REGISTERED NUMBER: 07331832 (England and Wales)

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

for

Pennymatters Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Statement of Financial Position

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

4

Chartered Certified Accountants' Report

12

DIRECTORS:

K Penny

R Norman

M D G Trainor

SECRETARY:

Mrs A J Penny

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Building 329

Doncastle Road

Bracknell

Berkshire

RG12 8PE

REGISTERED NUMBER:

07331832 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

PKB Accountants Limited

Chartered Certified Accountants

Beechey House

87 Church Street

Crowthorne

Berkshire

RG45 7AW

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

4

5,064

7,778

Investments

5

258,737

236,397

263,801

244,175

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

6

279,907

417,845

Cash at bank

1,078,556

921,762

1,358,463

1,339,607

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

7

485,836

547,610

NET CURRENT ASSETS

872,627

791,997

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

1,136,428

1,036,172

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

9

80,394

75,108

NET ASSETS

1,056,034

961,064

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

10

143,100

143,100

Share premium

11

80,300

80,300

Revaluation reserve

11

44,053

27,611

Capital redemption reserve

11

200

200

Retained earnings

11

788,381

709,853

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

1,056,034

961,064

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

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.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 28 April 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

M D G Trainor - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Pennymatters Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Going Concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Turnover comprises the value of commissions and fees receivable from product providers, excluding VAT, in the normal course of business. All turnover arises in the United Kingdom. Initial commissions are accounted for when the policies are accepted by the product providers, or mortgages complete, after taking into account provisions for potential cancellation of policies where commission is received under indemnity terms. Renewal commissions are accounted for when received. Fees for financial advice and administration charges are accounted for as invoiced with accruals being made for work performed but not invoiced.

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

-

20% on cost

Computer equipment

-

33% on cost

Fixtures and Fittings and Computer Equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

At each balance sheet date, the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its Tangible Fixed Assets to determine whether there is any indication that any items have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any.

If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. Impairment loss is recognised as an expense immediately.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, to the extent that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of depreciation) had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised as income immediately.

Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current Tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profits differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account as 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 company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

Deferred Tax

Deferred tax is provided in full in respect of taxation deferred by timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes. The deferred tax balance has not been discounted.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Assets that are held by the Company under leases which transfer to the Company substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as being held under finance leases. Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the Company are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the Company at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payment. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expense and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately in profit and loss account.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight- line basis over the lease term.

In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight - line basis.

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.

The obligations for contributions to the defined contribution scheme are recognised as an expense as incurred. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a present obligation as a result of a past event and a reliable estimate can be made of a probable adverse outcome. Otherwise, material contingent liabilities are disclosed unless the transfer of economic benefits is remote. Contingent assets are only disclosed if an inflow of economic benefits is probable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand are basic financial assets and include cash in hand.

Financial instruments

The company 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 company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with 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 the realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Loans and Receivables

Trade debtors, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and other receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method,less any impairment.

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. The impairment loss is recognised in the income statement.

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 the company 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.

Financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies 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 receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised costs, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade payables 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 payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables with no stated interest rate or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the income statement in administrative expenses.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the Company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

(a) Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below:

(i) Useful economic lives of tangible assets

The company exercises judgement to determine useful lives and residual values of the assets. The assets are depreciated down to their residual values over their estimated useful lives.

(ii) Impairment of debtors

The company makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade and other debtors. When assessing impairment of trade and other debtors, management considers factors including the current credit rating of the debtor, the ageing profile of debtors and historical experience.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 12 (2023 - 12 ) .

4.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Fixtures

and

Computer

fittings

equipment

Totals

£

£

£

COST

At 1 January 2024

27,743

44,154

71,897

Additions

-

1,705

1,705

At 31 December 2024

27,743

45,859

73,602

DEPRECIATION

At 1 January 2024

26,689

37,430

64,119

Charge for year

249

4,170

4,419

At 31 December 2024

26,938

41,600

68,538

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 December 2024

805

4,259

5,064

At 31 December 2023

1,054

6,724

7,778

5.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Other

investments

£

COST OR VALUATION

At 1 January 2024

236,397

Revaluations

22,340

At 31 December 2024

258,737

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 December 2024

258,737

At 31 December 2023

236,397

Cost or valuation at 31 December 2024 is represented by:

Other

investments

£

Valuation in 2018

(9,048

)

Valuation in 2019

32,430

Valuation in 2020

3,249

Valuation in 2021

21,675

Valuation in 2022

(25,756

)

Valuation in 2023

13,847

Valuation in 2024

22,340

Cost

200,000

258,737

6.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.24

31.12.23

£

£

Trade debtors

1,020

690

Other debtors

8,900

9,354

Tax

99

-

Accrued income

79,387

333,355

Prepayments

190,501

74,446

279,907

417,845

7.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.24

31.12.23

£

£

Trade creditors

140,045

27,144

Tax

59,463

36,631

Social security and other taxes

12,377

-

VAT

5,531

4,585

Other creditors

6,407

3,313

Accruals

262,013

475,937

485,836

547,610

8.	LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

31.12.24

31.12.23

£

£

Within one year

73,312

69,900

Between one and five years

15,120

85,020

88,432

154,920

9.	PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

31.12.24

31.12.23

£

£

Deferred tax

Accelerated capital allowances

1,266

1,878

Deferred tax on investment revaluation

14,684

8,786

Other provisions

64,444

64,444

80,394

75,108

Deferred

Clawback

tax

provision

£

£

Balance at 1 January 2024

10,664

64,444

Accelerated capital allowances

(612

)

-

Deferred tax provision on

5,898

-

investment revaluation

Balance at 31 December 2024

15,950

64,444

10.	CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:

Number:

Class:

Nominal

31.12.24

31.12.23

value:

£

£

580

Ordinary A

£10

5,800

5,800

Allotted and issued:

Number:

Class:

Nominal

31.12.24

31.12.23

value:

£

£

13,730

Ordinary B

£10

137,300

137,300

11.

RESERVES

Shareholders equity

£

Issued share capital

143,100

Share premium

80,300

Revaluation reserve

27,611

Capital redemption reserve

200

Retained Earnings

764,067

Less : Cost of 10 Treasury Ordinary A shares

(30,000

)

: Cost of 800 Treasury Ordinary B shares

(24,000

)

1,035,426

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Statement of Financial Position. Readers are cautioned that the Statement of Comprehensive Income and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Pennymatters Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at accaglobal.com/rulebook.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Pennymatters Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Pennymatters Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Pennymatters Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at

https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/technical-activities/technical-resources-

search/2009/october/factsheet-163-audit-exempt-companies.html.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Pennymatters Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Pennymatters Limited. You consider that Pennymatters Limited 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 financial statements of Pennymatters Limited. 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 financial statements.

PKB Accountants Limited

Chartered Certified Accountants

Beechey House

87 Church Street

Crowthorne

Berkshire

RG45 7AW

28 April 2025