GROVE_COURT_PROPERTIES_(B - Accounts


Company registration number 00679817 (England and Wales)
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 11
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2022
31 December 2022
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2022
2021
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
39,817
43,580
Investment property
5
44,500,000
42,100,731
Investments
6
100
100
44,539,917
42,144,411
Current assets
Debtors
8
3,680,863
5,993,165
Cash at bank and in hand
2,337,087
6,476,370
6,017,950
12,469,535
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(12,346,736)
(16,773,705)
Net current liabilities
(6,328,786)
(4,304,170)
Total assets less current liabilities
38,211,131
37,840,241
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
10
(1,140,120)
(1,500,000)
Provisions for liabilities
(3,618,101)
(3,385,437)
Net assets
33,452,910
32,954,804
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
62,700
62,700
Profit and loss reserves
12
33,390,210
32,892,104
Total equity
33,452,910
32,954,804

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

For the financial year ended 31 December 2022 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2022
31 December 2022
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 23 May 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
G R Williams
Director
Company Registration No. 00679817
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Grove Court Properties (Beaconsfield) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 58 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8BR.

1.1
Accounting convention

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include investment properties at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2
Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of consideration receivable, net of Value Added Tax.

 

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

 

Revenue relating to property rental income is recognised on a straight line basis over the life of the lease.

 

Revenue from the sale of investment properties is recognised at the point of completion, in accordance with the sale contract.

1.3
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:

Fixtures, fittings & equipment
15% reducing balance
Computer equipment
25% straight line
Motor vehicles
15% reducing balance

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.

1.4
Investment property

Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss. Revaluations are carried out by the directors, who have experience in the location and class of the investment property being valued.

GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries 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.

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).

1.7
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ”Basic Financial Instruments” 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.

Basic financial assets

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price less any provision for impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised costs using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment.

Basic financial liabilities

Short term creditors are measured at transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans and other loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised costs using the effective interest method.

1.8
Taxation

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

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.

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.

 

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.

GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.9
Retirement benefits

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

1.10
Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss 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 leases asset are consumed.

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 in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Judgements 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 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.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Investment property valuation

The valuation of the company's property portfolio is inherently subjective due to, among other factors, the individual nature of each property, its location and the expected future rental revenues from that particular property. As a result, the valuations the Company places on its property portfolio are subject to a degree of uncertainty and are made on the basis of assumptions which may not prove to be accurate, particularly in periods of volatility or low transaction flow in the property market.

 

The investment property valuations contains a number of assumptions upon which the Company's valuers have based their valuation of the Company's properties as at the balance sheet date. The assumptions on which the property valuation reports have been based include, but are not limited to, matters such as the tenure and tenancy details for the properties, ground conditions at the properties, the structural condition of the properties, prevailing market yields and comparable market transactions. These assumptions are market standard and accord with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

 

GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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3
Employees

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

2022
2021
Number
Number
Total
5
5
4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 January 2022
192,237
Additions
3,097
At 31 December 2022
195,334
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2022
148,657
Depreciation charged in the year
6,860
At 31 December 2022
155,517
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2022
39,817
At 31 December 2021
43,580
5
Investment property
2022
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2022
42,100,731
Additions
2,343,102
Revaluations
56,167
At 31 December 2022
44,500,000
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
5
Investment property
(Continued)
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Investment properties are valued by adopting the investment method of valuation. This approach involves applying market-derived capitalisation yields to current and market-derived future income streams with appropriate adjustments for income voids arising from vacancies or rent-free periods. These capitalisation yields and future income streams are derived from comparable property and leasing transactions and are considered to be the key inputs in the valuation. Other factors taken into account in the valuation include the tenure of the property, tenancy details and ground and structural conditions.

 

There are no restrictions on the realisability of investment properties or the remittance of income. Furthermore, there are no contractual obligations that must be disclosed with regards to the investment properties.

 

The historic cost of these properties is £20,804,793 (2021 - £18,461,591).

6
Fixed asset investments
2022
2021
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
100
100
7
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2022 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Principal place of business
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Gerrards House Limited
England & Wales
Property management
Ordinary
100.00
8
Debtors
2022
2021
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
54,194
90,779
Corporation tax recoverable
1,042,541
-
0
Amounts owed by group undertakings
2,102,545
2,081,448
Other debtors
475,145
3,814,500
Prepayments and accrued income
6,438
6,438
3,680,863
5,993,165
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022
2021
£
£
Trade creditors
51,926
17,851
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,712,943
3,634,293
Corporation tax
121,420
132,333
Other taxation and social security
81,763
136,066
Other creditors
6,842,010
10,257,263
Accruals and deferred income
2,536,674
2,595,899
12,346,736
16,773,705
10
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2022
2021
£
£
Other creditors
1,140,120
1,500,000
11
Called up share capital
2022
2021
2022
2021
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
42,700
42,700
42,700
42,700
2022
2021
2022
2021
Preference share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
7% non redeemable non-cumulative preference shares of £1 each
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
Preference shares classified as equity
20,000
20,000
Total equity share capital
62,700
62,700
12
Profit and loss reserves
2022
2021
£
£
At the beginning of the year
32,892,104
31,939,041
Profit for the year
1,326,756
953,063
Dividends declared and paid in the year
(828,650)
-
At the end of the year
33,390,210
32,892,104
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
12
Profit and loss reserves
(Continued)
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The profit and loss reserve contains the cumulative balance of retained profit and losses as well as investment property revaluations since the company commenced trading. As such, the profit and loss reserve is made up of distributable and non-distributable reserves.

Included within profit and loss reserves are non-distributable profits, as set out below:

2022
2021
£
£
Non-distributable profits included above
At the beginning of the year
20,222,219
20,481,108
Non distributable profits in the year
(177,705)
(258,889)
At the end of the year
20,044,514
20,222,219
Distributable profits
13,345,696
12,669,885
13
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2022
2021
£
£
Within one year
7,150
25,900
Between two and five years
28,600
28,600
In over five years
110,400
117,550
146,150
172,050
Lessor

At the reporting end date the company had contracted with tenants for the following minimum lease payments:

2022
2021
£
£
Within one year
2,189,880
2,038,932
Between two and five years
6,896,012
6,556,594
In over five years
9,920,015
11,465,108
19,005,907
20,060,634
GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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14
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

Rental income receivable
Interest receivable/(payable)
2022
2021
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
Directors of the company
10,000
10,000
(146,534)
(97,992)
Directors of the parent company
-
-
(120,850)
(107,372)

A director of the company is a tenant of a property owned by the company.

 

Interest is payable on the term loans from Directors of the parent company below.

2022
2021
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Directors of the company
3,558,954
3,039,950
Directors of the parent company
2,087,372
3,400,000
Close family of directors of the parent company
626,944
347,330
Other related parties
1,629,947
4,934,567

Amounts owed to other related parties are owed to settlements benefitting the directors of the parent company and their close family, and a company owned by settlements benefitting the directors of the parent company and their close family.

The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:

2022
2021
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
Directors of the parent company
-
609,672
Close family of directors of the parent company
475,148
930,874
Other related parties
-
2,273,954

Amounts owed by other related parties are amounts owed by settlements benefitting the directors of the parent company and their close family members.

Other information

The company is a wholly owned member of Grove Court Properties (Holdings) Limited, and as such has taken advantage of the exemption permitted by Section 33 'Related Party Disclosures', not to provide disclosures of transactions entered into with other wholly-owned members of the group.

GROVE COURT PROPERTIES (BEACONSFIELD) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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15
Parent company

The parent company of Grove Court Properties (Beaconsfield) Limited is Grove Court Properties (Holdings) Limited and its registered office is 58 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8BR.

The results of Grove Court Properties (Beaconsfield) Limited are consolidated into accounts of Grove Court Properties (Holdings) Limited.

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