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REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

Registration number: 05099569

Wheelton Farms Limited

Unaudited Financial Statements

31 December 2024

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Wheelton Farms Limited

Contents

Accountants' Report

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Wheelton Farms Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Wheelton Farms Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024 as set out on pages 2 to 14 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Wheelton Farms Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 9 March 2022. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Wheelton Farms Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Wheelton Farms Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Wheelton Farms Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Wheelton Farms 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 Wheelton Farms Limited. You consider that Wheelton Farms 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 Wheelton Farms 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.



Dodd & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
FIFTEEN Rosehill
Montgomery Way
Rosehill Estate
CARLISLE
CA1 2RW

28 May 2025

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

(Registration number: 05099569)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

2,425,308

747,670

Investments

6

500

500

Other financial assets

7

88,943

80,181

 

2,514,751

828,351

Current assets

 

Stocks

404,822

438,872

Debtors

8

263,943

257,616

Other financial assets

7

123,502

87,857

Cash at bank and in hand

 

61,269

715

 

853,536

785,060

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

9

(249,269)

(241,366)

Net current assets

 

604,267

543,694

Total assets less current liabilities

 

3,119,018

1,372,045

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

9

(1,925,019)

(194,919)

Provisions for liabilities

(131,924)

(146,726)

Net assets

 

1,062,075

1,030,400

Capital and reserves

 

Allotted, called up and fully paid share capital

104

104

Profit and loss account

1,061,971

1,030,296

Total equity

 

1,062,075

1,030,400

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

(Registration number: 05099569)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024 (continued)

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 28 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................

M J Wheelton

Director

.........................................

S Wheelton

Company secretary and director

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Mill End Farm
Marton Lane
Gawsworth
MACCLESFIELD
SK11 9EX

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured; it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity; and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Government grants

Government grants such as the basic payment scheme are included in the profit and loss account when all the necessary conditions for receipt have been met.


Other grants
Other grants in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a deferred income account and are released to profit over the expected useful lives of the relevant assets on a basis consistent with the depreciation policy.

Basic payment scheme

The amount paid in connection with the purchase of the basic payment scheme entitlement was amortised over the useful economic life of that entitlement, and has now been fully amortised.

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when 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.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Land and buildings

10% reducing balance basis

Plant and equipment

15% reducing balance basis

Motor vehicles

20% reducing balance basis

Office equipment

3 years straight line basis

Land and buildings includes property which relates to tenant's improvements on land leased by the company from the directors and their family. As the long term intention is for the farming operation to continue, it is deemed a true and fair view to depreciate the assets at 10% reducing balance over their useful economic life, and not the duration of the lease.

Investments

Fixed asset investments are stated at historical cost less provision for any diminution in value.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for the sale of goods or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Trading stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after due regard for obsolete and slow moving stocks. The cost of livestock represents the purchase cost plus any additional costs of rearing the animal. Net realisable value is based on selling price less anticipated selling costs. Crop stock is valued at fair value less any anticipated costs to sell.

Herd stock is included in the balance sheet at the original cost of the herd adjusted annually for additions to, or disposals from the herd.

Additions to the herd are included at cost except where there is a reinstatement of disposals to the herd from the prior year. In this case they are reinstated at the prior year disposal value.

Disposals to the herd are disposed of at an average cost except where there have been additions to the herd in the prior year. In this case they are disposed of on a last in first out basis.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method where due after more than one year.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Financial instruments

Classification
Equity shares and debt securities
 Recognition and measurement
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

 Impairment
For instruments measured at cost less impairment the impairment is the difference between the assets' carrying amount and the best estimate the entity would receive for the asset if it were sold at the reporting date.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 10 (2023 - 9).

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

4

Intangible assets

Basic payment scheme
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

731

731

At 31 December 2024

731

731

Amortisation

At 1 January 2024

731

731

At 31 December 2024

731

731

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

-

-

At 31 December 2023

-

-

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

5

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Plant and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Office equipment
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

145,463

1,393,715

15,195

2,286

1,556,659

Additions

1,763,365

14,083

-

-

1,777,448

Disposals

-

(18,971)

(2,000)

-

(20,971)

At 31 December 2024

1,908,828

1,388,827

13,195

2,286

3,313,136

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

92,632

707,539

6,532

2,286

808,989

Charge for the year

5,283

90,069

1,672

-

97,024

Eliminated on disposal

-

(16,486)

(1,699)

-

(18,185)

At 31 December 2024

97,915

781,122

6,505

2,286

887,828

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

1,810,913

607,705

6,690

-

2,425,308

At 31 December 2023

52,831

686,176

8,663

-

747,670

6

Investments

2024
£

2023
£

Investments in joint ventures

500

500

Joint ventures

£

Cost

At 1 January 2024

500

At 31 December 2024

500

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

500

At 31 December 2023

500

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

7

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

2024
£

2023
£

Current financial assets

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

123,502

87,857

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss
£

Total
£

Current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

87,857

87,857

Fair value adjustments

35,645

35,645

At 31 December 2024

123,502

123,502

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

123,502

123,502

At 31 December 2023

87,857

87,857

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2024
£

2023
£

Non-current financial assets

Financial assets at cost less impairment

88,943

80,181

Financial assets at cost less impairment
£

Total
£

Non-current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

80,181

80,181

Additions

8,762

8,762

At 31 December 2024

88,943

88,943

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

88,943

88,943

At 31 December 2023

80,181

80,181

8

Debtors

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

41,340

22,894

Other debtors

222,603

234,722

263,943

257,616

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

9

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

10

65,794

94,236

Trade creditors

 

70,581

39,592

Taxation and social security

 

2,752

2,404

Corporation tax liability

 

28,472

9,943

Other creditors

 

81,670

95,191

 

249,269

241,366

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

10

1,918,237

186,940

Other creditors

 

6,782

7,979

 

1,925,019

194,919

2024
£

2023
£

After more than five years by instalments

1,672,156

50,273

1,672,156

50,273

10

Loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

61,418

31,696

Bank overdrafts

-

62,540

Other borrowings

4,376

-

65,794

94,236

Current loans and borrowings includes the following liabilities, on which security has been given by the company:

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

61,418

-

Bank borrowings are secured by a fixed charge over property and other assets owned by the company.

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2024
£

2023
£

Non-current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

1,918,237

186,940

Non-current loans and borrowings includes the following liabilities, on which security has been given by the company:

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

1,918,237

-

Bank borrowings are secured by a fixed charge over property and other assets owned by the company.

11

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2024

At 1 January 2024
£

Advances
£

Repayments
£

Other payments
£

Dividends credited
£

Interest
£

At 31 December 2024
£

M J Wheelton

Loan

8,233

110,075

(48,374)

-

(3,600)

1,094

67,428

               
         

 

2023

At 1 January 2023
£

Advances
£

Repayments
£

Other payments
£

Dividends credited
£

Interest
£

At 31 December 2023
£

M J Wheelton

Loan

37,338

93,122

(74,757)

-

(48,500)

1,030

8,233

               
         

S Wheelton

Loan

-

5,442

-

-

(5,442)

-

-

               
         

 

Directors' advances are repayable on demand.

Interest has been charged on directors' advances over £10,000 at a rate of 2% to 5 April 2023 and 2.25% thereafter.

 

Wheelton Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

12

Financial instruments

Financial assets measured at fair value

Quoted Shares
Valuation per the London Stock Exchange at the balance sheet date.

The fair value is £123,502 (2023 - £87,857) and the change in value included in profit or loss is £35,645 (2023 - £30,265).