
SCM Balfron Limited
Contents
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Statement of comprehensive income
6
Balance sheet
7
Statement of changes in equity
8
Notes to the financial statements
9 - 14
SCM Balfron Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1

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

Principal activities

The results for the period are set out on page 6.

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of property rental.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

N F A Clinton
S G Rhodes
G G M Shand
Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Going concern

As at 31 December 2024, the company has a net liability position amounting to £176,866 (2023 - £112,344) as disclosed in the financial statements.

 

As discussed in note 1.2 the parent company has undertaken to provide financial support to the company in order to assist the company in meeting liabilities incurred in the normal course of its business as and when they fall due, for the going concern period to 30 June 2026.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
G G M Shand
Director
5 June 2025
SCM Balfron Limited
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2

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).

 

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:

 

 

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. 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.

SCM Balfron Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of SCM Balfron Limited
3
Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of SCM Balfron Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, 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:

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. 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

SCM Balfron Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of SCM Balfron Limited
4

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

 

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 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:

 

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.

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. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.

 

Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.

 

Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.

SCM Balfron Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of SCM Balfron Limited
5

Audit response to risks identified

We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.

During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and 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. Also, 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.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

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.

Eunice McAdam
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
6 June 2025
Statutory Auditors
Torridon House
Beechwood Park
Inverness
IV2 3BW
SCM Balfron Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2024
6
Year
Period
ended
ended
31 December
31 December
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
140,105
36,000
Administrative expenses
(140,105)
(36,000)
Operating profit
-
-
Other gains and losses
6
-
(112,345)
Loss before taxation
-
0
(112,345)
Tax on loss
7
(64,522)
-
0
Loss for the financial year
(64,522)
(112,345)

There was no other comprehensive income in 2024 or 2023.

SCM Balfron Limited
Balance sheet
As at 31 December 2024
7
31 December 2024
31 December 2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment property
8
1,769,803
600,000
Current assets
-
-
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(1,882,147)
(712,344)
Net current liabilities
(1,882,147)
(712,344)
Total assets less current liabilities
(112,344)
(112,344)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
10
64,522
-
0
(64,522)
-
Net liabilities
(176,866)
(112,344)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
(176,867)
(112,345)
Shareholder's (deficit)/surplus
(176,866)
(112,344)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 5 June 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
G G M Shand
Director
Company Registration No. SC746413
SCM Balfron Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2024
8
Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
-
0
-
0
-
Period ended 31 December 2023:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(112,345)
(112,345)
Issue of share capital
11
1
-
1
Balance at 31 December 2023
1
(112,345)
(112,344)
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(64,522)
(64,522)
Balance at 31 December 2024
1
(176,867)
(176,866)
SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
9
1
Accounting policies
Company information

SCM Balfron Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is 2 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB10 1DQ.

1.1
Reporting period

The company was incorporated on 5 October 2022 therefore the comparative period covers from 5 October 2022 to 31 December 2023.

1.2
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.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, 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, modified to include the revaluation of investment properties at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Highland Fuels (Investments) Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 2 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1DQ.

SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
10
1.3
Going concern

As at 31 December 2024, the company has a net trueliability position amounting to £176,866 (2023 - £112,344) as disclosed in the financial statements.

 

The parent company has undertaken to provide financial support to the company in order to assist the company in meeting liabilities incurred in the normal course of its business as and when they fall due, for the going concern period to 30 June 2026.

 

The parent company directors have assessed profitability and cash flow forecasts, including significant but plausible downside sensitivities, applied to turnover and profitability for a range of issues. This assessment shows substantial headroom within the forecasts as regards the funding resources available to the Group. The parent company Directors believe that sufficient funds are available to allow the company and all subsidiaries to continue to meet our obligations for the going concern period to 30 June 2026 and that it therefore remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

 

As part of the Group, the company has access to financial resources as required. We remain confident that our financial resources are strong, well balanced and suitably liquid. The Group has a positive cash at bank position of approximatively £11.5m at the time of this report and the current year trading performance remains strong in terms of profitability and cash generation.

1.4
Turnover

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue comprises of rental income and is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding value added tax.

1.5
Investment property

Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

1.6
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.

1.7
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 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 debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
11
Classification of 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 deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and loans from fellow group companies that are classified as debt, 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 payments 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 creditors 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 creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.8
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.

1.9
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
12
2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements

The directors do not consider there to be any critical judgements affecting the financial statements.

 

The following are the company's key sources of estimation uncertainty:

Revaluation of investment properties

The Company carries its investment properties at fair value, with changes in the fair value being recognised in the profit and loss account.

3
Turnover

All turnover arose within the United Kingdom.

 

4
Auditor's remuneration

The audit fee for the period was incurred by Highland Fuels Limited.

5
Employees

The company has 3 (2023 - 3) employees which include the executive directors none of whom received remuneration (2023 - £nil).

6
Other gains and losses
2024
2023
£
£
Changes in the fair value of investment properties
-
(112,345)
7
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
64,522
-
0
SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
7
Taxation (continued)
13

The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Profit/(loss) before taxation
-
0
(112,345)
Expected tax charge/(credit) based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
-
0
(26,424)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
-
0
26,424
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
-
0
(1,662)
Group relief
94,167
-
0
Capital gains/(losses)
-
0
(26,424)
Movement in deferred tax not recognised
(28,086)
28,086
Additional deduction for land remediation expenditure
(1,559)
-
0
Taxation charge for the year
64,522
-
8
Investment property
2024
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2024
600,000
Additions through external acquisition
1,169,803
At 31 December 2024
1,769,803

The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at 31 December 2023 by Graham & Sibbald, Chartered Surveyors, who are not connected with the company. The valuation was carried out in accordance with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' valuation guidelines and IFRS 13. The directors have assessed the fair value at 31 December 2024 to be the the value as at 31 December 2023, plus the cost of the additions incurred in the year.

9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,848,547
712,344
Accruals and deferred income
33,600
-
0
1,882,147
712,344

The balance is repayable on demand and incurs no interest.

SCM Balfron Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
14
10
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Fixed asset timing differences
92,609
-
Capital losses
(28,087)
-
64,522
-
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
-
Charge to profit or loss
64,522
Liability at 31 December 2024
64,522
11
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
1
1
1
1
12
Ultimate controlling party

The immediate parent company is SCM Property Holdings Limited, a company registered in Scotland.

Highland Fuels Limited is the parent undertaking of the smallest group, of which SCM Balfron Limited is a member, and for which group the financial statements are drawn up.

 

Highland Fuels (Investments) Limited is the parent undertaking of the largest group, of which SCM Balfron Limited is a member, and for which group financial statements are drawn up.

 

The controlling party is Highland Fuels Employee Ownership Trust.

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