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Registration number: 08733481

Optimum Skills Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 July 2024

 

Optimum Skills Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet

1 to 2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 to 8

 

Optimum Skills Limited

(Registration number: 08733481)
Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

210,432

8,150

Current assets

 

Debtors

7

419,413

509,593

Investments

6,500

6,500

Cash at bank and in hand

 

82,198

1,002

 

508,111

517,095

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

8

(143,568)

(130,637)

Net current assets

 

364,543

386,458

Total assets less current liabilities

 

574,975

394,608

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

8

(245,475)

(181,819)

Net assets

 

329,500

212,789

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

9

100

100

Retained earnings

329,400

212,689

Shareholders' funds

 

329,500

212,789

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 8 January 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

 

Optimum Skills Limited

(Registration number: 08733481)
Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2024

.........................................
Ms Diane Shakespeare
Director

   
     
 

Optimum Skills Limited

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

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Unit 23, Parsons Court
Welbury Way
Aycliffe Business Park
Newton Aycliffe
County Durham
DL5 6ZE
United Kingdom

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 8 January 2025.

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.

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.

 

Optimum Skills Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 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

Office Equipment

20% straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

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

 

Optimum Skills Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 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.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

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.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 47 (2023 - 50).

 

Optimum Skills Limited

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

4

Profit before tax

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£

2023
£

Depreciation expense

3,898

1,546

5

tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 August 2023

-

15,154

-

15,154

Additions

160,000

-

46,180

206,180

At 31 July 2024

160,000

15,154

46,180

221,334

Depreciation

At 1 August 2023

-

7,004

-

7,004

Charge for the year

-

1,974

1,924

3,898

At 31 July 2024

-

8,978

1,924

10,902

Carrying amount

At 31 July 2024

160,000

6,176

44,256

210,432

At 31 July 2023

-

8,150

-

8,150

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £160,000 (2023 - £Nil) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

6

stocks

2024
£

2023
£

7

debtors

 

Optimum Skills Limited

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

Current

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

261,554

212,168

Prepayments

-

273,368

Other debtors

157,859

24,057

 

419,413

509,593

 

Optimum Skills Limited

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

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

10

28,100

46,791

Trade creditors

 

81,143

42,305

Taxation and social security

 

29,925

41,541

Accruals and deferred income

 

4,400

-

 

143,568

130,637

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

10

245,475

181,819

9

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary Share Capital of £1 each

100

100

100

100

       

10

Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank overdrafts

-

14,555

Other borrowings

28,100

32,236

28,100

46,791