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Registered number: 00468138









ANTIQUITY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED







UNAUDITED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INFORMATION FOR FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

 
ANTIQUITY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 00468138

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024

2024
2023
Note
£
£

  

CURRENT ASSETS
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 4 
101,979
103,526

Cash at bank and in hand
  
198,626
99,594

  
300,605
203,120

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 5 
(300,503)
(203,018)

NET CURRENT ASSETS
  
 
 
102
 
 
102

NET ASSETS
  
102
102


CAPITAL AND RESERVES
  

Called up share capital 
 6 
91
91

Profit and loss account
  
11
11

  
102
102


The directors consider that the Company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared 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 financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The Company has opted not to file the statement of income and retained earnings in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 




Professor C H Gosden
Director

Date: 20 May 2025

The notes on pages 2 to 3 form part of these financial statements.

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ANTIQUITY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

1.


GENERAL INFORMATION

Antiquity Publications Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA. There is not considered to be any principal place of business other than the registered office.
The Company's functional and presentational currency is GBP.

2.ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 
2.1

BASIS OF PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 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.

 
2.2

TURNOVER

The Company has entered into an agreement with Cambridge University Press whereby the Press publishes the journals on behalf of the Company and a fixed percentage of the surplus made by the journals is paid to the Company.
Turnover represents the surplus received from the Cambridge University Press, net of VAT.
Turnover is recognised in line with the period to which it relates.

 
2.3

DEBTORS

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

 
2.4

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.5

CREDITORS

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.6

GIFT AID

The company recognises gift aid donations under a deed of covenant to its parent charity in the year to which they relate. These donations under deed of covenant are recognised as distributions.

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ANTIQUITY PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

3.


EMPLOYEES

The Company has no employees other than the directors, who did not receive any remuneration (2023 - £NIL).


4.


DEBTORS

2024
2023
£
£


Trade debtors
101,979
103,526



5.


CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2024
2023
£
£

Trade creditors
1,748
1,300

Amounts owed to group undertakings
132,217
122,973

Other taxation and social security
15,486
1,157

Accruals and deferred income
151,052
77,588

300,503
203,018



6.


SHARE CAPITAL

2024
2023
£
£
ALLOTTED, CALLED UP AND FULLY PAID



91 (2023 - 91) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
91
91



7.


CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate parent is Antiquity Trust, a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 313229). Its registered office is Salisbury House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2LA.

 
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