Greenwich Service Plus Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
Greenwich Service Plus Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
FOR |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
Statement of Profit or Loss | 8 |
Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income |
9 |
Statement of Financial Position | 10 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Statement of Cash Flows | 12 |
Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows | 13 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 14 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors and Chartered Accountants |
Bank Chambers |
1 Central Avenue |
Sittingbourne |
Kent |
ME10 4AE |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STRATEGIC REPORT |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
GS Plus is a company limited by guarantee, whose ultimate parent is the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the activities of |
the company include: |
" Education Catering |
" Hospitality and retail catering |
" Fleet Management and Maintenance Service |
" Building Cleaning Service |
" Facilities Management Service |
" Passenger Services |
" Schools ICT support service |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
This is the 8th full year of trading for GSPlus. Turnover was down from £32.6m to £32.0m, with, accumulated reserves |
of £2.28m. |
This year saw the retirement of Gurmel Singh-Kandola, MBE, Managing Director of the company, at the end of January |
2018. The company was notified that it was the council's intention, as the parent of the company, to use this change in |
management arrangements, to undertake a review of the operating model of the company. To facilitate this, the board |
has accepted the council's nomination for the appointment of an Interim Chief Operations Officer. The Interim Chief |
Operations Officer is charged with managing the business, reviewing the governance arrangements of the company and |
report back to the board and council on the future direction of the Company. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
Notwithstanding the strategic review mentioned herein, the principal client of the company is the Royal Borough of |
Greenwich. Credit risk is therefore low and trade is directly influenced by the parent. |
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT |
The company's revised high level objectives, as agreed at the company's Board meeting on 5th January 2018 are: |
" The company will concentrate on consolidating and improving their core businesses. |
" Any new business stream will be subject to detailed scrutiny by the board. |
" The company will continue with a commercial ethos but also ensuring that any new ventures have a business fit with |
existing core business streams. |
" The company will continue to achieve excellence and good governance in the Management of public finances. |
It is expected that these objectives will be carried forward until the council resolves to agree a new strategic direction for |
the company. |
The change in high level objectives and review of strategic direction mentioned above means that the performance |
indicators and performance last year are not reflective of current and future performance and have not been included. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2018. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of providing frontline services to Greenwich |
Council, schools and other public bodies. |
DIVIDENDS |
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 March 2018. |
DIRECTORS |
Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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 International Financial Reporting Standards as |
adopted by the European Union. 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 surplus or deficit of |
the company 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; |
- | 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. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies |
Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have |
taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's |
auditors are aware of that information. |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, McCabe Ford Williams, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Greenwich Service Plus Limited (Limited by Guarantee) (the 'company') for |
the year ended 31 March 2018 which comprise the Statement of Profit or Loss, the Statement of Profit or Loss and |
Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement |
of Cash Flows and Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows, 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 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union. |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2018 and of its deficit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union; 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 Auditors' 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 have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to |
you where: |
- | the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or |
- | the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Other information |
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic |
Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors |
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. |
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 the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the 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 or the Report of the Directors. |
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 |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, 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 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. |
Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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 Report of the Auditors. |
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) |
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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditors and Chartered Accountants |
Bank Chambers |
1 Central Avenue |
Sittingbourne |
Kent |
ME10 4AE |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
Notes | £ | £ |
CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
Revenue |
Cost of sales | ( |
) | ( |
) |
GROSS SURPLUS |
Other operating income |
Distribution costs | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OPERATING DEFICIT | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Finance costs | 4 | (1,455,000 | ) | (1,437,000 | ) |
Finance income | 4 | 1,006,224 | 1,144,869 |
DEFICIT BEFORE INCOME TAX | 5 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Income tax | 6 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
Item that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: |
Actuarial gain/(loss) | ( |
) |
Income tax relating to item that will not be reclassified to profit or loss |
- |
- |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
( |
) |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
( |
) |
( |
) |
Note |
Prior year adjustment | 7 |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION |
31 MARCH 2018 |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 | 1.4.16 |
as restated |
Notes | £ | £ | £ |
ASSETS |
NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
Property, plant and equipment | 8 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Inventories | 9 |
Trade and other receivables | 10 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 11 |
TOTAL ASSETS |
EQUITY |
Retained earnings | 12 | (15,438,160 | ) | (14,348,093 | ) | (8,125,979 | ) |
TOTAL EQUITY | (15,438,160 | ) | (14,348,093 | ) | (8,125,979 | ) |
LIABILITIES |
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
Pension liability | 15 |
Deferred tax | 14 | 21,040 | 27,692 | 1,354 |
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
Trade and other payables | 13 |
Tax payable |
TOTAL LIABILITIES |
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on by: |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
Retained | Total |
earnings | equity |
£ | £ |
Balance at 1 April 2016 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | (11,309,398 | ) | (11,309,398 | ) |
Balance at 31 March 2017 | (16,891,735 | ) | (16,891,735 | ) |
Prior year adjustment |
As restated | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Balance at 31 March 2018 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | ( |
) |
Tax paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Net cash from operating activities | ( |
) |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest received |
Net cash from investing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
3,747,915 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF DEFICIT BEFORE INCOME TAX TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Deficit before income tax | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Depreciation charges |
Pension charge less cash contributions | 1,392,000 | 857,000 |
Past service pension costs | 182,000 | 18,000 |
Prior year adjustment | - | 2,543,642 |
Finance costs | 1,455,000 | 1,437,000 |
Finance income | (1,006,224 | ) | (1,144,869 | ) |
(257,476 | ) | 2,725,908 |
Decrease/(increase) in inventories | ( |
) |
Increase in trade and other receivables | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables | ( |
) |
Cash generated from operations | ( |
) |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect |
of these Statement of Financial Position amounts: |
Year ended 31 March 2018 |
31.3.18 | 1.4.17 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 3,372,475 | 4,642,648 |
Year ended 31 March 2017 |
31.3.17 | 1.4.16 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 4,642,648 | 3,747,915 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Greenwich Service Plus Limited (Limited by Guarantee) is a |
in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the |
Company Information page. |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparation |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards |
and IFRIC interpretations and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting |
under IFRS. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. |
The company meets its day to day working capital requirements largely through its own activities but also |
through financial and grant support from the Boroughs for which it operates facilities. The Directors expect this |
financial support to continue for the foreseeable future and therefore consider it appropriate to prepare the |
financial statements on a going concern basis. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that |
would result from the withdrawal of its financial support by the local authority. |
Under International Accounting Standard 19 (Employee Benefits), the net deficit on the company's pension |
scheme has been included in the Financial Statements and the company's reserves have therefore been |
reduced by the pension deficit creating net liabilities of £15,438,160 (2017: £14,348,093) at the period end. The |
board of Directors are satisfied that the company will be able to meet all of its obligations as and when they fall |
due. |
Revenue recognition |
Income represents net sales of goods and services excluding value added tax, to customers during the year. |
Service concession arrangements |
The Company has Service Contracts with various schools within the Royal Borough of Greenwich for the |
provision of meals to these schools owned by the Authority to which it has lease and management service |
contracts. The Authority has the right under the contracts to specify the price charged. The contracts specify |
minimum standards for the services to be provided, with deductions from the service management fee payable |
being made if facilities are unavailable or performance is below the minimum standards. The Company also has |
a Service Contract for the provision of school meals to some schools in the County of Kent, with similar terms in |
place with regards to the price charged and deductions from the service management fee payable being made if |
facilities are unavailable or performance is below the minimum standards. |
Receipts |
The Company, in most cases, receives an agreed payment from the Authority each year which may, in certain |
cases, be adjusted each year by inflation and can be reduced if the Company fails to meet availability and |
performance standards in any year, but which is otherwise fixed. |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Property, plant and equipment |
The buildings and plant at the centres are leased to the Company as part of the overall contractual relationship |
with the Authority but the Authority maintains ultimate control of these assets. Accordingly the access which the |
Company has in the use of these assets is to enable it to provide the service it is contracted to provide, not to |
effectively own these public service assets. These assets are therefore not recognised on the Company's |
Balance Sheet. |
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its useful life: |
Improvements to property - straight line over 3 years |
Plant and machinery - straight line over 3 years |
Motor vehicles - straight line over 3 years |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
The company enters into basic financial instruments that result in the recognition of financial assets and |
liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and |
loans to related parties. |
a) Trade and other debtors |
Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the |
effective interest method, less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of |
discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, the receivables are stated at cost less impairment losses for |
bad and doubtful debts. |
b) Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand. |
c) Impairment of financial assets |
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period |
for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is |
recognised in profit or loss. |
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an |
asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original |
effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any |
impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract. |
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference |
between an asset's carrying amount and the best estimate, which is an approximation, of the amount that the |
company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date. |
d) Trade and other creditors |
Debt instruments like loans and other accounts payable are initially measured at present value of the future |
payments and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are |
payable within one year, typically trade payables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted |
amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid. 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 financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an outright short-term loan not at |
market rate, the financial asset is measured, initially and subsequently, at the present value of the future |
payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the statement of financial position when |
there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis |
or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Inventories |
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and |
slow moving items. |
Taxation |
Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local |
tax rules, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted by the statement of financial position date. |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Employee benefit costs |
The company operates a defined benefit scheme. The cost of providing the benefits is accounted for each year |
with actuarial valuations being carried out at each balance sheet date. The net deficit or surplus on the scheme |
is carried in the statement of financial position, comprising the present value of the defined benefit obligation at |
the balance sheet date less the fair value of scheme assets. Actuarial gains and losses are charged to retained |
earnings in full in the period during which they occur. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
Social security costs |
Other pension costs |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
926 | 920 |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Defined benefit schemes |
The above remuneration relates to all directors in total. |
4. | NET FINANCE COSTS |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Finance income: |
Deposit account interest |
Interest income on pension scheme assets | 997,000 | 1,134,000 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
4. | NET FINANCE COSTS - continued |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Finance costs: |
Net interest on defined liabil |
ity |
Net finance costs |
5. | DEFICIT BEFORE INCOME TAX |
The deficit after income tax is stated after charging: |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets | 199,212 | 133,316 |
Auditors remuneration | 12,700 | 12,360 |
6. | INCOME TAX |
Analysis of tax expense |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Current tax: |
Taxation |
Corporation tax interest | - | (5 | ) |
Total current tax |
Deferred taxation | ( |
) |
Total tax expense in statement of profit or loss |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
6. | INCOME TAX - continued |
Factors affecting the tax expense |
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is |
explained below: |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Deficit before income tax | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Deficit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2017 - |
( |
) |
( |
) |
Effects of: |
IAS 19 adjustments | 386,080 | 235,600 |
Deferred tax | ( |
) |
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | 2,154 | - |
Expenses not allowable for tax purposes |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | - | (18,738 | ) |
Prior year adjustment |
Interest on early tax settlement | - | (5 | ) |
Provisions taxed in prior year | (70,395 | ) | - |
Tax expense |
7. | PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT |
A prior year adjustment has been made in respect of provisions and deferred income provided for in previous |
years. |
Investigations by management established that liabilities had been overstated in the financial statements relating |
to prior to 1 April 2016.. The total overstatement amounted to just over £2.5m and has been amended as a prior |
year adjustment. |
Although Corporation Tax has been provided on the prior year adjustment in the current year, tax adjustments |
have also been made to account for the relevant provisions where taxation relief was disallowed in the past. |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
8. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
Improvements |
to | Plant and | Motor |
property | machinery | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2017 |
Additions |
At 31 March 2018 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2017 |
Charge for year |
At 31 March 2018 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2018 |
At 31 March 2017 |
9. | INVENTORIES |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Stocks |
10. | TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Current: |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors | 556,025 | 100,127 |
Prepayments and accrued income | 2,535,893 | 2,527,392 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
11. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Cash at bank and in hand |
Bank accounts |
12. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 April 2017 | ( |
) |
Prior year adjustment |
( |
) |
Deficit for the year | ( |
) |
Actuarial gain/(loss) | 1,747,000 |
At 31 March 2018 | ( |
) |
13. | TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Current: |
Trade creditors |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Other taxes and PAYE taxes |
Other creditors | ( |
) |
Accruals and deferred income |
VAT | 675,938 | 954,736 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
14. | DEFERRED TAX |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Balance at 1 April | 27,692 | 1,354 |
Timing differences | (6,652 | ) | 26,338 |
Balance at 31 March |
15. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS |
The Company operates a defined benefit scheme in the UK. A full actuarial valuation was carried out at 31 |
March 2016 and updated to 31 March 2018 by a qualified independent actuary. |
The amounts recognised in surplus or deficit are as follows: |
Defined benefit |
pension plans |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Current service cost |
Net interest from net defined benefit liability | 824,000 | (4,168,000 | ) |
Past service cost |
3,580,000 | (2,224,000 | ) |
Actual return on plan assets | 631,000 | 5,580,000 |
Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation are as follows: |
Defined benefit |
pension plans |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Opening defined benefit obligation |
Current service cost |
Past service cost |
Contributions by scheme participants |
Interest cost |
Experience loss/gain | ( |
) |
Benefits paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Change in demographic assumption | - | (539,000 | ) |
55,533,000 | 54,116,000 |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
15. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS - continued |
Changes in the fair value of scheme assets are as follows: |
Defined benefit |
pension plans |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Opening fair value of scheme assets |
Contributions by employer |
Contributions by scheme participants |
Interest income |
Actuarial gains/(losses) | - | (25,000 | ) |
Benefits paid | (1,092,000 | ) | (592,000 | ) |
The amounts recognised in other comprehensive income are as follows: |
Defined benefit |
pension plans |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
£ | £ |
Actuarial gains/(losses) | 1,747,000 | (7,546,000 | ) |
( |
) |
The major categories of scheme assets as a percentage of total scheme assets are as follows: |
Defined benefit |
pension plans |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
UK Equities | 9% | 6% |
Overseas Equities | - | 4% |
Bonds | 18% | 18% |
Property | 10% | 10% |
Cash | 1% | 3% |
Unitised Insurance Policies | 27% | 27% |
UK & Overseas Unit Trusts | 35% | 32% |
100% | 100% |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
15. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS - continued |
Principal actuarial assumptions at the statement of financial position date (expressed as weighted averages): |
31.3.18 | 31.3.17 |
as restated |
Discount rate |
Future salary increases |
Future pension increases |
CPI increase | 2.35% | 2.70% |
RPI increase | 3.35% | 3.60% |
The charge to other comprehensive income can be broken down as follows: |
31.03.2018 | 31.03.2017 |
Return on plan assets | (339,000 | ) | 4,497,000 |
Change in financial assumptions | 2,113,000 | (12,924,000 | ) |
Administration expenses | (27,000 | ) | (26,000 | ) |
Other actuarial (losses)/gains on assets | - | (25,000 | ) |
Change in demographic assumptions | - | 539,000 |
Experience gain/(loss) on defined benefit obligation | - | 393,000 |
Total | 1,747,000 | (7,546,000 | ) |
Sensitivity analysis for the impact of changes to significant actuarial assumptions: |
£ 's | £ 's | £ 's |
Adjustment to discount rate | +0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
Present value of total obligation | 54,504 | 55,533 | 56,583 |
Projected service cost | 2,405 | 2,454 | 2,504 |
Adjustment to mortality age rating assumption | +1 year | None | -1 year |
Present value of total obligation | 57,564 | 55,533 | 53,576 |
Projected service cost | 2,532 | 2,454 | 2,378 |
16. | ULTIMATE PARENT |
The ultimate parent is the Royal Borough of Greenwich. |
GREENWICH SERVICE PLUS LIMITED |
(LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07065923) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 |
17. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
During the year the company made sales to Royal Borough of Greenwich of £19,556,319 (2017: £16,665,847) |
and made payments to them of £4,340,658 (2017: £4,001,448). At the year end the net amount owing to the |
Royal Borough of Greenwich was £3,487,061 (2017: £3,934,053). |
The Company also made sales to schools within the Royal Borough of Greenwich totalling £11,176,868 |
(2017:£11,783,431) and at the date of financial position the amount owing from these schools totalled |
£1,899,830 (2017: £1,969,936). |
The Company traded with Greenwich Service Solutions Limited a company under common control and charged |
revenue of £1,438 (2017: £36,488). In the same period charges were made by Greenwich Service Solutions |
Limited of £2,271,825 (2017: £1,939,511) of which £173,532 (2017: £202,945) is shown in creditors. |
18. | LIMITED BY GUARANTEE |
The company is limited by guarantee. At 31 March 2018 there were three members, each of whom, on winding |
up, has undertaken to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. |