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HAE GLOBAL LTD
CONTENTS
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
COMPANY INFORMATION
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present the Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities and results for the period ended 31 December 2024 HAE Global’s main activity is an Investment Holding Company. The Group’s main activity is the provision of wholesaling services to UK freight forwarders and parcel carriers. Both the level of business and the year end financial performance in the UK were as expected in light of the current trading conditions. Profit before tax amounts to £295,042 (2023 profit £583,076). The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend (2023: £nil).
The business has performed very well given the difficult market conditions experienced during 2024, brought about by the continued conflict in Ukraine and Israel. This has been further compounded by the impact of the US tariffs since the beginning of 2024 on the global supply chain and its effect on airfreight volumes. As a result yields have continued to decrease during 2024.
Business activity during 2024 remained challenging due to the adverse market conditions described above. The Group is continually developing and improving its product portfolio and was able to increase its profitability by organically growing its core airlines and tendering for new business. During 2024 the business was successful in winning several new airline contracts which contributed to the increase in volumes shipped during 2024. The Directors consider that the difficult trading conditions will continue to be challenging for 2025.
The management of the business and the execution of the Group’s strategy is subject to a number of risks. These risks are formally reviewed at Board level at each Board meeting. The key non-financial risks identified are as follows:
Business risk The main risks identified are changes in the global economy and the risk of inadequate financing facilities. To mitigate these risks the Board undertakes monthly reviews of the individual entities results versus budget and ensures that the resource level in each entity is appropriate for that entities level of business. The Board is confident that it has sufficient headroom in its financing available to fund the business in the medium term. Airline risk The Group faces a risk that certain airlines may fail due to the current economic climate, airline consolidation and that it will not renew certain airline contracts as they fall due. To mitigate these risks the Group ensures that it has a balanced portfolio of airlines and is also constantly tendering for new airlines as contract renewals fall due.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
People risk
The main risks identified are: • that of losing key staff because of not providing sufficient development opportunities • a serious security breach or incident occurs that is attributable to one of our employees • the failure to provide our staff with appropriate training and complying with relevant legislation To mitigate these risks the Group tries to ensure that all staff are subject to continual training and that there are personal development programmes in place. One of the key objectives of the company is to continually improve our safety and security standards throughout the Group. Economic risk There are potential risks and uncertainties resulting from the UK’s decision to leave the EU. The Directors do not consider this to be a significant risk to the business and will continue to monitor the situation as it unfolds.
HAE Global monitors a number of key performance indicators (KPIs) of the entire Group to help achieve key business objectives as follows:
12 Months 12 Months 31/12/2024 31/12/2023 Total revenue (£'000) 114,404 120,845 Total tonnage 106,193 92,924 The decline in total group revenue is mainly due to a reduction in yield during 2024, brought about by the current geopolitical events and the impact of US tariffs. The increase in volume is due to new business wins which helped to partially offset the reduction in total revenue.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements 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 to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £672,673 (2023 - £471,438).
No ordinary dividends were paid. The Directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The Directors who served during the year were:
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The auditor, MHA, previously traded through the legal entity MacIntyre Hudson LLP. In response to regulatory changes, MacIntyre Hudson LLP ceased to hold an audit registration with the engagement transitioning to MHA Audit Services LLP.
MHA will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HAE GLOBAL LTD
We have audited the financial statements of HAE Global LTD (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, 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).
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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HAE GLOBAL LTD (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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 Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HAE GLOBAL LTD (CONTINUED)
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:
•enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and
claims; • enquiry of entity staff in tax and compliance functions to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; • performing audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias; • reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; • reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to access compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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 Auditors' Report.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF HAE GLOBAL LTD (CONTINUED)
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
Statutory Auditors
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
MHA is the trading name of MHA Audit Services LLP, a limited liability partnership in England and Wales (registered number OC455542).
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
REGISTERED NUMBER: 08135817
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 19 form part of these financial statements.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
HAE Global Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Donington Court, Pegasus Business Park, Beverley Road, East Midlands Airport, Derby, England, DE74 2UZ.
The Company’s functional and presentational currency is the British Pound Sterling and the financial statements are presented in round pounds.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
∙the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of World Freight Company International SAS as at 31 December 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from Zone De Fret 4, 3 Rue Du Cercel Bat 3313, Roissy CDG Aeroport, France, F95705.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have considered relevant information, including the annual budget and forecast future cash flows. The Directors have performed a robust analysis of forecast future cash flows taking into account the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios which indicate that the company will have sufficient funds through funding from its ultimate parent company, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the Directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue, although, at the date of approval of these financial statements the Directors have no reason to believe that it will not do so.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Balance Sheet when the Company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Impairment of financial assets
At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.
If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.
Basic financial liabilities
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 the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Company transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Company will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the Company.
There are no critical judgements in the preparation of these financial statements. The following estimates have been considered: Investment impairment The Directors annually review the valuation of the investments held by the Company to ensure that there are no indicators of impairment nor any impairments required.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
During the year there were no wages paid to employees. The average monthly number of employees, including directors during the year was 2 (2020 - 2).
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
8.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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HAE GLOBAL LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The immediate parent company is World Freight Company Investments UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales
The ultimate parent company is World Freight Company International SAS, a company registered in France. The Company's results are included in the consolidated accounts of World Freight Company International SAS which are publicly available from Zone De Fret 4, 3 Rue Du Cercle, Bat 3313, Roissy CDG Aeroport, France, F95705.
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