Company registration number 02850257 (England and Wales)
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 8
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
BALANCE SHEET
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
873,528
876,530
Current assets
Stocks
2,634
2,600
Debtors
5
484,776
431,372
Cash at bank and in hand
130,634
84,385
618,044
518,357
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(233,727)
(160,762)
Net current assets
384,317
357,595
Total assets less current liabilities
1,257,845
1,234,125
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(108,962)
(152,109)
Provisions for liabilities
(218,382)
(219,132)
Net assets
930,501
862,884
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
588,107
588,107
Other reserves
185,800
185,800
Profit and loss reserves
156,594
88,977
Total equity
930,501
862,884
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
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The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 30 June 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered 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 13 February 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr L M Rayment
Director
Company Registration No. 02850257
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Blue Funnel Cruises Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Ferry House, Ocean Village, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3FJ.
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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.
Revenue from transportation of passengers is recognised once completed and economic benefit will inflow which can be reliably measured.
1.3
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Plant and machinery (boats)
Nil
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
20% straight line
Motor vehicles
20% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
Boats are not depreciated on the basis that they have a long useful economic life and a high residual value, rendering depreciation immaterial. Assets are reviewed on an annual basis for signs of impairment and any adjustment made via the depreciation charge where required.
1.4
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets. A provision is made for any impairment loss and taken to the profit and loss account.
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.6
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.
1.7
Financial instruments
The company only enters into Basic financial instrument transactions.
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 and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
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.
1.8
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.
1.9
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in the tax assessments.
Unrelieved tax losses and other 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.
The company's liability for current and deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
1.10
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.
1.11
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.12
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
1.13
Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.
A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
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2
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.
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Impairment testing of ships, including the assessment of useful life and scrap value
Significant accounting estimates and assessments regarding ships include the depreciation of the ship's cost price on the basis of the expected useful life of its component elements; the ship's expected maximum useful life, its scrap value and impairment test. The expected useful life of ships and their scrap values are reviewed and estimated at least once a year. Impairment tests are also carried out when there is any indication of impairment.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
12
12
4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery (boats)
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023
992,616
76,635
17,400
1,086,651
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 July 2022
122,658
70,063
17,400
210,121
Depreciation charged in the year
3,002
3,002
At 30 June 2023
122,658
73,065
17,400
213,123
Carrying amount
At 30 June 2023
869,958
3,570
873,528
At 30 June 2022
869,958
6,572
876,530
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
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5
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
9,537
7,327
Corporation tax recoverable
26,058
26,058
Amounts owed by group undertakings
144,018
114,335
Other debtors
239,986
230,925
Prepayments and accrued income
65,177
52,727
484,776
431,372
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Bank loans
43,383
43,619
Trade creditors
69,895
53,946
Corporation tax
25,554
Other taxation and social security
6,306
3,311
Other creditors
67,559
40,020
Accruals and deferred income
21,030
19,866
233,727
160,762
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
108,962
152,109
The long-term bank loan is secured by fixed charges over the assets of the company.
8
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
61,875
20,625
BLUE FUNNEL CRUISES LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
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9
Related party transactions
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2023
2022
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Other related parties
1,424
1,772
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2023
2022
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
106,292
114,335
Other related parties
236,816
227,162