NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
Nikita Pai Films Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 13642124. The registered office address is 29 Lees Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3AS.
The principal activity of the company is that of motion picture production activities.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
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Foreign currency translation
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Functional and presentation currency
The company's functional and presentational currency is pound sterling.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.
At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.
Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The company is eligible to claim a tax credit on film production costs. The tax credit comprises relief based on total net costs and an additional deduction for enhanceable expenditure. The company claims a payment based on the amount of enhanced expenditure and carries losses arising from total net costs forward against future profits.
Work in progress represents the cost of producing the film. Production costs are amortized to the Profit or loss account over the period in which the rights of the relevant film is being exploited by the company.
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment.
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours.
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