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VENAGLASS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022





















 
VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
Company Information


Directors
B A J Radcliffe 
L P Vaughan 
J H Vaughan 
L R O Bridgeman 
J F Vaughan 




Company secretary
Boodle Hatfield Secretarial Limited



Registered number
01258242



Registered office
3rd Floor
12 Gough Square

London

EC4A 3DW




Bankers
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
62/63 Threadneedle Street

London

EC2R 8LA




Solicitors
Boodle Hatfield LLP
10th Floor

240 Blackfriars Road

London

SE1 8NW





 
VENAGLASS LIMITED
 

Balance sheet
As at 31 December 2022

2022
2021
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Tangible assets
 4 
70,232
82,569

Investments
 5 
3,173,285
2,457,233

Investment Property
 6 
44,845,376
75,789,409

  
48,088,893
78,329,211

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 7 
57,694,460
36,510,974

Cash at bank and in hand
  
470,669
413,442

  
58,165,129
36,924,416

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 8 
(1,349,141)
(11,915,358)

Net current assets
  
 
 
56,815,988
 
 
25,009,058

Total assets less current liabilities
  
104,904,881
103,338,269

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 9 
-
(157,997)

Provisions for liabilities
  

Deferred tax
 10 
(4,684,784)
(9,978,521)

  
 
 
(4,684,784)
 
 
(9,978,521)

Net assets
  
100,220,097
93,201,751


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
  
100
100

Profit and loss account
 11 
100,219,997
93,201,651

  
100,220,097
93,201,751



 
VENAGLASS LIMITED
Registered number: 01258242
    
Balance sheet (continued)
As at 31 December 2022

The directors consider that the Company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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 financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.

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

The Company has opted not to file the income statement in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 12 September 2023.



J H Vaughan
Director

The notes on pages 2 to 9 form part of these financial statements.

Page 1

 
VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

1.


General information

Venaglass Limited is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 3rd Floor, 12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW.
The company's principal activities continued to be that of property investment and investment in listed and unlisted securities.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Turnover

Turnover represents rental income and service charges receivable during the year exclusive of Value Added Tax.
Rental income is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Other recharged expenses are recognised on an accruals basis in the period in which it occurs.

 
2.3

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Motor vehicles
-
25% straight line
Fixtures & fittings
-
25% reducing balance

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.

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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.4

Investment property

Investment property is carried at fair value determined annually by the directors and derived from the current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. No depreciation is provided. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

 
2.5

Valuation of investments

Investments in unlisted Company shares, whose market value can be reliably determined, are remeasured to market value at each balance sheet date. Gains and losses on remeasurement are recognised in the Income statement for the period. Where market value cannot be reliably determined, such investments are stated at historic cost less impairment.

Investments in listed company shares are remeasured to market value at each balance sheet date. Gains and losses on remeasurement are recognised in profit or loss for the period.

 
2.6

Debtors

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

 
2.7

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.8

Financial instruments

The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.

Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.

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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.9

Creditors

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

 
2.10

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

 
2.11

Operating leases: the Company as lessee

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 
2.12

Borrowing costs

All borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the year in which they are incurred.

 
2.13

Provisions for liabilities

Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the Company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Provisions are charged as an expense to profit or loss in the year that the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the balance sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.
When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Balance sheet.

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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.14

Current and deferred taxation

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

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

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


3.


Employees

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 14 (2021 - 14).

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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

4.


Tangible fixed assets





Motor vehicles
Furniture and equipment
Leasehold  Improve-ments
Total

£
£
£
£



Cost


At 1 January 2022
60,025
409,824
11,014
480,863


Additions
-
6,244
-
6,244


Disposals
-
(145,179)
(11,014)
(156,193)



At 31 December 2022

60,025
270,889
-
330,914



Depreciation


At 1 January 2022
52,113
337,527
8,654
398,294


Charge for the year on owned assets
7,912
19,635
2,360
29,907


Disposals
-
(156,505)
(11,014)
(167,519)



At 31 December 2022

60,025
200,657
-
260,682



Net book value



At 31 December 2022
-
70,232
-
70,232



At 31 December 2021
7,912
72,297
2,360
82,569

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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

5.


Fixed asset investments





Listed investments
Unlisted investments
Total

£
£
£



Cost or valuation


At 1 January 2022
1,928,117
2,641,585
4,569,702


Additions
838,051
393,750
1,231,801


Disposals
(808,478)
-
(808,478)


Revaluations
292,729
-
292,729



At 31 December 2022

2,250,419
3,035,335
5,285,754



Impairment


At 1 January 2022
-
2,112,469
2,112,469



At 31 December 2022

-
2,112,469
2,112,469



Net book value



At 31 December 2022
2,250,419
922,866
3,173,285



At 31 December 2021
1,928,117
529,116
2,457,233


6.


Investment property


Freehold investment property

£



Valuation


At 1 January 2022
75,789,409


Additions at cost
179,014


Disposals
(30,996,201)


Surplus on revaluation
(126,846)



At 31 December 2022
44,845,376






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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

7.


Debtors

2022
2021
£
£


Trade debtors
1,167,119
463,000

Amounts owed by group undertakings
55,940,100
35,468,661

Other debtors
462,304
405,232

Prepayments and accrued income
124,937
174,081

57,694,460
36,510,974



8.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2022
2021
£
£

Bank overdrafts
-
953,214

Bank loans
-
8,985,000

Trade creditors
125,398
60,555

Other taxation and social security
615,999
546,806

Other creditors
60,328
5,305

Accruals and deferred income
547,416
1,364,478

1,349,141
11,915,358



9.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2022
2021
£
£

Accruals and deferred income
-
157,997

-
157,997




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VENAGLASS LIMITED
 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

10.


Deferred taxation




2022


£






At beginning of year
(9,978,521)


Charged to profit or loss
5,293,737



At end of year
(4,684,784)

The provision for deferred taxation is made up as follows:

2022
2021
£
£


Accelerated capital allowances
(5,280)
(443,579)

Gain on investment properties
(4,679,504)
(9,534,942)

(4,684,784)
(9,978,521)


11.


Reserves

Profit & loss account

Included in the profit and loss account are non-distributable reserves of £31,175,935 (2021: £48,714,329).


12.


Related party transactions

The company has adopted the exemption permitted by paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102 and has not disclosed transactions with other group members, which are wholly owned subsidiaries.
The company has existing loans to a company in which a director has a beneficial interest. These loans attract interest at rates between 6% and 10% per annum. During the year the total amount of interest charged was £20,703 (2021: £20,000). At the year end the total amount due was £421,935 (2021: £401,232). 
The company has an existing loan to a company with a common director. Interest is charged at 8% per annum. A provision for bad debt has been provided for against the full value of the loan. During the year, interest of £8,773 (2021: £8,123) was charged and offset by a bad debt provision for the full amount. At the year end the total amount due was £118,429 with a corresponding total bad debt provision of £118,429.

 
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