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Registration number: 05980520

Hastings Court Ltd

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Directors' Report

2 to 3

Strategic Report

4

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 8

Profit and Loss Account

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 to 19

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Company Information

Directors

J L Balmer

R Dooley

J H Sage

P Donnelly

Registered office

Lambwood Heights
244 Lambourne Road
Chigwell
Essex
IG7 6HX

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

J L Balmer

R Dooley

J H Sage

The following director was appointed after the year end:

P Donnelly (appointed 22 May 2025)

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

The board constantly monitors the company's trading results and revise projections as appropriate to ensure that the company can meet its future obligations as they fall due.

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

The principal business risks and uncertainties facing the Group are broadly grouped into categories as below.

Regulation compliance
The business closely monitors any updates to the sector’s regulations and compliance to ensure it meets all requirements. The frequency of regulatory visits from the CQC continues to be uncertain and lower than pre-pandemic. The Directors ensure that qualified and experienced personnel are employed and that staff are continuously trained to provide quality care and services to the residents. The business is confident that the internal processes and practices will ensure ongoing compliance throughout any changes in the regulatory environment.

Treasury operations and financial instruments
The primary financial instruments are bank loans, intercompany loans, deposits, trade debtors, trade creditors and shareholder’s funds. These arise directly from the Group’s trading operations and shareholder’s support and are regularly reviewed to ensure the Group is not overexposed.

Liquidity and credit risk
The principal financial assets are real estate, bank balances and cash, which represent the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk in relation to financial assets. The company manages its cash and borrowing requirements to maximise interest income and minimise interest expense, whilst ensuring the Group has sufficient liquid resources to meet the operating needs of the business.

A multi-year hedge facility protecting against movements in interest rates was put in place in 2022 and extended in 2024 to ensure exposure under variable interest rate debt is covered protecting the Group from increases in interest rates.

Planning processes
As an investor and developer of land, the Group is subject to navigating the planning system which with delays, inefficiencies and bureaucratic hurdles is inefficient and slow. The impact of this delays the ability of the Group to scale with delayed revenue generation and cost overruns. The Labour government has included a commitment to improve the efficiency of planning processes which is welcomed with a strategic certainty enabling the business more easily to commit to long-term investments.

Potential risk
Due to the nature of the business the Directors have assessed that there will be little or no impact on the future activities of the company as a result of Brexit. The Directors continue to monitor developments in relation to Brexit.

Cost of living crisis
The UK continues to experience significant economic pressures stemming from the cost of living crisis, characterised by rising energy bills, inflation, high interest rates and increased housing costs. These factors have notably impacted disposable incomes, putting considerable pressure on households across the UK.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The Labour party have been addressing this crisis as a central part of their agenda, with commitments to various economic and social measures designed to alleviate the financial burden on citizens. These include raising the minimum Wage to ensure wages keep pace with the actual cost of living.

The Group is supportive of such measures and pays the Real Living Wage across its estate. To meet the increase in costs arising from this, the Group will need to consider its pricing strategies, continue to focus on efficiency improvements and to ensure it optimises processes to prevent the limit the burden of additional costs being passed directly to residents.

Future developments

The Directors pay heed to the long-term consequences of their decisions and aim to maintain the operational and management policies which have resulted in the Group’s good performance to date. They anticipate that 2025 will show further growth and progression for the business.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.

The Company is part of the Gibson Topco Limited group (the “Group”). The Company is an operator of a care home. The entity made a profit for the year ending 31 December 2024 of £1,254,000 (2023 - £840,000).

The Group have multiyear cash flow forecasts including a downside scenario reflecting a possible disruption to operations as result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Under all scenarios considered, the Group would be able to operate within its borrowing facilities. The plan shows that the company and the Group are a going concern when considering the trading of the Group and continuation of the Group financing facility.

The Directors are confident having secured the businesses ongoing financing facility that the Going Concern status of the Group will remain strong for the foreseeable future.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Approved by the Board on 8 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


J L Balmer
Director

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is operating a care home.

Fair review of the business

The results for the year which are set out in the profit and loss account show turnover of £6,990,000 (2023 - £6,151,000) and an operating profit of £1,018,000 (2023 - £672,000). At 31 December 2024 the company had net assets of £5,628,000 (2023 - £4,374,000). The directors consider the performance for the year and the financial position at the year end to be satisfactory.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks as disclosed within the directors' report.

Approved by the Board on 8 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


J L Balmer
Director

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; 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 keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Hastings Court Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Hastings Court Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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 responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were 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. The other information comprises the information included in 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.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Hastings Court Ltd

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 5, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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

Auditor 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Hastings Court Ltd

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISA's (UK).

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

• We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the company financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the company's operations. We determined that the most significant laws and regulations included UK GAAP, UK Companies Act 2006 and taxation laws.
• We understood how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making inquiries of management, those responsible for legal and compliance procedures.
• We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur.

Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

• Identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
• Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process. Detailed analysis of journals posted through the accounting system during the year to 31 December 2024 has been undertaken;
• Understanding the controls in place to prevent and detect fraud. Reliance was not placed on controls for the entirety of the audit, instead taking a substantive testing approach, however controls were in place to prevent fraud, and they appeared to be working effectively;
• Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates.

identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;

understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process;

challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates; and

identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries with unusual characteristics.

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

Use of this 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.





Simon Worsley (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

8 August 2025

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Turnover

3

6,990

6,151

Cost of sales

 

(4,028)

(3,638)

Gross profit

 

2,962

2,513

Administrative expenses

 

(1,944)

(1,841)

Operating profit

4

1,018

672

Other interest receivable and similar income

5

261

173

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

(14)

-

   

247

173

Profit before tax

 

1,265

845

Tax on profit

10

(11)

(6)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,254

839

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

(Registration number: 05980520)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

11

574

434

Current assets

 

Debtors

12

6,245

4,545

Cash at bank and in hand

 

217

360

 

6,462

4,905

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

13

(1,363)

(932)

Net current assets

 

5,099

3,973

Total assets less current liabilities

 

5,673

4,407

Deferred tax liabilities

10

(45)

(34)

Net assets

 

5,628

4,373

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

270

270

Retained earnings

5,358

4,103

Shareholders' funds

 

5,628

4,373

Approved and authorised by the Board on 8 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


J L Balmer
Director

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Share capital
£ 000

Profit and loss account
£ 000

Total
£ 000

At 1 January 2024

270

4,104

4,374

Profit for the year

-

1,254

1,254

At 31 December 2024

270

5,358

5,628

Share capital
£ 000

Profit and loss account
£ 000

Total
£ 000

At 1 January 2023

270

3,264

3,534

Profit for the year

-

839

839

At 31 December 2023

270

4,103

4,373

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Lambwood Heights
244 Lambourne Road
Chigwell
Essex
IG7 6HX

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Gibson Topco Limited.

The financial statements of Gibson Topco Limited may be obtained from Companies House.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.

The Company is part of the Gibson Topco Limited group (the “Group”). The Company is an operator of a care home. The entity made a profit for the year ending 31 December 2024 of £1,254,000 (2023 - £840,000).

The Group have multiyear cash flow forecasts including a downside scenario reflecting a possible disruption to operations as result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Under all scenarios considered, the Group would be able to operate within its borrowing facilities. The plan shows that the company and the Group are a going concern when considering the trading of the Group and continuation of the Group financing facility.

The Directors are confident having secured the businesses ongoing financing facility that the Going Concern status of the Group will remain strong for the foreseeable future.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty.

Revenue recognition

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Revenue from the provision of care home services is recognised in the period in which services are provided, in accordance with the individual residents contract, and if it is probable that the company will receive the consideration under the contract.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Government grants

Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset. Where part of a grant relating to an asset is deferred, it is recognised as deferred income.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Leasehold improvements

Over the term of the lease

Plant and machinery

20% straight line

Fixtures and fittings

20% straight line

Computer equipment

20% straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Financial instruments


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

 Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

3

Turnover

The total turnover of the company has been derived from its principal activity wholly undertaken in the United Kingdom.

 

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Depreciation expense

150

107

Operating lease expense - property

831

793

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

-

1

Operating lease expense - other

59

-

 

5

Other interest receivable and similar income

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Interest income from group undertakings

261

173

 

6

Interest payable and similar expenses

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Interest expense to group undertakings

14

-

 

7

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Wages and salaries

3,263

2,915

Social security costs

294

253

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

85

82

3,642

3,250

The average number of persons employed by the group (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2024
 No.

2023
 No.

Carers

136

117

Administration and support

11

11

147

128

 

8

Directors' remuneration

Directors' remuneration has been borne by a fellow group undertaking.

 

9

Auditors' remuneration

Auditors' remuneration has been borne by a fellow group undertaking.

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

10

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

11

6

The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023 - 23.5%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Profit before tax

1,265

845

Corporation tax at standard rate

316

199

Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

19

5

Tax decrease arising from group relief

(324)

(198)

Total tax charge

11

6

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2024

Liability
£ 000

Difference between accumulated depreciation and capital allowances

51

Short term timing differences

(6)

45

2023

Liability
£ 000

Difference between accumulated depreciation and capital allowances

39

Short term timing differences

(5)

34

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

11

Tangible assets

Leasehold improvements
£ 000

Plant and machinery
 £ 000

Fixtures and fittings
 £ 000

Computer equipment
£ 000

Total
£ 000

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

38

117

751

51

957

Additions

-

20

264

5

289

At 31 December 2024

38

137

1,015

56

1,246

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

-

83

409

31

523

Charge for the year

-

11

130

8

149

At 31 December 2024

-

94

539

39

672

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

38

43

476

17

574

At 31 December 2023

38

34

342

20

434

 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

12

Debtors

Note

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Trade debtors

 

248

289

Amounts owed by group undertakings

17

5,364

3,634

Other debtors

 

413

420

Prepayments

 

220

202

 

6,245

4,545

Amounts owed by group undertakings bear interest at 5% (2023 - 5%) and are repayable on demand.

 

13

Creditors

Note

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

40

23

Amounts due to group undertakings

17

304

2

Social security and other taxes

 

99

62

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

22

18

Other payables

 

659

634

Accruals

 

239

193

 

1,363

932

Amounts due to group undertakings bear interest at 5% (2023 - 5%) and are repayable on demand.

 

14

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £85,163 (2023 - £81,972).

Contributions totalling £21,879 (2023 - £17,659) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

 

15

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

1

1

1

1

       
 

Hastings Court Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

16

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Not later than one year

831

804

Later than one year and not later than five years

3,324

3,217

Later than five years

1,657

16,828

5,812

20,849

 

17

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with key management

Key management personnel are considered to be the directors of the company and key management personnel compensation is disclosed in note 8 to the financial statements.
 
The company is exempt from disclosing transactions with other members within the group headed by Gibson Topco Limited on the grounds that consolidated financial statements, which indicate the company are publicly available.

 

18

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Gibson Bidco Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate parent is Gibson Topco Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate controlling party is Synova Capital GP III LP, which is considered to have no single controlling party.

Gibson Topco Limited is the parent undertaking of the largest and smallest group of undertakings to consolidate these financial statements at 31 December 2024. A copy of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Companies House.