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REGISTERED NUMBER: 07147450 (England and Wales)






















Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

for

Bartletts Solicitors Limited

Bartletts Solicitors Limited (Registered number: 07147450)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 September 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 3

Chartered Accountants' Report 6

Bartletts Solicitors Limited

Company Information
for the year ended 30 September 2023







DIRECTORS: J A Bartlett
P N Bartlett
A J Hunt
Mrs E L Nelson
T R Morris





REGISTERED OFFICE: Marldon Chambers
30 North John Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L2 9QN





REGISTERED NUMBER: 07147450 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
St George's Court
Winnington Avenue
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 4EE

Bartletts Solicitors Limited (Registered number: 07147450)

Balance Sheet
30 September 2023

2023 2022
Notes £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 4,420 8,283

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 784,798 820,200
Cash at bank and in hand 574,252 385,420
1,359,050 1,205,620
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 (454,812 ) (412,305 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 904,238 793,315
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

908,658

801,598

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 2,000 2,000
Retained earnings 906,658 799,598
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 908,658 801,598

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 September 2023.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

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 27 August 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





P N Bartlett - Director


Bartletts Solicitors Limited (Registered number: 07147450)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 September 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Bartletts Solicitors Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Turnover represents amounts chargeable to clients for professional services provided during the year, inclusive of direct expenses incurred on client assignments but excluding value added tax. Turnover is recognised when a right to consideration has been obtained through performance under each contract, and where it is probable that economic benefits will flow to the entity, and the amounts can be measured reliably.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the original purchase price of the asset and the costs attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:

Improvements to property - 10% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 25% reducing balance
Computer equipment - 33% on cost

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.

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.

Bartletts Solicitors Limited (Registered number: 07147450)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 30 September 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classed as equity.

Short term debtors and creditors
Short term debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account.

Distributions to equity holders
Dividends are recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the company's shareholders. These amounts are recognised in the statement of changes in equity.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, cash held with banks and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities

Loans and borrowings
Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less impairment.

Operating Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 43 (2022 - 43 ) .

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Improvements and Computer
to property fittings equipment Totals
£ £ £ £
COST
At 1 October 2022
and 30 September 2023 121,026 75,522 260,115 456,663
DEPRECIATION
At 1 October 2022 119,215 69,629 259,536 448,380
Charge for year 1,811 1,473 579 3,863
At 30 September 2023 121,026 71,102 260,115 452,243
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2023 - 4,420 - 4,420
At 30 September 2022 1,811 5,893 579 8,283

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 338,404 365,477
Directors' current accounts 4,683 4,016
Prepayments 25,281 31,296
Accrued income 416,430 419,411
784,798 820,200

Bartletts Solicitors Limited (Registered number: 07147450)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 30 September 2023

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£ £
Tax 29,807 -
VAT 102,684 72,742
Other creditors 34,053 35,969
Due to group undertakings 13 788
Directors' current accounts 22,613 23,382
Accrued expenses 265,642 279,424
454,812 412,305

7. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 30 September 2023 and 30 September 2022:

2023 2022
£ £
P N Bartlett
Balance outstanding at start of year 4,016 24,012
Amounts advanced - 4,016
Amounts repaid - (24,012 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year - 4,016

8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the company paid rent of £2,700 (2022 - £21,918) to JA Bartlett & PN Bartlett who are interested as directors and shareholders.

9. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

There is no ultimate controlling party.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
Bartletts Solicitors 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.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Bartletts Solicitors Limited for the year ended 30 September 2023 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and the 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Bartletts Solicitors 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 Bartletts Solicitors Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Bartletts Solicitors Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Bartletts Solicitors Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Bartletts Solicitors 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 Bartletts Solicitors Limited. You consider that Bartletts Solicitors 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 Bartletts Solicitors 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.






Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
St George's Court
Winnington Avenue
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 4EE


27 August 2024