Company registration number 11876892 (England and Wales)
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
6th Floor Kings House
9-10 Haymarket
London
United Kingdom
SW1Y 4BP
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Company information
1
Balance sheet
2 - 3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 7
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
- 1 -
Director
Mr B Donne
Company number
11876892
Registered office
6th Floor Kings House
9-10 Haymarket
London
United Kingdom
SW1Y 4BP
Accountants
6th Floor Kings House
9-10 Haymarket
United Kingdom
SW1Y 4BP
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2024
31 March 2024
- 2 -
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
4
349,639
3,587,417
Current assets
Debtors
5
394,143
303,559
Cash at bank and in hand
1,958,678
372,152
2,352,821
675,711
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(109,266)
(28,024)
Net current assets
2,243,555
647,687
Total assets less current liabilities
2,593,194
4,235,104
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(2,159,601)
(3,766,006)
Net assets
433,593
469,098
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
433,493
468,998
Total equity
433,593
469,098
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 MARCH 2024
31 March 2024
- 3 -

For the financial year ended 31 March 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 of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

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

The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 8 October 2024
Mr B Donne
Director
Company registration number 11876892 (England and Wales)
PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 4 -
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Planning Forward Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 6th Floor Kings House, 9-10 Haymarket, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4BP.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

1.2
Income

Dividends received on equity shares are accounted for on an ex-dividend basis. Foreign dividends are grossed up at the appropriate rate of withholding tax. Special dividends are recognised on an ex-dividend basis and treated as a capital or revenue item depending on the facts and circumstances of each dividend. The board reviews special dividends and their treatment at each meeting.

 

Where the company has elected to receive its dividends in the form of additional shares rather than in cash, the equivalent of the cash dividend is recognised as income.

 

Deposit interest receivable is accounted for on an accruals basis.

1.3
Cash at bank and in hand

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.4
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally 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.

PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 5 -
Fair value measurement of financial instruments

Investments – As the company’s business is investing in financial assets with a view to profiting from their total return in the form of increases in fair value, financial assets are designated as held at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with FRS 102 Section 11: ‘Basic Financial Instruments.’ The investments of the company are managed and evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with its investment strategy, and information about the investments is provided on this basis to the board.

 

Investments held at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value. After initial recognition, these continue to be measured at fair value, which for quoted investments is either the bid price or the last traded price depending on the convention of the exchange on which the investment is listed. Gains or losses on investments are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account. Purchases and sales of the financial assets are recognised on the trade date, being the date which the company commits to purchase or sell the assets.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.

1.5
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes 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 reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date 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 is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 6 -
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

In the opinion of the directors there are no significant judgements or areas of estimation uncertainty.

 

3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
1
1
4
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Other investments other than loans
349,639
3,587,417
Fixed asset investments revalued

Investments have been revalued to their year end market value with the fair value movement going through the profit and loss account. The assets are all listed on an active market and their values can be reliably measured. Year end valuations have been obtained from the valuation report provided by the company's investment manager, Safra Sarasin.

 

The historic cost of the portfolio at the year end was £339,234

PLANNING FORWARD LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
4
Fixed asset investments
(Continued)
- 7 -
Movements in fixed asset investments
Investments
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2023
3,587,417
Disposals
(3,237,778)
At 31 March 2024
349,639
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2024
349,639
At 31 March 2023
3,587,417
5
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other debtors
329,336
277,044
Deferred tax asset
64,807
26,515
394,143
303,559
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Corporation tax
20,725
-
0
Other creditors
88,541
28,024
109,266
28,024
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
£
£
Other creditors
2,159,601
3,766,006
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