Company Registration No. 02552208 (England and Wales)
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 30 September 2020
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Company information
Directors
S A Warner
P A Warner
Company number
02552208
Registered office
The Maltings
Manor Lane
Bourne
Lincolnshire
PE10 9PH
Independent auditor
Saffery Champness LLP
Suite C, Unex House
Bourges Boulevard
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 1NG
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Contents
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Statement of financial position
6
Notes to the financial statements
7 - 8
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 30 September 2020
Page 1
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2020.
Principal activities
The company did not trade during the year.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
S A Warner
P A Warner
Auditor
Saffery Champness
are deemed to be re-appointed in accordance with an elective resolution made under section 386 of the Companies Act 1985 which continues in force under the Companies Act
2006.
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.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
S A Warner
Director
18 December 2020
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the year ended 30 September 2020
Page 2
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:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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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.
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of Warners Group Distribution Limited
Page 3
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Warners Group Distribution Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 September 2020 which comprise the statement of financial position 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 30 September 2020 and of its profit for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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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
.
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of Warners Group Distribution Limited
Page 4
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.
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
:
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the information given in the directors'
r
eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements
; and
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the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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 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:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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certain disclosures of
remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
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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.
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of Warners Group Distribution Limited
Page 5
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: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities
.
This description forms part of our
auditor's
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.
Stephen Collins (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Saffery Champness LLP
18 December 2020
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
Suite C, Unex House
Bourges Boulevard
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 1NG
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 30 September 2020
Page 6
2020
2019
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
3
100
100
Total assets less current liabilities
100
100
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
4
100
100
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 18 December 2020 and are signed on its behalf by:
S A Warner
Director
Company Registration No. 02552208
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 September 2020
Page 7
1
Accounting policies
Company information
Warners Group Distribution Limited is a
private
company
limited by shares
incorporated in
England and Wales
.
The registered office is
The Maltings, Manor Lane, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9PH.
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 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.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS 102 to retain its existing accounting policies on transition as it has remained dormant during the year.
1.2
Income statement
The company has not traded during the year or the preceding financial
year
. During
these years, the company received no income and incurred no expenditure and therefore made neither profit nor loss.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2020
2019
Number
Number
Total
2
2
3
Debtors
2020
2019
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts due from parent undertaking
100
100
Warners Group Distribution Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 September 2020
Page 8
4
Called up share capital
2020
2019
£
£
Issued and fully paid
100 Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up) rights; they do not confer any rights of redemption.
5
Parent company
The immediate controlling interest and ultimate parent undertaking is Warners Group
Publications
p
lc,
a company registered in England and Wales
. It is the parent company of the smallest and largest group in which the results of the company for the year were consolidated and copies of its financial statements may be obtained from the following address: The Maltings, Manor Lane, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9PH.