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Registered number: 04302586
POLLINGER LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMATION FOR FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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POLLINGER LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04302586
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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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 2 to 7 form part of these financial statements.
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Pollinger Limited (the "Company") is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated under the UK Companies Act 1985 and domiciled in England. The address of the Company's registered office is 55 New Oxford Street, London, England, WC1A 1BS.
2.Accounting policies
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Summary of significant accounting policies
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The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all reporting periods presented, unless otherwise stated.
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements of the Company have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and the UK Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Financial Reporting Standard 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies.
Details of those estimates and/or judgments made in applying the Company's accounting policies towards the preparation of these financial statements that may be considered as yielding a significant risk of a material adjustment being made to the carrying amounts of assets and/or liabilities reported in the balance sheet during the next financial reporting period are disclosed in note 3 to the financial statements.
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Functional and presentational currency
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Items included in the financial statements of the Company are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates (the "functional currency").
The functional currency of the Company, and the currency in which the financial statements are presented (the "presentational currency"), is 'Pounds Sterling' (£) rounded to the nearest single unit of currency.
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Foreign currency translation
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Foreign currencies are translated into the functional (and presentational) currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the respective transaction or valuation where items are re-measured.
Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at financial reporting period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in profit or loss.
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
In assessing whether the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the Company's financial statements, the directors have reviewed the Company’s principal and emerging risks, access to funding and liquidity position and the Company's performance up to the date these financial statements were approved and expected performance over the 18 months following the balance sheet date.
The directors at the time of approving the financial statements consider the following matters to be of significance with respect to their assessment of the Company's going concern status:
Financial position at the balance sheet date
At the balance sheet date, the Company held net liabilities of £209,251 and is dependent on the continued financial support of its fellow group undertakings.
The board of directors of the ultimate parent undertaking, PFD Agency Holdings Limited; members of which are also directors of the Company and its fellow group undertakings, have confirmed in said capacity to the Company that the current and ongoing intention is for the Company to continue to be provided with appropriate financial support where considered necessary such that the Company is able to meet any third party debts as they should fall due and for no demand of repayment of any amounts owed by the Company to its fellow group undertakings to be made until such time as the Company is able to repay them.
Financial performance to date
The Company continues to report net profits annually and is expected to continue reporting net profits going forward; however, based on forecasted performance, the Company is not expected to show a net asset position for at least eight years from the balance sheet date.
Based on their assessment, the directors are of the conclusion that the Company will have, available at its disposal, adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
While there will always remain an inherent uncertainty, the directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and therefore consider it both appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements and to not recognise any adjustments in the financial statements that would arise if the going concern basis were to become no longer appropriate.
Revenue recognised by the Company and reported in turnover comprises solely of commissions received, as and when, from clientele for whom the Company acts, or has acted for, as agent during the reporting period, exclusive of Value Added Tax.
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Taxation comprises of income and/or corporate taxation ("current taxation") and deferred taxation recognised solely in profit or loss.
Current taxation is calculated using tax rates and on the basis of tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date where taxable income is generated by the Company through its business operations.
Deferred taxation is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their respective carrying amounts in the financial statements. Deferred taxation is calculated using tax rates and on the basis of tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset/liability is realised/settled.
As outlined in the 2020 Budget delivered to Parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 11 March 2020, commencing from 1 April 2023, the corporation tax rate would be 25% (i.e. main rate) for annual taxable profits above £250,000 and 19% (i.e. small profits rate) for annual taxable profits below £50,000. Where annual taxable profits fall between £50,000 and £250,000, corporation tax at the main rate as reduced by marginal relief will apply.
Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is sufficiently probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
Tangible fixed assets are recognised under the cost model and stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. 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 upon acquisition.
All tangible fixed assets held by the Company were fully depreciated to their net realisable value as of the beginning of the prior financial reporting period.
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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Judgments 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 apply judgment and make estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other available sources based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Consequently, actual results may differ from that originally estimated.
In the opinion of the directors, there were no judgments, estimates and/or assumptions made in applying the principal accounting policies, outlined in note 2 of these financial statements, towards the preparation of these financial statements that may be considered as having a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and/or liabilities carried forward as at the balance sheet date where by which the actual future outcome observed may differ from that originally determined and reported.
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was nil (2023 - nil).
In accordance with UK legislation, office holders (i.e. registered company directors or secretaries) of the Company are not employees of the Company on the grounds that they are not party to a contract with the Company that meets the criteria for status of an employee.
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Due after more than one year
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
6.Debtors (continued)
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Trade debtors falling due within one year are non-interest bearing and, in the opinion of the directors, of a fair value not materially different to their carrying value.
At the balance sheet date, the provision for impairment against debtors falling due within one year was £nil (2023: £nil).
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Cash and cash equivalents
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At the balance sheet date, cash balances held on behalf of clients and included in cash at bank and in hand amounted to £61,380 (2023: £103,269).
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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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The Company held no financial instruments during either the current or preceding financial reporting periods that would require specific disclosure under sections 1.12, 11 or 12 of Financial Reporting Standard 102 or paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the Companies Act 2006.
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Related party transactions
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At the balance sheet date, the Company owed its immediate parent undertaking, Peters Fraser & Dunlop Limited, £88,050 (2023: £113,671). Amounts owed by the Company are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand with no fixed date of repayment.
There were no other related party transactions and/or period end balances to report in accordance with the UK Companies Act 2006 and Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 as part of these financial statements.
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POLLINGER LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company's immediate parent company is Peters Fraser & Dunlop Limited, a company incorporated under the UK Companies Act 1985 which holds a 75% interest in the total voting rights of the Company.
The parent undertaking of the smallest group to consolidate these financial statements is PFD Agency Holdings Limited. Copies of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements for PFD Agency Holdings Limited are available from its registered office located at 55 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1BS.
The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 was unqualified.
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In their report, the auditors emphasised the following matter without qualifying their report:
The existence of a potential material uncertainty based on the net liability position of the Company at
the balance sheet date which may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern and note 2.5 of the financial statements which explained the directors' basis in light of
this uncertainty for continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial
statements
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The audit report was signed on 25 September 2025 by Richard Paul (senior statutory auditor) on behalf of Nyman Libson Paul LLP.
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