| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers |
| Oakhurst House |
| 57 Ashbourne Road |
| Derby |
| Derbyshire |
| DE22 3FS |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 4 |
| Tangible assets | 5 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 6 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 7 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
8 |
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| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 10 | ( |
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| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 11 |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| 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 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. |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| BALANCE SHEET - continued |
| 31 MARCH 2025 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Derbyshire Legal Services Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Turnover |
| Revenue represents the fair value of consideration receivable in respect of professional services provided during the year, inclusive of recoverable expenses incurred on client assignments but excluding vat. Where the outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably, revenue associated with the transaction is recognised in the income statement by reference to the stage of completion at the year end, provided that a right to consideration has been obtained by performance. Consideration accrues as contract activity progresses by reference to the value of the work performed. |
| Where the outcome of the transaction cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent that the costs of providing the service are recoverable. No revenue is recognised where there are significant uncertainties regarding recovery of the consideration due or where the right to receive payment is contingent on events outside the control of the company. Costs incurred are carried within "Amounts recoverable on contracts" but appropriately provided until such time as the contingency is removed. Expected losses are recognised as soon as they become probable based on latest estimates of revenue and costs. Unbilled revenue is included in "Amounts recoverable on contracts". |
| Goodwill |
| Goodwill, being the amounts paid in connection with the acquisition of businesses in 2017 & 2024, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of ten years. |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Improvements to property | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Computer equipment | - |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, 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. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet 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. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
| 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. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| 4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Improvements | Fixtures |
| to | and | Computer |
| property | fittings | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| 6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Amounts recoverable on contracts |
| Other debtors |
| 7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Other creditors |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR - continued |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due in more than five years: |
| Repayable by instalments |
| Bank loans more 5 yr by instal | - | 4,545 |
| 9. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Other loans | 86,868 | 100,883 |
| The loans are secured via fixed and floating charges over the assets of the company. |
| 10. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 10,900 | 500 |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 April 2024 |
| Provided during year |
| Balance at 31 March 2025 |
| 11. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary A | £1 | 40 | 40 |
| Ordinary B | £1 | 40 | 40 |
| Ordinary C | £1 | 40 | 40 |
| 120 | 120 |
| 12. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| Included within other creditors due within one year is £166,667 due on the purchase of another business. This amount is currently in dispute due to a number of factors, however, the settlement amount cannot be reliably estimated and it is deemed appropriate to maintain this creditor until such estimation can be made. |
| DERBYSHIRE LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08838592) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| At the year end, £191,006 (2024: £190,060) was due to directors of the company. These amounts are interest-free and repayable on demand. |
| At the year end, £126,775 (2024: £73,464) was due from companies under common control. These amounts are interest-free and repayable on demand. |