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REGISTERED NUMBER: 06918786 (England and Wales)










The Research Department Limited

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 27 May 2024






The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4


The Research Department Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024







DIRECTOR: Dr G Walshe





SECRETARY: Mrs A H Hernandez Gonzalez





REGISTERED OFFICE: 31 Sackville Street
Manchester
M1 3LZ





REGISTERED NUMBER: 06918786 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: SKS Shacter Cohen & Bor Ltd
Chartered Accountants
31 Sackville Street
Manchester
M1 3LZ

The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Balance Sheet
27 May 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 44,509 43,109
Cash at bank 453 107
44,962 43,216
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 (30,771 ) (18,546 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 14,191 24,670
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

14,191

24,670

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year 8 (34,208 ) (36,441 )
NET LIABILITIES (20,017 ) (11,771 )

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 9 20 20
Retained earnings (20,037 ) (11,791 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS (20,017 ) (11,771 )

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 27 May 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 27 May 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The director acknowledges his responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Balance Sheet - continued
27 May 2024


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 26 February 2025 and were signed by:





Dr G Walshe - Director


The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

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

The address of its registered office is:
31 Sackville Street
Manchester
M1 3LZ

2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

3. 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.

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.

REVENUE RECOGNITION
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company's activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

TAX
The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, 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 income 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.

The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

TANGIBLE ASSETS
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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

DEPRECIATION
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class Depreciation method and rate
Office Equipment 25% Straight line

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.

TRADE DEBTORS
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade 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.

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

Trade 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.

The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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.

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION OBLIGATION
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 1 (2023 - 1 ) .

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Office
equipment
£   
COST
At 28 May 2023
and 27 May 2024 3,035
DEPRECIATION
At 28 May 2023
and 27 May 2024 3,035
NET BOOK VALUE
At 27 May 2024 -
At 27 May 2023 -

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Other debtors 44,509 43,109

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 5,463 7,708
Taxation and social security - 71
Other creditors 25,308 10,767
30,771 18,546

The Research Department Limited (Registered number: 06918786)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 27 May 2024

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loans 34,208 36,441

9. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
20 Ordinary share 1 20 20