Registered number
07669704
The Chocolatier Limited
Accounts
31 March 2024
The Chocolatier Limited
Registered number: 07669704
Balance Sheet
as at 31 March 2024
Notes 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 74,642 61,987
Current assets
Stocks 133,023 96,429
Debtors 4 112,823 128,759
Cash at bank and in hand 20,780 27,855
266,626 253,043
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 5 (88,825) (101,663)
Net current assets 177,801 151,380
Total assets less current liabilities 252,443 213,367
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 6 (11,667) (21,666)
Provisions for liabilities (18,661) -
Net assets 222,115 191,701
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 1 1
Profit and loss account 222,114 191,700
Shareholders' funds 222,115 191,701
The director is 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 director acknowledges his 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.
Mr A Popat
Director
Approved by the board on 29 July 2024
The Chocolatier Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2024
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.
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:
Computer and office equipment 25% on straight line
Plant and machinery 25% on reducing balance
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
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.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Foreign currency translation
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are charged to profit or loss.
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 2024 2023
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 13 13
3 Tangible fixed assets
Computer and office equipment Plant and machinery Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 April 2023 6,383 120,141 126,524
Additions 15,893 24,309 40,202
Disposals (3,350) - (3,350)
At 31 March 2024 18,926 144,450 163,376
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023 3,719 60,818 64,537
Charge for the year 4,125 20,910 25,035
On disposals (838) - (838)
At 31 March 2024 7,006 81,728 88,734
Net book value
At 31 March 2024 11,920 62,722 74,642
At 31 March 2023 2,664 59,323 61,987
4 Debtors 2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 88,523 126,419
Other debtors 24,300 2,340
112,823 128,759
5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 10,000 10,000
Trade creditors 15,073 25,079
Taxation and social security costs 53,435 50,138
Other creditors 10,317 16,446
88,825 101,663
6 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans 11,667 21,666
7 Controlling party
The company is controlled by its director as detailed in the director's report.
8 Other information
The Chocolatier Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
9 Goldington Road
Bedford
MK40 3JY
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