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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
CONTENTS
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE 52 WEEK PERIOD ENDED 30 MARCH 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the 52 week period ended 30 March 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors who served during the 52 week period were:
The auditors, HaysMac LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE 52 WEEK PERIOD ENDED 30 MARCH 2025
In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of New World Pub Company (Leeds) Limited (the 'Company') for the 52 week period ended 30 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position and the related notes, including a summary of 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).
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 Auditors' 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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial 52 week period for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud. Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to regulatory requirements for the hospitality business and trade regulations, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, income tax and sales tax. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities or fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries to revenue and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
∙inspecting correspondence with regulators and tax authorities;
∙discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulation and fraud;
∙evaluating management's controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities;
∙identifying and testing accounting journal entries, in particular those journal entries which exhibited the characteristics we had identified as possible indicators of irregularities; and
∙challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in their critical accounting estimates.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, 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 members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' 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 members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Statutory Auditors
10 Queen Street Place
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE 52 WEEK PERIOD ENDED 30 MARCH 2025
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07984119
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 MARCH 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 9 to 10 form part of these financial statements.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE 52 WEEK PERIOD ENDED 30 MARCH 2025
New World Pub Company (Leeds) Limited is a private company, limited by shares, and incorporated in England and Wales. The Company's registered number is 07984119 and registered office address is 6 Time Square, Warrington, England, WA1 2NT.
The Company has been non-trading in the current period and previous year and the only transaction which has been processed in both years is in respect of rental payments on land and buildings which are leased by the Company and the costs of which have been recharged to New World Trading Company (UK) Limited.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 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 following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The directors' assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern is based on the Group’s financial projections that cover the next twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These projections indicate that the Group will generate sufficient cash flow so as to independently meet its obligations as and when they fall due. In addition, the majority shareholder of the group of which the Company is a member has indicated its intention to make available support with the Group’s covenant compliance and in its negotiations with its lenders.
Turnover comprises revenue recognised by the company in respect of rental payments recharged to New World Trading Company (UK) Limited.
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight line basis over the period of the lease, unless the rental payments are structured to increase in line with expected general inflation, in which case the company recognises annual rent expense equal to amounts owed to lessor.
The aggregate benefit of lease incentives are recognised as a reduction to the expense recognised over the lease term on a straight line basis.
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NEW WORLD PUB COMPANY (LEEDS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE 52 WEEK PERIOD ENDED 30 MARCH 2025
A composite cross guarantee structure exists between Christopher Midco2 Limited, Christopher Bidco Limited, New World Trading Company (UK) Holdings Limited, New World Trading Company (UK) Limited, Liverpool Lodge Limited, The Oast House Manchester Limited, Magnolia Bell Limited and New World Pub Company (Leeds) Limited. The aggregate amount outstanding under this agreement at 30 March 2025 was £16,751,282 (2024: £16,000,000).
The immediate parent undertaking of the Company is New World Trading Company (UK) Limited. The ultimate parent undertaking of the Company is Christopher Topco Limited.
The smallest and largest group of undertakings for which consolidated financial statements have been drawn up is that headed by Christopher Topco Limited. Copies of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Companies House. The directors do not believe there to be an ultimate controlling party.
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