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Registration number: SC388075

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 6

Accountants' Report

7

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Dr Adam Bittern

Mr Kenneth Hamill

Mr Callum David MacInnes

Registered office

6 Elmgrove
St Monans
Anstruther
Fife
KY10 2DA

Accountants

EQ Accountants Ltd Unit 4B
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

(Registration number: SC388075)
Balance Sheet as at 30 November 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

478

637

Current assets

 

Debtors

5,730

5,731

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

5

(9,720)

(8,891)

Net current liabilities

 

(3,990)

(3,160)

Net liabilities

 

(3,512)

(2,523)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

1

1

Retained earnings

(3,513)

(2,524)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(3,512)

(2,523)

For the financial year ending 30 November 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the director has not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 20 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Dr Adam Bittern
Director

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in Scotland.

2

Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

It is the opinion of the director that there is reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. For this reason the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements for the period ended 30 November 2024.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Office Equipment

25% Reducing Balance

Fixtures and Fittings

25% Reducing Balance

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual
arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any
contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

 

3

Employees and Directors

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 3 (2023 - 1).

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

4

Tangible assets

Fixtures and fittings
£

Office equipment
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 December 2023

2,031

4,740

6,771

At 30 November 2024

2,031

4,740

6,771

Depreciation

At 1 December 2023

1,901

4,233

6,134

Charge for the year

32

127

159

At 30 November 2024

1,933

4,360

6,293

Carrying amount

At 30 November 2024

98

380

478

At 30 November 2023

130

507

637

5

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

Other creditors

9,720

8,891

 

Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

6

Related party transactions

Creditors include the following amounts which are owed to individuals who were directors of the company during the year:

2024
 £

2023
 £

Dr Adam Bittern

6,032

6,031

 

6,032

6,031

The maximum balance outstanding during the year amounted to £6,032.

The director's current account is repayable on demand.

Loans from related parties

The director Dr Adam Bittern is also a director of Astute Fire Engineering Ltd.

Included within other creditors is a loan from Astute Fire Engineering Ltd amounting to £2,979 (2023: £2,150).

The above loan is repayable on demand.
 

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd
for the Year Ended 30 November 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd for the year ended 30 November 2024 as set out on pages 2 to 6 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of ICAS, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.icas.com/accountspreparationguidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of ICAS as detailed at http://www.icas.com/accountspreparationguidance. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd. You consider that Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Astute Fire (Scotland) Ltd. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

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EQ Accountants Ltd
Unit 4B
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

20 August 2025