| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Unaudited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Unaudited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| Chartered Accountants' Report | 7 |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Hanover Court |
| 5 Queen Street |
| Lichfield |
| Staffordshire |
| WS13 6QD |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 4 |
| Investments | 5 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks |
| Debtors | 6 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 7 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
8 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| RESERVES |
| Revaluation reserve | 10 |
| Income and expenditure account |
| The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
| (a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
| (b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Balance Sheet - continued |
| 31 December 2024 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Rolling stock | - |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the first-in, first-out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Investments |
| Investments are valued at revalued amounts less provision for any impairment in the value. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Plant and | and | Rolling |
| machinery | fittings | stock | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| The directors consider the carrying value to not be materially different from the market value of the investment. |
| 6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited (Registered number: 01136834) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts |
| Trade creditors |
| Other creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings | 89,080 | 70,483 |
| Accrued expenses |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans - 1-2 years |
| Bank loans - 2-5 years |
| 9. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| The bank loan is secured against the whole of the railway freehold. |
| 10. | RESERVES |
| Revaluation |
| reserve |
| £ |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors |
| on the Unaudited Financial Statements of |
| Shackerstone Railway Society Limited |
| The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies. |
| In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Shackerstone Railway Society Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance. |
| This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Shackerstone Railway Society Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Shackerstone Railway Society Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Shackerstone Railway Society Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Shackerstone Railway Society Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report. |
| It is your duty to ensure that Shackerstone Railway Society Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of Shackerstone Railway Society Limited. You consider that Shackerstone Railway Society 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 financial statements of Shackerstone Railway Society 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 financial statements. |
| Hanover Court |
| 5 Queen Street |
| Lichfield |
| Staffordshire |
| WS13 6QD |