Hardings Estate Agency Limited

Contents

Statement of financial position	1
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	2 to 5

Hardings Estate Agency Limited

(Registration number: 02640060)
Statement of financial position as at 31 December 2024

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	92,179	93,331
Current assets
Debtors	5	160,388	195,606
Cash at bank and in hand		94,379	30,814
		254,767	226,420
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	6	(132,742)	(61,290)
Net current assets		122,025	165,130
Total assets less current liabilities		214,204	258,461
Provisions for liabilities		(3,201)	(3,489)
Net assets		211,003	254,972
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital		89	89
Capital redemption reserve		10	10
Retained earnings		210,904	254,873
Shareholders' funds		211,003	254,972

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's 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 director acknowledges his 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 in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.

Approved and authorised by the director on 12 August 2025
 

......................................... Mr M Cooper Director

Hardings Estate Agency Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1	General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Solo House
The Courtyard
London Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1AT

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 12 August 2025.

2	Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

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.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Hardings Estate Agency Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred 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.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable 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 statement of financial position 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
Plant and Machinery	25% reducing balance
Furniture and fittings	25% reducing balance
Computer equipment	25% reducing balance

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Hardings Estate Agency Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was 11 (2023 - 11).

4	Tangible assets

	Property improvements £	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024	79,375	127,411	206,786
Additions	-	3,120	3,120
At 31 December 2024	79,375	130,531	209,906
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024	-	113,455	113,455
Charge for the year	-	4,272	4,272
At 31 December 2024	-	117,727	117,727
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024	79,375	12,804	92,179
At 31 December 2023	79,375	13,956	93,331

5

Debtors

Current	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Amounts owed by related parties		129,027	164,352
Prepayments		13,984	14,330
Other debtors		17,377	16,924
		160,388	195,606

Hardings Estate Agency Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2024 £	2023 £
Due within one year
Trade creditors	32,406	-
Taxation and social security	71,835	48,040
Accruals and deferred income	28,501	13,250
	132,742	61,290

7	Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Coopers Lettings Middlesex Ltd, incorporated in England.

 The ultimate parent is Coopers Lettings Limited, incorporated in England.