Company registration number 12807544 (England and Wales)
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
Financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025
Pages for filing with registrar
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Statement of financial position
4
Notes to the financial statements
5 - 11
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Liberty Place Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise , the statement of financial position and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

 

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

 

 

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

 

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

 

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

 

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

 

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's member in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's member those matters we are required to state to the member in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Chris Catto ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of WSM Advisors Limited
12 December 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Connect House
133-137 Alexandra Road
Wimbledon
London
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As at 31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Non-current assets
Investment property
4
78,264,030
68,964,227
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
5
4,730,568
5,110,672
Cash and cash equivalents
885,815
502,120
5,616,383
5,612,792
Current liabilities
6
(42,255,944)
(40,652,597)
Net current liabilities
(36,639,561)
(35,039,805)
Total assets less current liabilities
41,624,469
33,924,422
Non-current liabilities
7
(36,045,114)
(34,492,038)
Provisions for liabilities
8
(3,348,894)
(2,444,259)
Net assets/(liabilities)
2,230,461
(3,011,875)
Equity
Called up share capital
9
105
105
Capital contribution reserve
3,379,841
4,139,521
Retained earnings
(1,149,485)
(7,151,501)
Total equity
2,230,461
(3,011,875)

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement 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 10 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr B J Chambers
Director
Company registration number 12807544 (England and Wales)
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31 March 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Liberty Place Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Connect House, 133-137 Alexandra Road, London, SW19 7JY.

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, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

The company had net current liabilities at the balance sheet date which is in line with the directors expectations given the company is majority financed by shareholder loans that are repayable on demand and as such are held as current liabilities. The directors' have reviewed the current and projected financial position of the company, making reasonable assumptions about future trading performance and considering the loan facility available from an intermediate parent company and are comfortable the company has sufficient resources to meet its obligations as they fall due. On the basis of this review the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.true

1.3
Revenue and expenditure

Revenue comprises rental income receivable from the tenants of the investment property. This revenue is recognised in the period to which the income is receivable.

 

Cost of sales represents the cost of providing service charges to residents of the investment property, together with certain management fees incurred by the company. Administrative expenses include costs associated with the operation of the company. Both are recognised in the period to which the expenses relate.

1.4
Investment property

Investment property, which is a leasehold property held to earn rental and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at the lower of its fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the future minimum lease payments plus directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Change in fair value are recognised in profit and loss accounts.

1.5
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position 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.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables 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.

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 trade and other payables, 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 payables 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 payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.7
Equity instruments

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.

1.8
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 income statement 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.

LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.9
Leases

Under FRS102 the properties (land or building, or part of a building, or both) acquired, whether by way of acquisition of a freehold or long leasehold, are accounted for under section 16 Investment Properties. Under section 16.6 the interest held under a lease and classified as investment property shall be prescribed for as finance lease.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

1.10
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

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.

 

The key source of estimation uncertainty relates to the valuation of property where an external valuation is obtained and is inherently subjective due to the assumptions applied by the valuers.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
-
-
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
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4
Investment property
2025
£
Fair value
At 1 April 2024
68,964,227
Development costs incurred
1,389,121
Reversals
(1,964,764)
Revaluations on leasehold property and finance lease asset
9,875,446
At 31 March 2025
78,264,030

The fair value of the leasehold property at the year end is £74.7m. The basis for the valuation is in accordance with the latest version of the RICS Valuation - Global Standards. The fair value has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out by CBRE Chartered Surveyors, who are not connected with the company. The valuation was made on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties and taking into account a deduction for all costs necessary to complete the development program.

 

Included in the fair value of the investment property brought forward there is a finance lease asset of £3.56m.The finance lease asset has been calculated at the present value of the minimum lease payments, which is minimum ground rent using the interest rate implicit in the lease of 4.90% for the lease term of 160 years commencing 29 December 2020.

 

The finance lease asset is revalued at £3.56m at the year end. The subsequent revaluation of the finance lease asset element of the investment property includes no movement in valuation attributable to the difference between the finance lease asset and finance lease liability at year end inclusive of rental and finance charges for the period.

 

5
Trade and other receivables
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade receivables
97,073
-
0
Other receivables
795,133
69,833
892,206
69,833
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Deferred tax asset
3,838,362
5,040,839
Total debtors
4,730,568
5,110,672
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
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6
Current liabilities
2025
2024
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
175,000
175,000
Amounts owed to parent company
39,572,401
36,472,621
Trade payables
546,426
263,443
Other payable
40,035
-
0
Amounts owed to minority shareholder
1,670,982
1,670,982
Accruals
251,100
2,070,551
42,255,944
40,652,597
7
Non-current liabilities
2025
2024
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
3,389,030
3,389,227
Amounts owed to parent company held at amortised cost
32,656,084
31,102,811
36,045,114
34,492,038
Amounts included above which fall due after five years are as follows:
Payable by instalments
26,337,500
26,512,500

The above amount due after more than five years by instalments represents the total minimum amounts expected to become chargeable under the lease. The amounts included within current and non-current liabilities in relation to the finance lease represent the capital element of the lease, which is of considerable length and as such much of the later payments comprise predominantly of finance charges.

8
Provisions for liabilities
2025
2024
£
£
Deferred tax liabilities
3,348,894
2,444,259
9
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A shares of 1p each
10,000
10,000
100
100
Ordinary B shares of 1p each
526
526
5
5
10,526
10,526
105
105
LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
9
Called up share capital
(Continued)
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On incorporation the company issued 10,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each at par and later re-designated these ordinary shares into ordinary A shares of £0.01 each. Subsequently the company issued 526 ordinary B shares of £0.01 each at par to a company in which the majority shareholder has a participating interest.

 

The shareholders of each of the two classes of shares have agreed that they shall share all rights to distributions of income (including dividends) and capital (including capital redemptions, any return of capital and on liquidation or dissolution) pro rata to the Shareholder Proportions, which is calculated by reference to the aggregate of equity contributed (by reference to the price paid for such equity rather than the number of shares held) by each shareholder and the balance outstanding of any loans made to the company by each shareholder.

10
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:
Chris Catto ACA
Statutory Auditor:
WSM Advisors Limited
Date of audit report:
12 December 2025
11
Related party transactions

Included in the amount owed to parent company at the balance sheet date there is a loan from the immediate parent company of £39,572,401 (2024: £36,472,621). The loan is interest free and repayable on demand.

 

Included in the amount owed to minority shareholders at the balance sheet date there is a loan from a minority shareholder of £1,670,982 (2024: £1,670,982). The loan is interest free and repayable on demand.

 

During the period the company received no further loan from an intermediate parent company (2024: £5,200,000). The loan charges an interest rate of 2.35% per annum and interest of £793,593 (2024: £787,865) was charged in the period. A further inputted finance charge of £802,889 (2024: £733,026) has been made to the income statement under the amortised cost method of accounting. The total facility amount of the loan is £36,000,000 and £33,839,573 has been used. The loan is repayable in one instalment in December 2025.

 

During the period the company received property-related services from its minority shareholder for a consideration of £305,465 (2024: £303,468). The fees for these services were negotiated on an arms-length basis.

LIBERTY PLACE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
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12
Parent company

At 31 March 2025 the company's immediate parent company is Indigo Invest UK Holding Limited, a company incorporated in the UK with its registered office at Connect House, 133-137 Alexandra Road, London SW19 7JY.

 

At 31 March 2025 the ultimate controlling party is Ortwin Goldbeck Holding SE, a company incorporated in Germany with its registered office at Bielefeld, Geschäftsanschrift, Bokelstr, 10, 33649 Bielefeld.

 

The results of the company are consolidated into the financial statements of Ortwin Goldbeck Holding SE, the ultimate controlling party, a company incorporated in Germany with its registered office at Bielefeld, Geschäftsanschrift, Bokelstr, 10, 33649 Bielefeld.

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