REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
for |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
for |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
17 Queens Lane |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
Tyne and Wear |
NE1 1RN |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Balance Sheet |
31 October 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 5 |
Tangible assets | 6 |
Investments | 7 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 8 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 9 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
10 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Profit and loss account |
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. |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE |
3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
The financial statements contain information about Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements. |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable in respect of the sale and letting of properties, stated net of discounts and of Value Added Tax,except in respect of service contracts where turnover is recognised when the company obtains the right to consideration. |
The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be measured reliably and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity. |
Rendering of services: |
The company provides the services of an estate agent. When the outcome of a transaction for the rendering of services can be estimated reliably in terms of revenue, costs, and its stage of completion, the company recognises revenue on the sales of services in the reporting period in which the services are rendered by reference to the stage of completion of the specific transaction at the end of the reporting period. The stage of completion is determined on the basis of the actual completion of a proportion of the total services to be rendered. |
When the outcome of a service contract cannot be estimated reliably the company only recognises revenue to the extent of the recoverable expenses recognised. |
Goodwill |
Goodwill is initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2010, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of ten years. |
In the opinion of the directors this represents the period over which the goodwill is effective. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Tangible fixed assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been computed to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets over their expected useful lives as follows: |
Plant and machinery etc | - 25% on reducing balance |
Impairment of assets |
At each reporting date fixed assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If there is an indication of possible impairment, the recoverable amount of any affected asset is estimated and compared with its carrying amount. If estimated recoverable amount is lower, the carrying amount is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount, and an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
If an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but not in excess of the amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Investments in subsidiaries |
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
Financial instruments |
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments on non-puttable ordinary shares. |
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account, 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 balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet 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. |
Leasing |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Employee benefits |
Short term employee benefits are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred. |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
5. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Goodwill |
£ |
COST |
At 1 November 2022 |
and 31 October 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 November 2022 |
and 31 October 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 October 2023 |
At 31 October 2022 |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
6. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
COST |
At 1 November 2022 |
Additions |
At 31 October 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 November 2022 |
Charge for year |
At 31 October 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 October 2023 |
At 31 October 2022 |
7. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£ |
COST |
At 1 November 2022 |
and 31 October 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 October 2023 |
At 31 October 2022 |
8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans |
11. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Gordon Brown Estate Agents Limited (Registered number: 07411006) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 October 2023 |
12. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES |
The following advances and credits to directors subsisted during the years ended 31 October 2023 and 31 October 2022: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Balance outstanding at start of year |
Amounts advanced |
Amounts repaid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Amounts written off | - | - |
Amounts waived | - | - |
Balance outstanding at end of year |
Balance outstanding at start of year |
Amounts advanced |
Amounts repaid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Amounts written off | - | - |
Amounts waived | - | - |
Balance outstanding at end of year |
The above loans are subject to interest of 2.5% and are repayable on demand. |