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Company registration number: 06155025

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Filleted Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet

1 to 2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 10

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

(Registration number: 06155025)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

1,968,807

1,166,649

Current assets

 

Stocks

1,988

-

Debtors

6

1,872,470

2,376,368

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,302,181

1,815,135

 

3,176,639

4,191,503

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(1,395,832)

(1,710,336)

Net current assets

 

1,780,807

2,481,167

Total assets less current liabilities

 

3,749,614

3,647,816

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(887,321)

(1,098,771)

Net assets

 

2,862,293

2,549,045

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

760

760

Capital redemption reserve

620,440

620,440

Profit and loss account

2,241,093

1,927,845

Total equity

 

2,862,293

2,549,045

For the financial 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:

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.

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

(Registration number: 06155025)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2024

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. The option not to file the profit and loss account and directors’ report has been taken.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 27 January 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


M F Davitt
Director


P A Allinson
Director

 
 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Level 24, The Shard,
32 London Bridge Street
London
SE1 9SG
 

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 - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

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.

These financial statements are presented in Sterling (£).

Turnover recognition

Fee income represents revenue earned under a wide variety of contracts to provide professional services. Revenue is recognised as earned when, and to the extent that, the firm obtains the right to consideration in exchange for its performance under these contracts. It is measured at the fair value of the right to consideration, which represents amounts chargeable to clients, including expenses and disbursements but excluding vale added tax.

Revenue is generally recognised as contract activity progresses so that for incomplete contracts it reflects the partial performance of the contractual obligations. For such contracts the amount of revenue reflects the accrual of the right to consideration by reference to the value of work performed. Revenue not billed to clients is included in debtors.

Fee income that is contingent on events outside the control of the firm is recognised when the contingent event occurs, with corresponding work in progress recognised in the balance sheet at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised under the accruals model resulting in income being recognised on a systematic basis over the period in which the related costs are incurred for which the grant is compensating. The income from the scheme is recognised as other income in the profit and loss and timing differences presented as other debtors or deferred income within the balance sheet.

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, 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 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.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation of tangible assets

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and freehold property, over their useful lives as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Freehold property

Not depreciated

Equipment, furniture & fittings

20% straight line basis

Leasehold improvements

20% straight line basis

Freehold property is included in the balance sheet at cost. No depreciation is charged on the company's freehold property since, in the opinion of the directors, the expected useful life is sufficiently long and the estimated residual value is sufficiently high that any such depreciation would be immaterial.

Goodwill

Positive goodwill is capitalised, classified as an asset on the balance sheet and amortised on a straight line basis over its useful economic life. It is reviewed for impairment at the end of the first full financial year following the acquisition and in other periods if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

10% per annum on cost

Software

20% per annum on cost

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.

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are amounts due from clients for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade and other 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.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net replacement value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods comprises the direct material costs of stationery and consumables. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its net replacement value; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors 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.

Other creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

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.

Assets held under hire purchase agreements are capitalised as tangible fixed assets with the future obligation being recognised as a liability. Finance costs are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account calculated at a constant periodic rate of interest over the term of the liability.

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

Reserves

Called up share capital represents the nominal value of shares that have been issued.

Profit and loss account includes all current and prior period profits and losses.

Capital redemption reserve records the nominal value of shares repurchased by the company.

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.

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

The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year was 53 (2023 - 49).

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

4

Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Software
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2023

999,000

51,861

1,050,861

Disposals

-

(51,861)

(51,861)

At 30 April 2024

999,000

-

999,000

Amortisation

At 1 May 2023

999,000

51,861

1,050,861

Amortisation eliminated on disposals

-

(51,861)

(51,861)

At 30 April 2024

999,000

-

999,000

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2024

-

-

-

At 30 April 2023

-

-

-

5

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Equipment, furniture & fittings
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2023

1,145,710

319,133

1,464,843

Additions

684,395

156,478

840,873

At 30 April 2024

1,830,105

475,611

2,305,716

Depreciation

At 1 May 2023

-

298,194

298,194

Charge for the year

-

38,715

38,715

At 30 April 2024

-

336,909

336,909

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2024

1,830,105

138,702

1,968,807

At 30 April 2023

1,145,710

20,939

1,166,649

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

6

Debtors

Current

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

468,965

956,096

Prepayments

190,364

127,252

Other debtors

1,213,141

1,293,020

 

1,872,470

2,376,368

Details of non-current trade and other debtors

£304,770 (2023 - £250,170) of other debtors are classified as non current.

7

Creditors

Amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

227,157

210,449

Trade creditors

 

41,632

33,186

Taxation and social security

 

369,379

722,190

Accruals and deferred income

 

333,230

489,489

Other creditors

 

424,434

255,022

 

1,395,832

1,710,336


Creditors include bank loans repayable by instalments totalling £518,400 (2023 - £555,013) due after more than five years.

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

8

Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

211,450

210,449

Bank overdrafts

15,707

-

227,157

210,449

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

887,321

1,098,771

Bank borrowings

The bank borrowings are secured by a charge over the company's assets

9

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £28,727 (2023 - £50,857).

10

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2024

At 1 May 2023
£

Advances to director
£

At 30 April 2024
£

M F Davitt

Director's current account

401,849

9,042

410,891

2023

Advances to directors
£

Re-
payments by director
£

At 30 April 2023
£

M F Davitt

Director's current account

486,528

(84,679)

401,849

       
     

 

Davitt Jones Bould Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

 

Summary of transactions with other related parties

Mulberry Tree Properties Limited

 (A company in which the directors during the year held a participating interest)

 At the year-end, the company was owed £304,770 (2023: £307,570) from Mulberry Tree Properties Limited.