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Company Registration Number: 08951747
 
 
Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
 
Abridged Financial Statements
 
for the financial year ended 29 February 2024
Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
DIRECTORS' REPORT
for the financial year ended 29 February 2024

 
The directors present their report and the audited financial statements for the financial year ended 29 February 2024.
 
Principal Activity
The principal activity of the company is the supply of professional engineering services.
     
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
(a)  Financial Risk Management
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates, and changes to the price of inputs. The risks associated with these fluctuations are managed in accordance with policies approved by the Directors.
(b)  Price Risk
The Company is exposed directly and indirectly to price risk given the nature of its' operations. The risk is mitigated due to the fact that the Company attempts to pass on these costs to its' customers.
(c)  Human Resources
Overall responsibility for human resources lies with the allocated members of the management team. Day to day responsibility for ensuring that the Company's employment policies are effectively implemented lies with the Managing Director. The Company ensures that the training requirements of staff are catered for on an ongoing basis.
(d)  Conclusion
In conclusion, the Directors are committed to the future growth and development of the Company and are confident that such growth can be delivered through a continued emphasis on customers, cost control, market share enhancement and people. The Directors are confident of the Company's ability to grow and further enhance its' position in the market.
     
Results and Dividends
The profit for the financial year after providing for depreciation and taxation amounted to £162,300 (2023 - £67,208).
     
Directors
The directors who served during the financial year are as follows:
     
Richard O'Farrell
Catriona O'Farrell
   
There were no changes in shareholdings between 29 February 2024 and the date of signing the financial statements.

The company considers RCOF Holdings Limited to be its ultimate parent company. Richard O'Farrell has a holding of 1,020 shares and Catriona O'Farrell has a holding of 180 shares in RCOF Holdings Limited. The total issued share capital of RCOF Holdings is 1,200 ordinary shares of €1 each.
     
In accordance with the Company Constitution, the directors shall not be required to retire by rotation.
     
Political Contributions
The company did not make any disclosable political donations in the current financial year.
     
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
             
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law) including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland”. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
-select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
                 
Disclosure of Information to Auditor
Each persons who are directors at the date of approval of this report confirms that:
In so far as the directors are aware:
-there is no relevant audit information (information needed by the company's auditor in connection with preparing the auditor's report) of which the company's auditor is unaware, and
-the directors have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information.
     
Auditors
The auditors, O'Brien Crowley, (Chartered Accountants) have indicated their willingness to continue in office in accordance with the provisions of Section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
     
Post-Balance Sheet Events
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.
     
Special provisions relating to small companies
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
     
     
By order of the board
     
     
     
Richard O'Farrell
Company Secretary
     
18 December 2024



INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
to the Shareholders of Engineering Design Consultants London Limited

 
Report on the audit of the financial statements
 
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Engineering Design Consultants London Limited ('the company') for the financial year ended 29 February 2024 which comprise the Abridged Profit and Loss Account, the Abridged Balance Sheet, the Reconciliation of Shareholders' Funds and the related notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies set out in note . The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable Law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 29 February 2024 and of its profit for the financial year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
 
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
 
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
 
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
 
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
 
Other Information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our Auditor's Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
 
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
 
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified any material misstatements in the Directors' Report.
 
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report.
 
Responsibilities of directors for the financial statements
The directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
 
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
 
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditor's Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
 
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
 
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is contained in the appendix to this report, located at page , which is to be read as an integral part of our report.
 
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
 
 
 
Killian O'Brien (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of
O'BRIEN CROWLEY
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Main Street
Ballincollig
Cork
Republic of Ireland
 
18 December 2024



Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
APPENDIX TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Further information regarding the scope of our responsibilities as auditor
 
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
 
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
 
- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control.
 
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.
 
- Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our Auditor's Report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our Auditor's Report. However, future events or conditions may cause the company to cease to continue as a going concern.
 
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
 
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.



Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
ABRIDGED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
for the financial year ended 29 February 2024
2024 2023
Notes £ £

Turnover 1,952,352 3,542,229
Staff costs (1,731,502) (1,626,024)
Depreciation on fixed assets (4,978) (9,836)
Other operating expenses (748,113) (1,793,260)
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Operating profit/(loss) 32,759 (14,741)
 
 
Interest receivable and similar income 2,985 -
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Profit/(loss) before taxation 35,744 (14,741)
 
Tax on profit/(loss) 126,556 81,949
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Profit for the financial year 162,300 67,208
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Total comprehensive income 162,300 67,208
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Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
Company Registration Number: 08951747
ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET
as at 29 February 2024

2024 2023
Notes £ £
 
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets 4 14,942 14,053
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Current Assets
Stocks 890,000 325,000
Debtors 1,172,508 1,390,304
Cash and cash equivalents 673,222 1,416,633
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2,735,730 3,131,937
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (1,375,954) (1,933,572)
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Net Current Assets 1,359,776 1,198,365
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Total Assets less Current Liabilities 1,374,718 1,212,418
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Capital and Reserves
Called up share capital 200 200
Retained earnings 1,374,518 1,212,218
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Equity attributable to owners of the company 1,374,718 1,212,418
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These abridged financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
           
All of the members have consented to the preparation of abridged accounts in accordance with section 444(2A) of the Companies Act 2006.
           
Approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 18 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by
           
           
           
Richard O'Farrell     Catriona O'Farrell
Director     Director
           



Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
RECONCILIATION OF SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS
as at 29 February 2024

Called up Retained Total
share earnings
capital
£ £ £
 
At 1 March 2022 200 1,145,010 1,145,210
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Profit for the financial year - 67,208 67,208
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At 28 February 2023 200 1,212,218 1,212,418
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Profit for the financial year - 162,300 162,300
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At 29 February 2024 200 1,374,518 1,374,718
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Engineering Design Consultants London Limited
NOTES TO THE ABRIDGED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the financial year ended 29 February 2024

   
1. General Information
 
Engineering Design Consultants London Limited is a company limited by shares incorporated in the United Kingdom. 132a Webber Street, London, SE1 0QL is the registered office, which is also the principal place of business of the company. The financial statements have been presented in Pound (£) which is also the functional currency of the company.
         
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the company's financial statements.
 
Statement of compliance
The financial statements of the company for the year ended 29 February 2024 have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued by the Financial Reporting Council and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. These are the company's first set of financial statements prepared in accordance with FRS 102
 
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with the historical cost convention except for certain properties and financial instruments that are measured at revalued amounts or fair values, as explained in the accounting policies below. Historical cost is generally based on the fair value of the consideration given in exchange for assets.
 
Turnover
Turnover comprises the invoice value of goods supplied by the company, exclusive of trade discounts and value added tax.
 
Tangible assets and depreciation
Tangible assets are stated at cost or at valuation, less accumulated depreciation. The charge to depreciation is calculated to write off the original cost or valuation of tangible assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives as follows:
 
  Office equipment - 12.5% Straight line
  Fixture & fittings - 12.5% Straight line
  Computer software - 12.5% Straight line
 
The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed annually for impairment in periods if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.
 
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost comprises expenditure incurred in the normal course of business in bringing stocks to their present location and condition.  Full provision is made for obsolete and slow moving items.  Net realisable value comprises actual or estimated selling price (net of trade discounts) less all further costs to completion or to be incurred in marketing and selling.
 
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases the receivables are stated at cost less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
 
Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs relating to the acquisition of assets are capitalised at the appropriate rate by adding them to the cost of assets being acquired. Investment income earned on the temporary investment of specific borrowings pending their expenditure on the assets is deducted from the borrowing costs eligible for capitalisation. All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.
 
Trade and other creditors
Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost.
 
Employee benefits
The company makes availabe to employees a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
 
Taxation
Current tax represents the amount expected to be paid or recovered in respect of taxable profits for the financial year and is calculated using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted at the Balance Sheet date.
 
Foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the Balance Sheet date. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the date when the fair value was determined. The resulting exchange differences are dealt with in the Profit and Loss Account.
 
Ordinary share capital
The ordinary share capital of the company is presented as equity.
       
3. Employees
 
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the financial year was 27, (2023 - 28).
 
  2024 2023
  Number Number
 
Engineering Services 27 28
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4. Tangible assets
  Office Fixture & Computer Total
  equipment fittings software  
         
  £ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 March 2023 50,432 14,024 14,203 78,659
Additions 4,467 1,400 - 5,867
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At 29 February 2024 54,899 15,424 14,203 84,526
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Depreciation
At 1 March 2023 38,047 12,356 14,203 64,606
Charge for the financial year 3,823 1,155 - 4,978
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At 29 February 2024 41,870 13,511 14,203 69,584
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Net book value
At 29 February 2024 13,029 1,913 - 14,942
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At 28 February 2023 12,385 1,668 - 14,053
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5. Capital commitments
 
The company had no material capital commitments at the financial year-ended 29 February 2024.
   
6. Parent company
 
The company regards RCOF Holdings Limited as its parent company.
 
The parent of the largest group in which the results are consolidated is RCOF Holdings Limited.
RCOF Holdings Limited is registered in Ireland.
 
   
7. Post-Balance Sheet Events
 
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year-end.