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Registration number: 04941964

Braham & Murray Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

Braham & Murray Limited

Contents

Statement of Financial Position

1 to 2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 11

 

Braham & Murray Limited

(Registration number: 04941964)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

513,521

629,915

Investments

6

-

100

 

513,521

630,015

Current assets

 

Stocks

647,474

535,820

Debtors

7

552,408

737,077

Cash at bank and in hand

 

8,275

6,807

 

1,208,157

1,279,704

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

8

(3,547,321)

(2,299,094)

Net current liabilities

 

(2,339,164)

(1,019,390)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

(1,825,643)

(389,375)

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

8

-

(33,256)

Net liabilities

 

(1,825,643)

(422,631)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

7,010

7,010

Share premium reserve

14,507,876

14,507,876

Capital contribution

787,500

787,500

Profit and loss account

(17,128,029)

(15,725,017)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(1,825,643)

(422,631)

 

Braham & Murray Limited

(Registration number: 04941964)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2025 (continued)

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.

Directors' 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 directors acknowledge their 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 directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 28 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mr M Van Burck
Director

 

Braham & Murray 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:
Collabear Farm
Tavistock
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3JZ

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is that of the manufacture and supply of food products.

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.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This is despite net current liabilities at 31 March 2025 of £2,339,164 (2024: £1,019,390). The validity of this assumption depends on the continued support from the company's shareholder and a connected company. If the company were unable to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adjustments would have to be made to reduce the balance sheet value of assets to their recoverable amounts, and to provide for further liabilities that might arise, and to reclassify fixed assets as current assets. The directors believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome.

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 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.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

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.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position 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

Leasehold improvements

20% reducing balance

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Plant and machinery

20% reducing balance

Fittings fixtures and equipment

20 or 25% straight line

Impairment

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Intellectual property

20% straight line

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.


Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits with banks, 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. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowing or current liabilities

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Stocks

Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Costs include all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. .

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

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 statement of comprehensive income 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.

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 statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the statement of comprehensive income and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

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

Recognition and measurement
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 12 (2024 - 11).

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

4

Intangible assets

Internally generated software development costs
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

240,304

240,304

At 31 March 2025

240,304

240,304

Amortisation

At 1 April 2024

240,304

240,304

At 31 March 2025

240,304

240,304

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

-

-

5

Tangible assets

Leasehold improvements
£

Fixtures and fittings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

417,900

45,546

2,167,407

2,630,853

Additions

-

-

12,750

12,750

At 31 March 2025

417,900

45,546

2,180,157

2,643,603

Depreciation

At 1 April 2024

307,386

44,782

1,648,770

2,000,938

Charge for the year

22,103

764

106,277

129,144

At 31 March 2025

329,489

45,546

1,755,047

2,130,082

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

88,411

-

425,110

513,521

At 31 March 2024

110,514

764

518,637

629,915

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £88,411 (2024 - £110,514) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
 

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

6

Investments

2025
£

2024
£

Investments in subsidiaries

-

100

Subsidiaries

£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

100

Disposals

(100)

At 31 March 2025

-

Provision

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

-

At 31 March 2024

100

7

Debtors

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

 

158,868

226,115

Other debtors

 

100,129

316,848

Prepayments

 

5,082

-

Income tax asset

288,329

194,114

 

552,408

737,077

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

891,271

60,167

Trade creditors

 

2,074,404

1,674,646

Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest

10

475,897

475,897

Taxation and social security

 

80,454

-

Accruals and deferred income

 

17,850

54,100

Other creditors

 

7,445

34,284

 

3,547,321

2,299,094

Included in 'loans and borrowings' is the hire purchase creditor in the sum of £34,913 (2024: £60,167) which is fully secured on the asset to which it relates.

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

-

33,256

Included in 'loans and borrowings' is the hire purchase creditor in the sum of £nil (2024: £33,256) which is fully secured on the asset to which it relates.

9

Reserves

Profit and loss account:

This reserve records retained earnings and accumulated losses.

 

Braham & Murray Limited

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

10

Related party transactions

The company's shareholder has advanced loans to the company during the year. At 31 March 2025 loans totalling £475,897 (2024: £475,897) were owed to the shareholder. The loan is non interest bearing and unsecured.

In addition, a connected company has provided extended credit terms in connection with supplies made to the company. At 31 March 2025 the connected company was owed £1,586,605 (2024: £842,951), this balance being included in "trade creditors". The same connected company has also advanced a loan of £856,358 (2024: £nil).