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| DIRECTORS | E Cliffe (Appointed 20 December 2024) |
| M D'Onofrio (Resigned 20 December 2024) | |
| K S Gains (Appointed 20 December 2024) | |
| E Robins | |
| M L Shaw | |
| C J Walton (Appointed 20 December 2024) |
| REGISTERED OFFICE | 27-31 Clerkenwell Close |
| Unit Cs.G21 Clerkenwell Workshops | |
| London | |
| EC1 R 0AT | |
| United Kingdom |
| COMPANY NUMBER | 13949000 (England and Wales) |
| AUDITOR | Armstrong Watson Audit Limited |
| Statutory Auditor | |
| Suite 62, Pure Offices | |
| Brooks Drive, Cheadle Royal | |
| Business Park | |
| Manchester | |
| SK8 3TD |
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| Tangible assets | 3 |
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| Investments | 4 |
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| 274,477 | 14,900 | |||
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| Debtors | 5 |
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| Cash at bank and in hand |
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| 3,088,156 | 487,060 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (
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| Net current assets | 1,585,090 | 154,394 | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,859,567 | 169,294 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 7 | (
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| Provision for liabilities | 9 | (
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| Called-up share capital | 10 |
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The financial statements of Aegis Energy Ltd (registered number:
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M L Shaw
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Aegis Energy Ltd (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the Company's registered office is 27-31 Clerkenwell Close, Unit Cs.G21 Clerkenwell Workshops, London, EC1 R 0AT, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council, including Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS102), and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The functional currency of Aegis Energy Ltd is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates.
These financial statements are separate financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statements as to whether the Company is a going concern and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Financial support for the business is currently provided by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, the Directors are satisfied that this funding will continue for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of these financial statements.
Exchange differences are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the period in which they arise on monetary items.
Turnover from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
- the amount of turnover can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
- the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
- the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Balance Sheet date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the Company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on enacted or substantively enacted tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit. Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
In the research phase of an internal project it is not possible to demonstrate that the project will generate future economic benefits and hence all expenditure on research shall be recognised as an expense when it is incurred. Intangible assets are recognised from the development phase of a project if and only if certain specific criteria are met in order to demonstrate the asset will generate probable future economic benefits and that its cost can be reliably measured. The capitalised development costs are subsequently amortised on a straight-line basis over their useful economic lives, which range from 3 to 6 years.
If it is not possible to distinguish between the research phase and the development phase of an internal project, the expenditure is treated as if it were all incurred in the research phase only.
| Assets under construction | not depreciated |
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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.
Assets held under finance leases, hire purchase contracts and other similar arrangements, which confer rights and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets, are capitalised as tangible fixed assets at the fair value of the leased asset (or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments as determined at the inception of the lease) and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms and their useful lives. The capital elements of future lease obligations are recorded as liabilities, while the interest elements are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over the period of the leases to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each Balance Sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income as described below.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
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.
Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the Balance Sheet when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the Company intends either 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.
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, or the Company transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or the Company, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.
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.
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.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
Compound insuruments
The component parts of compound instruments issued by the Company are classified separately as financial liabilities and equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangement. On initial recognition, the financial liability component is recorded at its fair value. At the date of issue, in the case of a convertible bond denominated in the functional currency of the issuer that may be converted into a fixed number of equity shares, the fair value of the liability component is estimated using the prevailing market interest rate for a similar non-convertible instrument. The equity component is determined by deducting the amount of the liability component from the fair value of the compound instrument as a whole. This is recognised and included in the equity reserve within equity and is not subsequently remeasured.
Transaction costs are apportioned between the liability and equity components of the convertible instrument based on their relative fair values at the date of issue. The portion relating to the equity component is charged directly against equity.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Balance Sheet date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).
When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Statement of Financial Position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
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| Net book value | |||||||
| At 31 December 2024 | 59,577 | 201,536 | 13,361 | 274,474 | |||
| At 31 December 2023 | 0 | 0 | 14,900 | 14,900 |
Investments in subsidiaries
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| Convertible loan notes (secured) |
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The Company issued £3,042,150 of convertible loan notes on 20 December 2024. The convertible loan notes are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at any time between the date of issue of the notes and their settlement date. If the notes have not been converted, they will be redeemed on 20 December 2027 at par. Interest of 12 per cent will be paid annually up until that settlement date.
The net proceeds received from the issue of the convertible loan notes have been split between the liability element and an equity component, representing the fair value of the embedded option to convert the liability into equity of the Company, as follows:
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| Nominal value of convertible loan notes issued | 3,042,150 |
| Equity component | (284,741) |
| Liability components at date of issue | 2,757,409 |
| Interest charged | 12,491 |
| Interest paid | 0 |
| Liability component at 31 December 2024 |
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| Other provisions |
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This is the provision for a contingent fee payable on the conversion of the Company's convertible loan notes.
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On 28th March 2024, there was an issue of 420,515 A Ordinary shares of £0.00001 with an aggregate nominal value of £4. The share issue resulted in a share premium of £24,996 being recognised.
On the 21st May 2024, there was an issue of 2,329,639 A Shares of £0.00001 with an aggregate nominal value of £23. The share issue resulted in a share premium of £138,476 being recognised.
On 20th December 2024, there was an issue of 118,222,513 B shares of £0.00001 with an aggregate nominal of £1,182.23, this resulted in a share premium of £19,998,875 for which payment had not yet been called and was therefore not recognised in these financial statements.
Commitments
Capital commitments are as follows:
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| Tangible fixed assets | 1,160,285 | 0 |
The net proceeds received from the issue of the convertible loan notes have been split between the liability element and equity component, representing the fair value of the embedded option to convert the liability into equity of the company. The transaction resulted in the recognition of a £2,454,942 liability and an £253,507 increase in equity, recognised within other reserves.
At the year end, the Company had future total lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases of £24,275 (2023 - £57,374).
The audit report was signed by Steven Preston on behalf of Armstrong Watson Audit Limited.