31st Jul 2025 07:00
LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Registered No: 14068186
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pages
Officers and Professional Advisors 1
Strategic report 2
Directors' report 8
Directors' responsibilities statement 11
Independent auditor's report to the members of LendInvest Secured Income II PLC 12
Statement of profit and loss 20
Statement of comprehensive income 21
Statement of financial position 22
Statement of changes in equity 23
Statement of cash flows 24
Notes to the financial statements 25-52
OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
DIRECTORS Roderick Lockhart
Ian Thomas
SECRETARY Indigo Corporate Secretary Limited
COMPANY NUMBER 14068186
REGISTERED OFFICE 4-8 Maple Street
London
England W1T 5HD
AUDITORS BDO LLP
55 Baker Street London
W1U 7EU
BANKER HSBC Bank PLC 8 Canada Square London
E14 5HQ
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Directors present their strategic report for LendInvest Secured Income II PLC (the "Company") for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The Directors, in preparing this strategic report, have complied with section 414C of the Companies Act 2006.
The company was incorporated in England and Wales on 26 April 2022 as a public listed company with the registered number of 14068186.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the Company during the financial period was to provide secured property finance to third party borrowers in the United Kingdom. This is now done both directly through underlying loans to third party borrowers, and indirectly where proceeds are used within an intermediary vehicle that feeds others, stretching the reach of the Company.
Performance in the period
The Company was incorporated on 26 April 2022. The Company subsequently issued a prospectus dated 12 July 2022 offering fixed rate secured loan notes to be listed on the London Stock Exchange's Order Book for Retail Bonds (ORB) market and guaranteed by the Company's ultimate parent, LendInvest PLC.
As at 31 March 2025 the Company had £87.9 million of issued bonds by principal value outstanding. The company had a gross loan book of £37.7 million of which a £104,000 fair value adjustment was posted in the period.
The Company has a number of covenants which it is required to comply with as outlined in the prospectus issued on 12 July 2022. Quarterly, the Company is required to report to bondholders, an analysis of its loan portfolio, via the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service and on the LendInvest website. These have all been complied with in the year to 31 March 2025.
The Company's Interest Coverage Ratio, which compares interest earned from borrowers to interest paid to bondholders, indicates that the Company's earnings from loans at the period end date, are expected to cover the cost of interest paid to bondholders 1.23 times.
The Company generated a profit after tax of £397,000 (2024: £985,000 loss) during the year.
Directors
The Directors of the Company who were in office during the period and up to the date of signing of the financial statements, were as follows:
Roderick Lockhart
Ian Thomas
Future outlook
The Company continues to invest in short term loans to property professionals and may issue further notes according to the strategy of the LendInvest Group (the "Group").
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Board has the overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company's risk management framework. The risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks and ensure any limits are adhered to. The Company's activities are reviewed regularly, and potential risks are considered. The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the competitiveness and flexibility of the business.
Creating a positive impact on the environment, the communities our borrowers serve, and our talented people is at the heart of our approach. From rewarding borrowers that use environmentally sound practices and contributing to social regeneration, to supporting our employees' career development and seek to do right by all of our stakeholders.
The Company has exposure to the following risks from its use of financial instruments: market, liquidity and credit risk:
Market risk management
There is a risk that the Company will be adversely hit by market rate or price movements. The company has fixed price liabilities which should mitigate any pressure from market risk on that side. The Company's assets are also fixed rate, but loan values will deviate through fair value adjustments should interest rates move. This is substantiated in note 14. We have continued to see high interest rates and inflation which are impacting our financing costs and operations. This pressure has alleviated through FY25 and resilient demand has been evident from a range of investors. The business continues to monitor the level of headline pricing, the size and nature of pipeline commitments and to seek to ensure refinancing transactions and contingencies are developed on a timely basis.
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Principal risks and uncertainties (continued)
Liquidity risk management
There is a risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company's approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they fall due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company's position. The Company's liquidity position is monitored and reviewed on an ongoing basis by the Directors and the Assets and Liabilities Committee. The Company's strategy is to grow the portfolio and then periodically securitise the assets.
The tables below analyse the Company's contractual undiscounted cash flows of its financial assets and liabilities:
Carrying amount | Gross nominal inflow / (outflow) | Amount due in less than six months | Amount due in six to twelve months | Amount due between one to five years | ||||||||
At 31 March 2025 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 |
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Financial assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents | 70 | 70 | 70 | - | - |
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Receivables from related parties and other receivables | 76,232 | 87,089 | 3,150 | 25,731 | 58,208 |
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loans and advances | 34,527 | 35,893 | 24,460 | 11,433 | - |
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Total | 110,829 | 123,052 | 27,680 | 37,164 | 58,208 |
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Financial liabilities |
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Other payables | (237) | (237) | (237) | - | - |
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Payables to related parties | (20,954) | (21,296) | (35) | (20,726) | (535) |
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Interest bearing liabilities | (90,059) | (102,333) | (4,092) | (4,070) | (94,171) |
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Total | (111,250) | (123,866) | (4,364) | (24,796) | (94,706) |
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Carrying amount | Gross nominal inflow / (outflow) | Amount due in less than six months | Amount due in six to twelve months | Amount due between one to five years | |||||||
At 31 March 2024 (Restated) | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 |
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Financial assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents | 685 | 685 | 685 | - | - |
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Receivables from related parties and other receivables | 67,061 | 81,422 | 2,415 | 24,250 | 54,757 |
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Other receivables | 183 | 183 | 183 | - | - |
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loans and advances | 31,064 | 31,849 | 24,201 | 7,572 | 76 |
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Total | 98,993 | 114,139 | 27,484 | 31,822 | 54,833 |
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Financial liabilities |
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Other payables | (259) | (259) | (259) | - | - |
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Trade and other payables | (18,082) | (18,082) | (18,082) | - | - |
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Interest bearing liabilities | (81,473) | (98,841) | (3,603) | (3,583) | (91,655) |
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Total | (99,814) | (117,182) | (21,944) | (3,583) | (91,655) |
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STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Principal risks and uncertainties (continued)
Credit risk management
Credit risk is the risk that the Company's loans and advances are subject to borrower default. It arises principally from the Company's loans and advances to customers, receivables from related parties and cash and cash equivalents held at bank.
Credit risk management lies at the core of the business and the Company has continued to develop its strong credit risk management framework which includes:
• A clearly defined credit risk policy.
• The continued recruitment of specialist skills in credit underwriting.
• A Credit Committee which meets monthly.
• An Impairment and Modelling Committee - specifically formed for the governance of IFRS 9 - which meets quarterly.
In addition to managing the credit risk associated with borrowers, the Company manages other risks including:
Climate risk management
The Company gives consideration to climate risk also and as part of the Group.
The Company considers climate risk as part of the wider LendInvest Group approach. Emerging EPC legislation may require properties to hold a minimum EPC rating of C by 2025 in order to qualify for a mortgage or remain suitable for rental. We therefore monitor this risk closely, as energy-inefficient properties could become harder to refinance, increasing default risk at term. Our lending activity is closely tied to energy performance: by funding upgrades and retrofits, our products help borrowers meet evolving Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards ("MEES") and contribute to the transition to a lower-carbon housing stock.
Capital management
The Company considers its capital to comprise of its equity share capital plus retained earnings. The Company's objectives when maintaining capital are to safeguard the entity's ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can continue to provide returns to shareholders. The Company sets the amount of capital it requires in proportion to risk. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares, or sell assets to reduce debt.
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Director's responsibilities under the Companies Act 2006
Under section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, a Director of a UK Company must act in the way they consider would be most likely to promote the long-term success of the Company while having regard to the interests of stakeholders and the broader impacts of our decisions. This section sets out how we have discharged those duties during the financial year ended 31 March.
We identify key stakeholder groups based on their direct influence on our ability to deliver our strategy and operate sustainably.
Employees - Why they matter: Our success depends on attracting, retaining and empowering skilled people who believe in our mission to simplify and modernise property finance. How we considered their interests: The Board maintained oversight of culture and engagement through feedback forums, leadership visibility, and regular updates on workforce sentiment. Strategic decisions - including our headcount realignment to support operational efficiency - were made with care and transparency, with support mechanisms in place throughout. We continued investing in employee experience, learning and development, and recognition frameworks to support long-term engagement.
Customers and brokers - Why they matter: Our customers - including landlords, developers and brokers - rely on our speed, technology and reliability to seize opportunities and scale portfolios. How we considered their interests: Customer and broker feedback directly informed enhancements to our digital mortgage portal and product offering. The launch of our residential mortgage products followed identified demand for flexibility and speed, and the Board oversaw performance metrics to ensure these needs continued to be met. As market conditions evolved, we prioritised responsiveness, including rate reductions and faster decisioning to maintain customer confidence and trust.
Investors and capital partners - Why they matter: We rely on continued confidence from institutional and retail investors to grow our lending platform and deliver shareholder value. How we considered their interests: The Board engaged regularly with shareholders and funding partners throughout the year, supporting a number of strategic milestones including our largest securitisation to date and the formation of new capital partnerships. These decisions were guided by our commitment to improving returns, reducing capital intensity and enhancing transparency across all aspects of reporting and investor communications.
Regulators - Why they matter: Regulatory compliance is fundamental to our licence to operate and reputation as a responsible financial services provider. How we considered their interests: Our governance framework remained robust, with Board-level oversight of risk, compliance, and FCA engagement. The launch of our expanded residential offering was supported by close dialogue with regulators to ensure adherence to lending standards and consumer protections.
Suppliers and delivery partners - Why they matter: Our third-party providers support key operational functions, from legal services to platform infrastructure. How we considered their interests: We engaged with our partners through structured reviews and clear commercial terms. As part of our continued digital investment, we strengthened several relationships to ensure delivery reliability and platform scalability, aligned with our capital-light strategy and customer expectations.
Communities and the environment Why they matter: We recognise the impact of our activities on the communities we lend into and our responsibility to support environmental sustainability in the built environment. How we considered their interests: We continued to promote energy-efficient property financing across our product suite and maintained our carbon neutrality status for operational emissions. Board discussions included ESG progress updates and supported initiatives that contribute to the long-term resilience and sustainability of the housing sector.
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Key performance indicators
The Company uses key performance indicators to track progress against its plans. The performance of the main indicators in this reporting period were:
31 March 2025 | 31 March 2024 | Increase/(Decrease) | ||
Gross amounts of loans outstanding (£m) | 37.7 | 32.9 | 15% | |
Net amounts of loans outstanding (£m) | 34.5 | 31.1 | 5% | |
Expected credit loss provision (£m) | 3.32 | 1.93 | 67% | |
Cash not deployed (£m) | 0.1 | 0.7 | (86%) | |
Euro Medium Term Note loan notes issued (£m) | 87.9 | 80.2 | 10% | |
Total loan losses realised (annualised %) | 4.39% | 5.87% | (25%) | |
Weighted average Loan to Value of loans (%) | 67% | 64% | - | |
Profit/(loss) before tax (£k) | 397 | (985) | 140% |
For further details of the loan and ECL provision movements, please see note 8.
Events after the reporting date
There are no events after the reporting period that require disclosure.
Approved by the Board on 30 July 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Roderick Lockhart
Director
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Directors present their report and the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Future outlook
See strategic report on page 2. Principal risks and uncertainties See strategic report on pages 3 to 5. Going concern
At a Group level, the Directors believe the Group is well capitalised and efficiently funded, with sufficient levels of liquidity. The Directors have reviewed the Group's capital and liquidity plans, which have been stress tested under a range of severe but plausible scenarios. The forecast indicates that under stressed scenarios the Group continues to operate with sufficient levels of liquidity and capital for at least the next 12 months. A comprehensive review of all covenants attached to the listed bonds has been conducted to ensure ongoing compliance with both under expected circumstances and potential stressed scenarios. Based on the above, the Directors believe the Group has sufficient resources to continue its activities for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Through reliance on its ultimate parent, the Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements for the Company.
Results and dividends
The statutory profit after tax for the year ended 31 March 2025 amounted to £397,000. The Company paid no dividends during the period and the Directors do not recommend a final dividend.
Director's responsibilities under the Companies Act 2006See strategic report on pages 6 to 7.
Financial risk management objectives (including credit, market and liquidity risk)See strategic report on pages 3 to 5.
DIRECTORS' REPORT - (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Political donations
No political donations were made during the period.
Events after the reporting date
There are no events after the reporting period that require disclosure.
Directors
The Directors of the Company who were in office during the period and up to the date of signing of the financial statements, were as follows:
Roderick Lockhart
Ian Thomas
DIRECTORS' REPORT - (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Qualifying third party indemnity insurance
The Company has arranged qualifying third-party indemnity insurance for all its Directors.
Auditors
Each of the persons who is a Director at the date of approval of this report confirms that:
• so far as the Directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditor is unaware; and
• each Director has taken all the steps he/she ought to have taken as a Director in order to make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information.
The confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006.
Appointment of auditors
In accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution for the re-appointment of BDO LLP as auditors of the Company is to be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Approved by the Board on 30 July 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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Roderick LockhartDirector
Directors' responsibilities statement
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that act the Directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with 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 Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, 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 Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC
Opinion on the financial statements
In our opinion:
• the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
• the 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.
We have audited the financial statements of LendInvest Secured Income II PLC (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise Statement of profit and loss, the Statement of comprehensive income, the Statement of financial position, the Statement of changes in equity, the Statement of cash flow and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and UK adopted international accounting standards.
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 believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Independence
Following the recommendation of the audit committee, we were appointed by the Directors in March 2023 to audit the financial statements for the period ending 31 March 2023 and subsequent financial periods. The period of total uninterrupted engagement including retenders and reappointments is 3 years, covering the years ended 31 March 2023 to the year ended 31 March 2025 . We remain independent of the 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. The non-audit services prohibited by that standard were not provided to the Company.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' 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 Company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting included:
· reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance and correspondence with regulators, such as the Financial Conduct Authority, for any factors which could be of higher risk in relation to going concern;
· challenging the appropriateness of the Directors' assumptions and judgements made in the base forecast and stress-tested forecast. In doing so we agreed key assumptions such as forecast growth to historic actuals and relevant data and considered the historical accuracy of the Directors' forecasts by comparing them to actual results;
· enquiring with the Directors to determine whether there were any breaches of borrowing covenants within the period or subsequent to period end and the ability to manage any potential breaches;
· performing a review of compliance with borrowing covenants which comprised obtaining and reviewing covenant compliance statements to verify that no covenant breaches have occurred which may trigger penalties or repayment of borrowings ahead of the maturity dates;
· obtaining and assessing the Directors plans in respect of funding lines which are approaching maturity within the next 12 months by considering the Group's past experience of extending the maturity of facilities, their discussions with new providers of funding and experience of portfolio sales;
· inspecting the latest post period end management accounts and reviewed minutes of the meeting to determine if there were any significant matters which could affect the going concern of the Company.
· reviewing the going concern disclosure in note 1 to the financial statements to assess that it gives a complete and accurate description of the Directors' assessment of going concern.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Overview
Key audit matters |
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Materiality | £1,109,000 (2024: £1,080,000) based on 1% (2024: 1.1%) of total assets |
An overview of the scope of our audit
Our Company audit was scoped by obtaining an understanding of the Company and its environment, including the Company's system of internal control, and assessing the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements. We also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including assessing whether there was evidence of bias by the Directors that may have represented a risk of material misstatement.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, 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) that 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.
Key audit matter | How the scope of our audit addressed the key audit matter | |
Determination of expected credit loss (ECL)
The Company's accounting policies are disclosed in note 1 with detail about judgements in applying accounting policies and critical accounting estimates in note 1.
The ECL Provision at year-end is disclosed in Note 8.
| Commensurate with the activities of the Company, the total expected credit loss provision is a material balance subject to management judgement and estimation.
We have assessed the elements of the ECL calculation which will significantly impact the determination of the ECL as follows:
Accuracy of forward-looking information
IFRS 9 requires the Company to measure the expected credit loss (ECL) on a forward-looking basis, incorporating future macro- economic variables reflecting a range of future conditions. The incorporation of such forward-looking macroeconomic inputs and weighting of the scenarios is considered a significant risk across all three portfolios, especially in the continued downturn of the current economic environment.
| As part of our audit procedures in relation to the expected credit loss (ECL) assessment on loans and advances to customers, we performed the following procedures:
Assessed the implementation of the Company's significant increase in credit risk (SICR) criteria by conducting staging assessment for a sample of customers across the credit risk spectrum to test for correct allocation of loans between stages 1 or 2.
For Stage 3 loans, gained an understanding of the cause of default, and assessed that the recovery amounts calculated by management are consistent with the value of collaterals held.
On a sample basis, performed our own assessment of the value of collateral, with the assistance of our internal valuations' experts.
Reviewed the completeness and accuracy of credit risk disclosures.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
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Loss Given Default of individually assessed Stage 3 (credit impaired) loans - The carrying value of loans and advances to customers may be materially misstated if individual impairments are not appropriately identified and estimated. Estimating these impairment involve complex recoverability scenarios which involve multiple recovery options where the timing and quantum of recovery are subject to significant management judgements and estimates. The probability of scenario weightings can differ materially between individual scenarios and hence is considered an area of significant risk.
| Accuracy of forward-looking information
Our internal credit and econometric experts assisted in assessing the appropriateness of the regression models and the source and type of macro-economic variables used such as GDP and unemployment data.
We have challenged management on the rationalisation of any changes made to information obtained from external sources and have assessed its appropriateness to the current lending portfolio.
We have also assessed the reasonableness of multiple economic scenarios used and weightings applied by considering the number of scenarios selected based on management's support.
We have performed sensitivity analysis on the macro-economic variables and assessed the severity of changes in the macro-economic variables to the overall ECL. We also benchmarked the macro-economic variables applied in the models to independent third-party industry data.
Loss Given Default of individually assessed Stage 3 (credit impaired) loans
We have performed detailed assessment on a sample of individual assessment cases at the 31 March 2025. The assessment included: - challenge of management on the key inputs into the scenarios by obtaining supporting evidence for recovery strategies, collateral values, exit strategies, scenario weighting, expected timing of cash flows and engaging internal experts as required in support of our assessment;
- challenged management on the key judgements management have applied in determining the appropriate provision.
We have assessed the accuracy and validity of data that feeds into the individual assessment cases as well as the progress on the preferred recovery scenario being pursued to supporting documentation. Based on supporting evidence assessed and discussions with the credit team, we evaluated and challenged the judgements applied in the individually assessed Stage 3 loan assessments. This included assessment of the recovery strategies, recovery timelines, and the scenario weighting applied in the individual assessments.
Key observations: Based on our audit work performed, we consider the estimates and judgements made by management in the calculation of the impairment provision for loans and advances to be reasonable, and in line with the requirements of IFRS 9.. | |
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
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Valuation techniques of loans and advances
The Company's accounting policies are disclosed in note 1 with detail about judgements in applying accounting policies and critical accounting estimates on note 1.
The Fair Value Adjustment at year-end is disclosed in Note 8.
| The Company's business model requires the Company to measure the majority of the loan book at Fair value through Other Comprehensive Income which requires modelling to determine the fair value adjustment to be applied to Loans and Advances.
The measurement of the loan book at fair value requires modelling which is subject to material management judgments and estimates in the determination of the discount rate used to discount future cashflows.
The Company's models are materially sensitive to small changes in the discount rate assumption, particularly in the 'Buy-to-let' portfolio and therefore this area is considered a significant risk.
| We have undertaken sensitivity analysis on the discount rates and ascertained how susceptible the fair valuation of the model is to manipulation and material misstatement.
With the support of our quantitative solutions expert team, we have assessed management's discount rate and benchmarked it to external data sources where appropriate.
With the support of our quantitative solutions expert team, we have assessed the models and ensured the discount rates and fair values determined by management were within our assessed acceptable range.
With the support of the data team, we have assessed the accuracy and validity of the data inputs used in the FV model calculation.
We assessed the adequacy of the related Fair value disclosures in the financial statements for compliance with the relevant accounting standards, and agreed the disclosures to underlying supporting documentation Key observations:
Based on our audit work performed, we consider the valuation of loans and advances is a reasonable estimate in consideration of the key assumptions and judgements made.
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Our application of materiality
We apply the concept of materiality both in planning and performing our audit, and in evaluating the effect of misstatements. We consider materiality to be the magnitude by which misstatements, including omissions, could influence the economic decisions of reasonable users that are taken on the basis of the financial statements.
In order to reduce to an appropriately low level the probability that any misstatements exceed materiality, we use a lower materiality level, performance materiality, to determine the extent of testing needed. Importantly, misstatements below these levels will not necessarily be evaluated as immaterial as we also take account of the nature of identified misstatements, and the particular circumstances of their occurrence, when evaluating their effect on the financial statements as a whole.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the financial statements as a whole and performance materiality as follows:
Company financial statements | ||
| 2025 £ | 2024 £ |
Materiality | £1,109,000 | £1,080,000 |
Basis for determining materiality | Materiality is based on 1 % of total assets. | Materiality is based on 1.1% of total assets. |
Rationale for the benchmark applied | The entity is primarily an investment entity as it was established to issue listed debt and as a result of proceeds raised issue financing to customers. As such a total assets basis, which in turns drives the funding of the entity, is considered to be the most appropriate. | The entity is primarily an investment entity as it was established to issue listed debt and as a result of proceeds raised issue financing to customers. As such a total assets basis, which in turns drives the funding of the entity, is considered to be the most appropriate. |
Performance materiality | £832,000
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Basis for determining performance materiality | 75% | 75% |
Rationale for the percentage applied for performance materiality | Determined on the basis of our risk assessment together with our assessment of the overall control environment | Determined on the basis of our risk assessment together with our assessment of the overall control environment |
Reporting threshold
We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them all individual audit differences in excess of £55,000 (2024: £54,000). We also agreed to report differences below this threshold that, in our view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds.
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the 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.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
Other Companies Act 2006 reporting
Based on the responsibilities described below and our work performed during the course of the audit, we are required by the Companies Act 2006 and ISAs (UK) to report on certain opinions and matters as described below.
Strategic report and Directors' report
| 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 year 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.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the Directors' report.
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
| 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 Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or · the 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 Directors' responsibilities statement, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the 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 financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability 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 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.
Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
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:
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
Non-compliance with laws and regulations
Based on:
· Our understanding of the Company and the industry in which it operates;
· Discussion with management and those charged with governance; and
· Obtaining and understanding of the Company's policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations.
we considered the significant laws and regulations to be:
· Companies Act 2006;
· UK tax legislation
· UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
The Company is also subject to laws and regulations where the consequence of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amount or disclosures in the financial statements, for example through the imposition of fines or litigations. We identified such laws and regulations to be the Financial Conduct Authority rules and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Our procedures in respect of the above included:
· obtaining an understanding of the control environment in monitoring compliance with laws and regulations;
· reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with the relevant laws and regulations discussed above;
· enquiring of management and those charged with governance about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including fraud;
· reviewing of legal expenditure accounts to understand the nature of expenditure incurred; and
reviewing of minutes of meetings of those charged with governance and correspondence with the Financial Conduct Authority.
Fraud
We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including fraud. Our risk assessment procedures included:
· enquiry with management and those charged with governance including the Audit Committee regarding any known or suspected instances of fraud;
· obtaining an understanding of the Company's policies and procedures relating to:
o Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud; and
o Internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud.
· review of minutes of meeting of those charged with governance for any known or suspected instances of fraud;
· discussion amongst the engagement team as to how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements;
· performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud; and
· considering remuneration incentive schemes and performance targets and the related financial statement areas impacted by these.
Based on our risk assessment, we considered the areas most susceptible to fraud to be management override of controls and in relation to accounting estimates within expected credit loss and Fair value of loss.
Our procedures in respect of the above included:
· testing a sample of journal entries throughout the year, which met a defined risk criteria, by agreeing to supporting documentation;
· Involvement of forensic specialists in the audit to review our risk assessment on fraud risks identified;
· involvement of internal credit, econometric experts and internal valuation experts in the areas of high estimation by management such as ECL and Loans and Advances Valuation which is covered in KAM under 'Determination of ECL and Valuation Techniques of Loans and Advances;
· evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
· Assessing significant estimates made by management for bias which is covered in the KAM under ' 'Determination of ECL' and 'Valuation techniques of loans and advances'.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LENDINVEST SECURED INCOME II PLC (CONTINUED)
We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members who were all deemed to have appropriate competence and capabilities and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Stefan Beyers (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor
London, United Kingdom
30 July 2025
BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127).
STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS |
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
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Note |
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Interest income calculated using the effective interest rate | 10,670 | 6,383 | ||
Interest expense and similar charges | 4 |
| (8,675) | (5,268) |
Net Interest Income |
| 1,995 | 1,115 | |
Administrative expenses | (81) | (31) | ||
Impairment provisions | 8 | (1,517) | (2,069) | |
Profit/(loss) before tax |
| 397 | (985) | |
Tax charge | 7 |
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Profit/(loss) for the year |
| 397 | (985) |
All amounts relate entirely to continuing activities and to owners of the Company.
The notes on pages 25 to 52 form an integral part of these financial statements.
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
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Profit/(loss) for the period |
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Fair value gain/(loss) on loans and advances measured at fair value through other comprehensive income | 3 |
183 | ||||||
Deferred tax (charge)/credit | 7 | (1) | (46) | |||||
Other comprehensive income |
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Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the period |
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The notes on pages 25 to 52 form an integral part of these financial statements. |
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION |
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AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 |
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£'000 | £'000 (Restated) | ||||
Assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents | 70 | 685 | |||
Other receivables | 10 |
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Receivables from related parties | 10 |
| 76,232 | 67,061 | |
Loans and advances | 8 |
| 34,527 | 31,064 | |
Total assets |
| 110,829 | 98,993 | ||
Liabilities |
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Other payables | 11 |
| (237) | (18,082) | |
Payables from related parties |
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Corporation tax payable | 7 |
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Interest bearing liabilities | 12 |
| (90,059) | (81,473) | |
Deferred tax liability | 9 |
| (26) | (25) | |
Total liabilities |
| 111,276 | (99,839) | ||
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Net assets |
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Equity |
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Share capital | 14 |
| 50 | 50 | |
Fair value reserves | 15 |
| 77 | 75 | |
Retained (loss)/earnings | (574) | (971) | |||
Total equity |
| (447) | (846) |
The notes on pages 25 to 52 form an integral part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 30 July 2025, they were signed on its behalf by:
Roderick Lockhart Director
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
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| Fair Value reserves £'000 |
| Retained (loss)/earnings £'000 |
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Balance as at 01 April 2023 | 50 | (62) | 14 | 2 | ||||
Issue of shares | - | - | - | - | ||||
Profit for the period | - | - | (985) | (985) | ||||
Other comprehensive loss1 | - | 137 | - | 137 | ||||
Total comprehensive loss | - | 137 | (985) | (848) | ||||
Balance at 31 March 2024 | 50 |
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Issues of shares | - | - | - | - | ||||
Profit for the period | - | - | 397 | 397 | ||||
Other comprehensive income1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
Total comprehensive income | - | 2 | 397 | 399 | ||||
Balance at 31 March 2025 | 50 |
| 77 |
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1 Other comprehensive income consists of fair value adjustments on loans and advances through OCI £3k (2024 £183k) less deferred tax charge £1k (2024 £46k).
The notes on pages 25 to 52 form an integral part of these financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW |
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Cash flow from operating activities |
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Profit/(loss) for the period | 397 | (985) | ||
Adjusted for: |
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Tax charge | 7 |
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Impairment provision | 8 |
| 1,517 | 2,069 |
Amortisation of pre-paid funding costs | 519 | 381 | ||
Accrued interest expenses | 434 | 2,724 | ||
Intercompany lending interest income | (5,541) | (3,063) | ||
Working capital adjustments |
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Increase in loans and advances | 8 |
| (4,976) | (9,552) |
Increase in receivables from related parties and other receivables | 10 | (3,448) | (49,057) | |
Increase in trade and other payables | 11 |
| 2,850 | 17,965 |
Net cash flow from operating activities | (8,248) | (39,518) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities |
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Increase in interest bearing liabilities | 12 |
| - | 31,323 |
Proceeds from issuance of retail bonds | 7,650 | 9,665 | ||
Cost of bond issuance | (17) | (814) | ||
Net cash flow from financing activities | 7,633 | 40,174 | ||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | (615) | 656 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period1 | 685 | 29 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period1 |
| 70 | 685 |
Interest received was £10.3million (2024: £6.2million) and interest paid was £8.1million (2024: £4.9million).
1Cash and cash equivalents wholly consists of cash held within bank accounts which is immediately accessible.
The notes on pages 25 to 52 form an integral part of these financial statements.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies General information
LendInvest Secured Income II PLC is a public company limited by share capital which was incorporated on 26 April 2022 in England and Wales and is domiciled in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006. The address of its registered office is given on page 1.
The principal activity of the Company was to provide secured lending to third party borrowers in the United Kingdom.
The Company is a 100% subsidiary of LendInvest Loan Holdings Limited (which is in turn a 100% subsidiary of LendInvest PLC) and its results are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Group.
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the UK-adopted International accounting standards.
The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except as required in the valuation of certain financial instruments which are carried at fair value. The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with IFRS, requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in note 1. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, see note 1 for further details.
Items included in the financial statements are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates ("functional currency"). The Company maintains its books and records in pound sterling ("£") and its financial statements are presented in pounds sterling, which is the Company's functional currency. All amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand, unless otherwise indicated.
New standards not yet effective
The IASB has issued a number of amendments to reporting standards which the Company has determined as being applicable to its financial reporting. These amendments are effective in future accounting periods and the Company has not opted for any early adoption. The following amendments are effective for the period beginning on or after 1 April 2025 and are not expected to have a material impact on the Company:
• Amendments to the Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments (Amendments to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS7);
• Contracts referencing nature-dependent Electricity (Amendments to IFRS9 and IFRS7);
• IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements; and
• IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures.
• Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-Current (Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements);
• Non-Current Liabilities with Covenants (Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements);
• Supplier Finance Arrangements (Amendments to IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures) and
• Lack of Exchangeability (Amendments to IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies - (continued)
Revenue recognition
Revenue represents interest and other income from borrowers and for the provision of finance. Revenue recognised on loans held by related and third parties is recognised as follows:
Recognised under IFRS 9
· Interest income calculated using the effective interest rate Interest on loans and advances made by the group is recognised in the Consolidated statement of profit and loss using the effective interest rate method. Under the effective interest rate method fees earned from borrowers and transaction costs incurred which are integral to the creation of a loan such as arrangement, valuation and broker fees are amortised over the expected life of the loan.
· Fee income relates to intermediary fees charged between Lendinvest Limited and the Company.
Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable in the ordinary course of the Company's activities.
All revenue recorded in the financial statements is generated in the UK and sourced from transactions relating to property loans. Fees on these transactions are calculated based on the above revenue recognition policy.
Interest expense and similar charges
This represents interest expenses on interest bearing liabilities which are accounted for under IFRS 9 on an effective interest rate (EIR) basis, inclusive of directly attributable incremental transaction costs and fees including structuring fees, uncommitted fees, and set up costs (legal fees).
Administrative expenses
Expenses are recognised in the statement of profit and loss in the period in which they are incurred (on an accruals basis).
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise of cash balances and balances with a maturity of three months or less from the acquisition date which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Financial Instruments
As per IFRS 9, the Group classifies its financial instruments with reference to both the Group's business model for managing the assets and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the instrument.
Financial assets
(i) At amortised cost
These are assets for which the business model is to hold the asset and collect the contractual cash flows. The cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest and are on specified dates.
The Company measures drawn loans and advances held under this business model, cash and cash equivalents and trade and other receivables at amortised cost.
On initial recognition the asset is held at its fair value minus any transaction costs. Subsequent measurement is calculated on the effective interest rate method and is subject to impairment where the recoverable value falls below the carrying value. This assessment is performed quarterly.
(ii) At fair value through other comprehensive income
These are assets for which the business model is to collect the contractual cash flows and to sell the assets. The contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest and are on specified dates.
The Company measures drawn loans and advances held under this business model at fair value through other comprehensive income.
These assets are initially recognised at fair value, plus any attributable costs. Subsequent changes in fair value are recognised in equity, except for impairment losses which are recognised in the Consolidated statement of profit and loss.
For further information on the measurement of impairment losses, please see note 8.
Upon derecognition, any accumulated movements in fair value previously recognised in equity (fair value reserve) are reclassified to profit or loss in the consolidated statement of profit and loss.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies - (continued)
Financial Instruments - (continued)
(iii) At fair value through profit or loss
These are assets for which the business model is neither to hold nor to hold or sell, or where contractual cash flows are not solely payments of principal and interest. The Company designates loan commitments as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. The assets that result on origination of the loans are initially recognised at fair value, adjusting for the recorded fair value to date.
Financial liabilities
(iii) At amortised cost
All financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost, unless IFRS 9 specifically determines they should be valued at fair value through profit or loss. The Group holds trade and other payables and interest-bearing liabilities at amortised cost. On initial recognition the liability is held at its fair value plus any transaction costs. Subsequent measurement is based on the effective interest rate method.
(iv) At fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities are measured at fair value through profit or loss when they meet the definition of held for trading, or when they are designated as such to eliminate or significantly reduce an accounting mismatch that would otherwise arise.
Forbearance
The Company maintains a forbearance policy for the servicing and management of customers who are in financial difficulty and require some form of concession to be granted, even if this concession entails a loss for the Group. A concession may be either of the following:
· A modification of the previous terms and conditions of an agreement, which the borrower is considered unable to comply with due to its financial difficulties, to allow for sufficient debt service ability, that would not have been granted had the borrower not been in financial difficulties; or
· A modification of the previous terms and conditions of an agreement, which the borrower is considered unable to comply with due to its financial difficulties, to allow for sufficient debt service ability, that would not have been granted had the borrower not been in financial difficulties; or
Forbearance in relation to an exposure can be temporary or permanent depending on the circumstances, progress on financial rehabilitation and the detail of the concession(s) agreed. The Company excludes short-term repayment plans that are up to three months in duration from its definition of forborne loans.
Modification of financial assets and financial liabilities
When a financial asset or financial liability is modified, a quantitative and qualitative evaluation is performed to assess whether or not the new terms are substantially different to the original terms. For financial assets, the Company considers the specific circumstances including:
· If the borrower is in financial difficulty, whether the modification merely reduces the contractual cash flows to amounts the borrower is expected to be able to pay;
· Whether any substantial new terms are introduced that substantially affects the risk profile of the loan;
· Significant extension of the loan term when the borrower is not in financial difficulty;
· Significant change in the interest rate; and
· Insertion of collateral, other security or credit enhancements that significantly affect the credit risk associated with the loan.
The Company specifically, but not exclusively, considers the outcome of the '10% test'. This involves a comparison of the cash flows before and after the modification, discounted at the original EIR (Effective interest rate), whereby a difference of more than 10% indicates the modification is substantial.
If the terms and cash flows of the modified financial instrument are deemed to be substantially different, the derecognition criteria are met and the original financial instrument is derecognised and a 'new' financial instrument is recognised at fair value. The difference between the carrying amount of the derecognised financial instrument and the new financial instrument with modified terms is recognised in the statement of profit and loss.
If the terms and cash flows of the modified financial instrument are not deemed to be substantially different, the financial instrument is not derecognised and the Company recalculates the 'new' gross carrying amount of the financial instrument based on the revised cash flows of the modified financial instrument discounted at the original EIR and recognises any associated gain or loss in the statement of profit and loss. Any costs and fees incurred are recognised as an adjustment to the carrying amount of the financial instrument and are amortised over the remaining term of the modified financial instrument by recalculating the EIR on the financial instrument.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies - (continued)
Financial Instruments - (continued)
Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities
Financial instruments are only derecognised when the contractual rights/obligations to receive/deliver cash flows from them have expired or when the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.
Interest income and expense
Interest income and expense on all financial instruments is recognised in interest receivable or payable in the statement of profit and loss. Interest income, any fees considered an integral part of effective interest rate of the loan and interest expense are calculated using the effective interest rate method for financial assets and liabilities held at amortised cost and at FVOCI.
The effective interest rate method is a method of allocating the interest income or interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial asset or financial liability to the gross carrying amount of a financial asset or to the amortised cost of a financial liability.
Specifically, for loans and advances, the effect of this policy is to spread arrangement, broker and valuation fees, and costs directly attributable and incremental to setting up the loan, over the expected life of the contractual period.
Current and deferred tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recovered) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the period end date.
Deferred income tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affect neither accounting nor taxable profit and loss. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted at the year-end date and are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised, or the deferred tax liability is settled. Deferred tax balances are not discounted. Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.
Going concern
The Group's business activities, along with the factors likely to affect its future development and financial position, are detailed in the Strategic Report. The Directors have assessed the Group's funding position and confirm that no committed funding lines mature within 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of these accounts including severe yet plausible downside scenarios that Group will have sufficient funds to meets its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Therefore, it is on this basis that the Directors have continued to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. More information on the Directors' assessment of going concern is set out in the Directors' report.
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The preparation of these financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the use of estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the accounting policies.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies - (continued)
Critical judgements in applying the Company's accounting policies
Significant increase in credit risk
The determination of how significant an increase in lifetime PD should be to trigger a move between credit risk stages for impairment requires significant judgement. Management have adopted a test-based approach to derive objective thresholds such that credit deterioration is recognised at the appropriate point. Similarly significant judgement is also applied when assessing the risk of a default occurring following the modification of a financial asset that does not result in derecognition.
Fair value measurement
Judgements were applied to determine the unobservable inputs to the fair value models used to calculate the fair values of loans and advances. These include the discount rate, prepayment rates, PDs, LGDs (Loss given default), recovery costs and cure probabilities driven from the ECL models.
Estimates and assumptions
Fair value measurement
A number of assets and liabilities included in the Company's financial statements require disclosure of fair value such as loans and advances and interest bearing liabilities. The fair value measurement of the Company's financial and non-financial assets and liabilities utilises market observable inputs and data as far as possible. Inputs used in determining fair value measurements are categorised into different levels based on how observable the inputs used in the valuation technique utilised are ('the fair value hierarchy'):
Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets;
Level 2: Observable direct or indirect inputs other than Level 1 inputs;
Level 3: Unobservable inputs (i.e., not derived from market data and require a level of estimates and judgements within the model).
For further discussion around the key estimates and sensitivity, please refer to note 14.
Expected Credit Loss Calculation
The accounting estimates with the most significant impact on the calculation of impairment loss provisions under IFRS 9 are macroeconomic variables, in particular UK house price inflation and unemployment, and the probability weightings of the macroeconomic scenarios used. The Group has used three macroeconomic scenarios, which are considered to represent a range of possible outcomes over a normal economic cycle, in determining impairment loss provisions:
The baseline scenario reflects the most profitable economic outlook, the downside scenarios account for plausible stress conditions and an upside scenario representing the impact of modest improvements to assumptions used in the baseline scenario.
For the period ended 31 March 2025 management have applied 40%/40%/20% to the central, downside and upside scenarios respectively.
Changes to macroeconomic assumptions, as expectations change over time, are expected to lead to volatility in impairment loss provisions and may lead to pro-cyclicality in the recognition of impairment provisions.
Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity analysis on the ECL models has been completed. Due to the high number of loans which are individually assessed, the model demonstrates very low levels of sensitivity, as can be seen from the two changes below:
• An 10% increase in the forced sale discount. This would increase the ECL by £0.7m (2024 £0.2m).
• A 100% downside was applied to all the models. This would increase the ECL by £2.8m (2024 £0.3m).
• A 100% upside was applied to all the models. This would decrease the ECL by £1.0m (2024 £0.6m).
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1 Accounting policies - (continued)
Critical judgements and accounting estimates - (continued)
Write-offs
Loans and advances are written off (either partially or in full) when there is no reasonable prospect of recovery. This is generally the case when the primary security has been realised and the Company is unable to reach an agreement with the borrower for immediate or short-term repayment of the amounts subject to the write-off. Write-offs constitute a derecognition event as detailed under Financial Instruments in note 1. Financial assets that are written off can still be subject to enforcement activities in order to recover amounts due. Amounts subsequently recovered on assets previously written off are recognised in impairment losses on financial assets in the statement of profit and loss.
Funding
All borrowings are initially recorded at fair value plus any transaction costs. Borrowings are subsequently measured using the effective interest rate method. The interest is calculated using effective interest rate method and recognised to the income statement over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting date.
Intermediary fees
Intermediary fees are charged by the ultimate parent, LendInvest PLC. This charge relates to the service provided by the group, in terms of management oversight, use of intellectual property and an allocation of costs incurred by the group, among various subsidiaries. This fee is based on a discretionary basis after due consideration on tax and regulatory requirements. This includes consideration made to pre-tax positions on the profit and loss of the entity and minimum cash balances to be maintained as a result of regulatory requirements.
Changes in the presentation of the Statement of Financial Position
During the year ended 31 March 2025 the company amended the statement of financial position for additional clarity in the numbers being presented. The table below illustrates the effect of the reclassification in the comparative before restatement:
Year ended 31 March 2024 | |
Trade and other payables | 18,341 |
Amounts reclassified to other payables | 259 |
Amounts reclassified to payables | 18,082 |
This reclassification has no impact on the net assets of the Company.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2 Financial risk management
The Board has the overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company's risk management framework. The risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks and ensure any limits are adhered to. The Company's activities are reviewed regularly, and potential risks are considered. The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the business's competitiveness and flexibility.
The Company has exposure to the following risks from its use of financial instruments: credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk:
Credit risk management
Credit risk is the risk that the Company's loans and advances are subject to borrower default. It arises principally from the Company's loans and advances to customers, receivables from related parties and cash and cash equivalents held at banks. The Company's maximum exposure to credit risk by class of financial asset is as follows:
2025 | 2024 | ||
Assets | £'000 | £'000 | |
Gross loans and advances | 37,743 | 32,894 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 70 | 685 | |
Other receivables | - | 183 | |
Receivables from related parties | 76,232 | 67,061 | |
Total |
| 114,045 | 100,823 |
Credit risk management lies at the core of the business and the Company has continued to develop its strong credit risk management framework which includes:
• a clearly defined credit risk policy;
• the continued recruitment of specialist skills in credit underwriting;
• a Credit Committee which meets monthly; and
• an Impairment & Modelling Committee - specifically formed for the governance of IFRS 9 - which meets quarterly.
The Company manages its exposure to credit losses by assessing borrowers' affordability of loan repayments, risk profile, and stability during the underwriting process. Impairments are monitored and provided for under IFRS 9. The credit policy is designed to ensure that the credit process is efficient for the applicant while providing the Group with the necessary details to make an informed credit decision.
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2024 approximates the carrying value. Credit risk relating to cash and cash equivalents is mitigated as cash and cash equivalents are held with reputable institutions. These institutions have a Moody's credit rating of Prime-1 (superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations).
The risk of movements in the price of the underlying collateral secured by the Company against loans to borrowers is actively managed by the Company. Security over loan collateral is registered with the Land Registry, and only properties within England, Wales and Scotland are suitable for security. Loans are capped at 85% of the open market value of the property against which security is held, and minimum loan period interest is retained on completion for some short-term loans.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2 Financial risk management - (continued)
Liquidity risk management
There is a risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company's approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they fall due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company's position. The Company's liquidity position is monitored and reviewed on an ongoing basis by the directors and management.
The table below analyses the Company's contractual undiscounted cash flows of its financial assets and liabilities:
Carrying amount |
Gross nominal inflow / (outflow) | Amount due in less than six months | Amount due in six to twelve months | Amount due between one to five years | ||||
At 31 March 2025 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |||
Financial assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 70 | 70 | 70 | - | - | |||
Receivables from related parties | 76,232 | 87,089 | 3,150 | 25,731 | 58,208 | |||
loans and advances | 34,527 | 35,893 | 24,460 | 11,433 | - | |||
Total | 110,829 | 123,052 | 27,680 | 37,164 | 58,208 | |||
Financial liabilities | ||||||||
Other payables | (237) | (237) | (237) | - | - | |||
Payables to related parties | (20,954) | (21,296) | (35) | (20,726) | (535) | |||
Interest bearing liabilities | (90,059) | (102,333) | (4,092) | (4,070) | (94,171) | |||
Total | (111,250) | (123,866) | (4,364) | (24,796) | (94,706) | |||
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Cash and cash equivalents | 685 | 685 | 685 | - | - | |||
Receivables from related parties | 67,061 | 81,422 | 2,415 | 24,250 | 54,757 | |||
Other receivables | 183 | 183 | 183 | - | - | |||
Loans and advances | 31,064 | 31,849 | 24,201 | 7,572 | 76 | |||
Total | 98,993 | 114,139 | 27,484 | 31,822 | 54,833 | |||
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Trade and other payables | (18,082) | (18,082) | (18,082) | - | - | |||
Interest bearing liabilities | (81,473) | (98,841) | (3,603) | (3,583) | (91,655) | |||
Total | (99,814) | (117,182) | (21,944) | (3,583) | (91,655) | |||
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All gross nominal inflows and outflows on financial assets and financial liabilities are due within 5 years at the reporting date.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
3 Segmental analysis
The Company's lending operations are carried out solely in the UK, and effective from 1 April 2023, were carried out solely from the Company's LendInvest Mortgages and Capital Divisions, reflective of the product offerings. The results and net assets of the Group are derived from the provision of property related loans only. The following describes the operations of the two reportable segments for the year ended 31 March 2025:
LendInvest Mortgages
LendInvest Mortgages provides mortgages to both professional BTL landlords and homeowners as well as a range of short term mortgages.
LendInvest Capital
The LendInvest Capital division provides larger, more structured finance primarily to property developers and larger Bridging
loans and houses the Fund and Self-Select Platform.
Please see below for a segmental analysis of the profit and loss and statement of financial position balances:
Year ended 31 March 2025 | Mortgages | Capital | Central | Total |
Statement of profit and loss information | £'m | £'m | £'m | £'m |
Interest income calculated using the effective interest rate | 2,615 | 8,055 | - | 10,670 |
Interest expense and similar charges | (570) | (8,105) | - | (8,675) |
Net interest income | 2,045 | (50) | - | 1,995 |
Administrative expenses | (25) | (6) | (50) | (81) |
Impairment provisions | (219) | (1,298) | - | (1,517) |
Profit/(loss) before tax | 1,801 | (1,354) | (50) | 397 |
Year ended 31 March 2024 | Mortgages | Capital | Central | Total |
Statement of profit and loss information | £'m | £'m | £'m | £'m |
Interest income calculated using the effective interest rate | 1,024 | 5,359 | - | 6,383 |
Interest expense and similar charges | (1,142) | (4,126) | - | (5,268) |
Net interest income | (118) | 1,233 | - | 1,115 |
Administrative expenses | - | - | (31) | (31) |
Impairment provisions | (206) | (1,863) | - | (2,069) |
Loss before tax | (324) | (630) | (31) | (985) |
As at 31 March 2025 | Mortgages | Capital | Central | Total |
Statement of financial position information | £'m | £'m | £'m | £'m |
Assets | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | - | - | 70 | 70 |
Receivables from related parties | - | - | 76,232 | 76,232 |
Loans and advances | 9,107 | 25,420 | - | 34,527 |
Total assets | 9,107 | 25,420 | 76,302 | 110,829 |
Liabilities | ||||
Other payables | - | - | (237) | (237) |
Payables from related parties | - | - | (20,954) | (20,954) |
Interest bearing liabilities | - | - | (90,059) | (90,059) |
Deferred tax liability | - | - | (26) | (26) |
Total liabilities | - | - | (111,276) | (111,276) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
3 Segmental analysis (continued)
As at 31 March 2024 | Mortgages | Capital | Central | Total |
Statement of financial position information | £'m | £'m | £'m | £'m |
Assets | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | - | - | 685 | 685 |
Other receivables | - | - | 183 | 183 |
Receivables from related parties | - | - | 67,061 | 67,061 |
Loans and advances | 4,756 | 26,308 | - | 31,064 |
Total assets | 4,756 | 26,308 | 67,929 | 98,993 |
Liabilities | ||||
Other payables | - | - | (259) | (259) |
Trade and other payables | - | - | (18,082) | (18,082) |
Interest bearing liabilities | - | - | (81,473) | (81,473) |
Deferred tax liability | - | - | (25) | (25) |
Total liabilities | - | - | (99,839) | (99,839) |
4 Interest expense and similar charges
2025 | 2024 | |||
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
Interest Expense | 8,157 | 4,887 | ||
Funding Line Costs | 518 | 381 | ||
8,675 | 5,268 |
5 Auditor's remuneration
2025 | 2024 | |||
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
Audit of financial statements | 35 | 34 | ||
35 | 34 |
Fees payable to the Company's auditors for audit services of £34,600 in the current year are borne by LendInvest PLC and disclosed in note 10 of the consolidated financial statements of the Group.
6 Staff costs
Key management personnel compensation
Key management personnel, whom are only the Directors, are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company.
2025 | 2024 | |||
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
Salary, short-term benefits and pension | 755 | 830 | ||
Equity Based compensation | - | - | ||
755 | 830 |
The Company employed no employees for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Directors' emoluments are paid by LendInvest PLC. The highest paid Director had emoluments of £469k for the year ended 31 March 2025.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
7 Taxation
Tax charge |
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The charge/(credit) for the period in the statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income | ||
Tax related to items charged or credited to the statement of profit and loss: | ||
2025 | 2024 | |
£'000 | £'000 | |
Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax | - | - |
Adjustment in respect of prior years | - | - |
Deferred Taxation |
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Origination and reversal of temporary differences | - | - |
Total deferred income tax charge | - | - |
Total tax charge | - | - |
Deferred tax | 2025 | 2024 | |
£'000 | £'000 | ||
Fair value movement on loans and advances | 1 | 46 | |
Tax credit in the statement of other comprehensive income |
| 1 | 46 |
The tax on profit before tax for the period is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%. The differences are reconciled below:
2025 | 2024 | ||
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Profit/(loss) before tax | 397 | (985) | |
Corporation tax at standard UK corporation tax rate of 25% | 99 | (246) | |
Utilisation of group relief for carried forward losses | (99) | 246 | |
Total tax charge |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances
2025 | 2024 | ||
£'000 | £'000 | ||
Gross loans and advances | 37,743 | 32,894 | |
ECL provision | (3,320) | (1,931) | |
Fair value adjustment | 104 | 101 | |
Loans and advances | 34,527 | 31,064 |
Fair value adjustment to gross loans and advances due to classification as FVOCI, based on the Company's business model for managing these financial assets.
ECL Provision | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
£'000 | £'000 | ||
Movement in the period | |||
Under IFRS 9 at the beginning of the period | 1,931 | 43 | |
Additional provisions made during the period1 | 2,015 | 2,142 | |
Utilised in the period2 | (626) | (254) | |
Under IFRS at the end of the period | 3,320 | 1,931 |
1The ECL provision of £3,320k is stated including the expected credit losses incurred on the interest income recognised on loans and advances. The net ECL impact on the statement of profit and loss is £1,517k. This has increased due to a number of loans falling into default in the year. Expected credit losses have been calculated using internal modelling and outcome statements on the loans in question.
This includes the £1,517k of impairment provisions shown in the statement of profit and loss and the total impact of expected credit losses on income recognised on loans and advances using the effective interest rate of £497k.
2Loans that are written off can still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply with the Company's procedures for recovery of amounts due. The contractual amount outstanding on loans and advances that were written off during the reporting period and are still subject to enforcement activity is nil.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Analysis of loans and advances by stage |
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Period ended 31 March 2024 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |||
Gross loans and advances | 7,444 | 50 | 25,400 | 32,894 | |||
ECL | (5) | - | (1,926) | (1,931) | |||
Fair value adjustment | 109 | - | (8) | 101 | |||
Loans and advances | 7,548 | 50 | 23,466 | 31,064 | |||
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Gross loans and advance | 9,878 | 5,224 | 22,641 | 37,743 | |||
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ECL | (7) | (2) | (3,311) | (3,320) | |||
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Loans and advances | 9,905 | 5,243 | 19,379 | 34,527 |
The maximum LTV on stage 1 loans is 85% (2024: 81%). The maximum LTV on stage 2 loans is 75% (2024: 76%). The maximum LTV on stage 3 loans is 75% (2024: 85%).
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Movement analysis of net loans by stage |
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As at 01 April 2023 |
| 8,126 | 15,271 | - | 23,397 | |||
Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
Transfer to stage 2 | (1,917) | 1,917 | - | - | ||||
Transfer to stage 3 | (2,604) | (7,510) | 10,114 | - | ||||
New financial assets originated | 7,258 | - | - | 7,258 | ||||
New financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | (51) | 51 | - | - | ||||
Financial assets which have repaid | (2,249) | (7,763) | - | (10,012) | ||||
Balance movements in loans | (1,015) | (1,916) | 13,352 | 10,421 | ||||
Write offs | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total movement in loans and advances | (578) | (15,221) | 23,466 | 7,667 | ||||
As at 31 March 2024 |
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Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
Transfer to stage 2 | (3,768) | 3,768 | - | - | ||||
Transfer to stage 3 | 13 | 1 | (14) | - | ||||
New financial assets originated | 13,274 | - | - | 13,274 | ||||
New financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | (3,363) | 3,363 | - | - | ||||
Financial assets which have repaid | (3,795) | (51) | (2,324) | (6,170) | ||||
Balance movements in loans | (4) | (1,888) | (1,749) | (3,641) | ||||
Write offs | - | - | - | - | ||||
Total movement in loans and advances | 2,357 | 5,193 | (4,087) | 3,463 | ||||
As at 31 March 2025 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Movement analysis of gross loans by stage |
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As at 01 April 2023 | 8,106 | 15,416 | - | 23,522 |
Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - |
Transfer to stage 2 | (1,920) | 1,920 | - | - |
Transfer to stage 3 | (2,597) | (7,511) | 10,108 | - |
New financial assets originated | 7,152 | - | - | 7,152 |
Nee financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | (51) | 51 | - | - |
Financial assets which have repaid | (2,239) | (7,905) | - | (10,144) |
Balance movements in loans | (1,007) | (1,921) | 15,546 | 12,618 |
Write-offs | - | - | (254) | (254) |
Total movement in loans and advances | (662) | (15,366) | 25,400 | 9,372 |
As at 31 March 2024 | 7,444 | 50 | 25,400 | 32,894 |
Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - |
Transfer to stage 2 | (3,712) | 3,712 | - | - |
Transfer to stage 3 | 13 | 1 | (14) | - |
New financial assets originated | 13,229 | - | - | 13,229 |
New financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | (3,345) | 3,345 | - | - |
Financial assets which have repaid | (3,746) | (51) | (3,157) | (6,954) |
Balance movements in loans | (5) | (1,833) | 1,038 | (800) |
Write-offs | - | - | (626) | (626) |
Total movement in loans and advances | 2,434 | 5,174 | (2,759) | 4,849 |
As at 31 March 2025 | 9,878 | 5,224 | 22,641 | 37,743 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Movement analysis of ECL by stage | ||||
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total | |
£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
As at 01 April 2023 | 7 | 36 | - | 43 |
Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - |
Transfer to stage 2 | (1) | 1 | - | - |
Transfer to stage 3 | (1) | (4) | 5 | - |
New financial assets originated | 5 | - | - | 5 |
New financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | - | - | - | - |
Financial assets which have repaid | (2) | (32) | - | (34) |
Changes in models / risk parameters | (3) | (1) | 2,101 | 2,097 |
Adjustments for interest on impaired loans | - | - | 74 | 74 |
Write-offs | - | - | (254) | (254) |
Total movement in impairment provision | (2) | (36) | 1,926 | 1,888 |
As at 31 March 2024 | 5 | - | 1,926 | 1,931 |
Transfer to stage 1 | - | - | - | - |
Transfer to stage 2 | (1) | 1 | - | - |
Transfer to stage 3 | - | - | - | - |
New financial assets originated | 8 | - | - | 8 |
New financial assets originated and transferred to stage 2 & stage 3 | (1) | 1 | - | - |
Financial assets which have repaid | (4) | - | (860) | (864) |
Changes in models / risk parameters | 2,374 | 2,374 | ||
Adjustments for interest on impaired loans | - | - | 497 | 497 |
Write-offs | - | - | (626) | (626) |
Total movement in impairment provision | 2 | 2 | 1,385 | 1,389 |
As at 31 March 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3,311 | 3,320 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances - (continued)
Credit risk on gross loans and advances
Risk grades detailed in the table range from 1 to 10 with a risk grade of 1 being assigned to cases with the lowest credit risk and 10 representing cases in default. Equifax Risk Navigator (RN) scores are used to assign the initial Risk Grade score with additional SICR rules used to generate the final Risk Grade.
As at 31 March 2024 | Stage 1 £'000 | Stage 2 £'000 | Stage 3 £'000 | Total £'000 | |||
Risk Grades 1 - 5 | 7,444 | 50 | - | 7,494 | |||
Risk Grades 6 - 9 | - | - | - | - | |||
Default | - | - | 25,400 | 25,400 | |||
Total | 7,444 | 50 | 25,400 | 32,894 |
As at 31 March 2025 | Stage 1 £'000 | Stage 2 £'000 | Stage 3 £'000 | Total £'000 | |||
Risk Grades 1 - 5 | 8,107 | 1.130 | - | 9,237 | |||
Risk Grades 6 - 9 | 1,771 | 4,094 | - | 5,865 | |||
Default | - | - | 22,641 | 22,641 | |||
Total | 9,878 | 5,224 | 22,641 | 37,743 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances - (continued)
Impairment provisions are calculated on an expected credit loss ('ECL') basis. Financial assets are classified individually into one of the categories below:
Stage 1 - assets are allocated to this stage on initial recognition and remain in this stage if there is no significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition. Impairment provisions are recognised to cover 12-month ECL, being the proportion of lifetime ECL arising from default events expected within 12 months of the reporting date.
Stage 2 - assets where it is determined that there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, but where there is no objective evidence of impairment. Impairment provisions are recognised to cover lifetime probability of default. An asset is deemed to have a significant increase in credit risk where:
- The creditworthiness of the borrower deteriorates such that their risk grade increases by at least one grade compared with that at origination
- The borrower falls more than one month in arrears
- LTV exceeds 85% for Bridging
- For Development assets, where a development will not meet practical completion by the date anticipated at origination.
Stage 3 - assets where there is objective evidence of impairment, i.e. they are considered to be in default. Impairment provisions are recognised against lifetime ECL. For assets allocated to stage 3, interest income is recognised on the balance net of impairment provision.
- Purchased or originated credit impaired ('POCI') - POCI assets are financial assets that are credit impaired on initial recognition.
On initial recognition, they are recorded at fair value. ECLs are only recognised or released to the extent that there is a subsequent change in the ECLs. Their ECLs are always measured on a lifetime basis.
Where there is objective evidence that asset quality has improved, assets will be allocated to a lower risk category. For example, loans no longer in default (stage 3) will be allocated to either stage 2 or stage 1.
Evidence that asset quality has improved will include:
- repayment of arrears;
- improved credit worthiness; and
- term extensions and the ability to service outstanding debt.
If a loss is ultimately realised, it is written off against the provision previously provided for with any excess charged to the impairment provision in the statement of profit and loss.
Critical accounting estimates relating to the impairment of financial assets:
The calculation of ECLs requires the Company to make a number of assumptions and estimates. The accuracy of the ECL calculation would be impacted by movements in the forward-looking economic scenarios used, or the probability weightings applied to these scenarios and by unanticipated changes to model assumptions that differ from actual outcomes.
The key assumptions and estimates that, depending on a range of factors, could result in a material adjustment in the next financial year relate to the use of forward-looking information in the calculation of ECLs and the inputs and assumptions used in the ECL models.
Additional information about both of these areas is set out below.
Forward-looking information
The Company incorporates forward-looking information into the calculation of ECLs and the assessment of whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk ('SICR'). The use of forward-looking information represents a key source of estimation uncertainty.
The Company uses three forward-looking economic scenarios:
- a central scenario aligned to the Company's business plan;
- a downside scenario as modelled in the Company's risk management process; and
- an upside scenario representing the impact of modest improvements to assumptions used in the central scenario.
The macroeconomic data inputs applied in determining the Company's expected credit losses are sourced from Oxford Economics (a third-party provider of global economic forecasting and analysis).
Oxford Economics combines two decades of forecast errors with its quantitative assessment of the current risks facing the global and domestic economy to produce robust forward-looking distributions for the economy.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances - (continued)
Forward-looking information - (Continued)
Using specific percentile points in the distribution of several key metrics such as GDP, unemployment, house prices and commercial real estate prices, we receive three alternative scenarios relating to a base case (most likely), downside (broadly equivalent to a one in- ten-year event) and a moderate upside scenario. Our assumptions on the likely out-turn represents a weighted average of these three scenarios provided by Oxford Economics, and are detailed below:
Marco Assumptions | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 |
Real GDP growth (% growth YoY) | ||||||||||
Base | 0.97% | 1.46% | 1.66% | 1.83% | 1.68% | 1.60% | 1.59% | 1.58% | 1.59% | 1.53% |
Upside | 3.76% | 4.68% | 2.86% | 2.51% | 1.53% | 1.45% | 1.44% | 1.43% | 1.44% | 1.38% |
Downside | -1.60% | -0.78% | 1.18% | 1.67% | 1.79% | 1.71% | 1.70% | 1.69% | 1.70% | 1.64% |
Unemployment % base | 4.50% | 4.46% | 4.32% | 4.14% | 4.05% | 4.01% | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% |
Upside | 3.93% | 2.74% | 2.14% | 2.05% | 2.11% | 2.22% | 2.35% | 2.50% | 2.64% | 2.79% |
Downside | 4.97% | 5.88% | 6.59% | 6.71% | 6.47% | 6.25% | 6.07% | 5.90% | 5.73% | 5.56% |
House price inflation base | 1.93% | 2.60% | 3.92% | 5.05% | 5.06% | 3.89% | 3.02% | 2.81% | 2.93% | 3.18% |
Upside | 5.68% | 6.09% | 7.88% | 6.30% | 4.82% | 3.66% | 2.79% | 2.58% | 2.70% | 3.08% |
Downside | -4.29% | -3.39% | -1.13% | 4.31% | 5.47% | 4.29% | 3.42% | 3.21% | 3.33% | 3.57% |
Commercial real estate (% growth YoY) base | 2.85% | 3.43% | 3.40% | 2.36% | 1.60% | 1.35% | 1.09% | 1.08% | 0.96% | 0.83% |
Upside | 13.29% | 5.83% | 3.64% | 0.48% | 0.19% | 0.09% | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
Downside | -5.97% | 2.95% | 3.97% | 4.23% | 3.09% | 2.41% | 1.85% | 1.64% | 1.37% | 1.13% |
GDP, unemployment rates and HPI (House price index) are key metrics that indicate the appetite for credit within the economy, the ability of borrowers to service debt and value of underlying securities that underpin credit risk management; all of which directly impact the Company's operational activities and success.
The probability weightings applied to the above scenarios are another area of estimation uncertainty. They are generally set to ensure that there is an asymmetry in the ECL. The probability weightings applied to the three economic scenarios used are as follows:
Year ended 31 March 2025 and 2024 | |
Base | 40% |
Upside | 20% |
Downside | 40% |
The Company undertakes a review of its economic scenarios and the probability weightings applied at least quarterly, and more frequently if required.
The results of this review are recommended to the Audit & Risk Committee and the Group's Board prior to any changes being implemented.
Critical judgements relating to the impairment of financial assets
The Company reviews and updates the key judgements relating to impairment of financial assets bi-annually, in advance of the Interim Financial Report and the Annual Report and Accounts. All key judgements are reviewed and recommended to the Audit & Risk Committee for approval prior to implementation.
Assessing whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk ('SICR')
If a financial asset shows a SICR, it is transferred to Stage 2 and the ECL recognised changes from a 12-month ECL to a lifetime ECL. The assessment of whether there has been a SICR requires a high level of judgement as detailed below. The assessment of whether there has been a SICR also incorporates forward-looking information.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances - (continued)
Assessing whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk ('SICR') - (continued)
The Company considers that a SICR has occurred when any of the following have occurred:
1. The overall credit worthiness of the borrower has materially worsened to a level that the probability of default has at least doubled. This is indicated by a migration to a higher risk grade (see below for risk grades and probability of default ("PDs") by product).
2. Where a borrower is currently a month or more in arrears.
3. Where a borrower has sought some form of forbearance.
4. Where the overall leverage of the account has surpassed a predetermined level. 75% Loan to Gross Development Value for bridging loans and 85% for all other products.
5. Where a short-term bridging loan has less than one month before maturity.
6. Where there is a material risk that a development loan will not reach practical completion on time.
These factors reflect the credit lifecycle for each product and are based on prior experience as well as insight gained from the development of risk ratings models (probability of default).
Stage 2 criteria are designed to be effective indicators of a SICR. As part of the bi-annual review of key impairment judgements, the Company undertakes detailed analysis to confirm that the Stage 2 criteria remain effective. This includes (but is not limited to):
- Criteria effectiveness: this includes the emergence to default for each Stage 2 criterion when compared to Stage 1, Stage 2 outflow as a percentage of Stage 2, percentage of new defaults that were in Stage 2 in the months prior to default, time in Stage 2 prior to default and percentage of the book in Stage 2 that are not progressing to default or curing.
- Stage 2 stability: this includes stability of inflows and outflows from Stage 2 and 3.
- Portfolio analysis: this includes the percentage of the portfolio that is in Stage 2 and not defaulted, the percentage of the Stage 2 transfer driven by Stage 2 criterion other than the backstops and back-testing of the defaulted accounts.
For low credit risk exposures, the Company is permitted to assume, without further analysis, that the credit risk on a financial asset has not increased significantly since initial recognition if the financial asset is determined to have low credit risk at the reporting date. The Group has opted not to apply this low credit risk exemption.
A summary of the Risk grade distribution is provided in the table below. As the Company utilises three different risk rating models, three separate PDs have been provided for each portfolio.
Risk Grades 1-9 are for non-defaulted accounts with 10 indicating default. Therefore, all Stage 3 loans are assigned to this grade.
As stated previously, degradation in a borrower's creditworthiness is an indication of SICR. Therefore, as shown in the table below, Stage 2 loan distributions are in the main assigned to risk grades higher than Risk Grade 1.
Balances (£'000) | ECL (£'000) | Probability of default | ||||||
Risk Grade | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Bridging | Development |
RG1 | 241 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0% | 0.1% |
RG2 | 1,390 | 36 | - | - | - | - | 4.0% | 0.4% |
RG3 | 3,019 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 7.7% | 0.6% |
RG4 | 1,908 | 1,094 | - | 2 | - | - | 14.0% | 1.2% |
RG5 | 1,549 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 25.0% | 2.3% |
RG6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.0% | 4.1% |
RG7 | 1,771 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 57.0% | 7.2% |
RG8 | - | 1,880 | - | - | 1 | - | 73.0% | 11.6% |
RG9 | - | 2,214 | - | - | 1 | - | 84.0% | 18.9% |
RG10 | - | - | 22,641 | - | - | 3,311 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Total | 9,878 | 5,224 | 22,641 | 7 | 2 | 3.311 | - | - |
Determining whether a financial asset is in default or credit impaired
When there is objective evidence of impairment and the financial asset is considered to be in default, or otherwise credit-impaired, it is transferred to Stage 3. The Company's definition of default follows product-specific characteristics allowing for the provision to reflect operational management of the portfolio. Below we set out a short description of each product type and the Company's definition of default as specific to each product.
Bridging Loans - Bridging loans are short-term loans designed for customers requiring timely access to funds to facilitate property purchases. Typically, loans involve residential securities, however, commercial, semi-commercial and land is also taken as security.
A bridging loan is considered to be in default if:
a) A borrower fails to repay their loan after 30 days and does not seek an authorised extension.
b) the loan is two months in arrears either in term or after expiry
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
8 Loans and advances - (continued)
Determining whether a financial asset is in default or credit impaired - (continued)
Development Loans - Development loans support borrowers looking to undertake a significant property or site development. The resulting site should be for residential purposes only. Loan terms are typically for the short term (less than three years) with no structured repayments. A development loan is defined as being in default if it has not been redeemed 60 days after the maturity of the loan.
The Company does not apply the rebuttable presumption that default does not occur later when a financial asset is 90 days past due.
Improvement in credit risk or cure - There is no cure period assumed for loans showing improvement in credit risk. This means that any loan that does not meet the SICR criteria is assigned to Stage 1.
9 Deferred tax liability | ||
2025 | 2024 | |
£'000 | £'000 | |
Deferred tax liability (See note 7) | 26 | 25 |
26 | 25 | |
10 Receivables from related parties and other receivables |
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2025 | 2024 | |
| £'000 | £'000 |
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Receivables from related parties | 76,232 | 67,061 |
Other receivables | - | 183 |
76,232 | 67,244 | |
The Company's receivables from related parties are unsecured amounts. | ||
11 Payables to related parties and other payables |
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2025 | 2024 | |
| £'000 | £'000 (Restated) |
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Other payables | 237 | 259 |
Payables to related parties | 20,954 | 18,082 |
21,191 | 18,341 | |
£21.0m (2024 £18.1m) of the Company's trade payables are unsecured intercompany payables owed to the Company's related parties. |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
12 | Interest bearing liabilities |
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2025 | 2024 | |||
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
| Interest bearing liabilities due within twelve months | 3,158 | 2,724 | |
Interest bearing liabilities due after one year but less than five years | 87,873 | 80,223 | ||
Funding line costs1 | (972) | (1,474) | ||
90,059 | 81,473 |
1 Funding line costs represent transaction costs incurred in issuing the retail bonds.
Interest bearing liabilities as at 31 March 2025 relate to Retail Bond 3 and 4. In August 2022, Lendinvest Secured Income II PLC exchanged £29,545,000 of Retail bond 3 with Lendinvest Secured Income PLC's Retail Bond 1 and Retail Bond 2 for £24,547,000 and £4,998,000 respectively. Payment for the exchange was received from Lendinvest Secured Income PLC for this transaction. The remaining £9,328,000 principal interest bearing liabilities was received from third parties. In October 2023 Lendinvest Secured Income II PLC exchanged £31,685,500 of Retail Bond 4 with Lendinvest Secured Income PLC's Retail Bond 2. The remaining £17,314,500 principal interest bearing liabilities was received from third parties.
Funding line costs are amortised on an effective interest rate basis.
Net debt represents interest bearing liabilities (as above), less cash at bank and in hand (excluding cash held for clients) and excluding unamortised debt issue costs but including accrued interest relating to the Company's third-party indebtedness. A reconciliation of net debt is:
31 March 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | |
£'000 |
| £'000 | |
Interest bearing liabilities | 90,059 | 81,473 | |
Deduct: cash as reported in financial statements | (70) | (685) | |
Net debt: borrowings less cash | 89,989 | 80,788 | |
Add: unamortised funding line costs | 972 | 1,474 | |
90,961 | 82,262 |
31 March 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | |
£'000 |
| £'000 | |
Interest bearing liabilities | 81,473 | 38,195 | |
Cash flows | 7,634 | 9,665 | |
Movement in accrued interest | 434 | 2,361 | |
Amortisation of funding line costs | 518 | (381) | |
Increase in interest bearing liabilities | - | 31,633 | |
90,059 | 81,473 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13 | Financial instruments |
The principal financial instruments used by the Company, from which financial instrument risk arises, are loans and advances, trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, interest bearing liabilities and trade and other payables.
Categorisation of financial assets and financial liabilities
All financial assets of the Company are carried at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income as at 31 March 2024 and 2025. All financial liabilities of the Company are carried at amortised cost as at 31 March 2024 and 2025.
Financial instruments measured at amortised cost
Financial instruments measured at amortised cost, rather than fair value, include cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables, trade and other payables and interest-bearing liabilities. Due to their short-term nature, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and trade and other payables approximates their fair value.
a) Carrying amount of financial instruments | ||||
A summary of the financial instruments held is provided below | 2025 | 2024 | ||
£'000 | £'000 (Restated) | |||
Financial assets not at fair value through profit and loss | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents (At amortised cost) | 70 | 685 | ||
Other receivables and receivables from related parties (At amortised cost) | 76,232 | 67,244 | ||
Loans and advances (At fair value through other comprehensive income) | 34,527 | 31,064 | ||
Total financial assets | 110,829 | 98,993 | ||
Other payables | 237 | 259 | ||
Payables to related parties | 20,954 | 18,082 | ||
Interest bearing liabilities | 90,059 | 81,473 | ||
Total financial liabilities | 111,250 | 99,814 |
The following table compares the carrying amounts of the Company's financial assets and financial liabilities as at 31 March 2024
2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | |
Carrying amount | Fair value | Carrying amount | Fair value | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 70 | 70 | 685 | 685 |
Receivables from related parties | 76,232 | 73,551 | 67,061 | 65,115 |
Other receivables | - | - | 183 | 183 |
Loans and advances | 34,527 | 34,527 | 31,064 | 31,064 |
Total financial assets | 110,829 | 108,148 | 98,993 | 97,047 |
Financial liabilities not at fair value through the profit and loss | ||||
Other payables | 237 | 237 | 259 | 259 |
Payables to related parties | 20,954 | 20,519 | 18,082 | 18,082 |
Interest bearing liabilities | 90,059 | 89,668 | 81,473 | 79,759 |
Total financial liabilities | 111,250 | 110,424 | 99,814 | 98,100 |
The fair value of the Retail Bond 3 interest bearing liability is calculated based on the mid-market price of £97.56 on 31 March 2025 (£86.3 on 31 March 2024). The fair value of the Retail Bond 4 interest bearing liability is calculated based on the mid-market price of £105.60 on 31 March 2025 (£100.1 on 31 March 2024).
As per IFRS 9, loans and advances are classified as fair value through other comprehensive income and any changes to fair value are calculated based on the fair value model and are recognised through the statement of other comprehensive income.
b) Fair value hierarchy
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the financial asset or financial liability is categorised is determined on the basis of the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety into only one of the three levels. The fair value hierarchy has the following levels:
Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets;
Level 2 - observable direct and indirect inputs other than level 1 inputs;
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (i.e., not derived from market data and require a level of estimates and judgements within the model).
The objective of valuation techniques is to arrive at a fair value measurement that reflects the price that would be received to sell the asset or paid to transfer the liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13 Financial instruments - (continued)
As at 31 March 2025
Financial instruments measured at fair value | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 |
Loans and advances | 34,527 | - | - | 34,527 |
Financial instruments disclosed at amortised cost | ||||
Interest bearing liabilities | (90,059) | (90,059) | - | - |
Receivables from related parties | 76,232 | - | - | 76,232 |
As at 31 March 2024
Financial instruments measured or disclosed at | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
fair value |
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Loans and advances | 31,604 | - | - | 31,604 |
Financial instruments measured or disclosed at amortised cost | ||||
Interest bearing liabilities | (81,473) | (81,473) | - | - |
Receivables from related parties | 67,061 | - | - | 67,061 |
For all other financial instruments, the fair value is equal to the carrying value and has not been included in the table above.
The valuation techniques and significant input used in determining the fair value measurement of level 3 financial instruments are below.
Level 3 instruments include loans and advances. The valuation of the asset is not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs). Valuation techniques include net present value and discounted cash flow methods. The assumptions used in such models include benchmark interest rates and borrower risk profile. The objective of the valuation technique is to determine a fair value that reflects the price of the financial instrument that would have been used by two counterparties in an arm's length transaction.
Level 3 financial instruments | Year ended 31 March 2025 £'000 |
Level 3 assets at the beginning of the period | 31,064 |
Additional impairment provision made during the period | (2,015) |
Impairment provision utilised in the period | 626 |
Fair value adjustments on loans through OCI | 104 |
New level 3 assets originated | 13,274 |
Level 3 assets that have repaid | (6,169) |
Balance movements in level 3 loans | (2,357) |
Level 3 assets at the end of the period | 34,527 |
Financial instrument
Loans and advances | Valuation techniques used
Discounted cash flow valuation | Significant input
Discount rate | Range
4% - 12% |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13 c) | Financial instruments - (continued) Fair Value reserve | |||||
Financial assets | Deferred tax | Fair value reserve | ||||
£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | ||||
Balance as at 01 April 2023 | (82) | 20 | (62) | |||
Movement in fair value adjustment for loans and advances at fair value through other |
183 |
(46) |
137 | |||
comprehensive income | ||||||
Fair value reserve at 31 March 2024 | 101 | (26) | 75 | |||
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Balance as at 01 April 2024 | 101 | (26) | 75 | |||
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Movement in fair value adjustment for loans and advances at fair value through other comprehensive income | 3 | (1) | 2 | |||
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Fair value reserve at 31 March 2025 | 104 | (27) | 77 | |||
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The significant input used in the fair value measurement of the reporting entity's loans and advances is discount rates. A significant increase / (decrease) in this input in isolation would result in a lower / (higher) fair value measurement.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
13 d) | Financial instruments - (continued) Fair Value through OCI sensitivity analysis | |||
Discount rate | Gain or loss as at 31 March 24 | +100bps | -100bps | |
| £'000 | £'000 | ||
Impact of changes in significant inputs | (97) | 101 | ||
| Discount rate | Gain or loss as at 31 March 25 | +100bps | -100bps |
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| £'000 | £'000 | |
| Impact of changes in significant inputs | (115) | 120 | |
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e) | Interest rate sensitivity |
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the reporting entity's loans and advances are prepayment rates, discount rates and probability of default. Significant increase / (decrease) in discount rates of those inputs in isolation would result in a lower / (higher) fair value measurement. A change in the assumption of these inputs will not correlate to a change in the other inputs. The impact of changes in observable inputs shown in sensitivity analysis below will be reported through other comprehensive income.
As at the reporting date, if interest rates increased 100 basis points and all other variables were held constant:
• Profit before tax for the period to 31 March 2025 would be unchanged. Although the Company's interest rates on loans to borrowers is operated as a fixed rate, the Company has the legal right to vary the borrower interest rate if certain changes in interest rates occur. Implementing this provision would improve the impact of an interest rate increase. However, we have assumed in this sensitivity analysis that the Company has not implemented this provision. Loans from lenders are fixed rate denominated.
• Movement in equity reserves as at 31 March 2025 refer to d) above.
A reduction of 100 basis points would result in negative interest rates. This has been applied below given indications by the Bank of England that this is being considered. If interest rates reduced by 100 basis points and all other variables were held constant:
• Profit before tax for the period to 31 March 2025 would be unchanged. As noted above, the Company's interest rates on loans to borrowers are fixed rate denominated, with certain provisions to vary them, while loans from lenders are also fixed rate denominated.
• Movement in equity reserves as at 31 March 2025 refer to d) above.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
14 Share capital
2025 |
| 2024 |
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No. | £'000 | No. | £'000 | |
Issued ordinary shares of £1 each | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
The company has one class of ordinary shares which carry no rights to fixed income.
15 Reserves
The company's other reserves are as follows: |
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Retained loss: |
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The retained earnings reserves represent cumulative profits or losses, net of dividends and other adjustments | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
| £'000 | £'000 | |
Retained (loss)/earnings | (574) | (971) | |
Other reserves: | |||
The other reserves represent movements on the fair value of the financial assets classified as FVOCI | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
| £'000 | £'000 | |
Fair value reserve | 77 | 75 |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
16 Related party transactions
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| 2025 | 2024 |
Intercompany interest income |
| £'000 | £'000 | |
Lendinvest Bridge Limited |
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| 4,324 | 3,063 |
Lendinvest Warehouse Limited |
| 1,173 | - | |
Lendinvest Platform Limited |
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| 28 | - |
Intercompany receivable/(payable) balances |
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Lendinvest PLC |
| 1,864 | 184 | |
Lendinvest PLC |
| (17) | - | |
Lendinvest Bridge Limited |
| 15,788 | 5,250 | |
Lendinvest Bridge Limited |
| (1,849) | (1,849) | |
Lendinvest Bridge Limited (interest bearing) |
| 41,009 | 45,592 | |
Lendinvest Secured Income I PLC |
| 76 | 15,979 | |
Lendinvest Secured Income I PLC |
| (245) | (16,230) | |
Lendinvest Finance No.4 Limited | 5 | 5 | ||
Lendinvest Finance No.4 Limited | (1,170) | - | ||
Lendinvest Platform Limited | 70 | 39 | ||
Lendinvest Platform Limited (interest bearing) | 1,000 | - | ||
Lendinvest Platform Limited (interest bearing) | (500) | - | ||
Lendinvest Development Limited | 12 | 12 | ||
Lendinvest Development Limited | (11) | - | ||
Lendinvest Warehouse Limited | 4,766 | - | ||
Lendinvest Warehouse Limited | (11,558) | - | ||
Lendinvest Warehouse Limited (interest bearing) | 11,643 | - | ||
Lendinvest Finance No. 5 Limited | (5,602) | - | ||
All the above balances are unsecured intercompany balances payable on demand, except for those that are interest bearing. Of the interest-bearing balances £20.2m (2024: £19.8m) have an interest rate of 8% with a receivable date of 7th August 2027. The remaining £33.0m (2024: £25.8m) have an interest rate of 15% with a receivable date of 2nd October 2026. | ||||
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Transfer of loan balances between the Company and related parties |
| £'000 | £'000 | |
Total value of loan balances transferred to the Company from related parties during the period |
| 197,647 | 127,655 | |
Total value of loan balances transferred from the Company to related parties during the period |
| 177,817 | 96,709 |
Transfer of loans balances are at fair value that reflects the price of the financial instrument that would have been used by two counterparties in an arm's length transaction.
Intermediary fees are charged by the ultimate parent, LendInvest PLC, according to the level of support provided across loan servicing, administrative and other support services.
17 Ultimate controlling party
The controlling party is LendInvest Loan Holdings Limited, and the ultimate controlling party is LendInvest PLC whose consolidated financial statements are available at the registered address.
18 Events after reporting date
There are no events after the reporting period that require disclosure.
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