REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
for |
Coull Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
for |
Coull Limited |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
Coull Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) |
Redland House |
157 Redland Road |
Redland |
Bristol |
BS6 6YE |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Balance Sheet |
31 December 2022 |
2022 | 2021 |
Notes | £ | £ |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 5 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
( |
) |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 8 |
Share premium | 9 |
Equity reserves | 9 |
Retained earnings | 9 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | ( |
) |
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
(a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Coull Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Directors believe that the Company has both sufficient support from existing shareholders and the potential to raise external funds from new investors to enable it to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date that the audited financial statements are signed. |
Turnover |
Turnover is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of products and services have been passed to the buyer and can be measured reliably. |
Turnover represents net invoiced sales of services, excluding value added tax. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. |
Depreciation is provided, at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful life:- |
Straight line basis |
Fittings, fixtures, furniture and equipment - Over 3 years |
Software purchase and development - Over 3 years |
Rates of depreciation are reviewed regularly in the light of experience. |
Assets under course of construction are not depreciated until the asset is fully completed and has ‘gone live’ in the business. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Lease commitments |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Income Statement on a straight line basis over the lease term. Assets used by the Company that have been funded through finance leases or hire purchase agreements are capitalised and the resulting lease obligations are included in creditors, net of finance charges. Interest costs on finance leases or hire purchase agreements are charged to the Profit and Loss Account to represent a constant rate on the carrying amount of the liability. |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
Capital instruments |
Ordinary shares are an equity instrument and are included in shareholders’ funds. Other capital instruments are classified as liabilities if they have a contractual obligation to transfer economic benefits in a future period. The finance cost recognised in the Income Statement in respect of capital instruments that are classified as liabilities is allocated to periods over the term of the instrument at a constant rate on the carrying amount. |
Share-based payments |
The Company issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees. Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value (excluding the effect of non-market based vesting conditions) at the date of grant. The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Company’s estimate of shares that will eventually vest and adjusted for the effect of non- market based vesting conditions. |
The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on management’s best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures, |
fittings |
& equipment |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2022 |
and 31 December 2022 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2022 |
and 31 December 2022 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2022 |
At 31 December 2021 |
5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2022 | 2021 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
Tax |
VAT |
Prepayments |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2022 | 2021 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Social security and other taxes |
VAT | 796 | - |
Other creditors |
Accrued expenses |
7. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows: |
2022 | 2021 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
8. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2022 | 2021 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary Shares | 0.01 | 4,528,184 | 4,007,910 |
Ordinary B Shares | 0.01 | - | 68 |
4,528,184 | 4,007,978 |
During the year 52,020,546 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each were issued and allotted as fully paid. |
9. | RESERVES |
Retained | Share | Equity |
earnings | premium | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
At 1 January 2022 | ( |
) | (4,201,182 | ) |
Deficit for the year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Movement in share options | - | - | 12,883 | 12,883 |
At 31 December 2022 | ( |
) | (4,453,247 | ) |
Share Options have been granted under the company's Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) to enable certain employees to acquire ordinary shares of the company in the future.The scheme was set up during the year ended 31 December 2013. The expected vesting period is 6 to 10 years from the date of issue. |
At the year end, 40,202,000 ordinary share options remain at an expected total value at the end of the vesting period of £419,900. |
The exercise period for 2,000 ordinary share options issued during the year ended 31 December 2013, at an exercise price of £8.95 commenced on 31 December 2018. The exercise period for 200,000 ordinary share options issued during the year ended 31 December 2017, at an exercise price of £0.01 is expected to commence on 31 December 2023. The exercise period for 12,000,000 ordinary share options issued during the year ended 31 December 2021, at an exercise price of £0.01 is expected to commence on 30 June 2031. The exercise period for 28,000,000 ordinary share options issued during the year ended 31 December 2022, at an exercise price of £0.01 is expected to commence on 31 July 2032. |
Warrant Options were granted to shareholders, based on the share issues and allotments in October 2019, August 2020 and April 2021. The Warrant Options, have no determined exercise date. |
Coull Limited (Registered number: 06679670) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 |
10. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Coull Americas Group LLC |
On the 3 April 2012 the Company acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Coull Americas Group, LLC, its only subsidiary and a company based and incorporated in USA. The total consideration when the subsidiary was acquired was £1,294,495 ($2,000,000). |
During the year ended 31 December 2015, the Company Directors believed that the subsidiary was no longer a cash-generating unit, as its carrying amount exceeded its recoverable amount. Hence, an impairment for the full historical carrying amount of £1,294,495 was accounted for during the year ended 31 December 2015 and the subsidiary is now considered dormant. |
11. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The Company's controlling party is Mr P I Fraser by virtue of his shareholding in the company. |