Company registration number 00244661 (England and Wales)
ANCEFIN LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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ANCEFIN LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Statement of changes in equity
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 9
ANCEFIN LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
as restated
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
1,118,799
1,233,642
Current assets
Debtors
5
368,699
6,106,237
Cash at bank and in hand
721,589
3,717,709
1,090,288
9,823,946
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(2,771,943)
(6,134,194)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(1,681,655)
3,689,752
Net (liabilities)/assets
(562,856)
4,923,394
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
25,500
25,500
Profit and loss reserves
(588,356)
4,897,894
Total equity
(562,856)
4,923,394
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
K Z Drazdzewska
Director
Company registration number 00244661 (England and Wales)
ANCEFIN LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Revaluation reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
As restated for the period ended 31 December 2023:
Balance at 1 January 2023
25,500
182,780
4,060,128
4,268,408
Amendment to prior year
-
(182,780)
104,134
(78,646)
As restated
25,500
4,164,262
4,189,762
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
733,632
733,632
Balance at 31 December 2023
25,500
4,897,894
4,923,394
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
-
(5,486,250)
(5,486,250)
Balance at 31 December 2024
25,500
(588,356)
(562,856)
For further details on the prior year adjustment, see note 13.
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Ancefin Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Environment House, 1 St. Marks Street, Nottingham, NG3 1DE.
1.1
Basis of preparation
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 certain financial instruments at fair value. 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
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities 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
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
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 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs. 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 creditors, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price. 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.
1.6
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.
1.7
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
3
2
3
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
280,002
280,002
Other investments other than loans
838,797
953,640
1,118,799
1,233,642
Fixed asset investments revalued
The investments are included at revalued amounts based on valuation methodologies used by the latest International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation (“IPEV”) guidelines and overseen by Foresight Group Holdings plc.
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
3
Fixed asset investments
(Continued)
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Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
Other investments
Total
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
280,002
953,640
1,233,642
Valuation changes
-
72,256
72,256
Return of capital
-
(187,099)
(187,099)
At 31 December 2024
280,002
838,797
1,118,799
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
280,002
838,797
1,118,799
At 31 December 2023
280,002
953,640
1,233,642
4
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Skerritt Properties Limited
England and Wales
Ordinary
100.00
Ancefin Property Management Limited
England and Wales
Ordinary
100.00
HCML (Holdings) Limited
England and Wales
Ordinary
100.00
Ryburndale Paper Mills Company Limited.(The)
England and Wales
Ordinary
100.00
M M Nominees Limited
England and Wales
Ordinary
100.00
Blugilt Deutschland GmbH
Germany
Ordinary
100.00
5
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
313,106
38,027
Other debtors
55,593
1,215,326
368,699
1,253,353
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
5
Debtors
(Continued)
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2024
2023
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
4,852,884
Total debtors
368,699
6,106,237
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
1,800
1,798
Corporation tax
52,656
Other creditors
2,770,143
6,079,740
2,771,943
6,134,194
7
Non-distributable profits reserve
2024
2023
£
£
At the beginning of the year
129,619
182,780
Non distributable profits in the year
72,256
(53,161)
At the end of the year
201,875
129,619
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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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 is unqualified and includes the following:
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its loss for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Chris McKain
Statutory Auditor:
UHY Hacker Young
Date of audit report:
24 December 2025
9
Related party transactions
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under section 1AC.35 of FRS 102, from disclosing transactions entered into between two or more wholly-owned members of the group.
During the year, the company received interest of £29,784 (2023: £366,180) and charged interest of £119,726 (2023: £115,123) from related parties by virtue of their common directors. During the year, loan balances were written off which totalled £5,446,306 (2023: write back of £372,883) with 2 related parties (2023: one related party) as irrecoverable. At the balance sheet date, the company was owed £368,699 (2023: £6,106,237) by related parties and also owed £2,761,144 (2023: £6,071,250) to related parties.
The Puri Foundation
The company holds (as nominee) a portfolio of shares on behalf of The Puri Foundation. All income received by the company from these investments is passed on to The Puri Foundation. The company has no beneficial interest in either the shares of the income from these investments.
ANCEFIN LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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10
Prior period adjustment
Reconciliation of changes in equity
1 January
31 December
2023
2023
£
£
Adjustments to prior year
Deferred Tax impact
104,134
104,134
Equity as previously reported
4,085,628
4,819,260
Equity as adjusted
4,189,762
4,923,394
Analysis of the effect upon equity
Revaluation reserve
(182,780)
(129,619)
Profit and loss reserves
286,914
233,753
104,134
104,134
Reconciliation of changes in profit for the previous financial period
2023
£
Adjustments to prior year
Changes in fair value of investments
172,826
Deferred Tax impact
(43,207)
Total adjustments
129,619
Profit as previously reported
604,013
Profit as adjusted
733,632
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