Leeds (Whitehall Road) Limited (Formerly Versa (Whitehall Road) Limited) is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is C/O Allied London, Suite 1, Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4AP.
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 £1.
The company is in a net current liability position as at 31 December 2025 of £9,493,751 (2024: £8,450,775). The company has undertaken a thorough going concern review to ensure the company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities for the next year from the signing date of the accounts.
The company has £2,106,423 (2024: £1,988,942) that is owed to group undertakings as at 31 December 2025. These are repayable on demand and not interest bearing. However, the directors have received confirmation from the parties that these liabilities will not be demanded within the next 12-month period from the signing date of the accounts. Other creditors include £1,073,818 (2024: £1,134,952) relating to a rent-free accounting adjustment. This amount is not required to be settled in cash terms. Other borrowings include £4,624,408 (2024: £4,328,102) relating to external finance which was due to be settled in 2025. As at the date of signing the financial statements, the directors are in discussions with the finance provider to extend the repayment of the facility. Furthermore, the company had a cash balance of £899 (2024: £254,437) as at 31 December 2025.
The company is fully operational and will utilise cash generated from revenue to settle liabilities as they fall due, where possible. Liabilities over and above the cash generated will continue to be settled by group undertakings and related parties.
However, the net current liability position, the group and related party support that is not legally binding indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and therefore that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
Despite the uncertainty described above, following a review of the make-up of the balance sheet and existence of support offered by group and related party undertakings, combined with an assessment of the company’s cashflow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, the board has concluded that the company will be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For these reasons, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if the company was unable to continue as a going concern.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
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 assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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 estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful economic lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the tangible fixed assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, all relevant known factors are taken into account but there is inherent uncertainty present in making this assessment.
During the period a depreciation charge of £245,884 (2024: £245,881) was calculated based on the accounting policies applied.
Refer to Note 4, showing the tangible fixed assets carrying values impacted by this key accounting estimate.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.
Included within other borrowings is a balance in respect of other loans amounting to £4,624,408 (2024: £4,328,102). This loan is secured by a fixed charge, a floating charge over the company's property or undertaking of the company and a negative pledge.
A loan was taken out in June 2020 with Leeds City Region Revolving Investment Fund for £3,520,000. Interest is charged at 6.25% fixed over the term of the loan. The loan was due to be repaid during 2025 however, at the time of signing the financial statements, the directors remained in discussions with the finance provider to extend the repayment date.
Included within other creditors is a balance in respect of other loans.
The loan was taken out in October 2019 with Leeds City Council for £1,600,000. Interest is charged at 4.9% fixed over the term of the loan. The loan is expected to be repaid in full twenty years from the initial drawdown date. The loan is secured by a fixed charge, a floating charge over the company's property or undertaking of the company and contains a negative pledge.
Deferred tax is not recognised in respect of tax losses of £1,378,769 (2024: £1,057,105) as it is not probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or future taxable profits.
Called up share capital represents the nominal value of shares issued. All shares carry no fixed right to income and rank pari-passu in every respect.
The profit and loss account represents cumulative profits and losses, net of any dividends paid and other adjustments.
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern
We draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company is in a net current liability position and is dependent on group and related party support as well as investment in its operations in order for the company to become profitable and independently cash generative. As stated in note 1.2, these events or conditions, along with other matters as set out in note 1.2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed by Financial Reporting Standard 102, "Related party disclosures" Section 33.1A not to disclose details of related party transactions with entities that are 100% owned members of the same group. There are no other related party transactions other than as disclosed.