| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Report of the Directors | 2 |
| Independent Auditors' Report | 4 |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 11 |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| Directors: |
| Registered office: |
| Registered number: |
| Auditors: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 16 Great Queen Street |
| Covent Garden |
| London |
| WC2B 5AH |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| 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 a holding company of Datapharm Limited and the provision of management services. |
| Dividends |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| Directors |
| Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
| 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; |
| - | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
| 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. |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 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: |
| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Summer Bidco Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of 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 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (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 annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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 that fact. |
| We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| 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. |
| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| 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 page two, 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. |
| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| SUMMER BIDCO 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 an Auditors' Report 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: |
| - the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
| - we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with the directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the company's sector; |
| - we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection; |
| - we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
| - identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
| We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
| - making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
| - considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
| To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
| - performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
| - tested a sample of journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
| - assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and |
| - investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
| In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
| - agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
| - reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; and |
| - enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims. |
| There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
| Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
| 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 Auditors' Report. |
| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED |
| 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 an Auditors' Report 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 |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 16 Great Queen Street |
| Covent Garden |
| London |
| WC2B 5AH |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 4 |
| Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS) | ( |
) |
| Income from shares in group undertakings |
| Interest receivable and similar income | 6 |
| 2,055,009 | 1,897,954 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 7 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| LOSS BEFORE TAXATION | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Tax on loss | 8 |
| LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Investments | 9 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 10 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 11 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
12 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| NET LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 13 |
| Retained earnings | 14 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Total |
| capital | earnings | 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 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Summer Bidco Limited is a |
| The financial statements are presented in Sterling (£), which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and modified to include certain items at fair value as explained further below. |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows. |
| Going concern |
| The directors have considered post year end trading, financial results and cash reserves and after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and will continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements are approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable for the sale of services in the ordinary course of the business, excluding discounts and value added tax. Where the company enters a contract for the provision of services which extend over a period of time, turnover is recognised in the period in which services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the transaction. |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment, where applicable. |
| Financial instruments |
| Financial instruments are classified by the directors as basic or other following the conditions in FRS 102 Section 11. Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost. The company has no other financial instruments. |
| Debtors are recognised at transaction price less impairment if applicable. |
| Cash at bank and in hand comprises of cash that is readily available for use within the business and is held at financial institutions or as cash in hand. |
| Creditors are measured and carried forward at the transaction price. |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| 3. | SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES |
| The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions in the application of accounting policies that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities and profit and loss. In preparing these financial statements, management have made the following key judgements and estimates which are significant to the financial statements. |
| Deferred tax |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| 4. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and loss before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| United Kingdom |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 5. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Management | 4 | 2 |
| Directors | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
| Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Emoluments etc |
| Pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
| 6. | INTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Group undertakings loan |
| interest |
| 7. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Group undertakings loan interest |
| Other interest payable |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 8. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax credit |
| The tax credit on the loss for the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Tax on loss | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% (2023 - 23.52%). |
| Reconciliation of total tax credit included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Loss before tax | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2023 - |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Income not taxable for tax purposes | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Deferred tax not provided |
| Total tax credit | (2,737,610 | ) | (2,461,724 | ) |
| The company has corporation tax losses carried forward as at 31 December 2024 of £461,700 (2023: £423,407), resulting in a deferred tax asset of £115,425 (2023: £105,852). This deferred tax asset has not been recognised on the basis that the group is forecasted to generate sufficient tax losses to relieve any future taxable profits and therefore the tax losses brought forward are not expected to be utilised. |
| 9. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 9. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
| The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Registered office: Cassini Court, Randalls Way, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7TW |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| 10. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Prepayments and accrued income |
| The amounts owed by group undertakings are subject to 12% interest per annum and repayable on demand. |
| 11. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| The above amounts owed to group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand. |
| 12. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| The above amounts owed to group undertakings are subject to an arm's length market rate of interest and are repayable in the year ending 31 December 2029. |
| 13. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 2 | 2 |
| The Ordinary shares carry full voting rights and full rights to dividends and any other distributions including any distribution on winding up. |
| SUMMER BIDCO LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 13901393) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 14. | RESERVES |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | ( |
) |
| Deficit for the year | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 | ( |
) |
| 15. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| The immediate parent company is Summer Midco Limited. The ultimate parent company is Summer Topco Limited. |
| The accounts of Summer Bidco Limited are included in the consolidated group accounts of obtained from its registered office at Cassini Court, Randalls Way, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7TW. |
| 16. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company has taken advantage of the exemption contained in Financial Reporting Standard 102 section 33 "Related Party Disclosures" from disclosing transactions with entities which are a wholly owned part of the group. |
| 17. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The ultimate controlling party is Wales. |