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Company No: 05419507 (England and Wales)

PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

Unaudited Financial Statements
For the financial year ended 31 March 2024
Pages for filing with the registrar

PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the financial year ended 31 March 2024

Contents

PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As at 31 March 2024
PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (continued)

As at 31 March 2024
Note 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 30,354 22,191
Investments 4 900 900
31,254 23,091
Current assets
Debtors 5 1,280,314 1,217,228
Cash at bank and in hand 1,828,321 1,696,818
3,108,635 2,914,046
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 ( 760,540) ( 833,047)
Net current assets 2,348,095 2,080,999
Total assets less current liabilities 2,379,349 2,104,090
Provision for liabilities 7 ( 50,000) ( 50,000)
Net assets 2,329,349 2,054,090
Capital and reserves
Called-up share capital 8 416 416
Share premium account 254,377 254,377
Capital redemption reserve 651 651
Profit and loss account 2,073,905 1,798,646
Total shareholders' funds 2,329,349 2,054,090

For the financial year ending 31 March 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The financial statements of Planning Potential Ltd (registered number: 05419507) were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors. They were signed on its behalf by:

H Cuthbert
Director

19 August 2024

PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 March 2024
PLANNING POTENTIAL LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 March 2024
1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.

General information and basis of accounting

Planning Potential Ltd (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the company's registered office is 35 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1XW, United Kingdom.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern

The directors have assessed the Statement of Financial Position and likely future cash flows at the date of approving these financial statements. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Turnover

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Services provided to clients during the year, which at the Statement of Financial Position date have not been billed to clients, have been recognised as turnover in accordance with Section 23 of FRS 102: Revenue. Turnover recognised in this manner is based on an assessment of the fair value of services provided at the Statement of Financial Position date as a proportion of the total value of the engagements. Unbilled revenue is included in debtors.

Interest income

Interest income is recognised when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset's net carrying amount on initial recognition.

Employee benefits

Defined contribution schemes
The company operates a defined contribution scheme. The amount charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in respect of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the financial year. Differences between contributions payable in the financial year and contributions actually paid are included as either accruals or prepayments in the Statement of Financial Position.

Taxation

Current tax
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Statement of Financial Position date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on current tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than investment property and freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a straight-line or reducing balance basis over its expected useful life, as follows:

Land and buildings depreciated over the life of the lease
Plant and machinery etc. 3 - 4 years straight line

Residual value represents the estimated amount which would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset, after deducting estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.

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 the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Leases

The company as lessee
Assets held under finance leases, hire purchase contracts and other similar arrangements, which confer rights and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets, are capitalised as tangible fixed assets at the fair value of the leased asset (or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments as determined at the inception of the lease) and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms and their useful lives. The capital elements of future lease obligations are recorded as liabilities, while the interest elements are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over the period of the leases to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Fixed asset investments

Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value through the Statement of Comprehensive Income if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.

Financial instruments

The Company only enters into basic financial instruments and transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to and from related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares.

Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, and amounts due from related companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

Financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors and accruals, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amounts presented in the financial statements when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Statement of Financial Position date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

2. Employees

2024 2023
Number Number
Monthly average number of persons employed by the company during the year, including directors 32 38

3. Tangible assets

Land and buildings Plant and machinery etc. Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 01 April 2023 32,579 237,992 270,571
Additions 0 19,560 19,560
At 31 March 2024 32,579 257,552 290,131
Accumulated depreciation
At 01 April 2023 32,579 215,801 248,380
Charge for the financial year 0 11,397 11,397
At 31 March 2024 32,579 227,198 259,777
Net book value
At 31 March 2024 0 30,354 30,354
At 31 March 2023 0 22,191 22,191

4. Fixed asset investments

Investments in subsidiaries

2024
£
Cost
At 01 April 2023 900
At 31 March 2024 900
Carrying value at 31 March 2024 900
Carrying value at 31 March 2023 900

5. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 730,548 813,281
Amounts owed by directors 70,292 0
Amounts recoverable on contracts 308,943 283,761
Prepayments 134,806 90,713
Other debtors 35,725 29,473
1,280,314 1,217,228

6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 97,278 70,838
Corporation tax 108,500 120,000
Other taxation and social security 202,052 229,580
Other creditors 352,710 412,629
760,540 833,047

7. Provision for liabilities

2024 2023
£ £
Other provisions 50,000 50,000

8. Called-up share capital

2024 2023
£ £
Allotted, called-up and fully-paid
41,568 Ordinary shares of £ 0.01 each 416 416

9. Financial commitments

Commitments

Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2024 2023
£ £
within one year 94,727 0
between one and five years 378,906 0
after five years 378,906 0
852,539 0

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the directors and employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

2024 2023
£ £
Unpaid contributions due to the fund (inc. in other creditors) 8,857 10,240

10. Related party transactions

Transactions with the entity's directors

Included within debtors is £70,292 (2023: £Nil) owed by a director to the company. The maximum amount outstanding during the year was £70,292 (2023: £Nil).

The loan has been accruing interest at the official HMRC rate and included within both other debtors and interest receivable is accrued interest of £292 (2023: £Nil). The loan and accrued interest was fully repaid after the year-end.

11. Events after the Balance Sheet date

Following the end of the year, the shares in the Company were sold to Planning Potential Trustees Ltd, which is the corporate trustee of an Employee Ownership Trust (“EOT”) which was established for the benefit of all of the employees of the Company.