Company registration number 12682783 (England and Wales)
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment property
4
10,885,000
24,525,918
Current assets
Debtors
5
1,300,000
Cash at bank and in hand
1,815,099
4,336,518
1,815,099
5,636,518
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(802,453)
(2,198,650)
Net current assets
1,012,646
3,437,868
Net assets
11,897,646
27,963,786
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
7
63,981,003
57,444,152
Profit and loss reserves
(52,083,357)
(29,480,366)
Total equity
11,897,646
27,963,786
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 17 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
J Rolfe
Director
Company Registration No. 12682783
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Peterborough HE Property Company Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 2nd Floor, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, PE29 3TN.
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 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, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
Peterborough HE Property Company Limited is a subsidiary of Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority and the results of Peterborough HE Property Company Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority which are available from www.cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk.
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
Investment properties
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.
1.4
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.
1.5
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.
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
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.
1.6
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Any element of partly paid shares that have been called or are committed to be paid by a specific date are treated as received for this purpose. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.7
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.
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
No individuals were employed directly by the company.
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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4
Investment property
2025
£
Fair value
At 1 April 2024
24,525,918
Additions
8,678,007
Revaluations
(22,318,925)
At 31 March 2025
10,885,000
The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at 18 June 2025 by Wilks Head & Eve, who are not connected with the company. The valuation was made on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.
5
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other debtors
1,300,000
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
351,732
30,891
Amounts owed to group undertakings
10,800
Other creditors
450,721
2,156,959
802,453
2,198,650
PETERBOROUGH HE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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7
Called up share capital
2025
2024
£
£
1 ordinary share fully paid up of £1 each
1
1
28,103,001 'A' ordinary shares of £1 each fully paid
28,103,001
27,547,077
25,040,000 'B' ordinary shares of £1 each fully paid
25,040,000
20,603,421
10,838,001 'C' ordinary shares of £1 each fully paid
10,838,001
9,293,653
63,981,003
57,444,152
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 was unqualified.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Mr Mark Jackson FCA DChA
Statutory Auditor:
Azets Audit Services
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Related party transactions
During the period Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (parent undertaking) recharged costs of £210,772 (2024: £243,544) to Peterborough HE Property Company Limited.
At the end of the period Peterborough HE Property Company Limited owed £90,274 (2024: £87,387) to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
During the period costs of £499,000 (2024: £1,114,000) were incurred from Anglia Ruskin University, a shareholder of Peterborough HE Property Company Limited.
At the end of the period Anglia Ruskin University owed £nil (2024: £1,300,000) in respect of unpaid share capital.
Peterborough HE Property Company Limited leases land and buildings to Anglia Ruskin University at a peppercorn rent. One of the lease runs for 30 years to 31 August 2052 with break dates at 31 August 2032 and 31 August 2042. The other lease runs for 30 years to 31 August 2054 with break dates at 31 August 2034 and 31 August 2044.