GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr. E. A. Aspinall
Mrs. K.M.Titley
Mrs. C.A.Kelly
Company number
12668313 (England and Wales)
Registered office
Unit 2, Second Avenue
Poynton Industrial Estate
Poynton
Cheshire
SK12 1ND
Accountants
Ashworth Moulds
11 Nicholas Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 2AL
GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 4
GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MAY 2023
31 May 2023
- 1 -
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
1,537,377
1,537,377
Current assets
Debtors
4
8,248
8,560
Cash at bank and in hand
104
104
8,352
8,664
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(2,040)
(1,440)
Net current assets
6,312
7,224
Net assets
1,543,689
1,544,601
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
6
1,537,481
1,537,481
Profit and loss reserves
6,208
7,120
Total equity
1,543,689
1,544,601
The notes on pages 2 - 4 form an integral part of these financial statements.

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

For the financial year ended 31 May 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

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

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 30 November 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mrs. C.A.Kelly
Director
Company Registration No. 12668313
GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Gifford Investments Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 2, Second Avenue, Poynton Industrial Estate, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1ND.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Group accounts

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.3
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

A financial instrument is a contract giving rise to a financial asset (such as trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances) or a financial liability (such as trade and other creditors, bank and other loans, hire purchase and lease creditors) or an equity instrument (such as ordinary or preference shares).

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

All the company's financial instruments are basic financial instruments and are recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 

Amortised cost: the original transaction value, less amounts settled, less any adjustment for impairment.

 

Effective interest method: where a financial instrument falls due more than 12 months after the balance sheet date and is subject to a rate of interest which is below a market rate, the original transaction value is discounted using a market rate of interest to give the net present value of future cash flows.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets cease to be recognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows expire, or when substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to another entity.

 

Financial liabilities cease to be recognised when and only when the company's obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.

1.4
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

2
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
3
3
3
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
1,537,377
1,537,377
GIFFORD INVESTMENTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023
- 4 -
4
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
8,248
8,560
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Accruals and deferred income
2,040
1,440
6
Called up share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
1,537,481
1,537,481
1,537,481
1,537,481
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