Company registration number 05357274 (England and Wales)
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Director
Ms M Comninos
Secretary
Ms M Comninos
Company number
05357274
Registered office
73 Cornhill
London
UK
EC3V 3QQ
Auditor
Gerald Edelman LLP
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Director's report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Statement of financial position
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 15
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The director presents the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities and review of the business

The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of essDOCS Limited, whose ultimate parent and controlling entity is Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., ('ICE Group'), a corporation registered in Delaware, United States. Related companies in these financial statement refer to members of the ICE Group of companies ('the ICE Group'). The company exists to manage the marketing and supply of software related services.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The company is exposed to certain risks through the ordinary course of business and the company’s financial risk management objective is to minimi s e the effect of these risks. The director consider s the following to be key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company:

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty fails to discharge an obligation to the company under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The company is exposed to credit risk from financial assets including cash and cash equivalents held at banks, amounts owed by group undertakings and other receivables. The company regularly assesses its credit risk exposure and considers the creditworthiness of its counterparties.

Foreign currency exchange risk

Foreign currency risk is the risk that the future cash flows of a transaction will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The majority of transactions during the current period are denominated in British Pound Sterling, thus minimal foreign exchange differences arose. The company does not hold any significant financial instruments at year end which are not denominated in British Pound Sterling and is therefore not exposed to any significant currency risk.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the company is unable to fully or promptly meet payment obligations and potential payment obligations as and when they fall due. The company’s objective when managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they fall due.

On behalf of the board

Ms M Comninos
Director
1 September 2025
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The director presents their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company throughout is that of carrying out marketing and supply of software and provision of services to a related entity.

Director

The director who held office during the year and up to the date of authorisation of the se financial statements was as follows:

Ms M Comninos
Auditor

The auditor, Gerald Edelman LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of director's responsibilities

The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless she is 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 director is required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

- make judgements 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;

- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements

The director is 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. She is 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.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

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

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Global Market Conditions

Global economic, political and financial market events or conditions have at times in the past negatively impacted and may in the future negatively impact our business. Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including recessions, inflation, currency fluctuations, interest rate changes, supply chain issues, geopolitical events or conflicts, political uncertainty and discord, international trade disputes and sanction laws, including the imposition of tariffs or other protectionist measures, actual or anticipated large-scale defaults or failures or slowdown of global trade could impact our business.

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Report

The Streamlined Energy and Carbon Report (‘SECR’) disclosures for the Group of companies comprising members of the ICE Group incorporated in the UK ('the ICE UK Group') are presented in a Group SECR report in the financial statements of ICE UK Group holding company ICE Europe Parent Limited, registered company number 7295772, which will be publicly available on Companies House prior to 30 September 2025.

Going concern

The director has prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis, notwithstanding that at the balance sheet date the company's liabilities exceeded its assets by £1,841,872 (2023: £3,581,553). The validity of the going concern basis is dependent on the continued support of the company's immediate UK parent undertaking, IntercontinentalExchange Holdings, who has confirmed that it will continue to provide the company with financial support for the foreseeable future and for not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to e ssD OCS EMEA Limited to meet such liabilities.

Accordingly, these financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result from the discontinuance of their financial support. On this basis, the director considers that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.

On behalf of the board
Ms M Comninos
Director
1 September 2025
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of essDOCS EMEA 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 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.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Material uncertainty related to going concern

In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made in note 2.2 of the financial statements concerning the financial support provided by IntercontinentalExchange Holdings. In view of the fact that the preparation of the financial statements on the going concern basis assumes this continued support, we consider that attention should be drawn to this disclosure but our opinion is not qualified in this respect.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The director is 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 strategic report and strategic report and the director's r eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

- the strategic report and strategic report and the director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 identifie d material misstatements in the strategic report and the director's r eport. 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or

- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of director

As explained more fully in the director's r esponsibilities s tatement, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

We planned our audit so that we have a reasonable expectation of detecting material misstatements in the financial statements resulting from irregularities, fraud or non-compliance with law or regulations.

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

- The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

- Enquiring of management of whether they are aware of any non-compliance with laws and regulations.

- Enquiring of management whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud.

- Enquiring of management their internal controls established to mitigate risk related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.

- Discussions amongst the engagement team on how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. As part of this discussion, we identified potential for fraud in posting of unusual journals and foreign exchange gains or losses.

- Obtaining understanding of the legal and regulatory framework the company operates in focusing on those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context included UK Companies Act, tax legislation and GDPR.

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Audit response to risks identified

Fraud due to management override

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

- Performed substantive procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships, including reviewing large and unusual bank transactions.

- Audited the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries for appropriateness.

- Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

Irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations

In response to the risk of irregularities and non compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but are not limited to:

- Agreeing financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.

- Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation claims.

The test nature and other inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of any accounting and internal control system, mean that there is an unavoidable risk that even some material misstatements in respect of irregularities may remain undiscovered even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK). Furthermore, the more removed those laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely that we would become aware of non-compliance. Our examination should therefore not be relied upon to disclose all such material misstatements or frauds, errors or instances of non-compliance that might exist. The responsibility for safeguarding the assets of the company and for the prevention and detection of fraud, error and non-compliance with law or regulations rests with the director of the company.

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

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Hemen Doshi FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Gerald Edelman LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
3 September 2025
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
122,669
267,371
Administrative expenses
(463,283)
805,114
Intercompany balance waived
4
2,080,295
-
0
Profit before taxation
1,739,681
1,072,485
Tax on profit
7
-
0
-
0
Profit for the financial year
1,739,681
1,072,485

The Statement of Comprehensive Income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
8
18,779,451
18,823,042
Cash at bank and in hand
11,798
18,094
18,791,249
18,841,136
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(20,633,121)
(22,422,689)
Net current liabilities
(1,841,872)
(3,581,553)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
10
1,000
1,000
Profit and loss reserves
(1,842,872)
(3,582,553)
Total equity
(1,841,872)
(3,581,553)

The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 1 September 2025
Ms M Comninos
Director
Company registration number 05357274 (England and Wales)
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
1,000
(4,655,038)
(4,654,038)
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
1,072,485
1,072,485
Balance at 31 December 2023
1,000
(3,582,553)
(3,581,553)
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
1,739,681
1,739,681
Balance at 31 December 2024
1,000
(1,842,872)
(1,841,872)
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

essDOCS EMEA Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 73 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3QQ.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':

- the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;

- the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);

- the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42 to 11.48A;

- the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.29;

- the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., as at 31 December 202 4 and these financial statements may be obtained from www.ice.com.

1.2
Going concern

The director has prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis, notwithstanding that at the balance sheet date the company's liabilities exceeded its assets by £1,841,872 (2023: £3,581,553).true The validity of the going concern basis is dependent on the continued support of the company's immediate UK parent undertaking, IntercontinentalExchange Holdings who has confirmed that it will continue to provide the company with financial support for the foreseeable future and for not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to e ssD OCS EMEA Limited to meet such liabilities.

Accordingly, these financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result from the discontinuance of their financial support. On this basis, the director considers that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover, which represents the fair value of management and other fees receivable in connection with the marketing and supply of software and related services, is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer and excludes amounts collected on behalf of third parties. The company recognises revenue when it transfers control of a product or service to a customer.

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Cash and cash equivalents

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 trade and other payables in current liabilities.

1.5
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 enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and 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.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, 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 paymen ts 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. A m ounts 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.

ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.7
Taxation

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

Current tax

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

Deferred tax

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

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.8
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is 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.

ESSDOCS EMEA 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
Management fees receivable
122,669
267,371
4
Exceptional item
2024
2023
£
£
Income
Intercompany balance waived
2,080,295
-
5
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange losses/(gains)
336,739
(1,060,753)
6
Employees

There were no employees during the year apart from the directors.

7
Taxation

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
1,739,681
1,072,485
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 19.00%)
434,920
203,772
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(520,074)
-
0
Tax effect of utilisation of tax losses not previously recognised
-
0
(203,772)
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
85,154
-
0
Taxation charge for the year
-
-
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
7
Taxation
(Continued)
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On 11 July 2023, the UK Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 enacted Pillar Two income taxes legislation effective from 1 January 2024, which includes the Multinational Top-up Tax, the Domestic Top-up Tax and an election to apply a transitional safe harbour to extend certain effective dates to accounting periods commencing on or before 31 December 2026. Under the legislation, the company would be required to pay, in the United Kingdom, top-up tax on profits in each jurisdiction in which the company operates that are taxed at an effective tax rate of less than 15 per cent.

The company is in scope of the enacted legislation, has performed an assessment of its potential exposure to Pillar Two income taxes based on the most recent tax filings, country-by-country reporting and financial statements and concluded that the Pillar Two effective tax rates in all jurisdictions in which the company operates are above 15 per cent, resulting in the company having no exposure to Pillar Two income taxes in 2024.

8
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
18,776,979
18,811,622
Other debtors
2,472
1,833
Prepayments and accrued income
-
0
9,587
18,779,451
18,823,042
9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
2,290
7,332
Amounts owed to group undertakings
20,614,021
22,401,950
Other creditors
3,510
1,907
Accruals and deferred income
13,300
11,500
20,633,121
22,422,689
10
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
ESSDOCS EMEA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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11
Ultimate controlling party

The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of essDOCS Limited, a company incorporated and registered in Malta. The ultimate parent company and controlling entity is Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., a corporation registered in Delaware, United States.

The company's financial statements have been included in the group financial statements of the ultimate parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., which is the smallest and the largest group of which the c ompany is a member and for which group financial statements are prepared.

The group financial statements of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., may be obtained from the website www.ice.com.

12
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS 102 whereby has not disclosed transactions with the ultimate parent company or any wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the ICE group.

13
Non-adjusting post balance sheet event

No material post balance sheet events have been identified.

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