Company registration number 08822801 (England and Wales)
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
N C Green
S A Lotinga
J Bunt
(Appointed 17 March 2025)
A C Puddephatt
(Appointed 6 January 2025)
Company number
08822801
Registered office
6th Floor
One London Wall
London
United Kingdom
EC2Y 5EB
Accountants
Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
Chartered Accountants
35 Westgate
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 1PA
Bankers
Barclays Bank plc
1 Churchill Place
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE87 2BB
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1
Accountants' report
2
Balance sheet
3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 6
The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company during the year was that of an independent not for profit and industry led safety body promoting information and resources to enable and encourage effective communication between parents and children regarding online safety.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
M Sears
(Resigned 17 March 2025)
N C Green
S A Lotinga
B M Mccloskey
(Resigned 20 March 2025)
J Bunt
(Appointed 17 March 2025)
A C Puddephatt
(Appointed 6 January 2025)
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
A C Puddephatt
Director
8 December 2025
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Internet Matters Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise, the balance sheet 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 at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made solely to the board of directors of Internet Matters Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 18 December 2023. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Internet Matters Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Internet Matters Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Internet Matters Limited and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Internet Matters 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 surplus of Internet Matters Limited. You consider that Internet Matters 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 Internet Matters 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.
Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
8 December 2025
Chartered Accountants
35 Westgate
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 1PA
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
4
147,410
333,393
Cash at bank and in hand
619,319
522,628
766,729
856,021
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(387,920)
(512,590)
Net current assets
378,809
343,431
Reserves
Other reserves
2,288,000
2,288,000
Income and expenditure account
(1,909,191)
(1,944,569)
Members' funds
378,809
343,431
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income and expenditure account within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 8 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
A C Puddephatt
Director
Company registration number 08822801 (England and Wales)
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Internet Matters Limited is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 6th Floor, One London Wall, London, United Kingdom, EC2Y 5EB.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Income and expenditure
Income and expenses are included in the financial statements as they become receivable or due.
1.3
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.4
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.5
Taxation
The company is not carrying on a business for the purposes of making a profit and is therefore exempt from corporation tax.
1.6
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.7
Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.
A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
INTERNET MATTERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
20
21
4
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
143,133
333,393
Other debtors
4,277
-
147,410
333,393
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
60,608
107,697
Taxation and social security
82,433
Deferred income
162,356
97,826
Accruals
164,956
224,634
387,920
512,590
6
Members' liability
The company is limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and consequently the liability of members is limited, subject to an undertaking by each member to contribute to the net assets or liabilities of the company on winding up such amounts as may be required not exceeding £1.
7
Controlling party
There is no one controlling part of the company.