Company registration number 00896099 (England and Wales)
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
L J Osband
R A S Osband
S Hillman
M P Smith
G Davies
P M E Osband
E Osband
D Hillman
L Valpy
Secretary
M P Smith
Company number
00896099
Registered office
The Courtenay Group
73 Cornhill
London
United Kingdom
EC3V 3QQ
Auditor
Gerald Edelman LLP
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 6
Profit and loss account
7
Group balance sheet
8
Company balance sheet
9
Group statement of changes in equity
10
Company statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 21
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2025.
Principal activities
The principal activities of the group during the year continued to be those of property investment and development.
Results and dividends
The result for the year set out on page 7.
Dividends totaling £320,000 (2024 - £320,000) were paid in respect of the year.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
L J Osband
R A S Osband
S Hillman
M P Smith
G Davies
P M E Osband
E Osband
D Hillman
L Valpy
Auditor
In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Gerald Edelman LLP be reappointed as auditor of the group will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware. The directors have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
Going concern
Having reviewed the group's financial forecasts and expected future cash flows, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2025.
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
By order of the board
M P Smith
Secretary
24 July 2025
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and company, and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group and company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group’s and company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Banbury Estates Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 January 2025 which comprise the group profit and loss account, the group balance sheet, the company balance sheet, the group statement of changes in equity, the company statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and the parent company's affairs as at 31 January 2025 and of the group's profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and parent company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
The information given in the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
The directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and parent company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Our audit procedures were primarily directed towards testing the accounting systems in operation which we have based our assessment of the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2025.
We planned our audit so that we have a reasonable expectation of detecting material misstatements in the financial statements resulting from irregularities, fraud or non-compliance with law or regulations.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
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The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Enquiring of management of whether they are aware of any non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Enquiring of management whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud.
Enquiring of management their internal controls established to mitigate risk related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Discussions amongst the engagement team on how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. As part of this discussion, we identified potential for fraud in the following areas; posting of unusual journals.
Obtaining understanding of the legal and regulatory framework the company operates in focusing on those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context included UK Companies Act, tax legislation,data protection, anti-bribery and health and safety.
Audit response to risks identified
Fraud due to management override
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.
Audited the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries for appropriateness
Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in note 2 were indicative of potential bias; and
Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
Irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations
In response to the risk of irregularities and non compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but are not limited to:
Agreeing financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.
Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation claims.
Reviewing correspondence with HMRC.
The test nature and other inherent limitations of an audit, together with the inherent limitations of any accounting and internal control system, mean that there is an unavoidable risk that even some material misstatements in respect of irregularities may remain undiscovered even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK). Furthermore, the more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely that we would become aware of non-compliance.
Our examination should therefore not be relied upon to disclose all such material misstatements or frauds, errors or instances of non-compliance that might exist. The responsibility for safeguarding the assets of the company and for the prevention and detection of fraud, error and non-compliance with law or regulations rests with the directors.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
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This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Hiten Patel FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Gerald Edelman LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ
24 July 2025
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
GROUP PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
2,184,631
2,310,664
Cost of sales
(230,577)
(396,038)
Gross profit
1,954,054
1,914,626
Administrative expenses
(790,227)
(715,226)
Operating profit
1,163,827
1,199,400
Interest payable and similar expenses
4
(412,732)
(522,327)
Fair value gain/(loss) on investment properties
8
337,551
(267,512)
Gain on disposal of investment property
199,843
Profit before taxation
1,288,489
409,561
Tax on profit
5
(489,180)
(347,798)
Profit for the financial year
18
799,309
61,763
Profit for the financial year is all attributable to the owners of the parent company.
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
GROUP BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 JANUARY 2025
31 January 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
7
560,047
556,083
Investment properties
8
24,946,038
25,796,038
25,506,085
26,352,121
Current assets
Debtors
11
421,653
593,809
Cash at bank and in hand
434,267
441,920
855,920
1,035,729
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
(1,024,010)
(912,639)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(168,090)
123,090
Total assets less current liabilities
25,337,995
26,475,211
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
13
(9,130,442)
(10,938,217)
Provisions for liabilities
15
(1,290,700)
(1,099,450)
Net assets
14,916,853
14,437,544
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
17
600
600
Other reserves
18
9,200,596
9,000,753
Profit and loss reserves
18
5,715,657
5,436,191
Total equity
14,916,853
14,437,544
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to groups and companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 July 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
24 July 2025
D Hillman
Director
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025
31 January 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment property
8
19,080,000
19,630,000
Investments
9
68,601
68,601
19,148,601
19,698,601
Current assets
Debtors
11
5,161,204
5,154,634
Cash at bank and in hand
68,246
41,784
5,229,450
5,196,418
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
(1,623,735)
(908,595)
Net current assets
3,605,715
4,287,823
Total assets less current liabilities
22,754,316
23,986,424
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
13
(9,172,813)
(10,967,843)
Provisions for liabilities
15
(1,030,999)
(859,749)
Net assets
12,550,504
12,158,832
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
17
600
600
Other reserves
18
9,108,486
8,908,643
Profit and loss reserves
18
3,441,418
3,249,589
Total equity
12,550,504
12,158,832
As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the company has not presented its own profit and loss account and related notes. The company’s Profit for the year was £711,672 (2024: £752,887 Loss)
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 July 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
24 July 2025
D Hillman
Director
Company registration number 00896099 (England and Wales)
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
GROUP STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Share capital
Other reserves
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 February 2023
600
9,000,753
5,694,428
14,695,781
Period ended 31 January 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
61,763
61,763
Dividends
6
-
-
(320,000)
(320,000)
Balance at 31 January 2024
600
9,000,753
5,436,191
14,437,544
Period ended 31 January 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
799,309
799,309
Dividends
6
-
-
(320,000)
(320,000)
Transfers
-
199,843
(199,843)
-
Balance at 31 January 2025
600
9,200,596
5,715,657
14,916,853
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Share capital
Other reserves
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 February 2023
600
8,908,643
4,322,476
13,231,719
Period ended 31 January 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
(752,887)
(752,887)
Dividends
6
-
-
(320,000)
(320,000)
Balance at 31 January 2024
600
8,908,643
3,249,589
12,158,832
Period ended 31 January 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
711,672
711,672
Dividends
6
-
-
(320,000)
(320,000)
Transfers
-
199,843
(199,843)
-
Balance at 31 January 2025
600
9,108,486
3,441,418
12,550,504
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Banbury Estates Limited (“the company”) is a private limited company domiciled and incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Courtenay Group, 73 Cornhill, London, United Kingdom, EC3V 3QQ.
The group consists of Banbury Estates Limited and all of its subsidiaries.
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 small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS102 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 on the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate those of Banbury Estates Limited (i.e. entities that the Group controls through its power to govern the financial and operating policies so as to obtain economic benefits). Subsidiaries acquired during the year are consolidated using the purchase method. Their results are incorporated from the date that control passes. All financial statements are made up to 31 January 2025.
All intra-group transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.
Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the Group.
1.3
Turnover
Rent receivable represents amounts receivable from third parties, arising from the principal activity carried out in the United Kingdom.
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 improvements
10% straight line
Fittings and furnishings
25% straight line
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 recognised in the profit and loss account.
1.5
Investment properties
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is measured using the fair value model and stated at its fair value as the reporting end date. The surplus or deficit on revaluation is recognised in the profit and loss account.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Fixed asset investments
Equity investments are measured at fair value through profit or loss, except for those equity investments that are not publicly traded and whose fair value cannot otherwise be measured reliably, which are recognised at cost less impairment until a reliable measure of fair value becomes available.
In the parent company financial statements, investments in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the group. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
1.7
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting end date, the group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible 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. Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
The carrying amount of the investments accounted for using the equity method is tested for impairment as a single asset.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.8
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, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.9
Financial instruments
The group has elected to apply the 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 group's balance sheet when the group becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and 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.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where 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 have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the group transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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 group after deducting all of its 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.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the group's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.10
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the group 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 group.
1.11
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss 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 group’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 profits. 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 profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. 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 charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if, and only if, there is 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.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the group’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.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Classification of properties
The group’s commercial and residential freehold and leasehold interests are primarily held to earn rentals and for capital appreciation over the longer term. Consequently, the directors have determined that it is most appropriate to classify them as investment properties, which are required to be carried at fair value on an ongoing basis.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Investment property valuation
The nature of the group’s investment property interests is such that their fair value is determined by using valuation techniques that involve the use of significant inputs. These include assumptions about rental income and rent yields. The nature of these inputs is that there is a range of reasonably plausible alternatives that may be used. When determining the choice of assumptions, the directors have to exercise judgment about those assumptions that are most likely to be appropriate, having regard to each property’s future income-earning potential and yields.
Depreciation on tangible fixed assets
Depreciation on tangible fixed assets which have been calculated in accordance with accounting policies set out in note 1.4 and which is disclosed in note 7.
3
Employees
There were no employees other than directors of the company.
4
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
78,669
166,565
Interest payable to related undertakings
334,063
355,762
412,732
522,327
5
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
297,930
163,843
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
23
Total current tax
297,930
163,866
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
191,250
183,932
Total tax charge
489,180
347,798
6
Dividends
2025
2024
Recognised as distributions to equity holders:
£
£
Interim paid
320,000
320,000
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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7
Tangible fixed assets
Group
Leasehold improvements
Fittings and furnishings
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 February 2024
850,222
20,158
870,380
Additions
39,704
52,009
91,713
At 31 January 2025
889,926
72,167
962,093
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 February 2024
308,833
5,464
314,297
Depreciation charged in the year
85,149
2,600
87,749
At 31 January 2025
393,982
8,064
402,046
Carrying amount
At 31 January 2025
495,944
64,103
560,047
At 31 January 2024
541,389
14,694
556,083
The company had no tangible fixed assets assets at 31 January 2025 or 31 January 2024.
8
Investment property
Group
Company
2025
2025
£
£
Fair value
At 1 February 2024
25,796,039
19,630,001
Additions
72,449
72,449
Disposals
(1,260,000)
(1,260,000)
Revaluations
337,551
637,551
At 31 January 2025
24,946,038
19,080,000
The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at 31 January 2025 by the directors with reference to advice taken from Strettons, a firm of Chartered Surveyors, who are not connected with the company.
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
8
Investment property
(Continued)
- 18 -
If investment properties were stated on an historical cost basis rather than a fair value basis, the amounts would have been included as follows:
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Cost
23,653,954
24,247,806
17,742,496
18,336,348
Accumulated depreciation
-
-
-
-
Carrying amount
23,653,954
24,247,806
17,742,496
18,336,348
9
Fixed asset investments
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
-
-
68,601
68,601
Movements in fixed asset investments
Company
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 February 2024 and 31 January 2025
68,601
Carrying amount
At 31 January 2025
68,601
At 31 January 2024
68,601
10
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 January 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
office
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Bingley Meadow limited
England & Wales
Property investment
Ordinary
100.00
Brickworkspace Limited
England & Wales
Property investment
Ordinary
100.00
West Beach Homes Limited
England & Wales
Property investment
Ordinary
100.00
Huguenot Place Limited
England & Wales
Property investment
Ordinary
100.00
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
- 19 -
11
Debtors
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
£
£
Trade debtors
177,813
360,680
97,758
48,419
Other debtors
243,840
233,129
153,145
113,731
421,653
593,809
250,903
162,150
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Amounts owed by group
4,910,301
4,992,484
Total debtors
421,653
593,809
5,161,204
5,154,634
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Bank loans
270,267
258,178
270,267
258,178
Trade creditors
6,223
5,956
2,207
2,363
Amounts owed to group undertakings
-
1,159,997
499,477
Corporation tax payable
325,399
163,302
128,967
Other taxation and social security
-
69,379
69,379
Other creditors
422,121
415,824
62,297
79,198
1,024,010
912,639
1,623,735
908,595
13
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
14
1,283,893
1,542,154
1,283,893
1,542,154
Amounts owed to related undertakings
7,846,549
9,396,063
7,888,920
9,425,689
9,130,442
10,938,217
9,172,813
10,967,843
Amounts included above which fall due after five years are as follows:
Payable by instalments
133,834
444,517
133,834
444,517
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
- 20 -
14
Loans and overdrafts
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Bank loans
1,554,160
1,800,332
1,554,160
1,800,332
Payable within one year
270,267
258,178
270,267
258,178
Payable after one year
1,283,893
1,542,154
1,283,893
1,542,154
The bank loans are secured over certain of the company's investment properties by way of a fixed charge and interest is charged at 2.75% and 2.90% over base rate.
15
Provisions for liabilities
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Deferred tax liabilities
16
1,290,700
1,099,450
1,030,999
859,749
16
Deferred taxation
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the group or company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Group
£
£
Investment property
1,290,700
1,099,450
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Company
£
£
Investment property
1,030,999
859,749
Group
Company
2025
2025
Movements in the year:
£
£
Liability at 1 February 2024
1,099,450
859,749
Charge to profit or loss
191,250
171,250
Liability at 31 January 2025
1,290,700
1,030,999
BANBURY ESTATES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
16
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 21 -
17
Share capital
Group and company
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
£
£
Issued and fully paid
60,000 Ordinary shares of 1p each
600
600
18
Reserves
Other Reserves
Other reserves represent accumulated surpluses realised on sales of properties which, in accordance with the Articles of Association, are credited to a non-distributable reserve.
Profit and loss reserves
Included within the consolidated profit and loss reserves are distributable reserves in respect of the company is £2,604,024 (2024: £3,050,736).
The aggregate distributable reserves for the subsidiaries is £2,187,005 (2024: £1,548,490).
19
Related party transactions
The disclosure requirement of section 1A of FRS 102 allows the company not to disclose transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, provided that any subsidiary which is a party to the transaction is wholly-owned by such a member.
Included within creditors due after more than one year is an amount due to a related company, Courtenay Trust Limited, of £7,846,549 (2024 - £9,396,062). Interest of £355,762 (2024 - £327,494) has been charged by Courtenay Trust Limited to the company during the year and is included in these financial statements.
Included within other creditors within one year is an amount due to a related company, Why Workspace Limited of £93,592 (2024: £63,839). During the year, the group incurred a management charge of £659,665 (2024: £574,807) from this company.
L.J. Osband, R.A.S. Osband, S. Hillman, P.M.E. Osband and G Davies, all directors of the company, are members of the Osband family which collectively received dividends totaling £320,000 (2024: £320,000) during the year.
20
Capital commitments
Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements:
Group
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Property refurbishment
-
73,284
73,284
-
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