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Company Registration No. 7835353 (England and Wales)
Knox Fire & Security Limited Unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025
Knox Fire & Security Limited Unaudited accounts Contents
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Company Information for the year ended 31 January 2025
Director
Guy Briscoe
Company Number
7835353 (England and Wales)
Registered Office
Kings Head House 15 London End Beaconsfield HP9 2HN
Accountants
Barnes & Scott 86-90 Paul Street Shoreditch London EC2A 4NE
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Chartered Accountants' report to the board of directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts of Knox Fire & Security Limited for the year ended 31 January 2025
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Knox Fire & Security Limited for the year ended 31 January 2025 as set out on pages 5 - 9 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at icaew.com/membershandbook.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Knox Fire & Security Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 12 March 2014. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Knox Fire & Security Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Knox Fire & Security Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with AAF 07/16 as detailed at icaew.com/compilation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Knox Fire & Security Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Knox Fire & Security Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Knox Fire & Security Limited. You consider that Knox Fire & Security Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Knox Fire & Security Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.
Barnes & Scott Chartered Accountants 86-90 Paul Street Shoreditch London EC2A 4NE 17 March 2025
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Statement of financial position as at 31 January 2025
2025 
2024 
Notes
£ 
£ 
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
11,728 
8,254 
Tangible assets
3,770 
3,297 
15,498 
11,551 
Current assets
Debtors
452,340 
837,801 
Cash at bank and in hand
701,679 
509,893 
1,154,019 
1,347,694 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(407,386)
(534,529)
Net current assets
746,633 
813,165 
Total assets less current liabilities
762,131 
824,716 
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
- 
(61,542)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax
(943)
(825)
Net assets
761,188 
762,349 
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1 
1 
Profit and loss account
761,187 
762,348 
Shareholders' funds
761,188 
762,349 
For the year ending 31 January 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
The financial statements were approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 17 March 2025 and were signed on its behalf by
Guy Briscoe Director Company Registration No. 7835353
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025
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Statutory information
Knox Fire & Security Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 7835353. The registered office is Kings Head House, 15 London End, Beaconsfield, HP9 2HN.
2
Compliance with accounting standards
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard.
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Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.
Presentation currency
The accounts are presented in £ sterling.
Turnover
Turnover represents the value, net of VAT and discounts, of goods provided to customers and work carried out in respect of services provided to customers.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts, when applicable, are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
Tangible fixed assets policy
Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives:
Plant & machinery
25% Straight Line
Fixtures & fittings
25% Straight Line
Computer equipment
25% Straight Line
Intangible fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets (including purchased goodwill and patents) are included at cost less accumulated amortisation. They are amortised over a period of 10 years
Pension costs
The company operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. Contributions payable are recognised in the profit and loss account when due.
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets. The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received. Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
Deferred taxation
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the company's accounts. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more (or less) tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on current tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Taxation
Taxation represents the sum of tax currently payable and deferred 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.
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Intangible fixed assets
Other 
£ 
Cost
At 1 February 2024
8,667 
Additions
4,401 
At 31 January 2025
13,068 
Amortisation
At 1 February 2024
413 
Charge for the year
927 
At 31 January 2025
1,340 
Net book value
At 31 January 2025
11,728 
At 31 January 2024
8,254 
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025
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Tangible fixed assets
Plant & machinery 
Motor vehicles 
Fixtures & fittings 
Computer equipment 
Total 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Cost or valuation
At cost 
At cost 
At cost 
At cost 
At 1 February 2024
651 
15,500 
4,903 
15,763 
36,817 
Additions
820 
- 
295 
1,064 
2,179 
At 31 January 2025
1,471 
15,500 
5,198 
16,827 
38,996 
Depreciation
At 1 February 2024
651 
15,500 
4,501 
12,868 
33,520 
Charge for the year
100 
- 
346 
1,260 
1,706 
At 31 January 2025
751 
15,500 
4,847 
14,128 
35,226 
Net book value
At 31 January 2025
720 
- 
351 
2,699 
3,770 
At 31 January 2024
- 
- 
402 
2,895 
3,297 
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Debtors
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Amounts falling due within one year
VAT
1,572 
92,266 
Trade debtors
109,257 
26,254 
Accrued income and prepayments
239,828 
469,406 
Other debtors
101,683 
249,875 
452,340 
837,801 
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Bank loans and overdrafts
71,041 
74,513 
Trade creditors
182,630 
394,499 
Taxes and social security
133,172 
33,191 
Other creditors
944 
14,028 
Accruals
19,599 
18,298 
407,386 
534,529 
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Other creditors
- 
61,542 
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Share capital
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Allotted, called up and fully paid:
100 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
1 
1 
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Knox Fire & Security Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 January 2025
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Loans to directors
Brought Forward 
Advance/ credit 
Repaid 
Carried Forward 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
Guy Briscoe
Loan from director
249,875 
94,016 
287,199 
56,692 
249,875 
94,016 
287,199 
56,692 
The director loan will be repaid within nine months of year end.
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Average number of employees
During the year the average number of employees was 7 (2024: 6).
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