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Registration number: 04384604

Lifstans Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

 

Lifstans Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Balance Sheet

3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 8

 

Lifstans Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mrs Y M Clark

Mr D G Clark

Registered office

DeVines Bellefield House
104 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0RG

Accountants

DeVines Accountants Limited
Chartered Accountants
Bellefield House
104 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0RG

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Lifstans 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 Lifstans Limited for the year ended 31 March 2024 as set out on pages 3 to 8 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 Lifstans Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 16 September 2019. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Lifstans Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Lifstans 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 Lifstans Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Lifstans 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 Lifstans Limited. You consider that Lifstans 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 Lifstans 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.

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

DeVines Accountants Limited
Chartered Accountants
Bellefield House
104 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0RG

29 November 2024

 

Lifstans Limited

(Registration number: 04384604)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

16,827

21,833

Current assets

 

Debtors

6,076

-

Cash at bank and in hand

 

18,390

6,025

 

24,466

6,025

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

5

(23,963)

(6,576)

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

503

(551)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

17,330

21,282

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

5

(13,258)

(15,605)

Provisions for liabilities

(3,197)

(5,458)

Net assets

 

875

219

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

6

100

100

Profit and loss account

775

119

 

875

219

For the financial 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.

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 29 November 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr D G Clark
Director

 

Lifstans Limited

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

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
DeVines Bellefield House
104 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0RG

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 29 November 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 smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

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.

Government grants

Grants received under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are accounted for as other income and in the period in which they are received.

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.

 

Lifstans Limited

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

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

Fixtures and Fittings

25% reducing balance

Plant and Machinery

25% reducing balance

Motor Vehicles

25% reducing balance

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.

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.

Borrowings

 

Lifstans Limited

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

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

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 2 (2023 - 2).

4

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Other property, plant and equipment
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2023

4,522

24,500

260

29,282

Additions

975

-

-

975

Disposals

(1,507)

-

-

(1,507)

At 31 March 2024

3,990

24,500

260

28,750

Depreciation

At 1 April 2023

2,243

5,104

102

7,449

Charge for the year

776

4,849

40

5,665

Eliminated on disposal

(1,191)

-

-

(1,191)

At 31 March 2024

1,828

9,953

142

11,923

Net book value

At 31 March 2024

2,162

14,547

118

16,827

At 31 March 2023

2,279

19,396

158

21,833

 

Lifstans Limited

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

5

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

2,338

2,304

Taxation and social security

 

7,620

186

Accruals and deferred income

 

288

288

Other creditors

 

13,717

3,798

 

23,963

6,576

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

13,258

15,605

6

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100

100

100

100

       

7

Reserves

The only movement on reserves in this period and the preceding period are profits and dividends.

 

Lifstans Limited

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

8

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

13,258

15,605

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

2,338

2,304