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Registered number: 10806730
Creative Monster Limited
Directors' Report and
Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2024
Roy Pinnock & Co LLP
Contents
Page
Directors' Report 1—2
Independent Auditor's Report 3—6
Profit and Loss Account 7
Statement of Comprehensive Income 8
Balance Sheet 9
Statement of Changes in Equity 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11—14
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Directors' Report
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal Activity
The company's principal activity continues to be that of the provision of digital and
creative marketing services.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Mr Neil Grimson
Mr Neil Avery
Mr Andrew Leaver
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing the financial statements the directors are required to:
  • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
  • make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
  • state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS102, have been followed subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
  • prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Statement of Disclosure of Information to Auditors
In the case of each director in office at the date the Directors' Report is approved: 
  • so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware; and
  • they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
Independent Auditors
The auditors, Roy Pinnock & Co LLP, have indicated their willingness to continue in office and a resolution concerning their re-appointment will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
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This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
On behalf of the board
Mr Andrew Leaver
Director
29/09/2025
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Independent Auditor's Report
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Creative Monster Limited for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes of Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
In our opinion the financial statements:
  • give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit/(loss) for the year then ended;
  • have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
  • have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 16 to the financial statements, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions Relating to Going Concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other Information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on Other Matters Prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
  • the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
  • the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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Matters on Which We Are Required to Report by Exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
  • adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
  • the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records or returns; or
  • certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
  • we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of Directors
As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 1—2, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: 
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the business sector;
We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, and health and safety legislation;
We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
Identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to look for instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, and the company's legal advisors.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use Of Our Report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters that we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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Natalie Coleman FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Roy Pinnock & Co LLP , Statutory Auditor
30/09/2025
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Profit and Loss Account
2024 2023
Notes £ £
TURNOVER 490,652 768,698
Cost of sales (383,882 ) (533,468 )
GROSS PROFIT 106,770 235,230
Administrative expenses (136,868 ) (180,916 )
OPERATING (LOSS)/PROFIT (30,098 ) 54,314
Other interest receivable and similar income 6 - 32
(LOSS)/PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION (30,098 ) 54,346
Tax on (Loss)/profit 7 7,525 (12,743 )
(LOSS)/PROFIT AFTER TAXATION BEING (LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (22,573 ) 41,603
The notes on pages 11 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Comprehensive Income
2024 2023
£ £
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (22,573 ) 41,603
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR (22,573 ) 41,603
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Balance Sheet
Registered number: 10806730
2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets 8 80 2,021
80 2,021
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 9 461,553 347,209
Cash at bank and in hand 4,431 20,350
465,984 367,559
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 10 (304,106 ) (184,564 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) 161,878 182,995
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 161,958 185,016
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred Taxation 11 (20 ) (505 )
NET ASSETS 161,938 184,511
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 13 100 100
Profit and Loss Account 161,838 184,411
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 161,938 184,511
On behalf of the board
Mr Andrew Leaver
Director
29/09/2025
The notes on pages 11 to 14 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Equity
Share Capital Profit and Loss Account Total
£ £ £
As at 1 January 2023 100 142,808 142,908
Profit for the year and total comprehensive income - 41,603 41,603
As at 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 100 184,411 184,511
Loss for the year and total comprehensive income - (22,573 ) (22,573)
As at 31 December 2024 100 161,838 161,938
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General Information
Creative Monster Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 10806730 . The registered office is Tate House, Watermark Way, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 7TZ.
2. Accounting Policies
2.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'' and the Companies Act 2006.
2.2. Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances.
Sale of goods
Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods has transferred to the buyer. This is usually at the point that the customer has signed for the delivery of the goods.
Rendering of services
Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs. Turnover is only recognised to the extent of recoverable expenses when the outcome of a contract cannot be estimated reliably.
2.3. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Computer Equipment 33% straight line
2.4. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
2.5. Taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and 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 end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period 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 assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflect the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Current and deferred tax are recognised in profit or loss for the year, except when they relate to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case current and deferred tax are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
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3. Auditor's Remuneration
Remuneration received by the company's auditors and their associates during the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Audit Services
Audit of the company's financial statements 2,156 2,250
4. Staff Costs
Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 77,875 163,371
Social security costs 8,614 12,848
Other pension costs 2,606 4,176
89,095 180,395
5. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 2 (2023: 3)
2 3
6. Interest Receivable and Similar Income
2024 2023
£ £
Bank interest receivable - 32
7. Tax on Profit
The tax (credit)/charge on the (loss)/profit for the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Current tax
UK Corporation Tax (7,039 ) 13,426
Deferred Tax
Deferred taxation (486 ) (683 )
Total tax charge for the period (7,525 ) 12,743
The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected (credit)/charge for the year based on the (loss)/profit and the standard rate of corporation tax as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Profit before tax (30,098) 54,346
Tax on profit at 25% (UK standard rate) (7,525 ) 12,743
Total tax charge for the period (7,525) 12,743
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8. Tangible Assets
Computer Equipment
£
Cost
As at 1 January 2024 7,405
Disposals (1,312 )
As at 31 December 2024 6,093
Depreciation
As at 1 January 2024 5,384
Provided during the period 1,941
Disposals (1,312 )
As at 31 December 2024 6,013
Net Book Value
As at 31 December 2024 80
As at 1 January 2024 2,021
9. Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Due within one year
Trade debtors - 6,506
Amounts owed by group undertakings 427,769 286,439
Other debtors 33,784 54,264
461,553 347,209
10. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 3,867 17,058
Amounts owed to group undertakings 296,326 145,296
Other creditors - 914
Corporation tax - 13,426
Taxation and social security - 3,488
Accruals and deferred income 3,913 4,382
304,106 184,564
11. Deferred Taxation
The provision for deferred tax is made up as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Other timing differences 20 505
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12. Provisions for Liabilities
Deferred Tax Total
£ £
As at 1 January 2024 505 505
Reversals (485 ) (485)
Balance at 31 December 2024 20 20
13. Share Capital
2024 2023
Allotted, called up and fully paid £ £
100 Ordinary Shares of £ 1.00 each 100 100
14. Pension Commitments
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
During the year the charge to the profit and loss account in respect of defined contribution schemes was £2,606 (2023: £4,176).
At the balance sheet date contributions of £NIL were due to the fund and are included in creditors.
15. Controlling Parties
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Brand Partnership Group Limited .
The ultimate parent undertaking is (incorporated in England & Wales). Its registered office is Tate House, Watermark Way, Hertford Herts ,SG13 7TZ .
Copies of the group accounts may be obtained from the company's registered office.
16. FRC's Ethical Standard - Provision Available for Small Entities
In common with other businesses of our size and nature we use our auditors to prepare and submit returns to the tax authorities and assist with the preparation of the financial statements.
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