Company Registration No. 03047294 (England and Wales)
SLW LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
SLW LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
LA Wrout
S Wrout
Secretary
F Wright
Company number
03047294
Registered office
Sycamore Lodge
Nookside
Grindon
Sunderland
Tyne & Wear
SR4 8PQ
Auditor
RMT Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd
Gosforth Park Avenue
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 8EG
SLW LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 6
Profit and loss account
7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 22
SLW LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2020.
Fair review of the business
The principal activity of the company
continued to be that of providing general nursing and residential care for the elderly within a registered care home environment.
Throughout the 201
9/20
financial period the company maintained a good level of occupancy within its care homes despite a challenging market place. The company is heavily dependent on the public sector commissioning its services, and despite reductions in funding due to the current economic climate, the company has maintained
relatively high
occupancy levels
due to its high regard within the community
. The company has continued with its program of improvements to services ensuring that commissioning standards to both the public and private sector are not only met but are also exceeded.
During the year the company
also
acquired The Meadows Care Home, New Road, Boldon.
The company directors remain focused on maintaining the current high standards of care in addition to improving liquid funds to assist in any future capital expenditure programmes, placing the company in a competitive position for the future growth in the care sector.
Financial risk management objectives and policies
The company is exposed to a moderate level of price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk. The company manages these risks by financing its operations through retained profits, supplemented by bank loans where necessary to fund capital expenditure programmes.
The management objectives are to retain sufficient liquid funds to enable it to meet its day to day requirements, minimise the company's exposure to fluctuating interest rates, and match the repayment schedule of any external borrowings or overdrafts with the future cash flows expected to arise from the company's trading activities.
The exposure to price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk is not considered to be material for the assessment of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company.
Development and performance
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has generated a significant level of uncertainty in the national economy and continues to impact day-to-day operations of the company. COVID-19 presents new risks to the company as follows;
·Operational risk. There is a risk that residents or employees contract COVID-19.
This risk is
mitigate
d
through stringent infection control, testing and limiting the number of visits from resident family members in line with government guidance and restrictions.
·Financial risk. Occupancy levels have been maintained post year end and the care homes have continued to generate profits to ensure it has enough resources in place in order to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The directors continue to review costs to ensure value for money whilst ensuring standards of service and care are maintained. With additional government support funding announced for the care sector this provides further comfort that the care homes are in a strong position going forward.
Post balance sheet event
Post year
-
end the UK observed a significant increase in the number of reported cases of COVID-19, with the care and leisure sectors particularly affected
.
To date, thanks to the safeguards in place the Group has managed to limit any major breakouts in the Group's care homes, with no major impact on average occupancy levels. All residents and care home staff have been vaccinated and the care homes continue to adopt all government and public health authority guidelines.
SLW LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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Key performance indicators
The directors consider turnover, gross profit margin
and
EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) to be the key measures of the company's performance.
The profit after tax for the period was £
5
67
,
842 (201
9
- £
507,792
) and the net asset position at period end was £
5,7
70
,
782 (201
9
- £
5,306,225
).
The director
s
consider the company's results to be satisfactory in light of current
market conditions
.
LA Wrout
Director
Approved by the board on 26 March 2021
SLW LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2020.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
LA Wrout
S Wrout
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £103,285. The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.
Auditor
In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that RMT Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the 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 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.
Strategic Report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report.
SLW LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
LA Wrout
Director
Approved by the board on 26 March 2021
SLW LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF SLW LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of SLW Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2020 which comprise the profit and loss account, the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the 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 FRS 102
The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
-
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2020 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.
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 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
.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit
:
-
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' r
eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements
; and
-
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
SLW LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SLW LIMITED
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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 identifie
d
material misstatements in the strategic report and the directors'
r
eport
.
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 directors'
r
esponsibilities
s
tatement, 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: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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.
Paul Gainford (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of RMT Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd
Statutory Auditor
Gosforth Park Avenue
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 8EG
Date: 26 March 2021
SLW LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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2020
2019
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
4,750,188
3,905,133
Cost of sales
(3,250,569)
(2,740,328)
Gross profit
1,499,619
1,164,805
Administrative expenses
(733,204)
(574,750)
Operating profit
4
766,415
590,055
Interest receivable and similar income
8
19,280
70,105
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(94,109)
(101,692)
Profit before taxation
691,586
558,468
Tax on profit
10
(123,744)
(50,676)
Profit for the financial year
567,842
507,792
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
SLW LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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2020
2019
£
£
Profit for the year
567,842
507,792
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
567,842
507,792
SLW LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2020
31 March 2020
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2020
2019
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
6,734,310
4,161,878
Investments
13
-
1,815,868
6,734,310
5,977,746
Current assets
Stocks
500
500
Debtors
14
3,604,138
3,679,861
Cash at bank and in hand
687,455
283,737
4,292,093
3,964,098
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(1,571,000)
(608,503)
Net current assets
2,721,093
3,355,595
Total assets less current liabilities
9,455,403
9,333,341
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(3,533,322)
(3,878,790)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
151,299
148,326
(151,299)
(148,326)
Net assets
5,770,782
5,306,225
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
200,000
200,000
Share premium account
28,704
28,704
Profit and loss reserves
5,542,078
5,077,521
Total equity
5,770,782
5,306,225
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 26 March 2021 and are signed on its behalf by:
LA Wrout
Director
Company Registration No. 03047294
SLW LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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Share capital
Share premium account
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2018
200,000
28,704
4,709,729
4,938,433
Year ended 31 March 2019:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
507,792
507,792
Dividends
11
-
-
(140,000)
(140,000)
Balance at 31 March 2019
200,000
28,704
5,077,521
5,306,225
Year ended 31 March 2020:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
567,842
567,842
Dividends
11
-
-
(103,285)
(103,285)
Balance at 31 March 2020
200,000
28,704
5,542,078
5,770,782
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
SLW Limited is a
private
company
limited by shares
incorporated in England and Wales.
The registered office is
Sycamore Lodge, Nookside, Grindon, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR4 8PQ.
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.
The financial statements are prepared in
sterling
, which is the functional currency of the company.
Monetary a
mounts
in these financial statements are
rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares
publicly available consolidated financial statements
, including this company,
which are
intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss
of the group
.
T
he company has
therefore
taken advantage of
e
xemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
-
Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’ – Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares
;
-
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ – Presentation of a statement of cash
f
low and related notes and disclosures
;
-
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ – Carrying amounts
;
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of
SLW (Holdings) Limited
. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office,
Sycamore Lodge, Nookside, Grindon, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR4 8EG.
1.2
Going concern
A
true
t the time of approving the financial statements
,
t
he directors have a reasonable expectation that the
company
has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This
includes taking into account the potential impact of COVID-19 to ensure that cashflow is positively
managed and the impact to the company’s operations is mitigated.
Thus
t
he directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents income in relation to general nursing and residential care for the elderly which has been provided in the period to which it relates
and is stated after trade discounts and other sales taxes.
1.4
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:
Freehold buildings
1% straight line
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
15% reducing balance
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 12 -
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
.
1.5
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).
1.6
Stocks
Stocks
are stated at the lower of cost and
estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.
1.7
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 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.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset
, with
the net amounts presented in the financial statements
,
when there is a legally 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include
debtors, loans to fellow group companies
and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest
method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those
held
at
fair value through profit and loss
, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected.
If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when
the company
transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 13 -
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans
and
loans from
fellow group companies, are
initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a
financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of
the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective
interest rate method.
Trade creditors
are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired
in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. A
m
ounts payable are classified as
current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented
as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price
and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations
expire or are discharged or cancelled.
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. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
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. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the
company
has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 14 -
1.9
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received
, if considered material to the financial statements
.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.10
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.11
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 lease
s
asset are consumed.
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.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant
effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Assessing indicators of impairment
In assessing whether there have been any indicators of impairment in assets, the directors have considered both external and internal sources of information such as market conditions and experience of recoverability. There have been no indicators of impairment identified during the current financial year.
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
- 15 -
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.
Determining residual values and useful economic lives of fixed assets
The company depreciates tangible assets over their estimated useful lives. The estimation of the useful lives of assets is based on historic performance as well as expectations about future use and therefore requires estimates and assumptions to be applied by management.
Judgement is applied by management when determining the residual values of tangible assets. When determining the residual value management aim to assess the amount that the company would currently obtain for the disposal of the asset, if it were already of the condition expected at the end of its useful economic life.
The carrying amount of tangible fixed assets at the reporting date was £
6,734,310
(2019 - £4,161,878).
3
Turnover and other revenue
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2020
2019
£
£
Turnover
Residency fees
4,750,188
3,905,133
Turnover has arisen wholly within the UK.
4
Operating profit
2020
2019
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
84,161
80,000
Operating lease charges
30,727
10,942
5
Auditor's remuneration
2020
2019
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
7,000
7,000
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 16 -
6
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2020
2019
Number
Number
Office and administration
6
4
Operating staff
161
137
Total
167
141
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2020
2019
£
£
Wages and salaries
2,920,091
2,471,349
Social security costs
188,629
160,086
Pension costs
43,737
26,204
3,152,457
2,657,639
7
Directors' remuneration
2020
2019
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
13,000
12,000
8
Interest receivable and similar income
2020
2019
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
2,290
-
Other income from investments
Gains on financial instruments measured at fair value
16,990
70,105
Total income
19,280
70,105
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2020
2019
£
£
Interest on bank loans
94,109
101,692
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 17 -
10
Taxation
2020
2019
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
120,929
41,889
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(158)
-
Total current tax
120,771
41,889
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
2,973
8,787
Total tax charge
123,744
50,676
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2020
2019
£
£
Profit before taxation
691,586
558,468
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2019: 19.00%)
131,401
106,109
Group relief
(17,780)
(71,879)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
10,281
16,409
Under/(over) provided in prior years
(158)
37
Taxation charge for the year
123,744
50,676
11
Dividends
2020
2019
£
£
Interim paid
103,285
140,000
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 18 -
12
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold buildings
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2019
4,531,009
805,462
5,336,471
Additions
2,624,993
31,600
2,656,593
At 31 March 2020
7,156,002
837,062
7,993,064
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2019
567,080
607,513
1,174,593
Depreciation charged in the year
54,110
30,051
84,161
At 31 March 2020
621,190
637,564
1,258,754
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2020
6,534,812
199,498
6,734,310
At 31 March 2019
3,963,929
197,949
4,161,878
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 19 -
13
Fixed asset investments
2020
2019
£
£
Unlisted investments
-
1,815,868
Movements in fixed asset investments
Investments other than loans
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2019
1,815,868
Valuation changes
16,990
Disposals
(1,832,858)
At 31 March 2020
-
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2020
-
At 31 March 2019
1,815,868
14
Debtors
2020
2019
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
196,200
74,717
Amounts owed by group undertakings
3,391,759
3,571,863
Other debtors
469
2,765
Prepayments and accrued income
15,710
30,516
3,604,138
3,679,861
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2020
2019
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
17
329,726
288,531
Trade creditors
148,524
57,832
Amounts due to group undertakings
10,000
10,000
Corporation tax
120,929
41,852
Other taxation and social security
46,794
32,400
Other creditors
637,096
21,367
Accruals and deferred income
277,931
156,521
1,571,000
608,503
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 20 -
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2020
2019
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
17
3,533,322
3,878,790
Amounts included above which fall due after five years are as follows:
Payable by instalments
2,236,668
2,724,666
17
Loans and overdrafts
2020
2019
£
£
Bank loans
3,863,048
4,167,321
Payable within one year
329,726
288,531
Payable after one year
3,533,322
3,878,790
The bank loans are secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of SLW Limite
d and
SLW (Thornbury) Limited, a fellow subsidiary,
as well as
third party guarantee limited to £1,300,0
0
0.
The loans
are repayable in instalments over 15-20 years. Interest charged on the loans vary from 1.45%-2.0% above the Bank's Base Rate, or 1.9% above LIBOR.
18
Deferred taxation
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2020
2019
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
151,299
148,326
2020
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2019
148,326
Charge to profit or loss
2,973
Liability at 31 March 2020
151,299
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 21 -
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2020
2019
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
43,737
26,204
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees.
The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
20
Share capital
2020
2019
2020
2019
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
21
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2020
2019
£
£
Within one year
-
686
22
Events after the reporting date
Post year
-
end the UK observed a significant increase in the number of reported cases of COVID-19, with the care and leisure sectors particularly affected
.
To date, thanks to the safeguards in place the Group has managed to limit any major breakouts in the Group's care homes, with no major impact on average occupancy levels. All residents and care home staff have been vaccinated and the care homes continue to adopt all government and public health authority guidelines.
SLW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
- 22 -
23
Related party transactions
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2020
2019
Amounts owed by related parties
£
£
Fellow subsidiaries not wholly owned
631,078
364,952
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available in Section 33: Related Party Disclosures not to disclose transactions entered into between two or more wholly owned members of a group.
24
Ultimate controlling party
The ultimate parent company is SLW (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales.
In the opinion of the directors, LA Wrout and S Wrout are the joint controlling party by virtue of their interest in the issued share capital of SLW (Holdings) Limited.
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