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COMPANY INFORMATION
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STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 31 July 2025.
The company made a loss before tax of £82,252 during the year ended 31 July 2025 (2024 - £417,732). Turnover has decreased by 37% to £12,231,091 (2024 - £19,444,178) but the company has seen an increase in its gross profit margin from 11% to 15%. The stock balance has decreased to £7,426,514 (2024 - £7,817,111).
The company is in a net current asset position of £3,496,502 (2024 - £3,789,129), and despite the decline in sales in the first half of 2025, the company has sufficient resources available to continue its operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. In addition, the company has robust third party financing arrangements in place and the directors therefore believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
The company has treasury and liquidity management procedures in place appropriate to the size and complexity of the business. The directors monitor interest rates and the effect that the financing costs have on the financial results of the business.
The company is impacted by fluctuations in exchange rates and the company mitigates this risk by the operation of foreign currency bank accounts and a policy of matching payments and receipts.
Management review the company's performance monthly, with particular focus on risk avoidance, maintaining good cash flow and debt collection. The comparatives for gross profit and turnover have been outlined below as they are key performance indicators for the company.
* Expressed as a percentage of turnover.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf by:
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.
The directors who served during the year were:
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £70,807 (2024 - £380,641). The total of dividends proposed by the company was £nil for the year ended 31 July 2025 (2024 - £nil).
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 and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
∙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.
Financial instruments, price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk are considered, as they pertain to the company, in the Strategic Report on page 2, under principal risks and uncertainties.
Projections for 2025-2026 see the company participating in its first USA private exhibition.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The auditors, Lewis Golden 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 by:
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SC BOND STREET LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of SC Bond Street Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 July 2025, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the financial statements, 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.
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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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SC BOND STREET 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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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SC BOND STREET 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:
∙at planning stage, we gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company, the industry in which they operate, and considered the risk of failing to comply with these legal and regulatory requirements;
∙we discussed with the directors the policies and procedures in place regarding compliance with laws and regulations;
∙we discussed amongst the engagement team the identified laws and regulations, and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance;
∙we assessed the susceptibiltiy of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how the fraud might occur by considering the risk of management override and by assuming revenue to be a fraud risk. We tested specific transactions back to source documentation; and
∙during the audit, we focused on areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience and through discussions with the directors (as required by auditing standards), from inspection of the company's regulatory and legal correspondence and review of minutes of directors' meetings in the year.
We also considered those other laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to:
∙inquiries of management whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud;
∙gaining an understanding of the internal controls established to mitigate risk related to fraud;
∙using analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
∙testing journal entries, with a focus on journals indicating large or unusual transactions based on our understanding of the business;
∙discussion amongst the engagement team regarding risk of fraud such as opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of financial statements; and
∙scrutiny review of unusual transactions and entry into sensitive nominal ledger accounts.
The primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with both those charged with governance and management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it.
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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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SC BOND STREET 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.
Andrew Moss (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Lewis Golden LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
40 Queen Anne Street
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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 JULY 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
SC Bond Street Limited is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales, registered number 04848045. The address of the registered office is 30 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4QQ.
The principal activity of the company is the sale of jewellery, artifacts and fine art.
2.Accounting policies
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:
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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 the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economnic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of obligation.
Provisions are charged as an expense to the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings in the year that the company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the balance sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties. When payments are eventually made, they are offset against to the provision carried in the Balance Sheet. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. Finanical assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings. For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date. Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an 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.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(iii) Provision against debtors The company makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade debtors. When assessing recoverability of debtors, management consider factors including the current credit rating of the debtor, cash received in the period, the aging profile of the debtor and the customer relationship. The debtors are predominately receivable from clients with a long standing relationship with the company and historically there has been a low level of unrecoverable debts.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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9.Tax (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
Distributable reserves
The distributable reserves includes all current and prior year retained profits at £602,150 (2024 - £672,957).
Non-distributable reserve
The non-distributable reserve comprises share premium at £705,987 (2024 - £705,987).
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
In June 2022, the company was subject to an armed robbery at The European Fine Art Fair ("TEFAF"). The company is currently pursuing a legal claim for uninsured losses. The company's advisors have indicated that it is more likely than not that the claim will result in a recovery, however the amount is uncertain and therefore not disclosed.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The ultimate controlling party in the current and prior year is
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