Company registration number 09942342 (England and Wales)
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
BJA Hutt
TP French
SJL Myers
Company number
09942342
Registered office
First Floor, River Court
The Old Mill Office Park
Mill Lane
Godalming
Surrey
GU7 1EZ
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Bulman House
Regent Centre
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3LS
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' Report
1 - 2
Directors' Responsibilities Statement
3
Independent Auditor's Report
4 - 6
Profit and Loss Account
7
Statement of Comprehensive Income
8
Balance Sheet
9
Statement of Changes in Equity
10
Notes to the Financial Statements
11 - 21
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company is that of electricty generation from its wind turbines.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
BJA Hutt
TP French
SJL Myers
Fair review of the business
The results of the company for the year show a pre-tax profit of £250,069 (2023 - £27,014) and turnover of £866,942 (2023 - £597,652).
The company has 2 operating turbines.
Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations and finances its activities through bank loan facilities. Further details are given in note 1.
The company and group’s forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that the company should be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance and the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios arising from the impact on the economy of the ongoing high levels of inflation. In the directors’ assessment they have considered the effectiveness of available measures to assist in mitigating any impact of the effect of cost increases and delays in repairs.
Consequently after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and therefore the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Disclosure of information to the auditor
Each of the directors has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditor is unaware.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Reappointment of auditor
The auditor Azets Audit Services will be deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Small companies' provision statement
This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.
Approved and authorised for issue by the Board on
30 June 2025
30 June 2025
and signed on its behalf by:
SJL Myers
Director
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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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.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF CWE BELHUS LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of CWE Belhus Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Profit And Loss Account, 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:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit 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.
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.
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 our audit:
the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF CWE BELHUS LIMITED
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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:
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; or
the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the Directors' Report and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibility 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.
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.
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 and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.
We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.
We identified the following applicable laws and regulations as those most likely to have a material impact on the financial statements: Health and Safety; compliance with the UK Companies Act and tax legislation.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF CWE BELHUS LIMITED
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In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:
enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
reading any correspondence with regulators including the Health and Safety Executive;
reviewing minutes of board meetings of those charged with governance;
assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;
reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and
performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.
Owing 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 of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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.
Sarah Simpson BSc BFP FCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services
30 June 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Bulman House
Regent Centre
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3LS
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
866,942
597,652
Cost of sales
(240,200)
(198,702)
Gross profit
626,742
398,950
Administrative expenses
(302,791)
(301,161)
Operating profit
4
323,951
97,789
Interest receivable and similar income
7
6,698
3,136
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(80,580)
(73,911)
Profit before taxation
250,069
27,014
Tax on profit
9
(62,895)
(7,233)
Profit for the financial year
187,174
19,781
The above results were derived from continuing operations.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
£
£
Profit for the year
187,174
19,781
Other comprehensive income
Cash flow hedges gain/(loss) arising in the year
21,925
(63,524)
Tax relating to other comprehensive income
(5,481)
15,881
Other comprehensive income for the year
16,444
(47,643)
Total comprehensive income for the year
203,618
(27,862)
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
3,488,231
3,779,633
Current assets
Debtors
13
645,937
358,224
Cash at bank and in hand
222,129
48,512
868,066
406,736
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
(294,556)
(107,502)
Net current assets
573,510
299,234
Total assets less current liabilities
4,061,741
4,078,867
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
15
(2,779,486)
(2,943,836)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
17
647,232
626,626
(647,232)
(626,626)
Net assets
635,023
508,405
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
18
1
1
Hedging reserve
19
(281,128)
(297,572)
Profit and loss reserves
916,150
805,976
Total equity
635,023
508,405
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 30 June 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
SJL Myers
Director
Company Registration No. 09942342
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Hedging reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
1
(249,929)
852,340
602,412
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit for the year
-
-
19,781
19,781
Other comprehensive income:
Cash flow hedges gains
-
(63,524)
-
(63,524)
Tax relating to other comprehensive income
-
15,881
15,881
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
(47,643)
19,781
(27,862)
Dividends
10
-
-
(66,145)
(66,145)
Balance at 31 December 2023
1
(297,572)
805,976
508,405
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit for the year
-
-
187,174
187,174
Other comprehensive income:
Cash flow hedges gains
-
21,925
-
21,925
Tax relating to other comprehensive income
-
(5,481)
(5,481)
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
16,444
187,174
203,618
Dividends
10
-
-
(77,000)
(77,000)
Balance at 31 December 2024
1
(281,128)
916,150
635,023
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated, registered and domiciled in England.
The address of its registered office is First Floor, River Court, The Old Mill Office Park, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EZ.
1.1
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
Basis of preparation
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 £.
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
Name of parent of group
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Constantine Wind Energy Limited, the company's parent undertaking. The financial statements of Constantine Wind Energy Limited may be obtained from Companies House.
Summary of disclosure exemptions
The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions available under paragraph 1.12 of FRS 102:
(a) Disclosures in respect of each class of share capital have not been presented.
(b) No cash flow statement has been presented for the company.
(c) Disclosures in respect of financial instruments have not been presented.
(d) No disclosure has been given for the aggregate remuneration of key management personnel.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102 and does not disclose related party transactions with members of the same group that are wholly owned.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Going concern
The company is part of a group headed by Constantine Wind Energy Limited. true
The company has recorded a profit before tax of £250,069 in the year ended 31 December 2024 and has net current assets of £573,510 at the year end.
CWE B Limited, along with certain other subsidiaries of Constantine Wind Energy Limited including CWE Belhus Limited, are party to a group bank loan facility of £74.8m with Scottish Widows Limited which was agreed and drawn down in full by CWE B Limited as head of the banking facility group. This facility is secured by charges over the assets of this wider banking group in favour of Lloyds Bank plc, acting as security agent for Scottish Widows Limited. The loan is repayable in semi-annual payments to 31 March 2038 and is subject to a fixed interest rate of 2.12%, for the life of the loan.
The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations and finances its activities through bank loan facilities.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The company and group’s forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that the company should be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance and the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios arising from the impact on the economy of the ongoing high levels of inflation. In the directors’ assessment they have considered the effectiveness of available measures to assist in mitigating any impact of the effect of cost increases and delays in repairs.
Consequently after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and therefore the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable in the ordinary course of the company’s activities net of value added tax and discounts. Turnover is derived from the sale of electricity generated by the company and provided under fixed price supply contracts and income earned under the 'Feed-in-Tariff'. Turnover is recognised as supplied into the distribution network.
1.4
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Taxation
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
Current tax
The current income 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
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.
1.6
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses, except for plant and machinery which is measured at fair value less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Increases in the carrying amounts arising on revaluation of plant and machinery are recognised, net of tax, in other comprehensive income and accumulated in reserves in shareholders’ equity. To the extent that the increase reverses a decrease previously recognised in profit or loss, the increase is first recognised in profit or loss. Decreases that reverse previous increases of the same asset are first recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent of the remaining surplus attributable to the asset; all other decreases are charged to profit or loss.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Plant and machinery
5% straight line
1.7
Impairment of fixed assets
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Trade and other debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
1.9
Trade and other creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.10
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
1.11
Provisions
A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the company has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, that can be reliably measured and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects risks specific to the liability.
1.12
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Fixed payments made under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Payments made under operating leases whose rental is based either entirely or partially upon turnover generated by a specific asset are recognised in the profit and loss account in the period in which the turnover is earned.
1.13
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
1.14
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.15
Derivative financial instruments and hedging
Derivatives
Derivative financial instruments are recognised at fair value. The gain or loss on remeasurement to fair value is recognised immediately in the profit and loss account. However, where derivatives qualify for hedge accounting, recognition of any resultant gain or loss depends on the nature of the item being hedged (see below).
Cash flow hedges
Where a derivative financial instrument is designated as a hedge of the variability in cash flows of a recognised asset or liability, or a highly probable forecast transaction, the effective part of any gain or loss on the derivative financial instrument is recognised directly in Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”). Any ineffective portion of the hedge is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
For cash flow hedges, where the forecast transactions resulted in the recognition of a non-financial asset or non-financial liability, the hedging gain or loss recognised in OCI is included in the initial cost or other carrying amount of the asset or liability. Alternatively when the hedged item is recognised in the profit and loss account the hedging gain or loss is reclassified to the profit and loss account.
When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, or the entity discontinues designation of the hedge relationship but the hedged forecast transaction is still expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss at that point remains in equity and is recognised in accordance with the above policy when the transaction occurs. If the hedged transaction is no longer expected to take place, the cumulative unrealised gain or loss recognised in equity is recognised immediately in the profit and loss account.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The directors do not consider there to be any judgements in the application of these accounting policies that have significant effect on the financial statements. |
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows:
Useful economic lives of tangible assets
The directors have applied a useful economic life of 20 years to tangible fixed assets and consider this to be appropriate based upon their expected lives.
Estimation of fair value of plant and machinery
The directors have applied the revaluation model to plant and machinery and determined their fair value on the basis of discounted cash flow projections based upon reliable estimates of future cash flows (Level 3 fair value measurements).
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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3
Turnover
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of goods
792,769
595,669
Other revenue
74,173
1,983
866,942
597,652
4
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange gains
(221)
(1,042)
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
291,402
291,401
Operating lease charges
129,954
103,899
Amortisation of arrangement fees
2,167
2,167
5
Auditor's remuneration
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
2,650
2,500
6
Employees
The directors received no remuneration for their services to the company during the current or prior year and were the only employees of the company in the year.
2024
2023
Number
Number
Directors
3
3
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
6,698
3,136
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Interest on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Interest payable on loans from group undertakings
80,580
73,911
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
55,083
Group relief receivable
(7,313)
Total current tax
47,770
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
15,166
6,805
Changes in tax rates
428
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
(41)
Total deferred tax
15,125
7,233
Total tax charge
62,895
7,233
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Profit before taxation
250,069
27,014
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
62,517
6,354
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
419
451
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
428
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
(41)
Taxation charge for the year
62,895
7,233
In addition to the amount charged to the profit and loss account, the following amounts relating to tax have been recognised directly in other comprehensive income:
2024
2023
£
£
Deferred tax arising on:
Revaluation of financial instruments treated as cash flow hedges
5,481
(15,881)
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Dividends
2024
2023
£
£
Final dividend of £77,000 (2023 - £66,145) per ordinary share
77,000
66,145
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Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery
£
Valuation
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
5,294,447
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
1,514,814
Depreciation charged in the year
291,402
At 31 December 2024
1,806,216
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
3,488,231
At 31 December 2023
3,779,633
There are charges over certain of the company's plant and machinery and leasehold interests in favour of Lloyds Bank plc acting as security agent for Scottish Widows Limited, a funding provider, for all amounts due to them.
Revaluation
On 15 December 2022 the company's plant and machinery was revalued to fair value on the basis of discounted cash flow projections based upon estimates of future cash flows.
The directors are satisfied that the carrying amount at the year end does not differ materially from the fair value of the plant and machinery.
Had this class of asset been measured on a historical cost basis, the carrying amount would have been £1,370,042 (2023 - £1,481,143).
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Financial instruments
2024
2023
£
£
Carrying amount of financial liabilities
Measured at fair value through profit or loss
- Other financial liabilities
374,838
396,763
Other financial liabilities comprise the entity's proportion of a back to back Treasury Service arrangement with CWE B Limited of an inflation rate swap in favour of CWE B Limited taken out as a condition of the group refinancing used to manage the inflation linked revenue received in its subsidiaries, which is designated as fair value through the hedging reserve. The fair value at the year end of £374,838 (2023 - £396,763) is based on a mid-market marked to market valuation. The fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
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Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
17,447
28,161
Group relief recoverable
7,313
Amounts owed by group undertakings
385,000
20,000
Other debtors
80,124
Prepayments and accrued income
236,177
229,939
645,937
358,224
14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Other borrowings
16
24,551
21,127
Trade creditors
85,138
38,995
Amounts owed to group undertakings
172
162
Corporation tax
55,083
Other taxation and social security
4,009
-
Accrued expenses
125,603
47,218
294,556
107,502
15
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Other borrowings
16
2,404,648
2,547,073
Other non-current financial liabilities
12
374,838
396,763
2,779,486
2,943,836
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Loans and overdrafts
2024
2023
£
£
Loans from group undertakings
2,429,199
2,568,200
Payable within one year
24,551
21,127
Payable after one year
2,404,648
2,547,073
Borrowings
At the start of 2021, a new group banking facility of £96.2m with Scottish Widows Limited was agreed and drawn down by CWE B Limited as head of the new banking facility group, which includes CWE Belhus Limited. This facility now stands at £74.8m at 31 December 2024. It is secured by charges over the assets of this wider banking group in favour of Scottish Widows Limited, is repayable in semi-annual payments to 31 March 2038 and is subject to a fixed interest rate of 2.12% for the life of the loan.
Offset against the bank loans is £21,667 (2023 - £23,834) in respect of loan arrangement fees not amortised.
The amount falling due after more than five years is £1,786,580 (2023 - £1,957,460).
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Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated tax depreciation
(9,543)
37,688
Tax losses carry-forwards
-
(62,356)
Revaluation of plant and equipment
750,485
750,485
Revaluation of cash flow hedges
(93,710)
(99,191)
647,232
626,626
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
626,626
Charge to profit or loss
15,125
Charge to other comprehensive income
5,481
Liability at 31 December 2024
647,232
CWE BELHUS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary share of £1 each
1
1
1
1
19
Hedging reserve
2024
2023
£
£
At the beginning of the year
(297,572)
(249,929)
Gains and losses on cash flow hedges
21,925
(63,524)
Tax on gains and losses on cash flow hedges
(5,481)
15,881
At the end of the year
(281,128)
(297,572)
The hedging reserve comprises the effective portion of the cumulative net change in the fair value of cash flow hedging instruments relating to hedged transactions that have not yet occurred.
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Operating lease commitments
Lessee
Operating leases whose rental payments are based either entirely or partially upon turnover generated by a specific asset are recognised in the profit and loss account in the period in which the turnover is earned.
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Related party transactions
During the year CWE Belhus Limited recognised £4,483 (2023 - £4,257) in management charges from Constantine Wind Energy Limited in the profit and loss account.
CWE Belhus Limited had a net creditor of £2,429,199 (2023 - £2,568,201) due to CWE B Limited at the year end. This amount represents funding received from Scottish Widows Limited by CWE B Limited and is subject to interest at a fixed rate of 2.12%.
CWE Belhus Limited also has a Treasury Services agreement with CWE B Limited for an inflation rate swap and a non-current financial liability of £374,838 (2023 - £396,763) has been recognised at the year end in respect of this agreement.
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Ultimate controlling party
The company's immediate parent is CWE B Limited.
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Constantine Wind Energy Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House.
The ultimate controlling party is Constantine Group Limited and Jemm Capital Limited, in so much as they act in concert.
The parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Constantine Wind Energy Limited, incorporated in England.
The address of Constantine Wind Energy Limited is First Floor, River Court, The Old Mill Office Park, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EZ.
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