Company Registration No. 10872593 (England and Wales)
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Company information
Directors
Andrea Gaudenzi
Mark Webster
Gavin Ziv
Julien Ducarroz
Stephanie Martin
(Appointed 24 January 2025)
Secretary
Tom Bullock
Company number
10872593
Registered office
4th Floor 22-24 Worple Road
Wimbledon
SW19 4DD
Independent auditor
Saffery LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Statement of financial position
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 19
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Strategic report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The principal activity of the company is the licensing of certain sponsorship media and broadcasting rights owned by the ATP Tour Inc and certain ATP Tour Tournaments.
Review of the business
During 2024, the company generated revenues of circa $147 million and a profit after tax of $853 (2023: circa $132 million and a profit after tax of $722).
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Company's revenue is determined by the performance of related and group companies. Costs incurred are entirely dependent on the revenue generated which is charged at a mark up. As such, the Company is able to meet its obligations as they fall due and the Directors do not therefore determine the principal risks and uncertainties to be significant.
Other information and explanations
The company's policy is to consult and discuss with employees, at meetings, matters likely to affect employees' interests, including the strategy, development and performance of the company. Information about matters of concern to employees is given through relevant information channels which seek to achieve a common awareness on the part of all employees of all factors that affect the company's growth and development. All employees share a responsibility for the culture of the company.
The company is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and embraces the moral, ethical, legal and business case for equality and diversity.
Going concern
These accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors confirm that the entity is a going concern when considering the financial position, liquidity and solvency of the company.
s172 report
During the year, the Board of ATP Media considers that it has always acted to promote the success of the Company, in the short and long term, for the benefit of its Shareholders as a whole, while having regard to the wider stakeholder Group. It has at all times had regard for:
The potential long-term consequences of decisions made
The need to act fairly between the Shareholders as a whole
The interests of the Company’s employees
The Interests of the ATP Tour and the ATP Tour tournament groups represented
Need to foster the Company’s relationships with its broadcasters and understand their technical challenges, strategy and audience
The need for strong long-term partnerships with its suppliers to ensure a high-quality product into the future
Maintenance of a reputation in the industry for high quality productions using the latest innovations
The interests of the tennis consumer, globally, whether via linear broadcast, streaming service or social media.
Environmental, societal and economic risks facing the business
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Strategic report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2
Every five years the Company produces a formal five-year Strategic Plan, analysing the broadcast industry, related industries, and relevant trends, and providing the strategic direction for the group over the coming years. The newest version of this plan, covering 2022 to 2026, was completed and approved by Shareholders in November 2021 with the intention that it be used as the basis for all future planning. This plan was reviewed by the Board during 2024 and updated, and a new formal plan will be submitted for approval of Shareholders in 2025.
Each year the Company undertakes a robust and detailed three-year business planning process, in consultation with advisory companies and all stakeholder Companies, and informed by the Strategic Plan. This includes detailed financials and KPIs. It is approved by the Shareholders in November of each year. This plan always ensures that the Board acts in accordance with a Shareholder agreed strategy, and it also forms the basis of departmental strategy, staff KPIs and the senior management bonus assessments.
The Board is required to meet at least 8 times a year and consists of ATP Media CEO, ATP Media CFO (in 2024 COO), and three shareholder representatives. There are two Board Observers nominated by the B Shareholder Group. There is also a Finance and Remuneration Committee, that typically meets 5 times a year, made up of ATP Media and Shareholder representatives. Their role is to advise the Board on all financial matters and to advise the Shareholders on remuneration of senior management.
The A Shareholders, and representatives from the B Shareholder groups, meet at least quarterly and are informed on key developments and the up-to-date financial position.
The Company’s policy regarding employee consultation is included above.
The Board believe that the financial results, the success of the European rights renewals process and the continued investment in the future of the business demonstrates the effectiveness of the Board’s decisions and strategy.
Mark Webster
Director
29 May 2025
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
3
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Andrea Gaudenzi
Stuart Watts
(Resigned 24 January 2025)
Mark Webster
Gavin Ziv
Julien Ducarroz
Stephanie Martin
(Appointed 24 January 2025)
Directors' insurance
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.
Auditor
Saffery LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.
Energy and carbon report
The group consolidated accounts of ATP Media Holdings Limited, into which this entity is included, discloses the carbon reporting requirements for the group as a whole.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
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 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 then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
4
Strategic report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of its principal activities, future developments and its s172 report.
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 directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
Mark Webster
Director
29 May 2025
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the member of ATP Media Licensing Limited
5
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of ATP Media Licensing 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.
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.
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.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are 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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of ATP Media Licensing Limited
6
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 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.
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 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 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 directors' responsibilities statement, 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'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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of ATP Media Licensing Limited
7
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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.
Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.
Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.
Audit response to risks identified
We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.
During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, 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 or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
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.
This report is made solely to the company's member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member 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 member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of ATP Media Licensing Limited
8
Neil Davies
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
29 May 2025
Statutory Auditors
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2024
9
2024
2023
Notes
$
$
Revenue
3
146,768,564
131,714,979
Cost of sales
(146,744,321)
(131,690,665)
Gross profit
24,243
24,314
Administrative expenses
(23,091)
(23,439)
Profit before taxation
1,152
875
Tax on profit
6
(299)
(153)
Profit for the financial year
853
722
The statement of comprehensive income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2024
10
2024
2023
Notes
$
$
$
$
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
7
58,933
58,933
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
8
35,381,033
19,178,193
Cash and cash equivalents
1,379
35,381,033
19,179,572
Current liabilities
9
(35,433,437)
(19,232,829)
Net current liabilities
(52,404)
(53,257)
Net assets
6,529
5,676
Equity
Called up share capital
10
132
132
Retained earnings
6,397
5,544
Total equity
6,529
5,676
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 29 May 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mark Webster
Director
Company Registration No. 10872593
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2024
11
Share capital
Retained earnings
Total
$
$
$
Balance at 1 January 2023
132
4,822
4,954
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
722
722
Balance at 31 December 2023
132
5,544
5,676
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
853
853
Balance at 31 December 2024
132
6,397
6,529
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
12
1
Accounting policies
Company information
ATP Media Licensing Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 4th Floor 22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4DD.
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 United States of America dollars, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest $1.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’ – Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of ATP Media Holdings Limited, which is the ultimate parent entity. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 4th Floor 22-24 Worple Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4DD and are the only financial statements in to which ATP Media Licensing Limited is consolidated. There is considered to be no ultimate controlling party.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Revenue
Revenue is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes.
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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
13
1.4
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill
Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.
Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.
Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Internally developed assets
10 years straight line
1.5
Impairment of non-current assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
14
1.7
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 trade and other receivables, 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.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit 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.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
15
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, 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 payments 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.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.8
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.
1.9
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 income statement 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.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
16
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. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. 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.
1.10
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than United States of America dollars 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
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Given the nature and activity of the company there is not deemed to be any critical accounting judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty.
3
Revenue
Turnover is generated through the licensing of rights in full through which there is only one material class of business. All turnover is generated in the United Kingdom.
4
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
$
$
Exchange (gains)/losses
27
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
23,261
23,269
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
17
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
6
Taxation
2024
2023
$
$
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
299
153
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
1,152
875
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
288
206
Under/(over) provided in prior years
11
(53)
Taxation charge for the year
299
153
7
Intangible fixed assets
Internally developed assets
$
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
58,933
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
58,933
At 31 December 2023
58,933
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
18
8
Trade and other receivables
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
$
$
Amounts owed by group undertakings
19,906,391
11,718,631
Amounts due from related parties
15,474,642
7,459,562
35,381,033
19,178,193
Amounts due from fellow group subsidiaries are due in full within one year. Included in the amount is $132 (2023: $132) in respect of unpaid share capital.
9
Current liabilities
2024
2023
$
$
Amounts owed to group undertakings
58,933
Corporation tax
291
206
Amounts owed to related parties
35,374,213
19,232,623
35,433,437
19,232,829
Amounts due to related parties are due within one year. The amounts are unsecured.
ATP Media Licensing Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
19
10
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
$
$
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of $1.32 each
100
100
132
132
The company has one class of ordinary share which carry one vote per share. Each share is entitled equally to participate in dividends when declared by the board. Upon winding up each share is entitled to an equal amount of the proceeds arising from the disposal of the company's assets after all debts have been paid.
11
Related party transactions
During the year, the company incurred costs totalling $146,744,321 (2023: $131,696,056), in respect of related parties. The related parties together control the overall group of which ATP Media Licensing Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary.
The company's immediate parent company, ATP Media Tennis Limited, has a 20% shareholding in Tennis Data Innovations (UK) Limited which wholly owns a number of subsidiary companies. This group is therefore a related party of the company. During the year, the company received $27,809,872 (2023: $18,170,099) from this related party and $15,474,642 (2023: $7,459,562) was outstanding at the year end.
12
Ultimate controlling party
The company's parent undertaking is ATP Media Tennis Limited and the ultimate parent undertaking is ATP Media Holdings Limited whose registered office is the same as for the company (see note 1). ATP Media Holdings Limited is the parent of both the smallest and largest group of which the company is a member and for which consolidated financial statements are prepared. Copies of the financial statements of both companies are available from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff CF14 3UZ. The directors do not consider there to be an ultimate controlling party.
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