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Tangible assets | 3 |
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Investment property | 4 |
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Investments | 5 |
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666,316 | 643,971 | |||
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- due within one year | 6 |
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- due after more than one year | 6 |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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754,778 | 1,011,131 | |||
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 7 | (
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Net current liabilities | (321,762) | (315,635) | ||
Total assets less current liabilities | 344,554 | 328,336 | ||
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 8 |
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Provision for liabilities | 9 | (
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Net assets |
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Called-up share capital | 10 |
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Other reserves |
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Profit and loss account |
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Total shareholders' funds |
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Directors' responsibilities:
The financial statements of M O Holdings Limited (registered number:
M Ogden
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
M O Holdings Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the company's registered office is 35 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1XW, England, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £1.
Group accounts exemption s399
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the Company as an individual entity and not about its group.
Defined contribution schemes
The company operates a defined contribution scheme. The amount charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in respect of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the financial year. Differences between contributions payable in the financial year and contributions actually paid are included as either accruals or prepayments in the Statement of Financial Position.
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Statement of Financial Position date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on current tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
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Vehicles |
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Computer equipment |
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The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
Assets held under finance leases, hire purchase contracts and other similar arrangements, which confer rights and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets, are capitalised as tangible fixed assets at the fair value of the leased asset (or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments as determined at the inception of the lease) and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms and their useful lives. The capital elements of future lease obligations are recorded as liabilities, while the interest elements are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over the period of the leases to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The fair value is determined annually by the directors, on an open market value for existing use basis.
Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value through profit or loss if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.
The Company only enters into basic financial instruments and 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 and from related parties.
Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, and amounts due from related companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.
Financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors and accruals, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and 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.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Statement of Financial Position date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).
When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
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Monthly average number of persons employed by the company during the year, including directors |
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Disposals |
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Valuation
A full market valuation of investment property was completed by directors at the statement of financial position date.
Historic cost
If the investment properties had been accounted for under the cost accounting rules, the properties would have been measured as follows:
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Historic cost | 261,148 | 261,148 |
Investments in subsidiaries
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Listed investments | Total | ||
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Movement in fair value |
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Carrying value at 31 January 2024 |
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Carrying value at 31 January 2023 |
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Trade debtors |
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Amounts owed by group undertakings |
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Prepayments |
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Other debtors |
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Other debtors |
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Bank loans |
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Trade creditors |
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Accruals and deferred income |
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Taxation and social security |
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Other creditors |
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Bank loans |
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The deferred taxation balance is made up as follows:
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Other timing differences |
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Fair value movement |
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Commitments
Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
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between one and five years |
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Other financial commitments
**Debenture**
On 13 May 2015, the company together with Abingdon Freight Forwarding Agency Limited, Chain Supply Managament and Logistics Limited and Sandrair International Limited (each "a Chargor"), entered into a debenture in favour of Barclays Bank Plc ("the Bank") to secure all present and future liabilities and obligations of each chargor to the Bank, whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly or severally or in any other capacity. The assets of the Chargors in respect of which they granted to the Bank a fixed and floating charge to secure their respective liabilities and obligations.
**VAT**
The company is included in a group registration for VAT with Sandrair International Limited, its subsidiary. The members of the VAT group are jointly and severally liable for any amounts due and at 31 January 2024. There is no contingent liability for the current year on the basis that the subsidiary's accounts are showing a VAT debtor balance.
Pensions
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the directors and employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
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Unpaid contributions due to the fund (inc. in other creditors) |
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Transactions with the entity's directors
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Included in other creditors is a balance owed to a director. This balance is unsecured and interest free and repayable on demand with no fixed repayment terms. | 0 | 3,624 |
Other related party transactions
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Included within other creditors is a balance due to companies with common directors. This balance is unsecured and interest free and repayable on demand with no fixed repayment terms. | 824,165 | 985,303 | |
Included within amounts owed by group undertakings is a balance owed by subsidiaries. This balance is unsecured and interest free and repayable on demand with no fixed repayment terms. | 36,698 | 341,521 | |
Included within other debtors is a balance due from companies with a common director. This balance is unsecured and interest free and repayable on demand with no fixed repayment terms. | 561,666 | 553,427 |
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Included in the other debtors is a balance owed by a director. This balance is unsecured, and interest is charged at HMRC's approved rate with no fixed repayment terms. | 76,345 | 0 |
The loan was repaid in full on 30 May 2024.