Registered number
05544914
Spence Crane Hire Limited
Filleted Accounts
31 August 2024
Spence Crane Hire Limited
Registered number: 05544914
Balance Sheet
as at 31 August 2024
Notes 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 2,375,072 2,403,753
Current assets
Debtors 4 364,234 468,097
Cash at bank and in hand 1,375,831 1,237,599
1,740,065 1,705,696
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 5 (337,925) (999,352)
Net current assets 1,402,140 706,344
Net assets 3,777,212 3,110,097
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 1 1
Profit and loss account 3,777,211 3,110,096
Shareholder's funds 3,777,212 3,110,097
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
J L Spence
Director
Approved by the board on 29 May 2025
Spence Crane Hire Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 August 2024
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Plant and machinery 25% reducing balance
Computer and equipment 25% reducing balance
Motor vehicle 25% reducing balance
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. 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. 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, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2024 2023
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 16 15
3 Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings Plant and machinery and office equipment Motor vehicles Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 September 2023 188,198 3,332,813 18,490 3,539,501
Additions - 617,317 17,675 634,992
Disposals - (320,000) - (320,000)
At 31 August 2024 188,198 3,630,130 36,165 3,854,493
Depreciation
At 1 September 2023 - 1,131,125 4,623 1,135,748
Charge for the year - 520,787 7,886 528,673
On disposals - (185,000) - (185,000)
At 31 August 2024 - 1,466,912 12,509 1,479,421
Net book value
At 31 August 2024 188,198 2,163,218 23,656 2,375,072
At 31 August 2023 188,198 2,201,688 13,867 2,403,753
4 Debtors 2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 358,180 344,601
Prepayments and other debtors 6,054 123,496
364,234 468,097
5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023
£ £
Directors' loan account 7,784 236,610
Trade creditors 35,229 328,449
Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest 229,517 420,376
Suspense account -
Taxation and social security costs 63,160 11,659
Other creditors 2,235 2,258
337,925 999,352
5 Related party disclosures
The controlling party is Spence Cranes Limited as it holds 100% of the issued ordinary share capital in the company.
The joint controlling parties are J L and S M Spence as they hold 100% ownership of the company.
Spence Crane Hire Partnership
Mr J Spence and Mrs S Spence are partners of Spence Crane Hire Partnership. As at 31 August 2024, Spence Crane Hire Limited had a loan of £229,517 (2023: £420,376 loan to Spence Crane Hire Partnership) from Spence Crane Hire Partnership.
Throughout the year the company had an agreement with Spence Crane Hire Partnership, to rent Cranes.
Rental charges during the year were £400,000 (2022 : £615,000), contracted on a normal

6 Other information
Spence Crane Hire Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
The Mill
Kingsteignton Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 2QA
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