Registration number:
for the
Year Ended 31 December 2023
Deery Funeral Services Limited
Contents
Company Information |
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Directors' Report |
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Accountants' Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements |
Deery Funeral Services Limited
Company Information
Directors |
S M Beckwith R MacLachlan |
Registered office |
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Deery Funeral Services Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Reappointment of auditors
Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.
Small companies provision statement
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Approved by the
Director
Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of Deery Funeral Services Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Deery Funeral Services Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 as set out on pages 4 to 8 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 at
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Deery Funeral Services Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Deery Funeral Services Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Deery Funeral Services Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Deery Funeral Services Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Deery Funeral Services Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and results of Deery Funeral Services Limited. You consider that Deery Funeral Services 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 accounts of Deery Funeral Services 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 accounts.
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Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT
Deery Funeral Services Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The company has not traded during the year. During the year, the company received no income and incurred no expenditure, and therefore made neither profit nor loss.
Deery Funeral Services Limited
(Registration number: SC451759)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
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For the financial year ending 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to dormant companies.
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Approved and authorised by the
Director
Deery Funeral Services Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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At 1 January 2023 and at 31 December 2022 |
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Deery Funeral Services Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in Scotland.
The address of its registered office is:
Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.
The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.
Name of parent of group
Name of parent of group in whose consolidated financial statements these financial statements are consolidated
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of .
The financial statements of may be obtained from the company's registered office.
Going concern
After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Judgements and estimation uncertainty
These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty. |
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
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The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was as follows:
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Deery Funeral Services Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
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Contingent liabilities |
The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group headed by its ultimate parent undertaking, DC2 Topco Limited. The maximum amount the company could be liable for at 31 December 2022 was £9,775,000 (2021 - £9,775,000). Subsequent to the year end, the bank loans were repaid following a sale of a fellow group company, and therefore all outstanding charges were satisfied.
Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The immediate parent company is
The ultimate parent undertaking is