REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
for |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
for |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
Report of the Accountants | 9 |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Building 1 |
St. Cross Chambers |
Upper Marsh Lane |
Hoddesdon |
Hertfordshire |
EN11 8LQ |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Balance Sheet |
30 November 2023 |
30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 4 |
Tangible assets | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 6 |
Cash at bank | 7 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 8 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
9 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 10 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 11 |
Retained earnings | 12 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
(a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Balance Sheet - continued |
30 November 2023 |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Turnover |
Turnover represents net fees receivable, excluding value added tax. |
Goodwill |
Goodwill being amount paid in connection with the acquisition of the business in 2011 is being amortised evenly over the estimated useful live of twenty years. The Goodwill being amounts paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2016, is being amortised evenly over the estimated useful life of eight years. |
The balance of the Goodwill paid in 2018 in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2016, is also being amortised evenly over the estimated useful life of eight years. |
Intangible assets |
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Freehold property | - |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Computer equipment | - |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
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. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Financial instruments |
The Company only enters into basic financial instruments 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 related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares. |
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year) including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payable or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost. |
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. |
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
In applying the Company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions in determining the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities. The directors' judgements, estimates and assumptions are based on the best and most reliable evidence available at the time when the decisions are made, and are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be applicable. Due to the inherent subjectivity involved in making such judgements, estimates and assumptions, the actual results and outcomes may differ. |
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision effects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods, if the revision effects both current and future periods. |
The directors do not believe that there have been judgements (apart from those involving estimates) made in the process of applying the above accounting policies that have had a significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Goodwill |
£ |
COST |
At 1 December 2022 |
and 30 November 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 December 2022 |
Amortisation for year |
At 30 November 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 November 2023 |
At 30 November 2022 |
5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
Freehold | and | Motor | Computer |
property | fittings | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 December 2022 |
Additions |
At 30 November 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 December 2022 |
Charge for year |
At 30 November 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 November 2023 |
At 30 November 2022 |
6. | DEBTORS |
30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year: |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors and prepayments |
Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
Amounts owed by associates |
Aggregate amounts |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
7. | CASH AT BANK |
Cash at bank and in hand includes £316,807 held in designated clients accounts. |
8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Tax |
Social security and other taxes |
VAT |
Creditors and Accruals |
Clients Deposits |
Directors' current accounts |
Included in other creditors are amounts due to Clients (Tenants) of £316,807. As stated in Note 9 an amount of £316,807 is held in designated Client bank accounts. |
9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
£ | £ |
Deferred directors loans |
10. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 3,098 | 2,436 |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 December 2022 |
Provided during year |
Balance at 30 November 2023 |
Deferred tax arises from accelerated Capital Allowances. |
11. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30.11.23 | 30.11.22 |
value: | £ | £ |
'A' Ordinary | £1-00 | 100 | 100 |
'B' Ordinary | £1-00 | 100 | 100 |
'C' Ordinary | £1-00 | 100 | 100 |
300 | 300 |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 06002856) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 November 2023 |
12. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 December 2022 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 30 November 2023 |
13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
During the year, total dividends of £40,000 (2022 - £40,000) were paid to the directors. |
The company has advanced a loan to a company controlled by the directors. At the year end, the amount outstanding on this loan was £124,127 (2022 - £124,695) |
14. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited |
Report of the Accountants to the Directors of |
Shepherds Estate Agents Limited |
The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies. |
As described on the Balance Sheet you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2023 set out on pages two to eight and you consider that the company is exempt from an audit. |
In accordance with your instructions, we have compiled these unaudited financial statements in order to assist you to fulfil your statutory responsibilities, from the accounting records and information and explanations supplied to us. |
Building 1 |
St. Cross Chambers |
Upper Marsh Lane |
Hoddesdon |
Hertfordshire |
EN11 8LQ |