Company Registration No. 09308578 (England and Wales)
Alexandra Dock Limited
Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2022
Alexandra Dock Limited
Company information
Directors
M O Warren
G A Hall
Company number
09308578
Registered office
Harbour House
60 Purewell
Christchurch
England
BH23 1ES
Auditor
Fiander Tovell Limited
Stag Gates House
63 - 64 The Avenue
Southampton
SO17 1XS
Alexandra Dock Limited
Contents
Page
Directors' report
1
Independent auditor's report
2 - 4
Statement of comprehensive income
5
Statement of financial position
6
Statement of changes in equity
7
Notes to the financial statements
8 - 12
Alexandra Dock Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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The Directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Directors
The Directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
M O Warren
G A Hall
Auditor
The auditor, Fiander Tovell Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
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; and
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 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.
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
G A Hall
Director
12 September 2023
Alexandra Dock Limited
Independent auditor's report
to the member of Alexandra Dock Limited
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Alexandra Dock Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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 December 2022 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
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The Directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report 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. 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 course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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 directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Alexandra Dock Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
to the member of Alexandra Dock 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 identified material misstatements in the directors' report.
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 by the Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the Company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the Directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report and take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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.
Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the Company through discussions with Directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience.
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the Company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation.
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management.
Alexandra Dock Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
to the member of Alexandra Dock Limited
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We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud.
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Audit response to risks identified
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions.
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias.
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed those laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the Directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available 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 member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member 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 member for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Andrew Jay ACA FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Fiander Tovell Limited
12 September 2023
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Stag Gates House
63 - 64 The Avenue
Southampton
SO17 1XS
Alexandra Dock Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Turnover
250,000
250,000
Administrative expenses
(482)
(98)
Operating profit
249,518
249,902
Interest payable and similar expenses
3
(69,495)
(83,006)
Profit before taxation
180,023
166,896
Tax on profit
4
(1,996)
(65,754)
Profit for the financial year
178,027
101,142
Alexandra Dock Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2022
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2022
2021
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment properties
5
5,055,000
5,055,000
Current assets
Debtors
6
1,636,582
250,210
Cash at bank and in hand
41
62
1,636,623
250,272
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(3,100,000)
(694,107)
Net current liabilities
(1,463,377)
(443,835)
Total assets less current liabilities
3,591,623
4,611,165
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
8
(2,833,435)
(3,033,000)
Provisions for liabilities
9
(261,330)
(259,334)
Net assets
496,858
1,318,831
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
496,857
1,318,830
Total equity
496,858
1,318,831
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 12 September 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
G A Hall
Director
Company Registration No. 09308578
Alexandra Dock Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2021
1
1,217,688
1,217,689
Year ended 31 December 2021:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
101,142
101,142
Balance at 31 December 2021
1
1,318,830
1,318,831
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
178,027
178,027
Dividends
-
(1,000,000)
(1,000,000)
Balance at 31 December 2022
1
496,857
496,858
Alexandra Dock Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Alexandra Dock Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Harbour House, 60 Purewell, Christchurch, England, BH23 1ES.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of investment property. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Revenue is recognised on rental income earned during the financial year, net of discounts and excluding value added tax.
1.4
Investment properties
lnvestment property is carried at fair value determined regularly by external valuers and derived from the current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. No depreciation is provided. Changes in fair value are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
1.5
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.6
Financial instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, and loans from related parties.
Financial liabilities and equity are classified according to the substance of the financial instrument's contractual obligations, rather than its legal form.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. lf objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.
1.7
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the 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 company.
Alexandra Dock Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies
(continued)
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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 income statement 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.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, 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.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2022
2021
Number
Number
Total
3
Interest payable and similar expenses
2022
2021
£
£
Interest payable and similar expenses includes the following:
Interest payable to group undertakings
69,495
83,006
Alexandra Dock Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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4
Taxation
2022
2021
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
1,996
2,231
Changes in tax rates
61,131
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
2,392
Total deferred tax
1,996
65,754
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:
2022
2021
£
£
Profit before taxation
180,023
166,896
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2021: 19.00%)
34,204
31,710
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
479
61,667
Group relief
(32,687)
(30,014)
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
2,391
Taxation charge for the year
1,996
65,754
5
Investment property
2022
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022
5,055,000
The property was valued on 31 December 2021 by Avison Young (UK) Limited, an independent chartered surveyor. The directors have reviewed the valuation as at 31 December 2022 and do not consider any adjustment to be required.
6
Debtors
2022
2021
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,636,582
250,000
Other debtors
210
1,636,582
250,210
Alexandra Dock Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
6
Debtors
(continued)
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Amounts owed by group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022
2021
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
3,100,000
585,188
Accruals and deferred income
108,919
3,100,000
694,107
Amounts owed to group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.
8
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2022
2021
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,833,435
3,033,000
Borrowing terms and rates for amounts owed to group undertakings changed in the year. Amounts are now repayable on 31 March 2028 (2021: 27 January 2024) and interest is charged at 2.75% over the SONIA rate (2021: rates between 1.95% 2.05% over LIBOR) in respect of the issued loans.
9
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2022
2021
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
13,830
11,834
Revaluations
247,500
247,500
261,330
259,334
2022
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2022
259,334
Charge to profit or loss
1,996
Liability at 31 December 2022
261,330
Alexandra Dock Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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10
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The bank loans of Harbour Hotels Group Limited, an intermediate parent company, are secured by a cross guarantee and a fixed and floating charge debenture over the company's assets.
11
Ultimate controlling party
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbour Hospitality Group Limited. The ultimate parent company is Global Reach UK Holdings Limited, a company in which Turnstone (Isle of Man) Limited is considered the ultimate controlling party. The financial statements for Global Reach UK Holdings Limited are publicly available from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.
The smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Harbour Hospitality Group Limited and the largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Global Reach UK Holdings Limited. The registered office of Harbour Hospitality Group Limited is 60 Purewell, Christchurch, England, BH23 1ES. The registered office of Global Reach UK Holdings Limited is c/o Zedra, Booths Hall, Booths Park 3, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, WA16 8GS.
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