Orega_(Holdings)_Limited - Accounts

The directors present the strategic report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Orega is one of the UK’s leading independent operators of high-end flexible workspace, working with selected property owners, funds and significant occupiers of commercial real estate to deliver high quality, design-led private offices, meeting rooms and event spaces within their real estate portfolios.

Orega aims to deliver exceptional returns for its partners under fully transparent and easy-to-implement management contracts by creating high-specification spaces and providing the highest level of hospitality and customer service.

The directors’ focus continues to be on the growth of the business, as well as the continuation of investment in the current portfolio to meet customer requirements and expectations.

Financial risk management

The directors have not delegated the responsibility of monitoring financial risk management and actively manage these risks individually and with a hands-on approach.

Uncertainty as a result of the Global Coronavirus Pandemic

On 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation and the UK Government announced the first national lockdown shortly after. Due to Government advice, many people worked from home for a large part, if not the entirety, of Orega’s financial year. This resulted in lower rates of occupancy in Orega centres, and in some cases, lower fees being charged to clients reflecting a shift in market prices.

Following the year end and since the removal of Government restrictions in July 2021, a slower-than-anticipated return to the office has been seen due to the ongoing uncertainty remaining around the pandemic. With the arrival of a new COVID-19 variant in December 2021 and further Government guidance to work from home, occupancy and market prices are expected to remain below pre-pandemic levels in the short term.

However, due to Orega’s long-standing business model of entering into management agreements with partners, Orega has remained profitable throughout the pandemic. This has allowed the directors to continue their focus on delivering the best possible returns for partners during these challenging and unprecedented times. The directors do not expect the continued uncertainty relating to the coronavirus pandemic to have a materially adverse effect on the future financial performance and position of Orega.

Competition

As ways of working move to a more flexible approach, competition in the flexible workspace market has increased. In a number of instances, competitors have modified their business models by moving towards management agreements over conventional leases.

Despite increased competition in the sector, Orega benefits from its extensive experience in management agreements as well as its long-standing relationships with landlords and partners. Orega has mostly avoided entering conventional leases and will, unlike some of its competitors, benefit from a strong financial position post-pandemic. The directors will continue to monitor the competition but do not expect it to affect the growth of Orega.

Despite the challenges faced due to the global pandemic, the directors are pleased to report a robust financial performance, demonstrating the strength of the Orega proposition in the flexible workspace sector.

The focus of the Orega directors remained on growth and, during the financial year, Orega opened two new centres under management agreements.

The Board use several Key Performance Indicators to assist them in assessing the group's performance, with the three key financial measures listed below:

Turnover: £11,527,863 (2020: £12,959,001) a decrease of £1,431,138

Gross profit: £6,690,276 (2020: £8,014,727) a decrease of £1,324,451

Operating profit: £3,655,885 (2020: £5,131,570) a decrease of £1,475,685

Orega continues to review opportunities and risks in a changing sector. The group is focused on the growth of the business whilst also ensuring it remains profitable and is delivering the best returns for its partners. Since March 2021, Orega has opened one new centre and continues to seek new opportunities.

Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, it is anticipated that the financial year ahead will continue to be impacted by softer pricing and lower levels of occupancy. However, the Board are comfortable that the business model is de-risked in design due to its management agreement contracts.

On behalf of the board

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.

The company is a holding company and has not traded during the year. The company received dividends from its subsidiaries and incurs central costs of the group where appropriate.

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

The results for the year are set out on page 9.

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £3,626,332 (2020: £5,240,000).

The auditor, Moore Kingston Smith LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

The truegroup has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the group's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of principal risks and uncertainties and future developments.

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditor of the company is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor of the company is aware of that information.

The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report 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 group and company, and of the profit or loss of the group 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;

•     state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the ;

•     prepare the on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group and company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group’s and company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and 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 group and company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

We have audited the financial statements of Orega (Holdings) Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Total Comprehensive Income, the Group Balance Sheet, the Company Balance Sheet, the Group Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity, the Group Statement of Cash Flows 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 FRS 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 group's and the parent company's affairs as at 31 March 2021 and of the group's 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 Auditor's 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

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 our audit:

• the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

• the parent company 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.

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement, 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 is 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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 an auditor’s report 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

The objectives of our audit in respect of fraud, are; to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses to those assessed risks; and to respond appropriately to instances of fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both management and those charged with governance of the group and parent company.

Our approach was as follows:

• We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the group and parent company and considered that the most significant are the Companies Act 2006, UK financial reporting standards as issued by the Financial Reporting Council, and UK taxation legislation.

• We obtained an understanding of how the group and parent company comply with these requirements by discussions with management and those charged with governance.

• We assessed the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, including the risk of material misstatement due to fraud and how it might occur, by holding discussions with management and those charged with governance.

• We inquired of management and those charged with governance as to any known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations.

• Based on this understanding, we designed specific appropriate audit procedures to identify instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. This included making enquiries of management and those charged with governance and obtaining additional corroborative evidence as required.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK) we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the group’s internal control.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group’s or the parent company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the group or the parent company to cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

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 an auditor's report 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.

The Statement of Total Comprehensive Income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the company has not presented its own statement of total comprehensive income and related notes. The company’s profit for the year was £3,626,336 (2020 - £5,530,369 profit).

Orega (Holdings) Limited (“the company”) is a private company limited by shares domiciled and incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 3rd Floor, 70 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0HR.

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.

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 sterling.

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

The company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements for parent company information presented within the consolidated financial statements:

• Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ – Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;

• Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.

As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the company has not presented its own statement of total comprehensive income and related notes. The company’s profit for the year was £3,626,336 (2020 - £5,530,369 profit).

The Group is exposed to trading risk in the competitive workspace as a service sector. The Group has experienced a downturn in its activities, influenced by factors such as reduction in demand for office space arising from the move to more people working from home on a semi-permanent basis following the Government imposed Covid-19 lockdowns. Despite these risks and having assessed the Group's and Company's financial position, budgets and cashflow forecasts for the period ending 31 March 2023, including stress testing these budgets, and on the basis that the company operates management agreements (therefore not exposed to risk of property costs) the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for more than one year from the signing of these accounts. These expectations have taken into account the actual and anticipated ongoing impact resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the recent omicron virus variant and work from home guidance. The group drew down a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) of £1.5 million on 24 June 2021 to support its cash requirement going forward. As a result of the above, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

The turnover shown in the consolidated statement of total comprehensive income represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided during the period in the normal course of business, net of trade discounts and VAT.

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:

During the prior year, a subsidiary undertaking reassessed the economic lives of its assets and amended the period over which its assets are depreciated from four to six years commencing on 1 April 2019. The effect of this was to reduce the depreciation charge in the year ended 31 March 2020 by £367,931.

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 recognised in the consolidated statement of total comprehensive income.

Equity investments are measured at fair value through profit or loss, except for those equity investments that are not publicly traded and whose fair value cannot otherwise be measured reliably, which are recognised at cost less impairment until a reliable measure of fair value becomes available.

In the parent company financial statements, investments in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the group. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

At each reporting period end date, the group and company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible 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).

The carrying amount of the investments accounted for using the equity method is tested for impairment as a single asset. Any goodwill included in the carrying amount of the investment is not tested separately for impairment.

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 is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset 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 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 prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried in at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

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.

The group and company only has basic financial instruments measured at amortised costs, with no financial instruments classified as other or basic instruments measured at fair value.

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.

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

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the consolidated statement of total comprehensive income 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 group’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

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.

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 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.

Provisions are recognised when the group or company has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that the group or company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision is measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense.

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.

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to income on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the lease asset are consumed.

Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income on a systematic basis over the period in which the entity recognises the related cost for which the grant is intended to compensate. This includes £378,624 (2020: £Nil) of Government assistance under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) relating to staff that were furloughed due to COVID-19.

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 consolidated statement of total comprehensive income for the period.

In the application of the group’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.

Provision is made for contingencies that require management's best estimates of the costs that will be incurred based on legislative and contractual requirements. In addition the timing of the cash flows and discount rate used to evaluate net present value of the obligations require management's judgement.

The prior period provision in note 20 related to a legal matter and is an estimate of rent, property taxes and other fees owed to a third party. This is based on a legal judgement in a prior year and was settled in the current year.

The current period provision in note 20 relates to the estimated liability arising from a breach of registration matters. The amount provided represents management's best estimate of the likely settlement.

The annual depreciation charge for property, plant and equipment is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual values of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are re-assessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. See note 14 for the carrying amount of the property, plant and equipment and note 1.5 for the useful economic lives for each class of asset.

An analysis of the group's turnover is as follows:

Release of HMRC provision

Included within administrative expenses in the prior period is a credit of £158,411 relating to amounts owed to HMRC. It is the release of an over provision from a prior period which has been classed as exceptional due to its non recurring nature.

Provision relating to legal matter

Included within administrative expenses in the prior period is a charge of £485,988 relating to rent, property taxes and other fees that a legal judgement considered were payable in a legal dispute. These amounts were settled during the current year.

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the group during the year was:

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

The charge for the year can be reconciled to the profit per the consolidated statement of total comprehensive income as follows:

The company had no tangible fixed assets at 31 March 2021 or 31 March 2020.

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 March 2021 are as follows:

Orega Management Belgium SPRL is registered in Belgium therefore does not have a U.K. registered address. All other companies have their registered office at 3rd Floor, 70 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0HR.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the group or company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:

The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse in more than 12 months as the accelerated capital allowances are expected to mature in the same period.

A defined contribution pension scheme is operated for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the group in an independently administered fund.

The Ordinary A shares of £1 each and the Ordinary B shares of £1 each rank pari passu in all respects.

A contingent liability existed at the reporting date in respect of an employment claim which the group intends to defend. The group is taking advantage of the ‘seriously prejudicial’ disclosure provision as the matter is in its infancy and provision of additional information may, in the directors’ opinion, influence the outcome of the claim.

On 24 June 2021, the company drew down £1.5 million under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). On 27 May 2021 the company and all subsidiaries entered into a debenture in favour of National Westminster Bank Plc to provide a fixed and floating charge on all assets (existing and future) for any indebtedness owed under the CBILS loan.

The remuneration of key management personnel of the group is as follows.

Group

During the year, sales of £nil (2020: £45,332) were made to a company under common ownership.

Company

The group and company have taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS 102 whereby they have not disclosed transactions between the company and any wholly owned subsidiary undertakings.

Group

As at 31 March 2021, there is an amount owed by the directors of £462,388 (2020: £462,388) which is included in other debtors. Subsequent to the year end the directors reimbursed the company. The amount related to a liability arising from a disputed tax liability included within creditors in the prior year.