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REGISTERED NUMBER: 06176006 (England and Wales)















Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

for

Fort Estates Limited

Fort Estates Limited (Registered number: 06176006)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 3

Chartered Accountants' Report 5

Fort Estates Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024







DIRECTOR: D Thornton Baker





REGISTERED OFFICE: Cookes Storage - Office Suite 3
16 Maybrook Road
Minworth
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B76 1AL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 06176006 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Tomkinson Teal (Lichfield) LLP
Hanover Court
5 Queen Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6QD

Fort Estates Limited (Registered number: 06176006)

Balance Sheet
31 August 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 310,820 307,420
Debtors 4 20,175 354,926
Cash at bank 167,280 199,411
498,275 861,757
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 5 (151,500 ) (442,478 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 346,775 419,279
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

346,775

419,279

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

6

-

(73,334

)
NET ASSETS 346,775 345,945

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 7 1 1
Retained earnings 346,774 345,944
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 346,775 345,945

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 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 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 Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 14 November 2024 and were signed by:



D Thornton Baker - Director


Fort Estates Limited (Registered number: 06176006)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Fort Estates 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 (£).


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.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the first-in, first-out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate.

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 or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

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

4. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 3,000 202,160
Amounts owed by group undertakings - 100,001
Amounts owed by participating interests 4,645 30,026
Other debtors 12,530 22,739
20,175 354,926

Fort Estates Limited (Registered number: 06176006)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

5. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts - 40,000
Trade creditors 90,483 169,326
Amounts owed to group undertakings 50,853 199,987
Taxation and social security 5,008 28,134
Other creditors 5,156 5,031
151,500 442,478

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans - 73,334

7. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

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

8. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is Kensington Services Limited.

Registered office: Office Suite 3, 16 Maybrook Road, Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B76 1AL.

The ultimate controlling party is Kingshurst Securities Limited.

Registered office: Office Suite 3, 16 Maybrook Road, Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B76 1AL.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Director
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
Fort Estates Limited

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the director in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Director are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Fort Estates Limited for the year ended 31 August 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

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

It is your duty to ensure that Fort Estates Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Fort Estates Limited. You consider that Fort Estates 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 financial statements of Fort Estates 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 financial statements.






Tomkinson Teal (Lichfield) LLP
Hanover Court
5 Queen Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6QD


14 November 2024