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Company Registration Number: NI608590
 
 
Solo Retailing Ltd
 
Abridged Unaudited Financial Statements
 
for the financial year ended 31 December 2023
Solo Retailing Ltd
Company Registration Number: NI608590
ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET
as at 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £ £
 
Fixed Assets
Intangible assets 4 60,423 86,121
Tangible assets 5 332,236 283,344
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Fixed Assets 392,659 369,465
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Current Assets
Stocks 428,266 413,183
Debtors 951 (32,913)
Cash and cash equivalents 817,183 923,415
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1,246,400 1,303,685
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (1,116,576) (1,144,492)
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Net Current Assets 129,824 159,193
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Total Assets less Current Liabilities 522,483 528,658
 
Creditors:
amounts falling due after more than one year (262,782) (282,036)
 
Provisions for liabilities (62,614) (62,007)
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Net Assets 197,087 184,615
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Capital and Reserves
Called up share capital 30 30
Retained earnings 197,057 184,585
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Equity attributable to owners of the company 197,087 184,615
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The financial statements have been prepared 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).
           
All of the members have consented to the preparation of abridged accounts in accordance with section 444(2A) of the Companies Act 2006.
           
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 444 not to file the Abridged Profit and Loss Account and Directors' Report.
For the financial year ended 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
           
The directors confirm that the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the financial year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
           
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its profit and loss for the 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.
           
Approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 24 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by
           
           
________________________________     ________________________________
Michelle Finch     Jonathan Finch
Director     Director
           



Solo Retailing Ltd
NOTES TO THE ABRIDGED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the financial year ended 31 December 2023

   
1. General Information
 
Solo Retailing Ltd is a company limited by shares incorporated and registered in Northern Ireland. The registered number of the company is NI608590. The registered office of the company is 42 Dungannon Road, Cookstown, Tyrone, BT80 9AE, Northern Ireland which is also the principal place of business of the company. The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the operation of a number of retail grocery and automotive fuel retail outlets The financial statements have been presented in Pound (£) which is also the functional currency of the company.
         
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the company's financial statements.
 
Statement of compliance
The financial statements of the company for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A (Small Entities) and the Companies Act 2006.
 
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with the historical cost convention except for certain properties and financial instruments that are measured at revalued amounts or fair values, as explained in the accounting policies below. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.
 
Turnover
Turnover comprises the invoice value of goods supplied by the company, exclusive of trade discounts and value added tax.
 
Intangible assets
 
Licences
Licences are valued at cost less accumulated amortisation.
 
Amortisation is calculated to write off the cost in equal annual instalments over their estimated useful life of 0 years.
 
Goodwill
Purchased goodwill arising on the acquisition of a business represents the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair value of the identifiable net assets including other intangible fixed assets when they were acquired. Purchased goodwill is capitalised in the Balance Sheet and amortised on a straight line basis over its economic useful life of 0 years, which is estimated to be the period during which benefits are expected to arise.  On disposal of a business any goodwill not yet amortised is included in determining the profit or loss on sale of the business.
 
Tangible assets and depreciation
Tangible assets are stated at cost or at valuation, less accumulated depreciation. The charge to depreciation is calculated to write off the original cost or valuation of tangible assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives as follows:
 
  Fixtures, fittings and equipment - 20% Straight line
  Motor vehicles - 20% Straight line
  Office equipment - 20% Straight line
 
The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed annually for impairment in periods if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.
 
Leasing and hire purchases
Tangible assets held under leasing and Hire Purchases arrangements which transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the company are capitalised and included in the Balance Sheet at their cost or valuation, less depreciation. The corresponding commitments are recorded as liabilities. Payments in respect of these obligations are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements, with interest charged to the Profit and Loss Account.
 
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Stocks are determined on a first-in first-out basis. Cost comprises expenditure incurred in the normal course of business in bringing stocks to their present location and condition.  Full provision is made for obsolete and slow moving items. Net realisable value comprises actual or estimated selling price (net of trade discounts) less all further costs to completion or to be incurred in marketing and selling.
 
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases the receivables are stated at cost less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
 
Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs relating to the acquisition of assets are capitalised at the appropriate rate by adding them to the cost of assets being acquired. Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on the assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation. All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.
 
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has a present legal or constructive obligation arising as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made. Provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation using a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the same value of money and the risks specific to the obligation. The increase in the provision due to passage of time is recognised as interest expense.
 
Trade and other creditors
Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost.
 
Employee benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The company also operates a defined benefit pension scheme for its employees providing benefits based on final pensionable pay. The assets of this scheme are also held separately from those of the company, being invested with pension fund managers.
 
Taxation and deferred taxation
Current tax represents the amount expected to be paid or recovered in respect of taxable profits for the financial year and is calculated using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted at the Balance Sheet date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events have occurred at that date that will result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future, or a right to pay less tax in the future. Timing differences are temporary differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements. Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis at the tax rates that are anticipated to apply in the periods in which the timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date.
 
Foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the Balance Sheet date. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the date when the fair value was determined. The resulting exchange differences are dealt with in the Profit and Loss Account.
 
Ordinary share capital
The ordinary share capital of the company is presented as equity.
       
3. Employees
 
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the financial year was 49, (2022 - 47).
 
  2023 2022
  Number Number
 
Staff 49 47
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4. Intangible assets
       
  Licences Goodwill Total
  £ £ £
Cost
At 1 January 2023 123,490 508,680 632,170
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At 31 December 2023 123,490 508,680 632,170
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Amortisation
At 1 January 2023 38,369 507,680 546,049
Charge for financial year 24,698 1,000 25,698
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At 31 December 2023 63,067 508,680 571,747
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Net book value
At 31 December 2023 60,423 - 60,423
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At 31 December 2022 85,121 1,000 86,121
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5. Tangible assets
  Fixtures, Motor Office Total
  fittings and vehicles equipment  
  equipment      
  £ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 January 2023 631,623 66,542 45,144 743,309
Additions 146,508 62,705 1,940 211,153
Disposals - (49,842) - (49,842)
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At 31 December 2023 778,131 79,405 47,084 904,620
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Depreciation
At 1 January 2023 384,585 32,741 42,639 459,965
Charge for the financial year 114,627 15,879 1,382 131,888
On disposals - (19,469) - (19,469)
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At 31 December 2023 499,212 29,151 44,021 572,384
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Net book value
At 31 December 2023 278,919 50,254 3,063 332,236
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At 31 December 2022 247,038 33,801 2,505 283,344
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6. Capital commitments
 
The company had no material capital commitments at the financial year-ended 31 December 2023.
   
7. Post-Balance Sheet Events
 
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.