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REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578 (Scotland)











COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024






COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2 to 3

Notes to the Financial Statements 4 to 8

Chartered Accountants' Report 9

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024







DIRECTORS: Iain Alastair Storrie
Curtis Chisholm



REGISTERED OFFICE: 21 Moss Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1BX



REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578 (Scotland)



ACCOUNTANTS: Azets
Accountants
Abercorn House
79 Renfrew Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 4DA



BANKERS: Virgin Money
1 Causeyside Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1UW

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

BALANCE SHEET
29 FEBRUARY 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 58,113 83,016

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 117,427 40,453
Cash at bank and in hand 331,438 289,964
448,865 330,417
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 295,637 60,905
NET CURRENT ASSETS 153,228 269,512
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

211,341

352,528

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

7

(52,561

)

(52,913

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 9 (13,244 ) (14,696 )
NET ASSETS 145,536 284,919

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17,778 53,333
Capital redemption reserve 62,222 26,667
Retained earnings 65,536 204,919
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 145,536 284,919

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 29 February 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 29 February 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.

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

BALANCE SHEET - continued
29 FEBRUARY 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 has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 19 November 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





Curtis Chisholm - Director


COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Cochran Dickie Estate Agency Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in Scotland. The company's registered number is SC372578 and registered office address is 21 Moss Street, Paisley, PA1 1BX.
The nature of the company's operations and its principal activities for the year under review was that of estate agents.

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.

Functional currency
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In preparing these financial statements, the directors have made the following judgements:

Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value assessments consider issues such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

Assets are considered for indications of impairment. If required an impairment review will be carried out and a decision made on possible impairment. Factors taken into consideration in reaching such a decision include the economic viability and expected future financial performance of the asset and where it is a component of a larger cash-generating unit, the viability and expected future performance of that unit.

Bad debts are provided for where objective evidence of the need for a provision exists.

Turnover
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Consideration is given to the point at which the company is entitled to receive the income, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:
- the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due;
- the costs incurred can be measured reliably.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Improvements to property - 10% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on cost

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is 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.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transactions costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risk and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, 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 payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Leases
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 profit and loss account 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.

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.

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Taxation
Current tax is recognised for the amount of income tax payable in respect of the taxable profit for the current or past reporting periods using the tax rates and laws that that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date, except as otherwise indicated.

Deferred tax assets are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

If and when all conditions for retaining tax allowances for the cost of a fixed asset have been met, the deferred tax is reversed.

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

With the exception of changes arising on the initial recognition of a business combination, the tax expense (income) is presented either in profit or loss, other comprehensive income or equity depending on the transaction that resulted in the tax expense (income).

Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors.

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset only if the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously

Impairment of assets
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

Non-financial assets
An asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value to use.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

Financial assets
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of impairment is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal.
An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 11 (2023 - 10 ) .

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Improvements Fixtures
to and Motor
property fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 March 2023 27,836 61,496 95,483 184,815
Additions - 2,688 - 2,688
At 29 February 2024 27,836 64,184 95,483 187,503
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023 27,821 54,086 19,892 101,799
Charge for year - 3,720 23,871 27,591
At 29 February 2024 27,821 57,806 43,763 129,390
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 15 6,378 51,720 58,113
At 28 February 2023 15 7,410 75,591 83,016

The net book value of tangible fixed assets includes £ 51,720 (2023 - £ 75,591 ) in respect of assets held under hire purchase contracts.

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 112,894 40,443
Prepayments and accrued income 4,533 10
117,427 40,453

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 7,783 12,241
Trade creditors 47 11
Corporation tax 59,704 -
Social security and other taxes 4,754 13,084
Value added tax 38,977 22,394
Other creditors 138,728 -
Directors' current accounts 32,000 -
Accrued expenses 13,644 13,175
295,637 60,905

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 52,561 52,913

COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC372578)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

8. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 60,344 65,154

Hire purchase creditors are secured over the assets to which they relate.

9. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Deferred tax 13,244 14,696

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 March 2023 14,696
Credit to Profit and loss during year (1,452 )
Balance at 29 February 2024 13,244

10. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

During the year the company benefited from an interest free loan from its directors. The balance due on this loan at the balance sheet date was £32,000 (2023 £nil).

11. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

There is no overall control in the company with no single shareholder having a majority shareholding.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
COCHRAN DICKIE ESTATE AGENCY 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency Limited for the year ended 29 February 2024 which comprise the Profit and loss, 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Cochran Dickie Estate Agency 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Cochran Dickie Estate Agency 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency Limited. You consider that Cochran Dickie Estate Agency 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 Cochran Dickie Estate Agency 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.






Azets
Accountants
Abercorn House
79 Renfrew Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 4DA


19 November 2024