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Bellevue Education Group Limited
Financial Statements
For Filing with Registrar
For the year ended 31 August 2019
Company Registration No. 04924426 (England and Wales)
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Company Information
Directors
Mark Malley
Jay Varkey
Nicholas Holt
Company number
04924426
Registered office
2nd Floor
St Albans House
57-59 Haymarket
London
England
SW1Y 4QX
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Devonshire House
60 Goswell Road
London
EC1M 7AD
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Contents
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 9
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Balance Sheet
As at 31 August 2019
Page 1
2019
2018
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
1,887,691
1,916,794
Investments
4
10,356,392
10,356,392
12,244,083
12,273,186
Current assets
Debtors
6
17,338,598
15,158,062
Cash at bank and in hand
190,570
140,868
17,529,168
15,298,930
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(12,874,285)
(10,736,281)
Net current assets
4,654,883
4,562,649
Total assets less current liabilities
16,898,966
16,835,835
Provisions for liabilities
-
(22,654)
Net assets
16,898,966
16,813,181
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
9
518
518
Share premium account
15,854,655
15,854,655
Revaluation reserve
577,251
577,251
Profit and loss reserves
466,542
380,757
Total equity
16,898,966
16,813,181

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

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 20 July 2020 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mark Malley
Director
Company Registration No. 04924426
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 August 2019
Page 2
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Bellevue Education Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 2nd Floor, St Albans House, 57-59 Haymarket, London, England, SW1Y 4QX.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Section 1A of 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 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 pound.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

The directors have considered the company's liquid resources, access to borrowing facilities and the future cash flow forecasts and conclude that these give a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Therefore, these accounts have been prepared on that basis.true

 

1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents the value of fees charged for education and other related services delivered to pupils of the school in the accounting year, net of discounts.

1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold land and buildings
50 years on a straight line basis
Building improvements
10 years on a straight line basis
Fixtures and fittings
5 years on a straight line basis
IT equipment
3 years on a straight line basis

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.

1.5
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.

Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 3

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.

1.6
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.7
Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand 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.

1.8
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 balance sheet 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.

Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 4
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.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

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.

1.9
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.10
Taxation

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

 

Tax losses are transferred between companies within the group at no charge.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account 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.

Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 5
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 profit and loss account, 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.

1.11
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 are included in the profit and loss account for the period.

2
Employees

During the year there were no persons employed by the company (2018: nil).

3
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
Plant and machinery etc
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019
1,975,000
103,402
2,078,402
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 September 2018
58,206
103,402
161,608
Depreciation charged in the year
29,103
-
29,103
At 31 August 2019
87,309
103,402
190,711
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2019
1,887,691
-
1,887,691
At 31 August 2018
1,916,794
-
1,916,794
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
3
Tangible fixed assets
(Continued)
Page 6

At the FRS102 transition date (1 September 2014) the freehold buildings were revalued to deemed cost by Pinders Professional & Consultancy Services Limited, Chartered Surveyors.

 

The land and buildings were last revalued at 31 August 2016 by Pinders Professional & Consultancy Services Limited, Chartered Surveyors, using market based evidence for similar properties. The carrying amount at historic cost would be £1,211,000.

4
Fixed asset investments
2019
2018
£
£
Investments
10,356,392
10,356,392

Investments in subsidiary companies are measured at historic cost.

Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in group undertakings
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 September 2018 & 31 August 2019
10,356,392
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2019
10,356,392
At 31 August 2018
10,356,392
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
Page 7
5
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 August 2019 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
office
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Bellevue Schools Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Brabyns Preparatory School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Ealing College Limited
England & Wales
Independent College
Ordinary
94.40
0
Edenhurst School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Elmhurst School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Gateway School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Norfolk House and Montessori House Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Skippers Hill Manor School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
Weston Green School Limited
England & Wales
Preparatory School
Ordinary
100.00
0
The Montessori House Limited
England & Wales
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
0
6
Debtors
2019
2018
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
649
192
Amounts due from group undertakings
17,324,771
15,148,510
Other debtors
9,360
9,360
17,334,780
15,158,062
Deferred tax asset
3,818
-
17,338,598
15,158,062
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
Page 8
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2019
2018
£
£
Trade creditors
-
4,000
Amounts due to group undertakings
12,861,604
10,706,193
Corporation tax
-
7,876
Other taxation and social security
5,111
4,962
Other creditors
7,570
13,250
12,874,285
10,736,281

The bank loans are secured on the property and assets owned by the company and certain properties and assets owned by subsidiary undertakings of the company.

8
Provisions for liabilities
2019
2018
£
£
Deferred tax liabilities
-
22,654
9
Called up share capital
2019
2018
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
518 Ordinary shares of £1 each
518
518
518
518
10
Audit report information

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 was unqualified.

The senior statutory auditor was Shivani Kothari.
The auditor was Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
11
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
Certain assets and property are secured by a legal fixed charge under the external group funding arrangements.
Bellevue Education Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 August 2019
Page 9
12
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard Number 102 section 33.1A from the requirement to disclose transactions with group companies on the grounds that consolidated accounts are being prepared by the ultimate parent company.

 

Included in turnover is £76,670 (2018: £74,437) invoiced to Bellevue Place Education Trust, a company in which M Malley is a director. At the year end nil (2018: £nil) was owed by Bellevue Place Education Trust.

13
Immediate parent undertaking and ultimate controlling party

The immediate parent undertaking of Bellevue Education Group Limited is Bellevue Education International Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.

 

The intermediate parent undertaking of Bellevue Education Group Limited is GEMS Beta Holdco Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. GEMS Beta Holdco Limited is the smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared and these financial statements are included in those consolidated financial statements. These are available from St Albans House 2nd Floor, 57-59 Haymarket, London, England, SW1Y 4QX.

The ultimate parent undertaking of GEMS Beta Holdco Limited is Varkey Group Limited, a company incorporated in British Virgin Islands.

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