In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise, the balance sheet, the 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 at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the board of directors of J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 13 March 2025. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd, 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 J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd 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 loss of J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd. You consider that J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd 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 J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd. 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.

The notes on pages 4 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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 members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

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.

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

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The notes on pages 4 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

J.P.A. Dickinson Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Archer House, Bishop Norton, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, LN8 2BG.

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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services 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, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, 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.

Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

Investment property comprises rental properties. The valuation was made by the director, on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

The revaluation reserve of £1,296,880 (2024: £1,496,185) comprises the revaluation of investment property, less deferred taxation on the revaluation (note 7).

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:

Glentworth Scottish Farms Limited is the controlling party by virtue of its 100% ownership of the share capital in J P A Dickinson Limited.

Glentworth Scottish Farms Limited is a company incorporated in Scotland, Its registered office is 5 Bon-Accord Square, Aberdeen, AB1 2DJ and its trading address is Archer House, Archer Street, Bishop Norton, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 2BG.

The company's ultimate parent company is Selby Farms Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The trading and registered office of Selby Farms Limited is Archer House, Archer Street, Bishop Norton, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 2BG.