| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Report of the Directors and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Report of the Directors and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Report of the Directors | 2 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
| Income Statement | 7 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 11 |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Northern Assurance Buildings |
| Albert Square |
| 9/21 Princess Street |
| Manchester |
| M2 4DN |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of development of a solar farm. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of this report. |
| GOING CONCERN |
| As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the director acknowledges that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. |
| Consequently, the directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation the Company remains to have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. |
| Financial risk management |
| The company is exposed to financial risks and the directors regularly reviews its financial exposure and seeks to limit the adverse effects on its financial performance by monitoring these risks. |
| - The company seeks to manage liquidity risks to ensure sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs which includes placing reliance on other group entities. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors 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 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. |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES - continued |
| 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. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of 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 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework' (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 loss 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. |
| Basis for opinion |
| 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 Auditors' 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. |
| Other information |
| The other information comprises the information included in the report of the directors, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the report of the directors. 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 this fact. |
| We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Report of the Directors has 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 Report of the Directors. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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 directors' 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 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on pages two and three, 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 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited |
| Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
| 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 extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below: |
| - Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud; |
| - Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations and unusual words; and |
| - Challenging assumptions and judgment made by management in their significant accounting estimates. |
| Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. |
| A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
| Use of our report |
| This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, 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 members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors 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 members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Northern Assurance Buildings |
| Albert Square |
| 9/21 Princess Street |
| Manchester |
| M2 4DN |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Income Statement |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER |
| Administrative expenses | ( |
) |
| OPERATING (LOSS)/PROFIT | ( |
) |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| (277,744 | ) | 502,641 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 4 |
| (LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
5 |
( |
) |
| Tax on (loss)/profit | 6 |
| (LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
( |
) |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Other Comprehensive Income |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| (LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE YEAR | ( |
) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
( |
) |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Owned |
| Tangible assets | 7 | 38,281,891 | 24,123,198 |
| Right-of-use |
| Tangible assets | 7, 11 | 1,513,910 | - |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 8 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
| NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
10 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 12 |
| Capital contribution reserve | 13 |
| Retained earnings | 13 | ( |
) |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Called up | Capital |
| share | Retained | contribution | Total |
| capital | earnings | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 | ( |
) |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 | ( |
) |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparation |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 101 "Reduced Disclosure Framework": |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 91 to 99 of IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement; |
| • | the requirement in paragraph 38 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to present comparative information in respect of: |
| - | paragraphs 53(a), (h) and (j) of IFRS 16; |
| - | paragraph 79(a)(iv) of IAS 1; and |
| - | paragraph 73(e) of IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 10(d), 10(f), 16, 38A, 38B, 38C, 38D, 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 111 and 134 to 136 of IAS 1; |
| • | the requirements of |
| - | paragraphs 1 to 44E, 44H(b)(ii) and 45 to 63 of IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows; and |
| - | paragraphs 44F, 44G, 44H(a), 44H(b)(i), 44H(b)(iii) and 44H(c) of IAS 7; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 88C and 88D of IAS 12 Income Taxes; |
| • | the requirements of paragraph 74(b) of IAS 16; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 17 and 18A of IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures; |
| • | the requirements in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures to disclose related party transactions entered into between two or more members of a group; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 134(d) to 134(f) and 135(c) to 135(e) of IAS 36 Impairments of Assets. |
| 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 impairments of fixed assets under construction. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and any adjustments felt necessary to the value of assets shown are recognised at the relevant reporting date. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Assets under construction |
| Assets under construction relate to all costs of constructing the solar farm until the asset is completed and placed into service and is recognised at cost less impairment, if any. Depreciation will be charged once the asset is put into service over its estimated useful life. |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Financial instruments |
| Debtors |
| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. |
| Creditors |
| Creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Creditors are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
| Taxation |
| Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local tax rules, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Foreign currencies |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
| Leases |
| Leases are recognised as finance leases. The lease liability is initially recognised at the present value of the lease payments which have not yet been made and subsequently measured under the amortised cost method. The initial cost of the right-of-use asset comprises the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability, lease payments made prior to the lease commencement date, initial direct costs and the estimated costs of removing or dismantling the underlying asset per the conditions of the contract. |
| Where ownership of the right-of-use asset transfers to the lessee at the end of the lease term, the right-of-use asset is depreciated over the asset’s remaining useful life. If ownership of the right-of-use asset does not transfer to the lessee at the end of the lease term, depreciation is charged over the shorter of the useful life of the right-of-use asset and the lease term. |
| Going concern |
| As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the director acknowledges that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. |
| Consequently, the directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation the Company remains to have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore has prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. |
| Borrowing costs |
| The borrowing costs incurred on the loans from fellow group companies are directly attributable to the fixed asset under construction and therefore 100% of the borrowing costs are capitalised to the asset. |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Decommissioning provision |
| At the end of the term, the Company is required to reinstate the Landlord's property to its original state. No provision has been included in the financial statements due to the uncertainty surrounding future costs of dismantling the asset. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| There were no staff costs for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
| The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2023 - NIL). |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| 4. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| IFRS16 interest |
| 5. | (LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| The loss before taxation (2023 - profit before taxation) is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts or finance leases |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Foreign exchange differences | ( |
) |
| 6. | TAXATION |
| No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the period ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023. At the year end date tax losses totalled £499,604 (2023: £nil). |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 7. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Short | Plant and |
| leasehold | machinery | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| Plant and machinery additions relate to the initial costs incurred for the asset under construction which includes £581,623 (2023: £216,192) of borrowing costs capitalised in the year. |
| 8. | DEBTORS |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year: |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Other debtors |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
| Other debtors | - | 10,000 |
| Aggregate amounts |
| Other debtors relate to deposits owed back to the company which will be received once construction has finished and the projects are complete. |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Other creditors |
| IFRS16 liability < 1 year | 8,175 | - |
| Accrued expenses |
| The amounts owed to group undertakings are interest bearing and payable on demand. |
| 10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| IFRS16 liability 1-5 years | 50,303 | - |
| IFRS16 liability > 5 years | 1,543,538 | - |
| 11. | LEASING |
| Right-of-use assets |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| £ | £ |
| COST |
| Additions | 1,562,279 | - |
| DEPRECIATION |
| Charge for year | 48,369 | - |
| NET BOOK VALUE | 1,513,910 | - |
| The Company entered into two lease agreements in August 2024 in relation to development of land at Haunton Farm. Rent is payable of £120,316 per annum from October 2023 until April 2064. Total cash outflow of the lease payments will be £4,964,770 and interest is charged at 7%. |
| Haunton Farmers' Solar Limited (Registered number: 12638695) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 12. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.12.24 | 31.12.23 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £0.01 | 10 | 10 |
| 13. | RESERVES |
| Capital |
| Retained | contribution |
| earnings | reserve | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | 779,085 |
| Deficit for the year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 | ( |
) | 279,481 |
| The capital contribution reserve relates to amounts waived by the Company's previous shareholders on disposal. |
| 14. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| Metlen Energy & Metals A.E (incorporated in Greece ) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
| The immediate parent company is MYT UK Holding 1 Limited, a company incorporated in the UK. |
| The company's ultimate parent company is Metlen Energy & Metals A.E by virtue of its indirect interest in 100% of the shares. |
| Metlen Energy & Metals A.E is listed on the Athens and London Stock Exchange. |
| The registered address for Metlen Energy & Metals A.E is: |
| 8 Artemidos Str. |
| Maroussi |
| 15125 Athens. |
| The consolidated accounts for Metlen Energy & Metals A.E are publicly available from www.metlengroup.com. |
| 15. | CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
| At the end of the reporting period, the Company had capital commitments totalling £12,103,530 (2023: £15,392,141) related to the construction of a new solar farm. The commitment is expected to be fulfilled between one and five years. |