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Registered number: 05827610
The Forward Property Group Limited
Unaudited Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023
Unaudited Financial Statements
Contents
Page
Statement of Financial Position 1—2
Notes to the Financial Statements 3—8
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Statement of Financial Position
Registered number: 05827610
2023 2022
Notes £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets 4 12,574,763 11,192,804
12,574,763 11,192,804
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 5 171,689 171,689
Debtors 6 488,176 739,516
Cash at bank and in hand 145,669 259,316
805,534 1,170,521
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 7 (3,309,462 ) (3,621,458 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) (2,503,928 ) (2,450,937 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 10,070,835 8,741,867
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year 8 (6,370,660 ) (6,523,413 )
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred Taxation 9 (537,457 ) (190,160 )
NET ASSETS 3,162,718 2,028,294
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 10 2 2
Income Statement 3,162,716 2,028,292
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 3,162,718 2,028,294
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For the year ending 31 December 2023 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.
The company has taken advantage of section 444(1) of the Companies Act 2006 and opted not to deliver to the registrar a copy of the company's Income Statement.
On behalf of the board
Mr J N Shepherd
Director
20th September 2024
The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General Information
The Forward Property Group Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 05827610 . The registered office is The Old Laundry, Lady Mary Square, Rostherne Lane, Rostherne, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6SA.

The principal activity is property investment and development.
2. Accounting Policies
2.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with the FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities - The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
2.2. Going Concern Disclosure
The company has net current liabilities of £2,503,928 (2022: £2,450,937), including £6,459,193 (2022: £6,706,962) owed to group and related undertakings with no fixed repayment terms. Assurances have been received that financial support and extension of these facilities will be made available if required, and accordingly the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. 
2.3. Turnover
Turnover is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates and value added tax. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Rendering of services

Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  • the amount of revenue can be measured reliably:
  • it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
  • the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
  • the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.

Turnover consists of rents receivable from investment properties, excluding VAT where relevant.
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2.4. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets, other than investment assets, and investment properties (see 1.5 below), are measured at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Plant & Machinery etc. 25% on cost
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income.
Investment assets are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value through the Income Statement if fair value can be measured reliably. Otherwise they are measured at cost less impairment.
2.5. Investment Properties
All investment properties are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value being recognised in the Income Statement. The directors of the company have valued the properties themselves based on such factors as current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. In this case the fair value is considered to be an open market value. The determined fair value of the investment property is most sensitive to the estimated yield. No depreciation is provided for investment properties. 
Deferred taxation is provided on revaluation gains at the rate expected to apply when the property is sold.
2.6. Stocks and Work in Progress
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.

Work-in-progress represents cumulative costs of property under development. Work in progress is carried at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Impairment losses are recognised immediately in the Income Statement.
2.7. 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 debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares.

For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the company would receive for the asset if it were sold at the balance sheet date.
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2.8. Taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the Income Statement because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair value of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and asset reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Current or deferred tax for the year is recognised in the Income Statement, except when they related to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case, the current and deferred tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
2.9. Debtors and Creditors
Debtors:

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Creditors:

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction proce. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
2.10. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than twenty four hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.
3. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 2 (2022: 2)
2 2
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4. Tangible Assets
Investment Properties Plant & Machinery etc. Total
£ £ £
Cost or Valuation
As at 1 January 2023 11,161,262 56,544 11,217,806
Additions 99,589 342 99,931
Revaluation 1,284,149 - 1,284,149
As at 31 December 2023 12,545,000 56,886 12,601,886
Depreciation
As at 1 January 2023 - 25,002 25,002
Provided during the period - 2,121 2,121
As at 31 December 2023 - 27,123 27,123
Net Book Value
As at 31 December 2023 12,545,000 29,763 12,574,763
As at 1 January 2023 11,161,262 31,542 11,192,804
Cost or valuation as at 31 December 2023 represented by:
Investment Properties Plant & Machinery etc. Total
£ £ £
At cost - 56,886 56,886
At valuation 12,545,000 - 12,545,000
12,545,000 56,886 12,601,886
The 2023 valuation of the investment properties held by the company is made by the directors and based as far as possible on recent independent professional valuations obtained for several of the properties. The valuations are on an open market value, existing use basis.
If the investment properties had been accounted for under the historic cost accounting rules, the properties would have been measured as follows: 
2023 - £10,175,074
2022 - £10,075,486.
5. Stocks
2023 2022
£ £
Work in progress 171,689 171,689
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6. Debtors
2023 2022
£ £
Due within one year
Trade debtors 206,677 190,246
Prepayments and accrued income 164,814 95,565
Other debtors 88,107 72,945
Amounts owed by group undertakings 1,768 328,476
Amounts owed by related undertakings 26,810 52,284
488,176 739,516
7. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2023 2022
£ £
Trade creditors 15,010 31,675
Bank loans and overdrafts 152,627 152,500
Corporation tax 21,038 15,274
VAT 6,667 18,789
Other creditors 109,660 231,245
Accruals and deferred income 545,267 465,013
Amounts owed to group undertakings 987,425 1,257,099
Amounts owed to related undertakings 1,471,768 1,449,863
3,309,462 3,621,458
8. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year
2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans 2,370,660 2,523,413
Amounts owed to group undertakings 4,000,000 4,000,000
6,370,660 6,523,413
9. Deferred Taxation
The provision for deferred taxation is made up of the required provision in respect of property revaluation surpluses, and accelerated capital allowances
2023 2022
£ £
Accelerated capital allowances 216,419 190,160
Revaluation of investment properties 321,038 -
537,457 190,160
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10. Share Capital
2023 2022
£ £
Allotted, Called up and fully paid 2 2
11. Related Party Transactions
Under UK GAAP the company is exempt from the requirement to disclose transactions with wholly owned members of the same group.
During the year fees for property management services amounting to £13,750 (2022: £85,000) were charged by Crest Property Management Limited, a company controlled by the directors. 
Working capital loans were also advanced between the company and related parties from time to time.
At 31 December 2023, debtors (note 6) includes the following amounts due from related parties, entities ultimately controlled by the directors:
St Baldreds Estates Limited £1,585 (2022: £21,878).
Crest Commercial Property Limited £21,529 (2022: £23,124).
At 31 December 2023, creditors (note 7) includes the following amounts due to related parties, entities ultimately controlled by the directors:
Crest Property Management Limited £1,471,768 (2022: £1,449,863).
These working capital financing loan balances are interest free and have no formal or fixed repayment terms.
12. Ultimate Controlling Party
The company's parent company and controlling party is Forward Construction and Developments Limited by virtue of it's ownership of 100% of the issued share capital in the company.
13. Secured creditors
Included within creditors falling due within one year, and creditors falling due after more than one year, are bank loans and overdrafts of £2,493,750 (2022: £2,636,250) which are secured. Security is by way of fixed charges over two of the investment properties of the company.
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