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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The results of the Company for the year show a profit on ordinary activities before tax of £1,546,200 (2023 - £1,195,617). The shareholders' funds for the Company total £3,975,420 (2023 - £2,632,180). The Company has a good cash position at year-end due to previously funded financing.
The Company provides a suite of cloud-based data protection tools, including data backup and restoration, security posture management, archiving, and sandbox seeding tools. The principal activity for the Company in the period under review was sales and marketing support activities for its parent company, OwnCompany Inc. On November 18, 2024, Salesforce Inc. completed its acquisition of Own Data Company Ltd. and all its subsidiaries including OwnCompany UK Limited for $1.9 billion net of the value of the approximately 10% of outstanding shares currently owned by Salesforce. On 6 January 2025 ownership of the Company was transferred to Salesforce UK limited, which became the immediate parent Company. Subsequently, on 1 February 2025, certain assets of the Company were sold to Salesforce UK Limited and all UK employees were transferred to that company. The French branch will be wound up and the directors plan to liquidate the Company once all remaining obligations are settled.
The Company's success is dependent on the operations of the Parent Company.
Cashflow risk The Company operates on a cost-plus revenue model and is fully funded by the other group entities. Credit risk Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations, which will result in financial loss to the Company. The Company does not have any external debt. Liquidity risk Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit. Due to the nature of the business, the Company has minimal liquidity risk and cash flows are managed on a daily basis. Foreign exchange risk The Company has transaction currency exposure which arise from purchases and sales in currencies other than its functional currency. Management monitors foreign currency balances and controls these to limit exchange rate exposure. Competition risk Continual development of R&D to develop new products at a group level.
The directors oversee the operations of the group at the Parent Company level, of which the Company is included. The directors of the Company do not believe the use of financial key performance indicators are appropriate for assessing the performance or position of the Company.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, 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 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 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 profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,343,240 (2023 - £773,010).
No dividend has been paid or proposed in the current year (2023 - £nil).
The directors who served during the year were:
There are no significant future developments to note. As noted elsewhere in this report, the director expects to liquidate the Company in the foreseeable future.
The Company has a branch established in France.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, a. 414C (11) to set out in the strategic report information required by The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of risk and uncertainties and financial risk management objectives and policies.
On November 18, 2024, Salesforce Inc. completed its acquisition of Own Data Company Ltd. and all its subsidiaries including OwnCompany UK Limited for $1.9 billion net of the value of the approximately 10% of outstanding shares currently owned by Salesforce. On 6 January 2025 ownership of the Company was transferred to Salesforce UK limited, which became the immediate parent Company. Subsequently, on 1 February 2025, certain assets of the Company were sold to Salesforce UK Limited and all UK employees were transferred to that company. The French branch will be wound up and the directors plan to liquidate the Company once all remaining obligations are settled.
Subsequent to the year end, the Company received a number of claims from former employees of the French branch following terminations in February and May 2025. The Company is defending its position, however, management have estimated the claim to be between EUR 1.96m and EUR 5.24m and believe that a cash payment to settle these claims is likely.
The auditor, Nortons Assurance Limited, 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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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of OwnCompany UK Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet, the 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).
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 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.
We draw attention to note 2.3 in the financial statements, which explains that the directors intend to liquidate the Company and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern as described in note 2.3. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the 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 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 Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OWNCOMPANY UK 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 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.
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:
The objectives of our audit, in respect to fraud, are; to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses; and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and management. Our approach was as follows:
∙We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the Company and determined that the most significant frameworks which are directly relevant to specific assertions in the financial statements are those that relate to the reporting framework including the Companies Act 2006 and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the UK.
∙We understood how the Company is complying with those frameworks by making enquiries of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures.
∙We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur by discussing with management to understand where it considered there was a susceptibility to fraud. We considered the controls that the Company has established to address risks identified, or that otherwise prevent, deter and detect fraud; and how senior management monitors those programmes and controls. Where the risk was considered to be higher, we performed audit procedures to address each identified fraud risk. These procedures included testing manual journals and were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from fraud and error.
∙Based on this understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations identified in the paragraphs above. Our procedures involved journal entry testing, with a focus on journals indicating large or unusual transactions based on our understanding of the business, enquiries of Company management and focused testing. In addition, we completed procedures to conclude on the compliance of the disclosures in the Annual Report and Accounts with the requirements of the relevant accounting standards and UK legislation.
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 Auditor's Report.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OWNCOMPANY UK 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 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 members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 11121433
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 28 form part of these financial statements.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
OwnCompany UK Limited ("the Company") is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act.
The Company is a private company limited by shares and is registered in England and Wales. The Company's registered address is Floor 26 Salesforce Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AY. The principal activity for the Company in the period under review was sales and marketing support activities for its parent company, OwnCompany Inc.
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 management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
∙the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
∙the requirements of Section 29 Income tax paragraphs 29.28(b) and 29.29. This is an exemption from certain disclosures in relation to Pillar Two model rules where an entity is, or expects to be, within the scope of the Pillar Two legislation. The exemption is dependent on equivalent disclosures being made in the consolidated financial statements. It is not an exemption from all Pillar Two model rules and disclosures. Qualifying entities are still required to provide disclosures in accordance with paragraph 29.26 (g) and 29.28(a) if Pillar two model rules are applicable;
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Salesforce, Inc. as at 31 January 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Salesforce, Inc., Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94105, United States of America or at the following website: http://investor.Salesforce .com.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
On November 18, 2024, Salesforce Inc. completed its acquisition of Own Data Company Ltd. and all its subsidiaries including OwnCompany UK Limited for $1.9 billion net of the value of the approximately 10% of outstanding shares currently owned by Salesforce. On 6 January 2025 ownership of the Company was transferred to Salesforce UK limited, which became the immediate parent Company. Subsequently, on 1 February 2025, certain assets of the Company were sold to Salesforce UK Limited and all UK employees were transferred to that company. The French branch will be wound up and the directors plan to liquidate the Company once all remaining obligations are settled.
The directors have received confirmation of continued financial support from its immediate parent company, Salesforce UK Limited, and the directors believe that such financial support will continue to be available for the foreseeable future and until such time as the Company is liquidated. As a result of the intention to liquidate the entity the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of going concern. This basis includes, where applicable, writing the Company’s assets down to net realisable value. No provision has been made for the future costs of terminating the business unless such costs were committed at the reporting date.
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown as a liability in the Balance Sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds. The fair value of the award also takes into account non-vesting conditions. These are either factors beyond the control of either party (such as a target based on an index) or factors which are within the control of one or other of the parties (such as the Company keeping the scheme open or the employee maintaining any contributions required by the scheme). Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to profit or loss over the remaining vesting period. Where equity instruments are granted to persons other than employees, profit or loss is charged with fair value of goods and services received.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
As an exception to the requirements, an entity shall not take into account the effects of Pillar Two legislation when measuring deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company 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 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 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 Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
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 Company after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans 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.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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 revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and the future period if the revision affects both current and future periods. The more significant estimates and assumptions by management include, among others valuation and recognition of share-based payments, and accounting for income taxes. Management believes that the estimates and judgments upon which it relies are reasonable based upon information available to it at the time that these estimates and judgments were made. Actual results could differ from those estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, the Company’s financial statements will be affected.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
9.Taxation (continued)
In the Spring Budget 2021, the UK Government announced that from 1 April 2023 the corporation tax rate would increase to 25% (rather than remaining at 19%, as previously enacted). There has been no change to corporation tax rates for the financial year end 31 December 2024. For the financial year ended 31 December 2024 the weighted average tax rate is 25% (31 December 2023 weighted average tax rate was 23.52%). Deferred taxes at the balance sheet date have been measured using these enacted tax rates and reflected in these financial statements.
Pillar Two - Global Minimum Tax In accordance with the OECD's global tax reform framework, the Company is subject to the rules under Pillar Two of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative, which aims to establish a global minimum tax rate. These rules are designed to ensure that the effective tax rate of multinational enterprises does not fall below a globally agreed minimum threshold. As of CY24, the Company applied the Transitional Safe Harbor provisions provided under the Pillar 2 rules. These provisions are designed to ease the implementation of the global minimum tax rate by providing temporary relief and certainty with respect to the computation of Effective Tax Rates (ETRs) and the calculation of top-up taxes.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Profit and loss account
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £599,154 (2023: £408,736). Contributions totalling £82,675 (2023: £100,118) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
Subsequent to the year end, the Company received a number of claims from former employees of the French branch following terminations in February and May 2025. The Company is defending its position, however, management have estimated the claim to be between EUR 1.96m and EUR 5.24m and believe that a cash payment to settle these claims is likely.
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OWNCOMPANY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
At the year end, the Company's immediate parent company was OwnCompany Inc., a Company incorporated in the United States of America.
On November 18, 2024, Salesforce, Inc., a company incorporated in the United States of America, became the ultimate controlling party and the parent undertaking of both the largest and smallest group of undertakings of which the Company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up. Copies of its consolidated financial statements may be obtained from Salesforce, Inc., Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street 3rd Floor, San Francisco CA 94105, United States of America or at the following website: http://investor.Salesforce .com. On 6 January 2025 ownership of the Company was transferred to Salesforce UK Limited which became the immediate parent Company. The ultimate parent company remains Salesforce, Inc.
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