CSFC Ltd - Period Ending 2021-08-31

CSFC Ltd - Period Ending 2021-08-31


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CSFC Ltd

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

CSFC Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Directors' Report

2

Strategic Report

3 to 4

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 10

Profit and Loss Account

11

Balance Sheet

12

Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 to 23

 

CSFC Ltd

Company Information

Directors

A N Hassan

G Hawkins

J A Pickles

Registered office

1-3 Trinity Court
21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0AA

Bankers

HSBC Bank PLC
60 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4N 4TR

Auditors

Grant Thornton UK LLP
3 Callaghan Square
Cardiff
CF10 5BT

 

CSFC Ltd

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

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

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the provision of education services.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

A N Hassan

G Hawkins

J A Pickles

The directors confirm their understanding of their responsibilities as outlined on page 5.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken the steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information of which they are aware and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Appointment of auditors

Grant Thornton UK LLP have been appointed as auditors to the company during the period, following the resignation of Hazlewoods LLP, and have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Approved by the Board on 22 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:


J A Pickles
Director

 

CSFC Ltd

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 August 2021.

Fair review of the business

The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show turnover of £14,059,705 (2020 - £12,361,635) and a profit before tax of £1,869,207 (2020 - £1,214,328). At 31 August 2021, the company had net assets of £4,089,765 (2020 - £2,239,445). The directors consider the performance for the year and the financial position at the year end to be satisfactory.

Key performance indicators
Given the nature of the business, the company’s directors are of the opinion that key performance indicators are important. The company uses a number of indicators to monitor and improve the development, performance or the position of the business. Indicators are reviewed and altered to meet changes in both the internal and external environments. The main financial key performance indicators used by the company are turnover and EBITDA which can be seen above. The non financial key performance indicators used by the company are pupil numbers.

The company's key performance indicators during the year were as follows:

 

Unit

2021

2020

Pupil numbers

FTE

354

351

Principal risks and uncertainties

The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the group are considered to relate to global economic conditions and their ongoing compliance with current and future legislation affecting the sector.

Financial risk management objectives and policies

Objectives and policies

The company is exposed to the usual credit and cash flow risk associated with selling on credit and manages this through credit control procedures. The nature of its financial instruments means that price and liquidity risks are minimised by the predetermination of the company funding facilities and terms. The board constantly monitors the company's trading results and revise projections as appropriate to ensure that the company can meet its future obligations as they fall due.

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

The business' principal financial instruments comprise bank balance, trade debtors and trade creditors. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance the business' operations.

In respect of bank balances, the liquidity of risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility, through the use of overdrafts at floating rates of interest. All of the business' cash balances are held in such a way that achieves a competitive rate of interest. The business makes use of money market facilities where funds are available.

Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow risk, by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of the amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debtors. Trade creditors' liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due.

The company has sufficient resources available and the directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this will continue to be the case and that these cash flows will be sufficient for the company to meet its financing commitments as they fall due. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Future developments

The external environment is expected to remain competitive going forward, however, the directors are confident that the company will continue to improve the current level of performance in the future.

 

CSFC Ltd

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Approved by the Board on 22 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:


J A Pickles
Director

 

CSFC Ltd

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report, Strategic 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 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 apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

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

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.

 

CSFC Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CSFC Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of CSFC Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 August 2021, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, 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 August 2021 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 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

We are responsible for concluding 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 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 report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify the auditor’s opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our report. However, future events or conditions may cause the company to cease to continue as a going concern.

In our evaluation of the directors’ conclusions, we considered the inherent risks associated with the company’s business model including effects arising from macro-economic uncertainties such as Brexit and Covid-19, we assessed and challenged the reasonableness of estimates made by the directors and the related disclosures and analysed how those risks might affect the company’s financial resources or ability to continue operations over the going concern period.

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 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.

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.

The responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the ‘Responsibilities of directors for the financial statements’ section 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.

 

CSFC Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CSFC Ltd

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.

 

CSFC Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CSFC Ltd

Opinion 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 Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

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

Matter on which we are required to report under the Companies Act 2006
In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the 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.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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.

Responsibilities of directors for the financial statements

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 5, 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 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.

Auditor’s 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 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.
 

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 auditor's report.

 

CSFC Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CSFC Ltd

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

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. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK).

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

• We obtained an understanding of how the Company is complying with significant legal and regulatory frameworks through inquiries of management;
• The Company is subject to many laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements. We identified Financial Reporting Standard 102 and the Companies Act 2006, along with legislation relating to employment, health & safety, data protection and environmental issues, as those most likely to have a material effect if non-compliance were to occur;
• We communicated relevant laws and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indicators of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit;
• We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. We considered the opportunity and incentives for management to perpetrate fraud, and the potential impact on the financial statements;

In assessing the potential risks of material misstatement, we obtained an understanding of:

• the Company’s operations, including the nature of its revenue sources, products, and services and of its objectives and strategies to understand the classes of transactions, account balances, expected financial statement disclosures and business risks that may result in risks of material misstatement;
• the Company’s control environment
• the Company’s relevant controls over areas of significant risks; and
• the Company’s business processes in respect of classes of transactions that are significant to the financial statements.

Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

• identifying the significant risk of fraud within revenue recognition and undertaking substantive testing to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence;
• testing manual journal entries, in particular journal entries relating to management estimates and entries determined to be large or relating to unusual transactions; and
• identifying and testing related party transactions.

Assessment of the appropriateness of the collective competence and capabilities of the engagement team included:

• consideration of the engagement team's understanding of, and practical experience with, audit engagements of a similar nature and complexity;
• appropriate training, knowledge of the industry in which the Company operates; and
• understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements specific to the Company.

We did not identify any material matters relating to non-compliance with laws and regulations or relating to fraud.

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 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.

 

CSFC Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CSFC Ltd





Rhian Owen (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Grant Thornton UK LLP, Statutory Auditor, Chartered Accountants

3 Callaghan Square
Cardiff
CF10 5BT

22 February 2022

 

CSFC Ltd

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Note

2021
 £

2020
 £

Turnover

3

14,059,705

12,361,635

Other operating income

4

40,167

408,162

Cost of sales

 

(8,593,511)

(8,114,454)

Gross profit

 

5,506,361

4,655,343

Administrative expenses

 

(3,214,154)

(3,441,015)

Operating profit

5

2,292,207

1,214,328

Profit before tax

5

2,292,207

1,214,328

Taxation

8

(18,887)

(492)

Profit for the financial year

 

2,273,320

1,213,836

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no other comprehensive income for the year.

 

CSFC Ltd

(Registration number: 10537199)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2021

Note

2021
 £

2020
 £

Fixed assets

 

Intangible assets

9

2,811,214

3,314,715

Tangible assets

10

898,608

1,012,795

 

3,709,822

4,327,510

Current assets

 

Debtors

11

16,224,236

10,427,214

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,445,821

2,793,484

 

17,670,057

13,220,698

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

12

(16,214,950)

(14,675,486)

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

1,455,107

(1,454,788)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

5,164,929

2,872,722

Provisions for liabilities

8

(652,164)

(633,277)

Net assets

 

4,512,765

2,239,445

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

14

1

1

Profit and loss account

4,512,764

2,239,444

Total equity

 

4,512,765

2,239,445

Approved and authorised by the Board on 22 February 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
 


J A Pickles
Director

 

CSFC Ltd

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Share capital
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 September 2020

1

2,239,444

2,239,445

Profit for the year

-

2,273,320

2,273,320

At 31 August 2021

1

4,512,764

4,512,765

Share capital
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 September 2019

1

1,025,608

1,025,609

Profit for the year

-

1,213,836

1,213,836

At 31 August 2020

1

2,239,444

2,239,445

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
1-3 Trinity Court
21-27 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0AA

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were 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.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company has not presented a cash flow statement on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of Grove Education Partners Midco Limited.

Name of parent of group
The parent of the smallest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Dukes Education Holdings Limited (these accounts are non statutory consolidated accounts, and are unaudited). The parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is Grove Education Partners Midco Limited.

The financial statements of both companies are available on request from the registered office.

Going concern

The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through the use of the group’s bank facilities. The current demand for the educational services offered by the company continue to remain strong. The company’s forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonable fluctuations in student numbers and expected demand for its educational services, show that the company should be able to operate within the level of the group’s cash reserves and bank facilities. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Revenue recognition

Revenue represents amounts receivable for school fees, events, and other services delivered during the year.

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured.

School fees are recognised on a straight line basis over the academic year (1 September to 31 August) to which they relate. Revenue for events or other services is recognised when the event has taken place or the service has been delivered.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of any rebates or discounts.

Critical accounting judgement and key sources of estimation uncertainty
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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets acquired in an acquisition, are based on a fair valuation of the underlying assets purchased. The fair value is estimated and an estimate made of their remaining useful lives. Management believes that the assigned values and useful lives, as well as the underlying assumptions, are reasonable, though different assumptions and assigned lives could have a significant impact on the reported amounts.

Depreciation and amortisation

Tangible and intangible assets are depreciated and amortised over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised based on the accruals model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset. Where part of a grant relating to an asset is deferred, it is recognised as deferred income.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Leasehold property/improvements

10% straight line

Furniture, fittings and equipment

20% reducing balance

Motor vehicles

20% reducing balance

Intangible assets

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

Client lists at acquisition are measured at the fair value based on the expected average life.

Brand value recognised at acquisition is measured at the fair value based on the expected average life.

Where factors, such as technological advancement or changes in market price, indicate that residual value, useful life or amortisation rate are amended prospectively to reflect the new circumstances.

The assets are reviewed for impairment if the above factors indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

Straight line over 10 years

Brand value

Straight line over 10 years

Client lists

Straight line over 1 year

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due.

Financial instruments

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expense in the profit and loss account.

 Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

 

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Revenue

The total turnover of the company has been derived from its principal activity wholly undertaken in the United Kingdom.

 

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2021
£

2020
£

CJRS grant income receivable

40,167

408,162

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

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Operating profit

Arrived at after charging:

2021
 £

2020
 £

Depreciation expense

151,344

151,794

Amortisation expense

503,501

503,501

Operating lease expense - property

450,819

383,815

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

52,236

46,680

 

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Auditor's remuneration

The auditor's remuneration for the year and prior year was borne by a fellow group company.

 

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Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2021
 £

2020
 £

Wages and salaries

4,118,415

4,108,387

Social security costs

408,112

398,328

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

185,373

171,191

4,711,900

4,677,906

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2021
 No.

2020
 No.

Education

127

133

Directors' remuneration was borne by a fellow group company.

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

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Taxation

Tax charged in the profit and loss account

2021
 £

2020
 £

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

18,887

492

The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2020 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 19% (2020 - 19%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2021
£

2020
£

Profit before tax

2,292,207

1,214,328

Corporation tax at standard rate

435,519

230,722

Tax increase (decrease) arising from group relief

(558,247)

(340,455)

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

13,622

124,517

Tax increase (decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

(28,526)

(14,784)

Deferred tax expense (credit) relating to changes in tax rates or laws

156,519

(30,027)

Deferred tax expense (credit) from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

-

30,519

Total tax charge

18,887

492

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2021

Liability
£

Deferred tax on intangibles

647,079

Differences between capital allowances and depreciation

6,335

Small timing differences

(1,250)

 

652,164

2020

Liability
£

Deferred tax on intangibles

579,860

Differences between capital allowances and depreciation

54,367

Small timing differences

(950)

 

633,277

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

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Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Brand value
 £

Client lists
 £

Total
£

Cost

At 1 September 2020 and at 31 August 2021

399,220

4,635,790

697,550

5,732,560

Amortisation

At 1 September 2020

136,399

1,583,896

697,550

2,417,845

Amortisation charge for the year

39,922

463,579

-

503,501

At 31 August 2021

176,321

2,047,475

697,550

2,921,346

Carrying amount

At 31 August 2021

222,899

2,588,315

-

2,811,214

At 31 August 2020

262,821

3,051,894

-

3,314,715

 

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Tangible assets

Leasehold land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost

At 1 September 2020

1,062,196

357,839

15,962

1,435,997

Additions

21,011

16,146

-

37,157

At 31 August 2021

1,083,207

373,985

15,962

1,473,154

Depreciation

At 1 September 2020

293,339

121,976

7,887

423,202

Charge for the year

104,444

44,838

2,062

151,344

At 31 August 2021

397,783

166,814

9,949

574,546

Carrying amount

At 31 August 2021

685,424

207,171

6,013

898,608

At 31 August 2020

768,857

235,863

8,075

1,012,795

 

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Debtors

2021
 £

2020
 £

Trade debtors

225,525

(213,225)

Amounts owed by group undertakings

14,407,187

10,107,187

Other debtors

-

183,517

Prepayments

1,591,524

349,735

 

16,224,236

10,427,214

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

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Creditors

2021
 £

2020
 £

Due within one year

Trade creditors

1,500,998

374,720

Social security and other taxes

174,476

115,750

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

33,955

31,711

Other creditors

20,659

68,782

Accrued expenses

791,785

533,159

Deferred income and fee deposits

13,693,077

13,551,364

16,214,950

14,675,486

 

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Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £185,373 (2020 - £171,191).

Contributions totalling £33,955 (2020 - £31,711) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

 

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Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2021

2020

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary share of £1 each

1

1

1

1

         
 

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Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2021
£

2020
£

Not later than one year

3,109,856

2,980,382

Later than one year and not later than five years

5,068,646

7,518,840

Later than five years

-

459,912

8,178,502

10,959,134

 

CSFC Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2021

 

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Contingent liabilities

The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group headed by Dukes Education Group Limited. The amount guaranteed as at 31 August 2021 was £154,000,000 (2020 - £110,000,000). Post year end the group has refinanced its bank debt and the amount guaranteed at the signing date of these accounts is £208,372,899.

 

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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Dukes Colleges Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate parent is Grove Education Partners Holdco Limited, incorporated in Guernsey. This company is considered to have no single controlling party.