Company registration number 12379623 (England and Wales)
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr J R Seal
Mrs C M Seal
Secretary
Mr J R Seal
Company number
12379623
Registered office
24 Salisbury Road
Garston
Liverpool
L19 0PJ
Accountants
Ormerod Rutter Limited
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
Bankers
Starling Bank
5th Floor
London Fruit and Wool Exchange
1 Duval Square
London
E1 6PW
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Accountants' report
1
Balance sheet
2 - 3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 8
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PHOENIX LIVING LTD FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Phoenix Living Ltd for the period ended 31 March 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 Phoenix Living Ltd, 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 Phoenix Living Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Phoenix Living Ltd, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Phoenix Living Ltd and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Phoenix Living Ltd 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 Phoenix Living Ltd. You consider that Phoenix Living Ltd is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the period.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Phoenix Living Ltd. 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.
Ormerod Rutter Limited
28 August 2025
Chartered Accountants
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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31 March 2025
31 December 2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
13,020
10,715
Investment property
4
1,245,000
392,066
Investments
5
1
1
1,258,021
402,782
Current assets
Debtors
6
10,216
102,199
Cash at bank and in hand
11,377
1,016
21,593
103,215
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(692,752)
(274,525)
Net current liabilities
(671,159)
(171,310)
Total assets less current liabilities
586,862
231,472
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
8
(375,240)
(295,237)
Provisions for liabilities
10
(40,227)
Net assets/(liabilities)
171,395
(63,765)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
100
100
Non-distributable profits reserve
13
276,542
Distributable profit and loss reserves
(105,247)
(63,865)
Total equity
171,395
(63,765)
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial period ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
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 members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the period in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 August 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mrs C M Seal
Director
Company registration number 12379623 (England and Wales)
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Phoenix Living Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 24 Salisbury Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 0PJ.
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 have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
These financial statements have been drawn up on the going concern basis. If the going concern basis were not appropriate, adjustments would have been made to reduce assets to recoverable amounts, to provide for any further liabilities that might arise, and to re-classify fixed assets as current assets and long term liabilities as current liabilities.true
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for rents and services provided in the normal course of business. The fair value of consideration takes into account any lease premiums or rent free periods, which are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Revenue from the provision of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion, when the costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably.
Revenue from the provision of property rental is recognised by reference to the period of its occupancy and where the amount of rent can be measured reliably.
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.
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:
Fixtures and fittings
25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment
33% on cost
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
Investment property
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
Fixed asset investments
Interests in associates 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.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
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.
1.8
Employee benefits
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
1.9
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:
2025
2023
Number
Number
Total
2
2
3
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equipment
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
16,015
980
16,995
Additions
6,859
6,859
At 31 March 2025
22,874
980
23,854
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
5,953
327
6,280
Depreciation charged in the period
4,231
323
4,554
At 31 March 2025
10,184
650
10,834
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
12,690
330
13,020
At 31 December 2023
10,062
653
10,715
4
Investment property
2025
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2024
392,066
Additions
511,524
Revaluations
341,410
At 31 March 2025
1,245,000
The directors consider the revaluation as reflective of the market value at the period end.
5
Fixed asset investments
2025
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
1
1
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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6
Debtors
2025
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest
5,717
102,000
Other debtors
4,499
199
10,216
102,199
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2023
£
£
Bank loans
399,771
Trade creditors
393
Taxation and social security
455
Other creditors
292,526
274,132
692,752
274,525
8
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2023
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
375,093
295,237
Other creditors
147
375,240
295,237
9
Secured debts
The following secured debts are included within creditors:
2025
2023
£
£
Hire purchase contracts
417
778
Bank loans
774,864
295,237
775,281
296,015
Hire purchase contracts are secured against the assets to which they relate.
Bank loans are secured by way of a fixed and floating charge over all assets of the company.
PHOENIX LIVING LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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10
Provisions for liabilities
2025
2023
£
£
Deferred tax liabilities
40,227
11
Called up share capital
2025
2023
2025
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
100
100
100
100
12
Ultimate controlling party
Ultimate controlling party is Mrs C M Seal and Mr J R Seal.
13
Non-distributable profits reserve
2025
2023
£
£
At the beginning of the period
-
-
Non distributable profits in the period
276,542
-
At the end of the period
276,542
-