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Registration number: 14599341

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Annual Report and Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2 to 3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 9

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Company Information

Directors

A Sheppard

N Sheppard

Registered office

Cavendish House
2a Victoria Street
Bristol
BS16 5JS

Accountants

Burton Sweet Limited
Spencer House
Morston Court
Weston-super-Mare
Somerset
BS22 8NG

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

(Registration number: 14599341)
Balance Sheet
31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Intangible assets

4

84,888

95,499

Tangible assets

5

408,511

513,492

 

493,399

608,991

Current assets

 

Stocks

6

12,070

22,576

Debtors

7

469,979

363,463

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,637,176

987,695

 

2,119,225

1,373,734

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

8

(1,478,024)

(1,419,151)

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

641,201

(45,417)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,134,600

563,574

Provisions for liabilities

(71,755)

-

Net assets

 

1,062,845

563,574

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

4

4

Retained earnings

1,062,841

563,570

Shareholders' funds

 

1,062,845

563,574

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

(Registration number: 14599341)
Balance Sheet
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 in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been 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 16 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
A Sheppard
Director

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
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:
Cavendish House
2a Victoria Street
Bristol
BS16 5JS

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 16 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.

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.

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.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred 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.

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025

The current corporation 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.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

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

25% per annum reducing balance

Fixtures and fittings

25% per annum reducing balance

Motor vehicles

25% per annum reducing balance

Office equipment

33% per annum straight line

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

10% pr annum straight line

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed. 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.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Trade creditors

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

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.

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.

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 27 (2024 - 24).

4

Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

106,111

At 31 March 2025

106,111

Amortisation

At 1 April 2024

10,612

Amortisation charge

10,611

At 31 March 2025

21,223

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

84,888

At 31 March 2024

95,499

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025

5

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Fixtures and fittings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

-

25,436

108,079

1,908

549,461

684,884

Additions

1,056

3,723

26,478

-

-

31,257

At 31 March 2025

1,056

29,159

134,557

1,908

549,461

716,141

Depreciation

At 1 April 2024

-

6,364

27,026

630

137,372

171,392

Charge for the year

-

5,703

26,882

630

103,023

136,238

At 31 March 2025

-

12,067

53,908

1,260

240,395

307,630

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

1,056

17,092

80,649

648

309,066

408,511

At 31 March 2024

-

19,072

81,053

1,278

412,089

513,492

 

Austin Sheppard Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025

6

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Other inventories

12,070

22,576

7

Debtors

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

409,516

335,392

Other debtors

1,150

725

Prepayments

29,776

27,346

Accrued income

29,537

-

469,979

363,463

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

128,312

149,792

Taxation and social security

232,025

220,263

Accruals and deferred income

185,584

114,183

Other creditors

932,103

934,913

1,478,024

1,419,151