Lightning Commercial Finance Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1	General information

The Company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
114 St Martin's Lane
Covent Garden
London
WC2N 4BE
United Kingdom

Principal activity

The principal activity of the Company is commercial finance lending and investing.

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 29 September 2025.

2	Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The company made a profit in the year but has net current liabilities. The company is dependent on the support from the shareholders to continue as a going concern. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis that assumes further funding will be obtained.

Turnover recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the Company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The Company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the Company's activities.

Lightning Commercial Finance Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the initial transaction dates.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the Company operates and generates taxable income.

Financial instruments

Classification
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial asset and liabilities classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a finance transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

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.
 

Debtors

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, are intially recognised at transaction price, 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. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Lightning Commercial Finance Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Creditors

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, loans from third parties and loans from related parties, 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. Such instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the Company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

3	Significant judgements and estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. In the Director's opinion there are no significant judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty.
 

4	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the Company (including the director) during the year, was 0 (2023 - 0).

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Debtors

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Trade debtors		1,260,497	972,651
Amounts owed by related parties		-	10,000
Other debtors		2,754,076	2,639,641
		4,014,573	3,622,292

Lightning Commercial Finance Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

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Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Due within one year
Trade creditors		2,370	-
Amounts due to related parties		6,053,306	5,679,154
Other payables		1,850	1,850
Accruals		4,458	3,168
		6,061,984	5,684,172

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Dividends

There were no dividends paid or proposed in either the current year or the previous year.

8	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2024		2023
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary shares of £1 each	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000