Darling Capital Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 23-25 Waterloo Place, Warwick Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, CV32 5LA.
The financial statements cover the period from 12 July 2024 to 31 July 2025. This is the company’s first accounting period following its incorporation on 12 July 2024. As a result, the period is longer than the standard twelve months permitted under the Companies Act 2006 in order to align the company’s financial year end with its intended ongoing reporting cycle.
As these are the first financial statements of the company, no prior‑year comparative figures are presented.
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 nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:
Revenue represents interest income earned on the company’s cash deposits. The company has no trading activities and does not generate income from the sale of goods or the provision of services.
As the company holds only basic financial instruments, interest receivable is measured at the amount receivable, adjusted for any accrued amounts at the reporting date.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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 average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:
The Company maintains an investment account with its broker. Under the terms of this arrangement, the broker holds a fixed and floating charge over certain assets of the Company as security in the event that the investment account becomes overdrawn.
As at the balance sheet date, the investment account was not overdrawn and no liability has arisen. The Directors consider the likelihood of the account becoming overdrawn to be remote; however, if the account were to fall into an overdrawn position in the future, the broker would be entitled to enforce its security over the charged assets.
No provision has been recognised in these financial statements as no liability existed at the balance sheet date. Any liability would arise only in the event that the Company allows the investment account to become overdrawn in the future.