Company registration number 07471735 (England and Wales)
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Statement of changes in equity
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 8
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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31 March 2025
31 December 2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
364
1,367
Current assets
Debtors
5
212,285
740,024
Cash at bank and in hand
428,505
96,151
640,790
836,175
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(170,348)
(524,897)
Net current assets
470,442
311,278
Net assets
470,806
312,645
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
7
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
470,805
312,644
Total equity
470,806
312,645

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 11 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
A Slee
Director
Company registration number 07471735 (England and Wales)
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
1
220,564
220,565
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
92,080
92,080
Balance at 31 December 2023
1
312,644
312,645
Period ended 31 March 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
158,161
158,161
Balance at 31 March 2025
1
470,805
470,806
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Grindrod Shipping Services UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 1st Floor 59 Markham Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 3NR.

1.1
Reporting period

The reporting period was extended from 31 December 2024 to 31 March 2025 during the year to align with fellow group companies therefore comparative amounts presented in the financial statements (including the related notes) are not entirely comparable.

1.2
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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

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

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

These financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025 are the first financial statements of Grindrod Shipping Services UK Limited prepared in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The date of transition to FRS 102 was 1 January 2024. The reported financial position and financial performance for the previous period are not affected by the transition to FRS 102.

1.3
Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements the directors have transferred the operations of the company to a fellow subsidiary. As the operations are continuing and the directors have a reasonable expectation that they have adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.true

1.4
Turnover

Turnover 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.

1.5
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation 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:

Computers
33% straight line

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible 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.

1.7
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.8
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 balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

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

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.

GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future 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.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.9
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.

1.10
Taxation

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

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account 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.

1.11
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.12
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.13
Leases
As lessee

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.14
Foreign exchange

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

GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2
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.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:

2025
2023
Number
Number
Total
4
4
4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2025
3,673
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
2,306
Depreciation charged in the period
1,003
At 31 March 2025
3,309
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
364
At 31 December 2023
1,367
5
Debtors
2025
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
4,618
4,184
Corporation tax recoverable
25,183
-
0
Other debtors
182,484
735,840
212,285
740,024
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
150
-
0
Corporation tax
-
0
53,425
Other taxation and social security
65,522
-
0
Other creditors
104,676
471,472
170,348
524,897
7
Called up share capital
2025
2023
2025
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
1
1
1
1
8
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Matthew Burge
Statutory Auditor:
Beavis Morgan Audit Limited
Date of audit report:
12 September 2025
9
Operating lease commitments
As lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2025
2023
£
£
Total commitments
1,111
-
GRINDROD SHIPPING SERVICES UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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10
Events after the reporting date

The company ceased operations on 31 July 2025 and were transferred to a fellow UK subsidiary.

11
Related party transactions

As permitted under FRS102 s33.1A, the financial statements do not disclose transactions with the parent undertaking and wholly owned fellow subsidiaries.

12
Parent company

The parent company of Grindrod Shipping Services UK Limited is Taylor Maritime (SG) Pte. Ltd and its registered office is 1 Temasek Avenue, #10-02, Millenia Tower, 039192, Singapore.

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