BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
15501423 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Period of accounts

Start date: 18 February 2024

End date: 31 March 2025

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

Directors report
Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2025

Principal activities of the company

Boat Safety Scheme Limited was incorporated on 18 February 2024 and is a private company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. The company started trading on 1 April 2024. The principal activity of the Company is being a public safety initiative run as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. The company’s objects are to support navigation and harbour authorities, to help reduce the risk of boat fires, explosions, carbon monoxide or pollution from boats harming visitors to the inland waterways, the waterways' workforce, other waterways users and property on or alongside the waterways. These objectives are met through the following activities: Introduce, maintain, review and develop a set of Boat Safety Standards for adoption by the authorities, supported by a prescribed series of BSS Examination Checking Procedures to assess compliance with those Standards; Actively facilitate and encourage all inland navigation and statutory harbour authorities to adopt the recommended Boat Safety Standards; Educate boat owners and users about the Standards and promote additional safety and environmental risk management and reduction behaviours; Design, deliver and maintain an adequate training, registration and authorising programme for the registration of BSS Examiners to carry out the BSS Examination Checking Procedures. The BSS Examiners undertake BSS Examinations and issue Certifications in a register when a boat is compliant; Have in place both a research and development programme to support the BSS Risk Management Process and a quality management process that each fundamentally underpin the above activities.



Directors

The director shown below has held office during the period of
14 March 2025 to 31 March 2025

Anne Gardner Aston


The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
18 February 2024 to 31 March 2025

Philip Aspey
Jon Horsfall
Thomas James Deards


The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006

This report was approved by the board of directors on
15 September 2025

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Thomas James Deards
Status: Director

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

13 months to 31 March 2025


£
Turnover: 939,969
Cost of sales: ( 271,028 )
Gross profit(or loss): 668,941
Distribution costs: 0
Administrative expenses: ( 637,303 )
Operating profit(or loss): 31,638
Interest receivable and similar income: 0
Interest payable and similar charges: 0
Profit(or loss) before tax: 31,638
Tax: ( 8,036 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 23,602

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Notes 13 months to 31 March 2025


£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0
Tangible assets:   0
Investments:   0
Total fixed assets: 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0
Debtors: 3 172,126
Cash at bank and in hand: 0
Investments:   0
Total current assets: 172,126
Prepayments and accrued income: 0
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 4 ( 148,524 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 23,602
Total assets less current liabilities: 23,602
Total net assets (liabilities): 23,602
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 23,602
Total members' funds: 23,602

The notes form part of these financial statements

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Balance sheet statements

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

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 15 September 2025
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Thomas James Deards
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

    Turnover policy

    Boat safety certificate income is invoiced in arrears and income is recognised in the period in which the certification was issued. Training income is invoiced and income recognised in the period to which the course is run. Registration income is invoiced annually and income is recognised in the year to which the registration relates.

    Other accounting policies

    Taxation Current tax is recognised for the amount of income tax payable in respect of the taxable profit for the current period using the tax rates and laws that that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

  • 2. Employees

    13 months to 31 March 2025
    Average number of employees during the period 0

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

3. Debtors

13 months to 31 March 2025
£
Trade debtors 43,186
Prepayments and accrued income 0
Other debtors 128,940
Total 172,126
Debtors due after more than one year: 0

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

4. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

13 months to 31 March 2025
£
Trade creditors 94,262
Other creditors 54,262
Total 148,524

Amounts due to group undertakings - 23,683 Corporation Tax - 8,036 Other creditors - 22,543

BOAT SAFETY SCHEME LIMITED

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2025

5. Financial Commitments

At 31 March 2025, the Company had no capital commitments.