IE Domain Registry Annual Report 2019

IE Domain Registry  Annual Report & Review  2019 50 Financial Statements Notes to the Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 1. General Information These financial statements comprising the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes 1 to 21 constitute the individual financial statements of IE Domain Registry CLG for the financial year ended 31 December 2019. IE Domain Registry CLG is a company limited by guarantee, under registration number 315315 and does not have a share capital (registered under Part 2 of Companies Act 2014), incorporated in the Republic of Ireland. The Registered Office is 4th Floor, Harbour Square, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, which is also the principal place of business of the company. The nature of the company’s operations and its principal activities are set out in the Director’s Report on pages 41 to 43. 1.1 Statement of Compliance The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (FRS 102). 1.2 Currency The financial statements have been presented in Euro (€) which is also the functional currency of the company. 2. Accounting Policies 2.1 Accounting convention The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with the historical cost convention modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is the Companies Act 2014 and FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council. 2.2 Consolidation The company and its subsidiary combined meet the exemption criteria for a group and the company is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements by virtue of Section 297 of the Companies Act 2014. Consequently, these financial statements deal with the results of the company as a single entity. 2.3 Turnover Turnover represents the total invoice value, excluding value added tax and rebates, of sales for the financial year ended 31 December 2019. The company’s policy of deferring revenue results in income being recorded in the period to which the fee invoice relates, rather than the period in which the fee invoice was raised. This policy has been maintained during the year ended 31 December 2019. 2.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The charge for depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life from date of acquisition as follows: Leasehold Improvements – over the life of the underlying lease Fixtures and Fittings – 25% Straight Line Computer Equipment – 33% Straight Line The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed annually for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.