Interim Report & Accounts
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CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund CFP SDL Free Spirit Fund Interim Report & Accounts Sub-funds of Castlefield Funds OEIC For the Period from 1 March 2019 To 31 August 2019 A UK Authorised Investment Company with Variable Capital CAST LEFI ELD CFP SDL FUNDS: INTERIM REPORT & ACCOUNTS Contents Management & administration ...................................... 3 Registered office and directors ................................................... 3 Company information ................................................................. 3 Important notes........................................................................... 3 Change of investment objective & policy ................................... 4 Report of the ACD to the shareholders of the company ............. 4 Sub-fund cross-holdings ............................................................. 4 Directors’ statement .................................................................... 4 About the investment adviser ..................................................... 4 Investment review of Castlefield Funds ...................................... 5 CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund .................................... 6 Fund information......................................................................... 6 Comparative table ...................................................................... 6 Risk and reward indicator .......................................................... 8 Investment objective and policy.................................................. 8 Performance ............................................................................... 8 Investment review....................................................................... 8 Outlook ....................................................................................... 9 Top ten purchases and total sales during the period ............... 10 Portfolio of investments .............................................................11 Statement of total return ........................................................... 14 Statement of change in net assets attributable to shareholders ......................................................................... 14 Balance sheet ........................................................................... 15 Summary of material portfolio changes .................................... 15 Notes to the financial statements ............................................. 16 Distribution tables ..................................................................... 17 CFP SDL Free Spirit Fund ............................................ 18 Fund information....................................................................... 18 Comparative table .................................................................... 18 Risk and reward indicator ........................................................ 20 Investment objective and policy................................................ 20 Performance ............................................................................. 20 Change of fund manager .......................................................... 20 Investment review..................................................................... 20 Outlook ..................................................................................... 21 Top ten purchases and total sales during the period ................ 22 Portfolio of investments ............................................................ 23 Statement of total return ........................................................... 26 Statement of change in net assets attributable to shareholders ......................................................................... 26 Balance sheet ........................................................................... 27 Summary of material portfolio changes .................................... 27 Notes to the financial statements ............................................. 28 Distribution tables ..................................................................... 28 2 CFP SDL FUNDS: INTERIM REPORT & ACCOUNTS Management & administration Registered office and directors Company information The Authorised Corporate Director (“ACD”) and registered office Castlefield Funds is an Investment Company with Variable Capital of the Castlefield Funds (“the Company”): under regulation 12 of the Open-Ended Investment Company Regulations and incorporated in England and Wales under Castlefield Fund Partners Limited: registered number IC000234 and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority with effect from 14 May 2003. Shareholders 111 Piccadilly, are not liable for the debts of the Company. At the period end the Manchester, M1 2HY Company contained seven sub-funds. Castlefield Fund Partners Limited is authorised and regulated by The Company is a UCITS scheme which complies with the the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and is a member of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Collective Investment Schemes Investment Association (“IA”). Sourcebook and is structured as an umbrella Company so that different sub-funds may be established from time to time by the Directors of the ACD: ACD with the approval of the Financial Conduct Authority and the John Eckersley (Managing Director) agreement of the Depositary. Summayya Mosam (Head of Service Delivery) Susan Cohen (Head of Finance) Important notes As of 1 July 2019 several classes of shares within the respective Investment Adviser: sub-funds were closed to investment. Shareholders whose Castlefield Investment Partners LLP investments were held in these classes subsequently received 111 Piccadilly, the equitable value of shares within adjacent classes of shares Manchester, M1 2HY where it was to an investor’s benefit to do so. At the same point the Company made name changes to the Depositary: remaining classes of shares where it was appropriate to do so. Société Générale S.A. (London Branch), Below is a summary of the changes effective 1 July 2019: SG House, 41 Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4SG Closing classes of shares 1 July 2019: CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund – General Class Auditor: Beever and Struthers Remaining classes of shares renamed to ‘General’ St George’s House CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund – Institutional Income Class 215-219 Chester Road, CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund Manchester, M15 4JE – Institutional Accumulation Class Administrator: Société Générale Securities Services, SG House, 41 Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4SG Registrar: Maitland Institutional Services Limited Hamilton Centre, Rodney Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3BY 3 CFP SDL FUNDS: INTERIM REPORT & ACCOUNTS Management & administration Change of investment objective & policy On 1 July 2019 the Investment Objective & Policy of the CFP SDL UK Buffettology Fund was amended to reflect more accurately the stated investment objective of the sub-fund. The current Investment Objective & Policy is reflected on page 8 within this document. Report of the ACD to the shareholders of the company The ACD, as sole director, presents its report and the unaudited Financial Statements of the Company for the period from 1 March 2019 To 31 August 2019. The Investment Objectives and Policies of each sub-fund of the Company are covered in the section for each sub-fund. The names and addresses of the ACD, the Depositary, the Registrar, the Investment Adviser and the Auditor are detailed on page 3. In the future there may be other sub-funds of the Company. Where a sub-fund invests in other Collective Investment Schemes, the maximum annual management fee that may be charged to that Collective Investment Scheme is 5% of the net asset value of such a scheme. However, it is expected that the actual annual management fee will not exceed 2%. Sub-fund cross-holdings No sub-fund held shares in any other sub-fund within the Investment Company with Variable Capital during the period. Directors’ statement In accordance with the Regulations, we hereby certify the report on behalf of the directors of Castlefield Fund Partners Limited. Susan Cohen John Eckersley Director (of the ACD) Director (of the ACD) 30 October 2019 About the investment adviser Castlefield Investment Partners LLP (“CIP”) act as the appointed Investment Adviser to the sub-funds as referred to within this document. Sanford DeLand Asset Management (“SDL”) act as an Appointed Representative of CIP. In respect of two of the sub-funds, the Directors of SDL, noted within this document, act as Approved Persons of CIP for the purposes of acting as the lead day-to-day managers to the respective sub-funds. CIP is part of the Castlefield family of investment and advisory businesses. CIP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is a member of the London Stock Exchange. 4 CFP SDL FUNDS: INTERIM REPORT & ACCOUNTS Investment review of Castlefield Funds Trade wars and the Federal Reserve continued to dominate the Lagarde, has been nominated to take over from Mario Draghi as headlines during the period under review. After an excellent start to ECB President at the start of November. the year, equity markets retreated in May when President Donald UK equities returned +0.74% in a period dominated by political Trump decided to implement a tariff hike on $200bn of Chinese headlines. Brexit remained top of the agenda after the UK’s imports from 10% to 25% after initially putting this on hold “until exit from the European Union was originally delayed until 12 further notice” earlier in the year, whilst also threatening further April. The European Union then