Company registration number SC795046 (Scotland)
THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 JANUARY 2025
31 January 2025
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2025
Notes
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
4
444
Net current assets
444
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
5
444

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 9 October 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M J Strachan
Director
Company registration number SC795046 (Scotland)
THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Accounting policies
Company information

Thorntons Discretionary Holdings Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee, DD1 4BJ.

1.1
Reporting period

The financial statements are the first financial statements of the company which covers the period from 12 January 2024 to 31 January 2025. This extended period has been adopted in order to align the company's year end with that of the end of the month.

1.2
Basis of preparation

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.

1.3
Going concern

Atruet 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. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.4
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.

1.5
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

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Classification of 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 deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.6
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.

1.7
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

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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.

THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the Period was:

2025
Number
Total
5
4
Debtors
2025
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
444
5
Called up share capital
2025
2025
Ordinary share capital
Number
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A of 1p each
40,258
403
Ordinary B of 1p each
4,136
41
44,394
444

The company's share capital was sub-divided from the nominal value of £1 shares to £0.01 during the year.

 

During the year, the company was inserted as an intermediate holding company between TI (Jersey) Limited and Thorntons Investment Management Limited.

 

Under the terms of the transaction, the shareholders of TI (Jersey) Limited exchanged their holding in Thorntons Investment Management Limited on a share for share basis. Following the transaction, Thorntons Investment Management Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of the company and subsequently, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of TI (Jersey) Limited.

 

 

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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 is unqualified and includes the following:

THORNTONS DISCRETIONARY HOLDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Audit report information
(Continued)
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Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Keval Dattani ACA
Statutory Auditor:
BK Plus Audit Limited
Date of audit report:
9 October 2025
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Parent company

The parent company is TI (Jersey) Limited a company registered in Jersey, whose permanent establishment in the UK is Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee, DD1 4BJ.

The ultimate controlling party of the company is The Vertus Collective Limited, a company incorporated overseas.

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