MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

03.09.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

S.C. TWIST TRADING LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

5Α Foti Pitta, Lakatameia, 2310, Nicosia

 

 

Country :

Cyprus

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

13.10.2005

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

C166667

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

 

 

No. of Employees :

Not Available

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct 

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 


NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

Cyprus

B2

B2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

CYPRUS - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The area of the Republic of Cyprus under government control has a market economy dominated by the service sector, which accounts for four-fifths of GDP. Tourism, financial services, and real estate are the most important sectors. Erratic growth rates over the past decade reflect the economy's reliance on tourism, the profitability of which can fluctuate with political instability in the region and economic conditions in Western Europe. Nevertheless, the economy in the area under government control has grown at a rate well above the EU average since 2000. Cyprus joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2) in May 2005 and adopted the euro as its national currency on 1 January 2008. An aggressive austerity program in the preceding years, aimed at paving the way for the euro, helped turn a soaring fiscal deficit (6.3% in 2003) into a surplus of 1.2% in 2008, and reduced inflation to 4.7%. This prosperity came under pressure in 2009, as construction and tourism slowed in the face of reduced foreign demand triggered by the ongoing global financial crisis. Although Cyprus lagged behind its EU peers in showing signs of stress from the global crisis, the economy tipped into recession in 2009, contracting by 1.7%, and has been slow to bounce back since, posting anemic growth in 2010-11 before contracting again by 2.3% in 2012. Serious problems surfaced in the Cypriot financial sector in early 2011 as the Greek fiscal crisis and euro zone debt crisis deepened. Cyprus's borrowing costs have risen steadily because of its exposure to Greek debt. Two of Cyprus's biggest banks are among the largest holders of Greek bonds in Europe and have a substantial presence in Greece through bank branches and subsidiaries. Cyprus experienced numerous downgrades of its credit rating in 2012 and has been cut off from international money markets. The Cypriot economy contracted in 2012 following the writedown of Greek bonds. A liquidity squeeze is choking the financial sector and the real economy as many global investors are uncertain the Cypriot economy can weather the EU crisis. The budget deficit rose to 7.4% of GDP in 2011, a violation of the EU's budget deficit criteria - no more than 3% of GDP. In response to the country's deteriorating finances and serious risk of contagion from the Greek debt crisis, Nicosia implemented measures to cut the cost of the state payroll, curb tax evasion, and revamp social benefits, and trimmed the deficit to 4.2% of GDP in 2012. In July, Nicosia became the fifth euro zone government to request an economic bailout program from the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund - known collectively as the "Troika". Negotiations over the final details of the plan are ongoing.

Source : CIA


Basic Information

 

 

Registered Name

S.C. TWIST TRADING LIMITED

English Name

S.C. TWIST TRADING LIMITED

Trade Style:

S.C. NATURAL LIFE

 

 

Registered Address

5Α Foti Pitta, Lakatameia, 2310, Nicosia, Cyprus

Headquarters:

15 Thessalonikis, Ergates, 2643, PoBox 19011, Nicosia, Cyprus

Telephone

+35722465658

Fax

+35722465646

E-mail

info@naturallife.com.cy

Web Site

www.naturallife.com.cy

Legal Type

Limited Company

Status

Registered and operational

 

 

Registration No

C166667

Registration Date

13/10/2005

Start Date

13/10/2005

Years of Operation:

8

Last return

01/10/2010

 

 

CINFO ID:

CYC11730490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary

 

 

 

Employees

August 2013

 

 

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number

Not Available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment:

Above Average Risk

Payment Habits:

NO COMPLAINTS

A check against all available information sources revealed that no late payment incidents against Subject Company exist.

 

Good for amount and terms of inquiry:

Unable to comment

 

 

Commercial morality

Satisfactory

 

 

Financial strength

Unable to comment

Given the fact that no recent detailed financial statements were released to us, we feel unable to express a safe and reliable opinion on their creditability and Financial Strength.

 

 

 

Capital

 

 

 

Authorized Capital

18,810.00

EUR

Issued Capital

18,810.00

EUR

Nominal No Of Shares

11,000.00

 

Issued No Of Shares

11,000.00

 

Nominal value

1.71

EUR

Paid Up

18,810.00

EUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Structure

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors

Position

Acts As

ID

Occupation

Age

Appointed

Other dir.

 

 

 

CHRISTODOULOU SAVVAS

 

Director

 

615098(ID)

 

52

13/10/2005

Yes

 

5Α Foti Pitta, Lakatameia, 2310, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

Other Directorship:

 

 

 

Name

 

Registration Date

Reg. No.

Status

Position

Update Date

 

OKEANOS KATADYSEIS LIMITED

 

31/12/2001

C126615

Registered and operational

Director

19/08/2009

 

SAVVAS CHRISTODOULOU TRADING LIMITED

 

14/10/1991

C45536

Registered and operational

-

23/05/2007

 

 

 

 

 

Other Shareholding:

 

 

 

Name

 

Registration Date

Reg. No.

Status

%

Update Date

 

OKEANOS KATADYSEIS LIMITED

 

31/12/2001

C126615

Registered and operational

50

19/08/2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary

Position

Acts As

ID

Occupation

Age

Appointed

Other dir.

 

 

 

CHRISTODOULOU SAVVAS

 

Company Secretary

 

615098(ID)

 

52

01/10/2010

Yes

 

5Α Foti Pitta, Lakatameia, 2310, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

Other Directorship:

 

 

 

Name

 

Registration Date

Reg. No.

Status

Position

Update Date

 

OKEANOS KATADYSEIS LIMITED

 

31/12/2001

C126615

Registered and operational

Director

19/08/2009

 

SAVVAS CHRISTODOULOU TRADING LIMITED

 

14/10/1991

C45536

Registered and operational

-

23/05/2007

 

 

 

 

 

Other Shareholding:

 

 

 

Name

 

Registration Date

Reg. No.

Status

%

Update Date

 

OKEANOS KATADYSEIS LIMITED

 

31/12/2001

C126615

Registered and operational

50

19/08/2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders

ID / Reg. No.

Acts As

Nationality

Shares

%

Shares Breakdown

Class

Type

 

 

 

EROTOKRITOU GEORGIOS

 

869107(ID)

 

CYPRIOT

5500

50

-

-

-

 

 

5A Foti Pitta, Kato Lakatamia, Nicosia, 2310, Cyprus

 

Other Directorship:

 

No Information Found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Shareholding:

 

No Information Found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EROTOKRITOU ANASTASIA

 

1014040(ID)

 

CYPRIOT

5500

50

-

-

-

 

 

5A Foti Pitta, Kato Lakatamia, Nicosia, 2310, Cyprus

 

Other Directorship:

 

No Information Found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Shareholding:

 

No Information Found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation

 

 

 

 

Activity Code

Description

NACE 2.1

4637

Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line of Business

S.C.TWIST TRADING LTD, was incorporated on 13.10.2005, in Cyprus and is headquartered in Ergates, Nicosia Cyprus. It was created in 2005 with the acquisitions of two companies: S. Christodoulou Trading Ltd and Polemidiotis. S. Christodoulou Trading Ltd has been activated in importing, exporting and packaging of food products. Polemidiotis was the first and only company packaging pulses collected at Cyprus.

It is a full service wholesale food manufacturer and distributor. The subject supplies Legumes (beans), Lentils (Canadian, Green Lentils etc), Rice ( Carolina, White, Yellow, Basmati etc), Sugar, Tuna, Spices (Pepper, Cinnamon, Gloves, Ginger, Garlic etc), Herbal Spices (Dafni, Xaxomili, etc).

S.C.TWIST TRADING LTD is one of the major wholesale food distributors in the Cyprus market to supply wholesale foods that are directly imported from abroad.

The company distributes its own line of quality Natural Life label products with a high degree of market recognition. Natural Life label products are known throughout Cyprus for excellent quality and great prices.

Its Products are imported all over the world, with high quality standards.

Large quantities are also supplied from the domestic market, thereby supporting the Cypriot farmer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Export to

Percentage

 

Comments

Non Retrievable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Import from

Percentage

 

 

 

 

Comments

Non Retrievable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

Headquarters

 

Address:

15 Thessalonikis, Ergates, 2643, PoBox 19011, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

Headquarters comprise of

Offices, Factory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

 

51 Stasinou, Agia Paraskevi, Strovolos, 2002, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Date registered

Date prepared

Type

Description/No

Amount

Sequence

Beneficiary

1

24/03/2011

16/03/2011

Floating Charge on all Company's Assets

 

200,000.00 EUR

-

Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited

2

07/08/2007

03/08/2007

Mortgage

Y11905/07

100,000.00 CYP

-

Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited

3

03/08/2006

26/05/2006

Floating Charge on all Company's Assets

 

45,000.00 CYP

-

Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd

4

15/05/2006

10/05/2006

Floating Charge on all Company's Assets

 

80,000.00 CYP

-

Laiki Factors Limited

5

19/04/2006

04/04/2006

Mortgage

Y5212/06

170,000.00 CYP

-

Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited

6

22/11/2005

16/11/2005

Floating Charge on all Company's Assets

 

40,000.00 CYP

-

Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited

7

22/11/2005

16/11/2005

Fixed Charge on the Company's Machinery

 

30,000.00 CYP

-

Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number

Total Amount (EUR)

Floating Charge on all Company's Assets

4

481,919.24

Mortgage

2

461,322.39

Fixed Charge on the Company's Machinery

1

51,258.04

TOTAL CHARGES

7

994,499.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negatives

No negative data

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

 

 

We contacted the company in question where we talked to an official, who could not release any information regarding the Subject and she informed us that Mr Savvas Christodoulou was away of business all day. A message was left to Mr Savvas Christodoulou to call us back; however there was no response up to now. Should any additional information becomes available we shall forward them to you.

Please note that the information included in the report was obtained from the Official Companies' Registrar, company’s website and from previous interview with the subject.

Please note that the website provided in the enquiry www.food-supplies.com belongs to the company in question.

In addition, note that the latest financial details are not available at the file of the company at the official companies' registry house; as the law provides for all companies. Further financial details are not available from other public sources.

A check against our revealed that no negative payment incidents against Subject Company, such as unpaid invoices, dishonored cheques and utility bills, bankruptcies exist etc.

COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS:

The Eurozone struck a deal on Saturday (16.03.2013) to hand Cyprus a bailout worth €10 billion, but demanded depositors in its banks forfeit some money to stave off bankruptcy despite the risks of a wider bank run.

Cyprus becomes the fifth country after Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain to turn to the euro zone for financial help in the wake of the region's debt crisis.

In a radical departure from previous aid packages, Eurozone ministers forced Cyprus' savers, almost half of whom are believed to be non-resident Russians, to pay up to 10 per cent of their deposits to raise almost €6 billion.

Without a rescue, Cyprus would default and threaten to unravel investor confidence in the euro zone that has been fostered by the European Central Bank's promise last year to do whatever it takes to shore up the currency bloc. The bailout was smaller than initially expected and is mainly needed to recapitalize the island's banks that were hit by a sovereign debt restructuring in Greece. Banks in Cyprus will be shut on Tuesday and Wednesday (19.03.2013 and 20.03.2013) pending a decision by parliament to approve a levy on bank depositors. In return for emergency loans, Cyprus also agreed to increase its corporate tax rate by 2.5 percentage points to 12.5 per cent.

Cyprus's parliament is set to reject the proposed package in a vote scheduled for Tuesday 19.03.2013, pushing the island closer to a debt default and banking collapse (End of Country Developments).

 

MAIN SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

i. Visited Official Companies' Registry

ii. Interview with Company / Correspondence

iii. Desk Research

iv. Search through Internet Subscription Databases (Business Information)

v. Specialized Media Search Global & Local

vi. Search through internet Social Networks

vii. Local Correspondent Negative Record Database

viii. Relationship/Directorship Search through Local Correspondent Database

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Not disclosed

 

Quality:

company

 

 

 

Title:

official

 

 

 

Couldn't supply

 

Any info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.65.86

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.50

Euro

1

Rs.87.05

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

PDT

 

 

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

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

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

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NB

New Business

 

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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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