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| Notes | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Fixed assets | |||||||
| Tangible assets | 3 | ||||||
| Investments | 4 | ||||||
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| Debtors | 5 | ||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | |||||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 6 | ( |
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| Dale Hall | |||||||
| Director | |||||||
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| Notes to the Accounts | ||||||||
| for the year ended |
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| 1 | Accounting policies | |||||||
| Basis of preparation | ||||||||
| Consolidation | ||||||||
| The company and its subsidiaries comprise a small sized group. The company has taken advantage of the exemption provided in Sections 398 and 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare group financial statements and accordingly these financial statements present information about the company as a single entity. | ||||||||
| Turnover | ||||||||
| Investment property | ||||||||
| Investment property is property held either to earn rental income or for capital appreciation or both, but not for sale in the ordinary course of business, use in the supply of services in the company's main trading activity or for administrative purposes. Investment property is initially measured at cost and subsequently at fair value with any change recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. Deferred tax is provided on gains arising on revaluations at the rate expected to apply when the property is sold. | ||||||||
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| 2 | Employees | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Average number of persons employed by the company | ||||||||
| 3 | Tangible fixed assets | |||||||
| Land and buildings | Plant and machinery etc | Total | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Cost | ||||||||
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| Disposals | ( |
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| At 31 March 2025 | ||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| At 1 April 2024 | - | |||||||
| At 31 March 2025 | - | |||||||
| Net book value | ||||||||
| At 31 March 2025 | - | |||||||
| At 31 March 2024 | - | |||||||
| Land and buildings include investment properties comprising a residential property to be let on short term assured tenancies and a residential property used in a furnished holiday letting business. Short term assured tenancies are for an initial period of six months and are either rolled over into tenancies at will on the same terms or are re-negotiated with the tenants. The properties are measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. Fair value is determined by the directors. |
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| 4 | Investments | |||||||
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| undertakings | ||||||||
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| At 31 March 2025 | ||||||||
| The company owns the entire share capital of Opinion Research Services Limited and ORS Genius Limited. | ||||||||
| Capital and | Profit (loss) | |||||||
| Company | Shares held | reserves | for the year | |||||
| Class | % | £ | £ | |||||
| Opinion Research Services Ltd | Ordinary | 100 | 461,409 | 109,702 | ||||
| ORS Genius Limited | Ordinary | 100 | 1 | - | ||||
| ORS Genius Limited is dormant. | ||||||||
| 5 | Debtors | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| Trade debtors | ||||||||
| Amounts owed by group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest | ||||||||
| Other debtors | ||||||||
| Amounts due after more than one year included above | ||||||||
| As part of a capital restructuring, Opinion Research Services Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of ORS Genesis Limited. On 27 March 2020 Opinion Research Services Limited’s non-core assets and surplus cash were transferred to ORS Genesis Limited by way of a dividend in specie and cash dividend. ORS Genesis Limited continues to support Opinion Research Services Limited and has provided the company with cash loans for working capital during the restructuring. The amount due ORS Genesis Limited at 31 March 2025 was £200,000. The loan is unsecured and attracts interest at and 6% over the Bank of England base rate. The loan is repayable within 5 years and the repayment schedule will be determined by Opinion Research Services Limited's ongoing cash generation. |
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| 6 | Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| Taxation and social security costs | - | |||||||
| Other creditors | ||||||||
| 7 | Loans to directors | |||||||
| Description and conditions | B/fwd | Paid | Repaid | C/fwd | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | ||||||||
| 161,824 | 38,176 | - | 200,000 | |||||
| The loans are interest free and repayable on demand. | ||||||||
| 8 | Related party transactions | |||||||
| Opinion Research Services Limited | ||||||||
| Opinion Research Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary. | ||||||||
| During the year the company received the following income from Opinion Research Services Limited | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| £ | £ | |||||||
| Fees for the provision of professional and consultancy services | 74,970 | 70,000 | ||||||
| Interest on loan advances | 30,696 | 41,329 | ||||||
| Dividends | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| 140,666 | 146,329 | |||||||
| Transactions with Directors | ||||||||
| During the year the company paid its shareholders, who are the company's directors, dividends totalling £91,824 (2024 - £39,000). | ||||||||
| The directors received no remuneration during the year (2024 - £Nil). | ||||||||
| 9 | Controlling party | |||||||
| 10 | Other information | |||||||
| ORS Genesis Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is: | ||||||||
| The Strand | ||||||||
| Swansea | ||||||||
| SA1 1AF | ||||||||