Registered number
SC315893
Orkney Media Group Limited
Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 January 2025
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Orkney Media Group Limited
Registered number: SC315893
Balance Sheet
as at 31 January 2025
Notes 2025 2024
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 1,222,823 1,293,334
Investments 4 1,086 1,086
1,223,909 1,294,420
Current assets
Stocks 260,273 234,045
Debtors 5 127,487 147,070
Cash at bank and in hand 431,817 669,082
819,577 1,050,197
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 (183,593) (190,960)
Net current assets 635,984 859,237
Total assets less current liabilities 1,859,893 2,153,657
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 7 (486) (486)
Provisions for liabilities (44,633) (51,351)
Accruals and deferred income 8 (33,713) (40,968)
Net assets 1,781,061 2,060,852
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 200 200
Share premium 1,690,321 1,690,321
Profit and loss account 90,540 370,331
Shareholders' funds 1,781,061 2,060,852
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
F M Bain
Director
Approved by the board on 21 October 2025
Orkney Media Group Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 January 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard) and the Companies Act 2006.

The presentation currency is £ sterling.
Preparation of consolidated financial statements
The financial statements present information about the company as an individual undertaking and not about its group. Group accounts do not need to be prepared as the company and its subsidiary undertakings comprise a small-sized group.
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 from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. 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.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Freehold buildings 2% straight line
Tenant's improvements 10% straight line
Plant and machinery 4% to 33.3% straight line
Motor vehicles 16.67% to 33.3% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying value of the asset. The gain or loss is credited or charged to profit and loss.
Investments
Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value. Unlisted investments are measured at fair value unless the value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Changes in fair value are included in the profit and loss account.
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and those overheads that have been incurred in bring the stocks to their present location and condition.
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. 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. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Leased assets
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is a reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received. Government grants relating to turnover are recognised as income over the periods when the related costs are incurred. Grants relating to an asset are recognised in income systematically over the asset's expected useful life. If part of such a grant is deferred it is recognised as deferred income rather than being deducted from the asset's carrying amount.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2025 2024
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 33 32
3 Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings Plant and machinery etc Total
£ £ £
Cost or valuation
At 1 February 2024 1,361,994 1,555,304 2,917,298
Additions - 14,732 14,732
Disposals - (581) (581)
At 31 January 2025 1,361,994 1,569,455 2,931,449
Depreciation
At 1 February 2024 402,130 1,221,834 1,623,964
Charge for the year 25,890 58,946 84,836
On disposals - (174) (174)
At 31 January 2025 428,020 1,280,606 1,708,626
Net book value
At 31 January 2025 933,974 288,849 1,222,823
At 31 January 2024 959,864 333,470 1,293,334
Freehold land and buildings: 2025 2024
£ £
Historical cost 940,578 940,578
Cumulative depreciation based on historical cost 294,773 276,949
645,805 663,629
4 Investments
Investments in
subsidiary Other
undertakings investments Total
£ £ £
Cost or fair value
At 1 February 2024 486 600 1,086
At 31 January 2025 486 600 1,086
The company holds 100% of the ordinary share capital of The Orcadian Limited and Orkney Today Limited. The subsidiary companies are dormant.
5 Debtors 2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 83,068 93,337
Other debtors 44,419 53,733
127,487 147,070
6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2025 2024
£ £
Trade creditors 57,656 60,002
Taxation and social security costs 62,643 69,359
Other creditors 63,294 61,599
183,593 190,960
7 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2025 2024
£ £
Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest 486 486
8 Accruals and deferred income
The company received a government grant for capital equipment. The grant is deferred and amortised on a straight line basis over the same term as the related assets.
9 Other financial commitments 2025 2024
£ £
Total future minimum payments under non-cancellable operating leases 123,251 140,251
10 Other information
Orkney Media Group Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is:
Hell's Half Acre
Hatston
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1GJ
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