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Registration number: 00831440

Cover Construction Company Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet

1 to 2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 8

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

(Registration number: 00831440)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

97,752

94,065

Investment property

6

23,070,000

22,000,000

 

23,167,752

22,094,065

Current assets

 

Stocks

7

742

7,022

Debtors

8

871,296

735,531

Cash at bank and in hand

 

238,264

477,141

 

1,110,302

1,219,694

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

9

(1,417,150)

(1,246,783)

Net current liabilities

 

(306,848)

(27,089)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

22,860,904

22,066,976

Provisions for liabilities

(2,930,442)

(3,450,972)

Net assets

 

19,930,462

18,616,004

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

900

900

Capital redemption reserve

550

550

Other reserves

9,717,387

9,373,264

Retained earnings

10,211,625

9,241,290

Shareholders' funds

 

19,930,462

18,616,004

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

(Registration number: 00831440)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

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 Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 2 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr S J Cover
Director

 

Cover Construction Company 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:
Filkins Mill
Filkins
Lechlade
Gloucestershire
GL7 3RF

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 company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Judgements

In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value 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.

Investment properties: These are valued by the director Mr S Cover based on his estimate of the open market value at the balance sheet date.

Work in progress: At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment.Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

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

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. Turnover also includes rental income from investment properties net of VAT.

Revenue from the sale of goods, including property, is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods, or in the case of property, exchange of contracts, the amount of revenue can be measured relaibly, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Contract revenue recognition

Revenue from construction contracts is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.

Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

Government grants

Government grants are accounted for as revenue based grants under the accrual model in the period in which they are receivable.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax payable and deferred tax.

The current 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.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet 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

Plant and machinery

20% straight line basis

Computer and office equipment

10% to 20% straight line basis

Motor vehicles

20% straight line basis

Investment property

Investment property is carried at fair value, derived from the current market prices for comparable real estate determined annually by the directors. The directors 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.

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

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

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.

Debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 6 (2024 - 6).

4

Profit before tax

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

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

2025
£

2024
£

Depreciation expense

18,813

17,105

5

Tangible assets

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

167,449

5,392

28,072

200,913

Additions

22,500

-

-

22,500

At 31 March 2025

189,949

5,392

28,072

223,413

Depreciation

At 1 April 2024

74,480

4,466

27,902

106,848

Charge for the year

18,565

248

-

18,813

At 31 March 2025

93,045

4,714

27,902

125,661

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

96,904

678

170

97,752

At 31 March 2024

92,969

926

170

94,065

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

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

6

Investment properties

2025
£

At 1 April

22,000,000

Additions

1,233,484

Fair value adjustments

(163,484)

At 31 March

23,070,000

Investment property comprises commercial properties at a business park in West Oxfordshire. The fair value has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out by the director Mr S Cover and was made on the basis of an estimated market value of the whole property at the balance sheet date.

7

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Work in progress

742

7,022

8

Debtors

Current

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

 

308,762

233,478

Amounts owed by related parties

11

130,671

126,277

Prepayments

 

164,038

123,215

Other debtors

 

267,825

252,561

   

871,296

735,531

9

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

117,669

40,816

Taxation and social security

352,648

359,913

Other creditors

946,833

846,054

1,417,150

1,246,783

 

Cover Construction Company Limited

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

10

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £6,494,809 (2024 - £2,717,397).

Operating lease commitments:
The Company has an operating lease expiring on 8th March 2142 at an annual rental of £23,040.

At the reporting year end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases of £2,694,357 (2024: £2,717,397)

The Company has an operating lease expiring on 8th March 2142 at an annual rental of £32,500.

At the reporting year end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases of £3,800,452 (2024: £nil)

11

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with other related parties


 At the balance sheet date, debtors included an amount due from Cover Property Holdings Limited of £130,671 (2024: £126,277) in which the director Mr S J Cover has an interest.

At the balance sheet date, debtors included an amount due from and J A Cover Limited of £235,000 (2024: £235,000) in which the directors have an interest.