REGISTERED NUMBER: |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04365870) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Chartered Accountants' Report | 2 |
Balance Sheet | 3 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Fryern House |
125 Winchester Road |
Chandlers Ford |
Hampshire |
SO53 2DR |
BANKERS: |
36 Fore Street |
Hertford |
Hertfordshire |
SG14 1BS |
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Income Statement, 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Eyre & Spottiswoode 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report. |
It is your duty to ensure that Eyre & Spottiswoode 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. You consider that Eyre & Spottiswoode 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 Eyre & Spottiswoode 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. |
Fryern House |
125 Winchester Road |
Chandlers Ford |
Hampshire |
SO53 2DR |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04365870) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 5 |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
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 were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04365870) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number is 04365870 and the registered office address is Stephen Austin House, Caxton Hill, Ware Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 L7U. |
The company was dormant throughout the current year and previous year. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The presentation currency is £ sterling. |
Related party exemption |
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. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2022 - NIL). |
4. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
5. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
The company has provided a cross-guarantee to HSBC Bank PLC in respect of bank borrowings by Stephen Austin & Sons Limited and Stephen Austin (Holdings) Limited. |
6. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Stephen Austin & Sons Limited. The company's ultimate parent undertaking is S A Printing group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and the ultimate control of that company is exercised by P G Fowler. |
The smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Stephen Austin (holdings) Limited. The largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by S A Printing Group Limited. The consolidated financial statement of both groups are available to the public and may be obtained from the Registrar of Companies. |