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Registration number: SC373624

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2 to 3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 9

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Mr J Elles

Mrs A Elles

Registered office

Unit 4 Bowhouse
St Monans
Anstruther
KY10 2DB

Accountants

Ross McConnell
Chartered Accountant
3 High Street
Kinross
KY13 8AW

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

(Registration number: SC373624)
Balance Sheet as at 29 February 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed Assets

 

Tangible Assets

4

42,256

49,069

Current assets

 

Stocks

5

9,700

16,250

Debtors

6

-

5,533

Cash at bank and in hand

 

33,146

45,424

 

42,846

67,207

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(139,340)

(167,821)

Net current liabilities

 

(96,494)

(100,614)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

(54,238)

(51,545)

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(34,711)

(45,470)

Provisions for liabilities

(8,029)

(9,323)

Net liabilities

 

(96,978)

(106,338)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

8

100

100

Retained earnings

(97,078)

(106,438)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(96,978)

(106,338)

For the financial year ending 29 February 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

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.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and the option not to file the Profit and Loss Account has been taken.

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

(Registration number: SC373624)
Balance Sheet as at 29 February 2024

Approved and authorised by the Board on 17 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr J Elles
Director

.........................................
Mrs A Elles
Director

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in Scotland.

The address of its registered office is:
Unit 4 Bowhouse
St Monans
Anstruther
KY10 2DB

2

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 that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when 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.

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

Tangible Assets

Tangible Assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant & Machinery

10% straight line

Motor vehicles

20% straight line

Computer equipment

10% straight line

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated amortisation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Amortisation

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Software

10% straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

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.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 19 (2023 - 11).

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

4

Tangible Assets

Computer equipment
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Plant & machinery
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 March 2023

7,381

43,112

76,961

127,454

Additions

1,791

-

5,839

7,630

At 29 February 2024

9,172

43,112

82,800

135,084

Depreciation

At 1 March 2023

4,096

23,913

50,376

78,385

Charge for the year

868

6,400

7,175

14,443

At 29 February 2024

4,964

30,313

57,551

92,828

Carrying amount

At 29 February 2024

4,208

12,799

25,249

42,256

At 28 February 2023

3,285

19,199

26,585

49,069

5

Stocks

2024
£

2023
£

Other inventories

9,700

16,250

6

Debtors

Current

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

-

2,434

Other debtors

-

3,099

 

-

5,533

 

The Laughing Stock Food Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

7

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

HP and finance lease liabilities

 

5,667

5,667

Director's loan

13,301

-

Trade creditors

 

4,535

4,399

Intercompany loan

18,078

18,022

Taxation and social security

 

7,249

12,602

Accruals and deferred income

 

90,510

126,203

Other creditors

 

-

928

 

139,340

167,821

8

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2024

2023

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100

100

100

100