MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.07.2007

                                                         

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

JEWELS O/B CITY TRADITION LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

7/F, Block A, Minden House, 13-15 Minden Avenue, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.12.1989

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

267785

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Engaged in manufacturing of fine jewellery.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company Name & Address

 

JEWELS O/B CITY TRADITION LTD.

7/F, BLOCK A, MINDEN HOUSE, 13-15 MINDEN AVENUE, TSIMSHATSUI, KOWLOON, HONG KONG.

TEL              : 852 23664991                

FAX              : 852 23110017

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

INCORPORATION DATE            : 8-12-1989

REGISTRATION NO.                  : 267785

REGISTERED LEGAL FORM     : PRIVATE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE                    : VASWANI RAJAN (DIRECTOR)

STAFF STRENGTH                    : 6.

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL             : HK$1M = 1M SHARES @HK$1.-

PAID-UP CAPITAL                      : HK$1M

BUSINESS LINE                        : MANUFACTURE OF FINE JEWELLERY

TURNOVER                              : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

EQUITIES                                 : N/A (AS OF DEC. 31, 2005)

PAYMENT                                : AVERAGE

MARKET CONDITION                : COMPETITIVE

FINANCIAL CONDITION             : STABLE

OPERATIONAL TREND  : FAIRLY STEADY

GENERAL REPUTATION           : AVERAGE

EXCHANGE RATE                     : HKD 7.81402 = USD1 AS OF 2007-3-12

 

Adopted abbreviations:

ANS - amount not stated           

NS - not stated 

SC - subject company (the company inquired by you)

NA - not available          

M - million        

HKD – Hong Kong Dollars

 


Rounded Rectangle: HISTORY 

 

 

 


SC is a private limited company registered under incorporation file no. 267785 on 8-12-1989.

 

SC's shareholders & directors are shown to be as follows:

 

Shareholders (as at 8-12-2006)                                                    Number of shares held

Vaswani Rajan                                                                                 450,000

Vaswani Sunita Rajan                                                                       350,000

Daswani Karishma Kamlesh                                                              200,000

                                                                                                        ----------

                                                                                                    1,000,000

                                                                                                    =======

 

Directors (as at 8-12-2006)

 

Vaswani Rajan / XG479642(3)

Vaswani Sunita Rajan / K845949(5)

Daswani Karishma Kamlesh / R404553(9)

 

The above registration information is based on SC's annual return filed at Companies Registry within the last 2 years.

 

No material change or amendment regarding SC has been traced & noted within last 2 years.

 

Total number of employees :   6.

 

Location :  Maintaining its office at the heading business address which occupies a gross area of square feet at building in district.

 

Condition inside the premises during our visit :   Normal.

 

Office/factory layout :     Standard.

 

The premises is rented.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PUBLIC FILINGS 

 

 


This section will contain the civil litigations & winding-up petitions filed against SC for the last 6 years (as stored in our database), and the mortgage/charge filed by SC for the last 2 years.  In Hong Kong, creation of such mortgages/charges by an unlimited co is not required to be registered in the public records.

 

Civil litigation/winding-up petitions :     None in our database.

 

Mortgage/charge record(s) :    None filed within the last 2 years as per our current search.

 

Mortgage Index:

 

Year(s) in which mortgage registration(s) are filed: 1994 & 1999

Year(s) in which mortgage satisfaction record(s) are filed: Nil

 

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND 

 

 


Vaswani Rajan, director:

 

- Embarked upon his career to present field as a junior salesman in his mid 20's

 

Currently active in SC's day-to-day operations & is responsible for its management.

 

Registered residential address: 1/F, Block E, Ning Yeung Terrace, 78B Bonham Road, Mid-Levels, HK.

 

Property ownership: Current land search indicates the said premises ownership as follows:

- Owner(s) : Vaswani Rajan + Vaswani Sunita Rajan

- Date of purchase & consideration : 30-11-2000 / $7.6M

- Date of mortgage & secured amount : 7-3-2003 / ANS

- Mortgagee : Chong Hing Bank Ltd.

 

Credit history check :   This refers to a check of our database whether the said person has been involved in any of

the following records stored by us within the last 6 years:

 

Civil litigation as defendants                                           :  None in our database

Bankruptcy/winding-up petitions                                     :  None in our database

Delinquent payment records                                          :  None in our database

Debt collection records                                                  :  No overdue amount owed by the said person was placed to us for collection

 

Daswani Karishma Kamlesh, director:

 

Currently active in SC's day-to-day operations & is responsible for its management.

 

Registered residential address: Same as Vaswani Rajan.

 

Credit history check :   This refers to a check of our database whether the said person has been involved in any of

the following records stored by us within the last 6 years:

 

Civil litigation as defendants                                           :  None in our database

Bankruptcy/winding-up petitions                                     :  None in our database

Delinquent payment records                                          :  None in our database

Debt collection records                                                  :  No overdue amount owed by the said person was placed to us for collection

 

Ownership background appraisal:

 

Rating  : 2      Obtained scores : 65                     (see explanatory notes below)

Keys    : 1 :     scores 81-100 : Excellent

             2 :     scores 61-80  : Good

             3 :     scores 46-60  : Average

             4 :     scores 21-45  : Fair

             5 :     scores 01-20  : Poor

 

The rating indicates the personal financial & operational strength of SC's major principals.  It is calculated from a composite of scores obtained from the following 5 factors which carry equal weight in our analysis:

 

Personal financial strength, credit history & trade reputation, business experience & track record, market connection and management skill.

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BUSINESS OPERATIONS 

 

 


Business categories :

 

SC is engaged in manufacturing of fine jewellery.

 

Items available include white gold jewellery with diamonds & 18K gold jewellery (eg. ring, earrings, necklace, bracelet, pendants, etc.), precious and semi-precious jewellery.

 

Principal purchases :

Major types of sourcing             : Diamonds

Local--type of suppliers             : Importers

Buying terms                           : Credit of 30 days & local L/C

Overseas--supplying countries   : Thailand & India

Buying terms                           : l/C & T/T

 

Principal market :

Local--type of customers      : Wholesalers & retailers (20%)

Selling terms                       : Credit of 30  days & local L/C

Overseas--buying countries   : USA & Middle East (60%), Japan (10%) & Switzerland (10%)

Selling terms                       : L/C & T/T

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: RELATED COMPANIES 

 

 


SC is not known to have any subsidiary at present.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: PAYMENT 

 

 


Overall payment appraisal :

 

(  ) Excellent      (  ) Good      (X) Average      (  ) Fair      (  ) Poor      (  ) Not yet determined

 

The appraisal serves as a reference to reveal SC's payments habits and ability to pay.  It is based on the 3 weighed factors:  Trade payment experience (through current enquiry with SC's suppliers), our delinquent payment records and our debt collection record concerning SC.

 

Trade payment experience : Owing to the nature of its operation, SC is not an active seeker of local commercial

credit. Its expenses in the form of accruals and servicing are reportedly met in a prompt manner.

 

Delinquent payment record :  None in our database.

 

Debt collection record :   No overdue amount owed by SC was placed to us for collection within the last 6 years.

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: BANKING 

 


Banking relations are maintained principally with: HSBC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSUpon a current contact, Ms Lam., SC's secretary-to-director, declined forwarding any financial information on the ground that it is the company's policy not releasing any data to a third party without the benefit of knowing the identity of the inquiring party.

 

As per current co. search, total amount of indebtedness of SC in respect of all mortgages and charges which are required to be registered with Companies Registry as at 8-12-2006 was ANS.

 

 

Rounded Rectangle: REMARKS 


 

 

SC is considered small-sized in its line locally with acceptable base to meet its normal dealings.  Credit up to moderate amount may be considered.

 

-- Asset Tracing --

 

Upon our current investigation, our database & sources consulted indicate that SC was not involved in any property transaction (both purchase & disposal) in Hong Kong for the last 6 years.

 


 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

 

 

 

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