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Company Registration No. 10273842 (England and Wales)
Pickford Solicitors Limited Unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
Pickford Solicitors Limited Unaudited accounts Contents
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Pickford Solicitors Limited Company Information for the year ended 31 March 2024
Directors
Mr Parthiv B Patel Mr J Singh Mr B S Guest Mrs Sinead Teague
Company Number
10273842 (England and Wales)
Registered Office
1D Mitre Court 38 Lichfield Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B74 2NJ
Accountants
Sharman Fielding The Oval 57 New Walk Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7EA
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Chartered Accountants' report to the board of directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts of Pickford Solicitors Limited for the year ended 31 March 2024
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Pickford Solicitors Limited for the year ended 31 March 2024 as set out on pages 5 - 7 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 icaew.com/membershandbook.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Pickford Solicitors Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 1 April 2018. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Pickford Solicitors Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Pickford Solicitors Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with AAF 07/16 as detailed at icaew.com/compilation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Pickford Solicitors Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Pickford Solicitors 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 Pickford Solicitors Limited. You consider that Pickford Solicitors 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 Pickford Solicitors 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.
Sharman Fielding Chartered Accountants The Oval 57 New Walk Leicester Leicestershire LE1 7EA 10 November 2024
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Pickford Solicitors Limited Statement of financial position as at 31 March 2024
2024 
2023 
Notes
£ 
£ 
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
65,000 
85,000 
Tangible assets
45,941 
47,741 
110,941 
132,741 
Current assets
Inventories
82,350 
65,435 
Debtors
174,217 
126,738 
Cash at bank and in hand
75,174 
163,460 
331,741 
355,633 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(404,873)
(385,370)
Net current liabilities
(73,132)
(29,737)
Total assets less current liabilities
37,809 
103,004 
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
(83,528)
(176,113)
Net liabilities
(45,719)
(73,109)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100 
100 
Profit and loss account
(45,819)
(73,209)
Shareholders' funds
(45,719)
(73,109)
For the year ending 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 in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared and delivered 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. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 10 November 2024 and were signed on its behalf by
Mr Parthiv B Patel Director Company Registration No. 10273842
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Pickford Solicitors Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
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Statutory information
Pickford Solicitors Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 10273842. The registered office is 1D Mitre Court, 38 Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B74 2NJ.
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Compliance with accounting standards
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.
3
Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.
Presentation currency
The accounts are presented in £ sterling.
Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives:
Fixtures & fittings
15% on reducing balance
Computer equipment
25% on reducing balance
Intangible fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets (including purchased goodwill and patents) are included at cost less accumulated amortisation.
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Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill 
£ 
Cost
At 1 April 2023
200,000 
At 31 March 2024
200,000 
Amortisation
At 1 April 2023
115,000 
Charge for the year
20,000 
At 31 March 2024
135,000 
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
65,000 
At 31 March 2023
85,000 
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Pickford Solicitors Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
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Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures & fittings 
Computer equipment 
Total 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Cost or valuation
At cost 
At cost 
At 1 April 2023
46,918 
21,599 
68,517 
Additions
1,388 
5,971 
7,359 
At 31 March 2024
48,306 
27,570 
75,876 
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
10,084 
10,692 
20,776 
Charge for the year
5,674 
3,485 
9,159 
At 31 March 2024
15,758 
14,177 
29,935 
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
32,548 
13,393 
45,941 
At 31 March 2023
36,834 
10,907 
47,741 
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Debtors
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade debtors
94,737 
62,420 
Accrued income and prepayments
70,480 
55,318 
Other debtors
9,000 
9,000 
174,217 
126,738 
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Bank loans and overdrafts
30,551 
30,400 
VAT
25,208 
53,519 
Obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
- 
6,274 
Trade creditors
81,267 
27,691 
Amounts owed to group undertakings and other participating interests
64,091 
62,508 
Taxes and social security
30,091 
19,896 
Loans from directors
5,000 
13,500 
Accruals
168,665 
171,582 
404,873 
385,370 
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Bank loans
52,628 
77,213 
Loans from directors
30,900 
98,900 
83,528 
176,113 
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Average number of employees
During the year the average number of employees was 17 (2023: 18).
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