8848 Communications Limited - Accounts to registrar (filleted)

REGISTERED NUMBER: 04118375 (England and Wales)

8848 COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Page

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

4

Chartered Accountants' Report

6

DIRECTORS:

Ms C Bennett

J A Garrison

H Crawford

RW Hampton

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Granville House

2 Tettenhall Road

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

WV1 4SB

REGISTERED NUMBER:

04118375 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

Lancaster Haskins Limited

Granville House

2 Tettenhall Road

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

WV1 4SB

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

4

15,755

14,505

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

5

885,673

898,846

Cash at bank

286,197

116,516

1,171,870

1,015,362

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

6

173,082

130,973

NET CURRENT ASSETS

998,788

884,389

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,014,543

898,894

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

3,939

3,627

NET ASSETS

1,010,604

895,267

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

100

Retained earnings

1,010,504

895,167

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

1,010,604

895,267

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 May 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a)	ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 26 November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

J A Garrison - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

8848 Communications Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

These financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2017 are the first financial statements that comply with FRS 102 Section 1A small entities. The date of transition is 1 June 2015. The transition to FRS 102 Section 1A small entities has resulted in no changes to accounting policies to those previously used.

The presentational currency is £ sterling

Turnover

Turnover represents services rendered in public relations, excluding value added tax, and is recognised in line with the work performed by the company.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings

-

25% on reducing balance

Computer equipment

-

25% on cost

Financial instruments

Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost, except for investments in non-convertible preference shares or non-puttable ordinary shares which are measured at fair value, with changes recognised in profit or loss. Derivative financial instruments are initially recorded at cost and thereafter at fair value with changes recognised in profit or loss.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 15 (2024 - 14 ) .

4.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Fixtures

and

Computer

fittings

equipment

Totals

£

COST

At 1 June 2024

58,482

92,429

150,911

Additions

972

6,671

7,643

At 31 May 2025

59,454

99,100

158,554

DEPRECIATION

At 1 June 2024

53,528

82,878

136,406

Charge for year

2,007

4,386

6,393

At 31 May 2025

55,535

87,264

142,799

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 May 2025

3,919

11,836

15,755

At 31 May 2024

4,954

9,551

14,505

5.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.5.25

31.5.24

£

Trade debtors

174,281

194,131

Amounts owed by group undertakings

683,000

Other debtors

3,745

Prepayments

24,647

17,970

885,673

898,846

6.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.5.25

31.5.24

£

Trade creditors

30,632

27,322

Social security and other taxes

54,254

38,517

VAT

51,425

45,433

Other creditors

5,275

4,352

Accrued expenses

31,496

15,349

173,082

130,973

7.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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.

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of 8848 Communications Limited for the year ended 31 May 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of 8848 Communications 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 8848 Communications Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of 8848 Communications Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than 8848 Communications Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that 8848 Communications 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 profit of 8848 Communications Limited. You consider that 8848 Communications 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 8848 Communications 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.

Lancaster Haskins Limited

Granville House

2 Tettenhall Road

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

WV1 4SB

26 November 2025