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Registered number: 05952518
NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMATION FOR FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED for the year ended 31 January 2025 which comprise the 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 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.icaew.com /regulation.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated March 2025. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release TECH07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 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 loss of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED. You consider that NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or review of the financial statements of NATURAL SURROUNDINGS 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.
MA Partners LLP
Chartered Accountants
12 Church Street
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9ER
1 September 2025
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 05952518
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025
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Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Net current (liabilities)/assets
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Total assets less current liabilities
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 05952518
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 JANUARY 2025
The directors consider that the Company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The Company has opted not to file the statement of comprehensive income in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 4 to 9 form part of these financial statements.
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
The Company is a United Kingdom company limited by shares. It is both incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales. The address of its registered office is Bayfield Estate, Nr Glandford, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 7JN.
The company's principle activity is that of nature reserve, cafe and shop.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:
Sale of goods
Revenue from the sale of plants, gardening sundries, books & stationery, gifts and refreshments is recognised when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
• the Company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer;
• the Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
• the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
• it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the transaction; and
• the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.
Rendering of services
Revenue is comprised from catering services in the cafe and entrance fees for visitors to access the gardens and reserve. These are recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
• the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
• it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
• the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
• the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a business combination and the acquirer’s interest in the fair value of its identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is amortised on a straight-line basis to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over its useful economic life.
Other intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on a reducing balance basis and straight line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and estimate selling price less costs to complete and sell. Costs, which comprise of direct production costs, are based on the method most appropriated to the type of inventory class, but usually on a first in first out basis. Overheads are charged to profit and loss as incurred.
When stocks are sold, the carrying amount of those stocks is recognised as an expenses in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like other debtors and creditors. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically other debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received.
Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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Operating leases: the Company as lessee
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Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.
The Company has taken advantage of the optional exemption available on transition to FRS 102 which allows lease incentives on leases entered into before the date of transition to the standard 01 February 2023 to continue to be charged over the period to the first market rent review rather than the term of the lease.
Defined contribution pension plan
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance Sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
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The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 12 (2024 - 12).
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Charge for the year on owned assets
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Charge for the year on owned assets
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NATURAL SURROUNDINGS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025
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Prepayments and accrued income
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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Other taxation and social security
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Accruals and deferred income
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Allotted, called up and fully paid
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1,000 (2024 - 1,000) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
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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. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £2,687 (2024 - £1,690). Contributions totalling £414 (2024 - £352) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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Related party transactions
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At the year end, the Company owed its directors £31,011 (2024 - £30,735) in respect of an interest-free directors' loan account. The loan is unsecured and is repayable on demand, and is shown within other creditors in note 7 to the financial statements.
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