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Company registration number: 02413313
International Value Investments Limited
Trading as International Value Investments Limited
Filleted financial statements
31 December 2024
International Value Investments Limited
Contents
Directors and other information
Directors responsibilities statement
Statement of financial position
Statement of changes in equity
Notes to the financial statements
International Value Investments Limited
Directors and other information
Directors Mr T C Smith
Mr Julian Robins (Appointed 8 March 2024)
Company number 02413313
Registered office C/O Fundsmith Llp
33 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PW
Business address C/O Fundsmith Llp
33 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PW
Auditor Finegan Gibson Ltd
Causeway Tower
9 James Street South
Belfast
BT2 8DN
International Value Investments Limited
Directors responsibilities statement
Year ended 31 December 2024
The directors are responsible for preparing the directors report 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 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 judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- 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.
International Value Investments Limited
Statement of financial position
31 December 2024
2024 2023
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Investments 4 14,096,780 11,507,921
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14,096,780 11,507,921
Current assets
Debtors 5 195 195
Cash at bank and in hand 99,067 5,788,009
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99,262 5,788,204
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year 6 ( 53,084) ( 3,794,347)
_______ _______
Net current assets 46,178 1,993,857
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Total assets less current liabilities 14,142,958 13,501,778
Provisions for liabilities 7 ( 1,354,782) ( 1,354,782)
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Net assets 12,788,176 12,146,996
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Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 8 131,602 131,602
Profit and loss account 12,656,574 12,015,394
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Shareholders funds 12,788,176 12,146,996
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These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with Section 1A of FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
In accordance with section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the statement of comprehensive income has not been delivered.
These financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 29 September 2025 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Mr T C Smith
Director
Company registration number: 02413313
International Value Investments Limited
Statement of changes in equity
Year ended 31 December 2024
Called up share capital Profit and loss account Total
£ £ £
At 1 January 2023 131,602 11,332,633 11,464,235
Profit for the year 682,761 682,761
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Total comprehensive income for the year - 682,761 682,761
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At 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 131,602 12,015,394 12,146,996
Profit for the year 641,180 641,180
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Total comprehensive income for the year - 641,180 641,180
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At 31 December 2024 131,602 12,656,574 12,788,176
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International Value Investments Limited
Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 31 December 2024
1. General information
The company is a private company limited by shares, registered in England. The address of the registered office is International Value Investments Limited, C/O Fundsmith Llp, 33 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PW.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the provisions of FRS 102, Section 1A, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through profit or loss.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in profit or loss.
Impairment
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event; it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the statement of financial position and the amount of the provision as an expense. Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the amounts previously recognised are recognised in profit or loss unless the provision was originally recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised in finance costs in profit or loss in the period it arises.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Where investments in non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary shares or preference shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment. Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in profit or loss, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
4. Investments
Other investments other than loans Other loans Total
£ £ £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024 6,327,046 5,180,875 11,507,921
Additions 2,011,251 - 2,011,251
Revaluations 645,108 - 645,108
Other movements ( 67,500) - ( 67,500)
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At 31 December 2024 8,915,905 5,180,875 14,096,780
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Impairment
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 - - -
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Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024 8,915,905 5,180,875 14,096,780
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At 31 December 2023 6,327,046 5,180,875 11,507,921
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5. Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Amounts owed by group undertakings 195 195
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6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 9,660 7,170
Amounts owed to group undertakings 40,557 40,557
Corporation tax - 21,690
Other creditors 2,867 3,724,930
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53,084 3,794,347
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7. Provisions
Deferred tax (note ) Total
£ £
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 1,354,782 1,354,782
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8. Called up share capital
Issued, called up and fully paid
2024 2023
No £ No £
Ordinary Shares shares of £ 1.00 each 131,602 131,602 131,602 131,602
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9. Summary audit opinion
The auditor's report dated 29 September 2025 was unqualified.
The senior statutory auditor was Conor Dolan FCA for and on behalf of Finegan Gibson Ltd
10. Related party transactions
In accordance with FRS 102 Paragraph 33.1A, the exemption has been taken from disclosing transactions and balances with other group companies on the basis that they, directly or indirectly, are all 100% subsidiaries of The Eighth Wonder Foundation, the ultimate parent entity. The company is a corporate member in Fundsmith LLP where the director, Mr T C Smith , is also a member. At the year end, the value of the members capital account in Fundsmith LLP was £5,180,875 (2023: £5,180,875). At the year end the company owed a director £NIL (2023: £3,717,760). This loan is interest free and repayable on demand.
11. Parent company
The parent company is Value Investments Limited and its registered office is Floor 2, 201 Great Portland Street, London, England, W1W 5AB. The ultimate parent entity is The Eighth Wonder Foundation with a registered office at c/o Victoria Corporate Agents (Proprietary) Limited, Suite 108, Premier Building, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.