Registered number: 08500776
DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
CONTENTS
CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
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.
In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £96,129 (2023 - loss £8,804).
There were no dividends paid in the year (2023 - £nil).
The directors who served during the year and up to the date of this report were:
QUALIFYING THIRD PARTY INDEMNITY PROVISIONS
The Company has in place a qualifying third party indemnity provision for all directors (to the extent permitted by law) in respect of liabilities incurred as a result of their office. The Company also has in place liability insurance covering the directors and officers of the company and any associated companies. Both the indemnity and insurance were in force during the period ended 31 December 2024 and at the time of the approval of this Directors' Report. Neither the indemnity nor the insurance provide cover in the event that the director is proven to have acted dishonestly or fraudulently.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of s418 of the Companies Act 2006
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
On 21 November 2024, Deloitte LLP resigned as the auditors of the company. In their resignation letter, Deloitte confirmed that there are no matters related to their resignation that should be brought to the attention of the
members or creditors of the company.
The auditors, Grant Thornton UK LLP, were appointed in the year and will be proposed for appointment.
members or creditors of the company.
The auditors, Grant Thornton UK LLP, were appointed in the year and will be proposed for appointment.
This report was approved by the board on 26 September 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 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.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OPINION
In our opinion:
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 ‘Auditor’s 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
We are responsible for concluding on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify the auditor’s opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our report. However, future events or conditions may cause the company to cease to continue as a going concern.
In our evaluation of the directors’ conclusions, we considered the inherent risks associated with the company's business model including effects arising from macro-economic uncertainties such as interest rates, we assessed and challenged the reasonableness of estimates made by the directors and the related disclosures and analysed how those risks might affect the company's financial resources or ability to continue operations over the going concern period.
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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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
OTHER INFORMATION
The other information comprises the information included in the directors' report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the directors' 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is 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 directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
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 directors’ report.
MATTERS ON WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BY EXCEPTION
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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.
∙the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
RESPONSIBILTIES OF DIRECTORS
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement 3, 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 is 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.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
AUDITOR’S 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 auditor’s 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. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below:
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the company and determined the most significant ones which are directly relevant to specific assertions in the financial statements are those related to the reporting frameworks (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, Companies Act 2006 and UK tax compliance).
In addition, we concluded that there are certain significant laws and regulations that may have an effect on the determination of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and those laws and regulations relating to health and safety, consumer rights, employee matters, environmental, and bribery and corruption practices.
We understood how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We corroborated our enquiries through our review of board minutes and correspondence received from regulatory bodies.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, by evaluating management's incentives and opportunities for manipulation of the financial statements. This included the evaluation of the risk of management override of controls. We determined that the principal risks were in relation to:
∙journal entries with a focus on manual journals and journals indicating large of unusual transaction based on our understanding of the business.
∙potential management bias in determining accounting estimates.
∙transactions with related parties.
Our audit procedures involved:
∙evaluation of the design effectiveness of relevant controls that management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
∙journal entry testing, with a focus on unusual account combinations and those that were posted outside of the usual business process cycle;
∙challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates;
∙completing audit procedures to conclude on the compliance of disclosures in the annual report and accounts with applicable financial reporting requirements.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
These audit procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from fraud or error. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error and detecting irregularities that result from fraud is inherently more difficult than detecting those that result from error, as fraud may involve collusion, deliberate concealment, forgery or intentional misrepresentations. Also, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it.
The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations through the following:
∙understanding of, and practical experience with audit engagements of a similar nature and complexity through appropriate training and participation; and
∙knowledge of the industry in which the client operates.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at:http://www.frc.org.uk /auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
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 auditor’s 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.
Senior Statutory Auditor
Statutory Auditor, Chartered Accountants
London
26 September 2025
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 08500776
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 26 September 2025 .
The notes on pages 11 to 18 form part of these financial statements.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Canary Wharf Holdings (PB) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in the UK under the Companies Act 2006 and registered in England and Wales at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB.
The nature of the company's operations and its principal activities are set out in the Directors' Report.
The nature of the company's operations and its principal activities are set out in the Directors' Report.
2.ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value and in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including FRS 102 “the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland”).
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 Company meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its separate financial statements. The Company is consolidated in the financial statements of its parent, Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings plc, which may be obtained at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB.
The functional currency of the company is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment.
The principal accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year and are summarised below:
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 Company meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its separate financial statements. The Company is consolidated in the financial statements of its parent, Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings plc, which may be obtained at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB.
The functional currency of the company is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment.
The principal accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year and are summarised below:
In assessing the going concern basis of preparation of the company, the trustees have considered a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
At the year end, the company was in a net asset position.
Having made the requisite enquiries and assessed the resources at the disposal of the unit trust, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the unit trust will have adequate resources to continue its operation for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
At the year end, the company was in a net asset position.
Having made the requisite enquiries and assessed the resources at the disposal of the unit trust, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the unit trust will have adequate resources to continue its operation for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
The company has taken the exemption from preparing the cash flow statement under Section 1.12(b) as it is a member of a group where the parent of the group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements which are intended to give a true and fair view.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less any provision for impairment.
Investments in unit trusts are stated at fair value. The fair value is calculated by reference to the company’s share of the net assets of the investment, as adjusted for assets and liabilities which are not carried at fair value. Any movement is taken to the income statement.
Other investments are stated at cost less any provision for impairment.
Loans to subsidiaries, which only entitle the company to an interest in the assets of the company once it has completed its principal activity, are treated as additional investments.
Income from investments is recognised as the company becomes entitled to receive payment. Dividend income from investments in companies is recognised when received or irrevocably declared.
Investments in unit trusts are stated at fair value. The fair value is calculated by reference to the company’s share of the net assets of the investment, as adjusted for assets and liabilities which are not carried at fair value. Any movement is taken to the income statement.
Other investments are stated at cost less any provision for impairment.
Loans to subsidiaries, which only entitle the company to an interest in the assets of the company once it has completed its principal activity, are treated as additional investments.
Income from investments is recognised as the company becomes entitled to receive payment. Dividend income from investments in companies is recognised when received or irrevocably declared.
The directors have taken advantage of the exemption in paragraph 1.12c of FRS 102 allowing the company to not disclose the summary of financial instruments by the categories specified in paragraph 11.41.
Financial assets
The Company's financial assets include trade and other receivables and cash and cash equivalents.
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables are recognised initially at fair value. A provision for impairment is established where there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtor concerned.
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables
The Company's financial liabilities include trade and other payables.
Financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Subsequently, financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial assets
The Company's financial assets include trade and other receivables and cash and cash equivalents.
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables are recognised initially at fair value. A provision for impairment is established where there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtor concerned.
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables
The Company's financial liabilities include trade and other payables.
Financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Subsequently, financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid or recovered using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date that are expected to apply to the reversal of timing difference. Deferred tax relating to investment property is measured using the tax rates and allowances that apply to the sale of the asset.
Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expenses or income.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date that are expected to apply to the reversal of timing difference. Deferred tax relating to investment property is measured using the tax rates and allowances that apply to the sale of the asset.
Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expenses or income.
The preparation of financial statements also requires use of judgements, apart from those involving estimation, that management makes in the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies.
Valuation of investments
Investments in unit trusts are carried at fair value. The directors have valued the investment at the company’s share of the trust's net asset value, as adjusted for the fair value movement down of unit trust's property interests.
For the year ended 31 December 2024, the financial statements of the company did not contain any significant items that required the application of significant management judgements, apart from those involving estimation uncertainty.
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
7.TAXATION (CONTINUED)
The Finance Act 2021 increases the corporation tax rate from 19.0% to 25.0% in April 2023. The standard rate of corporation tax payable by the company for the year ended 31 December 2024 is 25% (2023 - 23.5%).
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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CANARY WHARF HOLDINGS (PB) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Canary Wharf Group Residential Limited.
As at 31 December 2024, the smallest group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up is the consolidated financial statements of Canary Wharf Group Residential Limited. Copies of the financial statements may be obtained from the Company Secretary, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB.
The largest group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up is the consolidated financial statements of Stork HoldCo LP, an entity registered in Bermuda and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.
Stork HoldCo LP is controlled as to 50% by Brookfield Property Partners LP and as to 50% by Qatar Investment Authority.
The directors have taken advantage of the exemption in paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102 allowing the company not to disclose related party transactions with respect of other wholly-owned group companies.
As at 31 December 2024, the smallest group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up is the consolidated financial statements of Canary Wharf Group Residential Limited. Copies of the financial statements may be obtained from the Company Secretary, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB.
The largest group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up is the consolidated financial statements of Stork HoldCo LP, an entity registered in Bermuda and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.
Stork HoldCo LP is controlled as to 50% by Brookfield Property Partners LP and as to 50% by Qatar Investment Authority.
The directors have taken advantage of the exemption in paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102 allowing the company not to disclose related party transactions with respect of other wholly-owned group companies.
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