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Company Registration No. 14518910 (England and Wales)
Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Unaudited accounts for the year ended 30 April 2024
Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Unaudited accounts Contents
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Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Company Information for the year ended 30 April 2024
Directors
Paul King Vicki King
Company Number
14518910 (England and Wales)
Registered Office
29 Smithy Crescent Arnold Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG5 7FS
Accountants
Select Accountancy Ltd FFA/FIPA FFTA 11 Chapel Lane Arnold Nottingham NG5 7DR
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Accountants' report to the board of directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory statements of Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd (The Company) for the year ended 30 April 2024
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprises of the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, and explanatory notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations which you have provided us with.
As a member firm of the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://ifa.org.uk/about-us/acting-in-the-public-interest/memberregulations.
This report is made solely to the board of directors of the company, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our letter of engagement dated 6 December 2023. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of the company, and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of the company as a body, in this report. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and its board of directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that the company 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 financial performance of the company. You consider that the company is exempt from the requirement to have a statutory audit for the year ended 30 April 2024.
We have not been instructed to carry out any assurance service on the financial statements of the company. 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.
Select Accountancy Ltd FFA/FIPA FFTA Financial Accountants 11 Chapel Lane Arnold Nottingham NG5 7DR 18 September 2024
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Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Statement of financial position as at 30 April 2024
2024 
2023 
Notes
£ 
£ 
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
153,601 
- 
Current assets
Debtors
43,194 
- 
Cash at bank and in hand
38,850 
1 
82,044 
1 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(85,540)
- 
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(3,496)
1 
Total assets less current liabilities
150,105 
1 
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
(79,427)
- 
Net assets
70,678 
1 
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1 
1 
Profit and loss account
70,677 
- 
Shareholders' funds
70,678 
1 
For the year ending 30 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 19 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by
Paul King Director Company Registration No. 14518910
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Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2024
1
Statutory information
Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 14518910. The registered office is 29 Smithy Crescent, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7FS.
2
Compliance with accounting standards
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.
3
Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.
Presentation currency
The accounts are presented in £ sterling.
Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives:
Plant & machinery
25% Reducing Balance
Motor vehicles
25% Reducing Balance
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Tangible fixed assets
Plant & machinery 
Motor vehicles 
Total 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Cost or valuation
At cost 
At cost 
At 1 May 2023
- 
- 
- 
Additions
2,447 
217,355 
219,802 
Disposals
- 
(15,000)
(15,000)
At 30 April 2024
2,447 
202,355 
204,802 
Depreciation
Charge for the year
612 
50,589 
51,201 
At 30 April 2024
612 
50,589 
51,201 
Net book value
At 30 April 2024
1,835 
151,766 
153,601 
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Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2024
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Debtors
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade debtors
17,707 
- 
Accrued income and prepayments
14,229 
- 
31,936 
- 
Amounts falling due after more than one year
Other debtors
11,258 
- 
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
43,265 
- 
Trade creditors
379 
- 
Taxes and social security
711 
- 
Loans from directors
40,750 
- 
Accruals
435 
- 
85,540 
- 
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
79,427 
- 
8
Average number of employees
During the year the average number of employees was 7 (2023: 0).
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