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REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520 (England and Wales)















UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025

FOR

READE SIGNS LIMITED

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025










Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4

Chartered Certified Accountants' Report 8

READE SIGNS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025







DIRECTORS: A J Fergus-Smith
R G Adams
A Bottrill





REGISTERED OFFICE: 4 Holder Road
Aldershot
GU12 4RH





REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Wettone Matthews Limited
Chartered Certified Accountants
Market House
21 Lenten Street
Alton
GU34 1HG

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

BALANCE SHEET
29 APRIL 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 653,715 735,914

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 179,282 104,263
Debtors 5 1,183,582 1,378,774
Cash at bank and in hand 33,713 8,549
1,396,577 1,491,586
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 1,438,155 1,529,376
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (41,578 ) (37,790 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

612,137

698,124

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

7

(201,224

)

(290,645

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 9 (99,041 ) (129,353 )
NET ASSETS 311,872 278,126

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 10 103 103
Share premium 3,712 3,712
Retained earnings 308,057 274,311
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 311,872 278,126

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 29 April 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 29 April 2025 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.

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

BALANCE SHEET - continued
29 APRIL 2025


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 Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 18 August 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





A J Fergus-Smith - Director


READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Reade Signs 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.

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.

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

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Plant and machinery etc - 35% on reducing balance, 25% on reducing balance, 20% on cost and 15% on reducing balance

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

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.

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.

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

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.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 26 (2024 - 35 ) .

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Plant and and Motor Computer
machinery fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 30 April 2024 558,995 351,446 190,842 241,244 1,342,527
Additions - - 29,063 1,958 31,021
Disposals - - (79,436 ) - (79,436 )
At 29 April 2025 558,995 351,446 140,469 243,202 1,294,112
DEPRECIATION
At 30 April 2024 112,213 221,959 63,217 209,224 606,613
Charge for year 6,832 28,517 21,746 11,642 68,737
Eliminated on disposal - - (34,953 ) - (34,953 )
At 29 April 2025 119,045 250,476 50,010 220,866 640,397
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 April 2025 439,950 100,970 90,459 22,336 653,715
At 29 April 2024 446,782 129,487 127,625 32,020 735,914

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025


4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Plant and Motor Computer
machinery vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 30 April 2024 558,995 190,842 38,490 788,327
Additions - 29,063 - 29,063
Disposals - (79,436 ) - (79,436 )
At 29 April 2025 558,995 140,469 38,490 737,954
DEPRECIATION
At 30 April 2024 112,213 63,217 28,421 203,851
Charge for year 6,832 21,746 2,291 30,869
Eliminated on disposal - (34,953 ) - (34,953 )
Reclassification/transfer - - 3,525 3,525
At 29 April 2025 119,045 50,010 34,237 203,292
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 April 2025 439,950 90,459 4,253 534,662
At 29 April 2024 446,782 127,625 10,069 584,476

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Trade debtors 835,368 870,912
Amounts recoverable on contract 70,040 68,957
Other debtors 278,174 438,905
1,183,582 1,378,774

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 50,000 116,667
Hire purchase contracts 147,034 147,656
Trade creditors 571,818 435,982
Taxation and social security 72,547 194,845
Other creditors 596,756 634,226
1,438,155 1,529,376

READE SIGNS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04103520)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2025


7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans 16,667 -
Hire purchase contracts 184,557 290,645
201,224 290,645

8. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 331,591 438,301

9. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2025 2024
£    £   
Deferred tax 99,041 129,353

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 30 April 2024 129,353
Provided during year (30,312 )
Movement in year
Balance at 29 April 2025 99,041

10. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £    £   
103 Ordinary £1 103 103

11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year parties related to the company repaid £60,667 (2024: advances of £305,174). At the year end the amount owed on the advances was £244,507 (2023: £305,174). Interest has been charged on the advances at the official rate where applicable. The advances were repaid within nine months of the year end.

CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
READE SIGNS LIMITED


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 Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement 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 Reade Signs Limited for the year ended 29 April 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet 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 Reade Signs 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 Reade Signs Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Reade Signs 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 Reade Signs 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 Reade Signs Limited. You consider that Reade Signs 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 Reade Signs 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.






Wettone Matthews Limited
Chartered Certified Accountants
Market House
21 Lenten Street
Alton
GU34 1HG


18 August 2025