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SF FUNDING LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The principal activity of the Group throughout the year was that of property investment.
The directors believe that the Group is in a satisfactory financial position, however, notice should be taken of the potential legislative changes disclosed in the critical accounting estimates and assumptions section of note 3 which potentially could lead to an adverse impact on the Group’s ability to continue as a Going Concern.
The management of the business and the execution of the Group's strategy are subject to a number of risks.
The key risks to the group are legislative reform and building safety exposures, both of which are impossible to quantify.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The directors who served during the year were:
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the consolidated 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 Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments 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 Group 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 the Group 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 the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors believe that the Group is in a satisfactory financial position, however, notice should be taken of the potential legislative changes disclosed in the critical accounting estimates and assumptions section of note 3 which potentially could lead to an adverse impact on the Group’s ability to continue as a Going Concern.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The auditors, Harris & Trotter LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SF FUNDING LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of SF Funding Limited (the 'parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Company Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity 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).
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 Group's or the parent 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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SF FUNDING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SF FUNDING 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 Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SF FUNDING 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 Group 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 The objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud or error; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud or error; and to respond appropriately to those risks. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK). In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following: • We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the Group and the industry in which it operates. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006. • We obtained an understanding of how the Group is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of management. • We challenged assumptions and judgments made by management in its significant accounting estimates; We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud.
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.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SF FUNDING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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.
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Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09092048
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09092048
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 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 15 to 35 form part of these financial statements.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09092048
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 09092048
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 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 15 to 35 form part of these financial statements.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
SF Funding Limited is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England & Wales (registered number 09092048). Its registered office and principal place of business is Prospect Place, Moorside Road, Winchester, England, SO23 7RX. The financial statements are presented in Sterling, which is the functional currency of the Group. The principal activity of the Group during the year was that of property investment.
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 Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies (see note 3).
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial statements.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance Sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases. In accordance with the transitional exemption available in FRS 102, the Group has chosen not to retrospectively apply the standard to business combinations that occurred before the date of transition to FRS 102, being 01 April 2015.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Group is financed by a long-term loan of £318,353k (2024: £310,997k) from Rothesay Life Limited, a leading life insurer specialising in bulk annuities and other derisking solutions for defined benefit pension schemes and insurance companies. The loan provides sufficient working capital to enable the Group to fund its day to day requirements.
The Directors have considered the legislative changes disclosed in note 3 and is of the opinion that the Group is expected to have adequate financial resources to continue as a going concern for the forthcoming year. When arriving at this conclusion the Directors have considered the impact of Building Safety legislation and Leasehold Reform: Building Safety Legislation The Building Safety Act 2022 received Royal Assent in April 2022. It is intended to improve safety standards in buildings within its scope (broadly, multi-dwelling units greater than 11 meters in height) and to protect homeowners in full or in part from the costs of remediating historical building safety defects. On buildings over 11 meters in height it is expected that either Government or developer funding will be available to ensure necessary remediation of unsafe cladding systems can be undertaken. Developers will be primarily liable for non-cladding safety defects. Leaseholders are only liable to contribute in limited, prescribed circumstances. Where funding gaps remain, freeholders may incur a responsibility to provide funding. As part of an ongoing review, the Group has identified certain defects subsequent to the year-end. Where the associated costs can be reliably estimated, a provision of £405,228 has been recognised in the Group financial statements as at 31 March 2025. The Group acknowledges that further outflows may arise in relation to these matters; however, at this time, it is not possible to reliably estimate the amount or timing of any such additional costs. However, the government has made available new routes for freeholders to recover any outlay from parties such as developers, product manufacturers, warranty insurers and others involved in the original development, design, or construction of buildings. The Group is pursuing for each relevant building the most appropriate funding routes available, in the interests of both freeholders and leaseholders. The new remediation funding regime is in its early days. Some uncertainty remains on how tribunals and the courts will interpret provisions relevant to freeholder funding obligations. Knowledge gaps remain around the full extent and cost of building remediation, particularly in medium rise (11-18 meter) buildings, where analysis is generally at a less advanced stage since priority has correctly been given to Higher Risk (>18 meters in height) buildings. The most likely area of freeholder exposure relates to non-cladding defects, which do not qualify for Government funding and are therefore dependent on other potential funding sources summarized above. Intensive lobbying has taken place to educate policy makers on the unintended consequences to wider building safety policy which would result from freeholders being financially impaired by remediation funding obligations.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Directors, having considered the provisions of the Act, the uncertainty over how and when some provisions will be implemented and interpreted, and uncertainty around potential freeholder funding exposure and consequent impact on the Group do not believe that the Act has a material effect on the Group's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from signing of the financial statements. Leasehold Reform The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 prohibits the inclusion of a ground rent in excess of a peppercorn on new residential long leases. This Act came into force on 30 June 2022 and for retirement properties on 1 April 2023. The legislation does not apply retrospectively although does create restrictions on the ability of the Group to generate rental income beyond the existing term of current leases. The prohibition of the creation of future ground rents is not expected to have a material effect on the ability of the Group to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from signing of the financial statements. The Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“LAFRA”) was passed and obtained Royal Assent in May 2024. The premise of LAFRA is to provide Leaseholders with more rights and protections and to make extending leases or buying freeholds easier and cheaper, however, while LAFRA is now law, many of its provisions are not yet in force and it is not clear when the necessary secondary legislation will be in place. In November 2024 the Government set out an implementation roadmap, identified LAFRA corrections and outlined consultations for valuation rates, service charges and RTM scope. Certain Act provisions have now come into force. In January 2025 the two-year ownership rule for leaseholders to extend their leases or buy their freehold was abolished. From March 2025 the Right to Manage (RTM) reform expanded the qualification criteria to mixed use buildings with up to 50% non-residential space (previously 25%). In view of the Government’s other legislative priorities, it seems likely that outstanding issues will be addressed in late 2025/2026. A proposed “cap” on existing ground rents, a centrepiece of the previous Government’s legislative priorities, did not feature in the final Bill. The current Government’s position is that it will “tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents” although currently it is not clear how this will be achieved. It is feasible that a significant cap could create a material uncertainty over future cashflows and therefore the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern Government is known to be aware however of the potential unintended consequences of a radical approach to existing ground rents.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
These assets, as their name implies, represent interests held in the freehold land on which third party developers have built and sold long leasehold properties. As such these assets are more akin to financial investments, as they generate income in the form of annual ground rents along with other ancillary income streams. Recognising the unusual nature of these investment properties and the lack of a regular market for significant portfolios of such assets, which are in distinct contrast with the more regular “bricks and mortar” investment properties, the director is of the opinion that the best approximation to fair value for these properties is provided by a discounted cashflow valuation of the income streams generated by these assets. The valuation of the entire freehold reversionary interest portfolio is undertaken by independent valuers specialising in this type of asset. Valuations of this nature are particularly volatile, demonstrated by the decrease in valuation of £31M in the current year. The director also recognises, given the unusual nature and lack of a regular market for significant portfolios of such assets, that these carrying values may not be realised should the Company seek to dispose of any or all of the investment properties. Further details are given in the investment property note.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
The Group has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Group's Balance Sheet when the Group 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 debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Group's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Impairment of financial assets
At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. 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.
Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.
If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.
Basic 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 Group after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans, other loans and loans due to fellow group companies are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Group transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Group will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
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SF FUNDING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Group's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
The estimates and underlying 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 if the revisions affect only that period, or in the period of the revisions and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below. Valuation of investment properties A key accounting estimate in preparing these financial statements relates to the carrying value of the investment property which is stated at fair value, as valued by the independent valuers. However, the valuation of the investment property portfolio held by the Group is inherently more subjective, as it is made on the basis of valuation assumptions which may in future not prove to be accurate, the risk of which is heightened due to the potential legislative changes noted below. Past Governments, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Law Commission have undertaken a series of consultations on and reviews of the residential property market, with a focus on the legal framework surrounding the freehold and leasehold classes of property interests. The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 came into effect on 30th June 2022 and fulfils the commitment to “set future ground rents to zero”. The provisions only apply to new lease arrangements and therefore the Group’s existing income is unaffected. However, it may prove difficult to introduce new ground rent in future should the requirement arise. The LAFRA was passed and obtained Royal Assent in May 2024. The premise of the LAFRA is to provide Leaseholders with more rights and protections and to make extending leases or buying freeholds easier and cheaper, however, while the LAFRA is now law, its provisions are not yet in force and it is not clear when the necessary secondary legislation will be in place. In November 2024 the Government set out an implementation roadmap, identified LAFRA corrections and outlined consultations for valuation rates, service charges and RTM scope. Certain Act provisions have now come into force. In January 2025 the two-year ownership rule for leaseholders to extend their leases or buy their freehold was abolished. From March 2025 the Right to Manage (RTM) reform expanded the qualification criteria to mixed use buildings with up to 50% non-residential space (previously 25%). In view of the Government’s other legislative priorities, it seems likely that outstanding issues will be addressed in late 2025/2026.
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3.Judgments in applying accounting policies (continued)
The Group is of the view that the proposed legislative changes (as currently formulated) would be very damaging to the residential property market and against the interests of consumers and other property owners. In July 2025 a judicial review commenced in the High Court involving a coalition of nine major freeholders challenging certain areas of LAFRA on human rights infringement grounds. The areas challenged include the removal of marriage value and changes to lease extension calculations, elimination of freeholder’s recovery of legal costs and potential ground rent caps. The high court judgement is pending and could come in late September or October 2025. An intrinsic element of the long-term forecasts is the continuing rental income and lease extension premiums generated by the property assets held by these subsidiaries. The potential legislative changes raised above may affect these forecasts to the extent that the underlying assumption is no longer valid. However, the financial consequences of any changes are too uncertain to enable the director to reasonably estimate the impact of such changes on those forecasts. It is assumed that the current methodology continues to represent a fair value of these assets and the ability to meet the long-term obligations is not compromised. Details of the principal assumptions applied in the valuation are set out in the investment properties note.
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There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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Subsidiary undertakings (continued)
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The investment properties represent a portfolio of freehold reversionary interests that generate ground rents as the principal income stream.
As at 31 March 2025 the investment properties were valued at £245,705k. The valuation has been carried out by independent valuers. The basis of the valuation was to project and discount the income streams generated by the portfolio over a period of 45 years. The principal assumptions used in the valuation were: • Reference sterling interest rate swaps based on the SONIA (Sterling Overnight Index Average) benchmark, provided with reference to directly observable data. • Funding margins, provided with reference to recent comparable transactions. • No allowance for taxation in projecting the ground rent cash flows. • Future rental uplifts modelled as and when they are expected to occur in accordance with leases. • Projected RPI (Retail Price Index) rate, provided with reference to directly observable data. • HPI (Household Price Index) projected rate, provided with reference to the projected RPI rate which are found to be acceptable to lenders in this sector. • PSEI (Private Sector Earnings Index), this has been set at 0% as a conservative assumption. • Historical RPI as published by the Office of National Statistics.
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20.Deferred taxation (continued)
Profit and loss account
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The immediate parent company is Penult SF Limited, registered address: Prospect Place, Moorside Road, Winchester, England, S023 7RX. The ultimate controlling party is Mecon Holding Co WLL, registered address: Flat no.52, Building no. 8, Road no.1901, Block no. 319, Hoora, Kingdom of Bahrain.
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