The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The principal activity of the company is the letting of holiday accommodation.

Results and dividends

The results are shown on pages 3 & 4. The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.

In February 2012 the company purchased its current property, a detached house in Vale do Lobo, in the Algarve. This underwent a major refurbishment in 2018, apart from the kitchen, and the kitchen was completely re-modelled in early 2025. The company has bounced back from the sharp drop in lettings during the covid pandemic. The letting income in 2024-25 hit a new record of £22,484, with a growing proportion of repeat bookings, and many complimentary comments from our clients. During the early part of 2025 a major upgrade of the kitchen was undertaken, and the previous gas-powered water heater was replaced by a new electric one. These substantial expenditures led to a loss for the year of £49,441 (2023-24: £22,014).

The directors are pleased with this result, and with the further upturn in bookings for 2025-26.

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies' exemption.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Harlequin Investments Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the profit and loss account and the balance sheet, from the company’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Harlequin Investments Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 12 July 2024. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Harlequin Investments Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Harlequin Investments Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Harlequin Investments Limited and its Board of Directors as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Harlequin Investments Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. You consider that Harlequin Investments Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Harlequin Investments Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.

The average number of persons, including directors, employed by the company during the year was as follows:

Harlequin Investments Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 17 Brunswick Gardens, London, England, W8 4AS.

For the year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions and in accordance with FRS 105 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the Micro-entities Regime.