2012 TPSEA Annual Report - Serena Hotels
2012 TPSEA Annual Report - Serena Hotels
2012 TPSEA Annual Report - Serena Hotels
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Notes to the Financial Statements<br />
1 General information<br />
TPS Eastern Africa Limited is incorporated in Kenya under the Companies Act as a public limited liability company<br />
and is domiciled in Kenya. The address of its registered office is:<br />
Williamson House<br />
4th Ngong Avenue<br />
PO Box 48690<br />
00100 NAIROBI<br />
KENYA<br />
The Company’s shares are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.<br />
For the Kenya Companies Act reporting purposes, the balance sheet is represented by the statement of financial<br />
position and profit or loss by the statement of comprehensive income in these financial statements.<br />
2 Summary of significant accounting policies<br />
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These<br />
policies have been consistently applied to all years presented, unless otherwise stated.<br />
(a)<br />
Basis of preparation<br />
The financial statements are prepared in compliance with International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards (IFRS). The<br />
measurement basis applied is the historical cost basis, except where otherwise stated in the accounting policies<br />
below. The financial statements are presented in Kenya Shillings (Shs), rounded to the nearest thousands, except<br />
where otherwise indicated.<br />
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates.<br />
It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting<br />
policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or where assumptions and estimates are<br />
significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in Note 3.<br />
Changes in accounting policy and disclosures<br />
(i) New and amended standards adopted by the Group<br />
• The amendment to IAS 24, ‘Related party disclosures’ clarifies and simplifies the definition of a related party<br />
and removes the requirement for government-related entities to disclose details of all transactions with the<br />
government and other government-related entities. The amended definition means that some entities will be<br />
required to make additional disclosures, e.g., an entity that is controlled by an individual that is part of the key<br />
management personnel of another entity is now required to disclose transactions with that second entity. There<br />
has been minimal impact on related party disclosures following adoption of this amendment.<br />
• The amendments to IFRS 7, ‘Financial Instruments - Disclosures’ are part of the 2010 <strong>Annual</strong> Improvements<br />
and emphasises the interaction between quantitative and qualitative disclosures about the nature and extent of<br />
risks associated with financial instruments. The amendment has also removed the requirement to disclose the<br />
following;<br />
• Maximum exposure to credit risk if the carrying amount best represents the maximum exposure to credit<br />
risk;<br />
• Fair value of collaterals; and<br />
• Renegotiated assets that would otherwise be past due but not impaired.<br />
44 TPS EASTERN AFRICA LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2011