| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| FOR |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| FOR |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| 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 |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| 55 Loudoun Road |
| St John's Wood |
| London |
| NW8 0DL |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Property, plant and equipment | 4 |
| Investments | 5 |
| Investment property | 6 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 7 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
9 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 11 |
| Other reserves |
| Fair value reserve |
| 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. |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| BALANCE SHEET - continued |
| 31 MARCH 2025 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Shop & Office Properties Ltd is a |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
| The financial statements contain information about Shop & Office Properties Ltd as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover represents rent received. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. |
| Fixtures and fittings | 25% on reducing balance |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Investment property |
| Investment property is shown at fair value. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit and loss. |
| 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 balance sheet date. |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| 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. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| 4. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
| Fixtures |
| and |
| fittings |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 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 |
| 5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
| The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Registered office: England |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| £ | £ |
| Aggregate capital and reserves |
| Profit for the year |
| Registered office: England |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| £ | £ |
| Aggregate capital and reserves |
| Profit for the year |
| 6. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
| Total |
| £ |
| FAIR VALUE |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Revaluations | (275,000 | ) |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| Fair value at 31 March 2025 is represented by: |
| £ |
| Valuation in 2017 | 730,283 |
| Valuation in 2018 | 75,000 |
| Valuation in 2025 | (275,000 | ) |
| Cost | 669,717 |
| 1,200,000 |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 6. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued |
| Directors have confirmed that the recent valuation of the investment property is in accordance with the current market value. |
| 7. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Other debtors |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Other creditors |
| 10. | LOANS |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
| Loan account |
| 11. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| SHOP & OFFICE PROPERTIES LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01041968) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 |
| 12. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| Included under debtors amounts owed from group undertakings are the following balances: |
| J.D.F. Properties Limited - £163,880 (creditor) (2024: £236,549 creditor) |
| Portsea Properties Limited - £458,218 (debtor) (2024: £534,106 debtor) |
| Colbourne Properties Limited - £9,375 (creditor) (2024: £9,375 creditor) |
| Included in the long term creditors is a loan amount of £195,000 owed to David Fisher Will trust, which owns a 49.99% shareholding in this company. Interest is charged at 2.5% amounting to £4,875 (2024: £4,875) for the year under review and the loan is unsecured. |
| 13. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The immediate and ultimate controlling party is Shop & Office Properties Employee Benefit Trust, registered in England and Wales. |