REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED |
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
ACCOUNTANTS: |
Chartered Certified Accountants and |
Chartered Tax Advisers |
Broad House |
1 The Broadway |
Old Hatfield |
Hertfordshire |
AL9 5BG |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 AUGUST 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 5 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
7 |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 9 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 10 |
Retained earnings |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The directors acknowledge their 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. |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
BALANCE SHEET - continued |
31 AUGUST 2024 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Acorn Waste Management Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Accounting convention |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' ('FRS 102') and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied, other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view. |
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. |
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. |
Significant judgements and estimates |
In preparing these financial statements, the directors have exercised judgement in the following principal areas: |
- In determining the depreciation rates of tangible fixed assets, which are depreciated over their useful lives, taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, factors such as past experience and expected performance are taken into account. |
- In estimating the quantum of doubtful debts when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. The directors' best estimate is based on the period the debt has been outstanding and the difficulties experienced and anticipated in pursuing collection. |
- In determining whether there are indicators of impairment of the company's tangible fixed assets. Factors taken into consideration in reaching a decision include the economic viability and expected future financial performance of the asset and, where it is a component of a larger cash-generating unit, the viability and expected future performance of that unit. |
Turnover |
The company acts as principal in the on-hiring of skips for the removal of domestic and commercial waste. Revenue is recognised when skips are delivered on site. Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Computer equipment | - |
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses. |
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss. |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year-end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Cash at bank and in hand |
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks. |
Financial instruments |
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Basic financial assets, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price, including transaction costs, and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
and | Motor | Computer |
fittings | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 September 2023 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 August 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 September 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 August 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 August 2024 |
At 31 August 2023 |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
Motor |
vehicles |
£ |
COST |
At 1 September 2023 |
Disposals | ( |
) |
Transfer to ownership | (18,295 | ) |
At 31 August 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 September 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
Transfer to ownership | (9,892 | ) |
At 31 August 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 August 2024 |
At 31 August 2023 |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 8) |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 8) |
8. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Hire purchase contracts |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
Non-cancellable | operating leases |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
9. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 13,344 | 14,194 |
ACORN WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04424868) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024 |
9. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 September 2023 |
Depreciation in advance of |
capital allowances | (850 | ) |
Balance at 31 August 2024 |
10. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 250 | 250 |
11. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
During the year the Company was charged £400,000 (2023: £350,000) for management services provided by its parent company and made payments of £462,492 (2023: £347,119) on behalf of its parent company. |
At the balance sheet date, the Company was owed £66,552 (2023: £4,061 by) to its parent company. This loan is unsecured, interest-free and has no repayment date. |