| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION |
| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| Chartered Accountants' Report | 8 |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Ground Floor Cardigan House |
| Castle Court |
| Swansea Enterprise Park |
| Swansea |
| SA7 9LA |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 4 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks |
| Debtors | 5 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | ( |
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| NET ASSETS |
| RESERVES |
| Income and expenditure account |
| The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
| (a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
| (b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| BALANCE SHEET - continued |
| 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Down To Earth Construction is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Going Concern |
| After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Plant and machinery etc | - |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Financial instruments |
| The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial I instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
| Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position 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 trade and other receivables 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. |
| Trade debtors, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. |
| Interest is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial. The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the debt instrument to the net carrying amount on initial recognition. |
| 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 where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred 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 carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. |
| If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring 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 profit or loss. |
| Derecognition of financial assets |
| Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party. |
| 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 trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies, 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 receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. |
| Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
| Trade payables 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 payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| 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. |
| Derecognition of financial liabilities |
| Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. |
| Debtors |
| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. |
| Creditors |
| Short term creditors are measured at transaction price. |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. |
| Deferred income |
| Deferred income relates to grant income received in advance or grant income relating to capital items, which are released over the life of the capital asset. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| 4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Improvements |
| to | Plant and | Motor | Computer |
| property | Machinery | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 February 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 February 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| At 31 January 2024 |
| In 2024, the total of the net book value of Improvements to property was reclassified to work in progress. |
| 5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09235670) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts |
| Trade creditors |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Amounts falling due in more than five years: |
| Repayable by instalments |
| Bank loans more 5 yr by instal | 2,958 | 14,572 |
| 8. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| The loan provided by Postcode Innovation Trust is secured against the property held by the company via a floating charge and a negative pledge |
| 9. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| Included within other creditors at the year end, is a balance due to Down to Earth Project of £ 53,259(2024: £60,596), a company under common directorship. |
| During the year £19,717 of salary costs was recharged from Down to Earth Project, a company under common directorship. |
| 10. | LIMITED BY GUARANTEE |
| The company is limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. |
| CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
| ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF |
| DOWN TO EARTH CONSTRUCTION |
| The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies. |
| In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Down To Earth Construction for the year ended 31 January 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance. |
| This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Down To Earth Construction, 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 Down To Earth Construction and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Down To Earth Construction, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Down To Earth Construction and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report. |
| It is your duty to ensure that Down To Earth Construction 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 Down To Earth Construction. You consider that Down To Earth Construction is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year. |
| We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Down To Earth Construction. 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. |
| Ground Floor Cardigan House |
| Castle Court |
| Swansea Enterprise Park |
| Swansea |
| SA7 9LA |