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REGISTERED NUMBER: 06243808 (England and Wales)






















Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

for

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd (Registered number: 06243808)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 April 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 3

Chartered Accountants' Report 6

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd

Company Information
for the year ended 30 April 2024







DIRECTOR: J G Fletcher





REGISTERED OFFICE: 31 King Street
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 6DW





REGISTERED NUMBER: 06243808 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
St George's Court
Winnington Avenue
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 4EE

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd (Registered number: 06243808)

Balance Sheet
30 April 2024

2024 2023
Notes £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 4 22,785 45,569
Tangible assets 5 4,634 9,402
27,419 54,971

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 155,524 176,264
Cash at bank 593,799 436,071
749,323 612,335
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 (135,171 ) (86,029 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 614,152 526,306
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

641,571

581,277

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 1 1
Retained earnings 641,570 581,276
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 641,571 581,277

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 April 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 April 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 Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 11 October 2024 and were signed by:





J G Fletcher - Director


John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd (Registered number: 06243808)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 30 April 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd 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.

Turnover represents services rendered, excluding value added tax, together with other provisions..

Goodwill
Goodwill acquired in 2007 is now being written off over a remaining economic life of 10 years from 30 April 2016.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the original purchase price of the asset and the costs attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use.

Depreciation on all assets is calculated to allocate the depreciable amount to their residual values on a systematic basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Fixtures and fittings - 20% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 33% on straight line

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

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.

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd (Registered number: 06243808)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 30 April 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classed as equity.

Short term debtors and creditors
Short term debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account.

Distributions to equity holders
Dividends are recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the company's shareholders. These amounts are recognised in the statement of changes in equity.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, cash held with banks and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

Loans and borrowings
Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less impairment.

Operating Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 5 (2023 - 5 ) .

4. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£
COST
At 1 May 2023
and 30 April 2024 367,000
AMORTISATION
At 1 May 2023 321,431
Amortisation for year 22,784
At 30 April 2024 344,215
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2024 22,785
At 30 April 2023 45,569

John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd (Registered number: 06243808)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 30 April 2024

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
and Computer
fittings equipment Totals
£ £ £
COST
At 1 May 2023
and 30 April 2024 8,147 15,474 23,621
DEPRECIATION
At 1 May 2023 5,819 8,400 14,219
Charge for year 466 4,302 4,768
At 30 April 2024 6,285 12,702 18,987
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2024 1,862 2,772 4,634
At 30 April 2023 2,328 7,074 9,402

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 118,699 60,810
Prepayments & accrued income 36,825 115,454
155,524 176,264

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£ £
Tax 55,414 45,473
Social security & other taxes 1,850 3,043
VAT 35,564 28,643
Directors' current accounts 189 471
Accrued expenses 42,154 8,399
135,171 86,029

8. OTHER FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

At the balance sheet date the company had non-cancellable commitments totalling £834 (2023: £1,668).

9. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is J G Fletcher.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Director
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd

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 John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprise the Income Statement, 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 John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the director of John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd 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 John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd and its director for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd 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 John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd. You consider that John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd 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 John Fletcher Solicitors Ltd. 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.






Bennett Brooks & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
St George's Court
Winnington Avenue
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 4EE


11 October 2024