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| Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
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| Ashington Business Inc. Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| for |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Statement of Financial Position | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Statement of Financial Position |
| 31 December 2023 |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Investments | 4 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 5 |
| Investments | 6 |
| Cash at bank |
| 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 |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 10 |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The director acknowledges his 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 profit or loss 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. |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Statement of Financial Position - continued |
| 31 December 2023 |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Going concern |
| At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. |
| Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
| In the application of the company's accounting policies, the director is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. |
| The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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 statement of financial position date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| 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. |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Foreign currencies |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
| Financial instruments |
| The company has elected to apply provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
| Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
| Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
| Basic financial assets |
| Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. |
| Classification of financial liabilities |
| Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. |
| Basic financial liabilities |
| Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. |
| Equity instruments |
| Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company. |
| Investments |
| Longer-term Investments are valued at cost, less provisions for impairment. If the equity value of the investment is lower than cost, the valuation is adjusted accordingly, provided that management considers this to be a permanent diminution in value. Dividend income is recognised when received. |
| Current asset investments |
| Current asset investments include short-term investments in bonds and restricted cash deposits where withdrawals of funds are restricted under contractual agreements. The short-term investments are shown at market value and is measured at each balance sheet date, any unrealised or realised profits or losses are taken to the profit and loss account. |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| 4. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Unlisted |
| investments |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2023 |
| and 31 December 2023 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| At 31 December 2022 |
| 5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Other debtors |
| 6. | CURRENT ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Listed investments | 651,926 | 618,143 |
| Other investments |
| Market value of listed investments at 31 December 2023 - £ 651,926 (2022 - £ 618,143 ). |
| 7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 9) |
| Trade creditors |
| Other creditors |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Other creditors |
| Ashington Business Inc. Limited (Registered number: 05708275) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
| 9. | LOANS |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
| Bank overdrafts |
| 10. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.12.23 | 31.12.22 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 2 | 2 |