REGISTERED NUMBER: |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE PERIOD |
1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE PERIOD |
1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Statement of Financial Position | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 | to | 6 |
Accountants' Report | 7 |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
BUSINESS ADDRESS: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
18 Northgate |
Sleaford |
Lincolnshire |
NG34 7BJ |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION |
31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 4 |
Tangible assets | 5 |
Investment property | 6 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Valuation |
Debtors | 7 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 8 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 9 |
Revaluation reserve |
Retained earnings |
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. |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Francis & Son Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
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 |
Land and buildings | - |
Plant and machinery etc | - |
Tangible assets are held at cost less depreciation. |
Investment property |
Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss. |
Valuation |
A professional valuation is carried out each year by an independent agricultural valuer. The valuation is prepared in accordance with FRS102 and is valued at the lower of cost and fair value less costs to complete and sell after making due allowance for slow moving items. Costs include any cost of production incurred to bring the stock to its state at the balance sheet date. |
Financial instruments |
The company has chosen to adopt the FRS102 1A in respect of financial instruments. |
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitute a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. |
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 income statement. |
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable 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. |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Taxation for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, 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 statement of financial position date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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 period 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. |
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. |
Basic farm payment |
The basic farm payment is recognised in the financial statements in accordance with current H M Revenue & Customs guidance. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the period was |
4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Other |
intangible |
Goodwill | assets | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 December 2022 |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 December 2022 |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 30 November 2022 |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
Land and | machinery |
buildings | etc | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 December 2022 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 December 2022 |
Charge for period |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 30 November 2022 |
6. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 December 2022 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 30 November 2022 |
Fair value at 31 December 2023 is represented by: |
£ |
Valuation in 2018 | 24,356 |
Cost | 197,364 |
221,720 |
If investment property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Cost | 197,364 | 197,364 |
The fair value of investment property was considered by the directors as at 31 December 2023 and no changes were deemed necessary. |
7. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
FRANCIS & SON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05207526) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 2022 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES |
The following advances and credits to directors subsisted during the period ended 31 December 2023 and the year ended 30 November 2022: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Balance outstanding at start of period |
Amounts advanced |
Amounts repaid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Amounts written off | - | - |
Amounts waived | - | - |
Balance outstanding at end of period |
Balance outstanding at start of period |
Amounts advanced |
Amounts repaid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Amounts written off | - | - |
Amounts waived | - | - |
Balance outstanding at end of period | ( |
) |
Loans to directors are unsecured, repayable on demand and charged at the official rate. |
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF |
FRANCIS & SON 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 Statement of Financial Position. 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. |
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Francis & Son Limited for the period ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Statement of Financial Position and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us. |
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Francis & Son Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Francis & Son Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Francis & Son Limited, as a body, in this report. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report. |
It is your duty to ensure that Francis & Son 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 Francis & Son Limited. You consider that Francis & Son Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the period. |
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Francis & Son 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. |
18 Northgate |
Sleaford |
Lincolnshire |
NG34 7BJ |
Date: ............................................. |