Company Registration No. 01927672 (England and Wales)
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Unaudited financial statements
for the year ended 31 May 2025
Pages for filing with the registrar
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1
Statement of changes in equity
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 9
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 May 2025
31 May 2025
1
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
1,023,317
1,077,316
Current assets
Debtors
7
999,295
844,417
Cash at bank and in hand
21,249
379,152
1,020,544
1,223,569
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(510,143)
(503,558)
Net current assets
510,401
720,011
Net assets
1,533,718
1,797,327
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1,650,269
1,650,269
Equity reserve
4,902
Capital redemption reserve
1,322,427
1,322,427
Profit and loss reserves
(1,438,978)
(1,180,271)
Total equity
1,533,718
1,797,327
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 May 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered 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 23 April 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
John Shepherd
Director
Company Registration No. 01927672
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 May 2025
2
Share capital
Equity reserve
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 June 2023
1,650,269
14,610
1,322,427
(726,504)
2,260,802
Year ended 31 May 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
-
-
(463,475)
(463,475)
Other movements
-
(9,708)
-
9,708
-
Balance at 31 May 2024
1,650,269
4,902
1,322,427
(1,180,271)
1,797,327
Year ended 31 May 2025:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
-
-
(263,609)
(263,609)
Other movements
-
(4,902)
-
4,902
-
Balance at 31 May 2025
1,650,269
1,322,427
(1,438,978)
1,533,718
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 May 2025
3
1
Accounting policies
Company information
Whiteburn Holdings Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom, EC4V 4BE.
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 amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
1.2
Going concern
The company relies on the ongoing financial support of certain directors, the delivery of project company profitability and forecast capital and income investment returns to ensure the company can meet debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future.true
The directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This assessment is based upon financial forecasts prepared by management at the date of approval, which include parent company cost and revenue assumptions and financial returns to the company thereon that the directors consider to be reasonable, and the confirmed ongoing financial support of certain directors.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
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.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
4
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.
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 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, 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 payments 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. 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.
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
5
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. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. 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.
1.8
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.9
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.10
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
6
2
Critical accounting 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.
The carrying value of the investments and the amounts due from group entities is considered to be a critical accounting estimate. An impairment assessment is carried out at the end of each reporting period and adjustments made as required to reflect the recoverable amount.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
2
2
4
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
642,924
660,582
Loans to group undertakings and participating interests
367,193
403,534
Other investments other than loans
13,200
13,200
1,023,317
1,077,316
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
4
Fixed asset investments (continued)
7
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
Loans to group undertakings and participating interests
Other investments
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 June 2024
660,582
403,534
13,200
1,077,316
Additions
4,044
14,120
-
18,164
Valuation changes
-
21,702
-
21,702
Disposals
(21,702)
(72,163)
-
(93,865)
At 31 May 2025
642,924
367,193
13,200
1,023,317
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2025
642,924
367,193
13,200
1,023,317
At 31 May 2024
660,582
403,534
13,200
1,077,316
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
8
5
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 May 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Whiteburn Projects Limited
Scotland
Ordinary
75.00
0
Whiteburn Waterloo Limited
Scotland
Ordinary
100.00
0
Whiteburn Allanbank Limited
Scotland
Ordinary
100.00
0
Whiteburn Viewforth LLP
Scotland
Ordinary
48.60
19.40
The aggregate capital and reserves and the result for the year of the subsidiaries noted above was as follows:
Name of undertaking
Profit/(Loss)
Capital and Reserves
£
£
Whiteburn Projects Limited
Whiteburn Waterloo Limited
Whiteburn Allanbank Limited
1
Whiteburn Viewforth LLP
702,506
6
Joint ventures
Details of the company's joint ventures at 31 May 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
% Held
Direct
Indirect
Whiteburn Residential Limited
Scotland
50.00
-
Whiteburn Residential Limited has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Whiteburn Residential (March Street) Limited, which has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Whiteburn March Street Limited.
7
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Corporation tax recoverable
12,035
Amounts due from group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest
999,295
832,382
999,295
844,417
Whiteburn Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 May 2025
9
8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
1,053
32
Amounts owed to group undertakings
500,000
495,098
Taxation and social security
1,825
1,528
Other creditors
7,265
6,900
510,143
503,558
9
Events after the reporting date
On 24 December 2025, the company sold the entire share capital of its subsidiary, Whiteburn Allanbank Limited, to Whiteburn Residential Limited, its joint venture company, for a total consideration of £1.
On 24 December 2025, the company entered into a loan agreement with Whiteburn Allanbank Limited for current and future development costs. As at the date of the Agreement, the amount outstanding pursuant to the loan was £651,290 which was subsequently repaid in full. On the same date, the company entered into a shareholder loan agreement with Whiteburn Allanbank Limited. The total amount available to drawdown under this agreement is £412,500.
10
Parent company
The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whiteburn Developments Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BE; and the principal place of business is Clock Tower, 1 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ.
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