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Company Registration No. 10075019 (England and Wales)
Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Unaudited accounts Contents
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Company Information for the year ended 31 August 2024
Directors
C A Sharp S J Wilson
Company Number
10075019 (England and Wales)
Registered Office
First Floor 129 High Street Guildford Surrey GU1 3AA United Kingdom
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Statement of financial position as at 31 August 2024
2024 
2023 
Notes
£ 
£ 
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
936,978 
936,978 
Current assets
Debtors
- 
278,520 
Cash at bank and in hand
11,971 
846 
11,971 
279,366 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(199,312)
(478,009)
Net current liabilities
(187,341)
(198,643)
Total assets less current liabilities
749,637 
738,335 
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
(664,421)
(674,421)
Net assets
85,216 
63,914 
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
10 
10 
Profit and loss account
85,206 
63,904 
Shareholders' funds
85,216 
63,914 
For the year ending 31 August 2024 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 28 April 2025 and were signed on its behalf by
C A Sharp Director Company Registration No. 10075019
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
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Statutory information
Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales, registration number 10075019. The registered office is First Floor, 129 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AA, United Kingdom.
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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.
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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.
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods supplied and services rendered, net of discounts and Value Added Tax. Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer (usually on despatch of the goods); the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the entity; and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transactions can be measured reliably.
Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that 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 that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. 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. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Where investments in non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary shares or preference shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment. Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in profit or loss, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship. Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
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:
Land & buildings
Nil
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 Section 1A requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the company's accounting policies. In preparing these financial statements, the directors have made the following judgements: Determine whether there are indicators of impairment of the company's tangible fixed assets. Factors taken into consideration in reaching such 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. Other key sources of estimation uncertainty: Tangible fixed assets (note 4) Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value assessments consider issues such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.
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Tangible fixed assets
Land & buildings 
£ 
Cost or valuation
At cost 
At 1 September 2023
936,978 
At 31 August 2024
936,978 
Depreciation
At 31 August 2024
- 
Net book value
At 31 August 2024
936,978 
At 31 August 2023
936,978 
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Debtors
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Amounts falling due within one year
Other debtors
- 
278,520 
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Bank loans and overdrafts
10,000 
10,000 
Taxes and social security
16,365 
12,094 
Other creditors
172,947 
455,915 
199,312 
478,009 
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Ashton & Spencer Holdings Limited Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 August 2024
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024 
2023 
£ 
£ 
Bank loans
664,421 
674,421 
At the year end the Company held a Bounce Back Loan totalling £20,833 (period ended 2023: £30,833) with Lloyds Bank Plc. The loan bears interest at 2.5% pa and is not secured. The loan is repayable in monthly instalments with the final repayment due 6 years after the first drawdown. At the year end the Company also held a Bank Loan totalling £653,538 (period ended 2023: £653,538) with Belmont Green Finance Limited Trading as Vida Homeloans. The loan bears a fixed interest at 3.84% pa and is an interest only buy to let mortgage secured on the property held by the Company. The loan is repayable in September 2042.
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Average number of employees
During the year the average number of employees was 2 (2023: 2).
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