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Company No: 04982311 (England and Wales)

THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements
For the financial year ended 31 December 2024
Pages for filing with the registrar

THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the financial year ended 31 December 2024

Contents

THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

BALANCE SHEET

As at 31 December 2024
THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

BALANCE SHEET (continued)

As at 31 December 2024
Note 2024 2023
£ £
Restated - note 2
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 4 22,520 18,124
22,520 18,124
Current assets
Debtors 5 439,095 518,510
Cash at bank and in hand 305,879 282,294
744,974 800,804
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 ( 242,229) ( 221,128)
Net current assets 502,745 579,676
Total assets less current liabilities 525,265 597,800
Provision for liabilities ( 5,229) ( 4,042)
Net assets 520,036 593,758
Capital and reserves
Called-up share capital 10,000 10,000
Profit and loss account 510,036 583,758
Total shareholder's funds 520,036 593,758

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 financial statements of The Richard Stephens Partnership Limited (registered number: 04982311) were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 17 June 2025. They were signed on its behalf by:

A M Paterson
Director
THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 December 2024
THE RICHARD STEPHENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the financial year ended 31 December 2024
1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.

General information and basis of accounting

The Richard Stephens Partnership Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the Company's registered office is Mill Court, Mill Hill, Edenbridge, TN8 5DB, United Kingdom.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern

The directors have assessed the Balance Sheet and likely future cash flows at the date of approving these financial statements. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Turnover

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the 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 and after eliminating sales within the company.

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.

Employee benefits

Defined contribution schemes
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 expenses when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Taxation

Current 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 corporation 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
Deferred income tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible fixed 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:

Plant and machinery etc. 25 % reducing balance

Residual value represents the estimated amount which would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset, after deducting estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Leases

The Company as lessee
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.

Impairment of assets

Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

Trade and other debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers in respect of 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 debtors.

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.

Trade and other 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.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Financial assets are classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and debtors, held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial assets, or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate. The company determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition.

Financial liabilities are classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss, loans and borrowings, trade and other creditors, or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate. The company determines the classification of its financial liabilities at initial recognition.

Recognition and measurement
All financial instruments are recognised initially at fair value plus transaction costs. Thereafter financial instruments are stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method (less impairment where appropriate) unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial in which case they are stated at cost (less impairment where appropriate). The exception to this are those financial instruments where it is a requirement to continue recording them at fair value through profit and loss.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the Company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Balance Sheet date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

2. Prior year adjustment

A prior year adjustment has been made to the comparative information for the year ended 31 December 2023. The dividends declared and creditors have both been reduced by £10,424, resulting in an increase in the Retained Earnings of £10,424. Adjustments have been made to reflect the appropriate balances and transaction in the prior year as follows:

As previously reported Adjustment As restated
Year ended 31 December 2023 £ £ £
Retained Earnings 573,334 10,424 583,758
Creditors 231,552 (10,424) 221,128

3. Employees

2024 2023
Number Number
Monthly average number of persons employed by the Company during the year, including directors 16 16

4. Tangible assets

Plant and machinery etc. Total
£ £
Cost
At 01 January 2024 343,392 343,392
Additions 9,232 9,232
At 31 December 2024 352,624 352,624
Accumulated depreciation
At 01 January 2024 325,268 325,268
Charge for the financial year 4,836 4,836
At 31 December 2024 330,104 330,104
Net book value
At 31 December 2024 22,520 22,520
At 31 December 2023 18,124 18,124

5. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 373,269 472,856
Other debtors 65,826 45,654
439,095 518,510

6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 65,307 33,822
Taxation and social security 159,799 175,144
Other creditors 17,123 12,162
242,229 221,128

7. Financial commitments

Commitments

Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

2024 2023
£ £
within one year 54,042 56,256
between one and five years 94,006 147,878
148,048 204,134

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year 2024 was £58,511 (2023 - £55,252).

8. Related party transactions

Other related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 1A C.35 "Related Party Disclosures" from disclosing transactions with other members of the group.