REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
FOR |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
FOR |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: |
Suite A, 7th Floor, |
East West Building |
2 Tollhouse Hill |
Nottingham |
NG1 5FS |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
BALANCE SHEET |
30 JUNE 2023 |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
Investments | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 6 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
7 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 9 |
Share premium | 10 |
Retained earnings | 10 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
WA Capital Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
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”), the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime, and under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied. |
Going concern |
The directors have prepared forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements considering the high levels of cash reserves, the nature of expenditure including the significant discretionary element, support committed to other group companies and likelihood of it being called upon, which indicate that the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due in that period. On this basis, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements. |
Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland". |
- the requirement of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
- the requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosure; |
- the requirement of Section 33.7 Key Management Personnel Compensation. |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
The company is exempt by virtue of s399 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare group financial statements. These financial statements present information about the company as an individual undertaking and not about its group. |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Significant judgements and estimates |
The Directors are continually evaluating estimates and judgements based on historical experience and other factors, including expectation of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. |
The directors consider estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities of the company. The carrying value of the unlisted investments is considered to carry such a risk. |
Accounting estimates in applying the Company's accounting policies |
Recoverability of inter company balances is considered to be a key accounting estimate. Amounts owed by group undertakings are stated at recoverable amounts, after appropriate provision for any impairment. |
Financial risk management including derivatives, objectives and forward fixed rate currency contracts |
The company uses financial instruments, comprising loans, cash and other liquid resources and various other items such as trade debtors, creditors and finance arrangements that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for its operations. The main issues arising from the company's financial instruments are liquidity risk, interest rate and foreign currency risk. The directors review and agree policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below. The policies |
have remained unchanged from the previous period. |
Liquidity risk |
The company seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs by negotiating adequate facilities from the Company's bankers and other lenders. |
Interest rate risk |
The company finances its operations through a mixture of shareholders' equity, retained profits and bank borrowings. The Company regularly reviews its exposure to interest rate fluctuations. |
Foreign currency risk |
The Company is exposed to transaction and translation foreign exchange risk. The Company seeks to minimise its exposure when known, using forward fixed rate currency contracts. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Plant and machinery etc | - |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Investments in subsidiaries |
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at |
cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. |
The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment |
losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
Financial instruments |
Financial instruments are recognised in the 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 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. |
Other financial assets |
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments and derivatives, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment. |
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. |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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. |
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, 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. Amounts 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. |
Other financial liabilities |
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss. Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. |
Derecognition of financial liabilities |
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. |
Equity instruments |
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the fair value of proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the Directors. |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
Investments |
Trade investments are classified as financial instruments and accounted for in accordance with the financial assets accounting policy at fair value through profit or loss. |
Unlisted investments over which the company has no significant influence, control or joint control are initially measured at transaction price including costs of investment. They are subsequently revalued to Fair Value. |
Unlisted investments are monitored for impairment based on transaction price of subsequent fundraising rounds, current and future financial performance measures and comparable market transactions. Cost of investments are impaired where there is a probable and measurable outcome that the investment value will not be realised in the future. |
Income recognition |
Dividends are accounted for when receivable by the company. Interest is accounted for as it falls due. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
COST |
At 1 July 2022 |
and 30 June 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
Charge for year |
At 30 June 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 June 2023 |
At 30 June 2022 |
5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Shares in group undertakings |
Other investments not loans |
Additional information is as follows: |
Shares in |
group | Listed | Unlisted |
undertakings | investments | investments | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
COST OR VALUATION |
At 1 July 2022 | 245,313,532 |
Additions | 82,934,206 |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | (89,491,898 | ) |
Fair value adjustment | ( |
) | 20,055,472 |
At 30 June 2023 | 258,811,312 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 June 2023 | 258,811,312 |
At 30 June 2022 | 245,313,532 |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
Cost or valuation at 30 June 2023 is represented by: |
Shares in |
group | Listed | Unlisted |
undertakings | investments | investments | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Valuation in 2023 | - | 209,817,125 | 48,994,083 | 258,811,208 |
Cost | 104 | - | - | 104 |
104 | 209,817,125 | 48,994,083 | 258,811,312 |
Investments (neither listed nor unlisted) were as follows: |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Other investments | 15,610,000 | 15,110,002 |
6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Corporation tax |
Prepayments and accrued income |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 8) |
Trade creditors |
Accruals and deferred income |
8. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
Bank overdrafts |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary A | £1 | 120,731 | 120,731 |
Ordinary B | £1 | 50 | 50 |
120,781 | 120,781 |
Ordinary A shares have full voting rights. |
Ordinary B shares have no voting rights nor do they contain any rights of redemption. The B ordinary shares are entitled to the first £1,000 of any dividend declared but thereafter are not entitled to any dividend. |
10. | RESERVES |
Retained | Share |
earnings | premium | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 July 2022 | 460,608,494 |
Profit for the year | - |
At 30 June 2023 | 486,839,307 |
11. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
The Auditors' Report was unqualified. |
for and on behalf of |
12. | CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
£ | £ |
Contracted but not provided for in the |
financial statements |
13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
The company has taken advantage of the exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
WA CAPITAL LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 07306402) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 |
13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES - continued |
The company was under the control of Sir WL Adderley throughout the year. Sir WL Adderley is the managing director and majority shareholder. |
The company and its subsidiary WA Capital Investments Limited hold a 19% shareholding in Dunelm Group Plc which is a related party as Sir WL Adderley is a director and Deputy Chairman of the Dunelm Group. WA Capital Limited received dividends totalling £2,561,040.99 (2022: £4,394,872.81) from Dunelm PLC. |
During the year WA Capital Limited donated £3,890,000 (2022: £2,240,000) to The Stoneygate Trust. Sir WL Adderley and Lady NV Adderley are both Trustees of The Stoneygate Trust and sole funders of the Charity. |
14. | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
30/6/23 | 30/6/22 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss |
Listed investments | 10 | 209,817,125 | 209,296,628 |
Unlisted investments | 10 | 48,994,083 | 36,016,800 |
Financial assets that are debt instruments measured at amortised cost: |
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 11 | 259,717,533 | 281,828,174 |
518,528,741 | 527,141,602 |
Basis for determining fair value |
The listed investments are valued at their quoted closing price on the year end date. Unlisted investments are valued at fair value. |