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Company No: SC352894 (Scotland)

LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements
For the financial year ended 31 July 2024
Pages for filing with the registrar

LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the financial year ended 31 July 2024

Contents

LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

BALANCE SHEET

As at 31 July 2024
LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

BALANCE SHEET (continued)

As at 31 July 2024
Note 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Investment property 3 1,250,000 1,250,000
1,250,000 1,250,000
Current assets
Debtors 4 2,040 5,260
Cash at bank and in hand 79,726 98,477
81,766 103,737
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 5 ( 283,708) ( 312,459)
Net current liabilities (201,942) (208,722)
Total assets less current liabilities 1,048,058 1,041,278
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 6 ( 247,105) ( 282,898)
Provision for liabilities ( 25,617) ( 25,597)
Net assets 775,336 732,783
Capital and reserves
Called-up share capital 7 4 4
Revaluation reserve 141,108 141,108
Profit and loss account 634,224 591,671
Total shareholders' funds 775,336 732,783

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:

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A – small entities. The financial statements of Lawrence Milne Property Company Limited (registered number: SC352894) were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 28 January 2025. They were signed on its behalf by:

Kevin Milne
Director
LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 July 2024
LAWRENCE MILNE PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 July 2024
1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.

General information and basis of accounting

Lawrence Milne Property Company Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in Scotland. The address of the company's registered office is Balmacassie Brae, Balmacassie Commercial Park, Ellon, AB41 8BY, United Kingdom.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Turnover

Turnover represents the net income received and receivable from the rental of commercial property. Turnover is recognised on an accruals basis.

Taxation

Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and 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. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

Investment property

Investment property is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at each reporting date with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Deferred taxation is provided on these gains at the rate expected to apply when the property is sold.

The fair value is determined annually by the directors, on an open market value for existing use basis.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in creditors: amounts falling due within one year.

Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the Balance Sheet when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Financial assets are derecognised when and only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, or the Company transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or the Company, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.

Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the fair value of cash or other resources received or receivable, net of direct issue costs. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Balance Sheet date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

2. Employees

2024 2023
Number Number
Monthly average number of persons employed by the company during the year, including directors 2 2

3. Investment property

Investment property
£
Valuation
As at 01 August 2023 1,250,000
As at 31 July 2024 1,250,000

Valuation

The original cost of the investment property was £1,200,893, and was subsequently revalued at 31 July 2016 by the company's directors on an open market basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.

The directors believe the carrying value of the investment property at 31 July 2024 is still reflective.

4. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 2,040 5,260

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans (secured) 35,793 35,792
Trade creditors 0 2,836
Corporation tax 11,661 11,185
Other taxation and social security 5,282 16,536
Other creditors 230,972 246,110
283,708 312,459

Virgin Money hold a standard security over the land held by the company and a floating charge over the assets and undertakings of the company.

6. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans (secured) 247,105 282,898

Virgin Money hold a standard security over the land held by the company and a floating charge over the assets and undertakings of the company.

Amounts repayable after more than 5 years are included in creditors falling due over one year:

2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans (secured / repayable by instalments) 68,141 110,566

7. Called-up share capital

2024 2023
£ £
Allotted, called-up and fully-paid
4 Ordinary shares of £ 1.00 each 4 4

8. Related party transactions

As at 31 July 2024 the company was due the directors' £156,540 (2023 - £170,540). The loans are interest free with no set repayment terms.