Company registration number 1444374 (England and Wales)
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
J Coleman
D M Coleman
J M Dove
G Walker
Secretary
D M Coleman
Company number
1444374
Registered office
10 New Street
Oundle
Peterborough
Northamptonshire
PE8 4EA
Accountants
Ellacotts LLP
Vantage House
2700 Kettering Parkway
Kettering Venture Park
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 6XR
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Accountants' report
1
Balance sheet
2 - 3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 8
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited for the period ended 31 October 2022, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet 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 at http://www.icaew.com/en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited and its Board of Directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Huntingdon Office Supplies 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 loss of Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited. You consider that Huntingdon Office Supplies 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 Huntingdon Office Supplies 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.
Ellacotts LLP
Chartered Accountants
Vantage House
2700 Kettering Parkway
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 6XR
Date:
11 March 2024
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2023
31 October 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
515
5,412
Investment property
4
705,629
700,000
706,144
705,412
Current assets
Debtors
5
1,842
52,400
Cash at bank and in hand
259,122
178,157
260,964
230,557
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(123,102)
(41,026)
Net current assets
137,862
189,531
Total assets less current liabilities
844,006
894,943
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
7
52,978
41,005
(52,978)
(41,005)
Net assets
791,028
853,938
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
790,928
853,838
Total equity
791,028
853,938
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 October 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.
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2023
31 October 2023
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 4 March 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
J M Dove
Director
Company registration number 1444374 (England and Wales)
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Huntingdon Office Supplies Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 10 New Street, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE8 4EA.
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.
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, modified to include investment properties at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable by the company for property rental and associated services provided.
Revenue is recognised over the term of the rental period as the service is provided.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Fixtures and fittings
15% reducing balance
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Investment properties
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.
Where fair value cannot be achieved without undue cost or effort, investment property is accounted for as tangible fixed assets.
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.
1.8
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. 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.
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.9
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Total
4
4
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
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3
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 November 2022
111,746
9,985
121,731
Disposals
(104,908)
(104,908)
At 31 October 2023
6,838
9,985
16,823
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 November 2022
106,712
9,607
116,319
Depreciation charged in the year
41
94
135
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(100,146)
(100,146)
At 31 October 2023
6,607
9,701
16,308
Carrying amount
At 31 October 2023
231
284
515
At 31 October 2022
5,034
378
5,412
4
Investment property
2023
£
Fair value
At 1 November 2022
700,000
Additions through external acquisition
5,629
At 31 October 2023
705,629
The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at 31 October 2023 by the directors. The valuation was made on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.
5
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,125
Other debtors
1,307
50,250
Prepayments and accrued income
535
1,025
1,842
52,400
HUNTINGDON OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2023
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6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
4,366
1,357
Corporation tax
6,993
6,096
Other taxation and social security
156
663
Other creditors
104,789
16,789
Accruals and deferred income
6,798
16,121
123,102
41,026
7
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2023
2022
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
128
839
Investment property
52,850
40,166
52,978
41,005
2023
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 November 2022
41,005
Charge to profit or loss
11,973
Liability at 31 October 2023
52,978
8
Share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
100
100
100
100
9
Reserves
Included within reserves is an amount of £369,630 (2022; £369,630) which is non-distributable.