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REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160 (England and Wales)











ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024






ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 March 2024




Page

Company information 1

Balance sheet 2

Notes to the financial statements 4

Chartered accountants' report 6

ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the year ended 31 March 2024







DIRECTORS: P J Maskell
J M C Saliba
W D Sumners





REGISTERED OFFICE: Churchfield
Fawley
Henley on Thames
Buckinghamshire
RG8 0JS





REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Berringers LLP
Chartered Accountants
Lygon House
50 London Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 3RA

ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160)

BALANCE SHEET
31 March 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 1,568 2,714

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 231,584 164,191
Cash at bank 403,709 406,318
635,293 570,509
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 114,028 148,098
NET CURRENT ASSETS 521,265 422,411
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

522,833

425,125

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

7

35,590

41,847
NET ASSETS 487,243 383,278

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 938 938
Retained earnings 486,305 382,340
487,243 383,278

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 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.

ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160)

BALANCE SHEET - continued
31 March 2024


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 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 3 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





P J Maskell - Director


ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 March 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Echo Legal Automation 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.

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 is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Computer equipment - at varying rates on cost

Taxation
Taxation for the year 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 balance sheet date.

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.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 10 (2023 - 10 ) .

ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11715160)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 March 2024

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Computer
equipment
£   
COST
At 1 April 2023
and 31 March 2024 13,756
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 11,042
Charge for year 1,146
At 31 March 2024 12,188
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 1,568
At 31 March 2023 2,714

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 156,463 113,497
Other debtors 75,121 50,694
231,584 164,191

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 6,189 6,118
Trade creditors 1,913 1,960
Taxation and social security 71,997 63,132
Other creditors 33,929 76,888
114,028 148,098

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans 35,590 41,847

8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the sum of £14,204 (2023: £13,201) for consultancy services was paid to a company of which Mr Philip Maskell is a director and shareholder.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
ECHO LEGAL AUTOMATION 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 Echo Legal Automation Limited for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, Balance sheet 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 Echo Legal Automation 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 Echo Legal Automation Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Echo Legal Automation 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 Echo Legal Automation Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Echo Legal Automation 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 Echo Legal Automation Limited. You consider that Echo Legal Automation 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 Echo Legal Automation 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.






Berringers LLP
Chartered Accountants
Lygon House
50 London Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 3RA


3 September 2024