Registration number:
Portico Consulting Ltd
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Portico Consulting Ltd
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Company Information |
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Director's Report |
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Profit and loss account |
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Balance sheet |
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Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements |
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Detailed Profit and loss account |
Portico Consulting Ltd
Company Information
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Director |
R Gale |
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Registered office |
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Accountants |
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Portico Consulting Ltd
Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is the provision of management consultancy and software for the vocational education market.
Director of the company
The director who held office during the year and up to the date of approval of this report was as follows:
Going concern
The director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.
Small companies provision statement
The directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by sections 414B and 415A of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare a strategic report and in preparing the directors’ report on the grounds that the company is entitled to prepare its accounts for the year in accordance with the small companies regime.
Approved and authorised by the
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Portico Consulting Ltd
Profit and loss account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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2024 |
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Turnover |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Operating (loss)/profit |
(342) |
61,528 |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Profit before tax |
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Tax on profit |
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Profit for the financial year |
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Continuing operations
The above results were derived wholly from continuing operations.
Portico Consulting Ltd
(Registration number: 03946730)
Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025
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Payables: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net assets |
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Called up share capital |
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Retained earnings |
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Total equity |
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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.
Director's responsibilities:
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The director acknowledges his 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 and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements of Portico Consulting Ltd were approved and authorised for issue by the
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Director
Portico Consulting Ltd
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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General information |
Portico Consulting Ltd (the 'company') is a private company limited by share capital, registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act. The address of the registered office is given on page 1.
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Accounting policies |
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.
Going concern
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.
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 functional currency of the company is considered to be pound sterling (£) because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. The financial statements are presented in pound sterling (£).
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the opinion of the directors, no critical judgements which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements, were made in the process of applying the company’s accounting policies. |
Financial instruments
Revenue recognition
Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the Company’s activities net of value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts. The Company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, and it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity. Licence fee income is spread evenly over the period to which it relates.
Portico Consulting Ltd
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
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.
The current income 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 fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible fixed assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
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:
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Equipment, fixtures and fittings |
25% reducing balance |
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Computer equipment |
33 1/3% reducing balance |
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held at bank.
Receivables
Trade receivables are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade receivables are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. 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.
Portico Consulting Ltd
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
Trade Payables
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Payables 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 payable 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.
Trade payables are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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.
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Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was
Portico Consulting Ltd
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
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Tangible fixed assets |
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Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Other tangible fixed assets |
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Cost or valuation |
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Additions |
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At 31 March 2025 |
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Depreciation |
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At 1 April 2024 |
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Charge for the year |
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At 31 March 2025 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 March 2025 |
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At 31 March 2024 |
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Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £5,980 (2024 - £6,644) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
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Receivables |
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Trade receivables |
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Other debtors |
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Prepayments |
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Accrued income |
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Deferred tax assets |
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Portico Consulting Ltd
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
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Payables |
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2024 |
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Due within one year |
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Social security and other taxes |
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Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
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Other payables |
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Accruals |
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Deferred income |
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Pension scheme |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme.The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £51,374 (2023 - £33,034).Contributions totalling £5,670 (2023 - £3,804) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in payables.
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Share capital and reserves |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
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2024 |
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Reserves
The retained earnings reserve represents cumulative profit or losses net of dividends paid and other adjustments.
Portico Consulting Ltd
Detailed Profit and loss account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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2024 |
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Revenue |
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Provision of services |
1,051,881 |
1,051,130 |
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Other income |
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1,000 |
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1,051,881 |
1,052,130 |
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Administrative Expenses (analysed below) |
(1,052,223) |
(990,602) |
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Operating (loss)/profit |
(342) |
61,528 |
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Interest receivable |
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Interest receivable and similar income |
2,664 |
540 |
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Profit before tax |
2,322 |
62,068 |
Portico Consulting Ltd
Detailed Profit and loss account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)
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Administrative expenses |
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Staff Welfare |
2,706 |
1,725 |
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Wages and salaries |
557,994 |
522,945 |
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Employer's NI |
66,922 |
60,896 |
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Directors' remuneration |
94,079 |
92,162 |
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Employers' pension cost |
106,125 |
51,374 |
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Staff training |
1,476 |
411 |
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Recruitment costs |
967 |
1,032 |
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Rent and rates |
15,193 |
47,433 |
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Electricity |
356 |
4,060 |
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Insurance |
6,387 |
5,567 |
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Repairs & maintenance |
2,130 |
1,863 |
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Telephone and fax |
2,194 |
2,418 |
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Computer costs |
103,828 |
126,472 |
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Printing, postage and stationery |
3,179 |
1,798 |
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Associates' fees |
8,703 |
8,691 |
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Charitable donations |
500 |
2,552 |
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Sundry expenses |
3,890 |
3,883 |
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Travel and subsistence |
5,689 |
4,951 |
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Advertising |
14,597 |
6,304 |
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Entertaining |
4,960 |
2,627 |
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Accountancy fees |
3,015 |
2,750 |
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Legal and professional fees |
8,673 |
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Subscriptions |
1,808 |
2,052 |
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Bad debts written off |
21,785 |
19,292 |
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Bank charges |
533 |
503 |
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Depreciation of long leasehold property |
664 |
169 |
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Fixtures & fittings dep'n |
843 |
708 |
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Office equipment dep'n |
13,027 |
15,964 |
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1,052,223 |
990,602 |