Relevant balance sheets as at 31 March 20X4 are set out below:

You have recently been appointed chief accountant of Jasmin (Holdings) plc and are about to prepare the group balance sheet at 31 March 20X4. The following points are relevant to the preparation of those accounts.

(a) Jasmin (Holdings) plc owns 90 per cent of the ordinary £1 shares and 20 per cent of the 10 per cent £1 preference shares of Kasbah plc. On 1 April 20X3 Jasmin (Holdings) plc paid £96 million for the ordinary £1 shares and £1.6 million for the 10 per cent £1 preference shares when Kasbah’s reserves were a credit balance of £45 million.

(b) Jasmin (Holdings) plc sells part of its output to Kasbah plc. The stock of Kasbah plc on 31 March 20X4 includes £1.2 million of stock purchased from Jasmin (Holdings) plc at cost plus one-third.

(c) The policy of the group is to revalue its tangible fixed assets on a yearly basis. However, the directors of Kasbah plc have always resisted this policy, preferring to show tangible fixed assets at historical cost. The market value of the tangible fixed assets of Kasbah plc at 31 March 20X4 is £90 million. The directors of Jasmin (Holdings) plc wish to follow the requirements of FRS 2 ‘Accounting for Subsidiary Undertakings’ in respect of the value of tangible fixed assets to be included in the group accounts.

(d) The ordinary £1 shares of Fortran plc are split into 6 million ‘A’ ordinary £1 shares and 4 million ‘B’ ordinary £1 shares. Holders of ‘A’ shares are assigned 1 vote and holders of ‘B’ ordinary shares are assigned 2 votes per share. On 1 April 20X3 Jasmin (Holdings) plc acquired 80 per cent of the ‘A’ ordinary shares and 10 per cent of the ‘B’ ordinary shares when the profit and loss reserve of Fortran plc was £1.6 million and the revaluation reserve was £2 million. The ‘A’ ordinary shares and ‘B’ ordinary shares carry equal rights to share in the company’s profit and losses.

(e) The fair values of Kasbah plc and Fortran plc were not materially different from their book values at the time of acquisition of their shares by Jasmin (Holdings) plc.

(f) Goodwill arising on acquisition is amortised over five years.

(g) Kasbah plc has paid its preference dividend for the current year but no other dividends are proposed by the group companies. The preference dividend was paid shortly after the interim results of Kasbah plc were announced and was deemed to be a legal dividend by the auditors.

(h) Because of its substantial losses during the period, the directors of Jasmin (Holdings) plc wish to exclude the financial statements of Kasbah plc from the group accounts on the grounds that Kasbah plc’s output is not similar to that of Jasmin (Holdings) plc and that the resultant accounts therefore would be misleading. Jasmin (Holdings) plc produces synthetic yarn and Kasbah plc produces garments.

Required:

(a) List the conditions for exclusion of subsidiaries from consolidation for the directors of Jasmin (Holdings) plc and state whether Kasbah plc may be excluded on these grounds.

(b) Prepare a consolidated balance sheet for Jasmin (Holdings) Group plc for the year ending 31 March 20X4. (All calculations should be made to the nearest thousand pounds.)

(c) Comment briefly on the possible implications of the size of Kasbah plc’s losses for the year for the group accounts and the individual accounts of Jasmin (Holdings) plc.

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Tangible fixed assets Investments Shares in Kasbah (at cost) Shares in Fortran (at cost) Current assets Stock Cash Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Jasmin (Holdings) plc £000 289,400 97,600 8,000 395,000 285,600 319,000 604,600 (289,600) 315,000 710,000 Kasbah plc £000 91,800 151,400 500 151,900 (238,500) (86,600) 5,200 Fortran plc £000 7,600 2,600 6,800 9,400 2,200) 7,200 14,800