Registered number
09621184
Essex Restaurants Limited
Filleted Accounts
31 December 2023
Essex Restaurants Limited
Registered number: 09621184
Balance Sheet
as at 31 December 2023
Notes 2023 2022
£ £
Current assets
Debtors 3 41,014 40,994
Cash at bank and in hand 122 22
41,136 41,016
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 (99,261) (105,927)
Net current liabilities (58,125) (64,911)
Net liabilities (58,125) (64,911)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 130 130
Profit and loss account (58,255) (65,041)
Shareholder's funds (58,125) (64,911)
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
J W Kiernan S J Loveday
Director Director
Approved by the board on 30 August 2024
Essex Restaurants Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2023
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Leasehold property improvements 5% reducing balance basis
Plant and equipment 15% to 20% reducing balance basis
Fixtures and fittings 10% reducing balance basis
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. 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. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Leased assets
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
2 Employees 2023 2022
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 1 1
3 Debtors 2023 2022
£ £
Group company - The Maldon Garden Centre Ltd 3,798 3,798
Group company - Le Bouchon Hotel Ltd 37,196 21,596
Other debtors 20 15,600
41,014 40,994
4 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2023 2022
£ £
Trade creditors - 10,461
Parent Company - J K Holdings Ltd 32,850 -
Other taxes and social security costs 65,791 70,317
Directors loan accounts 20 -
Other creditors 600 25,149
99,261 105,927
5 Related party transactions and Going Concern.
JK Holdings Ltd
Parent company
The Parent company continued to make further loan advances in the year to help support Essex Restaurants Ltd. These loans were repaid in July 2024.
6 Controlling party
The Company is under the control of JK Holdings Limited (Parent company), by virtue of it's ownership of 100% of the issued Ordinary share capital (the Voting shares).
7 Registration of Charge
A fixed and floating charge was registered against the company assets by Natwest Bank PLC on
30 October 2015.
8 Other information
Essex Restaurants Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
Victoria House
88 The Causeway
Maldon
Essex
CM9 4LL
9 Cessation of trade
The Company ceased it's main trading activity in December 2021, and then terminated it's lease of the premises in Rettendon and disposed of its assets in 2022, to enable it to reduce its debts. The company continues to settle it debts with its creditors.
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