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Company registration number: 04109285
Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Unaudited filleted financial statements
30 November 2023
Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Contents
Accountants report
Statement of financial position
Notes to the financial statements
Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Chartered accountants report to the director on the preparation of the
unaudited statutory financial statements of Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Year ended 30 November 2023
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Austyn Smith Associates Limited for the year ended 30 November 2023 which comprise the statement of financial position and 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 director of Austyn Smith Associates 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 Austyn Smith Associates Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to them, 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 Austyn Smith Associates Limited and its director as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Austyn Smith Associates 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 profit of Austyn Smith Associates Limited. You consider that Austyn Smith Associates 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 Austyn Smith Associates 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.
Spencer Fellows & Co
169 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0AE
Date: 19 August 2024
Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Statement of financial position
30 November 2023
2023 2022
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 5 20,842 20,287
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20,842 20,287
Current assets
Debtors 6 40,846 48,604
Cash at bank and in hand 318,268 360,665
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359,114 409,269
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year 7 ( 117,929) ( 112,210)
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Net current assets 241,185 297,059
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Total assets less current liabilities 262,027 317,346
Creditors: amounts falling due
after more than one year 8 ( 19,155) ( 30,291)
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Net assets 242,872 287,055
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Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 2 2
Profit and loss account 242,870 287,053
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Shareholders funds 242,872 287,055
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For the year ending 30 November 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Director's responsibilities:
- 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;
- The director acknowledges their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with Section 1A of FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
In accordance with section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the statement of comprehensive income has not been delivered.
These financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 16 August 2024 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:
A. Smith
Director
Company registration number: 04109285
Austyn Smith Associates Limited
Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 30 November 2023
1. General information
The company is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Austyn Smith Associates Limited, 169 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0AE.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the provisions of FRS 102, Section 1A, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
3. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis and are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Turnover is reduced for estimated rebates and other similar allowances.
Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other 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. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost and are subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Fittings fixtures and equipment - 20 % straight line
If there is an indication that there has been a significant change in depreciation rate, useful life or residual value of tangible assets, the depreciation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.
Impairment
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
Financial instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other receivables and payable.Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received.
Defined contribution plans
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund. When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in finance costs in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.
4. Employee numbers
The average number of persons employed by the company during the year amounted to 6 (2022: 6 ).
5. Tangible assets
Fixtures, fittings and equipment Total
£ £
Cost
At 1 December 2022 43,066 43,066
Additions 7,347 7,347
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At 30 November 2023 50,413 50,413
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Depreciation
At 1 December 2022 22,779 22,779
Charge for the year 6,792 6,792
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At 30 November 2023 29,571 29,571
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Carrying amount
At 30 November 2023 20,842 20,842
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At 30 November 2022 20,287 20,287
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6. Debtors
2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 2,413 3,431
Other debtors 38,433 45,173
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40,846 48,604
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7. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 10,648 9,250
Trade creditors 12,972 24,074
Corporation tax 80,399 70,980
Social security and other taxes 4,837 4,096
Other creditors 9,073 3,810
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117,929 112,210
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8. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 19,155 30,291
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9. Operating leases
The company as lessee
The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
£ £
Not later than 1 year 49,000 49,000
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 89,833 40,833
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138,833 89,833
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10. Controlling party
The company is controlled by Mr. A. Smith , the director.