Arora Group Tax Strategy

Tax Strategy – Year ended 31 March 2024

Background

Arora Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (“The Arora Group*”) is a successful UK-focused private group of companies, which leverages synergies across its specialist property, construction and hotel divisions to its strategic advantage. Since 1999, the group has built its standing through meticulously managing projects from inception to delivery and beyond. Today, it owns and manages a diverse portfolio of flagship assets across the nation’s key business locations, partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands to deliver consistently high service levels and sustainable growth.

As a business we plan for the long term. Our goals are to deliver value and growth for our stakeholders and to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Our strategy for delivering these goals are to:

  • Drive the business to achieve sound long term value
  • Expand, develop and consolidate a diversified property asset portfolio in targeted UK locations
  • Create projects with integrity, quality and social responsibility in mind.

More information about the Arora Group can be found at: www.thearoragroup.com.

Governance

The governance framework of the group ensures that all financial and tax risks are appropriately dealt with by Senior Management. Primary responsibility for taxation sits with the Head of Tax. Guidance is also provided by external advisors, particularly in relation to matters that are material or technical in nature. The board is updated on any material tax matters as they arise with further updates on any matters that are continuing. The overall governance framework enables taxation matters to be identified and managed on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that any risks can be reduced.

The Arora Group’s direct contribution to taxation in the UK economy includes corporate, employment, property, apprenticeship levy, CIS and insurance premium taxes. Additional, the group makes significant indirect contribution to the UK taxation through taxes on sales which are subject to VAT.

We take our responsibility to tax extremely seriously and are committed to meeting all our statutory tax obligation.

The Arora Group is committed to:

  • Following all applicable laws and regulations relating to its tax activities
  • Maintaining an open and honest relationship with the tax authorities based on collaboration and integrity.
  • Applying diligence and care in our management of the processes and procedures by which all tax related activities are undertaken and ensuring that our tax governance is appropriate.

Our code of conduct sets the standard for what is expected of everyone conducting business on behalf the Arora Group.

Risk Management

Day to day responsibility for the conduct of the Group’s tax affairs is delegated to a number of qualified tax professionals, whose purpose is to meet our tax compliance obligations in the UK.

We fully provide for all our taxes in accordance with legal and accounting standards. Where material uncertainty exists, we support the stance taken in our accounts and in our tax returns through the use of qualified internal and external tax advisors.

Where error arise, we disclose these to the relevant tax authority at the earliest opportunity and seek to put in place additional procedures to ensure that such errors do not arise in the future,

Due to the nature of the business, the group is only prepared to accept a low level of tax risk. Any new commercial activities are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and where appropriate, specialist rax advice is sought.

Tax planning

We recognise that tax is by its very nature, complex and often uncertain.

We do not undertake aggressive tax planning and are committed to ensuring that tax reflects the underlying economic substance of the transactions the business enters into.

All transactions are driven by their commercial rationale rather than being shaped only to delivery a tax advantage result.

In cases where the tax guidance is unclear or the Group does not feel it has the necessary expert knowledge to assess the tax consequences adequately, external advice is sought to support the Group’s decision making process.

Approach towards dealing with HMRC

The Group is committed to the principles of openness and transparency in its approach to dealing with HMRC, and in particular the Group commits to:

  • Make fair, accurate and timely disclosures in correspondence and returns, and respond to queries and information requests in a timely fashion.
  • Seek to resolve issues with HMRC in a timely manner, and where disagreements arise work with HMRC to resolve issues by agreement where possible.
  • Be open and transparent about decision making, governance and tax planning.
  • Reasonably believe that transactions are structured to give a tax result which is not inconsistent with the economic consequence (unless specific legislation anticipates that result, nor contrary to the intentions of parliament.
  • Interpret the relevant tax laws in a reasonable way and ensure all transactions are structured consistently.
  • Ensure all interactions with HMRC are conducted in an open, collaborative and professional manner.

Signed on behalf of the Arora Group

Surinder Arora – CEO & Senior Accounting Officer

*List of entities covered by this tax strategy:

  • ADL (London) Limited
  • Arora Care Group Limited
  • Arora Crawley Retail Limited
  • Arora Developments Limited
  • Arora Dublin T2 Limited
  • Arora EV Charging Limited (Arora parking)
  • Arora Gatwick Limited
  • Arora Gatwick Property Limited
  • Arora Heathrow Holdings Limited
  • Arora Heathrow Investments Limited
  • Arora Heathrow T5 Limited
  • Arora Holdings Limited
  • Arora Hotels Limited
  • Arora Investments JPUT Limited
  • Arora Investments Limited
  • Arora Leased Hotels Limited
  • Arora Management Services Limited
  • Arora Manchester Limited
  • Arora SLG Limited
  • Arora T5 Holdings Limited
  • Arora UK Finance Limited
  • Arora Waterfront Developments Ltd
  • Arora Waterfront Holdings Limited
  • Arora Waterfront Limited
  • Arora Woking Retail Limited
  • Arora Woking Retail Store 2 Limited
  • Buckinghamshire Golf Company Limited
  • Buckinghamshire Park Resort (Holdings) Ltd
  • Chertsey Property Limited
  • City Place Gatwick Management Co Ltd
  • Excel Hospitality Limited
  • Excel Hotel Management Limited
  • Grove Acquisitions Limited
  • Grove Apartments Limited
  • Grove Developments Limited
  • Grove F&B Limited
  • Grove HR Limited
  • Grove T5 Limited
  • Grove WP Limited
  • Grove WP Property Limited
  • Heathrow T2 Hotel Limited
  • Heathrow T5 Hotel Limited
  • Heathrow West Limited
  • Hursley Grove Estate Management Ltd
  • Hursley Grove Property Management Ltd
  • John Keble Limited
  • Leopard UK Kensington Propco Limited (Arora Kensington Limited)
  • London Airport Hotels Limited
  • London Arena Investments Limited
  • Luton Hoo Park Limited
  • Meridian Hotel Holdings Limited
  • Meridian Hotel Operations Limited
  • Meridian Pier Limited
  • Meridian Residential Developments Ltd
  • Millennial Investments Limited
  • Trikomo No.2 Limited (formerly Aspley House (Arora) Limited)
  • World Business Centre Management Co Ltd

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