
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Bluefield Solar
Income Fund Limited (continued)
108
The risk Our response
Valuation of financial
assets held at fair
value through profit or
loss
£780,043,000 (2023:
£852,844,000)
Refer to Report of the
Audit and Risk
Committee on pages
101 to 106, note 2(j)
accounting policy and
note 8 disclosures.
Basis:
The Company’s investment in its immediate
subsidiary is carried at fair value through profit or loss
and represents a significant proportion of the
Company’s net assets (2024: 99.8%; 2023: 99.8%).
The fair value of the immediate subsidiary, which
reflects its net asset value, predominantly comprises
of the fair value (£965,549,000) of underlying special
purpose vehicle renewable project investments
(“SPVs”) and the immediate subsidiary level debt
(see note 8).
The fair value of the SPVs has been determined
using the income approach, discounting the future
cash flows of underlying renewable projects (the
“Valuations”), for which there is no liquid market. The
Valuations incorporate certain assumptions including
discount rate, power price forecasts, inflation, energy
yield, and other macro-economic assumptions. The
non-operational renewable asset SPVs are valued at
their costs as an approximation of their fair value.
The Valuations are adjusted for other specific assets
and liabilities of the SPVs.
Risk:
The Valuations represent both a risk of fraud and
error associated with estimating the timing and
amounts of long term forecast cash flows alongside
the significant judgement involved in the selection,
and application, of appropriate assumptions.
Changes to long term forecast cash flows and/or the
selection and application of different assumptions
may result in a materially different valuation of
financial assets held at fair value through profit or
loss.
We therefore determined that the Valuations have a
high degree of estimation uncertainty giving rise to a
potential range of reasonable outcomes greater than
our materiality for the financial statements as a
whole. The financial statements disclose in note 8 the
sensitivities estimated by the Company.
Our audit procedures included, but
were not limited to:
Control evaluation:
We assessed the design and
implementation of the control over
the Valuation of financial assets
held at fair value through profit or
loss.
Valuation model integrity and
model inputs:
We tested the valuation model
for mathematical accuracy
including, but not limited to,
material formulae errors;
We agreed a risk based
selection of key inputs used in
the valuation model, such as
power price forecasts,
contracted revenue and
operating costs to supporting
documentation;
We agreed a value driven
sample of balances within the
residual net asset amounts at
subsidiary and SPV levels to
supporting documentation,
such as independent bank
confirmations and other
source documentation;
We obtained and vouched
significant additions to non-
operational renewable assets
during the year to supporting
documentation; and
In order to assess the
reliability of management’s
forecasts, for a risk based
selection, we assessed the
historical accuracy of the cash
flow forecasts against actual
results.
Benchmarking the valuation
assumptions:
With support from our KPMG
valuation specialist, we challenged
the appropriateness of the
Company’s valuation methodology
and key assumptions including
discount rate, power price
forecasts, inflation, energy yield