Star Reefers Trading Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
Star Reefers Trading Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Report of the Directors | 2 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 3 |
Income Statement | 5 |
Other Comprehensive Income | 6 |
Balance Sheet | 7 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 8 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 9 |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors |
Chartered Accountants |
Fryern House |
125 Winchester Road |
Chandlers Ford |
Hampshire |
SO53 2DR |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2018. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2018 to the date of this report. |
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
The board currently believe that the principal risks and uncertainties relate to the prospects for the specialised reefer |
industry, such as the demand for fresh fruit, the threat to the global economy from the credit crisis, competition from |
reefer container vessels, currency exchange rates, bunker prices, adverse climatic changes, diseases and crop |
harvests. The recent turmoil in the financial markets has increased the credit risks relating to collecting receivables. |
Additionally, there is an inherent risk with the marine operation of ships and the possible negative outcome of alleged |
pollution-based violation of the MARPOL convention. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors 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; |
- | 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. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act |
2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have |
taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's |
auditors are aware of that information. |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Rothmans Audit LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small |
companies. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Star Reefers Trading Limited (the 'company') for the year ended |
31 December 2018 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of |
Changes in Equity 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). |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2018 and of 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 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 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 |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to |
you where: |
- | the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or |
- | the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Other information |
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of |
the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
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. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or |
apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial |
statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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. |
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 Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Report of the Directors 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 Report of the Directors. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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 take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED |
Responsibilities of directors |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, 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 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. |
Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
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 Report of the Auditors. |
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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditors |
Chartered Accountants |
Fryern House |
125 Winchester Road |
Chandlers Ford |
Hampshire |
SO53 2DR |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
INCOME STATEMENT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
2018 | 2017 |
Notes | $ | $ |
TURNOVER | 3 |
Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OPERATING PROFIT | 4 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 5 |
392,597 | 310,801 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
Tax on profit | 7 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
2018 | 2017 |
Notes | $ | $ |
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 DECEMBER 2018 |
2018 | 2017 |
Notes | $ | $ | $ | $ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Investments | 8 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 9 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 10 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 11 |
Retained earnings | 12 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on by: |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
$ | $ | $ |
Balance at 1 January 2017 |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2017 |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2018 |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
1. | COMPANY INFORMATION |
Star Reefers Trading Limited was incorporated on 10 December 1991 under the Companies Act 1985, as a |
private limited company and is registered in England and Wales. The principal activity of Star Reefers Trading |
Limited is that of sea and coastal freight water transport. The address of its registered office is 40 Brighton Road, |
Sutton, SM2 5BN. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The |
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The |
financial statements have been prepared under the historic cost convention. |
The company's functional and presentation currency is US Dollars. |
Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial |
statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of |
Ireland": |
• | the requirements of Section 4 Statement of Financial Position paragraph 4.12(a)(iv); |
• | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
• | the requirement of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d); |
• | the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.41(b), 11.41(c), 11.41(e), 11.41(f), 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c); |
• | the requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7. |
Turnover |
Turnover consists of freight revenue on time-charter basis from voyage charters and time charters. Turnover is |
derived from ordinary activities, and is stated after trade discounts, other sales taxes and net of VAT. |
Income and expenses related to voyages of vessels have been accrued on the basis of the number of days the |
voyage lasted in the fiscal year. A voyage is defined as starting after unloading from the previous voyage. |
Expenses in connection with freight-seeking days are expensed as incurred. Income and expenses relating to |
the pool are included in the accounts on a net basis. |
Financial instruments |
The company only has financial assets and liabilities of the kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic |
financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and debt instruments are subsequently |
measured at amortised cost. |
Investments in participating interests |
Investments in participating interests are recognised at cost. |
Income tax |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to |
the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that that have been enacted |
or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the |
balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from |
those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws |
that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal |
of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they |
will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Foreign currencies |
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded using the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. |
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the rate of exchange |
ruling at the balance sheet date. All gains or losses on translation are included in other comprehensive income. |
All gains or losses arising from normal trading activities are included in profit or loss. |
Segmental analysis |
The directors have not provided an analysis of turnover, profit before tax or net assets based on geographical |
areas as they believe that it would be seriously prejudicial to the interests of the Company. The Company |
operates only within the reefer segment. |
Time-chartered contracts |
All time-charter contracts are considered to be operating leases and the charter hire is expensed as incurred. |
Significant judgements and estimates |
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and |
assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date, and the |
amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that |
actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. |
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts |
recognised in the financial statements. |
- | Determining whether a provision for cargo claims or hull and machinery damage claims are still required. |
Other key sources of estimation uncertainty; |
- | Determining the amount to be accrued that relates to cargo damage claims, crew accidents and vessel incidents. |
Presentation currency |
During the year, the company changed its presentation currency from £ Sterling to US Dollars, with retrospective |
application on comparative figures. The change was made to reflect that US Dollars is the predominant currency |
in the Group. |
3. | TURNOVER |
The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below: |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Freight revenues | - | 25,156 |
- | 25,156 |
4. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Foreign exchange differences | ( |
) | ( |
) |
5. | INTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Other interest received |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Other interest payable |
7. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 31 December 2018 nor for the year ended |
31 December 2017. |
Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is |
explained below: |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Profit before tax |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2017 - |
Effects of: |
Utilisation of tax losses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total tax charge | - | - |
8. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Interest |
in other |
participating |
interests |
$ |
COST |
At 1 January 2018 |
and 31 December 2018 | 319 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2018 | 319 |
At 31 December 2017 | 319 |
9. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
VAT |
Prepayments |
STAR REEFERS TRADING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02669815) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 |
10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2018 | 2017 |
$ | $ |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Accruals and deferred income |
11. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2018 | 2017 |
value: | $ | $ |
Ordinary Shares | £1 | 141 | 141 |
Each share is entitled to one vote in any circumstances. Each share is entitled pari passu to dividend payments |
or any other distribution. Each share is entitled pari passu to participate in a distribution arising from a winding |
up of the company. |
12. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
$ |
At 1 January 2018 |
Profit for the year |
At 31 December 2018 |
Retained earnings includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses. |
13. | CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
At 31 December 2018 no future capital expenditure (2017: Nil) had been contracted for by the directors. |
14. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
The immediate parent Company is Siem Shipping Inc, (a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands). Copies |
of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from STAR Reefers AS, Jerpefaret 12, 0788 Oslo, |
Norway. |
Siem Industries Inc. is the majority shareholder of Siem Shipping Inc. and is controlled by trusts where certain |
members of Kristian Siem's family are potential beneficiaries. |
15. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
Advantage has been taken of the exemptions conferred by FRS 102 in respect of other related party transactions |
on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary. |