Company registration number 00277124 (England and Wales)
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr B Read
Mr D C Coubrough
Secretary
Mr D J Moore
Company number
00277124
Registered office
71 Queen Victoria Street
8th Floor
London
EC4V 4AY
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Midland House
2 Poole Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 5QY
Bankers
Handelsbanken
1 Crown Walk
Jewry Street
Winchester
SO23 8BB
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Statement of financial position
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 15
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of property investment.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr B Read
Mr D C Coubrough
Auditor

In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Saffery LLP be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Mr B Read
Director
12 November 2025
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

- make judgements 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 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.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF VERNON SMITH LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Vernon Smith Limited (the ‘company’) for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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 our opinion, the financial statements:

- give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs as at 31 July 2025 and its profit 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.

Basis for opinion

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 UK, including the FRC’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.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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.

Other information

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. 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.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF VERNON SMITH LIMITED
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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

- the information given in the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

- the Directors’ Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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 Directors’ Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

- certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.; or

- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF VERNON SMITH LIMITED
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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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.

Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.

Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006, and UK Tax legislation.

Audit response to risks identified:

We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company’s records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company’s policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.

During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF VERNON SMITH LIMITED
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Use of our report

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.

Jamie Lane
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
13 November 2025
Statutory Auditor
Midland House
2 Poole Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 5QY
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
1,445,698
2,377,988
Cost of sales
(166,127)
(1,269,371)
Gross profit
1,279,571
1,108,617
Interest receivable and similar income
77
93
Interest payable and similar expenses
4
(888,086)
(994,906)
Fair value gains and losses on investment properties
5
797,353
765,000
Profit before taxation
1,188,915
878,804
Tax on profit
(325,607)
(373,178)
Profit for the financial year
863,308
505,626

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 JULY 2025
31 July 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment property
5
19,775,000
18,840,000
Current assets
Debtors
6
185,017
88,489
Cash at bank and in hand
277,655
60,744
462,672
149,233
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(10,024,474)
(9,888,409)
Net current liabilities
(9,561,802)
(9,739,176)
Total assets less current liabilities
10,213,198
9,100,824
Provisions for liabilities
(985,969)
(736,903)
Net assets
9,227,229
8,363,921
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
22,500
22,500
Capital redemption reserve
831,717
831,717
Fair value reserve
9
5,001,516
4,440,216
Profit and loss reserve
3,371,496
3,069,488
Total equity
9,227,229
8,363,921

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 12 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr B Read
Mr D C Coubrough
Director
Director
Company registration number 00277124 (England and Wales)
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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Share capital
Capital redemption reserve
Fair value reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 August 2023
22,500
831,717
2,918,085
4,085,993
7,858,295
Year ended 31 July 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
505,626
505,626
Fair value movement
-
-
1,346,968
(1,346,968)
-
Deferred tax on fair value movement
-
-
175,163
(175,163)
-
Balance at 31 July 2024
22,500
831,717
4,440,216
3,069,488
8,363,921
Year ended 31 July 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
863,308
863,308
Fair value movement
-
-
797,353
(797,353)
-
Deferred tax on fair value movement
-
-
(236,053)
236,053
-
Balance at 31 July 2025
22,500
831,717
5,001,516
3,371,496
9,227,229
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Vernon Smith Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 71 Queen Victoria Street, 8th Floor, London, EC4V 4AY.

1.1
Accounting convention

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 a mounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. T he company has therefore taken advantage of e xemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

- Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;

- Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;

- Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;

- Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Bloomsbury Properties Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 71 Queen Victoria Street, (8th Floor), London, England, EC4V 4AY.

1.2
Going concern

At 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.

In making their assessment on the going concern basis of preparation, the directors have received a letter of support from the parent company which confirm that they do not intend to recall their outstanding balances within 12 months of the approval of these financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover consists of rental income wholly derived in the United Kingdom.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Investment property

Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value a t the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

1.5
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.

1.6
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 statement of financial position 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 and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. 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, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future paymen ts discounted at a market rate of interest. 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. A m ounts 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.

1.7
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.

1.8
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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 income statement 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.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated 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 where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
0
0
4
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest payable and similar expenses includes the following:
Interest payable to group undertakings
887,953
994,870
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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5
Investment property
2025
£
Fair value
At 1 August 2024
18,840,000
Additions
137,647
Revaluations
797,353
At 31 July 2025
19,775,000

All investment properties were independently valued as at 31 July 202 5 by Jaggard MacLand LLP. The valuations have been prepared in accordance with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Valuation – Global Standards 2022 (incorporating the International Valuation Standards) and the UK national supplement 2023 (“the Red Book”). The investment properties’ valuations are based on significant assumptions as to tenure, letting, taxation, town planning, and the condition and repair of buildings and sites.

6
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
71,223
23,426
Other debtors
113,794
65,063
185,017
88,489
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
9,520,167
9,582,214
Corporation tax
92,504
29,375
Other taxation and social security
102,564
59,450
Other creditors
309,239
217,370
10,024,474
9,888,409
VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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8
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
17,500 Ordinary shares of £1 each of £1 each
17,500
17,500
17,500
17,500
2025
2024
2025
2024
Preference share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
5,000 4.2% cumulative preference shares of £1 each of £1 each
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
Preference shares classified as equity
5,000
5,000
Total equity share capital
22,500
22,500

The rights of the preference shareholders include entitlement to receive a cumulative dividend at the rate of 4.2% per annum on paid up capital. This dividend is in priority to the ordinary shares.

9
Fair value reserve
2025
2024
£
£
At the beginning of the year
4,440,216
2,918,085
Fair value surplus on investment properties
797,353
1,346,968
Deferred tax movement
(236,053)
175,163
At the end of the year
5,001,516
4,440,216

At 31 July 2025, the fair value reserve balance consists of the fair value surplus on investment properties of £5,726,559 (2024: £4,929,206) and the deferred tax liability on fair value surplus of £(725,043) (2024: £(488,990)).

10
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

The company, along with the other group undertakings, has guaranteed borrowings of the group which at 31 July 2025 amounted to £9,550,000 (2024: £9,850,000), secured in certain properties.

The bank overdraft is secured on certain investment and trading properties of the group.

11
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage pf the exemption available under FRS 102 whereby it has not disclosed transactions with the parent company or any wholly owned subsidiary in the group.

VERNON SMITH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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12
Parent company

The parent of the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up, and for which Vernon Smith Limited is a member, is Bloomsbury Properties Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office of Bloomsbury Properties Limited is 71 Queen Victoria Street, (8th Floor), London, England, EC4V 4AY.

In the opinion of the Directors, there is no ultimate controlling party.

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