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Company registration number:
SC697204
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Unaudited financial statements
30 April 2024
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Contents
Directors and other information
Directors report
Accountants report
Statement of comprehensive income
Statement of financial position
Notes to the financial statements
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Directors and other information
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Directors |
Lee J Malin |
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Maria T McMillan |
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Shaun A Murphy |
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Company number |
SC697204 |
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Registered office |
Offices F1-F4, Monreith House |
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The Crichton |
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Bankend Road |
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Dumfries |
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DG1 4ZZ |
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Accountants |
Carson & Trotter |
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123 Irish Street |
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Dumfries |
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DG1 2PE |
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Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Directors report
Year ended 30 April 2024
The directors present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 April 2024.
Directors
The directors who served the company during the year were as follows:
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Lee J Malin |
Maria T McMillan |
Shaun A Murphy |
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Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
23 January 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Shaun A Murphy
Director
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Report to the board of directors on the preparation of the
unaudited statutory financial statements of Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Year ended 30 April 2024
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Advice For Life Holdings Limited for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position and related notes 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 Advice For Life Holdings Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Advice For Life Holdings Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Advice For Life Holdings Limited 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 Advice For Life Holdings Limited and its board of directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Advice For Life Holdings 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 Advice For Life Holdings Limited. You consider that Advice For Life Holdings 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 Advice For Life Holdings 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.
Carson & Trotter
Chartered Accountants
123 Irish Street
Dumfries
DG1 2PE
23 January 2025
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
Year ended 30 April 2024
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Note |
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£ |
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£ |
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Turnover |
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- |
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Income from shares in group undertakings |
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201,442 |
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308,341 |
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_______ |
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Profit before taxation |
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201,442 |
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308,341 |
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Tax on profit |
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- |
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Profit for the financial year and total comprehensive income |
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201,442 |
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308,341 |
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All the activities of the company are from continuing operations.
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Statement of financial position
30 April 2024
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Note |
£ |
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£ |
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£ |
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Fixed assets |
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Investments |
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2,562,750 |
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2,550,000 |
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2,562,750 |
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2,550,000 |
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Creditors: amounts falling due |
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within one year |
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5 |
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280,076) |
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280,076) |
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Net current liabilities |
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280,076) |
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280,076) |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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2,282,674 |
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2,269,924 |
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Creditors: amounts falling due |
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after more than one year |
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1,472,061) |
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1,560,911) |
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Net assets |
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810,613 |
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709,013 |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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3 |
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Profit and loss account |
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810,610 |
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709,010 |
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Shareholders funds |
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810,613 |
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709,013 |
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For the year ending 30 April 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors responsibilities:
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The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with Section 1A of FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
These financial statements were approved by the
board of directors
and authorised for issue on
23 January 2025
, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Shaun A Murphy
Director
Company registration number:
SC697204
Advice For Life Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 30 April 2024
1.
General information
The company is a private company limited by shares, registered in Scotland. The address of the registered office is Offices F1-F4, Monreith House, The Crichton, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4ZZ.
2.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the provisions of FRS 102, Section 1A, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.
3.
Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through profit or loss.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
Consolidation
The company has taken advantage of the option not to prepare consolidated financial statements contained in Section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 on the basis that the company and its subsidiary undertakings comprise a small group.
Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are 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. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in profit or loss.
Impairment
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
4.
Investments
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Shares in group undertakings and participating interests |
Total |
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£ |
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Cost |
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At 1 May 2023 |
2,550,000 |
2,550,000 |
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Other movements |
12,750 |
12,750 |
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At 30 April 2024 |
2,562,750 |
2,562,750 |
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Impairment |
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At 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 April 2024 |
2,562,750 |
2,562,750 |
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At 30 April 2023 |
2,550,000 |
2,550,000 |
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5.
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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2024 |
2023 |
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Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest |
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178,476 |
178,476 |
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Other creditors |
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101,600 |
101,600 |
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280,076 |
280,076 |
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There is a fixed and floating charge over the whole assets of the company.
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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2024 |
2023 |
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Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest |
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1,371,389 |
1,358,639 |
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Other creditors |
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100,672 |
202,272 |
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1,472,061 |
1,560,911 |
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There is a fixed and floating charge over the whole assets of the company.
7.
Related party transactions
At the start of the year there was a loan from a subsidiary company, AFL Financial Planning Services Limited, in the sum of £1,537,115. £12,750 was advanced during the year and £1,549,865 was outstanding at the year end.
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Controlling party
The company is under the control of the Directors.