PART II
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This document contains
forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this document, including statements
regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, and likelihood of success and other plans and objectives
of management for future operations, and future results of current and anticipated products are forward-looking statements. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
In some cases, you can
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“plan,” “aim,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,”
“contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue”
or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this document are only predictions. We
have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends
that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as
of the date of this document and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“Risk Factors”) no matter
whether these Risk Factors are described in this document or not. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties,
some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond our control. The events and circumstances reflected in our
forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements. Moreover, new risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict
all risk factors and uncertainties that we may face. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 on Form
1-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Annual Report on Form 1-K (the “2023 Form 1-K”) of UC Asset LP (the “Company”, the “Partnership”, “we” or “our”) for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2024. We are filing this Amendment to amend Part II of the 2022 Form 1-K to:
1) include the full text of Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; 2) update our financial statement for the year of
2023 with inputs from our independent registered public accounting firm; and 3) update quotes from our financial statement throughout
“Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in accordance with the
updated financial statement.
Except as described above,
no other changes have been made to the 2023 Form 1-K. The 2023 Form 1-K continues to speak as of the date of the 2023 Form 1-K, and we
have not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the 2023
Form 1-K other than as expressly indicated in this Amendment.
Item 1. Business
General development of business.
UC
Asset LP partnership (“UC Asset,” the “Company,” the “Partnership”, “we,” or “us”)
is a limited partnership formed on February 01, 2016 under the laws of the State of Delaware. We invest in our portfolio investments for
the purpose of capital appreciation. According to our bylaws, the overwhelming majority of our portfolio investments must be allocated
to real estate in metropolitan areas. Our portfolio investments are owned through a number of subsidiaries.
Starting
from April 01, 2022, our principal office address has changed to 537 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, in downtown Atlanta area.
Our previous principal office address was 2299 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 120, Atlanta, GA 30341.
Our partnership is managed
by our general partner, UCF Asset LLC under the terms of our partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement.
General Partner
UCF Asset LLC is a limited
liability company formed on January 26, 2016, under the law of the State of Georgia. The principal office of our general partner is the
same as that of our partnership.
The individuals who, directly
or indirectly, own and control our general partner are “Larry” Xianghong Wu with an 80% interest and Jason Armstrong with
a 10% interest, with the other 10% held by the Company. Gregory Bankston was the managing member of our general partner. Starting from
May 01, 2023, Jason Armstrong has been hired as a manager to take over the managerial role of Greg Bankston.
UCF Asset LLC does not conduct
any business activities other than management of our partnership.
Except for limited conditions
defined in our limited partnership agreement, UCF Asset LLC, acting as general partner, has authority to exercise full management of our
partnership. Limited partners are passive investors and have limited power over our partnership and our general partner.
The general partner may be
removed, upon consent of the limited partners representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding common
units voting as a single class, where (i) the general partner has been convicted of fraud, embezzlement, or a similar felony by a court
of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment, or (ii) the general partner materially and willfully breaches our limited partnership agreement.
The general partner may, at
any time, assign all or a portion of its partnership interest to any affiliate and, in the general partner’s sole discretion, admit
the affiliate as an additional or substitute general partner.
The general partner is paid
an annual management fee, in four payments made quarterly, at 2.0% of net asset under management of the partnership.
Business Operations
Our
business strategy is to invest in properties that are considerably undervalued or have considerable potential to appreciate in the near
future. This often involves innovative investment models, under which we will invest in emerging industries where the property value is
expected to experience dramatic increases, due to the emergence of new technologies, new economic factors, and/or new regulations.
Cannabis Property Investment
On September 29, 2021, the
Company announced that we will expand our portfolio into cannabis properties.
On May 01, 2023, we made our
first cannabis property investment in 50% ownership of a $3.2 million property in the State of Oklahoma. We hold this investment through
AZO Properties LLC(“AZO”), a State of Oklahoma LLC, of which we own 50% membership interest that is non-managerial.
Starting from August 01, 2023,
we are receiving $12,000 per month of distributions from AZO generated from our cannabis investment. We expect to continue receiving distributions
as such, but there is no assurance that this investment will continue to generate this amount or any amount of distributions.
Historic Landmark
In the third quarter of 2021,
the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Atlanta Landsight LLC (“ALS”), acquired the historic Rufus Rose House in
downtown Atlanta. The property is a federally registered historic building as it is the oldest residential property and the only standing
Victoria-style mansion in downtown Atlanta. After acquisition, ALS partially renovated the interior of the building. As of and by December
31, 2023, ALS held the Rufus Rose House and was applying for a special permit to renovate the whole building.
Other Investments
Historically, the Company
invested in residential, “short rental” properties and farmlands. The Company has exited most investments in these properties.
As of and by December 31, 2023, the Company still held a few of these properties, through the two wholly owned subsidiaries listed below.
Atlanta Landsight LLC (“ALS”) held a residential property and SHOC Holdings LLC (“SHOC”)
held an empty multiple family lot.
The Company purchased a piece
of farmland in Dallas TX for the consideration of approximately $800,000, in the year 2017, which the Company sold for $1,900,000, in
January 2023.
The Company also invests less
than 20% of its net equity in debt instruments of real estate financing.
Narrative description of business.
The business purpose of our
Partnership is to invest in real estate for capital appreciation.
Our
business model is to invest in properties that are undervalued or have considerable potential to appreciate in the near future. This often
involves innovative investment models which will either introduce a property to a new niche market, or facilitate new business relationships
surrounding a property, under which the value of the property may reach its maximum potential. It also requires visionary thinking, to
invest in properties before the market situation may experience dramatic change due to the emergence of new technologies, new economic
factors, and/or new regulations.
As of and by December 31,
2023, our major business focus has shifted to investing primarily in cannabis properties. To our knowledge, we are one of only four SEC
(“Security and Exchange Commission”)-reporting public companies investing in cannabis properties. The other three are Innovative
Industrial Properties, Inc (NYSE: IIPR), Power REIT (NYSE/American: PW), and NewLake Capital Partners, Inc (OTCQX: NCLP).
Cannabis Property Investment
On May 01, 2023, we invested
in a $3.2 million medical cannabis cultivation property located in Edmond, Oklahoma (the “Edmond Property”). Edmond is a city
in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. We acquired a 50% equity ownership in this property by acquiring a 50% ownership interest of AZO
Properties LLC(“AZO”), a State of Oklahoma limited liability company, which holds the title of the property lien-free. As
of and by June 30, 2023, AZO has no other business operations other than owning and managing the Edmond Property.
Our 50% ownership in AZO is
non-managerial. As the non-managerial member, we are entitled to receive a preferred distribution at a “base” amount of $12,000
per month, before the managing member will have the right to receive distribution or other compensation. The preferred distribution is
cumulative, in the sense that any unpaid dividend will be accumulated as debt by AZO to us, which will bear a market-rate interest. After
paying off the preferred distribution, AZO may pay a dividend to the managing member for a maximum amount which equals the amount of preferred
distribution (the “catch-up distribution”). The catch-up distribution payable to the managing member is non-cumulative, in
the sense that any unpaid catch-up distribution for a month shall be irrevocably waived and cancelled by the end of that month.
We began to receive the aforesaid
preferred distribution starting from August 2023.
Under the terms of the operating
agreement, the “base” amount of the preferred distribution will increase by a 5% compound rate, every 24 months after the
first 36 months. In other words, “base” amount of preferred distribution will become $12,600 per month starting from August
2026, and will become $13,230 per month starting from August 2028, and so on.
AZO may pay extra distributions
to us and the managing member, if it has net cash available in any given month after paying the preferred distribution and catch-up distribution.
Extra distributions shall be allocated evenly (50/50) between us and the managing member.
We paid $1 million cash and
issued 500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Units of UC Asset (“Series B”), in exchange for our 50% ownership of AZO. A significant
part of the $1 million paid will be used to expand the Edmond Property by adding approximately 50% of cultivation space. The 500,000 Series
B shares are issued at the face value of $1.20 per share. Holders of our Series B are not entitled to receive any dividend from UC Asset,
and they have no voting power on the business matter of UC Asset.
Each Series B share may be
converted into one common unit of UC Asset. However, Series B is only eligible for conversion, when UC Asset will receive a permanent
increase of preferred distribution above the “base” amount. The number of Series B shares eligible for conversion is linked
to the amount of permanent increase of the preferred distribution. This conversion mechanism is designed to motivate the managing member
to improve the performance of AZO. The underlying principle is that managing member can only convert his Series B shares into common shares
when AZO outperforms and distributes more than the “base” amount of preferred distribution.
Cannabis Industry Overview:
Fast Growth and Its Potential
The cannabis industry, which
includes the cultivation, production, and sales of cannabis products for medical and/or recreational use, is a high-growth emerging industry
in the United States. While California legalized medical cannabis use as early as in 1996, it was only in the past decade that the legalization
of recreational use of cannabis products started at the state level. In November 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first two states
legalizing recreational cannabis use. Since then, the medical use of cannabis has been legalized in 40 states and the District of Columbia(“DC”),
and the recreational or adult-use of cannabis has been approved in DC and 22 states.
The legalized cannabis market
is worth $64 billion, nearly tripling over the last three years as legalization efforts swept the nation, according to a Coresight Research
report.
The legalized cannabis market
has the potential to grow further, if more states opt to legalize medical and recreational use in coming years. If federal legalization
should occur, this would remarkably increase the size of cannabis market, and would create a nation-wide market to allow interstate commerce
in cannabis products.
The public opinion, at this
moment, is strongly in favor of legalization of cannabis use. A Pew Research Center survey from October 2022 found that 88% of U.S. adults
support legalization of medical cannabis use, and 59% support legalization of recreational cannabis use.
Cannabis Property Investment
Cannabis property makes up
the majority of capital expenditures for cannabis farming businesses. Based on our own research, it accounts for 85%-95% of total capital
needed to start a cannabis farming business.
To date, the status of state-licensed
cannabis under federal law has limited the ability of state-licensed industry participants to fully access the U.S. banking system and
traditional financing sources. This creates a higher-than-average demand within cannabis industry for alternative capital options, including
demand for investments from companies like us.
The current economic and legal
status of cannabis property investment, we believe, creates opportunities for investors to purchase incoming-producing cannabis properties
at a higher cap-rate (in other words, at a lower average price) than if investors purchase other incoming-producing properties.
Uncertainties and Risks
in Cannabis Property Investment
Notwithstanding the foregoing
market opportunity and trends, and despite legalization at the state level, we continue to believe that the current state of federal law
creates significant uncertainty and potential risks associated with investing in regulated cannabis facilities. Further, there are economic
trends that may increase the risk of cannabis property investment.
Unit Pricing for Regulated
Cannabis Products
Many states continue to experience
significant declines in unit pricing for regulated cannabis products, with that decline more pronounced in certain states than in others,
which compresses operating margins for operators. As a result, certain regulated cannabis operators have recently announced that they
are consolidating operations or shuttering certain operations to reduce costs, which if prolonged, could have a material negative impact
on the demand for cannabis properties.
Inflation and Supply Chain
Constraints
The U.S. economy is experiencing
a sustained increase in inflation rates, which we believe is negatively impacting tenants of cannabis facilities. This inflation has impacted
costs for labor and production inputs for regulated cannabis operators, in addition to increasing costs of construction for development
and redevelopment projects. Ongoing labor shortages and global supply chain issues also continue to adversely impact costs and timing
for completion of these development and redevelopment projects, which in turn may result in cost overruns and delays in collecting rent
from cannabis properties.
Historic Landmark Investment
Historic landmark buildings
may present unique investment opportunities. Many historic landmark buildings only have their exterior appearance protected as historic
heritage, while the interior can be renovated and remodeled for commercial use. Some historic buildings were constructed as commercial
properties and have remained so. Thus, a historic building has standard commercial value, plus extra financial value which may be significant
from its historic heritage. For example, the Empire State Building is an office building as well as a historic landmark. Its tourism revenue,
which represents monetization of its historic value, almost equals its office rent revenue, while using much less floor space.
For many historic landmarks
not as prominent as the Empire State Building, monetizing historic value through tourism may not be practical since they will not attract
enough tourists. There may not be any obvious means to monetize their historic value. Therefore, those historic buildings are usually
sold at prices that only represent their commercial value. These are investment opportunities for investors who have plans to monetize
historic value.
We believe that the development
of new technology, such as block-chain based Non-fungible Tokens (“NFT”), can be used to monetize historic value of properties,
which would otherwise be difficult to.
In the beginning of the third
quarter of 2021, our wholly owned subsidiary Atlanta Landsight LLC (“ALS”) acquired the historic Rufus Rose House in downtown
Atlanta. We will partner with technology companies to issue NFTs based on certain derivative rights related to that property. As of the
date of filing, we have issued no NFTs.
Residential Property Investment
From the date of our incorporation
till to the end of 2019, our primary investment model was the so-called “house-flip” model, which was to acquire undervalued
residential properties in metropolitan areas, mostly Atlanta, GA, and then resell those, with or without renovations. These residential
investments were primarily conducted through our wholly owned subsidiary ALS.
This investment model was
attractive when there was an abundant supply of undervalued properties, as the residential property market hit its lowest point in 2012.
After 2018, investment opportunities suitable for this model decreased, and we stopped acquiring residential properties after August 2019.
We exited most of our investments in residential property in 2020 and 2021. We sold one more residential property and one residential
lot in 2022. As of December 31, 2023, we had only one residential property in our portfolio. We have no plan to purchase additional residential
properties in the foreseeable future.
“Short Rental” property investment
Short rentals, through platforms
such as Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) and Vrbo, have become trendy and are perceived as alternatives to conventional hotels. We set up a wholly
owned subsidiary SHOC holdings LLC (“SHOC “) in the year 2020, to invest in short-rent properties in downtown Atlanta. We
made our first investment in early 2021 purchasing a multiple-family property in downtown Atlanta, for $750,000. We planned to renovate
this property and then partner with a local Airbnb management company to operate it.
However, the regulatory environment
on short-rental business in downtown Atlanta experienced major changes in the year 2022, which caused delays on our renovation plan, and
made the prospect of operating a short-rental property less desirable.
On December 08, 2022, a fire
destroyed the property. Since the property was fully insured, this should not result in any significant diminishment in the value of our
portfolio. As a matter of fact, we received an insurance payment of $560,000, for the full value of above-ground structure of this property
in April 2023. After receiving the insurance payment, we still own the intact lot which has a historical book value of about $370,000.
As of April 2024, we are listing this intact lot for sale at the price of $409,000.
We may still purchase and
operate a few short-rental properties in the near future.
Other Investments
Debt Investment
Occasionally, UC Asset LP
may invest in private debts and other non-property-based opportunities. Also, UC Asset may provide seller financing when selling our properties,
which will result in UC Asset holding debt instruments. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, UC Asset LP held
debt investments of approximately $781,000 and $779,000 in total. None of these debts are secured. Revenue from our debt investments,
mostly interest, was approximately $78,000 and $179,000 in 2023 and 2022, respectively. We plan to reduce our holdings in debt instruments
in the year 2024.
Farmland
In November 2016, we formed
UCF Development LLC (“UCFD”), a Texas limited liability company, and UCFD then acquired a 72-acre farm in Farmersville, Texas.
The total cost of acquisition was approximately $850,000. In October 2020, the farmland was sold for $1.30 million, and UCFD was then
dissolved. In 2022, we executed a buy-back option after the buyer defaulted on its payment. We bought back the land for $1.35 million
in September 2022, and then sold again it for $1.90 million in January 2023.
Competitive Position in the Industry and
Methods of Competition
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Unique Legal Structure |
UC Asset is structured as
a Master Limited Partnership (MLP) rather than a real estate investment trust (REIT) in order to focus on long-term value growth. The
Company is among one of the very few real estate MLPs trading on US public markets.
This unique legal structure
empowers UC Asset to take a longer-term approach to real estate investments, because MLPs do not have to constantly make cash distributions
as REITs are required to do. Our partnership does not have a term limit. This means we may hold any investment indefinitely for the purpose
of capital appreciation, or we may exist any investment at any time. Such flexibility empowers us to potentially make better investment
decisions and to achieve better returns on investments.
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Innovative Investment Strategies |
Real estate is widely considered
a “conventional” industry and has limited room for innovation. However, the advancement of new technologies, particularly,
information technology (“IT”), are redefining our living and working space and we believe that these developments will disrupt
conventional wisdom in the real estate industry.
The management of UC Asset
has background in IT and internet and has closely followed the application of new technologies in real estate. We will always look for
and will invest in companies which have innovative and disruptive business models in response to new technologies.
In recent years, we have explored
innovative business models, including the application of block-chain technology and non-fungible token (NFT) technology into real estate
development and operations, and the development of cannabis cultivation properties.
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Unique Strategy in Cannabis Property Investment |
We are one of only four SEC-reporting
public companies investing in cannabis properties. According to their SEC-filings, the other three invest in a variety of cannabis properties,
in different states, and lease to different tenants. This, in our interpretation, represents a conventional wisdom of “diversification”
in investment.
We chose not to diversify
our investment in cannabis properties. We believe that since cannabis is an emerging industry, failure rate of businesses will be much
higher than in a matured industry. In fact, we believe that the majority of cannabis businesses may fail in a few years. Meanwhile, the
few “winners” will grow exponentially and seize a disproportionately large share of the market. Diversification, therefore,
is a less desirable strategy. Instead, investors should identify potential “winners” of cannabis farmers, to invest in cannabis
property operated by those farmers, and grow our portfolio when those farmers expand their operations. This is the strategy we are applying.
As far as we know, no other cannabis property investors on the public market are applying a strategy similar to ours.
Number of Employees
As of December 31, 2023, the
Company has two full-time employees, who are the two members of our General Partner, UCF Asset LLC. The Company has one part-time employees
namely an accountant.
Reports to Security Holders
The Company files regular
reports, i.e., 1-Ks and 1-SAs, under Regulation A - Conditional Small Issues Exemption from the Securities Act of 1933(the “Securities
Act”) on the EDGAR platform.
The SEC maintains an internet
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically
with the Commission. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov
Specifically, our reports can be found at:
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1723517
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes
and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis
or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from the results described in
or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
Despite being a slow year
for real estate in general, we performed better than the year before and made a moderate net profit of approximately $0.02 per share.
For most part of the year
2023, the whole real estate industry slowed down due to higher interest rate. According to a report published in January 2024, by the
National Association of Realtors, existing U.S. home sales totaled $4.09 million in 2023, an 18.7% decline from 2022. That is the weakest
year for home sales since 1995 and the biggest annual decline since 2007, which was the start of the housing slump of the late 2000s.
However, we managed to sell
our Dallas farmland for a price of $1.9 million in the beginning of the year, booking almost half million gross profit from this single
deal. We could not make more sales for the rest of the year.
Our investment in cannabis
property became successful for the year of 2023. As of April 2023, we are receiving an annualized distribution of 14.4% from our cannabis
investment. However, the overall capital market environment is not in favor for investing in cannabis industry, which has limited our
ability to raise more capital and expand our portfolio of cannabis properties. According to Viridian Capital Advisors (“Viridian”),
total equity and debt capital raising for public and private cannabis companies in North America decreased by 68% in 2022 versus 2021.
That situation did not improve during the year 2023.
Material Changes in Financial Statements
Change of Annual Revenue
and Gross Profit
Total revenue increased from
approximately $693,600 in the fiscal year 2022, to approximately $1.81 million in the fiscal year 2023. This increase was primarily the
result of increase of our sales of real estate from approximately $0.68 million in the year 2022 to $1.81 million in the year 2023.
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2023 | | |
2022 | |
INCOME | |
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| |
Sales of real estate | |
$ | 1,813,600 | | |
$ | 679,791 | |
Rental income | |
| - | | |
| 13,500 | |
Total income | |
$ | 1,813,600 | | |
$ | 693,291 | |
Total Cost of sales | |
$ | 1,350,250 | | |
$ | 690,302 | |
Gross Margin | |
$ | 594,364 | | |
$ | 2,989 | |
Overall, the real estate market
was slow for both year of 2022 and 2023, due to higher interest rates. In either year, we sold only one property. Increase of sales of
real estate reflects the fact that the property we sold in the year 2023 was of much higher value than the property we sold in 2022.
Change of Operating Expenses
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2023 | | |
2022 | |
OPERATING EXPENSES | |
| | |
| |
Management fees | |
$ | 111,970 | | |
$ | 188,316 | |
Professional fees | |
| 144,889 | | |
| 174,485 | |
Other operating expenses | |
| 111,305 | | |
| 263,291 | |
Depreciation | |
| 833 | | |
| (17,451 | ) |
Total operating expenses | |
$ | 368,245 | | |
$ | 608,641 | |
For the year of 2023, we continued
committing us to reduce our operating expenses, and had successfully cut our expenses across the board. Overall, we reduced our operating
expenses by approximately 38%, from approximately $609,000 to approximately $368,000. We believe that this reflects the efficiency of
our management in cost control.
In particular, our management
team reduced their management fee by approximately 40%, from approximately $188,000 in the year 2022, to approximately $111,970 in the
year 2023.
Change of Profit Per Unit
For the fiscal years of 2023
and 2022, our gross profit is approximately $594,000 million and ($607,000) respectively. The following table demonstrates our gross profit
and net income after allocated to common units.
Period end | |
Gross
Profit | | |
Gross Profit / Common Unit * | | |
Net Income /
Common Unit * | | |
Dividend | |
December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 594,364 | | |
$ | 0.11 | | |
$ | 0.02 | | |
$ | - | |
December 31, 2022 | |
$ | 2,989 | | |
$ | 0.00 | | |
$ | (0.23 | ) | |
$ | - | |
| * | Based on the fact that preferred units shall not be allocated
any gross profit or net income for the concerned fiscal years. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
As an investor, we do not
manage the daily operation of any of our portfolio property, except for some insignificant and non-material operative activities. We intend
to form partnerships with third party operators/managers to conduct daily operations. We usually require the third-party to bear all operating
cost, except for capital spendings which will increase the value of properties.
Meanwhile we apply a disciplined
investment strategy, under which we will usually make new investments only when we have cash available.
Under such a business model,
we don’t usually have a significant amount of cash commitments, except for 1) management fees and professional fees, which are usually
stable and predictable period-to-period; and 2) due amount of our debt financing.
The following table shows a summary of cash flows
for the periods set forth below:
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Fiscal Year
Ended December 31, 2023 | | |
Fiscal Year
Ended December 31, 2022 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | |
$ | 208,727 | | |
$ | (637,878 | ) |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | |
$ | (65,679 | ) | |
$ | 94,935 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | |
$ | (308,854 | ) | |
$ | (544,473 | ) |
Cash at beginning of period | |
$ | 168,955 | | |
$ | 1,256,372 | |
Cash at end of period | |
$ | 3,131 | | |
$ | 168,955 | |
Net Cash (Used in) Provided
in Operating Activities
Net cash provided by (used
in) operating activities changed from $(637,878) to $208,727, mostly reflecting the improvement in our operating profitability.,
Net Cash (Used in) Provided
by Investing Activities
Our net cash provided by investing
activities is primarily the result of cash received from divesting our existing portfolio assets (including properties and loans), reduced
by cash used for investing in new portfolio assets. In the year 2023, we received more cash from divesting our portfolio assets than in
the year of 2022, and we also invested more cash into portfolio assets, which resulted in a net cash flow of $(65,679) in the year 2023,
in comparison to the net cash flow of $94,935 in the year of 2022.
Net Cash Provided
by Financing Activities
For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was primarily the result of distributing a total amount of approximately
$544,000 dividend for the previous year.
For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was primarily the result of paying off a construction loan of $400,000, plus
borrowing a private loan of $50,000.
Commitments and Contingencies
We pay quarterly management
fees to our general partner, UCF Asset LLC. Management fees are calculated at 2.0% of assets under management (AUM) as of the last day
of our preceding fiscal year. The value of AUM was determined using fair market value (FMV) accounting, according to the bylaw (limited
partnership agreement) of the Company. Starting from the year 2023, we have changed the method of calculating AUM to historical cost,
with the intention to reduce management fees. As a result, management fees were reduced by approximately 40%, from approximately $188,000
in the year 2022, to approximately $112,000 in the year 2023.
We used to lease space from
an unaffiliated third party at 2299 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 120 in Atlanta, GA. We have terminated the lease and will no longer pay
any rent after April 2022.
In February 2023, we paid
off a construction loan of $400,000 and became debt free. In November 2023, we borrowed a private loan of $50,000.
In the year 2022, the Company
distributed a dividend of $0.10 per common unit for the year 2021. The total amount of dividend was approximately $548,500 based on the
number of common units currently outstanding.
Capital Resources
Since our inception, we have
funded our operations primarily through the sale of limited partner interests sold in private placements, including through three rounds
of private placement prior to our public offering. Our Initial Public Offering pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A plus was closed
on October 12, 2018. The net proceeds of capital raised in the offering was approximately $1.15 million.
Since March 2020, we have
not raised any capital. The Company bought back shares from a number of investors for a total amount of approximately $90,000, in the
year 2021. The Company also redeemed $300,000 series-A preferred shares in July 2022. We made a $544,000 distribution in the year 2022.
Altogether, our available capital has decreased by $934,000 since the year 2021.
The Company may raise more
capital through private or public offering of its partnership interests. There are no guarantees, however, that the Company will be able
to do so.
Debt financing
As of and by December 31,
2023, our outstanding debt includes a private loan facility of $50,000 from a non-affiliated individual. It carries a gross interest of
4.5%.
Trend information
The following discussion covers
some significant trends or uncertainties affecting our business during the reporting period, in our industry, or to the macro economy,
which had impacts on our continuing operations, particularly on our portfolio investments.
Interest Rate May Remain
at Relatively High Level
The Federal Reserve has raised
interest rate multiple times since the year 2021. High interest rate has slowed down the real estate market. For most part of the year
2023, the whole real estate industry slowed down due to higher interest rate. According to a report published in January 2024, by the
National Association of Realtors, existing U.S. home sales totaled $4.09 million in 2023, an 18.7% decline from 2022. That is the weakest
year for home sales since 1995 and the biggest annual decline since 2007, which was the start of the housing slump of the late 2000s.
As of and by April 2024, it was widely believed that the Federal Reserve may only cut the interest rate one time in the year 2024. In
other words, interest rate will likely remain at relatively high level in the foreseeable future.
Unit Pricing for Regulated
Cannabis Products
Many states continue to experience
significant declines in unit pricing for regulated cannabis products, with that decline more pronounced in certain states than in others,
which compresses operating margins for operators. As a result, certain regulated cannabis operators have recently announced that they
are consolidating operations or shuttering certain operations to reduce costs, which if prolonged, could have a material negative impact
on operators’ demand for cannabis properties.
Inflation and Supply Chain
Constraints
The U.S. economy is experiencing
a sustained increase in inflation rates, which we believe is negatively impacting tenants of cannabis facilities. This inflation has impacted
costs for labor and production inputs for regulated cannabis operators, in addition to increasing costs of construction for development
and redevelopment projects. Ongoing labor shortages and global supply chain issues also continue to adversely impact costs and timing
for completion of these development and redevelopment projects, which in turn may result in cost overruns and delays in collecting rent
from cannabis properties.
Critical accounting estimates
We have no critical accounting
estimates for the foreseeable future.
Item 3. Directors and Officers
The operation of our partnership
is managed by our general partner. As of and by December 31, 2023, we do not have any directors, officers, or significant employees. The
following are key managers of our general partner and their respective ages and positions as of December 31, 2023. As the member of majority
interest of our general partner, Dr. Wu contributes his time and services to our general partner as an owner rather than an employee.
Name |
|
Position |
|
Age |
|
Since |
Jason Armstrong |
|
Managing Member |
|
50 |
|
December 2023 |
“Larry” Xianghong Wu |
|
Member of Majority Interest |
|
54 |
|
formation in January 2016 |
Jason Armstrong had
worked as a contracted project director for UC Asset since the year 2021. He is the founder and manager of EES Contracting, which he started
in 2004 as a site development company, and expanded into a licensed new construction and high-end remodeling business in the year 2008.
Mr. Armstrong also worked as a project management consultant to multiple real estate investment groups between 2012 and 2018, assisting
in creating budgets, schedules, and handling accounting on construction projects both in the metro Atlanta area and across the country.
Dr. “Larry”
Xianghong Wu has been the member of majority interest of UCF Asset LLC since its formation in January 2016. Between 2012
and 2016, he was the founder and chief executive officer of Shanghai Heqing Asset Management LP, a limited partnership based in Shanghai,
China, focused on Chinese investments in the U.S., particularly real estate. Between 2011 and 2012, he was chief executive officer of
EHE Capital, a Chinese PE fund managing a portfolio of approximately $1 billion from 2011, mostly in real estate. Between 2009 and 2011,
he worked at Cisco Systems, Inc. as a vice president in charge of Cisco’s strategic business transformation in China. Dr. Wu has
served as policy advisor and counselor to the Chinese government and officials. He also served as a Board Member of Finance and Investment
of the Capital Club in China from 2009 to 2013.
Prior to April 2023, Mr. Greg
Bankston was our managing member in the position currently held by Mr. Jason Bankston.
Gregory Bankston has
served as managing member of UCF Asset LLC since its formation in January 2016. Between 2013 and 2016, he founded and operated Real Estate
Butlers. Since 2010, he was a co-owner of Bankston Brokers, formerly known as Bankston Realty. Mr. Bankston is a member of Atlanta Board
of Realtors, the Georgia Association of Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors.
In April 2023, Mr. Bankston
quit his position as a managing member for personal reasons, but he remains a member of UCF Asset LLC. In April 2023, Mr. Armstrong was
hired as manager of UCF Asset LLC. In December 2023, Mr. Bankston transfer his membership interest in UCF Asset LLC to Mr. Armstrong,
making Mr. Armstrong the managing member, while Mr. Bankston is no longer a member of UCF Asset LLC.
Audit Committee
Our Company is a limited partnership
and is not required to establish a board of directors. However, we were still required by the rules of OTCQX, on which we used to be quoted,
to set up an Audit Committee. In February 2019, the Company resolved to establish an Audit Committee. Starting from July 01, 2019, we
have admitted two Audit Committee members who both are independent.
Starting from the beginning
of 2022, the Company changed its quoting platform from OTCQX to OTCQB. As a result, the Company was no longer required to have an Audit
Committee. However, the Company decided to keep the Audit Committee with the expectation that we might up-list to a major exchange soon.
In September 2022, one of
the two members of our Audit Committee, Mr. Harris Miller, passed away. This unfortunate event left us with inadequate members to serve
on the Audit Committee. Consequently, we have dissolved and terminated our Audit Committee.
Management Compensation
The operation of our partnership
is managed by our general partner, UCF Asset LLC. Our partnership does not have any directors or officers who receive compensation other
than the Audit Committee members. Our Audit Committee members, either before or after the dissolution of Audit Committee, did not receive
any compensation for the year 2022.
We pay management fees quarterly
to our general partner. Management fees are calculated at 2.0% of the fair market value of assets under management as of the last day
of our preceding fiscal year. The fee is paid quarterly. Management fees for the fiscal year 2023 and 2022 were approximately $128,000
and $188,000, respectively. In addition, the General Partner will receive 20% of all distributions the Company makes above a “hurdle
rate”. See “Distributions”.
In addition to the management
fee, we reimburse the general partner for standard expenses it may incur in managing the Company in accordance with our limited partnership
agreement. These reimbursable expenses include: organizational expenses; fees for accountants, attorneys, auditors, and other professionals;
expenses associated with partnership taxation reporting; operational expenses including insurance, valuation reports, and real estate
brokerage commissions; and government filing fees and costs.
Item 4. Security Ownership of Management and
Certain Security holders
As of and by the date of December
31, 2022, there were no unit holders to our knowledge that beneficially owns more than 5% of our common units except for one investor
who owned approximately 5.37%. The managing member of UCF Asset, LLC, Gregory Bankston, beneficially owns 11,113 of our common units (0.20%),
and the member of majority interest of our general partner (“Larry” Xianghong Wu,) beneficially owns 167,953 of our common
units (3.06%). The general partner is entitled to 20% of all distribution to be made by the Company after the common unit holders receive
a return equal to the Company audited book value See “Distribution”.
As of the by the date of December
31,2023, the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management of our company is listed as below:
Beneficial Owner |
|
Title |
|
Security |
|
Amount |
|
Percentage
of Same
Type of
Securities |
|
Ying Huang |
|
None |
|
Common
Units |
|
|
302,667 |
|
5.52 |
% |
Officers and Directors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“Larry” Xianghong Wu |
|
Majority Owner of General Partner |
|
Common Units |
|
|
172,953 |
|
3.06 |
% |
Jason Armstrong |
|
Managing Member of General Partner |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
- |
|
Item 5. Interest of Management and Others in
Certain Transactions
None for the reporting period.
Item 6. Other information
Issuance of 500,000 Series B Preferred Units
In connection with the acquisition
of our fifty percent ownership in an Oklahoma City cannabis property, we issued 500,000 shares of our series B preferred units (“Series
B”) to the seller as part of the purchase price. Each Series B share carries a face value of $1.20, and therefore the Series B shares
issued to the seller have a total face value of $600,000. Each share of Series B may be converted into one share of common units, subject
to certain terms and conditions. The certificate of series B preferred units, which contains the terms and conditions of conversion among
other matters, is filed along with our Form 1-SA dated August 21, 2023, as Exhibit 3.4 to that report, of which the link is provided as
Exhibit 3.4 to this report.
Settlement of Regulatory Action against the
Company by the State of Washington
On February 27, 2023, the
Department of Financial Institutions (“DFI”), State of Washington issued a Statement of Charges and Notice of Intent to Enter
Order of Cease and Desist, to Impose Fines and to Charge Costs (the “Statement of Charges”) against the Company and Mr. Xianghong
Wu. In the Statement of Charges, DFI stated that, during our Initial Public Offering (“IPO), which was conducted under Regulation
A plus (“Reg A+”) and was qualified at the federal government level by the Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and which occurred in the year 2018, our Company failed to register the IPO with the State of Washington and made one sale in the State
of Washington, and hence violated the statue RCW.21.20.140 of the State of Washington.
On November 03, 2023, DFI
of State of Washington, the Company and Mr. Xianghong Wu reached a Consent Order, which settled all the matters in the Statement of Charges,
on a “neither admit nor deny” basis, in exchange for the Company and Mr. Xianghong Wu to pay a fine of $5,000 each. Further,
the Consent Order states that, except in any action by the Securities Division of the Washington State DFI, the Consent Order is not intended
to be used as an admission of or evidence of any fault, omission or liability of either UC Asset LP, Xianghong Wu, or any of their agents
and employees, in any civil, criminal, arbitration, or administrative proceeding.
Item 7. Financial Statements
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm -2023
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INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the Unitholders and General Partner
UC Asset, LP
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
financial statements of UC Asset, LP and Subsidiaries (“UCA”,” the Partnership”) a Delaware Limited Partnership,
which comprises the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations and changes
in partners’ capital, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial
statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership as of December 31, 2023,
and the results of its statements operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described
in Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the
Partnership and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audits.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated
below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated
to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved
our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgements. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way
our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing
separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Complex Accounting Treatments - Investment
in Associate (AZO Properties)
Description
of the Matter:
As discussed in Note 10b to
the consolidated financial statements, The accounting for the partnership’s investment in “AZO Property LLC” (AZOP) involves
significant judgment due to the complex series of transactions that occurred during 2023. The partnership formed AZOP and contributed
$1 million in cash. Subsequently, a Securities Exchange Agreement was executed, resulting in the partnership issuing Series B Preferred
units and transferring equity interest in AZOP to acquire an equity interest in FR-UCA LLC which was later contributed in AZOP by the
partnership. This series of transactions led to the partnership losing controlling interest in AZOP and acquiring significant influence,
requiring the partnership to account for AZOP as an equity investment. The transactions also involved the valuation of land at $2.2 million
and capital contribution of this asset to AZOP, impacting the investment value.
How
We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit:
We focused on the partnership’s accounting
for its investment in AZOP using the equity method due to the significance of the investment to the partnership’s financial statements
and the complexity of the transactions. Our audit procedures included, but were not limited to:
| ● | Evaluating
the legal documentation related to the formation of AZOP, the Securities Exchange Agreement, and the amended operating agreement. |
| ● | Assessing
the appropriateness of the partnership’s determination that it had lost controlling interest in AZOP and had significant influence over
AZOP. |
| ● | Testing
the accuracy and completeness of the partnership’s recording of the investment in AZOP, including the initial cash contribution and the
fair value of the land contributed to AZOP. |
| ● | Reviewing
the valuation of the land contributed to AZOP, including the assumptions and methodologies used in the valuation. |
| ● | Examining
the partnership’s process for recognizing its share of AZOP’s profits or losses and ensuring that the equity method of accounting was
appropriately applied. |
Responsibilities
of Management for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation
and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation
of the consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial
statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial
doubt about the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements
are available to be issued.
Auditor’s
Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute
assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards will always
detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than
for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of
internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in aggregate, they
would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the consolidated financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards, we:
| ● | Exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. |
| ● | Identify
and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and
perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts
and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. |
| ● | Obtain
an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion
is expressed. |
| ● | Evaluate
the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well
as evaluate the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. |
| ● | Conclude
whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events considered in the aggregate that raise substantial doubt about the Partnership’s
ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. |
We are required to communicate with
those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings,
and certain internal control-related matters that we identified during the audit.
Integritat Audit, Accounting & Advisory,
LLC
Boca Raton, Florida
August 8, 2024
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm - 2022
To the shareholders and the board of directors
of UC Asset, LP.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet
of UC Asset, LP (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity,
and cash flow, for the period ended December 31, 2022 and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for year ended December 31, 2022 in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. 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 Company 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 audits 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
statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have nor were we engaged
to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding
of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to
assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, 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 audits 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Bolko & Company
We have served as the Company’s auditor
since 2023.
Boca Raton,
May 17, 2023
Bolko & Company
Certified Public Accountant
UC ASSET, LP
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
ASSETS | |
| | |
| |
CURRENT ASSETS | |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 3,131 | | |
$ | 168,955 | |
Accounts receivable | |
| 2,500 | | |
| 2,675 | |
Insurance claim receivable | |
| - | | |
| 560,000 | |
Marketable equity securities held for sale | |
| - | | |
| 100,000 | |
Real estate held for sale | |
| 340,006 | | |
| 1,645,465 | |
Loan receivable, third parties | |
| 218,000 | | |
| 779,148 | |
Convertible loans receivable, third parties | |
| 461,166 | | |
| - | |
Loans receivable, related parties | |
| 216,702 | | |
| 10,544 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | |
| 34,107 | | |
| 19,473 | |
Total current assets | |
| 1,275,612 | | |
| 3,286,260 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NON-CURRENT ASSETS | |
| | | |
| | |
Property and equipment, net | |
| - | | |
| 833 | |
Real estate held for sale | |
| 979,040 | | |
| - | |
Real estate held for rental, net of accumulated depreciation | |
| - | | |
| 472,711 | |
Real estate held for renovation/remodel | |
| - | | |
| 1,838,719 | |
Investments in joint ventures | |
| 3,537,717 | | |
| 100 | |
Total non-current assets | |
| 4,516,757 | | |
| 2,312,363 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Assets | |
$ | 5,792,369 | | |
$ | 5,598,623 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL | |
| | | |
| | |
CURRENT LIABILITIES | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
$ | 5,817 | | |
$ | 1,213 | |
Due to related party | |
| 41,146 | | |
| - | |
Short-term note payable, third party | |
| 52,000 | | |
| 208,120 | |
Total current liabilities | |
| 98,963 | | |
| 209,333 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES | |
| | | |
| | |
Mortgage loan | |
| - | | |
| 400,000 | |
Total non-current liabilities | |
| - | | |
| 400,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 98,963 | | |
| 609,333 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
PARTNERS’ CAPITAL | |
| | | |
| | |
Series B preferred units, 500,000 and 0 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022 | |
| 600,000 | | |
| - | |
Common units 5,485,025 and
5,485,025 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022 | |
| 5,093,406 | | |
| 4,989,290 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Partner’s Capital | |
| 5,693,406 | | |
| 4,989,290 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Liabilities and Partners’ Capital | |
$ | 5,792,369 | | |
$ | 5,598,623 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements
UC ASSET, LP
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Year ended December 31,
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
INCOME | |
| | |
| |
Sales of real estate | |
$ | 1,813,600 | | |
$ | 679,791 | |
Rental income | |
| - | | |
| 13,500 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total income | |
| 1,813,600 | | |
| 693,291 | |
COST OF SALES | |
| | | |
| | |
Cost of sales | |
| 1,350,000 | | |
| 690,302 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total cost of sales | |
| 1,350,000 | | |
| 690,302 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Gross Margin | |
| 463,600 | | |
| 2,989 | |
OPERATING EXPENSES | |
| | | |
| | |
Management fees | |
| 111,970 | | |
| 188,316 | |
Professional fees | |
| 144,889 | | |
| 174,485 | |
Other operating expenses | |
| 110,553 | | |
| 263,291 | |
Depreciation | |
| 833 | | |
| (17,451 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total operating expenses | |
| 368,245 | | |
| 608,641 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net income/(loss) from operations | |
| 95,355 | | |
| (605,652 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE) | |
| | | |
| | |
Unrealized loss on investment in marketable equity securities | |
| - | | |
| (750,000 | ) |
Loss on settlement of loan receivable | |
| (67,749 | ) | |
| - | |
Long lived asset impairment reserve | |
| (120,000 | ) | |
| - | |
Gain (loss) on settlement of loan payable | |
| 108,120 | | |
| (39,100 | ) |
Interest income | |
| 92,575 | | |
| 179,383 | |
Interest expense | |
| (4,185 | ) | |
| (29,362 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total other income (expense) | |
| 8,761 | | |
| (639,079 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net income | |
$ | 104,116 | | |
$ | (1,244,731 | ) |
Net income per common unit | |
$ | 0.02 | | |
$ | (0.23 | ) |
Weighted average common units outstanding | |
| 5,485,025 | | |
| 5,485,025 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements
UC ASSET, LP
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Partners’
Capital
| |
Limited
Partners Common Units | | |
Limited
Partners Preferred A Units | | |
Limited Partners Preferred B Units | | |
Limited Partners Common Units Amount | | |
Limited Partners Preferred A Units Amount | | |
Limited Partners Preferred B Units Amount | | |
Total Partners’ Equity | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
BALANCE, January 1, 2022 | |
| 5,485,025 | | |
| 166,667 | | |
| - | | |
$ | 6,778,395 | | |
$ | 300,000 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 7,078,395 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Retirement of Preferred A units | |
| - | | |
| (166,667 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (300,000 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (300,000 | ) |
Dissolution of wholly owned subsidiary | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 100 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 100 | |
LP Unit Distributions | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (544,474 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (544,474 | ) |
Net loss | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (1,244,731 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (1,244,731 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
BALANCE, December 31, 2022 | |
| 5,485,025 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 4,989,290 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 4,989,290 | |
Issuance of Preferred B units to acquire JV interest | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 500,000 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 600,000 | | |
| 600,000 | |
Net income | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 104,116 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 104,116 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
BALANCE, December 31, 2023 | |
| 5,485,025 | | |
| - | | |
| 500,000 | | |
$ | 5,093,406 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 600,000 | | |
$ | 5,693,406 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements
UC ASSET, LP
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31,
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | |
| |
Net income (loss) | |
$ | 104,116 | | |
$ | (1,244,731 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Gross profit realized on sale of portfolio property | |
| (463,600 | ) | |
| - | |
Net unrealized loss (gain) on marketable equity securities | |
| - | | |
| 750,000 | |
Net realized loss on transfer of note receivable | |
| 67,749 | | |
| | |
(Gain) loss on settlement of loan payable | |
| (108,120 | ) | |
| 39,100 | |
Amortization of prepaid expense and deferred rent | |
| 19,547 | | |
| 23,331 | |
Loss on impairment of investment in related party | |
| 120,000 | | |
| - | |
Loss on joint venture investment | |
| 1,002 | | |
| - | |
Loss on dissolution of subsidiary | |
| 100 | | |
| - | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 833 | | |
| (17,451 | ) |
Changes in working capital items | |
| | | |
| | |
Accrued interest receivable | |
| (62,857 | ) | |
| (167,383 | ) |
Insurance claim receivable recovered | |
| 560,000 | | |
| - | |
Deposits | |
| - | | |
| (1,010 | ) |
Accounts receivable | |
| (2,500 | ) | |
| (2,675 | ) |
Prepaid expense | |
| (34,147 | ) | |
| (17,059 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
| 4,604 | | |
| - | |
Accrued interest payable | |
| 2,000 | | |
| | |
Net cash used in operating activities | |
| 208,727 | | |
| (637,878 | ) |
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Investments in portfolio loans | |
| (16,000 | ) | |
| (200,000 | ) |
Investment in portfolio properties | |
| (550,870 | ) | |
| (395,896 | ) |
Investments in joint ventures | |
| (1,000,000 | ) | |
| - | |
Investment in related party receivable | |
| (202,971 | ) | |
| - | |
Proceeds from sale of portfolio properties | |
| 1,813,600 | | |
| 679,791 | |
Purchase of General Partner units | |
| (120,000 | ) | |
| - | |
Repayments of portfolio loans | |
| 10,544 | | |
| 11,040 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | |
| (65,697 | ) | |
| 94,935 | |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Proceeds from short term loan | |
| 50,000 | | |
| 150,000 | |
Proceeds from related party loan | |
| 41,146 | | |
| - | |
Repayment of mortgage | |
| (400,000 | ) | |
| -- | |
LP Unit distributions | |
| - | | |
| (544,473 | ) |
Repayment of short term loan | |
| - | | |
| (150,000 | ) |
Net cash provided in financing activities | |
| (308,854 | ) | |
| (544,473 | ) |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | |
| (165,824 | ) | |
| (1,087,416 | ) |
CASH and cash equivalents, beginning of period | |
| 168,955 | | |
| 1,256,371 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CASH and cash equivalents, end of period | |
$ | 3,131 | | |
$ | 168,955 | |
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest paid in cash | |
$ | 2,185 | | |
$ | 29,362 | |
Non-Cash Financing Activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Purchase of property for cancellation of note receivable and issue of note payable | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,350,000 | |
Exchange of Preferred A units for note receivable | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 300,000 | |
Exchange of Preferred B units for land | |
$ | 600,000 | | |
$ | - | |
Exchange of marketable equity securities for settlement of debt | |
$ | 208,120 | | |
$ | - | |
Contribution of loan receivable to joint venture | |
$ | 100,000 | | |
$ | - | |
Contribution of investment property to joint venture | |
$ | 1,838,719 | | |
$ | - | |
Transfer of note receivable from a party to a separate party | |
$ | 414,000 | | |
$ | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the consolidated financial statements
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
UC Asset, LP (the “Partnership” or
“UCA”) is a Delaware Limited Partnership formed for the purpose of making capital investments in limited liability companies
with a focus on growth-equity investments and real estate. The Partnership was formed on February 1, 2016. The Partnership is managed
by its General Partner, UCF Asset LLC.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) Basis of presentation The Partnership
prepares its financial statements on the accrual basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”)
in the United States of America (“U.S.”) as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) and with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
(b) Principles of Consolidation The Partnership’s
consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of UC Asset, LP and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Atlanta Landsight,
LLC and SHOC Holdings LLC. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.
(c) Use of estimates The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclose contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and report amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
(d) Cash and equivalents The Partnership
considers all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three (3) months or less to be cash equivalents. UCA had no financial
instruments that qualified as cash equivalents at December 31, 2023 and 2022.
(e) Investments The Partnership’s
core activity is to make investments in real estate limited liability companies. Excess funds are held in financial institutions.
Investments in short term loans are recorded
at fair value, which are their stated amount due to their short-term maturity and modest interest rates. Portfolio investments are recorded
at their historical cost, except for investments in marketable equity securities held for sale, which are marked to market value at each
period end.
(f) Federal Income taxes As a limited
partnership, the Partnership is not a taxpaying entity for federal or state income tax purposes; accordingly, a provision for income
taxes has not been recorded in the accompanying financial statements. Partnership income or losses are reflected in the partners’
individual or corporate tax returns in accordance with their ownership percentages.
As defined by Financial Accounting Standards
Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740, Income Taxes, no provision or liability for materially uncertain tax positions
was deemed necessary by management. Therefore, no provision or liability for uncertain tax positions has been included in these financial
statements. Generally, the Partnerships tax returns remain open for three years for federal income tax examination.
(g) Revenue Recognition The Partnership
recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The core principle of the new revenue standard is that a partnership
should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration
to which the partnership expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve
that core principle:
Step 1: Identify the contract
with the customer
Step 2: Identify the performance
obligations in the contract
Step 3: Determine the transaction
price
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES,
continued
(g) Revenue Recognition, continued
Step 4: Allocate the transaction
price to the performance obligations in the contract
Step 5: Recognize revenue when
the Partnership satisfies a performance obligation
The transaction price is the amount of consideration
to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. The consideration promised
in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both.
When determining the transaction price, an entity
must consider the effects of all of the following:
Variable consideration
Constraining estimates of
variable consideration
The existence of a significant
financing component in the contract
Noncash consideration
Consideration payable to
a customer
The Partnership generates revenues from three
main sources as indicated below:
| 1. | Income from Sale of Real Estate: Revenues from the sale of
real estate are recognized when the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to the buyer. This typically occurs upon delivery
of the property and when significant risks and rewards associated with ownership are transferred. |
| 2. | Interest Income from Granting Loans: Revenues from interest
income on loans are recognized over time as the interest accrues, typically using the effective interest rate method. Under this method,
interest income is recognized based on the carrying amount of the loan and the effective interest rate as per the loan agreements. Interest
income is accrued and recognized in the income statement as it is earned over the period of the loan. |
| 3. | Income from Rental Properties: Revenues from rental properties
are recognized over time as the rental services are provided. Rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the
lease. |
(h) Related Party Transactions Under ASC
850 “Related Party Transactions” an entity or person is considered to be a “related party” if it has control,
significant influence or is a key member of management. A transaction is considered a related party transaction when there is a transfer
of resources or obligations between related parties. UCA, in accordance with ASC 850, presents disclosures about related party transactions
and outstanding balances with related parties. See Note 4.
(i) Equity Method Investments The Partnership
accounts for investments in which it has a non-controlling interest, yet has significant influence over the entity, using the equity
method of accounting, whereby UCA records its pro-rata share of earnings, contributions to and distributions from joint ventures as adjustments
to the investment balance in Other Long Term Assets on its Consolidated Balance Sheets. The pro-rata share of earnings is also recorded
in Other Income (Loss), net, on its Consolidated Statement of Operations. ASC 323 requires that joint ventures be accounted for using
the equity method. UCA has two effective joint venture agreements.
(j) Property and equipment All property
and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Upon sale or retirement,
the cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from their respective accounts, and the resulting gain or loss is included
in the results of operations. Repairs and maintenance charges, which do not increase the useful lives of the assets, are charged to operations
as incurred. UCA has had property held for rental, which ASC 360 requires to be accounted for in the same manner. UCA’s estimated
useful lives of property, plant and equipment are generally:
Fixed Assets - 3 years
Buildings - 30 years
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES,
continued
(k) Assets Held For Sale Assets and liabilities
to be disposed of that meet all the criteria to be classified as held for sale are carried at the lower of their historical cost or fair
value less costs to sell. UCA did not record any impairment charges related to assets held for sale during the years ended December 31,
2023, and 2022. Assets are not depreciated or amortized while they are classified as held for sale. See Note 9.
(l) Reclassification Certain prior period
items have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
(m) Recent Accounting Pronouncements The
Partnership has considered recent Accounting pronouncements during the preparation of these financial statements and determined that
although some may become applicable for the Partnership in the future, none were determined to have an impact on UCA’s current
financial statements.
NOTE 3 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. Additionally, ASC 820 requires the use of valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use
of unobservable inputs. These inputs are prioritized below:
| Level 1 | Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical
assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. |
| Level 2 | Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included
in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. |
| Level 3 | Pricing inputs that are generally unobservable inputs and not
corroborated by market data. |
December 31, 2023 | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Total | |
Note receivable, related party | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 216,702 | | |
$ | 216,702 | |
Note receivable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 218,000 | | |
| 218,000 | |
Convertible notes receivable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 461,166 | | |
| 461,166 | |
Investment in joint ventures | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,537,717 | | |
| 3,537,717 | |
Note payable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 52,000 | | |
| 52,000 | |
Total | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 4,485,585 | | |
$ | 4,485,585 | |
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 3 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, continued
(d) Fair value measurements, continued
December 31, 2022 | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Total | |
Note receivable, related party | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 10,544 | | |
$ | 10,544 | |
Note receivable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 779,148 | | |
| 779,148 | |
Marketable equity securities held for sale | |
| 100,000 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 100,000 | |
Convertible notes receivable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Note payable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 208,120 | | |
| 208,120 | |
Mortgage payable | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 400,000 | | |
| 400,000 | |
Total | |
$ | 100,000 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,397,812 | | |
$ | 1,497,812 | |
NOTE 4 - CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK
a) Cash Funds held by the Partnership
are deposited in financial institutions that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000.
The Partnership’s cash balance was not in excess of FDIC insured limits at December 31, 2023 and 2022.
b) Notes receivable The Partnership holds
various notes receivable, from related parties and third parties. The note issuers demonstrate their willingness and ability to repay
as agreed. Approximately $460,000 of these notes are convertible into common stock of a publicly traded company at a discount to the
then market price of the stock, at UCA’s option. At December 31, 2023, the quoted market price less the discount applied results
in a number of shares issuable upon conversion having a value greater than the note balance.
NOTE 5 - INSURANCE CLAIM RECEIVABLE
As of December 31, 2022, the Partnership reported
insurance claim receivable related to a fire incident that occurred on December 8, 2022, resulting in total loss damage to its property.
The insurance claim receivable represents the amount of $560,000 approved by the insurance company.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the
Partnership received $560,000 as settlement for the insurance claim related to the property damage.
NOTE 6 - MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES
During fiscal year ending December 31, 2023,
the Partnership held 100 million common shares of an unrelated publicly traded company. In 2023, there was a note payable outstanding
to the same party, See note 12. The partnership redeemed the 100 million shares for settlement of the $208,120 note payable owed to this
third party triggered by the third party’s failure to maintain its OTC Pink Current Information status for 90 consecutive days.
The shares had a book value of $100,000 and were exchanged for the settlement of the note payable of $208,120 owed to the third party,
resulting in a gain of $108,120 recorded as gain on settlement of loan in the financial statements. This transaction was governed by
the terms outlined in the amended agreement between the Partnership and the third party. On December 31, 2023, there were no marketable
securities held and the related note payable has the zero balance.
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7 - LOANS RECEIVABLE
In April 2023, the Partnership advanced $16,000
to a third party for a note receivable carrying an 8% interest rate and maturity of December 11, 2023, which has been extended to June
30, 2024. This note was repaid in July 2024. At December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance was $16,000 and accrued interest
was $806.
In May 2022, the Partnership advanced $200,000
to a third party for a note receivable carrying an 8% interest rate and maturity of November 27, 2022, which was extended to May 27,
2023, and then to December 16, 2023, with a change of the interest rate to 18%, and was further extended to January 31, 2024.In January
2024, the maturity was extended to July 31, 2024, and an amount of $6,000 was due and paid as a penalty for the additional extension.
In August 2024, it was extended to September 30, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance was $200,000 and accrued
interest was $18,000.
On March 04, 2020, a borrower issued a promissory
note with a principal amount of $400,000 to the Partnership, bearing interest at a rate of 1.75% per quarter and a maturity date of March
04, 2023. At December 31, 2022, the note receivable had an outstanding principal balance of $400,000 and accrued interest of $79,148.
On January 31, 2023, the partnership entered into a four-party security exchange agreement “Swap agreement”. Through the
swap agreement, the partnership cancelled the promissory note receivable of $400k from the borrower and received a Convertible note receivable
of $414,000 (Principal and accrued interest) from a third party publicly traded company. There was as difference in accrued interest
exchanged in the amount of $65,148, which was recognized in the income statement as a loss on settlement of loan receivable. The convertible
promissory note issued in the amount of $414,000 bearing interest rate of 8% per annum and has a maturity date of January 30, 2024. The
promissory note can be converted into the common stock of the resulting borrower which is tradeable on the OTC Market. In January 2024,
the maturity was extended to July 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance was $414,000 and accrued interest
balance was $30,360. At the date of this report the note is still outstanding and is in default. UCA is negotiating another amendment
for a maturity extension with the borrower.
NOTE 8 - LOANS RECEIVABLE RELATED PARTIES
On May 15, 2019, the partnership filed Form 1-U
to convert the partnership into Qualified Opportunity Fund “QOF”. On June 10, 2019, the partnership issued a promissory note
receivable to UCF Asset LLC, the General Partner, (GP), for $100,000 at an interest rate of 0.375% per month, non-compounded which carried
a maturity date of the earliest date of 1) when the Partnership raised $20 million proceeds through the issuance of preferred shares;
OR 2) June 10, 2021. The promissory note was an advance for the purpose of raising funds for the partnership to convert to a QOF.
On June 19, 2020, the partnership withdrew its
plan to convert to a QOF. This resulted in a new repayment schedule in accordance with the “Resolution to General Partner Advancement
Repayment Plan”. The terms of repayment were that the principal amount of $50,000, and the accrued interest of $1,500 were due
from the GP by June 30, 2020. The remaining principal amount of $50,000, and accrued interest of $1,500, is to be repaid in instalments
equal to ten percent (10%) of the GP’s management fee on a quarterly basis. Any outstanding balance of the unpaid advancement bear
non-compounded interest quarterly at rate of 1%. The new repayment schedule commenced on July 01, 2020. On December 31, 2022, the outstanding
principal due from GP was $10,544. The principal and accrued interest was received during 2023. On December 31, 2023, there was no loan
receivable outstanding due from GP.
On January 31, 2023, the partnership entered
into a Joint Venture “JV” agreement with GEB LLC. The JV agreement stated that any payments by partnership for direct or
indirect costs related to the improvement of the contributed property, was to be recorded as a loan receivable due from the JV to the
Partnership. The loan receivable has an interest rate of 9% per annum, charged monthly at a rate of 0.75% per month. As of December 31,
2023, the outstanding principal balance is $202,971 and the accrued interest is $13,731. There is no specified maturity date, nevertheless,
repayments are to be made when the other party to the JV makes capital contributions. See Note 10.
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 9 - REAL ESTATE
(a) Real Estate held for sale
(i) Property A, Sandy Springs, GA – In
June 2020, the partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary Atlanta Landsight LLC, entered into an assignment agreement of economic
rights & operational rights “agreement” with an unrelated person to purchase this residential property. Prior to the
date of purchase of property, the company agreed to pay the unrelated party $337,500 for the economic rights & operational rights
of the property permitting the company to use the property prior to a transfer of title. After the transfer of rights, the value of this
property was increased due to improvements made to the property. The Company held this real estate property for rental purposes. At December
31, 2022, the property had a value of $495,367 and an accumulated depreciation of $22,656. On January 17, 2023, the company paid the
remaining first mortgage balance of $380,924 which cleared the lien on the property. The unrelated party was obligated to sell the property
to the company for $1. After the purchase of property, the value of this property was increased due to improvements made to the property
by UCA and designating it as a property for sale. The capitalized value of the property was $979,040 on December 31, 2023, and no depreciation
was charged during the year 2023 as the property was held for sale for the entire year. At December 31, 2023, there was no real estate
held for rental.
(ii) Texas Land - In August 2022, the partnership
through its wholly owned subsidiary Atlanta Landsight LLC “ALS”, purchased land in Texas with a convertible promissory note
owed by ALS in the amount of $1,097,250 and a short term note of $252,750. On December 31, 2022, ALS received and accepted an offer to
sell the land to a third party for $1.9 million in cash. In January 2023, ALS closed on the sale of the Texas property and received approximately
$1.9 million in cash. At December 31, 2023 and 2022,$0 and $1,350,000, respectively, property value was reported on the balance sheet
pertaining to this property.
(iii) Atlanta Land - In November 2022, the partnership,
through its wholly owned subsidiary SHOC LLC “SHOC” received an offer to sell a property that it was renovating for $1.05
million. In December 2022, before the closing of the sale was to occur the property was totally destroyed by fire. SHOC and the property
insurance company agreed to a cash settlement of $560,000 from its insurance coverage. As a result, SHOC reclassified the remaining property
value of $295,465, as Real estate held for sale. This pertains to the land value as the building and any attachments were destroyed by
the fire. In 2023, SHOC paid approximately $45,000 to clear the debris left by the fire, this amount has been capitalized in the book
value of the land. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the property value is reported on the balance sheet at $340,006 and $295,465, respectively.
b) Real Estate held for renovation/remodel/rebuild
(i) Rufus Rose House – In July 2021, the
partnership through its wholly owned subsidiary Atlanta Landsight LLC, purchased the Rufus Rose House for $1,650,000. After the purchase
of the property, the value of this property was increased due to improvements made to the building for making the building ready for
use. As of December 31, 2022, the Company held real estate for renovation with a value of $1,838,719. On January 31, 2023, the Company
contributed this property as capital contribution to the Rufus Rose House Joint Venture. See Note 10. At December 31, 2023, there was
no real estate held for renovation/remodel/rebuild.
Depreciation expenses amounted to $833 and $(17,451)
for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 10 - INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES
1. Rufus Rose House Joint Venture
On January 31, 2023, Atlanta Landsight, LLC (ALS)
and Great Estate Builders LLC (GEB) formed an unincorporated joint venture, “Rufus Rose House Joint Venture” (“JV”)
for the purpose of operating a venture to improve, rent and possibly eventually sell the “Rufus House” Property. In accordance
with the terms of agreement both the parties have Joint control over the JV.
ALS contributed property, “Rufus House”
for the value of $1,838,719 and converted $100,000 loan previously owed as capital contribution. The company determined the estimated
fair value of the consideration paid to be $1,938,719.
RRH JV Balance at Inception | |
$ | - | |
Asset Contribution | |
| 1,938,719 | |
Asset distribution | |
| - | |
Profit or Loss from JV | |
| - | |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 1,938,719 | |
Additionally, the JV agreement allows ALS to
accrue a loan receivable for any payments made by it to cover any direct or indirect cost related to the improvement of the contributed
Property, See Note 8.
1. AZO Property LLC
On April 3, 2023, the partnership formed an Oklahoma
Limited liability Company “AZO Property LLC” and contributed $1 million in cash.
On May 01, 2023, the partnership and a third
party entered into a “Securities Exchange Agreement” for the partnership to issue 500,000 of its Series B Preferred units
at $1.20 per unit and 50% equity interest in AZOP, a wholly owned subsidiary, valued at $600,000 to a third party for the acquisition
of 50% equity interest in FR-UCA LLC. FR-UCA holds a parcel of land in Oklahoma and has no other asset or liability. The land was valued
at $2.2M at time of Purchase. This exchange resulted in the partnership holding 50% equity interest in AZOP and 50% equity interest in
FR-UCA, and the third party holding 50% equity interest in FR-UCA, 50% of AZOP and 500,000 units of the partnership. This exchange resulted
in the partnership losing the controlling interest in AZOP and acquiring significant influence in AZOP. This resulted in the partnership
accounting for AZOP as an equity investment from the date of the exchange agreement.
On May 01, 2023, after the exchange, the partnership
and the third party amended the operating agreement of AZOP. The terms of the new agreement require both the partnership and the third
party to transfer their 50% equity interest in FR-UCA to AZOP as capital contribution. This resulted in FR-UCA become the wholly owned
subsidiary of AZOP. The total Capital contribution in AZOP is $3.2 million which is comprised of $1 million in cash and $2.2 million
in fair value of the property. The partnership holds 50% equity interest in AZOP with the “Investment in AZOP” valued at
$1.6 million.
Below is the summary of changes to the investment
value during 2023:
AZOP Balance at Inception | |
$ | - | |
Asset Contribution | |
| 1,600,000 | |
Asset distribution | |
| - | |
Profit / (Loss) from JV | |
| (1,002 | ) |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 1,598,998 | |
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 11 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
At year end the Partnership accrued amounts owed
to vendors and certain other accrued expenses, which were comprised of the following:
| |
December 31,
2023 | | |
December 31,
2022 | |
Vendor Payables (Professional fees) | |
$ | 4,604 | | |
$ | - | |
Limited Partner distribution payable | |
| 1,213 | | |
| 1,213 | |
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
$ | 5,817 | | |
$ | 1,213 | |
NOTE 12 - NOTES PAYABLE
On September 26, 2022, the partnership issued
an unsecured promissory note to a third party for $225,858 bearing interest at a rate of 0% for 45 days, with a maturity date of November
10, 2022. On November 11, 2022, the partnership and the third party amended the original agreement changing the maturity date to November
10, 2024, and the interest rate to 8% per annum, non-compounded, after the partnership made a payment of $17,737, resulting in a note
payable balance of $208,121. The amended agreement included a new clause which provided the partnership the ability to exchange 100 million
restricted common shares of the note holder, held by UCA in full satisfaction of the outstanding balance of the note payable if the third
party’s fails to maintain its Current OTC Pink Information status for 90 consecutive days. See note 6. At December 31, 2023 and
2022, this note payable has a zero and $208,121 balance, respectively.
On November 13, 2023, the Partnership issued
a $50,000 secured promissory note to a third party carrying a 2% monthly interest rate with a maturity date of February 12, 2024. At
December 31, 2023, the outstanding principal balance was $50,000 and accrued interest was $2,000. The accrued interest was defaulted
on, and a settlement agreement was made on April 12, 2024, after the partnership paid $7,000 for accrued interest owed. On this date,
partnership also issued a new note converting any balance owed of the previous note into the initial principal of the new note. The new
note bears interest at a rate of 2% per month and matures on July 12th, 2024.
NOTE 13 - DUE TO RELATED PARTY
In the normal course of business, the partnership
may make payments on behalf of related parties or advance funds, and likewise a related party may make payments on behalf of the partnership
or advance funds for operations. At December 31, 2023, and 2022, the partnership had an outstanding balance of $41,146 and $0, respectively,
due to a related party. This amount is non-interest bearing and payable on demand.
NOTE 14 - MORTGAGE LOAN
On June 28, 2021, the partnership, through its
wholly owned subsidiary SHOC Holdings LLC, entered into a mortgage loan agreement for $400,000 with a financial institution to purchase
a building located at Atlanta, GA See Note 9a(iii) bearing a variable interest rate, computed as follows - index rate (3.25% per annum
at the time of obtaining loan) plus margin of 1% per annum, with a maturity date of July 5th, 2022 which was extended to July
25, 2023. On January 24, 2023, the Partnership fully paid the mortgage loan of $400,000. The repayment was made in accordance with the
loan agreement’s terms, ensuring the release of the lien on the property. At December 31, 2023, there was no mortgage loan and
no lien on the property.
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Management fees
The Partnership pays annual management fees to
UCF Asset LLC, (UCFA). Management fees are calculated at 2.0% of assets under management on the first day of the fiscal year, payable
quarterly. Management fees were $111,970 and $188,316 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
Loans and advances
The Partnership has provided loans and received
advances from related parties. (See Notes 8 and 13)
NOTE 16 - PARTNERS’ CAPITAL
The Partnerships capital structure consists of
one General Partner and 72 limited partners. The Partnerships total contributed capital since inception was $8,006,004 at December 31,
2023, and 2022. The limited partner common units issued and outstanding are 5,485,025 at December 31, 2023, and 2022. The limited partner
preferred Series A units are 0 and 166,667 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The limited partner preferred Series B units
are 500,000 and 0 on December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The Partnership holds $120,000 and $0 “general partner” LLC
units on December 31, 2023, and 2022. No general partner units exist, as the GP is not legally a partner and has contributed no capital.
The Series A Preferred Units carry the following
rights and privileges:
| - | annual dividend of $0.09 per unit, not to exceed the audited
annual net increase to net assets from operations |
| - | preference for dividends and in liquidation |
| - | 12 months post issuance, redeemable at $0.50 per unit, if
the market price of the common units falls below $0.50 per unit for 20 consecutive trading days |
| - | 12 months post issuance, convertible into common units on
a variable conversion ratio 1.0:1.0 (if the lowest closing price of the common units is $1.80 or more for the 5 trading days prior to
conversion), up to 1.125:1.0 (if the lowest closing price of the common units is $1.60 or less for the 5 trading days prior to conversion) |
| - | conversion and redemption price shall not be lower than the
book value per common unit based on the. last audited book value per unit |
The Series B Preferred Units carry the following
rights and privileges:
| - | Carry no automatic dividend rights, the LP can elect to declare
a dividend for the Series B. |
| - | Preference for dividends and in liquidation over common units
and any other preferred units. |
| - | Carry no redemption rights. |
| - | 12 months post issuance, convertible into common units on
a variable conversion ratio 1.0:1.0 initially (Conversion ratio=Face Value/Conversion Price, or 1=$1.20/$1.20). The partnership can opt
to designate a different Conversion Price. The partnership may reset a Maximum Conversion Amount. |
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 16 - PARTNERS’ CAPITAL, continued
In May 2023, the Partnership exchanged 500,000
Series B Preferred units, with a face value of $1.20 per unit. See Note 10.
In the first quarter of 2020, the partnership
issued 166,667 Series A preferred units in exchange for $300,000 in cash. In June 2022, the Partnership retired these units by the transfer
of Note receivable with a principal of $300,000 and accrued interest of $39,100.
Distributions - Distributions from the
Partnership are made to partners in accordance with the Partnerships limited partnership agreement. During 2023 and 2022, the partnership
distributed $0 and $544,474, respectively, to the limited partners.
Allocations of Profits and Losses Net
profits and losses are allocated to all partners in proportion to each partner’s respective capital contribution. The GP participates
in the profits of the Partnership at a rate of 20% above an 8% annualized return to the Limited Partners.
Net profits and losses are defined as being net of GP profit participation, if any.
NOTE 17 - PENALTY
In November 2023 UCA and a related party entered
into a consent order with the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions agreeing to pay a $10,000 penalty and $2,500 in investigative
costs for failing to register its Form 1-A offering with the State before receiving a subscription from a Washington State resident.
The $12,500 was paid in November 2023.
NOTE 18 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
a) Material contracts On January 31,
2023, the partnership entered into a joint venture agreement between with Great Estate Builders LLC to operate an office to improve,
rent and potentially sell the Property, and for such other purposes as the Joint Venturers may determine from time to time.
b) Other From time to time we may be subject
to asserted claims and liabilities that may arise in the ordinary course of business. At December 31, 2023, and 2022, the partnership
is not aware of any claims or related liabilities.
NOTE 19 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The partnership has evaluated all events that have
occurred subsequent to the Balance Sheet date through the date these financial statements were available for issuance to identify significant
events requiring disclosure. See Notes 7 and 12 for subsequent events.
UC ASSET, LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 19 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, continued
Management determined that the following subsequent
events were significant and required disclosure:
| 1. | On January 1, 2024, the partnership issued
a secured promissory note to a private investor bearing an interest rate of 1.5% per month,
non-compounded, for $50,000 with a maturity date of March 29, 2024. This note was fully repaid
on March 25, 2024. As of the date of the report, no balance is outstanding for this promissory
note. |
| 2. | On February 15, 2024, the partnership
issued an unsecured promissory term note to a related party bearing an interest rate of 2%
per month, non-compounded, for $12,000 with a maturity date of May 14, 2024. This note was
fully repaid on May 20, 2024. As of the date of the report, no balance is outstanding for
this promissory note. |
| 3. | On
March 22, 2024, the partnership issued a secured promissory note to a private investor bearing
an interest rate of 18% for $60,000 with a maturity date of June 21, 2024,
in consideration of and as an inducement to purchase this Note, the partnership pledged the
property located at Sandy Springs, GA (Refer note 9a (i) for property details). As of the
date of this report, the note is still outstanding and is in default. |
| 4. | On
April 12, 2024, the partnership issued a secured promissory note to a private investor bearing
an interest rate of 24% for $50,000
with a maturity date of July 12, 2024, in consideration of and as an inducement to purchase
this Note, the partnership pledged the building located in Atlanta See Note 9b (i). This
note was repaid at maturity. As of the date of this report, no balance is outstanding for
this note. |
| 5. | On
April 23, 2024, the partnership issued a secured promissory note to a private investor bearing
an interest rate of 13.5% for $120,000
with a maturity date of May 1, 2025, in consideration of and as an inducement to purchase
this Note, the partnership pledged the land located in Atlanta See Note 9a (iii). This note
was repaid on July 10, 2024. As of the date of this report, no balance is outstanding for
this note. |
| 6. | On April 23, 2024, the partnership entered
into an agreement for advancement of expenses with an unrelated third party whereby it advanced
a total of $60,000 bearing an interest rate of 8% with a maturity date of January 21, 2025.
This note was repaid in July 2024. As of the date of this report, no balance is outstanding
for this note. |
| 7. | On July 10, 2024, the partnership entered
into an investment agreement with an unrelated third party for a convertible note receivable
in the face amount of $150,000 to settle the $16,000 note (See Note 7) including accrued
interest and the $60,000 note (See Note 19 f) including accrued interest and the $60,000
note and an additional $67,973 disbursed in cash under this note. This note carries a 10%
interest rate with a maturity date of July 9, 2025. As of the date of this report, $150,000
balance is outstanding for this note |
Item 8. Exhibits
3.1 |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership
of UC Asset Filed previously with our Form 1A on February 12, 2018. |
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3.2 |
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Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended and reinstated
on March 31, 2023, filed previously with our Form 1-K on May 17, 2023 |
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3.3a |
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SERIES A PREFERRED UNIT
CANCELLATION AGREEMENT filed previously with our Form 1-SA on October 11, 2022 |
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3.4 |
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Certificate of Designation
of Series B Preferred, filed previously with our Form 1-SA on August 21, 2023 |
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10.1 |
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Omitted |
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10.2 |
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Employment Agreement of
Jason Armstrong as the Manager of General Partner, previously filed with our Form 1-K on May 17, 2023 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of Regulation A, the issuer has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on August 09, 2024.
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UC ASSET LP |
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By: |
UCF ASSET LLC |
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/s/ Xianghong Wu |
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Name: |
Xianghong Wu |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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