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Registration number: 07479642 (England and Wales)

Better Lives (UK) Ltd

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

 

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 9

 

Company Information

Directors

Ms Namita Gandhi

Mr Atul Dhir

Registered office

Wildwood
216 Upper Chobham Road
Camberley
GU15 1HD

Accountants

Aventus Partners Limited
Chartered AccountantsHygeia Building
Ground Floor
66-68 College Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 1BE

 

(Registration number: 07479642) (England and Wales)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

6

12,759

17,013

Current assets

 

Debtors

7

253,688

268,723

Cash at bank and in hand

 

328,794

335,189

 

582,482

603,912

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

8

(157,106)

(184,660)

Net current assets

 

425,376

419,252

Net assets

 

438,135

436,265

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

9

100

100

Retained earnings

438,035

436,165

Shareholders' funds

 

438,135

436,265

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

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; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act 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. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 25 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr Atul Dhir
Director

   
     
 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Wildwood
216 Upper Chobham Road
Camberley
GU15 1HD
United Kingdom

The principal place of business is:
Bluebird Care
Durham Suite, Dencora Business Centre
Whitehouse Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 5LT
United Kingdom

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 25 September 2025.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

The functional and presentational currency is GBP Sterling (£), being the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates in. The amounts are presented rounded to the nearest pound.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Motor vehicles

25% on WDV

Furniture and fittings

25% on WDV

Office equipment

25% on WDV

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

over 5 years

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments

Classification
The company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties and loans from related parties.

 Recognition and measurement
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other debtors and creditors, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade creditors or debtors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms of financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an out-right short term loan not at a market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost.


 Impairment
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss if recognised in the Profit and loss account.

For financial assets measured as amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discounted rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance sheet when there is an 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.

3

Staff numbers

The average monthly number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 52 (2023: 58).

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

4

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2024
£

2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

17,042

33,666

5

Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Cost

At 1 January 2024

113,996

Disposals

(75,808)

At 31 December 2024

38,188

Amortisation

At 1 January 2024

113,996

Amortisation eliminated on disposals

(75,808)

At 31 December 2024

38,188

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

-

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

6

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost

At 1 January 2024

33,605

27,620

61,225

At 31 December 2024

33,605

27,620

61,225

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

29,954

14,258

44,212

Charge for the year

913

3,341

4,254

At 31 December 2024

30,867

17,599

48,466

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

2,738

10,021

12,759

At 31 December 2023

3,651

13,362

17,013

7

Debtors

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

230,133

224,828

Other debtors

20,555

27,179

Accrued income

-

10,304

Prepayments

3,000

6,412

253,688

268,723

 

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Social security and other taxes

 

17,178

29,479

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

9,508

7,807

Other payables

 

96,477

103,807

Accruals

 

16,900

9,900

Corporation tax payable

17,043

33,667

 

157,106

184,660

9

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100

100

100

100

       

10

Dividends

2024

2023

£

£

Interim dividend of £600.00 (2023 - £600.00) per ordinary share

60,000

60,000