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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
CONTENTS
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
The directors present their strategic report for the company for the year ended 31 March 2021.
The company presents a wide range of concerts, opera, ballet, special events, cross over artists and light trails in major venues in London and across the country and is established as one of the leading producers of popular classical music in the United Kingdom.
In keeping with Sony Music policy, Raymond Gubbay Ltd did not apply for Culture Recovery Funds and did not furlough employees with all positions being retained throughout the year 2020-2021 Covid year. Despite this and despite there being no indoor events throughout the period, the company traded profitably on account of its winter light trails despite even those being negatively impacted by the ever changing Covid guidelines.
The company does not envisage trading indoors until the autumn of 2021 and expects trading conditions to remain challenging for some time beyond that. The company however is well positioned and remains agile to make the best use of opportunity. For outdoor light trails the company is already at an advanced stage for increasing its portfolio of venues not only at Christmas time but also for new experiential concepts in both the autumn of 2021 and spring of 2022.
The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company are considered to relate to competition from other organisers, employee retention, venue availability and the general economic climate.
Given the straightforward nature of the business, the company's directors are of the opinion that analysis using key performance indicators is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
This report was approved by the board on 20 December 2021
and signed on its behalf.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.
The directors who served during the year were:
The profit for the year, before taxation, amounted to £
27,602
(2020 -
£
3,107,692
)
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No ordinary dividend has been declared and paid during the year (2020: £nil).
The directors are responsible for preparing the strategic report, the directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
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make judgments 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 to 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.
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
The company continues to remain profitable and has secured locations for its productions for the foreseeable future.
The company's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, trade creditors and trade debtors. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance the company's operations. Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company, there is no exposure to price risk. The company's approach to managing other risks applicable to the financial statements concerned is shown below.
In respect of bank balances, liquidity risk is managed by undertaking careful cashflow forecasting and management. Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow risks by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regulary monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits. Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due.
The auditors, Nyman Libson Paul LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with
section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Raymond Gubbay Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2021, which comprise the statement of income and retained earnings, the statement of financial position, the statement of cash flows
and the related notes, 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 Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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 Auditors' 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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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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
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the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 auditors' 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 extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We gained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, and considered the risk of acts by the company that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud. We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk, recognising that 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. We focused on laws and regulations which could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. Our tests included agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, enquiries with management and enquiries of legal counsel where necessary. 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. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud. As in all our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at:
www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities
.This description forms part of our auditors' report.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
124 Finchley Road
NW3 5JS
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER:
02695143
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 MARCH 2021
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 12 to 26 form part of these financial statements.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Raymond Gubbbay Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. The address of its principal place of business is 2nd Floor, 1 Ely Place, London, EC1N 6RY.
Information about the principal activity of the company can be found in the Business Review section of the Strategic Report.
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Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in
the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006
.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Accounting Reference Date was shortened in the prior year to a 9 month period ended 31 March 2020. The comparative information therefore reflects a 9 month period from 1 July 2019 to 31 March 2020. This change was made in order to align the Accounting Reference Date with fellow group companies.
The financial statements contain information about Raymond Gubbay Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The results of the company and its subsidiaries are included in the financial statements of Sony Group Corporation, a company incorporated in Japan. The directors consider the financial statements of Sony Group Corporation, prepared under US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices, to be equivalent to the requirements of the 7th EU Directive in all material respects and have therefore taken advantage of Companies Act 2006, Section 401 as revised, and not prepared consolidated financial statements.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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Accounting policies (continued)
Revenue comprises the company's share of box office income that is recognised when a show takes place which it has produced, either alone or jointly with a third party, exclusive of VAT and trade discounts. When the company acts as principal it recognises 100% of the box office income when the show takes place. An adjustment is made subsequently to ensure the company's share of income, as outlined in the production agreement, is recognised. When the company is not acting as principal the company invoices for its share of overall profits when the show takes place. An adjustment is made subsequently to ensure the company's share of income, as outlined in the production agreement, is recognised. Income received relating to shows that take place outside of the period under review is deferred.
Production costs comprise expenditure incurred in the staging of the productions and events that the company produced during the period. These costs are recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings in the period the production occurs. Costs are stated net of any tax credits receivable on qualifying expenditure.
At each reporting date the company assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined which is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
2.
Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
2.
Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
2.
Accounting policies (continued)
Accruals The company makes an estimate of accrued income and costs at the reporting date based on detailed production budgets for those shows that took place during the period. Tangible assets Tangible assets are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account residual values where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending upon a number of factors. In re-assessing the assets' lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
19.
Deferred taxation (continued)
During the year the company purchased the majority shareholding of Backyard Cinema Limited, a company incorporated and registered in the UK. As outlined in the sale and purchase agreement, there is potential deferred consideration if the company achieves future financial targets.
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £116,742 (2020: £116,833). At the reporting date £nil (2020: £5,828) was payable to the fund and is included in accruals.
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RAYMOND GUBBAY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Sony Music Entertainment International Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company and controlling party is Sony Corporation, which is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group to consolidate these financial statements. Copies of Sony Corporation financial statements can be obtained from 7-1, Konan 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075.
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