# THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED X-17A-5 (2021-03-31) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2021-03-31 - Period: 2020-12-30 - Accession: 0001692244-21-000001 - CIK: 1692244 - File #: 8-69878 - Material weakness: No - Auditor: GR Reid Associates, LLP - Auditor location: Woodbury, NY - Contact: Charles H. Kolber - Phone: 212-319-2233 - Signed by: Charles H. Kolber (Managing Director) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692244/000169224421000001/transpub.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ **UNITEDSl'ATES SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549** 0MB APPROVAL 0MB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: October 31, 2023 Estimated average burden hours r res onse ...... 12.00 # **ANNUAL AUDITED REPORT FORM X-17A-5 PART** Ill | SEC FILE NUMBER | | |-----------------|--| | B-69878 | | ### **FACING PAGE Information Required of Brokers and Dealers Pursuant to Section 17 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 17a-S Thereunder** | REPORT FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING January 1, 2020 | | AND ENDING December 31, 2020 | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|--| | | MM/DD/YY | | MM/DD/YY | | | | A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | NAME OF BROKER-DEALER: The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited | | OFFICIAL usE ONLY | | | | ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use P.O. Box No.) | | FIRM I.D. NO. | | | | 122 East 42nd Street, Suite 2018 | | | | | | | (No. and Street) | | | | | New York | New York | | 10168 | | | (City) | (State) | | (Zip Code) | | | NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON TO CONTACT IN REGARD TO THIS REPORT
Charlea H. Kolber | | | 212-319-2233 | | | | | | (Area Code - Telephone Number) | | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNT ANT whose opinion is contained in this Report• | | | | | | GR Reid Associates, LLP | | | | | | | (Name - if Individual, slate las/, first, middle name) | | | | | 7600 Jericho Tpke., Suite 400 Woodbury | | NY | 11797 | | | (Address) | (City) | (Stale) | (Zip Code) | | | CHECK ONE: | | | | | | j / j Certified Public Accountant | | | | | | Public Accountant | | | | | | B | Accountant not resident in United States or any of its possessions. | | | | | | FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *•claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual report be covered by the opinion of an Independent public accounlant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis/or the exemption, See Section UO.* J *7a-5(e)(2)* > **Potentlal persons who are to respond to the collection of Information contained In this form are not required to respond** unless the form dlsplays a currenlly valld 0MB control number. SEC 1410 (11-05) {1}------------------------------------------------ # **OATH OH AFFIRMATION** | | w ilw bi:st o I'
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(i) | | | | 0 (i) A Rcconci1iati9n, including appropriute explanation of the Computation of Net Capital Under Rule 15c3-l and the | | | Computalion for Determination of. the Reserve Requirements Under Exhibit A of R\lle 15c3.;3. | | | 0 (k) A Reconciliation between the audited nnd unaudited Statements of Financial Condition with respect to methods of | | consolidution. | | | § (J) An Oath or Aflirm.ution. | ' | | (m) A copy of the SIPC Supplemental Report. | | | | (n) A report describing any mntcric.11 inadequacies found to exist or found to huvc existed since the date of the previous audit. | | | *"' For co11ditio11.r ofco11Jide111ial rreutment of c:errain pnrtio11,1· of rhisjlling, sec .,·ectian 240. J la-5 (e)(3). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | {2}------------------------------------------------ # **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION DECEMBER 31, 2020 {3}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_3_Picture_1.jpeg) #### **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited #### **Opinion on the Financial Statement** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited as of December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the statement of financial condition presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited as of December 31, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### **Basis for Opinion** This financial statement is the responsibility of The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited's financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. )}\_ -12. *-f!\_dd,* ~ I Llf We have served as The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited's auditor since 2019. Woodbury, NY March 31, 2021 {4}------------------------------------------------ **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** # STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION DECEMBER 31 , 2020 | ASSETS | | |-------------------------------------------------------|--------------| | Cash | \$
19,994 | | Other assets | 215 | | Total assets | \$
20,209 | | LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY | | | Liabilities | | | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | \$
1,750 | | Total liabilities | 1,750 | | Stockholder's equity | | | Common stock, \$2.00 par value; 100 shares authorized | | | 2 shares issues and outstanding | 4 | | Additional paid in capital | 550,276 | | Accumulated deficit | (531,821) | | Total stockholder's equity | 18,459 | | Total liabilities and stockholder's equity | \$
20,209 | *The accompanying notes are an integral part of this slatement.* {5}------------------------------------------------ #### **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 **Note 1** - **NATURE OF OPERATIONS** ### **Orgnnization** The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited (the Company), a Hong Kong corporation, is a boutique investment bank based in New York City, that is focused on the structuring and arrangement of operating lease and finance lease financings for aviation, shipping and other transportation assets, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other financial advisory services for transportation industry clients. The company operates on a global basis. The organization was granted membership with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") as of March 8, 2018 to act as a brokerdealer regulated by FINRA and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), #### **Note 2** - **SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ### **Basis of Presentation** The Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the Unites States of America ("US GAAP"). #### **Reven** u **Recognition** Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC Topic 606"). The new revenue recognition guidance requires that an entity recognize revenue due to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance requires an entity to follow a five step model to (a) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (b) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (c) determine the transaction price, ( d) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and ( e) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. {6}------------------------------------------------ #### **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 #### **Note** 2 - **SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)** #### **Revenue Recognition (continued)** In detennining the transaction price, an entity may include variable consideration only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. The Company applied the modified retrospective method of adoption which resulted in no adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018. The new revenue recognition guidance does not apply to revenue associated with financial instruments, interest income and expense, leasing and insurance contracts. #### Atlvison The Company provides advisory services on mergers and acquisitions. Revenue for advisory arrangements is generally recognized at the point in time that perfonnance under the arrangement is completed (the closing date of the transaction) or the contract is cancelled. However, for certain contracts, revenue is recognized over time for advisory arrangements in which the performance obligations are simultaneously provided by the Company and consumed by the customer. In some circumstances, significant judgment is needed to determine the timing and measure of progress appropriate for revenue recognition under a specific contract. Retainers and other fees received from customers prior to recognizing revenue are reflected as contract liabilities ( deferred revenue in the accompanying statement of financial condition). #### **Accounting Estimates** The preparation of financial statements in confonnity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. {7}------------------------------------------------ #### **Note 2** - **SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ( **continued)** ### **Concentrations of Credit Risk** Financial instruments which potentially subject The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Transportation Group (Securities) Limited deposits its cash with its bank, which is a high credit, quality financial institution. At times, these deposits may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance limit. ### **Income Taxes** The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions using the accounting standard for uncertainty in income taxes. This standard clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements by prescribing a threshold and measurement attributes of the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expect to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting for interim periods, disclosure and transition. It is the Company's policy to record interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions, if any, as a component of income tax expense. At December 31, 2020, the company had a net operating loss carryforward of approximately \$152,000 for income tax purposes. The carryforward will expire in 2040. A valuation allowance of \$38,000 has been established to offset the deferred tax asset arising from this carryforward. Therefore, no deferred tax assets have been recorded on the accompanying statement of financial condition. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("the Act") which was enacted on December 22, 2017 made key changes to the U.S. tax law, including the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate. Accounting Standards Codification 740 requires the efforts of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances to be recognized in the period in which the legislation in enacted, Since the earnings and losses of the Company are passed through to its member, the Company concluded that there was no impact to the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. {8}------------------------------------------------ #### **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** NOTES TO FINANCIAL ST A TEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 #### **Note 2** - **SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)** #### **New Accouuting Pronouncements** In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which amends the FASB's guidance on the impairment of financial instruments. The ASU adds to GAAP, an impainnent model (known as the current expected credit loss ("CECL") model) that is based on expected losses rather than incw-red losses. Under the new guidance, the Company recognizes as an allowance, its estimate of lifetime expected credit losses, which the F ASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses, if any. The ASU is also intended to reduce the complexity of GAAP by decreasing the number of credit impainnent models that entities use to account for debt instruments. Further, the ASU makes targeted changes to the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities. The new CECL standard became effective on January 1, 2020, and the Company applied the modified retrospective method of adoption which resulted in no adjustment to member's capital as of the effective date. #### **Regulatory rec.Juiremcnts** The Company is subject to the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1, which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined> shall not exceed 15 to 1. At December 31, 2020, the Company had net capital of \$18,244 which was \$13,244 in excess of its required net capital of \$5,000. The Company's net capital ratio was 9.59%. #### **Note 3** - **RELATED PARTY** The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Transportation Group (Capital) Limited (the Parent). The Company has an expense sharing agreement with the Parent. Under the expense sharing agreement, the Company is allocated its portion of indirect operating expenses (including payroll, rent, office supplies, computer and other operating expenses). During the year ended December 31, 2020> the Company was allocated costs in the amount of \$34,932. {9}------------------------------------------------ #### **THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP (SECURITIES) LIMITED** NOTES TO FINANCIAL ST A TEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 #### **Note 4- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS** The Company has performed an evaluation of events that have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2020, and through March 31, 2021, the date of the filing of this report. There have been no material subsequent events that occurred during such period that would require disclosure in this report or would be required to be recognized in the financial statements as of December 31, 2020. #### **Note 5- COVID-19** A coronavirus (COVID-19) was first reported in China. In January 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This contagious disease outbreak, which has continued to spread to additional countries, and any related adverse public health developments, could adversely affect the Company's customers, service providers and suppliers as a result of quarantines, facility closures, and travel and logistics restrictions in connection with the outbreak. More broadly, the outbreak could affect workforces, economies and financial markets globally, potentially leading to an economic downturn. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 is uncertain. Management continues to monitor the outbreak, however, as of the date of these financial statements the potential impact of such on the Company's business and operations cannot be reasonably estimated. The U.S. enacted the CARES Act which is an economic stimulus package to assist eligible small businesses to cover certain operational costs due to the adverse impact of COVID-19. In addition, the CARES Act included temporary tax law changes to provide additional relief to U.S. businesses and individual taxpayers. #### **Note 6- GOING CONCERN** The accompanying statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company had no revenues in 2020 and a loss from operations. This raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The Parent of the Company has also agreed to infuse sufficient capital to cover any future operating deficiencies. The financial statements of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis. 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