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Registered number: SC354749
Annual Report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
CONTENTS
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present their Strategic Report for Flow Hospitality Training Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The principal activity of the Company is the provision of online training services to the hospitality sector. The
Company will continue to develop software products. The company is in a strong financial position at 31 December 2024 with a cash balance of £231k. Please see 'Financial key performance indicators' section below for a high-level understand of the business performance during the year.
The principal risks and uncertainties the Company faces are:
∙The Company is highly exposed to the restaurant and hospitality sector, which by nature is cyclical, any deterioration of industry performance is likely to have an impact on the Company's financial outlook; and
∙Potential defects or problems with the Company's products or failure to provide services for the Company's customers could cause the Company's turnover to decrease, cause the Company to lose customers and damage the Company's reputation; and
∙The Company has a limited ability to protect its intellectual property rights, and others could obtain and use the Company's technology without authorisation; and
∙The Company may be exposed to significant liability if it infringes the intellectual property or propriety rights of others.
The Company has insurances, business policies and organisational structures to limit these risks and
uncertainties. The Board of Directors and management regularly review, reassess and proactively limit the associated risks.
The Company’s key measures of financial performance are turnover, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation), and profit after taxation.
Revenue The Company’s total revenue was £12.3m in 2024 and £10.8m in 2023. The increase in total revenue for 2024 as compared to 2023 was £1.5m or 13.9%. This was driven by both new customers as well as cross-selling to existing customers. EBITDA The Company’s total EBITDA was £2.4m in 2024 and £2.2m in 2023. The increase in total EBITDA for 2024 as compared to 2023 was £0.2m or 9.1%. Increased revenues were offset by investment in the business, staff costs are the largest element of cost base and increased over the period.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Financial key performance indicators (continued)
Profit after taxation The Company’s total profit after taxation was £1.9m in 2024 and £1.8m in 2023. The increase in total profit after taxation for 2024 as compared to 2023 was £0.1m or 5.6%. Less brought forward losses resulted in increased corporation tax payable, which dampened this KPI.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,906,500 (2023 - £1,811,618).
During the year, the Directors paid a dividend of £2,271,122 (2023 - £1,679,311).
The Directors of the Company who were in office during the year and up to the date of signing the financial statements, unless otherwise stated, were:
As permitted by Section 414C(11) of the Companies Act 2006, certain matters which are required to be disclosed in the Directors' Report have been omitted as they are included in the Strategic Report instead. The matters relate to review of business, principal risks and uncertainties and financial key performance indicators.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, are appointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements on pages 5 to 11 were approved by the Board of Directors on 26/9/25 and signed on its behalf by
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
In our opinion, Flow Hospitality Training Limited’s financial statements:
∙give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;
∙have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland”, and applicable law); and
∙have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report, which comprise: the Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2024; the Statement of Comprehensive Income and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended; and the notes to the financial statements, which include a description of the significant accounting policies.
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.
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. However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern. 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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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 an apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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 based on these responsibilities.
With respect to the Strategic report and Directors' report, we also considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 2006 have been included.
Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and matters as described below.
As explained more fully in the Directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The directors are also responsible for such internal control as they 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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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED (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.
Based on our understanding of the company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to UK tax legislation and the Companies Act 2006, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to to the posting of inappropriate journal entries and management bias within the determination of accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
∙Enquiring with management and those charged with governance around potential litigation and regulations;
∙Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
∙Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, testing accounting estimates (because of the risk of management bias), and incorporating an element of unpredictability within our audit procedures.
∙Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to support documentation to assess compliance with laws and regulations.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Companies Act 2006 exception reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
∙we have not obtained all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
∙adequate accounting records have not been kept by the company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
∙certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
∙the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
for and on behalf of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Birmingham
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: SC354749
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The notes on pages 12 to 29 form part of these financial statements.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Flow Hospitality Training Limited (the 'Company') is a private company limited by shares, registered in Scotland. The Company's registered office is Apex 3, 95 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD. The Company's registered number is SC354749.
The Company is incorporated and domiciled in the United Kingdom.
2.Accounting policies
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 Nova UK Holdco Limited as at 31 December 2023 and these financial statements may be obtained from Apex 3, 95, 2nd Floor, Rear Office Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
using the effective interest method.
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 the Statement of Comprehensive Income 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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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All intangible fixed assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
Amortisation is provided on the following bases:
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. Provisions are charged as an expense to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the year that the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the reporting date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties. When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Statement of Financial Position.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. In the opinion of the Directors, there are no significant judgements or key sources of material estimation uncertainty that have been applied in the preparation of these financial statements.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
11.Tax on profit (continued)
Aside from the availability of group relief, there are no factors affecting future tax charges.
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Share premium account
Profit & loss account
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
24.Other financial commitments
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FLOW HOSPITALITY TRAINING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Eurazeo S.E. (registered in France) is regarded by the Directors as being the Company's ultimate parent undertaking. In the Directors' opinion, the ultimate controlling party is Mark Hastings by virtue of his shareholding and economic rights in the ultimate parent undertaking.
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