Administration of Holding Company: On 28th January, 2025 the holding company, Redbookinternational Limited, entered into administration due to financial pressure and to streamline the group companies. The appointed administrators are Paul Davies and Sandra Mundy of James Cowper Kreston. The administration process is ongoing, and the administrators are working to realize the assets of the Group and settle its liabilities.
Sale of Subsidiaries: Subsequent to the year-end date, on 29th April, 2025, the administrators completed the sale of the company's subsidiaries, Bricks Leicester Capital Limited, Bricks Salford 2 Capital Limited, Bricks Swansea Capital Limited and LCA Capital Limited, including subsidiaries of these companies to Uniquarters Limited. The sale was part of the strategy to maximize returns to creditors. The financial impact of this transaction will be reflected in the next financial period.
The Management has assessed the implications of these events on Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and concluded that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate as at the date of approval of these financial statements.
Notwithstanding this assessment, the Director recognises that, there are issues which indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The company generated losses of £2,563,521 in the year ended 31 December 2023 and has net liabilities of £6,041,875 at 31 December 2023. The company is the cost centre for the wider group & does not generate any income. The company holds loans due to investors on its balance sheet of GBP 4,076,339.75 which are repayable on demand. It is reliant on financial support from related entity, Bricks capital Limited (Hong Kong based company) in order to finance the repayment of these loans as they fall due. As a result company is reliant on the financial support of its subsidiaries and ultimate parent undertaking not recalling the loan due to it. The Director believes that Bricks Capital Limited would be able to raise the necessary funding should it be called upon to finance the repayment of the loans but, in the absence of adequate committed finance to Bricks Capital Limited to fulfil this, the director recognises that there is a material uncertainty as to whether such funding would be available.
The Director is strongly of the view that the company will be able to operate as a going concern, given the support provided by Bricks Capital Limited, or another group company, and, accordingly, has adopted the going concern basis of preparation.