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Registration number: SC737179

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 July 2024

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 7

Accountants' Report

8

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Mr John Black

Mr Stephen Hugh Glover

Mr James John Murray

Registered office

Unit 4B
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

Accountants

EQ Accountants Ltd
Unit 4B
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

(Registration number: SC737179)
Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

45,444

38,852

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

60,515

96,031

Cash at bank and in hand

 

10,401

17,243

 

70,916

113,274

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(167,654)

(198,931)

Net current liabilities

 

(96,738)

(85,657)

Net liabilities

 

(51,294)

(46,805)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

100

100

Retained earnings

(51,394)

(46,905)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(51,294)

(46,805)

For the financial year ending 31 July 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 18 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr John Black
Director

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

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

1

General information

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

2

Accounting policies

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

It is the opinion of the directors that there is reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. For this reason the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements for the period ended 31 July 2024.

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.

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.

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.

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

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

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

Leasehold improvements

25% Reducing balance

Office equipment

33% Straight Line

Plant and machinery

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.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual
arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any
contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

 

3

Employees and Directors

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 5 (2023 - 4).

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

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

4

Tangible assets

Long leasehold land and buildings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 August 2023

7,787

43,199

915

51,901

Additions

-

20,518

1,589

22,107

At 31 July 2024

7,787

63,717

2,504

74,008

Depreciation

At 1 August 2023

1,947

10,800

302

13,049

Charge for the year

1,460

13,229

826

15,515

At 31 July 2024

3,407

24,029

1,128

28,564

Carrying amount

At 31 July 2024

4,380

39,688

1,376

45,444

At 31 July 2023

5,840

32,399

613

38,852

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £4,380 (2023 - £5,840) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
 

5

Debtors

Current

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

44,309

81,985

Prepayments

2,204

965

Other debtors

14,002

13,081

 

60,515

96,031

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

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

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

-

19,264

Taxation and social security

19,749

15,882

Other creditors

147,905

163,785

167,654

198,931

7

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

Debtors include the following amounts which are owed from individuals who were directors of the company during the year:

2024

At 1 August 2023
£

At 31 July 2024
£

Mr Stephen Hugh Glover

Loan

25

25

2023

At 1 July 2022
£

Advances to director
£

At 31 July 2023
£

Mr Stephen Hugh Glover

Loan

-

25

25

 

Earth Test Laboratories Ltd

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

Creditors include the following amounts which are owed to individuals who were directors of the company during the year:

Year ended 31 July 2024
 £

1 July 2022 to 31 July 2023
 £

Mr Ross Grant Hamilton

-

7,709

Mr James John Murray

16,079

12,141

Mr John Black

16,318

10,040

 

32,397

29,890

The maximum balance outstanding during the year amounted to £32,397.

The directors current accounts are repayable on demand.

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Earth Test Laboratories Ltd
for the Year Ended 31 July 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Earth Test Laboratories Ltd for the year ended 31 July 2024 as set out on pages 2 to 7 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of ICAS, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.icas.com/accountspreparationguidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Earth Test Laboratories Ltd, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Earth Test Laboratories Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Earth Test Laboratories Ltd, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of ICAS as detailed at http://www.icas.com/accountspreparationguidance. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Earth Test Laboratories Ltd and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Earth Test Laboratories Ltd has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of Earth Test Laboratories Ltd. You consider that Earth Test Laboratories 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 accounts of Earth Test Laboratories 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 accounts.

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EQ Accountants Ltd
Unit 4B
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

18 October 2024