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Opus Trust Group Limited
Company Information
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Opus Trust Group Limited
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 March 2020
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2020.
The directors are responsible for preparing 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.
- Hold and manage a broad range of investments for long term capital growth; - Hold and manage a portfolio of residential property for the long term - Invest in a range of syndicated commercial property interests; and - Invest in a number of residential property development opportunities.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2020
The directors who served during the year were:
Small companies note
In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Chartered accountants' report to the board of directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory financial statements of Opus Trust Group Limited for the year ended 31 March 2020
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Opus Trust Group Limited for the year ended 31 March 2020 which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Balance sheet
and the related notes from the company accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.icaew.com/en/
members/regulations-standards-and-guidance/
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This report is made solely to the Board of directors of Opus Trust Group Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated
6 May 2020. Our work has been undertaken solely
to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Opus Trust Group Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of directors of Opus Trust Group Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release TECH07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Opus Trust Group Limited and its Board of directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Opus Trust Group Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Opus Trust Group Limited. You consider that Opus Trust Group Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
Chartered Accountants
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Statement of income and retained earnings
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Registered number:
03782941
Balance sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 6 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
Opus Trust Group Limited a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales.
The company's registered office is Unit 328/9 Metalbox Factory 30 Great Guildford Street, London, England, SE1 0HS. The company number is 03782941.
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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
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The company's functional and presentational currrency is Pounds Sterling.
The comapny's financial statements are presented to the nearest thousand. For accounting periods on or after 1 January 2019 the amendments to FRS 102, as set out in the triennial review published in December 2017, are mandatory to adopt. The adoption of these amendments has no material impact on the financial statements of the company.
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:
While the impact of the Covid-19 virus has been assessed by the directors, so far as reasonably possible, due to its unprecedented impact on the wider economy, it is difficult to evaluate with any certainty the potential outcomes on the company’s trade. However, taking into consideration the UK Government’s response and the company’s planning the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Turnover is recognised to the extent that it is probably that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the turnover can be reliably measured. Turnover is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before turnover is recognised:
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Dividend income from investments is recognised when the shareholder's right to receive payment has been established.
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Rental income is accounted for on a straight-line basis.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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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.
The estimated useful lives range as follows:
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.
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.
Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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Accounting policies (continued)
Defined contribution pension plan
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.
Investments in non-derivative instruments that are equity to the issuer are measured:
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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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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Accounting policies (continued)
Tax is recognised in profit and loss except that a change attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the company operates and generates income. Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance sheet date, except that:
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The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will
be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
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Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax
allowances have been met. Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
The preparation of the financial statements requires the directors to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that can affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities, and the results for the year. The nature of estimation is such though that actual outcomes could differ significantly from those estimates.
The following judgements have had the most significant impact on amounts recognised in the financial statements: Lease commitments The company has entered into a range of lease commitments in respect of property. The classification of these lease as either financial or operating leases requires the directors to consider whether the terms and conditions of each lease are such that the company has acquired the risks and rewards associated with the ownership of the underlying assets. Impairment of fixed asset investments The company considers if any of the fixed asset investments are impaired. Where an indication of impairment is identified the estimation of recoverable value requires estimation of the recoverable value of the investment. This requires the estimation of the future cash flows from the investment and also selection of appropriate discount rates in order to calculate the net present values of those cash flows.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
Group banking arrangements
The company has guaranteed the bank facilities of all the companies within the Opus Trust Group, the company had no exposure under this liability at the balance sheet date or in the previous year.
As at 31 March 2020, £1,847 (2019: £2,085) was due to S Johnson. No interest has been charged on this loan. This amount has been classified within other creditors.
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Opus Trust Group Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2020
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Opus Trust Investments Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.
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