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Registration number: 03897008

Next Bus Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Next Bus Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Balance Sheet

3 to 4

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

5 to 10

 

Next Bus Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mr DJ Pickford

Mr JM Pickford

Company secretary

Mrs A Pickford

Registered office

Ground Floor, Seneca House
Links Point, Amy Johnson Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2FF

Accountants

Crossley & Davis Chartered Accountants
Ground Floor, Seneca House
Links Point, Amy Johnson Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2FF

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Next Bus Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Next Bus Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 as set out on pages 3 to 10 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Next Bus Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Next Bus Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Next Bus Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Next Bus Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Next Bus Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Next Bus Limited. You consider that Next Bus Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Next Bus Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

......................................

Crossley & Davis Chartered Accountants
Ground Floor, Seneca House
Links Point, Amy Johnson Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2FF

23 October 2024

 

Next Bus Limited

(Registration number: 03897008)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

51,744

50,244

Current assets

 

Stocks

5

15,000

15,000

Debtors

6

308,667

320,110

Cash at bank and in hand

 

26,697

38,755

 

350,364

373,865

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(353,924)

(368,288)

Net current (liabilities)/assets

 

(3,560)

5,577

Total assets less current liabilities

 

48,184

55,821

Provisions for liabilities

(9,451)

(6,776)

Net assets

 

38,733

49,045

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

2

2

Retained earnings

38,731

49,043

Shareholders' funds

 

38,733

49,045

For the financial year ending 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 23 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

 

Next Bus Limited

(Registration number: 03897008)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

.........................................
Mr JM Pickford
Director

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Ground Floor, Seneca House
Links Point, Amy Johnson Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2FF
England

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 23 October 2024.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Motor Vehicles

20% reducing balance with none in the first year for coaches

Equipment

25% reducing balance

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a reducing balance basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 3 (2022 - 3).

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

4

Tangible assets

Equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

9,535

107,575

117,110

Additions

-

27,960

27,960

Disposals

-

(17,550)

(17,550)

At 31 December 2023

9,535

117,985

127,520

Depreciation

At 1 January 2023

8,153

58,713

66,866

Charge for the year

345

9,909

10,254

Eliminated on disposal

-

(1,344)

(1,344)

At 31 December 2023

8,498

67,278

75,776

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2023

1,037

50,707

51,744

At 31 December 2022

1,382

48,862

50,244

5

Stocks

2023
£

2022
£

Other inventories

15,000

15,000

6

Debtors

Current

2023
£

2022
£

Trade debtors

60,600

54,648

Other debtors

248,067

265,462

 

308,667

320,110

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

7

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2023
£

2022
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

196,325

185,071

Taxation and social security

67,228

73,596

Accruals and deferred income

3,000

20,000

Other creditors

87,371

89,621

353,924

368,288

 

Next Bus Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

8

Related party transactions

Loans to related parties

2023

Key management
£

Total
£

At start of period

63,204

63,204

Advanced

71,809

71,809

Repaid

(63,204)

(63,204)

At end of period

71,809

71,809

2022

Key management
£

Total
£

At start of period

51,954

51,954

Advanced

71,250

71,250

Repaid

(60,000)

(60,000)

At end of period

63,204

63,204

Terms of loans to related parties

Loans to directors are unsecured, repayable on demand, and interest is charged at the official rate on any balance that exceeds £10,000 throughout the year.