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STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The results for the 12 months and the financial position of the Company are shown in the financial statements.
The average monthly number of employees (excluding directors) was 56 compared to 54 in the previous year.
Following 3 years of detailed planning and design in relation to hotel refurbishment work finally started on site beginning of March 2024. The whole refurbishment was completed in phases within 12 months by end of February 2025. Guestrooms were scheduled to be completed floor by floor whereas other areas such as meeting & event spaces and public areas had to be shut completely to allow refurbishment to be carried out in these areas. Revenue decreased from £6,190,698 in 2023 to £5,856,527 in 2024 a decrease of 5.4%. Key reason for this decrease was disruption to hotel operation during refurbishment. Pleased to say effect on the revenue due to refurbishment was less than originally expected. Loss of revenue from closing meeting & event spaces during refurbishment was partially offset by strong performance from guestrooms. This is despite losing 20% of guestroom stock throughout period of refurbishment. ADR (Average Room Rate) increased by 3.33% and Occupancy also increased by 6.88% in 2024 compared to 2023. However, it is not possible to compare these two KPI with the previous year. This is due to lower inventory affected by hotel refurbishment during which several guestrooms were blocked. During the year the Company continued to take steps to reduce costs wherever possible. However, payroll (excluding directors) as a percentage of revenue increased to 35.19% in 2024 (31.79% in 2023). Increase in the National Living Wage from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour from April 2024 also had its effect on the overall payroll percentage. As a result, operating profit (profit before interest and tax) of £792,178 was generated during the year 2024 compared to a profit of £1,508,346 in the previous year 2023. Full cost of hotel refurbishment was carried out from company own cash reserves. As a result, cash at bank, in hand and investment assets decreased from £7,282,860 to £4,215,439 in 2024. Anticipated total cost of refurbishment will be circa £7 million. The Board would like to thank all its staff for their loyalty and support during 2024 and continuing into 2025 especially dealing with various challenges relating to hotel refurbishment.
Skilled staff shortage in hospitality industry continues to affect recruitment in all areas of hotel operations. This in turn is driving up wage costs.
UK inflation which peaked to over 10% beginning of 2023 came down to around 4% at start of 2024. By mid 2024 it came down further to around 2% in line with BoE target. Unfortunately, it started to increase thereafter and by end of 2024 it finished at around 3%. As a result, disposable income will be squeezed which could result in cutting back on eating out and holidays which will affect hospitality industry. Despite these concerns the directors are confident the Company will see the benefits of hotel refurbishment which will improve its performance in all areas of operation. Key challenge will be to reposition the hotel from mid 4* to upper 4* market once refurbishment has been completed by end of February 2025. The Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
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STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £755,595 (2023 - £1,313,437).
Dividends of £250,000 (2023 - £250,000) were declared during the year.
The Directors who served during the year were:
Works in relation to hotel refurbishment which commenced in March 2024 is programmed to be completed by end of February 2025. Works programmed to be completed in January and February 2025 will be last remaining Guestrooms on first floor, Restaurant/Bar and External Façade & Terrace.
Once hotel refurbishment works are completed work will commence with regards to organising new photography, video etc in relation to launch of new hotel website. In advance of hotel launch following complete refurbishment firms will be appointed to assist with Digital Marketing, Social Media and Press Release. Looking ahead into the next financial year, the directors will continue to make investments in the hotel infrastructure and its operations to improve its performance and to compete effectively in upper 4* hotel market.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, Menzies LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 487 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF GUIDEZONE LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Guidezone Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Statement of financial position, the Statement of cash flows, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
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 Auditors' 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.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF GUIDEZONE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF GUIDEZONE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
The Company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant including:
∙Companies Act 2006;
∙Financial Reporting Standard 102;
∙Employment legislation; and
∙Tax legislation.
We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. We understood how the Company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making inquiries to management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We corroborated our inquiries through our review of relevant documentation. The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations. No issues were identified in this area. We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
∙Identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
∙Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process; and
∙Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.
As a result of the above procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud would be the posting of unusual journals and complex transactions.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF GUIDEZONE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
95 Gresham Street
City of London
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STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 14 to 23 form part of these financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Guidezone Limited is a private limited company, limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0HX.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has strong cash reserves and the directors therefore believe the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Turnover represents amounts receivable for the provision of accommodation and other ancillary services and also the sale of food and beverages in the restaurant net of VAT and trade discounts.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Stock is stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carry amount of stock over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss. Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The revaluation reserve comprises the cumulative effect of revaluations of freehold land and buildings which were revalued to fair value at each reporting date until the adoption of FRS 102 when the Company elected to continue to hold its freehold land and buildings at cost less depreciation. Capital redemption reserve The capital redemption reserve records the nominal value of shares repurchased by the Company. Profit and loss account The profit and loss account records retained earnings and accumulated profits.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the Company are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £29,487 (2023 - £29,583).
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