Company registration number 12366471 (England and Wales)
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 7
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
3
1,389
2,801
Tangible assets
4
383,311
263,545
Investments
5
150,000
150,000
534,700
416,346
Current assets
Debtors
6
81,569
67,990
Cash at bank and in hand
846,121
599,702
927,690
667,692
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(271,485)
(450,194)
Net current assets
656,205
217,498
Total assets less current liabilities
1,190,905
633,844
Provisions for liabilities
(75,754)
(49,139)
Net assets
1,115,151
584,705
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
1,115,051
584,605
Total equity
1,115,151
584,705
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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For the financial year ended 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

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.

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

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 10 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr BS Wardle
Director
Company registration number 12366471 (England and Wales)
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Bens in the UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is St Paul's House, 23 Park Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS1 2ND.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 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 financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

1.3
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill

Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

 

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Software
5 years
1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Leasehold improvements
10% straight line
Plant and equipment
25% reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings
25% reducing balance
Computers
33% straight line
Motor vehicles
25% straight line

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.5
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

1.6
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.7
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 profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because 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 end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.9
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

2
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
9
9
3
Intangible fixed assets
Other
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
7,050
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
4,249
Amortisation charged for the year
1,412
At 31 December 2024
5,661
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
1,389
At 31 December 2023
2,801
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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4
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
116,288
160,237
19,718
4,237
99,815
400,295
Additions
-
0
1,348
104
1,056
243,494
246,002
Disposals
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
(85,315)
(85,315)
At 31 December 2024
116,288
161,585
19,822
5,293
257,994
560,982
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
33,262
85,036
11,210
3,615
3,627
136,750
Depreciation charged in the year
11,628
19,080
2,136
366
23,708
56,918
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
(15,997)
(15,997)
At 31 December 2024
44,890
104,116
13,346
3,981
11,338
177,671
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
71,398
57,469
6,476
1,312
246,656
383,311
At 31 December 2023
83,026
75,201
8,508
622
96,188
263,545
5
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
150,000
150,000

The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

 

RBW Meats Ltd.

Registered office: 12 Canon Street, Bury, Lancashire, England, BL9 6ED

Nature of business: Wholesale of meat and meat products

 

100% Ordinary Shares

 

6
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other debtors
81,569
67,990
BENS IN THE UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
72,497
185,612
Corporation tax
176,897
93,081
Other taxation and social security
15,177
6,585
Other creditors
6,914
164,916
271,485
450,194
8
Related party transactions

At 31 December 2024 £14,798 had been advanced to the Director (2023 - £155,618 advanced to the company by the Director). Interest of £164 (2023 - £Nil) has been charged on the monies advanced. Monies advanced were repaid prior to the date of these financial statements.

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