Registration number:
Meridian Sea Limited
for the Year Ended 30 September 2024
Meridian Sea Limited
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Statement of Financial Position |
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Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements |
Meridian Sea Limited
(Registration number: 04791004)
Statement of Financial Position as at 30 September 2024
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Fixed assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Profit and loss account |
39,253 |
7,700 |
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Shareholders' funds |
39,353 |
7,800 |
Meridian Sea Limited
(Registration number: 04791004)
Statement of Financial Position as at 30 September 2024 (continued)
For the financial year ending 30 September 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
Approved and authorised by the
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Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is the buying and selling of fish and fish products.
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 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).
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost basis.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the entity.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. |
Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. |
Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
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 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.
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.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.
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:
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Amortisation method and rate |
Goodwill |
5 year straight line |
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position 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.
Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
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:
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Plant and machinery |
15% reducing balance |
Fittings, fixtures and equipment |
15% reducing balance |
Motor vehicles |
25% reducing balance |
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits with banks, 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. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowing or current liabilities
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Costs include all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. .
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past
event; it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the
amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the
statement of financial position and the amount of the provision as an expense.
Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at
the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current
best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the
amounts previously recognised are recognised in profit or loss unless the provision was originally
recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the
amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised in
finance costs in profit or loss in the period it arises.
Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the statement of comprehensive income and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Financial instruments
Recognition and measurement
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was
Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
Intangible assets |
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Amortisation |
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Carrying amount |
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Tangible assets |
Fixtures and fittings |
Plant and machinery |
Motor vehicles |
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Cost or valuation |
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Additions |
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Depreciation |
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Charge for the year |
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 September 2023 |
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Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
Stocks |
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Finished goods and goods for resale |
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Debtors |
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Trade debtors |
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Other debtors |
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Prepayments |
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Creditors |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Loans and borrowings |
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Trade creditors |
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Taxation and social security |
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Accruals and deferred income |
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Other creditors |
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The bank loan is repayable over 6 years with interest at 2.5% per annum with the first twelve months interest and repayment free.
The bounce back loan benefits from a government guarantee.
Creditors include bank loans and overdrafts and net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts which are secured of £3,716 (2023 - £3,716).
Meridian Sea Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2024 (continued)
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Creditors (continued) |
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Loans and borrowings |
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The bank loan is repayable over 6 years with interest at 2.5% per annum with the first twelve months interest and repayment free.
The bounce back loan benefits from a government guarantee.
Creditors include bank loans and overdrafts and net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts which are secured of £5,575 (2023 - £9,281).
Reserves |
Profit and loss account:
This reserve records retained earnings and accumulated losses.
Related party transactions |
Transactions with directors |
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Advances to director |
Repayments by director |
At 30 September 2024 |
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At 1 October 2022 |
Advances to director |
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At 30 September 2023 |
Owed from directors |
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