Company Registration No. 11619821 (England and Wales)
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 22 November 2022
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Company information
Directors
Rhonda Hjort
Russell Haywood
Chakira Gavazzi
Tracy Bermingham
Nicholas Rush
Company number
11619821
Registered office
3 Queen Caroline Street
Hammersmith
London
W6 9PE
Independent auditor
Saffery LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Directors' responsibilities statement
4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 19
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Strategic report
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 1
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 22 November 2022.
Fair review of the business
During the period the company was involved in the production of television programmes. The company made a loss before tax of £14,779,583 (2021: £30,404,505) during the period and at the year end had net assets of £46,790 (2021: £29,990).
Principal risks and uncertainties
The directors have reviewed the risks and resultant uncertainties facing the company as being the ability to secure future contracts. However the ultimate parent company has provided sufficient assurance that it will support the company and provide the necessary finances for its future operations.
Key performance indicators
The directors consider the company's key financial performance indicator to be whether the television programme is completed in line with the production budget. At the period end, the final cost was forecasted to be within the adjusted production budget.
The directors consider the company's key non-financial performance indicator to be whether the television programmes are certified as British. As of the date of signature, the company has received an interim British High End Television Certificate and anticipates receiving final certification in due course.
Promoting the success of the company
The directors of E&E Industries (UK) Limited consider, both individually and together, that they have acted in the way they consider, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its member (having regard to the stakeholders and matters set out in s172(1)(a-f) of the Act) in the decisions taken during the year ended 22 November 2022.
The company is committed to being a responsible business. Our behaviour is aligned with the expectations of our people, suppliers, customers, communities and societies as a whole.
Our strategy focuses on creating ambitious, imaginative and relevant audio-visual content for the global markets. To do this, we need to develop and maintain strong client relations. We value all of our suppliers and contractors and are committed to developing production talent.
The company's approach encourages the involvement of local industries and enables us to support the communities around us.
Tracy Bermingham
Director
21 November 2023
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 2
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 22 November 2022.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company was that of television programme production.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Rhonda Hjort
Russell Haywood
Chakira Gavazzi
Tracy Bermingham
Nicholas Rush
Business relationships
Our strategy focuses on creating ambitious, imaginative and relevant television programmes for the global markets. To do this, we need to develop and maintain strong client relations. We value all of our suppliers and contractors and are committed to developing production talent.
Future developments
The directors expect to continue the principal activity for the foreseeable future given the continued financial support received from its financiers, LFL Productions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ultimate parent company, The Walt Disney Company.
Auditor
The auditor, Saffery LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Energy and carbon report
We present the information are required under the SECR requirements.
2022
Energy consumption
kWh
Aggregate of energy consumption in the year
2,607,289
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 3
2022
Emissions of CO2 equivalent
metric tonnes
Scope 1 - direct emissions
- Gas combustion
445.00
- Fuel consumed for owned transport
-
445.00
Scope 2 - indirect emissions
- Electricity purchased
128.00
Scope 3 - other indirect emissions
- Fuel consumed for transport not owned by the company
-
Total gross emissions
573.00
Intensity ratio
Tonnes CO2e per production episode
26
Quantification and reporting methodology
We have followed the 2019 HM Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines. We have also used the GHG Reporting Protocol – Corporate Standard and have used the 2020 UK Government’s Conversion Factors for Company Reporting.
Intensity measurement
The chosen intensity measurement ratio is total gross emissions in metric tonnes CO2e per production episode, which is considered to be the most appropriate measure for the business's principal activity of television programme production.
Measures taken to improve energy efficiency
- Largely tied into the grid for filming, reducing reliance on generators.
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
Tracy Bermingham
Director
21 November 2023
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 4
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;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the member of E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Page 5
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of E&E Industries (UK) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 22 November 2022 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, 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 Financial Reporting Standard 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 22 November 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. 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 the audit:
the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report 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.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Page 6
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 directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 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' 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.
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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.
Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.
Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation, specifically legislation relating to creative industry tax credits.
Audit response to risks identified
We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the member of E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Page 7
During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through 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.
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.
Nigel Walde
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
22 November 2023
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 8
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
53,121,165
119,427,611
Cost of sales
(67,928,685)
(149,751,328)
Gross loss
(14,807,520)
(30,323,717)
Administrative expenses
27,937
(80,788)
Loss before taxation
(14,779,583)
(30,404,505)
Tax on loss
7
14,796,383
30,424,697
Profit for the financial year
16,800
20,192
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Balance sheet
As at 22 November 2022
Page 9
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
8
64,430,971
48,015,271
Cash at bank and in hand
6,216,547
1,498,515
70,647,518
49,513,786
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
9
(70,600,728)
(49,483,796)
Net current assets
46,790
29,990
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
46,789
29,989
Total equity
46,790
29,990
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 21 November 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Tracy Bermingham
Director
Company Registration No. 11619821 (England and Wales)
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 10
Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 23 November 2020
1
9,797
9,798
Year ended 22 November 2021:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
20,192
20,192
Balance at 22 November 2021
1
29,989
29,990
Year ended 22 November 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
16,800
16,800
Balance at 22 November 2022
1
46,789
46,790
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 11
1
Accounting policies
Company information
E&E Industries (UK) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9PE.
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 accounting reference date of the company is 22 November 2022. The accounts have been prepared for the period to 18 November 2022 in order to better align with the accounting cycle of the television programme production activity. The comparatives are considered to be fully comparable.
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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The 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. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions 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 flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 33 'Related Party Disclosures' - Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of The Walt Disney Company. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 500 Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, 91521, USA.
1.2
Going concern
On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position and resources, the Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risk. Therefore, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.true
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 12
1.3
Turnover
In respect of long-term contracts and contracts for on-going services, turnover represents the value of work done in the period, including estimates of amounts not invoiced. Value of work done in respect of long-term contracts for on-going services is determined by reference to the stage of completion.
The "percentage of completion method" is used to determine the appropriate amount to recognise in a given period. The stage of completion is measured by the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed to date compared to the estimated total contract costs. Costs incurred in the period in connection with future activity on a contract are excluded from contract costs in determining the stage of completion. These costs are presented as stocks, prepayments or other assets depending on their nature, and provided it is probable they will be recovered.
1.4
Cash at bank and in hand
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.
1.5
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, 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 which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, 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.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 13
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.
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 and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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 payments 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 in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 14
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.6
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.
Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.
1.7
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently recoverable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently recoverable is based on relievable losses arising in the year as the result of high end television tax relief legislation. Relievable losses differ from net losses as reported in the profit and loss account because they include an additional deduction relating to qualifying high end television development expenditure and exclude items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years, as well as items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s tax position 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. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. 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.
1.8
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.
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.
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
1
Accounting policies (continued)
Page 15
1.9
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.10
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions where practicable, else at the average rate over the period in which the transactions were incurred. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date.
2
Critical accounting 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.
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.
Tax credit estimate
The key accounting estimate within the financial statements for this company is the valuation of the high-end TV tax credit available. The estimate is based on the assessment of the value of qualifying expenditure as per HMRC legislations and guidance plus assessment of the qualification of the underlying production as eligible for the tax relief.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2022
2021
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of rights
53,104,365
119,407,419
Production service fee
16,800
20,192
53,121,165
119,427,611
2022
2021
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United States of America
53,121,165
119,427,611
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
3
Turnover and other revenue (continued)
Page 16
2022
2021
£
£
Other revenue
Insurance claim
1,497,566
-
1,497,566
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (excluding directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2022
2021
Number
Number
Production
202
356
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2022
2021
£
£
Wages and salaries
6,962,867
16,322,952
Social security costs
816,380
1,907,814
Pension costs
44,170
188,754
7,823,417
18,419,520
5
Operating loss
2022
2021
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange (gains)/losses
(60,937)
54,788
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
Page 17
6
Auditor's remuneration
2022
2021
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
28,000
22,000
For other services
Taxation compliance services
3,000
2,000
All other non-audit services
2,000
2,000
5,000
4,000
7
Taxation
2022
2021
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
(14,796,383)
(30,424,697)
The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2022
2021
£
£
Loss before taxation
(14,779,583)
(30,404,505)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2021: 19.00%)
(2,808,121)
(5,776,856)
Enhanced losses arising from the high end TV tax credit
(11,256,089)
(23,036,399)
Difference between the rate of corporation tax and the rate of relief under the high end TV tax credit
(3,551,132)
(7,301,927)
Losses carried forward
2,818,959
5,690,485
Taxation credit for the year
(14,796,383)
(30,424,697)
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
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Debtors
2022
2021
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,732,846
Corporation tax recoverable
45,221,080
39,815,438
Amounts owed by fellow subsidiary undertakings
7,066,973
2,533,215
Other debtors
4,061,244
2,988,276
Prepayments and accrued income
6,348,828
2,678,342
64,430,971
48,015,271
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022
2021
£
£
Trade creditors
2,479,203
313,085
Amounts owed to fellow subsidiary undertakings
66,171,525
43,844,751
Other creditors
549,785
103,027
Accruals and deferred income
1,400,215
5,222,933
70,600,728
49,483,796
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Retirement benefit schemes
2022
2021
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
44,170
188,754
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.
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Share capital
2022
2021
2022
2021
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary share of £1 each
1
1
1
1
12
Operating lease commitments
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:
2022
2021
£
£
Within one year
751,680
E&E Industries (UK) Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 22 November 2022
12
Operating lease commitments (continued)
Page 19
The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £1,066,940.
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Related party transactions
The company was under control of LFL Productions Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, throughout the current period. LFL Productions Limited owns 100% of the issued shares of the company.
The company has taken the advantage of the exemption available under FRS 102 Section 33.1A whereby disclosure need not be given of transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, provided that any subsidiary which is party to the transaction is wholly owned by such a member.
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Ultimate controlling party
The immediate parent undertaking is LFL Productions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
The smallest and largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by its ultimate parent undertaking, The Walt Disney Company, a company incorporated in the United States of America. Copies of group accounts of The Walt Disney Company can be obtained from 500 Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, 91521, USA.
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