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Registration number: 02320866

Prepared for the registrar
James Ford Design Ltd.
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

James Ford Design Ltd.

Contents

Company Information | 1
Balance Sheet | 2
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 to 8

James Ford Design Ltd.

Company Information

Directors | J C Ford M Carter P A Bryars P D Jones T P Wood

Company secretary | T P Wood

Registered office | Eagle Tower Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TA

Solicitors | Harrison Clark Rickerbys Ellenborough House Wellington Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1YD

Bankers | Lloyds Bank plc Barnett Way Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 3RL

Auditors | Hazlewoods LLP Staverton Court Staverton Cheltenham GL51 0UX

James Ford Design Ltd.

(Registration number: 02320866)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 4 | 15,743 | 40,498
Current assets |  |  |
Debtors | 5 | 382,058 | 661,152
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 224,743 | 466,736
|  | 606,801 | 1,127,888
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (208,594) | (397,376)
Net current assets |  | 398,207 | 730,512
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 413,950 | 771,010
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (826) | (4,137)
Net assets |  | 413,124 | 766,873
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital | 9 | 11,100 | 11,100
Profit and loss account |  | 402,024 | 755,773
Shareholders' funds |  | 413,124 | 766,873

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

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.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 24 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

T P Wood
Director

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

| 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:
Eagle Tower
Montpellier Drive
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1TA

| 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 for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Going concern

Forecasts have been prepared that reflect estimates of future performance that take into account changes in the economic environment. At 31 May 2024, the company had net assets of £413,124 (2024 - £766,873) and access to cash reserves of £224,743 (2024 - £466,736). Based on forecasts prepared and the funds available, the directors believe that there are sufficient resources for the company to conduct business for at least 12 months post signing of the financial statements. As such the directors believe it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Judgements

No significant judgements have been made by management in preparing these financial statements. Key sources of estimation uncertainty No key sources of estimation uncertainty have been identified by management in preparing these financial statements other than those detailed in these accounting policies.

Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the 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.

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

The company recognises revenue from the rendering of services in the period which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
- the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
- the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
- the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.
For retainer sales, there is a fixed fee in line with the contract terms, invoiced monthly in arrears. For project sales, this is invoiced based on time spent or a fixed fee basis in line with contract terms.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge 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.

Deferred income tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

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
Office equipment | 5 to 10 years straight line
Computer equipment | 3 years straight line

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for goods sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. 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 debtors.

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 all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

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.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

| 3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 23 (2024 - 24).

| 4 | Tangible assets

| Office equipment £ | Computer equipment £ | Total £
Cost
At 1 June 2024 | 40,509 | 119,714 | 160,223
Disposals | (1,069) | (107,232) | (108,301)
At 31 May 2025 | 39,440 | 12,482 | 51,922
Depreciation
At 1 June 2024 | 23,155 | 96,570 | 119,725
Charge for the year | 5,965 | 18,790 | 24,755
Eliminated on disposal | (1,069) | (107,232) | (108,301)
At 31 May 2025 | 28,051 | 8,128 | 36,179
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2025 | 11,389 | 4,354 | 15,743
At 31 May 2024 | 17,354 | 23,144 | 40,498

Included within the net book value of tangible fixed assets is £nil (2024: £12,053) in respect of assets held under finance lease.

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

| 5 | Debtors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Trade debtors | 172,568 | 329,585
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 151,631 | 252,169
Other debtors | 397 | 11,760
Prepayments | 57,462 | 43,382
Accrued income | - | 24,256
| 382,058 | 661,152

| 6 | Creditors

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Due within one year |  |  |
Loans and borrowings | 7 | - | 11,796
Trade creditors |  | 13,139 | 99,920
Accruals and deferred income |  | 144,236 | 217,927
Social security and other taxes |  | 44,300 | 34,910
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |  | 6,919 | 6,787
Corporation tax liability |  | - | 26,036
|  | 208,594 | 397,376

| 7 | Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Hire purchase and finance lease liabilities | - | 11,796

Amounts due under hire purchase and finance lease agreements are secured on the assets to which they relate.

| 8 | Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2025 | Liability £
Fixed asset timing differences | 1,747
Short term timing differences | (921)
| 826

2024 | Liability £
Fixed asset timing differences | 5,057
Short term timing differences | (920)
| 4,137

James Ford Design Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

| 9 | Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

| 2025 | 2024
| No. | £ | No. | £
Ordinary shares of £0.50 each | 200 | 100 | 200 | 100
Deferred shares of £0.50 each | 22,000 | 11,000 | 22,000 | 11,000
| 22,200 | 11,100 | 22,200 | 11,100

Ordinary shares carry full voting and dividend rights. Deferred shares are not entitled to a vote or dividends.

| 10 | Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

At 31 May 2025, the company had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases over the remaining life of those leases of £54,542 (2024 - £93,042).

| 11 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Camargue Group Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom.

| 12 | Audit report

The Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 29 September 2025 was Rebecca Copping, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.