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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03495482 (England and Wales)















Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

for

The Black Balloon Limited

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4


The Black Balloon Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024







DIRECTOR: D G Saker





REGISTERED OFFICE: 115 Murray Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 3JP





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03495482 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Curo Chartered Accountants
Curo House
Greenbox
Westonhall Road
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B60 4AL

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Balance Sheet
29 February 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 4 1,372 1,829
Tangible assets 5 9,755 12,284
11,127 14,113

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 4,371 5,134
Debtors 6 14,142 28,531
Cash at bank 2,973 6,913
21,486 40,578
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 24,123 37,110
NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS (2,637 ) 3,468
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

8,490

17,581

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

8

21,692

26,047
NET LIABILITIES (13,202 ) (8,466 )

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 10 1,000 1,000
Retained earnings (14,202 ) (9,466 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS (13,202 ) (8,466 )

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 29 February 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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.

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Balance Sheet - continued
29 February 2024


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 22 August 2024 and were signed by:





D G Saker - Director


The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

The Black Balloon Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


The financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the director believes that there is sufficient funding in place to support the business for the next twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.

Turnover
The amount of turnover is the invoiced value of goods and services supplied to customers, excluding value added tax, arising from the principal activity of the company.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any impairment losses.

Websites are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of 20 years.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

The company assesses at each reporting date whether tangible fixed assets are impaired.

Depreciation is charged to the profit and loss account over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of tangible fixed assets. Land is not depreciated. The estimated useful lives are as follows:

Plant and machinery etc - 25% on cost and 25% on reducing balance

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed if there is an indication of a significant change since last annual reporting date in the pattern by which the company expects to consume an asset's future economic benefits.

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the first-in first-out principle and includes expenditure incurred in acquiring the stocks, production or conversion costs and other costs in bringing them to their existing location and condition. In the case of manufactured stocks and work in progress, cost includes an appropriate share of overheads based on normal operating capacity.


The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Taxation
Tax on the profit or loss 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 directly in equity or other comprehensive income, in which case it is recognised directly in equity or other comprehensive income.

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax is provided on timing differences which arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. The following timing differences are not provided for; differences between accumulated depreciation and tax allowances for the cost of a fixed asset if and when all conditions for retaining the tax allowances have been met; and differences relating to investments to the extent that it is not probable that they will reverse in the foreseeable future and the reporting entity is able to control the reversal of the timing difference. Deferred tax is not recognised on permanent differences arising because certain types of income or expense are non-taxable or are disallowable for tax or because certain tax charges or allowances are greater or smaller than the corresponding income or expense.

Deferred tax is measured at the tax rate that is expected to apply to the reversal of the related difference, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet. Deferred tax balances are not discounted.

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit and loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined contribution pension plans are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account in the periods during which services are rendered by employees.

Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price, including any transaction costs, and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The Company only enters into basic financial instruments 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.

Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost.

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 the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of established cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Provisions and contingencies
Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the Company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

Provisions are charged as an expense to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the year that the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the Balance Sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties. When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Balance Sheet.

Contingent liabilities are recognised as a provision when the likelihood of economic outflow is assessed as probable. Contingent liabilities arise as a result of past events when (i) it is not probable that there will be an outflow of resources or that the amount cannot be reliably measured at the reporting date or (ii) when the existence will be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of uncertain future events not wholly within the company's control. Contingent liabilities are not recognised as a provision but are instead disclosed in the financial statements when the likelihood of economic settlement is deemed possible and not probable. Contingent liabilities are not recognised as a disclosure when the probability of an outflow of resources is remote.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 2 (2023 - 1 ) .

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

4. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Other
intangible
assets
£   
COST
At 1 March 2023
and 29 February 2024 37,945
AMORTISATION
At 1 March 2023 36,116
Charge for year 457
At 29 February 2024 36,573
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 1,372
At 28 February 2023 1,829

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 March 2023 49,745
Additions 810
At 29 February 2024 50,555
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023 37,461
Charge for year 3,339
At 29 February 2024 40,800
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 9,755
At 28 February 2023 12,284

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:

Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 March 2023
and 29 February 2024 18,000
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023 14,625
Charge for year 844
At 29 February 2024 15,469
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 2,531
At 28 February 2023 3,375

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 2,274 2,388
Other debtors 11,868 26,143
14,142 28,531

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 5,358 5,617
Hire purchase contracts - 6,233
Trade creditors 4,732 5,768
Taxation and social security 6,644 4,475
Other creditors 7,389 15,017
24,123 37,110

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans 21,692 26,047

The Black Balloon Limited (Registered number: 03495482)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 29 February 2024

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR - continued
2024 2023
£    £   
Amounts falling due in more than five years:

Repayable by instalments
Bank loans due in more than 5
years by instalments 5,165 10,491
5,165 10,491

9. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2024 2023
£    £   
Bank overdrafts 1,226 2,052
Bank loans 25,824 29,612
Hire purchase contracts - 6,233
27,050 37,897

Hire purchase liabilities are secured over the assets to which the liabilities relate.

The bank loan is secured by a guarantee from the UK Government under BBLS (the BBLS Guarantee).

10. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
1,000 Ordinary £1 1,000 1,000

11. DIRECTOR'S ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 29 February 2024 and 28 February 2023:

2024 2023
£    £   
D G Saker
Balance outstanding at start of year 25,477 11,552
Amounts advanced 8,477 16,030
Amounts repaid (26,311 ) (2,105 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year 7,643 25,477