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Registration number: 00064828

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 6

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Company Information

Directors

J W Starkie

E M Starkie

J A Starkie

A C Starkie

Company secretary

A C Starkie

Registered office

Westfield Barn
Langley Lane
Goosnargh
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 2JS

Accountants

McKellens Limited
Chartered Accountants
11 Riverview
The Embankment Business Park
Vale Road
Heaton Mersey
Stockport
SK4 3GN

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

(Registration number: 00064828)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Investments

4

302,216

431,525

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

614

2,727

Cash at bank and in hand

 

15,679

16,613

 

16,293

19,340

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(3,999)

(4,000)

Net current assets

 

12,294

15,340

Total assets less current liabilities

 

314,510

446,865

Provisions for liabilities

-

3,551

Net assets

 

314,510

450,416

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

7

1,000

70,000

Share premium reserve

-

190,000

Retained earnings

313,510

190,416

Shareholders' funds

 

314,510

450,416

For the financial year ending 31 December 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.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 8 April 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

J W Starkie
Director

E M Starkie
Director

 
     
 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Westfield Barn
Langley Lane
Goosnargh
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 2JS

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 8 April 2025.

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 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 convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of interest receivable on deposits, dividends and other investment returns on the listed investments held and the profits from the sale of listed investments.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises deferred 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.

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.


Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

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 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.

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.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 4 (2023 - 4).

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

4

Investments

2024
£

2023
£

Other investments

302,216

431,525

Other investments are listed investments.

5

Debtors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Prepayments

 

-

2,311

Income tax asset

614

416

 

614

2,727

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

Accruals and deferred income

4,000

4,000

Other creditors

(1)

-

3,999

4,000

7

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary of £1 each

1,000

1,000

70,000

70,000

       

On 20 August 2024 the company undertook a capital reduction which reduced the share capital from £70,000 to £1,000 and the Share Premium from £190,000 to £nil.

 

James Starkie & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

8

Financial instruments

Financial assets measured at fair value

Listed Investments
The listed investments are shown at fair value at the balance sheet date.

During the period under review investments with a cost of £15,729 were acquired and investments with a cost of £132,012 were disposed.

Fair value is the market value of the investment as per the closing prices of the stock exchange on which the investment is listed as at close of business on the balance sheet date.


The fair value is £302,216 (2023 - £431,525) and the change in value included in profit or loss is £(13,026) (2023 - £(274)).