REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
Cotlook Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
Cotlook Limited |
Cotlook Limited (Registered number: 02022931) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Statement of Financial Position | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
Chartered Accountants' Report | 6 |
Cotlook Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Chartered Accountants |
Barnston House |
Beacon Lane |
Heswall |
Wirral |
Merseyside |
CH60 0EE |
Cotlook Limited (Registered number: 02022931) |
Statement of Financial Position |
31 December 2023 |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 4 |
Tangible assets | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks |
Debtors | 6 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 7 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Retained earnings |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
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. |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Cotlook Limited (Registered number: 02022931) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Cotlook Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
Intangible assets |
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Plant and machinery etc | - |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
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. |
Deferred income |
Deferred income represents annual subscriptions paid in advance. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
Cotlook Limited (Registered number: 02022931) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Other |
intangible |
assets |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Additions |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
Cotlook Limited (Registered number: 02022931) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security | ( |
) |
Other creditors |
8. | 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. |
9. | LOAN WRITE OFF |
During the year an amount of £314,562 due to The Outlook Group Limited was written off, with the release credited to the profit and loss account. The directors are of the opinion that, due to the connection between the company and The Outlook Group Limited, the write off is not chargeable to Corporation Tax under the loan relationship rules. Therefore no provision has been made for Corporation Tax on the loan write off within these accounts |
Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors |
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of |
Cotlook 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 Statement of Financial Position. 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 Cotlook Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Financial Position 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 Cotlook 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 Cotlook Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Cotlook 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 Cotlook Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report. |
It is your duty to ensure that Cotlook 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 Cotlook Limited. You consider that Cotlook 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 Cotlook 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. |
Chartered Accountants |
Barnston House |
Beacon Lane |
Heswall |
Wirral |
Merseyside |
CH60 0EE |