Company registration number 05149773 (England and Wales)
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 7
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
235,000
235,000
Current assets
Debtors falling due after more than one year
5
1,434,353
1,567,653
Debtors falling due within one year
5
133,300
1,567,653
1,567,653
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(133,300)
Net current assets
1,434,353
1,567,653
Total assets less current liabilities
1,669,353
1,802,653
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(1,434,353)
(1,567,653)
Net assets
235,000
235,000
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
235,000
235,000
The notes on pages 2 to 7 form part of these financial statements.
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 28 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
J R Wakeford
Director
Company Registration No. 05149773
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Whitecross@Stepnell (Holdings) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 27 Eldon Business Park, Beeston, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG9 6DZ.
1.1
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.
1.2
Going concern
The company is party to a bank guarantee with its subsidiary undertaking, Whitecross@Stepnell Limited, and hence reliant on the continued strong performance of this company.
The directors have considered the working capital needs of the company and its subsidiary undertaking for the next twelve months and believe they have sufficient resources to meet their liabilities as they fall due. The Private Finance Initiative contract under which the subsidiary undertaking operates ensures an annual income stream until 2031.
Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
1.3
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries 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.
1.4
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.
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
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.
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.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.5
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs.
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.7
The company has taken advantage of exemption under the terms of 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.
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2
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.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Review of fixed asset investments for impairment
The company conducts impairment reviews of investments in subsidiaries whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable, or tests for impairment annually in accordance with the relevant accounting standards. Determining whether an asset is impaired requires an estimation of the recoverable amount by estimating the value in use. This is based on future cash flows and a suitable discount factor in order to calculate the present value. Where the actual, discounted cash flows are less than expected, an impairment loss may arise.
After reviewing as above, management have concluded that there was no impairment of investments in subsidiaries at the balance sheet date.
Review of amounts owed by group undertakings for potential irrecoverability
In conducting impairment reviews of investments in subsidiaries, the company is also determining whether the amounts receivable from the subsidiaries require impairment or whether a provision against the amounts is required. Determining whether the amounts receivable are impaired is based on the ability of the subsidiaries to generate sufficient cash in the future to enable repayment of the debt. Where expected cash generated is lower than the amounts due to the company, an impairment loss may arise, or a provision may be required to reflect the risk that the full amount is not recoverable.
After reviewing as above, management have concluded that no impairment of amounts due from group undertakings is required as at the balance sheet date.
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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3
Employees
The company had no employees other than the directors during the current or prior year and no director received any remuneration from the company.
4
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
235,000
235,000
5
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
133,300
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,434,353
1,567,653
Total debtors
1,567,653
1,567,653
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
133,300
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,434,353
1,567,653
Creditors which fall due after five years are as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Payable by instalments
418,800
851,200
WHITECROSS@STEPNELL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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8
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:
Richard Watkins
Statutory Auditor:
Azets Audit Services
9
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The company is part of a cross guarantee in relation to bank loans of £4,360,397 (2024: £5,197,397) issued to its subsidiary undertaking, Whitecross@Stepnell Limited, by virtue of a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company.
10
Parent company
The smallest group into which the company's financial statements are consolidated is that of the parent company, Brackley Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The consolidated financial statements are available from the registered office of Brackley Holdings Limited which is 27 Eldon Business Park, Attenborough, Nottingham, NG9 6DZ.