Company registration number 14618749 (England and Wales)
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr M J S Cockburn
Mrs A Cockburn
Mrs L Stanley
Company number
14618749
Registered office
Unit 4, School Yard
106 High Street
Harborne
Birmingham
West Midlands
B17 9NJ
Accountants
Ormerod Rutter Limited
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Accountants' report
1
Balance sheet
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 4
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Fostering First (UK) Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise, the 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 at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made solely to the board of directors of Fostering First (UK) Limited, 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 Fostering First (UK) Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Fostering First (UK) Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Fostering First (UK) Limited and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Fostering First (UK) Limited 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 loss of Fostering First (UK) Limited. You consider that Fostering First (UK) Limited 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 Fostering First (UK) Limited. 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.
Ormerod Rutter Limited
16 October 2025
Chartered Accountants
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
819,918
819,918
Current assets
Debtors
4
152,512
24,128
Cash at bank and in hand
61,038
138,051
213,550
162,179
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(1,061,231)
(1,007,210)
Net current liabilities
(847,681)
(845,031)
Net liabilities
(27,763)
(25,113)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
6
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
(27,863)
(25,213)
Total equity
(27,763)
(25,113)
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
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.
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.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 16 October 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M J S Cockburn
Director
Company registration number 14618749 (England and Wales)
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Fostering First (UK) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 4, School Yard, 106 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 9NJ.
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 have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
1.2
Going concern
These financial statements have been drawn up on the going concern basis. If the going concern basis were not appropriate, adjustments would have been made to reduce assets to recoverable amounts, to provide for any further liabilities that might arise, and to re-classify fixed assets as current assets and long term liabilities as current liabilities.
1.3
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities 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.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
3
4
FOSTERING FIRST (UK) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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3
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
819,918
819,918
4
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
27,590
24,128
Amounts owed by group undertakings
124,922
152,512
24,128
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
100
20
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,050,000
55,078
Taxation and social security
8,679
Other creditors
2,452
952,112
1,061,231
1,007,210
6
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
7
Related party transactions
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.
8
Ultimate controlling party
The ultimate controlling party is Mr M J S Cockburn.