Registered number
09835541
Nicholas & Co Solicitors Limited
Unaudited Filleted Accounts
31 October 2023
Nicholas & Co Solicitors Limited
Registered number: 09835541
Balance Sheet
as at 31 October 2023
Notes 2023 2022
£ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 3 120,000 180,000
Tangible assets 4 21,061 23,997
141,061 203,997
Current assets
Debtors 5 781,256 817,738
Cash at bank and in hand 89,784 161
871,040 817,899
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 (476,884) (457,513)
Net current assets 394,156 360,386
Total assets less current liabilities 535,217 564,383
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 7 - (50,700)
Net assets 535,217 513,683
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 100 100
Profit and loss account 535,117 513,583
Shareholders' funds 535,217 513,683
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
Philip Philippou
Director
Approved by the board on 31 January 2024
Nicholas & Co Solicitors Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 October 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Intangible fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative amortisation and any accumulative impairment losses.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Fixtures, fittings, and equipment 20% reducing balance
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Leased assets
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2023 2022
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 24 23
3 Intangible fixed assets £
Goodwill:
Cost
At 1 November 2022 600,000
At 31 October 2023 600,000
Amortisation
At 1 November 2022 420,000
Provided during the year 60,000
At 31 October 2023 480,000
Net book value
At 31 October 2023 120,000
At 31 October 2022 180,000
Goodwill is being written off in equal annual instalments over its estimated economic life of 5 years.
4 Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
£
Cost
At 1 November 2022 55,417
Additions 2,328
At 31 October 2023 57,745
Depreciation
At 1 November 2022 31,420
Charge for the year 5,264
At 31 October 2023 36,684
Net book value
At 31 October 2023 21,061
At 31 October 2022 23,997
5 Debtors 2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 781,256 817,738
6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 33,285 120,548
Taxation and social security costs 242,049 159,086
Other creditors 201,550 177,879
476,884 457,513
7 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans - 50,700
8 Other information
Nicholas & Co Solicitors Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
10 Bourlet Close
London
W1W 7BR
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