Registration number: 08522277

Black and Grey Ltd

Contents

Company Information	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	3 to 8

Black and Grey Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Mr Ben Blackburn Mr Graham John Carter

Registered office

Redwoods 2 Clyst Works Clyst Road, Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0DB

Accountants

Redwoods Accountants (Exeter) Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants2 Clyst Works Clyst Road Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0DB

Black and Grey Ltd

(Registration number: 08522277)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Investment property	4	625,000	625,000
Current assets
Debtors		625	-
Cash at bank and in hand		6,439	13,922
		7,064	13,922
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	5	(8,437)	(7,802)
Net current (liabilities)/assets		(1,373)	6,120
Total assets less current liabilities		623,627	631,120
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	5	(150,000)	(150,000)
Provisions for liabilities		(56,344)	(56,344)
Net assets		417,283	424,776
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	6	400	400
Revaluation reserve		210,488	210,488
Retained earnings		206,395	213,888
Shareholders' funds		417,283	424,776

For the financial year ending 31 May 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 Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... Mr Graham John Carter Director

Black and Grey Ltd

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

1	General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Redwoods
2 Clyst Works
Clyst Road, Topsham
Exeter
Devon
EX3 0DB

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 10 December 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.

The accounts are presented in £ sterling and are rounded to £1.

Judgements

In the application of the company's accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

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.

Black and Grey Ltd

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

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction.
At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are charged to the profit and loss.

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.

Investment property

Investment property is carried at fair value, derived from the current market prices for comparable real estate determined annually by external valuers. The valuers use observable market prices, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

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

Black and Grey Ltd

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

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.

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.

Financial instruments

Classification
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities, such as trade and other accounts receivable and payable and loans from banks/other third parties.

 Recognition and measurement
Debt instruments like loans are initially measured at present value of the future payments and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payable or receivables, are measured initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. In the case of a non current liability not at a market rate of interest, the financial liability is measured initially and subsequently at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows, discounted at the assets original effective interest rate.

For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate, which is an approximation, of the amount that the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the statement of financial position when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Black and Grey Ltd

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

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 2 (2024 - 2).

4	Investment properties

	2025 £
At 1 June	625,000
At 31 May	625,000

The fair value of the property at 31st May 2025 has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out by Mr Graham Carter, director of the company, who is not a professionally qualified valuer.

The historic cost of the investment property was £371,400 (2024 - £371,400).

There has been no valuation of investment property by an independent valuer.

Black and Grey Ltd

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

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Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Taxation and social security	7,390	6,803
Accruals and deferred income	1,044	996
Other creditors	3	3
	8,437	7,802

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings	7	150,000	150,000

6	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2025		2024
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary of £1 each	200	200	200	200
Ordinary B of £1 each	100	100	100	100
Ordinary C of £1 each	100	100	100	100
	400	400	400	400

7	Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Other borrowings	150,000	150,000

Black and Grey Ltd

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

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Dividends

Interim dividends paid

		2025 £		2024 £
Interim dividend of £180.00 (2024 - £150.00) per each Ordinary B		18,000		15,000
Interim dividend of £210.00 (2024 - £80.00) per each Ordinary C		21,000		8,000
		39,000		23,000