Company registration number 10005227 (England and Wales)
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
CONTENTS
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Statement of financial position
1
Notes to the financial statements
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FCC OPERATIONS LTD
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
1,973,347
2,117,650
Current assets
Debtors
1,392,600
1,267,575
Cash at bank and in hand
4,433
6,314
1,397,033
1,273,889
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(2,717,236)
(2,232,457)
Net current liabilities
(1,320,203)
(958,568)
Total assets less current liabilities
653,144
1,159,082
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
(435,544)
(938,844)
Provisions for liabilities
(217,600)
(220,238)
Net assets
Reserves
6
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These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
In accordance with section 444 of the Companies Act 2006 all of the members of the company have consented to the preparation of abridged financial statements pursuant to paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors’ Report) Regulations (S.I. 2008/409(b)).
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income and expenditure account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 23 July 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr R Handyside KC
Director
Company registration number 10005227 (England and Wales)
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
FCC Operations Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is First Floor Medway House, 18 - 22 Cantelupe Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3BJ.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Income and expenditure
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes.
Turnover, which comprises rents charged to the tenants, is recognised on an accruals basis as services are provided. Amounts invoiced in advance of the services being provided are included within deferred income.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold land and buildings
Over the remaining term of the lease
Fixtures and fittings
33% reducing balance
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 surplus or deficit.
1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
1.7
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price. Bank loans are then stated at amortised cost.
1.8
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable surplus for the year. Taxable surplus differs from net surplus as reported in the income and expenditure account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable surplus. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax surplus nor the accounting surplus.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is credited in the income and expenditure account. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.9
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are 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.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
4
Tangible fixed assets
Total
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
3,166,252
Additions
91,321
At 31 March 2025
3,257,573
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
1,048,602
Depreciation charged in the year
235,624
At 31 March 2025
1,284,226
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
1,973,347
At 31 March 2024
2,117,650
5
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
217,600
220,238
FCC OPERATIONS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
5
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
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2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2024
220,238
Credit to profit or loss
(2,638)
Liability at 31 March 2025
217,600
The deferred tax movement of £2,638 relates to the origination and reversal of timing differences.
6
Members' liability
The company is limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and consequently the liability of members is limited, subject to an undertaking by each member to contribute to the net assets or liabilities of the company on winding up such amounts as may be required not exceeding £1.
7
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
10,091,162
11,000,000
8
Revenue
Revenue for the year to 31 March 2025 includes a one-off item of “other income” relating to the release of a historic creditor of at least 9 years’ standing for a sum believed to have been due to the chambers’ fees account. Following the reconciliation of the fees account from records between April 2013 – March 2020, it is apparent that the amount is not due to the fees account and the credit has been released to income.
9
Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Gary Allen FCA
Statutory Auditor:
TC Group
Date of audit report:
23 July 2025