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Company Registration No. 04667453 (England and Wales)
Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Unaudited accounts Contents
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Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Company Information for the year ended 31 March 2025
Directors
Mr O J A Barwick Mrs S I Barwick
Secretary
Mrs S I Barwick
Company Number
04667453 (England and Wales)
Registered Office
Newholme Littlewick Road Woking Surrey GU21 4XR
Accountants
Ruffett Accountancy Limited Hillside Lodge Ridgeway Woking Surrey GU21 4QP
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Chartered Certified Accountants' report to the board of directors on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts of Hippo Designs & Construction Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Hippo Designs & Construction Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025 as set out on pages 5 - 7 from the Company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/about-us/regulation/rulebook.html
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Hippo Designs & Construction Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 2 February 2021. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Hippo Designs & Construction Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Hippo Designs & Construction Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at http://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/ACCA_Global/Technical/fact/technical-factsheet-163.pdf. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Hippo Designs & Construction Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Hippo Designs & Construction 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 Hippo Designs & Construction Limited. You consider that Hippo Designs & Construction 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 Hippo Designs & Construction 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.
Ruffett Accountancy Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Hillside Lodge Ridgeway Woking Surrey GU21 4QP 9 May 2025
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Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Statement of financial position as at 31 March 2025
2025 
2024 
Notes
£ 
£ 
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
5,173 
6,466 
Current assets
Debtors
3,162 
3,289 
Cash at bank and in hand
19,866 
42,064 
23,028 
45,353 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(22,112)
(27,260)
Net current assets
916 
18,093 
Net assets
6,089 
24,559 
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100 
100 
Profit and loss account
5,989 
24,459 
Shareholders' funds
6,089 
24,559 
For the year ending 31 March 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 directors acknowledge their 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 of Directors and authorised for issue on 9 May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by
Mr O J A Barwick Director Company Registration No. 04667453
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Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
1
Statutory information
Hippo Designs & Construction Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 04667453. The registered office is Newholme, Littlewick Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4XR.
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.
3
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.
Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives:
Plant & machinery
year 1: 20% on cost from month of purchase, thereafter: 20% reducing balance
Computer equipment
33% straight line
Turnover
Turnover is the VAT inclusive value of invoices submitted to customers during the year in respect of garden design and landscaping projects carried out.
4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant & machinery 
£ 
Cost or valuation
At cost 
At 1 April 2024
17,674 
At 31 March 2025
17,674 
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
11,208 
Charge for the year
1,293 
At 31 March 2025
12,501 
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
5,173 
At 31 March 2024
6,466 
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Hippo Designs & Construction Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
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Debtors
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade debtors
2,718 
2,718 
Accrued income and prepayments
444 
571 
3,162 
3,289 
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
VAT
3,240 
6,352 
Trade creditors
7,957 
8,375 
Taxes and social security
4,550 
5,725 
Other creditors
147 
141 
Loans from directors
259 
637 
Accruals
1,729 
1,729 
Deferred income
4,230 
4,301 
22,112 
27,260 
7
Share capital
2025 
2024 
£ 
£ 
Allotted, called up and fully paid:
100 Ordinary shares of £1 each
100 
100 
8
Average number of employees
During the year the average number of employees was 3 (2024: 4).
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