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REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375 (England and Wales)















8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2023






8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 May 2023










Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4

Chartered Accountants' Report 7

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 May 2023







DIRECTORS: R. W. Hampton
Ms H. A. Crawford
Ms C Bennett
J A Garrison





REGISTERED OFFICE: Granville House
2 Tettenhall Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 4SB





REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Lancaster Haskins Limited
Granville House
2 Tettenhall Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 4SB

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Balance Sheet
31 May 2023

31.5.23 31.5.22
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 700,252 711,645

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 563,344 334,743
Cash at bank and in hand 73,986 510,410
637,330 845,153
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 224,533 406,958
NET CURRENT ASSETS 412,797 438,195
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,113,049

1,149,840

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

7

(259,822

)

(295,816

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES (3,443 ) (6,290 )
NET ASSETS 849,784 847,734

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 100 100
Retained earnings 849,684 847,634
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 849,784 847,734

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 May 2023.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 May 2023


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 6 November 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:





Ms H. A. Crawford - Director


8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 May 2023


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

8848 Communications Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

These financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2017 are the first financial statements that comply with FRS 102 Section 1A small entities. The date of transition is 1 June 2015. The transition to FRS 102 Section 1A small entities has resulted in no changes to accounting policies to those previously used.

The presentational currency is £ sterling

Turnover
Turnover represents services rendered in public relations, excluding value added tax, and is recognised in line with the work performed by the company.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Fixtures and fittings - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on cost

Financial instruments
Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost, except for investments in non-convertible preference shares or non-puttable ordinary shares which are measured at fair value, with changes recognised in profit or loss. Derivative financial instruments are initially recorded at cost and thereafter at fair value with changes recognised in profit or loss.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 15 (2022 - 25 ) .

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 May 2023


4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Freehold and Computer
property fittings equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 June 2022
and 31 May 2023 686,480 58,482 84,483 829,445
DEPRECIATION
At 1 June 2022 - 44,716 73,084 117,800
Charge for year - 5,141 6,252 11,393
At 31 May 2023 - 49,857 79,336 129,193
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 May 2023 686,480 8,625 5,147 700,252
At 31 May 2022 686,480 13,766 11,399 711,645

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.5.23 31.5.22
£    £   
Trade debtors 247,317 311,140
Other debtors 312,360 12,460
Prepayments 3,667 11,143
563,344 334,743

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.5.23 31.5.22
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 30,000 24,000
Trade creditors 42,495 91,219
Social security and other taxes 60,883 210,837
VAT 42,949 -
Other creditors 216 216
Directors' current accounts 42,250 63,159
Accrued expenses 5,740 17,527
224,533 406,958

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31.5.23 31.5.22
£    £   
Bank loans - 1-2 years 30,000 24,000
Bank loans - 2-5 years 90,000 72,000
Bank loans more 5 yr by instal 139,822 199,816
259,822 295,816

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 May 2023


7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR - continued
31.5.23 31.5.22
£    £   
Amounts falling due in more than five years:

Repayable by instalments
Bank loans more 5 yr by instal 139,822 199,816

8. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
31.5.23 31.5.22
£    £   
Within one year - 29,980
Between one and five years - 29,923
- 59,903

9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

10. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is R.W. Hampton.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
8848 Communications Limited


The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of 8848 Communications Limited for the year ended 31 May 2023 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of 8848 Communications Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of 8848 Communications Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of 8848 Communications Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than 8848 Communications Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that 8848 Communications Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of 8848 Communications Limited. You consider that 8848 Communications Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of 8848 Communications Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.






Lancaster Haskins Limited
Granville House
2 Tettenhall Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 4SB


10 November 2023