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Registered number: 03484973
DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
t/a Expert Africa
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMATION FOR FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Statement of Financial Position
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Statement of Changes in Equity
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03484973
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Debtors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Provisions for liabilities
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03484973
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The Company has opted not to file the statement of comprehensive income in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 4 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Comprehensive income for the year
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Comprehensive income for the year
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The notes on pages 4 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Discovery Worldwide Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales, United Kingdom.
The address of the registered office is given on the Company Information page of these financial statements.
The principal acitivity continued to be that of a tour operator.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
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Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
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The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d).
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Sunvil International Sales Limited as at 31 December 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from Sunvil House, Upper Square, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7BJ.
Turnover represents the amounts receivable from the sales of holidays and other services supplied to customers net of TOMS VAT. Revenue and expenses are taken to the Statement of comprehensive income on date of departure.
Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Tangible fixed assets (continued)
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Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
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Short term leasehold property
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5% on cost of improvements
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The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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Operating leases: the Company as lessee
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Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.
Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.
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
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Financial instruments (continued)
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Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Basic 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 the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Foreign currency translation
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Functional and presentation currency
The Company's functional and presentational currency is GBP.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.
At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.
Foreign exchange gains and losses that relate to borrowings and cash and cash equivalents are presented in the Statement of Comprehensive Income within 'finance income or costs'. All other foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in profit or loss within 'other operating income'.
Defined contribution pension plan
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Statement of Financial Position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Current and deferred taxation
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The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The current income 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 income.
Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the reporting date, except that:
∙The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
∙Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.
Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
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Advanced receipts and payments
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All revenue received relating to bookings that depart after the Statement of Financial Position date is treated as advanced receipts and is disclosed separately under accruals and deferred income.
Payments made to suppliers relating to bookings that depart after the Statement of Financial Position date are treated as advance payments and are separately disclosed under prepayments and accrued income.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
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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 historical experience and other factors that are recognised 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 revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements
The directors are of the view that there are no further critical judgements (apart from those involving estimates) in applying their accounting policies that have had a significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The directors are of the view that there are no estimates or assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities.
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Cost of defined contribution scheme
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The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 16 (2023 - 13).
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Short-term leasehold property
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Charge for the year on owned assets
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Investments in subsidiary companies
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The following was a subsidiary undertaking of the Company:
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Sunvil House, Upper Square, Old Isleworth, TW7 7BJ
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Due after more than one year
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Prepayments and accrued income
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Amounts owed by group undertakings
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Prepayments and accrued income
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
7.Debtors (continued)
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IPrepayments and accrued income includes advanced payments to suppliers for departures after the Statement of Financial Position date amounting to £4,181,429 (2023: £3,268,169). These amounts are classified within amounts falling due within one year and more than one year, as applicable.
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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Amounts owed to group undertakings
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Accruals and deferred income
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Accruals and deferred income includes advance receipts from customers for departures after the Statement of Financial Position date amounting to £2,540,798 (2023: £2,536,120).
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
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Accruals and deferred income
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Accruals and deferred income represents advance receipts from customers for departures on or after 1 January 2026.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Charged to profit or loss
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The provision for deferred taxation is made up as follows:
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Accelerated capital allowances
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The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 was unqualified.
The audit report was signed on 11 July 2025 by Ian Palmer FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) on behalf of Xeinadin Audit Limited.
The Company currently holds an Air Travel Organisers' License ('ATOL') issued by the Civil Aviation Authority ('CAA'). In order to offer air inclusive package holidays, the company requires the annual renewal by the CAA of its ATOL licence. The CAA grants this license on the basis of meeting agreed financial criteria and renews this in September effective 1st October each year. The company has complied with these requirements in previous years. The directors see no reason why the ATOL license will not be renewed in September 2025 on substantially the same terms and conditions as currently agreed with the CAA. As at 31 December 2024, there were no outstanding contingent liabilities given by the Company in the normal course of business.
During the year, the Company was a member of the Association of British Travel Agents Limited ('ABTA'). As at 31 December 2024, there were contingent liabilities given by the Company in the normal course of business in respect of ABTA bonds amounting to £1,663,810.
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £54,062 (2023: £41,257). Contributions totalling £nil (2023: £nil) were payable to the fund at the reporting date.
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DISCOVERY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company enters into foreign currency forwards/options contracts to mitigate the exchange rate risk for certain foreign currency payables. At 31 December 2024, the outstanding contracts all mature within 12 months.
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The company is committed to sell USD 600,000 and ZAR 5m (2023: USD 815,000 and ZAR 10m) and pay a fixed sterling amount of £682,446 (2023: £1,089,471).
The company also has options to buy USD 600,000 and sell USD 600,000 at an agreed rate.
As at 31 December 2024, the unrealised net gains on currency cash flow forward instruments amounted to £18,138 which is reflected within the profit and loss account.
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Related party transactions
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During the year under review, there were £nil (2023: £nil) intercompany recharges from Sunvil Holidays Limited, a connected company. An amount of £3,189,655 (2023: £3,189,655) is owed to the Company at the year end.
During the year under review, there were £nil (2023: £nil) intercompany recharges from Villa Centre Holidays Limited, a connected company. An amount of £600 (2023: £600) is owed to the Company at the year end.
During the year under review, there were £137,248 (2023: £144,281) intercompany charges from Sunvil International Sales Limited, the ultimate parent company. An amount of £6,074,899 (2023: £5,715,385) is owed by the Company at the year end.
During the year under review, there were £nil (2023: £nil) intercompany recharges to Sunvil U.K. Limited, a connected company. An amount of £8,568 (2023: £8,568) is owed by the Company at the year end.
During the year, the Company paid expense of £7,533 on behalf of the director. At the year end, the director owed £7,533 to the Company (2023: £Nil).
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The ultimate parent company is Sunvil International Sales Limited, whose registered office and prinicpal place of business is carried out at Sunvil House, Upper Square, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7BJ.
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