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Registered number: 05310783
CROWNFIRST LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
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1st Floor Sackville House
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 05310783
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Total assets less current liabilities
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Provision for liabilities
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Allotted, called up and fully paid share capital
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Page 1
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 05310783
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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 on
22 September 2025.
The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these financial statements.
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Crownfirst Limited (company number: 05310783) is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 113 Brent Street, London, NW4 2DX. The trading address is the same as the registered office.
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 Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in GBP sterling, which is the functional currency of the Company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £ (GBP).
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard 102, Section 1A.7 from the requirement to produce a Statement of Cash Flows on the grounds that it is a small company.
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard 102, Section 33.1A not to disclose transactions with group entitites which are wholly owned by a member of the group.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
Property income comprises rental and other property related income exclusive of Value Added Tax.
Property income in respect of rental income, lease premiums, insurance and other recharges of property related expenditure is recognised to the extent that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the property income can be reliably measured. Property income is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding Value Added Tax.
Investment properties are carried at fair value, determined annually by the directors on the basis of open market values for its current use. No depreciation is provided in relation to investment properties. Changes in fair value are recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.
Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours.
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company uses variable to fixed interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to cash flow risk on its bank loan. These derivatives are measured at fair value at each Balance Sheet date.
To the extent the cash flow hedge is effective, movements in fair value are recognised in other comprehensive income and presented in a separate cash flow hedge reserve. Any ineffective portions of those movements are recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings for the year.
Monetary movements on the hedging instruments and the hedged items are recognised in the Statment of Income and Retained Earnings for the year.
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 to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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 when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occured after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original Earnings.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occuring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and other loans including loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price.
Short-term creditors are measured at cost/transaction price and not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Current and deferred taxation
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The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax.
The current corporation tax charge 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 and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date.
Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance Sheet date, except that:
∙The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
∙Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.
Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date.
The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 2 (2023 - 2).
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Long-term leasehold property
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Purchased from group companies
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During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Company purchased properties with a net book value of £27,876,500 from other members of the group. In each case, the sales price was adjusted for deferred taxation and the transactions occured at "no gain no loss" for Corporation Tax Purposes.
The fair value of investment property has been determined with reference to independent red book valuations and to valuations performed by one of the Company directors who is a chartered surveyor.
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Amounts owed by group undertakings
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Prepayments and accrued income
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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Amounts owed to group undertakings
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Accruals and deferred income
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
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Interest rate swap liability
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The bank loan is secured by way of a first charge on the Company's freehold investment property and its associated assets.
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CROWNFIRST LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Charged to profit and loss
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The deferred taxation balance is made up as follows:
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Revaluation of investment properties
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The amount of the net reversal of deferred tax expected to occur next year is dependent on any future fair value movements on investment properties.
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The ultimate parent undertaking is Bana One Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
Bana One Limited heads the largest group of udertakings for which group financial statements are drawn up, and of which this company is a member.
Bana One Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from 113 Brent Street, London, NW4 2DX.
The Company was subject to an audit for the year ended 31 December 2024. The audit report was issued with an unqualified opinion and signed on 22 September 2025 by Chris Gent BA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) on behalf of Wilder Coe Ltd.
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