| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| 8 Winmarleigh Street |
| Warrington |
| Cheshire |
| WA1 1JW |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 4 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 5 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
| NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| NET LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 7 |
| Retained earnings | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered. |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| Monetary amounts in these financial statements shall be rounded to the nearest £. |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Going concern |
| At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources based on current and future sources of funding and support to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company has received a letter from the parent company confirming it's support for more than 12 months from the date of signing the accounts. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. |
| Related party exemption |
| The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
| Significant judgements and estimates |
| 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. |
| Management do not consider the company to have any critical accounting judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date which may have a risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial periods. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. |
| Revenue from the provision of educational and training services is recognised as it is earned on a periodic basis over the year. |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost net of depreciation and any impairment losses. |
| The capitalisation policy is no less than £5,000 for all asset classes. |
| The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to the profit or loss. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Foreign currencies |
| Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency (foreign currency) are initially recorded at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of the transaction. |
| Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction, or, if the asset or liability is measured at fair value, the rate when that fair value was determined. |
| All translation differences are taken to profit or loss, except to the extent that they relate to gains or losses on non-monetary items recognised in other comprehensive income, when the related translation gain or loss is also recognised in other comprehensive income. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with bank, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. |
| 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 statement of financial position 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 enforcible right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the net asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
| Basic financial assets |
| Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised costs 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. |
| Other financial assets |
| Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publically traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment. |
| Impairment of financial assets |
| Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit or loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date. |
| Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. |
| Derecognition of financial assets |
| Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party. |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| 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, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares 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 receipts 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. |
| Derecognition of financial liabilities |
| Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. |
| Equity instruments |
| Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company. |
| Provisions |
| A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the company has a constructive or legal obligation as a result of a past event and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. If the effect is material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at the current time value of money. |
| Employee benefits |
| The cost of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received. Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Plant and | and |
| machinery | fittings | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 5. | DEBTORS |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year: |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| VAT |
| Prepayments and accrued income |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
| Other debtors |
| Aggregate amounts |
| Amounts owed by other debtors including amounts falling due after more than one year - see Note 10 - are repayable by June 2027. |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| VAT | - | 28,185 |
| Other creditors |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| 7. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary A | £1 | 100 | 100 |
| Ordinary B | £1 | 100 | 100 |
| 200 | 200 |
| There are two difference classes of ordinary shares. There are no restrictions on the distribution of dividends and the repayment of capital on Ordinary A and Ordinary B shares. |
| 8. | RESERVES |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | ( |
) |
| Profit for the year |
| Transitional adjustments | (114,886 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 | ( |
) |
| 9. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
| The Report of the Auditors was unqualified. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Vestigo Consulting Limited (Registered number: 11988011) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 10. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| Whilst the company has taken advantage of the exemption for disclosing related party transactions within the group during the year, there were a number of transactions with entities under common control. The entities involved and the value of these transactions are detailed below: |
| 3R Systems Limited |
| Purchases of £300 (2023: £300) |
| CSM Capital Limited |
| CSM Capital Limited is a connected company as a result of having the same six directors as the ultimate controlling party of Vestigo Consulting Limited. As at 31st December 2024, the company had an outstanding loan of £484,366 (2023: £589,000) included within other debtors due from CSM Capital Limited, relating to a loan given to them for the acquisition of a property in June 2022. The loan has been discounted to reflect the net present value at 31st December 2024 and the unwinding of this discount of £18,357 is shown as other interest in the profit and loss account during the year. There was also a prior year adjustment of £110,991 to present the loan at net present value at 31st December 2023. The loan is non-interesting bearing and is unsecured, it is due to be repaid in full by June 2027. |
| In addition to this, included within creditors and amounts due to group undertakings is a liability to a group company that are not wholly owned as follows: |
| Collaboraite Ltd - £nil (2023: £3,954). There were also purchases made to this company during the year of £nil (2023:£4,090). |
| 11. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The immediate and ultimate parent company is The Investigo Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of The Investigo Group Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Unit 116 Imperial Court, Exchange Street East, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 3AB. |
| There is no ultimate controlling party. |
| 12. | FIRST YEAR ADOPTION |
| This is the first year the company is preparing financial statements in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The company previously applied FRS 105. |
| As is permitted, there is no reconciliation of opening balances and net income/(expenditure) on transition. We note that in order to comply with the requirements of FRS 102 1A on transition in the current year we have adjusted for deferred tax of £3,895 and presentation of a loan provided to CSM Capital Limited, an associate of the company, at net present value of £110,991 have now been calculated and recognised in the current year, and in comparative figures where material and appropriate. |