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Registration number: 14503897

Prepared for the registrar

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 to 7

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

Company Information

Directors

J L Balmer

R Dooley

J H Sage

P Donnelly

Registered office

Lambwood Heights
244 Lambourne Road
Chigwell
IG7 6HX

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

(Registration number: 14503897)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

4,737

239

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

1,369

29

Cash at bank and in hand

 

250

-

 

1,619

29

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(5,546)

(376)

Net current liabilities

 

(3,927)

(347)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

810

(108)

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

6

(1,802)

-

Net liabilities

 

(992)

(108)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

-

-

Profit and loss account

(992)

(108)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(992)

(108)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

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


J L Balmer
Director

 

Oakland Bracknell 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
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 have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

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 Pound.

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

After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

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

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.

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.

Borrowings

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

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

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

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.

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.

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

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


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.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial 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.

 

3

Staff numbers

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

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

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

 

4

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£ 000

Cost

At 1 January 2024

239

Additions

4,498

At 31 December 2024

4,737

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

4,737

At 31 December 2023

239

 

5

Debtors

31 December 2024
 £ 000

31 December 2023
 £ 000

Amounts owed by group undertakings

1,221

-

Other debtors

148

29

 

1,369

29

Amounts owed by group undertakings bear interest at 5% per annum.

 

6

Creditors

Note

31 December 2024
 £ 000

31 December 2023
 £ 000

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

5

3

Amounts due to group undertakings

5,535

373

Accrued expenses

 

5

-

 

5,545

376

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

1,802

-

Amounts due to group undertakings bear interest at 5% (2023 - 5%) per annum.

 

Oakland Bracknell Ltd

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

 

7

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£ 000

2023
£ 000

Bank borrowings

1,802

-

The loan facility incurs interest at 10.5% whilst it is in facility C and then 8% once it moves over to facility B, incurring a 1.5% conversion fee when moving between facilities. Interest compounds each quarter and is added to the outstanding principal. The total facility is repayable in full on 3 August 2026.

A non-utilisation fee is incurred at 2% up until the conversion from facility C to facility B, compounding each quarter and is being accrued to the outstanding principal. As at 31 December 2024 the company has drawn down £326,000 (2023 - £Nil), accrued interest and non-utilisation fees of £1,476,000 (2023 - £Nil), of which £1,163,000 was initially accrued by Oakland Propco B Limited before being transferred to the company's liability. A conversion fee of £Nil (2023 - £Nil) was accrued as at 31 December 2024.

 

8

Contingent liabilities

There is a fixed and floating charge which covers all the property or undertaking of the company by way of a group guarantee for the loan facility in Oakland Propco B Limited, a fellow subsidiary undertaking. The balance of the loan and accrued interest as at 31 December 2024 was £60,434,000 (2023 - £55,582,000).

 

9

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Oakland Propco B 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.

 

10

Audit report

The Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 8 August 2025 was Simon Worsley, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.