Dukemount Capital
Plc
(the "Company")
24 January 2025
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
30 SEPTEMBER 2024
The Company is pleased to announce the Annual Audited
Results for the year ended 30 September 2024, which are found in
full below.
The Audited results will shortly be available at the
Company's website: www.dukemountcapitalplc.com
For further information, please visit www.dukemountcapitalplc.com or contact:
Company
Dukemount Capital
PLC info@dukemountplc.com
Richard Edwards (Executive Director)
Broker Enquiries:
Peterhouse Capital Limited Tel: +44 (0) 207 469
0930
Lucy Williams / Duncan Vasey
DUKEMOUNT CAPITAL PLC
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CONTENTS
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Company Information
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Page
1
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Chairman's Statement
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2
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Board of Directors
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3
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Strategic Report
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4
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Report of the Directors
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8
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Remuneration Report
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12
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Independent Auditor's
Report
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15
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
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21
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Consolidated Statement of
Financial Position
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22
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Company Statement of
Financial Position
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23
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Consolidated Statement of
Changes in Equity
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24
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Company Statement of Changes
in Equity
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25
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
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26
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Company Statement of Cash Flows
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27
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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28
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DUKEMOUNT CAPITAL PLC
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Richard Andrew Edwards (appointed 16 October
2024)
Paul Terence Gazzard
Geoffrey Gilbert Dart (resigned 16 October 2024)
Secretary
City & Westminster Corporate Finance LLP
50 Jermyn Street
London
SW1Y 6LX
Registered
Office
70 Jermyn Street London
SW1Y 6NY
Solicitors
Charles Russell Speechly
5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
Independent
Auditor
Royce Peeling Green Limited
The Copper Room
Deva City Office Park Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BG
Broker
Peterhouse Capital Limited
3rd Floor
80 Cheapside London
EC2V 6EE
Registrar
Computershare Investor Services Plc
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol
BS99 6ZZ
Registered Number
07611240
I hereby present the annual financial statements for
the year ended 30 September 2024.
Whilst the last couple of years have been extremely
challenging across public capital markets globally, I am delighted
to report that the Group has made significant progress during the
year in tidying its affairs. This has included eliminating
debt, placing the Company's two active subsidiaries into
liquidation and paying off various historic creditors.
Furthermore, since my appointment on 16 October 2024, the Board has
been applying the final touches to this process.
As a result, the Group is now very clean and in a
strong position to pursue potential strategic opportunities and to
take full advantage of any improvements in market conditions.
The Board is adopting a thematic approach and will concentrate on a
topical sector with potential for significant capital growth.
During the year the Group reported a profit of
£112,712 (2023: loss of £407,977).
The profit was attributable to one-off write-backs
of various loans during the year of £248,198 and profits on
discontinued operations of £91,380 less administrative costs of
£226,866. The administrative costs arose in the course of the
Group maintaining the Company's listing on the Official List of the
UK Listing Authority by way of a standard listing, including
consultancy and professional fees.
As part of tidying the Group's affairs,
administrative costs included one-off items which are not expected
to recur. We have also been successful in rationalising other
day-to-day costs and expect to see the full fruits of these actions
in the current financial year.
As at 30 September 2024, the Group had cash balances
of £28,329 (2023: £16,650).
Post year-end, the Company also undertook a capital
raise of £150,000 to provide a cash runway for the foreseeable
future whilst it seeks potential strategic opportunities.
I would like to thank Paul Gazzard and Geoffrey Dart
(who has now left the Board) for all their work during the year
together with all those who have assisted and supported the
Group.
Richard Edwards
Director
24 January 2025
Richard Andrew Edwards
Richard is an entrepreneur and professional investor
with many years of experience in investing in small-cap companies
across a wide range of sectors including mining, oil and gas, IT,
healthcare and green technology. He has extensive experience in
investing in cash shells.
Richard is also the Senior Partner at a boutique
firm of Chartered Accountants specialising in tax advisory,
compliance and accounting services for private clients.
He is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser
and Certified Accountant.
Paul Terence Gazzard
Paul has over 10 years' experience of working across
investment institutions in the City of London in his previous role
as Fund Manager. He worked with the Panmure Gordon Asset Management
team until August 2002 when he transitioned into the commercial
financing sector. Between August 2002 and May 2010, Paul
participated in the listing of companies on the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange, operating at the Senior Executive level
within each of the companies.
Since then Paul has worked as a consultant across
various AIM listed companies, advising on corporate and financing
related matters, in addition to working as an adviser to several
high net worth individuals on specific corporate and management
issues relating to their investment portfolios as well as founding
a number of private companies in the financial services and other
sectors.
The Directors present their Strategic Report for the
year ended 30 September 2024.
Business Review and Future Developments
The Company was admitted to the Official List of the
UK Listing Authority by way of a listing on to the Standard segment
of the London Stock Exchange on 29 March 2017. Following UK Listing
Reforms effective 29 July 2024, the Company has been mapped into
the Equity Shares (Transition) category and will therefore continue
to follow the Standard Listing requirements.
The Group's principal activity continues to be to
ensure that the financial position and prospects of the Company are
maintained to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
The following entities are consolidated into the
Group financial statements:
From acquisition until 12 July
2024
DKE (North West) Limited incorporated on 6 November
2014 in England and Wales, of which 100% of the £100 share capital
was acquired on 7 September 2017 for £1. DKE (North West)
Limited was placed into Creditors Voluntary
Liquidation with the liquidators appointed on 12 July
2024.
DKE (Wavertree) Limited, incorporated on 24 April 2016 in England and Wales, of which 100%
of the £1 share capital was acquired on 6 October 2017. DKE
(Wavertree) Limited was placed into Creditors
Voluntary Liquidation with the liquidators appointed on 12
July 2024.
From acquisition until 22 August
2023
DKE Flexible Energy Limited (formerly HSKB Limited) into which the Company entered
a Joint Venture and Shareholders' Agreement on 20 May 2021,
acquiring a 50% interest in the equity of HSKB Limited with the
view to purchase and develop two gas peaking facilities. HSKB
Limited purchased those assets, ARL 018 Limited and ADV001 Limited
in October 2021 following the signing of a subordinated funding
package. The Company was deemed to exercise control through its
direct and indirect shareholding of DKE Flexible Energy Limited
which was therefore treated as a subsidiary with full consolidation
into the Group financial statements. The gas peaking facilities,
ARL 018 Limited and ADV001 Limited were sold in October 2022. DKE
Flexible Energy Limited was dissolved on 22 August 2023.
Performance of the Business during the Year and the
Position at the End of the Year
The Group reported a profit of £112,712 (2023: loss
of £407,977) for the year ended 30 September 2024.
The profit was attributable to one-off write-backs
of various loans during the year of £248,198 and profits on
discontinued operations of £91,380 less administrative costs of
£226,866. The administrative costs arose in the course of the Group
maintaining the Company's listing on the Official List of the UK
Listing Authority including consultancy and professional fees.
As at 30 September 2024, the Group had net
liabilities of £71,265 (2023: net liabilities of £1,883,977). Cash
balances as at the year-end were £28,329 (2023: £16,650).
The net assets of the Company closed at less than
50% of the issued share capital, in breach of s656 of the Companies
Act 2006. The Company has made significant progress during the year
in tidying its affairs, which has included eliminating debt,
placing the Company's two active subsidiaries into liquidation and
paying off various historic creditors. The Company is now in a much
stronger position to pursue potential strategic opportunities and
to correct the breach and will continue to keep its shareholders
informed of its progress.
Key Performance Indicators ('KPIs')
The Board monitors the activities and performance of
the Group on a regular basis. The primary performance indicator
applicable to the Group at this stage of its development is to find
and complete a reverse takeover.
The Directors are also of the opinion that a key
primary performance indicator applicable to the Group is the
maintenance of cash reserves held in cash and short-term
investments.
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2024
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2023
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Cash at bank
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£28,329
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£16,650
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Directors' Statement Under Section 172 (1) of the
Companies Act 2006
Section 172 (1) of the Companies Act obliges the
Directors to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of
the Company's members as a whole.
This section specifies that the Directors must act
in good faith when promoting the success of the Company and in
doing so have regard (amongst other things) to:
a) the likely
consequences of any decision in the long term,
b) the interests
of the Company's employees,
c) the need to
foster the Company's business relationship with suppliers,
customers and others,
d) the impact of
the Company's operations on the community and environment,
e) the
desirability of
the Company
maintaining a
reputation for
high standards
of business
conduct, and
f) the need
to act fairly as between members of the Company.
The Board of Directors is collectively responsible
for formulating the Company's strategy, which is to ensure that the
financial position and prospects of the Company are maintained to
pursue potential strategic opportunities.
The Board places equal importance on all
shareholders and strives for transparent and effective external
communications, within the regulatory confines of a standard listed
company. The primary communication tool for regulatory matters and
matters of material substance is through the Regulatory News
Service, ("RNS"). The Company's website is also updated regularly,
and provides further details on the business. We also are available
to all shareholders for interaction with the Board and management,
in order to raise any of their concerns.
The Directors believe they have acted in the way
they consider most likely to promote the success of the Company for
the benefit of its members as a whole, as required by Section 172
(1) of the Companies Act 2006 and have restructured its financing
with its investors to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
Social, community and human rights responsibility
The Board acknowledge that they will need to
consider social and community implications, particularly in the
areas of operations, and the Board will fully take into
consideration and comply with any necessary local requirements.
Whilst the Company has no female members on the
Board, the Board recognise the need to operate a gender diverse
business, and they will revisit this area and its appropriateness
in relation to the growth of the business. The Board will also
ensure any future employment takes into account the necessary
diversity requirements and compliance with all employment law. The
Board has experience and sufficient training/qualifications in
dealing with such issues to ensure they would meet all
requirements.
Anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy
The government of the United Kingdom has issued
guidelines setting out appropriate procedures for companies to
follow to ensure that they are compliant with the UK Bribery Act
2010. The Company has conducted a review into its operational
procedures to consider the impact of the Bribery Act 2010 and
continues to monitor its procedures.
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
The Directors consider the principal risk for the
Group to be the maintenance of its cash reserves whilst it pursue
potential strategic opportunities.
The Group operates in an uncertain environment and
is subject to a number of risk factors. The Directors consider the
following risk factors to be of particular relevance to the Group's
activities. It should be noted that the list is not exhaustive and
other risk factors not presently known or currently deemed
immaterial may apply. The risk factors are summarised below:
Market conditions
Market conditions, including general economic
conditions and their effect on exchange rates, interest rates and
inflation rates, may impact the ultimate value of the Group
regardless of its operating performance.
The Board considers and reviews all market
conditions to try and mitigate any risks that may arise.
Impact of COVID-19
The impact of COVID-19 or any other severe
communicable disease, if uncontrolled, on the general economic
climate could have an adverse effect on the Group. COVID-19 had a
material adverse effect on overall business sentiment and the
global economy. There is no assurance there will not be similar
outbreaks of other diseases in the future. The impact of any future
imposition by governments across the world of stringent measures to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 or other diseases, and the effect of
COVID- 19, or any other severe communicable diseases outbreak in
the future, on the employees of the Group, could adversely affect
the performance of the business activities of the Group and those
of the customers, which could lead to a decrease in the demand for
their services. The Company's employees carry out their duties
remotely, via the network infrastructure in place. As a result,
there was no disruption to the operational activities of the
Company during the COVID-19 social distancing and working from home
restrictions. All key business functions continue to operate at
normal capacity.
Brexit
The withdrawal of the UK from the EU on 31 January
2020 continues to generate a level of uncertainty in the UK
financial services sector. The Directors continue to monitor
Brexit's impact on the Group.
Financing and interest rate risk
The Group may not be successful in procuring the
requisite funds on terms which are acceptable to it (or at all)
and, if such funding is unavailable, the Group may be required to
reduce the scope of future transactions. Further, shareholders'
holdings of Ordinary Shares may be materially diluted if debt
financing is not available.
Risks relating to the Group's business strategy
The Group is dependent on the ability of the
Directors to identify suitable transaction opportunities and to
implement the Group's strategy. There is no assurance that the
Directors will be successful in finding suitable transactions that
will ultimately be developed.
The Directors have reviewed projections for a period
of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial
Statements.
In making their assessment of going concern, the
Directors have considered the Company's position carefully and
discussed it with its funders and professional advisors. The
Company has made significant progress during the year in tidying
its affairs, which has included eliminating debt, placing the
Company's two active subsidiaries into liquidation and paying off
various historic creditors. The Company is now in a much stronger
position to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
The Company also raised capital of £300,000 and
£150,000 in April 2024 and October 2024 respectively via the
Company's broker, Peterhouse Capital Ltd. Richard Edwards
covered 25% of both raises and the remainder was covered by a small
group of other investors.
The Company has cash for the foreseeable future and
in the event that a strategic opportunity has not been implemented
in the meantime, the Directors note that the Company has been
successful with two fundraises in the last year and continue to
believe strongly in the Group's potential. If a further
capital raise is required, the Directors are optimistic that they
would be successful in raising such funds and that this would
include support from the same group of investors as the past two
raises.
However, the successful implementation of a
strategic opportunity or funding has been identified as a material
uncertainty which may cast doubt over the going concern assessment.
Whilst acknowledging this uncertainty, based upon the above, the
Directors consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the
financial statements on a going concern basis.
Dependence on key personnel and management risks
The Group's business is dependent on retaining the
services of a small management team and the loss of a key
individual could have an adverse effect on the future of the
Group's business. The Group's future success will also depend in
large part upon its ability to attract and retain highly skilled
personnel. This risk is managed by offering salaries that are
competitive in the current market.
Environmental and other regulatory requirements
The event of a breach with any environmental or
regulatory requirements may give rise to reputational, financial of
other sanctions against the Group, and therefore the Board
considers these risks seriously and designs, maintains and reviews
the policies and processes so as to mitigate or avoid these risks.
Whilst the Board has a good record of compliance, there is no
assurance that the Group's activities will always be compliant.
Financial Risk Management
The Group has a simple capital structure and its
principal financial asset is cash. The Group has no material
exposure to market risk or currency risk and the Directors manage
its exposure to liquidity risk by maintaining adequate cash
reserves and ensuring any debt financing is at a competitive
interest rate which can be maintained within the Group's cash
resources going forward.
Further details regarding risks are detailed in note
2(p) to the financial statements.
This Strategic Report was approved by the Board of
Directors on 24 January 2025.
Richard
Edwards Director
The Directors present the Annual Report and the
audited financial statements for the year
ended 30 September 2024.
The Company was admitted to the Official List of the
UK Listing Authority by way of a listing on to the Standard segment
of the London Stock Exchange on 29 March 2017. Following UK Listing
Reforms effective 29 July 2024, the Company has been mapped into
the Equity Shares (Transition) category and will therefore continue
to follow the Standard Listing requirements.
The Company's shares were suspended from trading on
1 November 2022 and recommenced trading on 13 September 2023.
Principal Activities
The Group's principal activity continues to be to
ensure that the financial position and prospects of the Company are
maintained to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
Directors
The Directors of the Company during the year ended
30 September 2024 and after the year-end were:
Richard Andrew Edwards (appointed on 16 October
2024)
Paul Terence Gazzard
Geoffrey Gilbert Dart (resigned on 16 October
2024)
Future developments
See the Strategic Report for anticipated future
developments of the Group.
Dividends
The Directors do not propose a dividend in respect
of the year ended 30 September 2024 (2023: Nil).
Corporate Governance
The Group was previously listed on the Standard
segment of the Official UK Listing Authority. Following UK Listing
Reforms effective 29 July 2024, the Group is now mapped into the
Equity Shares (Transition) category and is therefore continuing to
follow the Standard Listing requirements. The Group is not
therefore required to comply with the provisions of the UK
Corporate Governance Code.
The Group does not choose to voluntarily comply with
the UK Corporate Governance Code. However, in the interests of
observing best practice on corporate governance, the Group has
regard to the provisions of the Corporate Governance Code insofar
as is appropriate, except that:
· Given the size of the Board and the Group's current size,
certain provisions of the Corporate Governance Code (in particular
the provisions relating to the composition of the Board and the
division of responsibilities between the Chairman and Chief
Executive), are not being complied with by the Group as the Board
considers these provisions to be inapplicable.
· Until the Group has accumulated sufficient reserves and
appointed two additional Non-Executive Directors it will not have
separate audit and risk, nomination or remuneration committees. The
Board as a whole will instead review audit and risk matters, as
well as the Board's size, structure and composition and the scale
and structure of the Directors' fees, taking into account the
interests of shareholders and the performance of the
Group.
· The
UK Corporate Governance Code recommends the submission of all
Directors for re-election at annual intervals. Given the Group's
size and limited Board composition, this is not appropriate at this
time.
· The
Board do not consider an internal audit function to be necessary
for the Group at this time due to the limited number of
transactions.
The Directors are responsible for internal control
in the Group and for reviewing effectiveness. Due to the size of
the Group, all key decisions are made by the Board. The Directors
have reviewed the effectiveness of the Group's systems during the
period under review and consider that there have been no material
losses, contingencies or uncertainties due to weaknesses in the
controls.
Carbon emissions
The Group currently has no employees other than the
Directors and uses remote working. Therefore, the Group has minimal
carbon emissions and it is not practical to obtain emissions data
at this stage.
Directors and Directors' Interests
The Directors who held office during the year and to
the date of approval of these Financial Statements had the
following beneficial interests in the ordinary shares of the
Group.
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Ordinary
shares
30 September 2024
No.
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Ordinary
shares
30 September 2023
No.
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Warrants
interest
30 September
2024
No.
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Warrants
interest
30 September
2023
No.
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Richard Edwards*
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430,000,000
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-
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187,500,000
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-
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Geoffrey Dart**
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12,358,973
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4,666,666
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-
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-
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Paul Gazzard
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4,000,000
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4,000,000
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-
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-
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*
Aggregated holding of Richard Edwards and his wife, Charlotte
Edwards and their SIPPs.
** Geoffrey Dart is a
Director of Chesterfield Capital Limited which holds the 12,358,973
shares.
Substantial shareholders
As at 21 January 2025, this shareholder information,
for shareholders holding more than 3% of the shares is based on the
Dukemount Capital Plc share register and disclosures made by
shareholders.
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Ordinary shares of £0.00001
each
No.
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% of the issued ordinary
share
capital
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Richard and Charlotte
Edwards
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497,000,000
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23.52
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Adrian Crucefix
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269,500,000
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12.75
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Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees)
Limited
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258,574,001
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12.24
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Interactive Investor Services
Nominees Limited
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242,577,347
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11.48
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Steve Xerri
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163,000,000
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7.71
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Thomas Grant and Company Nominees
Limited
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92,500,000
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4.38
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Peel Hunt Partnership
Limited
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90,275,510
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4.27
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Barclays Direct Investing Nominees
Limited
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73,791,389
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3.49
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Employees
The Group has no employees other than the
Directors (2023: None).
Statement of Directors' responsibilities pursuant
to the disclosure and transparency rules
The Directors are responsible for preparing the
Annual Report, the Remuneration 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 Group and Parent Company
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and
UK-adopted international accounting standards. 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 Group and Parent Company and of the profit or loss
of the Group for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the
Directors are required to:
· Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
· Make
judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and
prudent;
· State whether applicable UK-adopted international accounting
standards have been followed, subject to any material departures
disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
· Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and Parent
Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate
accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the
Group and Parent Company's transactions and disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group
and Parent Company and enable them to ensure that the financial
statements and the Directors' Remuneration Report comply with the
Companies Act 2006. The Directors are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Group and Parent Company and hence
for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of
fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance
and integrity of the corporate and financial information included
on the Group and Parent Company's website. Legislation in the
United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the
consolidated financial statements may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions.
The Directors consider that the Annual Report and
Financial Statements, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and
understandable and provides the information necessary for
shareholders to assess the Group and Parent Company's position,
performance, business model and strategy.
Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are
listed on page 3 confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and
belief:
· The
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis
using the historical cost convention and in accordance with the
UK-adopted International Accounting Standards and in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and
· the
Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and
performance of the business and the position of the Group and
Parent Company, together with a description of the principal risks
and uncertainties that they face.
Directors and officers liability insurance
The Company does not currently have directors and
officers liability insurance in place.
Provision of information to auditor
So far as each of the Directors is aware at the time
this report is approved:
· there is no relevant audit information of which the Group's
auditor is unaware; and
· the
Directors have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to
make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to
establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
Auditors
Royce Peeling Green Limited, the auditor, has
indicated its willingness to continue in office as auditor and will
be proposed for reappointment in accordance with Section 485 of the
Companies Act 2006.
Subsequent events
Details of events after the reporting period are
disclosed in Note 20.
Other information
In accordance with s414C(11) of the Companies Act
2006, the Directors have chosen to present information of strategic
importance in the Strategic Report.
Approved by the Board on 24 January 2025, and signed
on its behalf by:
Richard
Edwards Director
This remuneration report sets out the Group's policy
on the remuneration of executive and non-executive Directors
together with details of Directors' remuneration packages and
service contracts for the year ended 30 September 2024.
Until a strategic opportunity has been identified
and/or until it has accumulated sufficient reserves to justify the
appointment of two additional Non-Executive directors, the Group
will not have a separate remuneration committee. The Board as a
whole will instead review the scale and structure of the Directors'
fees, taking into account the interests of shareholders and the
performance of the Group and Directors.
The items included in this report are unaudited
unless otherwise stated.
Audited information
Directors' emoluments and compensation
The Directors have elected not to be paid, nor
accrue their entitlement.
Directors' Remuneration including other benefits of £Nil (2023: £Nil) were therefore
paid to the directors.
Unaudited information
Employment Contracts and Letters of Appointment
The Directors who served during the year all have
employment contracts.
The Directors who held office at 30 September 2024
and who had beneficial interests in the Ordinary Shares of the
Group and details of these beneficial interests can be found in the
Directors' Report.
Terms of appointment
The services of the Directors, provided under the
terms of agreement with the Group, are dated as follows:
Director
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Year of
appointment
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Number of years
completed
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Date of current
engagement letter
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Geoffrey Dart
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2011
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13
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16
September 2021
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Paul Gazzard
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2017
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8
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16
September 2021
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Geoffrey Dart resigned on 16 October 2024.
Other matters
The Group does not have any pension plans for any of
the Directors and does not pay pension amounts in relation to their
remuneration. The Group has not paid out any excess retirement
benefits to any Directors or past Directors.
Remuneration Policy
In setting the policy, the Board has taken the
following into account:
· The
need to attract, retain and motivate individuals of a calibre who
will ensure successful leadership and management of the
Group;
· The
Group's general aim of seeking to reward all employees fairly
according to the nature of their role and their
performance;
· Remuneration packages offered by similar companies within the
same sector;
· The
need to align the interests of shareholders as a whole with the
long-term growth of the Group; and
· The
need to be flexible and adjust with operational changes throughout
the term of this policy.
Remuneration Components
The remuneration policy of the Group is outlined
below.
Future Policy Table
Element
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Purpose
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Policy
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Operation
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Opportunity and
performance
conditions
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Executive directors
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Base salary
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To award
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The remuneration of Directors
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Paid monthly
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The total value
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for
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is based on the
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and will be
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of Directors'
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services
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recommendations of the
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reviewable
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fees that may
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provided
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Chairman and comparison
with
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annually.
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be paid is
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other companies of a similar
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limited by the
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size and sector. Any Director
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Group's
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who serves on any committee,
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Articles of
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or who devotes special
attention
|
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Association to
|
|
|
to the business of the Group,
or
|
|
£200,000 per
|
|
|
who otherwise performs
|
|
annum.
|
|
|
services which in the opinion
of
|
|
|
|
|
the Directors are outside
the
|
|
|
|
|
scope of the ordinary duties of
a
|
|
|
|
|
Director, may be paid such
|
|
|
|
|
extra remuneration as the
|
|
|
|
|
Directors may determine.
|
|
|
Pension
|
N/A
|
Not awarded
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Benefits
|
To
assist
with
|
Some directors may be entitled to
medical insurance
|
Paid annually and reviewable
|
Benefit deemed to be
|
|
performing
|
|
annually
|
a tax
benefit
|
|
their
roles
|
|
|
for
the
directors
|
Annual Bonus
|
N/A
|
Annual bonuses of the Directors is
based on the recommendations of the Chairman and comparison with
other companies of a similar size and sector.
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Share Options
|
N/A
|
Based on the recommendations of
the Chairman and comparison with other companies of a similar
size and sector.
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Notes to the Future Policy Table
The Directors are reimbursed all travelling, hotel
and other expenses they may incur in attending meetings of the
Directors or general meetings or otherwise in connection with the
discharge of their duties.
Consideration of shareholder views
The Board will consider shareholder feedback
received and guidance from shareholder bodies. This feedback, plus
any additional feedback received from time to time, is considered
as part of the Group's annual policy on remuneration.
Policy for new appointments
Base salary levels will take into account market
data for the relevant role, internal relativities, the individual's
experience and their current base salary. Where an individual is
recruited at below market norms, they may be re-aligned over time
(e.g. two to three years), subject to performance in the role.
Benefits will generally be in accordance with the approved
policy.
For external and internal appointments, the Board
may agree that the Group will meet certain relocation and/or
incidental expenses as appropriate.
Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Richard
Edwards Director
24 January 2025
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
DUKEMOUNT CAPITAL PLC
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of
Dukemount Capital Plc (the 'Parent Company') and together with its
subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 30 September 2024
which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income,
the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Financial
Position, the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Changes
in Equity, the Consolidated and Parent Company Statements of Cash
Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant
accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has
been applied in their preparation is applicable law and UK-adopted
international accounting standards.
In our opinion:
• the financial statements give a true and fair view of the
state of the Group's and of the Parent Company's affairs as at 30
September 2024 and of the group's profit for the year then
ended;
• the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in
accordance with UK-adopted international accounting
standards;
• the Parent Company financial statements have been properly
prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting
standards; and
• the financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
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 Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the
financial statements section of our report. We are independent of
the Group and Parent Company in accordance
with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the
financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical
Standard as applied to listed public interest entities, 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.
Material uncertainty related to going concern
We draw attention to note 2 in the financial
statements, which indicates that the Group is dependent on
successful fundraising or the successful implementation of a
strategic opportunity to continue as a going concern. The Group has
no contracts in place at year-end or after year-end, with no
trading plans. Additionally, the Group has a cash balance at the
date of approval of the financial statements that would not be able
to support its operations and overheads for the following twelve
months. As stated in note 2, these events or conditions, along with
the other matters as set forth in note 2, indicate that a material
uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group's
and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Our work in relation to going concern included:
•
Discussing future plans with management and
review of forecasts;
•
Considering the appropriateness and sensitivity
of assumptions used in the preparation of the forecasts;
•
Reviewing the results of subsequent events and
assessing the impact on the financial statements;
•
Reading board minutes for references to financing
difficulties;
• Considering whether management have used all relevant
information in their assessment and enquiring whether any known
events or conditions beyond the period of assessment may affect
going concern; and
• Reviewing and considering the impact of any new and amended
borrowing arrangements entered into after the year-end to assist
the group to continue its operations.
In view of the requirement to raise additional funds
there is a material uncertainty with regard to going concern
because although the directors are confident they can raise
adequate funding that funding has not been agreed.
In auditing the financial statements, we have
concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of
accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is
appropriate. Our evaluation of the directors' assessment of the
Group's and the Parent Company's ability to continue to adopt the
going concern basis of accounting included reviewing management's
assessment and going concern forecasts for the next twelve months
and forming an opinion on whether the current financial position
has the ability to fund the group's costs for that period.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the
directors with respect to going concern are described in the
relevant sections of this report.
Our application of materiality
We apply the concept of materiality both in planning
and performing our audit, and in evaluating the effect of
misstatements on our audit and on the financial statements. For the
purposes of determining whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatement, we define materiality as the magnitude
of misstatement that makes it probable that the economic decisions
of a reasonably knowledgeable person would be changed or
influenced. We also determine a level of performance materiality
which we use to assess the extent of testing needed to reduce to an
appropriately low level the probability that the aggregate of
uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds materiality for
the financial statements as a whole.
We determined the group materiality for the
financial statements as a whole to be £21,000 (2023: £28,000), with
the parent company materiality set at £21,000 (2023: £28,000).
Performance materiality was set at
£15,000 (2023: £21,000) and £15,000 (2023: £21,000)
respectively. The overall materiality was based on 10% of
administrative expenses (2023: 10% of loss before taxation).
The change in materiality base is due to creditor
write-back exceptional items in the current year. Total
administrative expenses are effectively the loss before taxation if
these exceptional items were excluded and is therefore a more
suitable and comparable base.
We agreed with the board that we would report all
audit differences identified during the course of our audit in
excess of our triviality level of £1,000 (2023: £1,000) and £1,000
(2023: £1,000) for the group and parent company respectively.
Our approach to the audit
The audit was scoped by obtaining an understanding
of the Group and Parent Company and their environment, including
the Parent Company's systems of internal control and assessing the
risks of material misstatement.
In designing our audit approach, we determined
materiality and assessed the risks of material misstatement in the
financial statements. In particular we assessed the areas involving
significant accounting estimates and judgements by the directors,
notably management's assessment of going concern and considered
future events that are inherently uncertain.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our
professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of
the financial statements of the current period and include the most
significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not
due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest
effect on: the overall audit strategy, the allocation of resources
in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the
financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion
thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these
matters.
In addition to the Material uncertainty related to
going concern noted above, as set out below we have determined
Management override of controls to be the key audit matter to be
communicated in our report.
Key audit matter
|
How our scope addressed this matter
|
Management override of controls
|
|
Under ISA (UK) 240 The Auditor's
Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial
Statements, there is a presumed significant risk of management
override of the system of internal controls.
The primary responsibility for the
prevention and detection of fraud rests with management. Their role
in the detection of fraud is an extension of their role in
preventing fraudulent activity.
Management are responsible for
establishing a sound system of internal control designed to support
the achievement of policies, aims and objectives and to manage
risks facing an entity; this includes the risk of fraud.
Management are in a unique
position to perpetrate fraud because of their ability to manipulate
accounting records and prepare fraudulent financial statements by
overriding controls that otherwise appear to be operating
effectively.
|
We considered the potential for
the manipulation of financial results to be a significant fraud
risk.
Our work in this area included:
·
A review of journals processed during the period
under review and in the preparation of the financial statements to
determine whether these were appropriate.
·
We reviewed bank transactions throughout the
period and since the year end for material and round sum amounts
and evidenced these back to appropriate documentation.
·
A review of key estimates, judgements and
assumptions within the financial statements for evidence of
management bias and agreement of any such to appropriate supporting
documentation.
·
An assessment of whether the financial results
and accounting records included any significant or unusual
transactions where the economic substance was not clear.
Our conclusion
Overall, we are satisfied that the
accounting records and financial statements are free from material
misstatement in this respect.
|
Other information
The other information comprises the information
included in the annual report, other than the financial statements
and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for
the other information contained within the annual report. Our
opinion on the group and parent company 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.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the
Companies Act 2006
In our opinion the part of the directors'
remuneration report to be audited has been properly prepared in
accordance with the Companies Act 2006.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the
course of the audit:
·
the information given in the Strategic Report and
the Directors' Report for the financial period for which the
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial
statements; and
·
the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report
have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by
exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of
the Group and Parent Company and their environment obtained in the
course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements
in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the
following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006
requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
·
adequate accounting records have not been kept by
the Parent Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been
received from branches not visited by us; or
·
the Parent Company financial statements and the
part of the Directors' Remuneration Report to be
audited are not in agreement with the accounting records and
returns; or
·
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration
specified by law are not made; or
·
we have not received all the information and
explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the statement of
directors' responsibilities, the directors are responsible for the
preparation of the Group and Parent Company financial statements
and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and
for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary
to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Group and
Parent Company financial statements, the
directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group
and Parent Company to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as
applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going
concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to
liquidate the Group or Parent Company or to cease operations, or
have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the
financial statements
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 auditor's 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 evaluated the directors' and management's
incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the
financial statements (including the risk of override of controls)
and determined that the principal risks were related to posting
manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance,
management bias through judgements and assumptions in significant
accounting estimates and significant one-off or unusual
transactions.
·
Our audit procedures were designed to respond to
those identified risks, including non-compliance with laws and
regulations (irregularities) and fraud that are material to the
financial statements. Our audit procedures included but were not
limited to:
·
Discussing with the directors and management
their policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and
regulations;
·
Communicating identified laws and regulations
throughout our engagement team and remaining alert to any
indications of non-compliance throughout our audit; and
·
Considering the risk of acts by the Parent
Company which were contrary to applicable laws and regulations,
including fraud.
Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included
but were not limited to:
·
Making enquiries of the directors and management
on whether they had knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged
fraud;
·
Gaining an understanding of the internal controls
established to mitigate risks related to fraud;
·
Discussing amongst the engagement team the risks
of fraud; and
·
Addressing the risks of fraud through management
override of controls by performing journal entry testing.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit,
there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities,
including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial
statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases
the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from
the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements,
as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-
compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities
occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves
intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or
misrepresentation.
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 auditor's report.
Other matters which we are required to address
We were appointed by the Board on 5 January 2024 to
audit the financial statements for the period ended 30 September
2023 and subsequent financial periods. Our total uninterrupted
period of engagement is 2 years.
The non-audit services prohibited by the FRC's
Ethical Standard were not provided to the Group or the Parent
Company and we remain independent of the Group and the Parent Company
in conducting our audit.
Our audit opinion is consistent with the additional
report to the audit committee.
Use of our report
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 auditor's 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.
Martin Chatten
(Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Royce Peeling Green Limited Chartered
Accountants
Statutory Auditor
The Copper Room Deva City Office Park Trinity Way
Manchester M3 7BG
24 January 2025
|
Note
|
Group
Year ended
30 September 2024
|
Group
17
month period ended
30
September 2023
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
|
Other income
|
|
-
|
3,731
|
Administrative expenses
|
3
|
(226,866)
|
(124,227)
|
Operating loss
|
|
(226,866)
|
(120,496)
|
|
|
|
|
Write-back of loans and
debts
|
15
|
248,198
|
-
|
Finance charges
|
|
-
|
(190,094)
|
Profit/(loss) before taxation
|
|
21,332
|
(310,590)
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
Profit/(loss) for the year from continuing operations
|
|
21,332
|
(310,590)
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) for the year from
discontinued operations
|
7
|
91,380
|
(97,387)
|
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
|
112,712
|
(407,977)
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the year attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
Owners of Dukemount Capital
Plc
|
|
112,712
|
(359,284)
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
-
|
(48,693)
|
|
|
112,712
|
(407,977)
|
Earnings/(loss) per share attributable to equity
owners
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations - basic and
diluted (pence)
|
11
|
0.00002
|
(0.005)
|
Discontinued operations - basic
and diluted (pence)
|
11
|
0.00010
|
(0.001)
|
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
21
|
Note
|
Group
30 September
2024
|
Group
30
September 2023
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
9
|
31,022
|
534
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
28,329
|
16,650
|
Total Assets
|
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
|
|
|
|
Equity and Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
12
|
1,531,435
|
616,243
|
Share premium
|
13
|
2,034,113
|
1,249,305
|
Share based payments
reserve
|
14
|
2,960
|
2,960
|
Retained deficit
|
|
(3,639,773)
|
(3,752,485)
|
|
|
(71,265)
|
(1,883,977)
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
15
|
130,616
|
1,901,161
|
Total Equity and Liabilities
|
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
Total equity and liabilities attributable
to:
|
|
|
|
Owners of Dukemount Capital
Plc
|
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
These Consolidated Financial Statements were
approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and
were signed on its behalf on 24 January 2025.
Richard
Edwards Director
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
|
Note
|
Company
30 September 2024
|
Company
30
September 2023
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Current Assets
|
|
|
|
Investment in Subsidiaries
|
7
|
-
|
101
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
9
|
31,022
|
422
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
28,329
|
15,897
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
59,351
|
16,420
|
|
|
|
|
Equity and Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
12
|
1,531,435
|
616,243
|
Share premium
|
13
|
2,034,113
|
1,249,305
|
Share based payments
reserve
|
14
|
2,960
|
2,960
|
Retained deficit
|
|
(3,639,773)
|
(3,661,004)
|
|
|
(71,265)
|
(1,792,496)
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
payables
|
15
|
130,616
|
1,808,916
|
Total Equity and Liabilities
|
|
59,351
|
16,420
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has elected to take the exemption under
Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 from presenting the Parent
Company Income Statement and Statement of Comprehensive Income. The
profit for the Parent Company for the year was £21,231 (2023:
loss of £339,306) and the total
comprehensive profit for the year was £21,231 (2023: loss of
£339,306).
These Financial Statements were approved and
authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and were signed on
its behalf on 24 January 2025.
Richard
Edwards Director
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
|
Share capital
|
Share premium
|
Share based payment
reserve
|
Retained
deficit
|
Total
|
Non
controlling
interests
|
Total Equity
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Balance as at
1
May 2022
|
515,535
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,993,201)
|
(1,627,401)
|
48,693
|
(1,578,708)
|
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(359,284)
|
(359,284)
|
(48,693)
|
(407,977)
|
Other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total comprehensive
income for the
period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(359,284)
|
(359,284)
|
(48,693)
|
(407,977)
|
Transactions
With owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary
shares
|
102,708
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
102,708
|
-
|
102,708
|
Total
transactions with owners
|
102,708
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
102,708
|
-
|
102,708
|
Balance as at 30 September 2023
|
616,243
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,752,485)
|
(1,883,977)
|
-
|
(1,883,977)
|
Balance as at 1 October 2023
|
616,243
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,752,485)
|
(1,883,977)
|
-
|
(1,883,977)
|
Profit for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
112,712
|
112,712
|
-
|
112,712
|
Other comprehensive
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total comprehensive
income for the
year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
112,712
|
112,712
|
-
|
112,712
|
Transactions with owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary
shares
|
915,192
|
784,808
|
-
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
Total
transactions with owners
|
915,192
|
784,808
|
-
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
Balance as at 30 September
2024
|
1,531,435
|
2,034,113
|
2,960
|
(3,639,773)
|
(71,265)
|
-
|
(71,265)
|
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
|
Share Capital
|
Share premium
|
Share
based payment
reserve
|
Retained deficit
|
Total
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Balance as at 1 May 2022
|
515,535
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,221,698)
|
(1,555,898)
|
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(339.306)
|
(339,306)
|
Other comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total comprehensive income for the
period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(339,306)
|
(339,306)
|
Transactions with owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary shares
|
102,708
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
102,708
|
Total transactions with owners
|
102,708
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
102,708
|
Balance as at 30 September
2023
|
616,243
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,661,004)
|
(1,792,496)
|
Balance as at 1 October 2023
|
616,243
|
1,249,305
|
2,960
|
(3,661,004)
|
(1,792,496)
|
Profit for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21,231
|
21,231
|
Other comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total comprehensive income for the
year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21,231
|
21,231
|
Transactions with owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary shares
|
915,192
|
784,808
|
-
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
Total transactions with owners
|
915,192
|
784,808
|
-
|
-
|
1,700,000
|
Balance as at 30 September 2024
|
1,531,435
|
2,034,113
|
2,960
|
(3,639,773)
|
(71,265)
|
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
|
Note
|
Group
Year ended
30 September
2024
|
Group
17
month period ended
30
September
2023
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) before taxation
|
|
112,712
|
(407,977)
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in working
capital:
|
|
|
|
Shares issued in lieu of
expenses
|
|
-
|
74,575
|
Write-back of loans and
debts
|
15
|
(340,946)
|
-
|
(Increase)/decrease in trade and
other receivables
|
9
|
(30,488)
|
37,630
|
(Decrease)/increase in trade and
other payables
|
15
|
(69,599)
|
34,214
|
Net Cash used in Operating Activities
|
|
(328,321)
|
(261,558)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of
shares
|
12
|
300,000
|
-
|
Loans received
|
15
|
40,000
|
123,994
|
Loans repaid
|
|
-
|
(215,000)
|
Net Cash generated from/(used in)
Financing Activities
|
|
340,000
|
(91,006)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
Disposal of investment in
subsidiary
|
|
-
|
350,000
|
Net cash generated from Investing
Activities
|
|
-
|
350,000
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash and
Cash Equivalents
|
|
11,679
|
(2,564)
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the beginning of the
year
|
|
16,650
|
19,214
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Year
|
|
28,329
|
16,650
|
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
|
Note
|
Company
Year ended
30 September
2024
|
Company
17
month period ended
30
September
2023
|
|
|
£
|
£
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) before
taxation
|
|
21,231
|
(339,306)
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in working
capital:
|
|
|
|
Provision against intra group
loans
|
|
-
|
20,451
|
Provision against
subsidiaries
|
7
|
101
|
|
Shares issued in lieu of
expenses
|
|
-
|
74,575
|
Write-back of loans
|
15
|
(248,197)
|
-
|
Increase)/decrease in trade and
other receivables
|
9
|
(30,600)
|
13,014
|
(Decrease)/increase in trade and
other payables
|
15
|
(70,103)
|
(27,946)
|
Net Cash used in Operating Activities
|
|
(327,568)
|
(259,212)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
Disposal of investment in
subsidiary
|
|
-
|
350,000
|
Net Cash generated from Investing Activities
|
|
-
|
350,000
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of
shares
|
12
|
300,000
|
-
|
Loans received
|
15
|
40,000
|
123,994
|
Loans repaid
|
|
-
|
(215,000)
|
Net Cash generated from/(used in) Financing Activities
|
|
340,000
|
(91,006)
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash and
Cash Equivalents
|
|
12,432
|
(218)
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the beginning of the
year
|
|
15,897
|
16,115
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Year
|
|
28,329
|
15,897
|
The Accounting Policies and Notes form part of the
financial statements.
1. General Information
Dukemount Capital Plc was incorporated in the UK on
20 April 2011 as a public limited company with the name Black Lion
Capital Plc. The Company subsequently changed its name to Black
Eagle Capital Plc on 13 September 2011 and on 15 November 2016
changed its name to Dukemount Capital Plc. On 29 March 2017 the
Company was admitted to the London Stock Exchange by way of a
Standard listing.
The Group's principal activity continues to be to
ensure that the financial position and prospects of the Company are
maintained to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
The parent company's registered office is located at
70 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6NY.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The principal Accounting Policies applied in the
preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These
policies have been consistently applied to all the periods
presented, unless otherwise stated.
a) Basis of Preparation of Financial
Statements
The financial statements of Dukemount Capital Plc
have been prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international
accounting standards and with the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 as applicable to companies reporting under those standards.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical
cost convention.
The financial statements are presented in Pound
Sterling (£), rounded to the nearest pound.
The consolidated financial statements include the
Parent company and:
·
its wholly owned subsidiaries DKE (North West) Limited and DKE
(Wavertree) Limited from the date of their acquisition until the
date that liquidators were appointed on 12 July 2024, and
·
DKE Flexible Energy Limited in which the Company acquired a 50%
equity interest and was deemed to exercise control from the date of
its acquisition on 20 May 2021 until it was dissolved on 22 August
2023.
The individual entity financial statements of each
subsidiary were prepared in accordance with United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (FRS 101).
The directors resolved in September 2023 to extend
the accounting reference date from 30 April to 30 September.
Accordingly, the comparative period is for the period from 1 May
2022 to 30 September 2023.
b) Basis of consolidation
Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured
entities) over which the Group has control. The Group controls an
entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable
returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to
affect those returns through its power over the entity.
Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control
is transferred to the Group. They are deconsolidated from the date
that control ceases.
The Group re-assesses whether or not it controls an
investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes
to one or more of the three elements of control. Consolidation of a
subsidiary begins when the Group obtains control over the
subsidiary and ceases when the Group loses control of the
subsidiary. Assets, liabilities, income and expenses of a
subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in
the consolidated financial statements from the date the Group gains
control until the date the Group ceases to control the
subsidiary.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The Group applies the acquisition method to account
for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the
acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair values of the assets
transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former owners of the
acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group. The
consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or
liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement.
Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent
liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured
initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. The Group
recognises any non- controlling interest in the acquired companies
on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis, either at fair value or at
the non-controlling interest's proportionate share of the
recognised amounts of acquiree's identifiable net assets.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised
gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated.
Unrealised losses are also eliminated. When necessary, amounts
reported by subsidiaries have been adjusted to conform with the
Group's accounting policies.
c) Going Concern
The preparation of financial statements requires an
assessment on the validity of the going concern assumption.
The Directors have reviewed projections for a period
of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial
Statements.
In making their assessment of going concern, the
Directors have considered the Company's position carefully and
discussed it with its funders and professional advisors. The
Company has made significant progress during the year in tidying
its affairs, which has included eliminating debt, placing the
Company's two active subsidiaries into liquidation and paying off
various historic creditors. The Company is now in a much stronger
position to pursue potential strategic opportunities.
The Company also raised capital of £300,000 and
£150,000 in April 2024 and October 2024 respectively via the
Company's broker, Peterhouse Capital Ltd. Richard Edwards covered
25% of both raises and the remainder was covered by a small group
of other investors.
The Company has cash for the foreseeable future and
in the event that a strategic opportunity has not been successfully
implemented in the meantime, the Directors note that the Company
has been successful with two fundraises in the last year and
continue to believe strongly in the Group's potential. If a
further capital raise is required, the Directors are optimistic
that they would be successful in raising such funds and that this
would include support from the same group of investors as the past
two raises.
However, the successful implementation of a
strategic opptunity or funding has been identified as a material
uncertainty which may cast doubt over the going concern assessment.
Whilst acknowledging this uncertainty, based upon the above, the
Directors consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the
financial statements on a going concern basis.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
d) Changes in accounting
policies and disclosure
In issue and effective for periods commencing on 1 October
2023
The Group has considered the
following new accounting standards, interpretations and amendments
applicable to the period commencing 1 October 2023:
·
IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts
·
Disclosure of Accounting Policies - Amendments to
IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2
·
Definition of Accounting Estimates - Amendments
to IAS 8
·
Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities
arising from a Single Transaction - Amendments to IAS 12
·
International Tax Reform - Pillar Two Model Rules
- Amendments to IAS 12
The above standards,
interpretations and amendments did not have a material impact on
the financial statements.
In issue but not effective for periods commencing on 1
October 2023
At the date of authorisation of
the financial statements, the Group has not early adopted any new
accounting standard, interpretation or amendment that has been
issued but is not yet effective. The following were
considered:
·
Classification of Liabilities as Current or
Non-current and Non-current Liabilities with Covenants - Amendments
to IAS 1
·
Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback -
Amendments to IFRS 16
·
Disclosures: Supplier Finance Arrangements -
Amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7
·
Lack of exchangeability - Amendments to IAS
21
·
Classification and Measurement of Financial
Instruments - Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7
·
Annual Improvements to IFRS Accounting Standards
- Volume 11
·
Power Purchase Agreements - Amendments to IFRS 9
and IFRS 7
·
IFRS 18 - Presentation and Disclosure in
Financial Statements
·
IFRS 19 - Subsidiaries without Public
Accountability: Disclosures
The Directors do not expect any material impact as a
result of adopting the standards, interpretations and amendments
listed above in the financial year they become effective.
e) Segmental reporting
Identifying and assessing investment projects is the
only activity the Group is involved in and is therefore considered
as the only operating/reportable segment.
Therefore the financial information of the single
segment is the same as that set out in the Statement of
Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of
Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cashflows.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
f) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and
current and deposit balances with banks. This definition is also
used for the Statement of Cash Flows.
The Group considers the credit ratings of banks in
which it holds funds in order to reduce exposure to credit
risk.
The Group considers that it is not exposed to major
concentrations of credit risk.
g) Financial Instruments
Financial assets
The Group and Company classify their financial
assets in the following measurement categories:
•
Those to be measured subsequently at fair value
through profit or loss; and
•
Those to be measured at amortised cost.
The classification depends on the business model for
managing the financial assets and the contractual terms of the cash
flows. Financial assets are classified as at amortised cost only if
both of the following criteria are met:
•
The asset is held within a business model whose
objective is to collect contractual cash flows; and
•
The contractual terms give rise to cash flows
that are solely payments of principal and interest.
Financial assets at amortised cost are subsequently
measured using the effective interest rate (EIR) method and are
subject to impairment. The Group's and Company's financial assets
at amortised cost include trade and other receivables, contract
assets and cash and cash equivalents. A financial asset (or, where
applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of
similar financial assets) is primarily derecognised when:
•
The rights to receive cash flows from the asset
have expired; or
•
The Group and Company has transferred its rights
to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation
to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a
third party under a 'pass-through' arrangement; and either (a) the
Group and Company has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards of the asset, or (b) the Group and Company has neither
transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of
the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.
The Group currently does not recognise an allowance
for expected credit losses (ECLs) for all debt instruments not held
at fair value through profit or loss, as the effect would be
immaterial on these financial statements. ECLs are based on the
difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance
with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to
receive, discounted at an approximation of the original EIR. The
expected cash flows will include cash flows from the sale of
collateral held or other credit enhancements that are integral to
the contractual terms
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued)
For trade receivables (not subject to provisional
pricing) and other receivables due in less than 12 months, the
Group applies the simplified approach in calculating ECLs, as
permitted by IFRS 9. Therefore, the Group does not track changes in
credit risk, but instead, recognises a loss allowance based on the
financial asset's lifetime ECL at each reporting date. The Group
assesses a non-performing debt based on the payment terms of the
receivable.
h) Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities, comprising
trade and other payables, are held at amortised cost.
Trade payables are obligations to
pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary
course of business from suppliers. Accounts 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 and other payables are
recognised initially at fair value, and subsequently measured at
amortised cost using the effective interest method.
i) De-recognition of Financial
Instruments
·
Financial
Assets
A financial asset is derecognised where:
•
the right to receive cash flows from the asset has expired;
• the
Group retains the right to receive cash flows from the asset, but
has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without material
delay to a third party under a pass-through arrangement;
or
• the
Group has transferred the rights to receive cash flows from the
asset, and either has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards of the asset or has neither transferred nor retained
substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has
transferred control of the asset.
·
Financial
Liabilities
A financial liability is derecognised when the
obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or
expires. Where an existing financial liability is replaced by
another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or
the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such
an exchange or modification is treated as a derecognition of the
original liability and the recognition of a new liability, and the
difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognised in the
statement of comprehensive income.
j) Taxation
Current tax
Current tax is based on the taxable profit or loss
for the period. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the
extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive
income or recognised in equity. In this case, the tax is also
recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity,
respectively.
Current tax is calculated at the tax rates (and
laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the
reporting date.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised using the liability
method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences
between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the
Financial Statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the
computation of taxable profit. However, deferred tax is not
accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or
liability in a transaction that at the time of the transaction
affects neither accounting nor taxable profit nor loss. In
principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable
temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the
extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available
against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when
there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets
against current tax liabilities and when the deferred tax assets
and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation
authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable
entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a
net basis.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates (and
laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the
Statement of Financial Position date and are expected to apply to
the period when the deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred
tax liability is settled.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not
discounted.
k) Equity
Equity comprises the following:
· Share capital representing the nominal value of the equity
shares;
· Share premium representing consideration less nominal value
of issued shares and costs directly attributable to the issue of
new shares;
· Share based payments reserve representing the fair value of
share based payments valued in accordance with IFRS 2.
l) Share Capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity.
m) Share Based Payments
The Group has warrants over the ordinary share
capital as described in note 14. In accordance with IFRS 2, the
total amount to be expensed over the vesting period for warrants
issued for services is determined by reference to the fair value of
the warrants granted, excluding non-market vesting conditions.
Non-market vesting conditions are included in assumptions about the
number of warrants that are expected to vest.
For warrants issued relating to the raising of
finance, the relevant expense is offset against the share premium
account. The total amount to be expensed is determined by reference
to the fair rate of the warrants granted, excluding non-market
vesting conditions. Non-market vesting conditions are included in
assumptions about the number of warrants that are expected to
vest.
n) Investments
Equity investments in subsidiaries are held at cost,
less any provision for impairment.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
o) Financial Risk Management
Financial Risk Factors
The Group's activities expose it to a variety of
financial risks: market risk (price risk), credit risk and
liquidity risk. The Group's overall risk management programme seeks
to minimise potential adverse effects on the Group's financial
performance. None of these risks are hedged.
The Group has no foreign currency transactions or
borrowings, so is not exposed to market risk in terms of foreign
exchange risk. The Group will require funding to acquire and
develop and/or refurbish its properties and accordingly will be
subject to interest rate risk.
Risk management is undertaken by the Board of
Directors.
Market Risk - price risk
The Group was exposed to equity securities price
risk because of investments held by the Group, classified as
available-for-sale financial assets. These assets were sold in the
prior year, and therefore the carrying value at the year end is
£nil, which represents the maximum exposure for the Group.
The Group is not exposed to commodity price risk.
The Directors will revisit the appropriateness of this policy
should the Group's operations change in size or nature.
Credit risk
Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents as
well as any outstanding receivables. Management does not expect any
losses from non-performance of these receivables. The amount of
exposure to any individual counter party is subject to a limit,
which is assessed by the Board.
The Group considers the credit ratings of banks in
which it holds funds in order to reduce exposure to credit risk,
which is stated under the cash and cash equivalents accounting
policy.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk arises from the Group's management of
working capital. It is the risk that the Group will encounter
difficulty in meeting its financial obligations as they fall due.
The proceeds raised from the placing are being held as cash to
enable the Group to fund a transaction as and when a suitable
target is found.
Controls over expenditure are carefully managed, in
order to maintain its cash reserves whilst it targets a suitable
transaction.
Financial liabilities are all due within one
year.
Capital risk management
The Group's objectives when managing capital is to
safeguard the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, in
order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other
stakeholders, and to maintain an optimal capital structure. The
Group has no borrowings.
In order to maintain or adjust the capital
structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to
shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue new
shares.
The Group monitors capital on the basis of the total
equity held by the Group, being a net liability of £71,265 as at 30
September 2024 (2023: net liability of £1,883,977).
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued)
p) Critical Accounting Estimates and
Judgements
The Directors make estimates and assumptions
concerning the future as required by the preparation of the
financial statements in conformity with UK-adopted international
accounting standards. The resulting accounting estimates will, by
definition, seldom equal the related actual results.
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated
and are based on historical experience and other factors, including
expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable
under the circumstances.
Share based payments
In accordance with IFRS 2 'Share Based Payments' the
Group has recognised the fair value of warrants calculated using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Directors have made
significant assumptions particularly regarding the volatility of
the share price at the grant date in order to calculate a total
fair value. Further information is disclosed in Note 14.
3. Expenses by Nature
|
Year ended
30
September
2024
|
17 month
period ended
30
September
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Legal and professional
fees
|
158,331
|
62,365
|
Listing and regulatory
costs
|
68,535
|
58,131
|
Finance charges
|
-
|
190,094
|
Total Administrative
Expenses
|
2226,866
|
310,590
|
Finance charges relate to fees and interest incurred
in financing activities; £Nil (2023: £190,094) of which £Nil (2023:
£74,575) was satisfied by the issue of ordinary shares.
4. Directors' Remuneration
The Directors have elected not to be paid, nor
accrue their entitlement.
Directors' Remuneration including other benefits of £Nil (2023: £Nil) were therefore
paid to the directors.
Further details of Directors' remuneration are included in the Directors'
Remuneration Report.
The average number of employees (including
directors) during the year was 2 (2023: 2).
5. Services provided by the Group's Auditors
During the year, the Group obtained the following
services from the Group's auditors:
|
Year ended
30
September
2024
|
17 month
period
ended
30
September
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Fees payable to the Company's
auditor for:
Audit of the Group and Company:
|
|
|
Royce Peeling Green Limited
|
24,000
|
28,000
|
|
|
|
Audit of the subsidiary undertakings:
|
|
|
Royce Peeling Green Limited
|
-
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
|
24,000
|
30,000
|
6. Taxation
Tax Charge for the Year
No taxation arises on the result for the year due to
brought forward tax losses.
Factors Affecting the Tax Charge for the Year
The tax credit for the year does not equate to the
profit for the year at the applicable rate of UK corporation tax of
25% (2023: 21.12%). The differences are explained below:
|
Year ended 30
September
2024
|
17 month
period
ended
30
September
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Profit/(loss) for the year before
taxation
|
112,712
|
(407,977)
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) for the year before
taxation multiplied by the standard rate of UK Corporation of 25%
(2023: 21.12%)
|
28,178
|
(86,164)
|
Expenses ineligible for tax
relief
|
20,723
|
-
|
Non-taxable items
|
-
|
20,568
|
(Utilised)/unutilised tax
losses
|
(48,901)
|
65,596
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
The main rate of UK corporation tax increased from
19% to 25% on 1 April 2023 and therefore applicable rate for the
year was 25% (2023: 21.12%).
Factors Affecting the Tax Charge of Future
Periods
Tax losses available to be carried forward by the
Group at 30 September 2024 against future profits are estimated at
£3,244,070 (2023: £3,971,152).
A deferred tax asset has not been recognised in
respect of these losses in view of uncertainty as to the level of
future taxable profits. There is currently no expiry date on
carried forward tax losses.
7. Investment in subsidiaries
Company
|
|
|
|
2024
£
|
2023
£
|
Shares in Group Undertakings
|
|
|
As at 1 October
2023
|
101
|
350,601
|
Provision
|
(101)
|
|
Disposal in the year
|
-
|
(350,500)
|
|
|
|
As at 30 September
2024
|
-
|
101
|
Details of Subsidiaries
Details of the subsidiaries at 30 September 2024 are
as follows:
Name of subsidiary
|
Address of registered office
|
Country of incorporation
|
Share capital
held by
Parent
|
%
share capital held
|
Principal activities
|
Dukemount Limited
|
70 Jermyn Street, London,
UK
|
England
|
1
|
100%
|
Dormant
|
Liquidators were appointed for DKE (North West)
Limited and DKE (Wavertree) Limited on 12 July 2024. As there
is no likelihood of any recovery, the investments have been
provided for against in full.
Discontinued
operations
The consolidated results of discontinued operations
comprised:
|
2024
£
|
2023
£
|
Administrative expenses
|
(1,368)
|
|
Write-back of loans and debts
(note 15)
|
92,748
|
-
|
Loss on disposal
(note 8)
|
-
|
(97,387)
|
|
91,380
|
(97,387)
|
8. Intangible assets
|
Goodwill
2024
£
|
As at 1 October 2023
|
-
|
Disposal in the year
|
-
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
-
|
On 1 October 2021 the Group purchased two special
purpose companies, ARL 018 Limited and ADV 001 Limited through its
subsidiary undertaking, DKE Flexible Energy Limited ("DKE Energy")
resulting in goodwill on consolidation at 30 April 2022 of
£475,101. Each company containing the rights to an 11kV gas peaking
facility, ready to build, with full planning permission and grid
access.
In performing an assessment of the carrying value of
the assets at 30 April 2022, the Directors concluded that as no
development activity had been undertaken during the year ended 30
April 2022, it was appropriate to book an impairment of £125,101,
resulting in a carrying value of £350,000 at 30 April 2022. The
Directors formed this opinion based upon their calculation of
estimated fair value less cost to sell. This was considered to be
in excess of the carrying value of the asset.
The regulatory environment that evolved during the
period since acquisition to buy and then fund the construction of
the two assets meant there was no real activity during the period
and on 5 October 2022, DKE Flexible Energy Limited sold the two
special purpose companies, for an aggregate sale price of
£350,000 resulting in a loss on disposal of the
discontinued operation of £97,387.
The proceeds of the sale were used to repay a
portion of the sums owing to the Company's lenders. DKE Flexible
Energy Limited was dissolved on 22 August 2023.
9. Trade and Other Receivables
|
Group
2024
|
Company
2024
|
Group
2023
|
Company
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Other receivables, including
prepayments
|
31,022
|
31,022
|
534
|
422
|
|
31,022
|
31,022
|
534
|
422
|
The fair value of all receivables is the same as
their carrying values stated above.
The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting
date is the carrying value mentioned above. The Group does not hold
any collateral as security.
10. Dividends
No dividend has been declared or paid by the Company
during the year ended 30 September 2024 (2023: £Nil).
11. Earnings/ (loss) per share
Basic earnings/ (loss) per share is calculated by
dividing the profit/ (loss) attributable to equity holders of the
Group by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
during the year.
|
Year ended
30
September
2024
£
|
17 month
period ended 30 September
2023
£
|
Profit/(loss) on continuing
operations
|
21,332
|
(310,590)
|
Profit/(loss) on discontinued
operations
|
91,380
|
(48,694)
|
Profit/(loss) attributable to
equity holders of the Group
|
112,712
|
(359,284)
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of
ordinary shares in issue (thousands)
|
923,869
|
58,266
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share
|
|
|
Continuing operations - basic and
diluted
|
0.00002
|
(0.005)
|
Discontinued operations - basic and
diluted
|
0.00010
|
(0.001)
|
The Company had warrants in issue as at 30 September
2024. However, the inclusion of such warrants in the weighted
average number of shares as possible dilutive instruments in issue
during 2024 would be anti- dilutive and therefore the diluted
earnings per share is identical to the basic earnings per
share.
12. Share Capital
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
Share
Capital
|
|
No
|
£
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
|
Allotted, issued and fully paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 1 May 2022
|
513,535,974
|
513,535
|
Shares issued
|
102,707,190
|
102,708
|
As at 30 September 2023
|
616,243,164
|
616,243
|
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
Share
Capital
|
|
No
|
£
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
|
Allotted, issued and fully paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 1 October 2023
|
616,243,164
|
616,243
|
Share Consolidation and
subdivision into Deferred Shares
|
(554,618,848)
|
(554,619)
|
|
61,624,316
|
61,624
|
Shares issued (admitted on 18
January 2024)
|
7,692,307
|
7,692
|
Shares issued (admitted on 5 March
2024)
|
900,000,000
|
900,000
|
|
969,316,623
|
969,316
|
Subdivision into Deferred
shares
|
-
|
(959,623)
|
|
969,316,623
|
9,693
|
Shares issued (admitted on 19
April 2024)
|
750,000,000
|
7,500
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
1,719,316,623
|
17,193
|
|
|
|
The Company held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
on 12 January 2024 where all resolutions set out in the Company's
Notice of AGM were approved. Pursuant to this, the Company
reorganised its share capital.
Each existing Ordinary Share of £0.001 in the issued
share capital of the Company (each an "Existing Ordinary Share")
underwent a 1:10 consolidation ("Consolidation"), into one Ordinary
Share of £0.01 ("Consolidation Share") and then was subsequently
sub-divided into one Ordinary Share of £0.001 ("New Ordinary
Share") and one Deferred Share of £0.009 ("Deferred Share"). The
rights attaching to the New Ordinary Shares were identical in all
respects to those of the Existing Ordinary Shares. The Deferred
Shares have no voting rights, no entitlement to attend General
Meetings of the Company, no right to any dividend or other
distribution and carry only the right to participate in any return
of capital to the extent of the amount paid up or credited as paid
up on each Deferred Share after the holders of Existing Ordinary
Shares have received, not only the aggregate amount paid up on
those shares, but also £1 million per Ordinary Share.
Following the above reorganisation, Chesterfield
Capital Limited converted its debt of £500,000 due from the Company
into 7,692,307 Ordinary Shares of £0.001 at a price of £0.065 per
share. The admission of these shares took place on 18 January
2024.
On 4 March 2024, Paul Gazzard acquired the debt due
from the Company to Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and
Sanderson Capital Partners Limited of £900,000 and then converted
this into 900,000,000 Ordinary shares of £0.001 at a price of
£0.001 per share. The admission of these shares took place on 5
March 2024.
The Company held a further AGM on 18 April 2024
where all resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of AGM were
approved. Pursuant to this, there was a further reorganisation of
the Company's share capital.
Each Existing Ordinary Share of £0.001 was
sub-divided into one Ordinary Share of £0.00001 ("New Ordinary
Share") and one Deferred Share of £0.00099 ("Deferred Share"). The
rights attaching to the New Ordinary Shares are identical in all
respects to those of the Existing Ordinary Shares. The Deferred
Shares have no voting rights, no entitlement to attend General
Meetings of the Company, no right to any dividend or other
distribution and will carry only the right to participate in any
return of capital to the extent of the amount paid up or credited
as paid up on each Deferred Share after the holders of Existing
Ordinary Shares have received, not only the aggregate amount paid
up on those shares, but also £1 million per New Ordinary Share.
On 16 April 2024, the Company raised £300,000 by way
of placing 750,000,000 Ordinary Shares of £0.00001 at price of
£0.0004 per share ("the Placing Shares"). The admission of these
shares took place on 19 April 2024. The Placing Shares had a one
for one Warrant attached ("the Warrants"). The 750,000,000 Warrants
were initially exercisable at £0.0006 per share for a period of 3
years from the date of admission of the Placing Shares but have
subsequently been repriced to £0.000375 per share. Further details
on the repricing are given in Note 20.
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
Share
Capital
|
|
No
|
£
|
|
|
|
Deferred Shares
|
|
|
Allotted, issued and fully paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 1 October 2022 and
2023
|
-
|
-
|
Subdivision from Ordinary
Shares
|
61,624,316
|
554,619
|
Subdivision from Ordinary
Shares
|
969,316,623
|
959,623
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
1,030,940,939
|
1,514,242
|
As at 30 September 2024, there were 61,624,316
(2023: Nil) Deferred Shares of £0.009 in issue and 969,316,613
(2023: Nil) Deferred Shares of £0.00099 in issue totaling
1,030,940,939 (2023: Nil).
Both classes of Deferred Shares have no voting
rights, no entitlement to attend General Meetings of the Company,
no right to any dividend or other distribution and will carry only
the right to participate in any return of capital to the extent of
the amount paid up or credited as paid up on each Deferred Share
after the holders of Existing Ordinary Shares have received, not
only the aggregate amount paid up on those shares, but also £1
million per New Ordinary Share.
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
Allotted, issued and fully paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares
|
17,193
|
616,243
|
Deferred Shares
|
1,514,242
|
-
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
1,531,435
|
616,243
|
|
|
|
13. Share Premium
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
|
Allotted, issued and fully paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 1 October 2023
|
1,249,305
|
1,249,305
|
Shares issued (admitted on 18
January 2024)
|
492,308
|
-
|
Shares issued (admitted on 5 March
2024)
|
-
|
-
|
Shares issued (admitted on 19
April 2024)
|
292,500
|
-
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
2,034,113
|
1,249,305
|
|
|
|
14. Share Based Payments
The Group has the following
Warrants outstanding at the year-end:
Group and Company
|
|
|
Number of
Warrants
|
|
No
|
|
|
As at 1 October 2023
|
-
|
Warrants issued for services
provided
(Expiry on 5 March
2027)
|
29,079,499
|
Warrants issued for services
provided
(Expiry on 5 March
2027)
|
22,500,000
|
Warrants issued pursuant to
a placing of Ordinary Shares
(Expiry on 17 May 2027)
|
750,000,000
|
As at 30 September 2024
|
801,579,499
|
|
|
A Black-Scholes model has been
used to determine the fair value of the warrants on the date of
grant. The model assesses several factors in calculating the fair
value. These include the market price on the date of grant, the
exercise price of the warrants, the expected share price volatility
of the Company's share price, the expected life of the warrants,
the risk-free rate of interest and the expected level of dividends
in future years.
The inputs into the model were as
follows:
|
Granted on
|
Granted on
|
|
5 March
2024
|
19 April
2024
|
|
|
|
Warrant life (years)
|
3
|
3
|
Risk free rate (%)
|
5.25%
|
5.25%
|
Expiry date
|
5 March
2027
|
5 March
2027
|
Exercise price at grant
(£)
|
£0.001
|
£0.001
|
Expected volatility (%)
|
20%
|
20%
|
Expected dividend yield
|
-
|
-
|
Share price at grant
(£)
|
£0.000525
|
£0.000350
|
The fair value of the Warrants for
services provided is £248 and therefore does not give rise to a
material effect on the profit for the year. Accordingly this
has not been included in the Company's accounts.
The Warrants issued pursuant to a
placing of Ordinary Shares fall outside the scope of IFRS 2 -
Share-based Payment and as such no charge has been made in respect
of these warrants.
The weighted average exercise
price of the warrants outstanding at the year-end is £0.0006 (2023:
£ Nil). The weighted average life of the warrants outstanding at
the year-end is 2.5 years (2022: Nil years).
As per note 20, the Board agreed to re-price the
exercise price of all the Company's outstanding Warrants as of 17
October 2024 to £0.000375 per share.
The Group's share based payments
reserve is as follows:
Group and Company
|
|
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
As at 1 October 2023 and 30
September 2024
|
2,960
|
2,960
|
|
|
|
15. Trade and Other Payables
|
Group
2024
|
Company
2024
|
Group
2023
|
Company
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Trade payables
|
88,516
|
88,516
|
102,560
|
91,406
|
Other loans
|
-
|
-
|
1,678,601
|
1,597,510
|
Accruals
|
42,100
|
42,100
|
120,000
|
120,0001
|
|
130,616
|
130,616
|
1,901,161
|
1,808,916
|
As at 30 September 2024, the Company owed
Chesterfield Capital Limited £Nil (2023: £500,000) under an
unsecured 0% convertible loan instrument dated 8 December 2020. On
12 January 2024, Chesterfield Capital Limited converted its debt of
£500,000 due from the Company into 7,692,307 Ordinary Shares of
£0.001 at a price of £0.065 per share. The admission of these
shares took place on 18 January 2024.
As at 30 September 2024, the Company owed £Nil
(2023: £1,097,510) to Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited
and Sanderson Capital Partners Limited under a Facility Agreement
dated 14 September 2021.
Pursuant to a Deed of Variation dated 12 December
2023, the lenders advanced the Company a further £40,000 on the
same date, increasing the amount owed to £1,137,510.
On 4 March 2024, Paul Gazzard, the Company,
Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and Sanderson Capital
Partners Limited entered into a Deed of Settlement. Pursuant to
this, the outstanding amount owing of £1,137,510 was reduced to
£900,000 and therefore the balance waived of £237,510 was
written-back to the Group's and Company's profit and loss
account. Paul Gazzard then acquired the debt due from the
Company to Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and Sanderson
Capital Partners Limited of £900,000 and converted it into
900,000,000 Ordinary shares of £0.001 at a price of £0.001
per share. The admission of these shares took place on 5 March
2024.
As at 30 September 2024, the Group owed £Nil (2023:
£81,091) to Metro Bank in respect of Bounce Back Loans via two
former subsidiaries, DKE (North West) Ltd and DKE (Wavertree)
Ltd. As liquidators were appointed for these subsidiaries on 12
July 2024, the subsidiaries have been deconsolidated from the
Group's accounts as of the same date. The brought forward
balances of £81,091 have therefore been written-back to the Group's
profit and loss account together with other debts no longer due of
£11,657.
16. Treasury Policy and Financial Instruments
The Group operates an informal treasury policy which
includes the ongoing assessments of interest rate management and
borrowing policy. The Board approves all decisions on treasury
policy.
The Group has financed its activities by the raising
of funds through the placing of shares.
There are no material differences between the book
value and fair value of the financial instruments.
|
Group
2024
|
Company
2024
|
Group
2023
|
Company
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Carrying amount of
financial assets
|
|
|
|
|
Measured at amortised
cost
|
59,351
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
16,420
|
|
59,351
|
59,351
|
17,184
|
16,420
|
Carrying amount of financial liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Measured at amortised cost
|
130,616
|
130,616
|
1,901,161
|
1,808,916
|
|
130,616
|
130,616
|
1,901,161
|
1,808,916
|
17 Capital Commitments
There were no capital commitments authorised by the
Directors or contracted for at 30 September 2024.
18. Related Party Transactions
The Directors are Key Management and information in
respect of key management is given in Note 4.
As at 30 September 2024, the Company owed
Chesterfield Capital Limited £Nil (2023: £500,000) under an
unsecured 0% convertible loan instrument dated 8 December 2020. On
12 January 2024, Chesterfield Capital Limited converted its debt of
£500,000 due from the Company into 7,692,307 Ordinary Shares of
£0.001 at a price of £0.065 per share. The admission of these
shares took place on 18 January 2024. Geoffrey Dart is a director
of Chesterfield Capital Limited.
On 4 March 2024, Paul Gazzard acquired the debt due
from the Company to Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and
Sanderson Capital Partners Limited of £900,000 and then converted
this into 900,000,000 Ordinary shares of £0.001 at a price of
£0.001 per share. The admission of these shares took place on 5
March 2024. Paul Gazzard then sold 675,000,000 Ordinary Shares of
£0.001 at a price of £0.0002222222 of per share to new investors
for a total consideration of £150,000, which included a sale of
225,000,000 Ordinary Shares to Richard Edwards, a director of the
Company with effect from 16 October 2024. The consideration payable
to Riverfort Global Opportunities PCC Limited and Sanderson Capital
Partners Limited for the acquisition of the debt was cash of
£150,000 and the remaining 225,000,000 Ordinary Shares of
£0.001.
As at 30 September 2024, the Company owed Bryan Dart
£16,000 (2023: £26,687). On 12 November 2024, a payment of
£16,000 was made in full and final settlement of the loan of
£26,687. The balance waived of £10,687 has been written-back to
both the Group's and Company's profit and loss account. Bryan Dart
is Geoffrey Dart's brother.
As at 30 September 2024, the Company was due
£230,885 (2023: £230,885) from DKE (Wavertree) Limited, its wholly
owned subsidiary. The Company had provided against this amount in
full in previous years. Liquidators were appointed for DKE
(Wavertree) Limited on 12 July 2024 and the final meeting took
place in November 2024. There is no likelihood of any
recovery.
As at 30 September 2024, the Company was due
£281,194 (2023: £281,194) from DKE (Northwest) Limited, its wholly
owned subsidiary. The Company had provided against this amount in
full in previous years. Liquidators were appointed for DKE (North
West) Limited on 12 July 2024 and the final meeting took place in
December 2024. There is no likelihood of any recovery.
Included within administrative expenses for the year
to 30 September 2024 are accounting fees of £16,000 (2023: £Nil)
provided by Coat Capital Limited in respect of the year which
include bookkeeping, preparation of the financial statements,
liaising with the auditors and taxation work. As at 30
September 2024, £16,000 (2023: £Nil) was included in accruals in
respect of these fees. Richard Edwards is a director of Coat
Capital Limited.
19. Ultimate Controlling Party
The Directors believe there to be no ultimate
controlling party.
20. Events after the reporting period
On 17 October 2024, the Company raised £150,000 by
way of a placing of £98,500 through the issue of 394,000,000
Ordinary shares of £0.00001 at a price of £0.00025 each ("the
Placing Shares") and the issue of £51,500 of Convertible Loan Notes
("CLNs").
The CLNs are convertible at £0.00025 into
206,000,000 new Ordinary Shares of £0.00001 (the CLN Shares) and
will be mandatorily converted at the end of a three-month period,
unless the Company elects to extend the conversion period by up to
an additional six months. The Company has elected to extend
the conversion period.
The Placing Shares and the CLN Shares had a one for
one warrant attached (the "Warrants"). The 600,000,000 Warrants are
exercisable at £0.000375 per share for a period of 3 years from the
date of admission of the Placing Shares.
The Board also agreed to re-price the exercise price
of all the Company's outstanding Warrants as of 17 October 2024 to
£0.000375 per share.