Allied London Fire Station Holdco Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is C/O Allied London, Suite 1, Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4AP.
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 £1.
The company did not trade during the current and prior year. As at 31 December 2024, the company had net assets of £100 (2023: £100). Management has undertaken a thorough group going concern review which has included forecasts covering at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements to ensure the company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities for the next year from the signing date of the accounts.
Subsidiary company Allied London Fire Station Holdco One Limited is party to a loan facility amounting to £37.1m (2023: £37.1m), excluding interest, of which £37.1m plus an additional £6.6m allocated to an uncommitted tranche as a result of under budgeted costs (2023: £37.0m) has been drawn down at the year end. The loan was refinanced in June 2022 and continues to be provided on a rolling basis and is repayable on demand. The lender holds a legal charge over Allied London Fire Station Holdco Limited.
As the loan is repayable on demand, the company's assets could be called on under the legal charge of the lender if the current facility is called on for repayment. The directors consider the unlikely and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.
Nevertheless, these conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the company was unable to continue as a going concern.
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.
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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, 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.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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.
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.
Audit fees were borne by another group company, Allied London Fire Station OPCO Limited.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
The company had no employees during the year other than the directors, who received no remuneration.
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Registered office addresses (all UK unless otherwise indicated):
All amounts shown under debtors fall due for payment within one year.
Amounts due from group undertakings are repayable on demand and not interest bearing.
The amounts due to group undertakings are repayable on demand and not interest bearing.
Called up share capital represents the nominal value of shares issued. All shares carry no fixed right to income and rank pari-passu in every respect.
The profit and loss account represents cumulative profits and losses, net of any dividends paid and other adjustments.
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:
Material Uncertainty relating to going concern
We draw attention to note 1.2 of the financial statements, which states the wider group's debt facilities are on a rolling basis, repayable on demand and are required to be refinanced. As stated in note 1.2, the lenders of these facilities holds a charge over the company and these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed by Financial Reporting Standard 102, "Related party disclosures" Section 33.1A not to disclose details of related party transactions with entities that are 100% owned members of the same group. There are no other related party transactions other than as disclosed.