The Directors present the Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

PIP Infrastructure Investments (Southmead) Limited ("the Company") operates as an investment holding company for its Immediate Holding Companies. The Company holds an equity investment in The Hospital Company (Southmead) Holdings Limited (the "Southmead Hospital"). The Directors do not expect any developments in the Company's business in the current year to result in significant changes in its present activities. The investment into Southmead Hospital (Private Finance Initiative "PFI" project) was acquired for £3.4m and it is in its operational stage.

The total comprehensive loss for the year is set out in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on page 8. The Directors consider the performance of the Company during the year and its financial position at the end of the year, to be in line with the long term expected performance of the project, and its prospects for the future to be satisfactory.

The key risks and uncertainties faced by the Company are managed within the framework established for the Investment Manager. Exposures to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk arise in the normal course of the Company's business. These risks are discussed, and supplementary qualitative and quantitative information is provided in Notes 9-13 to the financial statements. The Company is funded by the Immediate Holding Companies and as a result financial risks are managed by the Company in conjunction with the Immediate Holding Companies.

The Directors recognise that it is important to disclose their view of the impact of climate change on the Company. The Company's key operational contracts are long-term and with a small number of known counterparties. In most cases, the cashflows from these contracts can be predicted with reasonable certainty for at least the medium-term. Having considered the Company's operations, its contracted rights and obligations and forecast cash flows, there is not expected to be a significant impact upon the Company's operational or financial performance arising from climate change.

The Directors of the Company consider its operations to be consistent with those at the level of the Immediate Holding Companies that are managed by the Investment Manager. For this reason, the Company's Directors believe that an analysis using key performance indicators for the Company is not necessary or appropriate for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business of the Company.

On behalf of the board

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

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The Directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

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

The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its Directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.

The Company remains committed to the business of its holding investment and will continue to manage its existing and new investments in the future.

The independent auditors, BDO LLP, are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

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 prepared the financial statements in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards.

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 the financial statements, the Directors are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• state whether applicable UK-adopted international accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The Directors are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are also 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.

Each director in office at the date of approval of this annual report confirms that:

• so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware, and

• the director has taken all the steps that he / she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself / herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis for the reasons set out in the Accounting Policies.

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 loss for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

We have audited the financial statements of PIP Infrastructure Investments (Southmead) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash flows 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 UK adopted international accounting standards.

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 Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

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.

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 contained within 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.

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.

Other Companies Act 2006 reporting

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

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.

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors Responsibilities, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an 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:

Non-compliance with laws and regulations

Based on:

• Our understanding of the Company and the industry in which it operates;

• Discussion with management and those charged with governance; and

• Obtaining an understanding of the Company’s policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations.

We considered the significant laws and regulations to be the applicable accounting framework.

The Company is also subject to laws and regulations where the consequence of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amount or disclosures in the financial statements, for example through the imposition of fines or litigations.

Our procedures in respect of the above included:

• Review of minutes of meeting of those charged with governance for any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;

• Review of financial statement disclosures and agreeing to supporting documentation;

• Involvement of tax specialists in the audit;

• Review of legal expenditure accounts to understand the nature of expenditure incurred.

Fraud

We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including fraud.

Our risk assessment procedures included:

• Enquiry with management and those charged with governance regarding any known or suspected instances of fraud;

• Obtaining an understanding of the Company’s policies and procedures relating to:

  • Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud; and

  • Internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud.

• Review of minutes of meeting of those charged with governance for any known or suspected instances of fraud;

• Discussion amongst the engagement team as to how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements; and

• Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement.

Based on our risk assessment, we considered the areas most susceptible to fraud to be the valuation of the investments and management override of controls.

Our procedures in response to the above included:

• Assessing significant estimates made by management in the valuation of Investments for bias; and

• Testing journals, based on risk assessment criteria as well as an unpredictable sample, and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the Investment Manager and members that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members who were all deemed to have appropriate competence and capabilities and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the special purpose financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the special purpose financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

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 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.

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

PIP Infrastructure Investments (Southmead) Limited ("the Company") is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is C/O Foresight Group Llp, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9SG.

The company's principal activities and nature of its operations are disclosed in the Strategic report.

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with applicable law (i.e. the Companies Act 2006) and UK adopted international accounting standards. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss.

The Company meets the definition of an Investment Entity as defined by IFRS 10 and is required to account for the investment in the subsidiary at fair value through profit and loss.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires the Directors to exercise judgement in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, are areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements.

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 £'000.

Standards and amendments to existing standards effective 1 January 2025 not been early adopted

There are no new or amended standards effective this year that have had a material impact on these financial statements.

A number of UK adopted international accounting standards have been issued but are not yet effective and have not been applied in these financial statements. The Directors do not expect that, when effective, they will have any material impact on the financial statements in future periods.

The Company prepares cash flow forecaststrue for underlying projects covering the expected life of the asset and so including the 12 month period from the date the financial statements are signed. In drawing up these forecasts, the Directors have made assumptions based upon their view of the current and future economic conditions that will prevail over the forecast period. Based on these forecasts the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

In light of this, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Company's annual financial statements.

Cash and cash equivalents 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.

The Company classifies its investment in equity securities and loan security receivables as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. The company classifies its liabilities at amortised cost.

Fair value estimation of financial assets and liabilities

Fair value 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.

The fair value of financial assets that are not traded in an active market is determined using valuation techniques. The Company uses a variety of methods and makes assumptions that are based on market conditions existing at each reporting date. The fair values of equity securities and holding company investments are calculated using discounted cash flow models based on future profitability forecasts. In summary, the valuation model will include the review of operational performance against plan and other general operational risk indicators.

The valuation methodology employed is based on a discounted cash flow analysis of the future expected equity and loan note cash flows (including all fee income). The fair value for each investment is derived from the present value of the investment's expected future cash flows, using reasonable assumptions and forecasts and an appropriate discount rate. The Investment Manager exercises its judgement in assessing the expected future cash flows from each investment. Each investee company produces detailed concession life financial models. The Company's share of those cash flows are then extracted and a discount rate applied. The discount rate applied is subject to the appropriate risk free rate e.g. Indexed Linked Gilts and the projects' performance and risks (e.g. liquidity, currency risks, market appetite) including any risks to project earnings (e.g. predictability and covenant of the concession income), all of which may be differentiated by project phase.

Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss at inception are financial instruments that are not classified as held for trading but are managed, and their performance is evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with the Company’s documented investment strategy.

The Company's policy requires the Directors to evaluate the information about these financial assets on a fair value basis together with other related financial information.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Subsequent to initial recognition, all financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of the "financial assets at fair value through profit or loss" category are presented in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the period in which they arise.

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.

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.

The tax expense represents the tax currently payable.

The Company is exempt from income tax on its UK dividend income. Income from any other sources is taxable at 25.00% (2023: 23.52%). Current tax, including UK corporation tax, is reflected at amounts to be recovered or paid using the tax rate and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Statement of Financial Position date.

Investment entity

The Company has determined that it meets the definition of an investment entity per IFRS 10 as the following conditions exist:

• The Company has obtained funds for the purpose of providing investors with professional investment management services;

• The Company's business purpose, which was communicated directly to investors, is investing for capital appreciation and investment income; and

• The investments are measured and evaluated on a fair value basis.

In determining the Company's status as an investment entity in accordance with IFRS 10, the Company considered:

• The Company's parent entity has raised commitments from a number of investors in order to raise capital to invest in infrastructure investments through the Company and to provide the investors with investment management services with respect to these infrastructure investments;

• The Company intends to generate capital and income returns from its infrastructure investments which will, in turn, be distributed in accordance with the Company's policy; and

• The Company evaluates its infrastructure investments' performance on a fair value basis, in accordance with the policies set out in these financial statements.

Although the Company met all three defining criteria, it has also assessed the business purpose of the Company, the investment strategies for the infrastructure investments, the nature of any earnings from the infrastructure investments and the fair value models. The Company made this assessment in order to determine whether any additional areas of judgement exist with respect to the typical characteristics of an investment entity versus those of the Company. Subsidiaries are therefore measured at fair value through profit or loss, in accordance with IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement” and IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”.

Investment in subsidiary

A subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by the Company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Where the Company is deemed to control an underlying portfolio company either directly or indirectly through a holding company subsidiary and whether the control be via voting rights or through the ability to direct the relevant activities in return for access to a significant portion of the variable gains and losses derived from those relevant activities, the underlying portfolio company and its results are not consolidated and are instead reflected at fair value through profit or loss. As at 31 December 2024, the Company is directly invested in such a portfolio company, which in turn has invested in one other portfolio company.

The Company does not have any other direct subsidiaries other than that determined to be an investment entity. Investment entity subsidiary investment is measured at fair value through profit or loss and is not consolidated in accordance with IFRS 10. Dividends from the investment are recognised in profit or loss.

Movements in the fair value of the Company's underlying portfolio company held via the investment entity subsidiary and the existence of unfunded commitments may expose the Company to potential gains or losses.

The preparation of the financial statements requires the application of estimates and assumptions which may affect the results reported in the financial statements. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgement and available information. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying value of assets and liabilities are those used to determine the fair value of the investments as disclosed in note 12 to the financial statements. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material impact on the financial statements are outlined below.

(a) Fair value of equity securities including investment in subsidiary

Fair values of such instruments are determined by using valuation techniques (see Note 12). Where valuation techniques are used to determine fair values, they are validated and periodically reviewed by the Board of Directors and approved by the Board of Directors quarterly.

(b) Investment entity status        

The Directors have determined that the Company meets the definition of an investment entity. See accounting policy 1.8 for details.    

(c) Subsidiary    

The Company controls 100% of the voting rights and ownership interests in PIP Infrastructure Mangers Limited.

Per IFRS 10, there is a requirement for the Directors to assess whether the Subsidiary is itself an Investment Entity. The Directors have performed this assessment and have concluded that the Subsidiary is itself an Investment Entity for the reasons below:        

(i) The Subsidiary has obtained funds for the purpose of investing in equity or other similar interests in multiple investments and providing the Company and its investors with returns from capital appreciation and investment income.        

(ii) The performance of investments made through the Subsidiary are measured and evaluated on a fair value basis.

Furthermore, the Subsidiary is not deemed to be an operating entity providing services to the Company, and therefore is able to apply the exception to consolidation.

Movements in the fair value of the Subsidiary's portfolio and corresponding movements in the fair value of the Subsidiary may expose the Company to a loss.

Audit fees charged by the Company's Independent Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024 in the amount of £8.9k (2023: £8.6k) will be borne by the Immediate Holdings Company on behalf of the Company.

In 2021 an increase in the corporation tax rate to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023 was substantively enacted. The 23.52% rate used below in the prior year reflected 9 months of this new rate and 3 months of the previous rate of 19%.

The charge for the year can be reconciled to the loss per the income statement as follows:

The Company holds a 50% interest in The Hospital Company (Southmead) Holdings Limited, which is registered at 8 White Oak Square, London Road, Swanley, England, BR8 7AG with the investment being held at fair value through profit and loss.

On 6 September 2012, the Company increased its authorised ordinary share capital by 3 ordinary shares of £1 each and issued these at a premium of £3,369k.

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company.

The level of the share capital issued and the associated share premium have been based on the previous carrying value (excluding any revaluation) of the underlying assets acquired.

Financial risk factors

The objective of the Company's financial risk management is to manage and control the risk exposures of its investment. The Directors have overall responsibility for overseeing the management of financial risks. The review and management of financial risks are performed by the Company, which has documented procedures designed to identify, monitor and manage the financial risks to which the Company is exposed. This note presents information about the Company's exposure to financial risks, its objectives, policies and processes for managing risk and the Company's management of its financial resources.

The Company owns an investment in ordinary equity in Southmead Hospital which is a PFI/PPP company. This company is structured at the outset to minimise financial risks of acquiring and holding the investment. The Company primarily focuses its risk management on the direct financial risks of acquiring and holding its investment in Southmead Hospital, but continues to monitor the indirect financial risks through representation on the Board of the project company and the receipt of regular financial and operational performance reports.

Market risk is defined as the potential loss in value or earnings of the Company arising from changes in external market factors such as:

• interest rates (interest rate risk);

• foreign exchange rates (currency risk); and

• equity markets (other price risk)

The investments are susceptible to market price risk arising from uncertainties about future values of the instruments. The Company has an Investment Manager who provides the Board of Directors with investment recommendations. The Investment Manager's recommendations are reviewed by the Board of Directors before the investment decisions are implemented.

The performance of the investments held by the Company are monitored by the Investment Manager and reviewed by the Board of Directors both on a quarterly basis.

(a) Price risk

Returns from the Company's investments are affected by the price at which they are acquired. The value of the investments could go up or down and may not be realised equivalent to their original acquisition cost. As such the value varies with the movements in market prices, interest rates and competition for such assets.

Price risk arises from the Company's investments held at fair value through profit and loss, which are valued using a discounted cashflow method. Details of the valuation method and the results of sensitivity analysis are disclosed in Note 12.

(b) Currency risk

The project companies in which the Company invests conduct their business and pay interest, dividends and principal in GBP. The Company is not exposed to any currency risk.

(c) Interest rate risk

The Company is not directly affected by changes in interest rate risk, except as part of the exercise to value its unlisted investment.

(d) Inflation risk

The Company's project companies are generally structured so that contractual income and costs are either wholly or partially linked to specific inflation where possible to minimise the risks of a mismatch between income and costs due to movements in inflation indexes. The Company's overall cash flows are estimated to partially vary with inflation. The effect of these inflation changes does not always immediately flow through to the Company's cash flows as there is a time lag due to financial models only being updated on a 6 monthly basis.

(c) Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty of the Company will be unable or unwilling to meet a commitment that it has entered into with the Company. The Company's investment is in the form of equity and whilst future cash flows are anticipated (in the form of dividends), there are no commitments or obligations to receive future payments and therefore there is no direct credit risk from this investment holding.

No classes within trade and receivables contain impaired assets. The maximum exposure to credit risk of assets held at fair value through profit and loss is £480k (2023: £525k).

(d) Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due.

The exposure to liquidity risk is limited as the operating expenses of the Company are borne by the Immediate Holding Companies.

The capital of the Company is represented by the net assets attributable to its shareholders. The amount of net assets attributable to its shareholders may change as the Company may adjust the amount of dividends paid to its shareholders, return capital to its shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce capital. The Company’s objective when managing capital is to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for its shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain a strong capital base to support the development of the investment activities of the Company.

The Company has no lease arrangements or externally imposed capital requirements. As at 31 December 2024 and 2023 the Company is in a net asset position.

The Company uses the income approach which discounts the expected cash flows attributable to each asset at an appropriate rate to arrive at fair values. In determining the discount rate, regard is given to risk free rates, the specific risks of each investment and the evidence of recent transactions. A detailed discounted cash flow valuation methodology is disclosed in Note 1.4.

For instruments for which there is no active market, the Company may use internally developed models, which are usually based on valuation methods and techniques generally recognised as standard within the industry. Valuation models are used primarily to value unlisted equity for which markets were or have been inactive during the financial year. Some of the inputs to these models may not be market observable and are therefore estimated based on assumptions.

The output of a model is always an estimate or approximation of a value that cannot be determined with certainty, and valuation techniques employed may not fully reflect all factors relevant to the positions the Company holds. Valuations are therefore adjusted, where appropriate, to allow for additional factors including model risk, liquidity risk and counterparty risk.

The models used to determine fair values are validated and periodically reviewed by the Investment Manager and approved by the Board of Directors quarterly.

The carrying value of payables and accruals is assumed to approximate their fair value.

The fair value of financial assets for disclosure purposes are derived using a discounted cash-flow method, estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows at the current market interest rate that is available to the Company for similar financial instruments. The weighted average discount rate of the Company's investments is 6.75% (2023: 6.60%).

The fair value of the Company’s investments is £480k (2023: £525k). The analysis below is provided to illustrate the sensitivity of the fair value of investments to an individual input, while all other variables remain constant. The Board considers these changes in inputs to be within reasonable expected ranges. This is not intended to imply the likelihood of change or that possible changes in value would be restricted to this range.

Fair value hierarchy

The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three levels:

• Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly

• Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is categorised in its entirety is determined on the basis of the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. For this purpose, the significance of an input is assessed against the fair value measurement in its entirety. If a fair value measurement uses observable inputs that require significant adjustment based on unobservable inputs, that measurement is a Level 3 measurement. Assessing the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgement, considering factors specific to the asset or liability.

The determination of what constitutes ‘observable’ input requires significant judgement by the Company. The Company considers observable data to be that market data that is readily available, regularly distributed or updated, reliable and verifiable, not proprietary, and provided by independent sources that are actively involved in the relevant market.

The following table analyses, within the fair value hierarchy, the Company's investments measured at fair value:

                        Level 1    Level 2    Level 3

                        £’000    £’000    £’000

As at 31 December 2024

Equity interest - unlisted                -    -    480

                        -    -    480

As at 31 December 2023

Equity interest - unlisted                -    -    525

                        -    -    525

Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operational decisions.

The Company is the investment vehicle through which the Immediate Holding Companies invest in the underlying project company, the operating expenses of the Company are borne by the Immediate Holding Companies and given their materiality the expenses and subsequent recoverable amounts have been omitted from these financial statements

As at 31 December 2024, the Company’s immediate parent undertaking was PIP Infrastructure Investments (No 5) Limited. The ultimate controlling party was PIP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure PPP LP.

The Directors' have evaluated the period since the year end and have not noted any subsequent events.