Registration number: 06203649

Magpie Catering Limited

Contents

Company Information	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	3 to 7

Magpie Catering Limited

Company Information

Director

Elizabeth Jane Joyce

Company secretary

Robert Webb

Registered office

5 Ducketts Wharf South Street Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3AR

Accountants

Mansell & Co Chartered Certified Accountants5 Ducketts Wharf South Street Bishop Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3AR

Magpie Catering Limited

(Registration number: 06203649)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	12,580	16,544
Current assets
Debtors	5	19,085	28,766
Cash at bank and in hand		27,303	26,837
		46,388	55,603
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	6	(36,703)	(36,230)
Net current assets		9,685	19,373
Total assets less current liabilities		22,265	35,917
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	6	(22,144)	(35,811)
Net assets		121	106
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	7	100	100
Retained earnings		21	6
Shareholders' funds		121	106

For the financial year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's responsibilities:

•	The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
•	The director acknowledges her responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

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 director has not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the director on 3 November 2025
 

......................................... Elizabeth Jane Joyce Director

Magpie Catering Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 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:
5 Ducketts Wharf
South Street
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 3AR
England

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 3 November 2025.

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 that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and 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.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change 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.

Magpie Catering Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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
Vehicles	25% reducing balance
Equipment	25% reducing balance

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. 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 receivables.

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 subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Magpie Catering Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Leases

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.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was 27 (2024 - 19).

Magpie Catering Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4	Tangible assets

	Office equipment £	Motor vehicles  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024	22,117	46,781	68,898
Additions	230	-	230
At 31 March 2025	22,347	46,781	69,128
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024	21,069	31,285	52,354
Charge for the year	320	3,874	4,194
At 31 March 2025	21,389	35,159	56,548
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025	958	11,622	12,580
At 31 March 2024	1,048	15,496	16,544

5

Debtors

Current	2025 £	2024 £
Trade debtors	279	5,338
Other debtors	18,806	23,428
	19,085	28,766

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Trade creditors	622	2,032
Taxation and social security	24,699	22,556
Accruals and deferred income	3,163	3,334
Other creditors	8,219	8,308
	36,703	36,230

Magpie Catering Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings	8	22,144	35,811

7	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2025		2024
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary shares of £1 each	100	100	100	100

8	Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Bank borrowings	12,222	22,419
Hire purchase contracts	9,922	13,392
	22,144	35,811