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REGISTERED NUMBER: 01218716 (England and Wales)











Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Audited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

for

Cousins Limited

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024










Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 6

Statement of Comprehensive Income 10

Statement of Financial Position 11

Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


Cousins Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024







DIRECTORS: C F Moloney
R C Cousins
R J L Mobley
A R Wilkinson
V Rawding



SECRETARY: C F Moloney



REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 Minster Court
Tuscam Way
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3YY



REGISTERED NUMBER: 01218716 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Susan Ambrose FCCA FCA



AUDITORS: Butt Miller
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
1 Minster Court
Tuscam Way
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3YY

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
Financial overview

The principal activity of Cousins Limited is providing painting & decorating services to the construction industry within London and the South East, targeting major schemes, for major construction contractors, and end user blue chip clients.

The directors are pleased with the financial results for the year ended 31 March 2024, showing a good performance across the period, and across all contracts.

Turnover was £14,740,621 a small decrease of 3% on last year figures.
Gross profit was 34.4%, a small decrease on the previous year at 37.4%. Net profits were up from 8.3% to 10.6%.
Net assets increased by 26.1% to £4,375,584.

These results are proof that the re-organisation of the business, undertaken in 2022, has been successful in improving the company's performance.
Furthermore, the directors are confident the business is in a strong position to steadily move forward and meet the challenges the future may bring.

Cousins Limited have always targeted, and built working relationships with, Tier 1 Contractors, due to both the size and volume of projects they can provide, but also increased financial security. Whilst this is still the case, the directors continue to monitor the situation with large contractors' financial reporting.

The directors will continue to invest heavily in strengthening relationships with all our clients and industry partners, as well as the continued investment in staff training through the group's academy to deliver excellence and attract new people to the industry.

These improvements, alongside a strong Statement of Financial Position, provides Cousins Limited with the platform for consistency, growth and ultimately to deliver our clients award winning projects.

The directors will as ever continue to monitor the longer-term effects on the economy and industry, and adapt the company's targets and aspirations to suit.

Results
The results for the year are set out on page 10.


Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Financial risk management objective
The company uses various financial instruments including loans from group companies, cash and other items, such as trade debtors and trade creditors that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for the company's operations.

The existence of these financial instruments exposes the company to a number of financial risks, which are described in more detail below.

The main risks arising from the company's financial instruments are cash flow, credit risk and liquidity risk. The directors review and agree policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised as follows. These policies have remained unchanged from previous years.

Liquidity risk
The company seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and to invest cash assets safely and profitably.

Credit risk
The company's principal financial assets are cash, trade debtors and amounts recoverable on contracts. The credit risk associated with the cash is limited as the counterparties are commercial banks. Credit given to trade debtors is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure credit terms are adhered to. Amounts recoverable on long term contracts are also regularly reviewed to ensure that the balances are not overstated.

Cash flow risk
The directors continually update cash flow forecasts to mitigate cash flow risk and to ensure that a suitable level of liquid funds are available at all times.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





R C Cousins - Director


30 August 2024

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2024.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of Cousins Limited is providing painting & decorating services to the construction industry within London, and the South East, targeting major schemes, for major construction contractors, and end user blue chip clients.

DIVIDENDS
Interim dividends per share on the Ordinary £0.01 shares were paid as follows:
£3 - 20 June 2023
£30 - 30 January 2024
£33

The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

No interim dividend was paid on the A £0.01 shares. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2024 will be £ 330,000 .

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2023 to the date of this report.

C F Moloney
R C Cousins
R J L Mobley
A R Wilkinson
V Rawding

INFORMATION IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT
Information relating to future developments and principal risks and uncertainties is shown in the Strategic Report, under s414C(11) of the Companies Act 2006.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





R C Cousins - Director


30 August 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cousins Limited


Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Cousins Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cousins Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cousins Limited


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and
non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:
- The nature of the industry and sector the company is in. Its control environment and business performance including the design of the company's policies, key drivers for directors’ remuneration and staff bonus levels;
- Results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities;
- Any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed the company's documentation of their policies and procedures relating to:
- identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of
noncompliance;
- detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud;
- the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations; and
- the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.

As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.

Our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following:
- Enquiries of management and staff including concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and any instances of non-compliance with laws.
- Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud;
- Obtained an understanding of provisions and held discussions with management to understand the basis of recognition or non-recognition of provisions; and
- In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; checking internal controls are being followed are per company policy and assessing suitability; assessing the judgements made in making accounting estimates; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cousins Limited


Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Susan Ambrose FCCA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Butt Miller
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
1 Minster Court
Tuscam Way
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3YY

4 September 2024

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 14,740,621 15,253,835

Cost of sales (9,671,311 ) (9,534,220 )
GROSS PROFIT 5,069,310 5,719,615

Administrative expenses (3,581,071 ) (4,465,893 )
OPERATING PROFIT 4 1,488,239 1,253,722

Interest receivable and similar income 79,247 6,744
1,567,486 1,260,466

Interest payable and similar expenses 5 (86 ) (592 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 1,567,400 1,259,874

Tax on profit 6 (331,917 ) (418,111 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1,235,483 841,763

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR
THE YEAR

1,235,483

841,763

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Statement of Financial Position
31 March 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 8 107,801 78,524

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 9 1,119 1,119
Debtors 10 3,435,720 3,566,787
Cash at bank 2,149,451 1,398,108
5,586,290 4,966,014
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 11 (1,196,428 ) (1,464,223 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 4,389,862 3,501,791
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

4,497,663

3,580,315

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

12

(100,492

)

(91,846

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 15 (21,587 ) (18,368 )
NET ASSETS 4,375,584 3,470,101

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 108 108
Retained earnings 17 4,375,476 3,469,993
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 4,375,584 3,470,101

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 30 August 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





R C Cousins - Director


Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2022 108 3,578,230 3,578,338

Changes in equity
Dividends - (950,000 ) (950,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 841,763 841,763
Balance at 31 March 2023 108 3,469,993 3,470,101

Changes in equity
Dividends - (330,000 ) (330,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,235,483 1,235,483
Balance at 31 March 2024 108 4,375,476 4,375,584

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Cousins 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" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.

Turnover
Turnover represents amounts invoiced during the year, excluding value added tax and trade discounts.

Profit is recognised on long term contracts, if the final outcome can be assessed with reasonable certainty, by including in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses. Turnover is calculated by a surveyor's valuation less any provisions for non-recovery.

Long term contracts
Amounts recoverable on long term contracts, which are included within debtors, are stated at the net sales value of the work done after provision for contingencies and anticipated future losses on contracts, less amounts received as progress payments on account. Excess progress payments are included in creditors as payments on account.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Fixtures and fittings- 20% and 33% on cost
Motor vehicles- 25% on cost

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed by the directors annually, and adjusted prospectively if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date. Any impairment losses are recognised within 'administrative expenses' in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the sales proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised within 'administrative expenses' in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowances for obsolete and slow moving items. The cost formula used is the first in, first out method.

Financial instruments
Financial instruments are recognised initially at the transaction price. Any that are not payable within twelve months are amortised using the effective interest method less any provision for impairment.


Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income 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 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
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts and finance leases are capitalised as tangible assets and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Obligations under such agreements are included in creditors net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge on the net obligation outstanding in each period.

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and also contributes to privately administered pension plans. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the period to which they relate.

Judgements in applying accounting policies
In preparing these financial statements, the directors have made the following judgements:

To determine whether leases entered into by the company are operating or finance leases. These decisions depend on an assessment of whether the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred from the lessor to the lessee on a lease by lease basis.

To determine whether there are indicators of impairment of the company's tangible assets. Factors taken into consideration in reaching a decision include the state of repair and the expected future performance of the asset.

To determine whether provisions such as deferred tax or bad debt provision are required. The directors looked at the likelihood of these provisions crystallising by assessing all the information available at the time in determining their decision.

To determine the recoverability of long term contracts. The directors based their judgement on surveyors' valuations, less any provision for non-recovery or additional costs, based on information available at the time.

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Key sources of estimation uncertainties
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their estimated useful lives taking into account residual values where appropriate. The actual lives may depend on a number of factors including technological innovations, product life cycles and replacement policies. (See note 8)

The directors make an estimate of recoverable value of trade, other debtors and long term contracts. When assessing impairment, the directors consider factors including the current credit rating of the debtor, the ageing profile, the stage and status of the job and historical experience.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2024 2023
£    £   
Wages and salaries 3,307,465 3,357,633
Social security costs 406,943 432,941
Other pension costs 115,998 107,145
3,830,406 3,897,719

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2024 2023

Directors 5 5
Administration 25 26
Operations 23 23
53 54

2024 2023
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 942,155 944,283
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 54,989 37,885
Compensation to director for loss of office - 36,674

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 5 4

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:
2024 2023
£    £   
Emoluments etc 221,410 219,619
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 9,336 8,850

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


4. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2024 2023
£    £   
Other operating leases 110,033 132,685
Depreciation - owned assets 36,589 37,587
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 6,792 13,585
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (5,888 ) -
Auditors' remuneration 10,500 9,400

5. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase 86 592

6. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 328,698 409,844

Deferred tax 3,219 8,267
Tax on profit 331,917 418,111

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2024 2023
£    £   
Profit before tax 1,567,400 1,259,874
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2023 - 19%)

391,850

239,376

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 17,886 175,398
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (9,295 ) (4,930 )
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods (58,388 ) -
Group relieved loss utilised (13,355 ) -
Movement in deferred tax 3,219 8,267

Total tax charge 331,917 418,111

7. DIVIDENDS
2024 2023
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
Interim 330,000 950,000

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
and Motor
fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2023 316,812 205,732 522,544
Additions 5,284 67,374 72,658
Disposals - (22,483 ) (22,483 )
At 31 March 2024 322,096 250,623 572,719
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 271,512 172,508 444,020
Charge for year 24,954 18,427 43,381
Eliminated on disposal - (22,483 ) (22,483 )
At 31 March 2024 296,466 168,452 464,918
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 25,630 82,171 107,801
At 31 March 2023 45,300 33,224 78,524

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Motor
vehicles
£   
COST
At 1 April 2023 54,340
Transfer to ownership (54,340 )
At 31 March 2024 -
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 47,548
Charge for year 6,792
Transfer to ownership (54,340 )
At 31 March 2024 -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 -
At 31 March 2023 6,792

9. STOCKS
2024 2023
£    £   
Stocks 1,119 1,119

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


10. DEBTORS
2024 2023
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors 324,720 341,776
Amounts owed by group undertakings 147,203 -
Amounts recoverable on
contracts 1,987,865 2,414,720
Prepayments and other debtors 224,937 196,053
Directors' current accounts 1,968 -
VAT 69,067 61,740
2,755,760 3,014,289

Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Trade debtors 679,960 552,498

Aggregate amounts 3,435,720 3,566,787

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 13) - 6,016
Trade creditors 515,712 582,746
Amounts owed to group undertakings 41,791 25,184
Tax 151,086 253,840
Social security and other taxes 228,739 266,549
Other creditors 110,956 115,361
Accruals and deferred income 148,144 214,527
1,196,428 1,464,223

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Other creditors 100,492 91,846

13. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase contracts
2024 2023
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year - 6,016

Non-cancellable operating leases
2024 2023
£    £   
Within one year 53,875 50,403

Total operating lease payments made during the year amounted to £108,230 (2023: £99,323).

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


14. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts - 6,016

The hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets held under these contracts.

Barclays Bank Plc has a fixed and floating charge over the undertaking and its assets present and future.

15. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Deferred tax 21,587 18,368

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2023 18,368
Capital allowances in advance 3,219
Balance at 31 March 2024 21,587

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
10,000 Ordinary £0.01 100 100
750 A £0.01 8 8
108 108

Ordinary shares have the following rights:

Voting: One vote per share.
Dividends:Such amount per share as the directors may from time to time declare on that class.
Capital: Rights to the first £6.8 million and not less than 80% of any surplus.

A shares have the following rights:

Voting: No voting rights.
Dividends:Such amount per share as the directors may from time to time declare on that class.
Capital: Rights per share up to 0.01% of any excess over £6.8 million, subject to a limit to be determined
by the directors.

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


17. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2023 3,469,993
Profit for the year 1,235,483
Dividends (330,000 )
At 31 March 2024 4,375,476

18. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The immediate and ultimate parent company, and controlling party is Cousins Group Limited of 1 Minster Court, Tuscam Way, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3YY. Cousins Group Limited is the parent company of the largest and smallest group for which consolidated accounts are prepared.

19. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The bank holds an unlimited supported cross-guarantee between all four group companies.

20. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to directors subsisted during the years ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023:

2024 2023
£    £   
R C Cousins
Balance outstanding at start of year - -
Amounts advanced 2,967 85,014
Amounts repaid (999 ) (85,014 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year 1,968 -

C F Moloney
Balance outstanding at start of year - (1,000 )
Amounts advanced - 86,014
Amounts repaid - (85,014 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year - -

B J Doherty
Balance outstanding at start of year - (3,229 )
Amounts advanced - 83,306
Amounts repaid - (80,077 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year - -

Short term loans to the directors are interest free and any overdrawn balances are cleared within nine months of the year end.

Cousins Limited (Registered number: 01218716)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024


21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

In the prior year, amounts totalling £863,128 owed to Cousins Limited by other companies, within the group, were written off.