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REGISTERED NUMBER: 02695503 (England and Wales)















Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

for

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)






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




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4

Chartered Accountants' Report 7

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024







DIRECTORS: M Evetts
D C Croft
M T Dorril
G A Hall
M J Bonsall



REGISTERED OFFICE: St. George's House
Unit 2, Priory
London Road, Canwell
Sutton Coldlfield
West Midlands
B75 5SH



REGISTERED NUMBER: 02695503 (England and Wales)



ACCOUNTANTS: Tomkinson Teal Limited
Hanover Court
5 Queen Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6QD



BANKERS: HSBC plc
49 Market Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6LB

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 31,324 25,241

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 300,000 350,000
Debtors 5 1,116,698 987,408
Cash at bank and in hand 335,621 351,821
1,752,319 1,689,229
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 (658,917 ) (704,950 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,093,402 984,279
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,124,726

1,009,520

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES (7,685 ) (4,661 )
NET ASSETS 1,117,041 1,004,859

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 7 100 100
Retained earnings 1,116,941 1,004,759
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,117,041 1,004,859

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

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their 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.

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 March 2024


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 Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 12 June 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:




D C Croft - Director M T Dorril - Director




M Evetts - Director G A Hall - Director


Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) 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.

Related party exemption
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

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.
Plant and machinery - 25% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 15% on reducing balance

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.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 35 (2023 - 35 ) .

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)

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

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 April 2023 396,301
Additions 15,888
At 31 March 2024 412,189
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 371,060
Charge for year 9,805
At 31 March 2024 380,865
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 31,324
At 31 March 2023 25,241

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 967,950 843,134
Other debtors 148,748 144,274
1,116,698 987,408

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade creditors 90,355 169,443
Amounts owed to group undertakings 71,086 96,714
Taxation and social security 346,841 260,421
Other creditors 150,635 178,372
658,917 704,950

7. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
80 Ordinary A shares 50p 40 40
80 Ordinary B shares 50p 40 40
40 Ordinary C shares 50p 20 20
100 100

Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited (Registered number: 02695503)

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

8. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

Parent undertaking is CCE Holdings Limited registered office: St George's House, Unit 2 London Road, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 5SH.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands)
Limited

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors 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 Directors 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 Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited for the year ended 31 March 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 Board of Directors of Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited, as a body, 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 Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) 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 Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) Limited. You consider that Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) 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 Couch Consulting Engineers (Midlands) 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 Limited
Hanover Court
5 Queen Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6QD


12 June 2024