| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Black Country House |
| Rounds Green Road |
| Oldbury |
| West Midlands |
| B69 2DG |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 4 |
| Tangible assets | 5 |
| Investments | 6 |
| Investment property | 7 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks |
| Debtors | 8 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
10 |
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| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | ( |
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| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital |
| Revaluation reserve |
| Capital redemption reserve |
| Retained earnings |
| 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. |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| BALANCE SHEET - continued |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| F.P. Gaunt & Sons Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Going Concern |
| The company has cash resources and has no requirement for external funding. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. They continue to believe the going concern basis appropriate in preparing the annual financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover represents invoiced sales of goods, in respect of funeral services. |
| Goodwill |
| Goodwill is the difference between amounts paid on the acquisition of a business and the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities. It is amortised to the Profit and loss account over its estimated useful life of 5 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 |
| Freehold property | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| No depreciation is provided on freehold land. |
| Investment property |
| Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the first in, first out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate. |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 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. |
| Investments |
| Investments held as fixed assets are stated at cost less any provision for impairment. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| 4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Computer |
| Goodwill | software | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| Amortisation |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Amortisation for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Freehold | Plant and | and | Motor |
| property | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| Depreciation |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 6. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Investments (neither listed nor unlisted) were as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Investment in subsidiary |
| undertaking | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Registered office: Percival House Funeral Home, 130 High Street, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England, B65 0EE |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| 7. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
| Total |
| £ |
| Fair value |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| The 2024 valuations were made by the directors, on an open market value for existing use basis. The original cost of the investment property was £158,034. |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 11) |
| Trade creditors |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 11) |
| 11. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase |
| contracts |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable |
| operating leases |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| In more than five years |
| 12. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts | 210,508 | 16,381 |
| F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00446324) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 13. | PENSION COMMITMENTS |
| The company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. Amounts payable at the year end were £Nil (2023:£1,449). |
| 14. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company made a loan to Trimpley Properties Limited of £50,769 (2023: £55,769). There is no fixed repayment date and no interest is charged on the loan. Trimpley Properties Limited is a company 50% owned by one of the directors of F.P. Gaunt & Sons Limited. |
| 15. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The ultimate controlling party is |