Company Registration No. 02544376 (England and Wales)
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr R Gillespie
Mr D Searle
Miss F J Morrison
Ms S Cassidy
Mr D S Pearce
Mrs E L Boggis
(Appointed 30 September 2019)
Dr G Gilbert
(Appointed 1 June 2020)
Ms K E Auer
(Appointed 1 June 2020)
Dr A Mailtland
(Appointed 1 July 2020)
Mrs J Chisholm
(Appointed 1 December 2020)
Mr K M West
(Appointed 28 September 2020)
Secretary
Mrs J Chisholm
Company number
02544376
Registered office
Prager Metis LLP
5a Bear Lane
Southwark
London
SE1 0UH
Auditor
Arnold Hill & Co LLP
Craven House
16 Northumberland Avenue
London
United Kingdom
WC2N 5AP
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
30 JUNE 2020
30 June 2020
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2020
2019
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
5,000
5,000
Current assets
Debtors
5
237,659
128,898
Cash at bank and in hand
440,814
85,069
678,473
213,967
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(561,699)
(298,292)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
116,774
(84,325)
Total assets less current liabilities
121,774
(79,325)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
4
3
Share premium account
499,998
299,999
Profit and loss reserves
(378,228)
(379,327)
Total equity
121,774
(79,325)
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.
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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 21 April 2021 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr D Searle
Director
Company Registration No. 02544376
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
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Accounting policies
Company information
Boat Race Company Limited is a
private
company
limited by shares
incorporated in England and Wales.
The registered office is
5a Bear Lane, Southwark, London, SE1 0UH.
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 are prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
The directors regularly review cash flow forecasts to determine the cash requirements of the company. The shareholder, Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation, has provided funding to the company during the year and after the year end to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due. In addition, where necessary the company can reduce costs by cutting the level of funding it provides to The Cambridge University Boat Club, The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, The Oxford University Boat Club and The Oxford University Women's Boat Club.
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The directors continue to monitor the company's cash flow requirements and remain satisfied that the company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due over the next 12 months.
Thus
t
he directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents sponsorship and other income, which is stated net of value added tax, and represents amounts receivable from third parties.
Turnover is attributable to one continuing activity, the professional exploitation of the commercial potential of The Boat Race.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
The Trophy is not depreciated on the grounds that the annual depreciation charge would be immaterial, based on the remaining useful economic life.
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.
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
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Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors
and
loans from
fellow group companies, 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
paymen
ts 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. A
m
ounts 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.
1.6
Taxation
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The
company’s
liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Due to the variable nature of distributions to The Cambridge University Boat Club, The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, The Oxford University Boat Club and The Oxford University Women's Boat Club, the company is not expected to make significant profits in the foreseeable future. As a result, no deferred tax asset has been recognised on estimated trading losses of £314,159.
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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.
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Employees
The average monthly number of persons (excluding directors) employed by the company during the year was 1
(2019 - 1).
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
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4
Tangible fixed assets
Trophy
£
Cost
At 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020
5,000
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020
Carrying amount
At 30 June 2020
5,000
At 30 June 2019
5,000
5
Debtors
2020
2019
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
212,482
29,565
Corporation tax recoverable
4,484
4,484
Other debtors
20,693
94,849
237,659
128,898
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2020
2019
£
£
Other creditors
561,699
298,292
7
Retirement benefit schemes
Defined contribution schemes
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.
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements
,
the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006
:
The auditor's report was unqualified.
The senior statutory auditor was Mr Justin Moore.
The auditor was Arnold Hill & Co LLP.
BOAT RACE COMPANY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
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Related party transactions
During the year the company paid £110,000 (2019: £125,000) to each of The Cambridge University Boat Club, The Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, The Oxford University Boat Club and The Oxford University Women's Boat Club. The boat clubs are stakeholders in the ultimate parent undertaking, The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation.
During the year, the company issued 1 ordinary share to The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation at a total value of £200,000.
The company paid professional fees of £22,925 (2019: £28,780) to Prager Metis LLP; Mr M A Boomla, secretary of The Boat Race Company Limited during the year, is a partner of Prager Metis LLP.
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Parent company
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation, which is a UK registered charity, number 292325. The company receives sponsorship monies in respect of The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and distributes its profits to the Foundation by way of Gift Aid. None was distributed in the current year (2019: £nil).