Company registration number 12560849 (England and Wales)
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Directors' report
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company during the period under review was that of an intermediate holding company. The results presented in these financial statements are for the individual entity only and do not include the results of other group members and are not therefore representative of aggregated revenue or profit for the wider group of which the company is a part. The group's principal trading company is Sygna (EMEA) Limited.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
C S Dodd
K Fletcher
R J Portes
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual 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 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 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 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.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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On behalf of the board
C S Dodd
Director
2 October 2025
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
10,050,012
10,050,012
Current assets
Debtors
6
381
1,690
Cash at bank and in hand
257
7,858
638
9,548
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(135,400)
(137,963)
Net current liabilities
(134,762)
(128,415)
Net assets
9,915,250
9,921,597
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
272
272
Share premium account
7,999,842
7,999,842
Profit and loss reserves
1,915,136
1,921,483
Total equity
9,915,250
9,921,597
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 2 October 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
C S Dodd
Director
Company registration number 12560849 (England and Wales)
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Accounting policies
Company information
Sygna Group (EMEA) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Level 9, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AA.
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Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
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Other income
Management fees receivable is recognised when the economic benefits of the associated costs have been passed on to the recipient entity.
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Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
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Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
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 and liabilities
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account in other administrative expenses.
Other financial liabilities are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate.
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Equity instruments
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.
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Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
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.
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Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
5
4
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
10,050,012
10,050,012
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Sygna (Netherlands) B.V.
Kraanspoor 50, 1033SE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ordinary
0
100.00
Sygna (Germany) Gmbh
Kronenstr. 63, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Ordinary
0
100.00
Logi-Tek (UK) Limited
The Portland Building, 27-28 Church Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1RB
Ordinary
100.00
-
Sygna (EMEA) Limited
Level 9 One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AA
Ordinary
100.00
-
Sygna (Ireland) Ltd
1 Castlewood Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin 6, Ireland
Ordinary
0
100.00
6
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other debtors
381
1,690
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
8,400
Amounts owed to group undertakings
135,090
129,544
Other creditors
310
19
135,400
137,963
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Related party transactions
The company has provided security for a loan note issued by its Parent company, Sygna Holdings Ltd. There is a fixed and floating charge over all property and assets of the company.
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of the Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.
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Parent company
The parent company of Sygna Group (EMEA) Limited is Sygna Holdings Ltd and its registered office is The Portland Building, 27-28 Church Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1RB.
The ultimate controlling party is considered to be Mr C Dodd and Mr R Portes.
SYGNA GROUP (EMEA) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006:
The auditor's report was unqualified.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Kerry Hilliard ACA FCCA CTA
Statutory Auditor:
Price Bailey LLP
Date:
8 October 2025