REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
for |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
for |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
DIRECTOR: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Chartered Accountants |
Oriel House |
2-8 Oriel Road |
Bootle |
Liverpool |
Merseyside |
L20 7EP |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Balance Sheet |
30 December 2023 |
30.12.23 | 30.12.22 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
Investments | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks |
Debtors | 6 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 7 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 9 |
Retained earnings |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The director acknowledges his 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. |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Balance Sheet - continued |
30 December 2023 |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
The financial statements contain information about Alex Stewart Agriculture 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 represents the fair value of services provided under contracts with customers to the extent that there is a right to consideration. It is measured at the fair value of consideration due. Where a service is incomplete at the year end, turnover represents the value of the service provided to that date based on an appropriate proportion of the total expected consideration at completion. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Fixed assets are recognised at historical cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. |
Plant and machinery | - 25% on reducing balance |
Fixtures and fittings | - 25% on reducing balance |
Computer equipment | - 25% on reducing balance |
Motor Vehicles | - 25% on reducing balance |
Investments in subsidiaries |
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, 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. |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
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. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
Plant and | and | Motor | Computer |
machinery | fittings | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 31 December 2022 |
Additions |
At 30 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 31 December 2022 |
Charge for year |
At 30 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 December 2023 |
At 30 December 2022 |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£ |
COST |
At 31 December 2022 |
and 30 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 30 December 2023 |
At 30 December 2022 |
6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.12.23 | 30.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
30.12.23 | 30.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
Other creditors includes £249,273 (2022: £254,840) owing to an associated company. |
8. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
30.12.23 | 30.12.22 |
£ | £ |
Bank overdrafts |
National Westminster Bank Plc hold a fixed and floating charge dated 11 January 2011 over the assets of the company. |
Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited (Registered number: 01501780) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 30 December 2023 |
9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30.12.23 | 30.12.22 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary A | £1 | 12,261 | 12,261 |
Ordinary B | £1 | 1,809 | 1,809 |
Ordinary C | £1 | 6,030 | 6,030 |
20,100 | 20,100 |
10. | POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS |
On 19 April 2024, following an acquisition of its share capital, Alex Stewart Agriculture Limited's trade and assets were hived into the parent company. |