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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
The company operates 29 retail pharmacies and all are performing to budget. The company’s strategy is to continue driving growth through its existing portfolio.
Retail pharmacy
The English pharmacy sector represents a secure, growing market, underpinned by an increasing need for dispensing of prescription drugs and a government that wants to see community pharmacies expand and improve the range of services they offer to relieve the burden on an overstretched NHS. Day Lewis is a patient orientated service provider which dispenses pharmaceutical and other retail and over the counter products and provides a wide range of clinical services to its patients. The group's pharmacies are typically located in local communities, in or near health centres and GP surgeries, helping to deliver increased footfall amongst customers, develop strong relationships with the local healthcare community and build Day Lewis’s brand as a trusted healthcare provider. Day Lewis prides itself on its service led approach; putting the patient at the heart of its decisions is a key differentiator for the business enabling it to build a large base of loyal, recurring customers, evidenced by repeat prescriptions making up at least 70% of the group's dispensing activities. Prescription dispensing across the country has grown steadily over the last ten years. Growth in prescriptions during the year ended 31 March 2017 finished at 2% above the previous year at a national level. This growth is forecast to continue, driven by an ageing population, an increased prevalence of long term conditions and advancements in drugs. Day Lewis’s broad portfolio of attractively located stores, strength of brand and knowledgeable and experienced staff means that the business is well positioned to take advantage of this growth and continue driving its retail business going forward.
Principal risks and uncertainties and risk management objectives and policies
Price risk The company, through its investments, is exposed to the inherent risks of economic and financial market developments, including recession, inflation, availability of affordable credit and currency fluctuations that could lower revenues. The current system of correcting generic reimbursement prices through the mechanism of "Category M" has continued through the current financial year. Category M was introduced with the new pharmacy contract in 2005 and allows the retail pharmacy industry to retain an amount of £800m of generic procurement profit annually. The system is therefore used retrospectively by the Department of Health to claw back surplus procurement profits from the Pharmacy industry. Through a continual business review process and monitoring of the business environment, the Directors of the company and the wider group seek to mitigate these potential risks. Liquidity risk The company is no longer financed by way of bank loans, overdrafts or other loans. The Directors believe the company has sufficient current and future cash reserves and facilities available for it to meet its liabilities including financing obligations for at least twelve months from the signing of the financial statements. The Directors' assessment of the group's and the company's ability to adopt the going concern basis of accounting is set out in note 2 on page 11.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
Interest rate risk During the year, a forward start hedge instrument was entered into by the group. The instrument is a plain vanilla swap, commences in January 2018 and is for a fixed amount of £100m of debt at a fixed rate of 1.099%. Cash flow risk The group's activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The group uses interest rate swap contracts to hedge interest rate exposures. Foreign currency rates risk is mitigated by buying currency at spot and one month forward rate. Interest bearing assets and liabilities are held at fixed rate to ensure certainty of cash flows. Credit risk The group's principal financial assets are bank balances and cash, trade and other receivables. The credit risk on trade and other receivables is limited as the group's exposure is with Department of Health and retail and wholesales customers. Exposure to credit risk on wholesale customers is mitigated through credit insurance taken out on the wholesales debtors book. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful receivables. The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit ratings assigned by international credit rating agencies.
The directors have significantly improved profitability of the shops in the portfolio. Head office overhead costs have been reduced and this has resulted in an operating profit for the year of £2.0m (2016: £2.9m)
Turnover in the year finished at £26.9m (2016: £22.1m). Gross margins decreased by 2.7% to 30.8% in 2016 (2016: 33.5%) based on a gross profit of £8.3m for the year (2016: £7.4m) Total administrative costs deccreased by £0.8m to £6.2m (2016: £5.4m). The business has enhanced its infrastructure and support office function during the year to enable sustained future progress. Interest costs have decreased to £nil (2016: £0.45m). Ongoing Government action continues to reduce reimbursement prices. The company has undertaken measures to mitigate the effect of this including enhanced purchasing and stock control processes and thorough appraisals of individual branch profitability.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
The Directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2017.
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to (£863,276) (2016 - profit £3,830,793).
The Directors have not recommended a dividend (2016: £nil)
The Directors who served during the year were:
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
Each of the persons who are Directors at the time when this Directors' Report is approved has confirmed that:
Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditor 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF
ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of ABC Drug Stores Limited for the year ended 31 March 2017, set out on pages 7 to 29. The relevant financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditor's Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement on page 3, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.
A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate.
In our opinion the financial statements:
In our opinion the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year is
consistent with the financial statements. Based solely on the work required to be undertaken in the course of the audit of the financial statements and from reading the Strategic report and the Directors’ report:
∙we have not identified material misstatements in those reports; and
∙in our opinion, those reports have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
1 Forest Gate
Brighton Road
RH11 9PT
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 02825947
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2017
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 10 to 29 form part of these financial statements.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2016
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
ABC Drug Stores Limited (the “Company”) is a private company limited by shares and incorporated, domiciled and registered in England in the United Kingdom. The address of the registered office is given on company information page.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The functional currency of ABC Drug Stores Limited is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates. The financial statements are also presented in pounds sterling and rounded to nearest £.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d) Statement of Cash Flows;
∙certain disclosures required by FRS102.11 Basic financial instruments;
∙key management personnel compensation;
∙reconciliation of shares outstanding from the beginning to end of the period;
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Day Lewis Plc as at 31 March 2017 and these financial statements may be obtained from 2 Peterwood Way, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 4UQ.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the parent undertaking, Day Lewis PLC, has formally indicated its intention to continue to provide financial support to the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future, and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have no reason to believe that the parent company will not be in a position to provide the support referred to above and, accordingly, they have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company is exempt by virtue of section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare group financial statements. These financial statements present information about the Company as an individual undertaking and not about its group.
Turnover comprises revenue recognised by the Company in respect of goods and services supplied during the year, exclusive of Value Added Tax and trade discounts.
A revenue recognition adjustment is made in respect of the estimated recovery of excess profit from NHS income paid through the Category M Pricing Policy in the following year.
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
The estimated useful lives range as follows:
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Assets that are subject to depreciation or amortisation are assessed at each balance sheet date to determine whether there is any indication that the assets are impaired. Where there is any indication that an asset may be impaired, the carrying value of the asset (or cash-generating unit to which the asset has been allocated) is tested for impairment. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's (or CGU's) fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (CGUs). Non-financial assets that have been previously impaired are reviewed at each balance sheet date to assess whether there is any indication that the impairment losses recognised in prior periods may no longer exist or may have decreased.
Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first outbasis.
At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate,
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
2.Accounting policies (continued)
the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost.
Investments in non-convertible preference shares and in non-puttable ordinary and preference shares are measured:
∙at fair value with changes recognised in the Profit and Loss Account if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably;
∙at cost less impairment for all other investments.
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Other financial instruments not meeting the definition of Basic Financial Instruments are recognised initially at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition other financial instruments are measured at fair value with changes recognised in profit or loss.
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Finance costs are charged to the Profit and Loss Account over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Rentals income from operating leases is credited to the Profit and Loss Account on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.
Amounts paid and payable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised as a reduction to income over the lease term on a straight line basis, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern over which the lessor's benefit from the leased asset is diminished.
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Profit and Loss Account on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.
Defined contribution pension plan
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in the Profit and Loss Account when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance Sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
Interest income is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account using the effective interest method.
All borrowing costs are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in the year in which they are incurred.
Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the Company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Provisions are charged as an expense to the Profit and Loss Account in the year that the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the Balance Sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties. When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Balance Sheet.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance Sheet date, except that:
Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Exceptional items are transactions that fall within the ordinary activities of the Company but are presented separately due to their size or incidence.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
In the application of the company's accounting policies, which are described in note 2, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. Critical judgements in applying the company's accounting policies The following are the critical judgements, apart from those involving estimations (which are dealt with separately below), that the directors have made in the process of applying the company's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements. Key source of estimation uncertainty - impairment of retail pharmacy licences Determining whether retail pharmacy license is impaired requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash-generating units to which retail pharmacy license has been allocated. The carrying amount of retail pharmacy license at the balance sheet date was £14.9m (2016: £16.78m) after an impairment loss of £nil was recognised during the year 2017 (2016: £nil) Key source of estimation uncertainty - useful life of retail pharmacy licences The directors believe that the right for dispensing UK NHS prescriptions, being the pharmacy licence which is attached to a particular pharmacy, has a continuing value. Such rights, conferred by the Department of Health as contracts to dispense prescriptions, are not generally granted to new pharmacies in the same locality. Consequently the Directors consider that the value of retail pharmacy licences have a long life of 100 years and therefore are amortised over that period.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to be that of retail pharmacy.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
11.Taxation (continued)
Reductions in the UK corporation tax rate from 20% to 19% (effective from 1 April 2017) and 18% (effective from 1 April 2020) were substantively enacted on 26 October 2015. A further reduction to the UK corporation tax rate was announced in the 2016 Budget to further reduce the tax rate to 17% from 18% (to be effective from 1 April 2020). This will reduce the company's future current tax charge accordingly.
The company has estimated tax losses of £315,940 (2016: £2,804,919) available for carry forward against future trading profits. As at 31 March 2017 a deferred tax asset existed in respect of losses carried forward of £447,287 (2016: £1,452,000), based on tax rate of 17% (2016: 20%).
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
Profit and loss account
The profit and loss reserve represents cumulative profits or losses, including net of dividends paid and other adjustments.
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
The company is a party to intra-group cross guarantees in respect of bank borrowing within the group.
∙Unlimited inter-company guarantees supported by legal charges over various properties and other respective associated assets.
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £22,335 (2016: £24,516). Contributions totalling £5,487 (2016: £5,051) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors
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ABC DRUG STORES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2017
The company's parent company is Healthcare Drugstores Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
Healthcare Drugstores Limited is a subsidiary of Day Lewis Plc, a company registered in England and Wales. It prepares group accounts which are available at Day Lewis House, 2 Peterwood Way, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 4UQ. The ultimate parent company is Day Lewis Holdings Limited, a company registered in Cyprus and controlled by the executors of the Kirit Patel Estate. Copies of the ultimate parent and of its group financial statements are not publicly available.
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