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| DIRECTORS | M A Crisp |
| B G Wilson |
| REGISTERED OFFICE | Floor 4 20 King Street |
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| EC2V 8EG | |
| United Kingdom |
| COMPANY NUMBER | 09969387 (England and Wales) |
| Note | 2024 | 2023 | ||
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| Tangible assets | 4 |
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| 40,898 | 50,250 | |||
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| Debtors | 5 |
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| 6,159,973 | 10,777,620 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 7 | (
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| Net current assets | 501,113 | 229,679 | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 542,011 | 279,929 | ||
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Directors' responsibilities:
The financial statements of Millbank FX Limited (registered number:
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B G Wilson
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Millbank FX Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the Company's registered office is Floor 4 20 King Street, London, EC2V 8EG, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council, including Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS102), and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The functional currency of Millbank FX Limited is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statements as to whether the Company is a going concern and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Exchange differences are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the period in which they arise on monetary items.
Defined contribution schemes
The Company operates a defined contribution scheme. The amount charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in respect of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the financial year. Differences between contributions payable in the financial year and contributions actually paid are included as either accruals or prepayments in the Statement of Financial Position.
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Statement of Financial Position date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the Company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on enacted or substantively enacted tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit. Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
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Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company's financial assets include derivative assets (foreign exchange spots and forwards) as well as amortised cost assets including cash and cash equivalents, other assets and trade and other receivables. The Company's financial liabilities include derivative liabilities (foreign exchange spots and forwards) and trade and other payables.
The Company undertakes matched principal broking involving immediate derivative transactions with counterparties. These transactions are classified as derivative financial assets and liabilities. A derivative with a positive fair value is recognised as a financial asset and a derivative with a negative fair value is recognised as a financial liability. The Company has presented the derivative assets and liabilities with counterparties and with clients on a gross basis.
During the preparation of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, the directors identified a material misstatement in respect of revenue and administrative expenses affecting the financial year ended 31 December 2023. Additionally, several balances have been reclassified. The correction has been applied retrospectively in accordance with FRS 102 section 10, by restating comparative figures and adjusting the opening balances of retained earnings. The value of the misstatements for the year ended 2023 were as follows:
| As previously reported | Adjustment | As restated | ||||
| Year ended 31 December 2023 | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Revenue | 2,443,048 | (203,849) | 2,239,199 | |||
| Cost of sales | 142,450 | 79,152 | 221,602 | |||
| Administrative expenses | 2,106,979 | (365,595) | 1,741,384 | |||
| Tax on profit | 40,337 | (138,485) | (98,148) | |||
| Trade debtors | 300,357 | (300,357) | 0 | |||
| Other debtors | 264,005 | (35,228) | 228,777 | |||
| Trade creditors | 145,774 | (81,427) | 64,347 | |||
| Other creditors | 9,650,527 | 575,145 | 10,225,672 | |||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 10,283,075 | 247,482 | 10,530,557 | |||
| Amounts owed to directors | 0 | 198,242 | 198,242 | |||
| Accruals | 0 | 6,000 | 6,000 | |||
| Profit and loss account | 675,426 | (786,063) | (110,637) |
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| At 31 December 2024 | 0 | 32,040 | 8,858 | 40,898 | |||
| At 31 December 2023 | 0 | 39,177 | 11,073 | 50,250 |
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2023 comparative figures have been restated as per note 2.
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In accordance with Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") authorisation, the Company must protect the money it holds and/or controls on behalf of clients. At the year end, the total of client money held in segregated bank accounts amounted to £5,109,897 (2023: £10,094,098), and is not available to the Company for working capital purposes.
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2023 comparative figures have been restated as per note 2.
Commitments
Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
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Transactions with owners holding a participating interest in the entity
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| Dividends paid | 619,560 | 226,667 | |
| Directors consultancy fees paid | 176,862 | 314,231 | |
| 796,422 | 540,898 |
The Company had outstanding loans due from directors of £1,758 at the year end. (2023: £198,242 owed to directors) These loans are interest free and repayable on demand.