Company registration number 10596143 (England and Wales)
SILCROW LABS LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
SILCROW LABS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 4
SILCROW LABS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
- 1 -
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
5,500,999
5,500,999
Current assets
Debtors
4
781,785
791,007
Cash at bank and in hand
1,624
1,439
783,409
792,446
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(10,364)
(16,521)
Net current assets
773,045
775,925
Net assets
6,274,044
6,276,924
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
6
3,851
3,851
Share premium account
6,496,886
6,496,886
Profit and loss reserves
(226,693)
(223,813)
Total equity
6,274,044
6,276,924

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 25 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
A Thornton
Director
Company registration number 10596143 (England and Wales)
SILCROW LABS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 2 -
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Silcrow Labs Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Suite 2, 43 Bedford Street, London, WC2E 9HA. The company's registered office is 10596143.

 

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company funding its subsidiaries, Basement Crowd Limited and Sparqa Limited.

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, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries 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.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.4
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.

1.5
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

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.

SILCROW LABS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 3 -
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 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.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.6
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.7
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.

2
Employees

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

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
2
2
3
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
5,500,999
5,500,999
SILCROW LABS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 4 -
4
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
6,226
237
Amounts owed by group undertakings
771,616
786,415
Other debtors
753
1,149
Prepayments
3,190
3,206
781,785
791,007

Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
480
6,789
Other creditors
4,682
4,682
Accruals
5,202
5,050
10,364
16,521
6
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of 0.1p each
3,851,000
3,851,000
3,851
3,851
7
Related party transactions

At 31 December 2024, the Company owed a total of £4,682 (2023: £4,682) to its shareholders (some of whom are also directors). The amount is included within other creditors, is interest free and is repayable on demand.

2024-12-312024-01-01falsefalsefalseCCH SoftwareCCH Accounts Production 2025.200holding companyG RobertsA Thornton105961432024-01-012024-12-31105961432024-12-31105961432023-12-3110596143core:CurrentFinancialInstrumentscore:WithinOneYear2024-12-3110596143core:CurrentFinancialInstrumentscore:WithinOneYear2023-12-3110596143core:CurrentFinancialInstruments2024-12-3110596143core:CurrentFinancialInstruments2023-12-3110596143core:ShareCapital2024-12-3110596143core:ShareCapital2023-12-3110596143core:SharePremium2024-12-3110596143core:SharePremium2023-12-3110596143core:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedLosses2024-12-3110596143core:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedLosses2023-12-3110596143core:ShareCapitalOrdinaryShareClass12024-12-3110596143core:ShareCapitalOrdinaryShareClass12023-12-3110596143bus:Director22024-01-012024-12-31105961432023-01-012023-12-3110596143core:CurrentFinancialInstrumentscore:WithinOneYear2024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:OrdinaryShareClass12024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:OrdinaryShareClass12024-12-3110596143bus:OrdinaryShareClass12023-12-3110596143bus:PrivateLimitedCompanyLtd2024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:SmallCompaniesRegimeForAccounts2024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:FRS1022024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:AuditExemptWithAccountantsReport2024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:Director12024-01-012024-12-3110596143bus:FullAccounts2024-01-012024-12-31xbrli:purexbrli:sharesiso4217:GBP