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Registration number: 04588787

NFRN Holdings Limited

Abridged Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Abridged Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements

3 to 7

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Company Information

Directors

M R Mitchelson

N P Patel

F Ashiq

Registered office

Bede House
Belmont Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TW

Auditors

Carbon Accountancy Limited
Chartered Accountants
80-83 Long Lane
London
EC1A 9ET

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

(Registration number: 04588787)
Abridged Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Investments

4

150,001

150,001

Current assets

 

Debtors

3

3

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

(150,001)

(150,001)

Net current liabilities

 

(149,998)

(149,998)

Net assets

 

3

3

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

5

3

3

Shareholders' funds

 

3

3

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

All of the company’s members have consented to the preparation of an Abridged Balance Sheet in accordance with Section 444(2A) of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 20 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
N P Patel
Director

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Bede House
Belmont Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TW

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 20 November 2025.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These abridged financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These abridged financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Group accounts not prepared

The financial statements contain information about NFRN Holdings Limited as an individual company. The company is exempt from the obligation to prepare and deliver group accounts due to being a parent company of a small group..

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 4 (2023 - 4).

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

4

Investments

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

150,001

Provision

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

150,001

At 31 December 2023

150,001

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

2024

2023

Subsidiary undertakings

Newtrade Media Limited

Robert Taylor House, 11 Angel Gate, City Road, London EC1V 2SD

England

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Newtrade Publishing Limited

Robert Taylor House, 11 Angel Gate City Road, London, EC1V 2SD

England

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Bede House Limited

Bede House, Belmont Buainess Park, Durham DH1 1TW

England

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

The shares in Newtrade Publishing Limited are indirectly owned as the investment is held by Newtrade Media Limited.

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

4

Investments (continued)

Subsidiary undertakings

Newtrade Media Limited

The principal activity of Newtrade Media Limited is publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals.

Newtrade Publishing Limited

The principal activity of Newtrade Publishing Limited is publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals though non-trading.

Bede House Limited

The principal activity of Bede House Limited is property investment.

5

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

3

3

3

3

       

6

Related party transactions

Under FRS 102, details are not given in respect of transactions entered into with subsidiaries as these are wholly owned by the company.
 

7

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The ultimate controlling party is the National Federation of Retail Newsagents.

 

NFRN Holdings Limited

Notes to the Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

8

Auditor's 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 Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified.

The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 20 November 2025 was John Leyden FCA, who signed for and on behalf of Carbon Accountancy Limited.