Registration number:
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
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Company Information |
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Directors' Report |
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Accountants' Report |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements |
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
Mr R J Watkins Mrs H Harris |
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Company secretary |
Mr R J Watkins |
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Registered office |
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Accountants |
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Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2025.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is that of insurance broking
Small companies provision statement
This report has 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.
Approved and authorised by the
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Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited for the year ended 30 November 2025 as set out on pages 4 to 11 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
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited, 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 Dennis Watkins and Company Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Dennis Watkins and Company Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited. You consider that Dennis Watkins and Company Limited 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 accounts of Dennis Watkins and Company Limited. 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 accounts.
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Stanbridge Park
Staplefield Lane
Staplefield
West Sussex
RH17 6AS
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
(Registration number: 00953819)
Balance Sheet as at 30 November 2025
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Fixed assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Other financial assets |
3,342 |
3,342 |
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Current assets |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Retained earnings |
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Shareholders' funds |
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For the financial year ending 30 November 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
Approved and authorised by the
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Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
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At 1 December 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
- |
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Dividends |
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At 30 November 2025 |
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 December 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 30 November 2024 |
1,000 |
530,423 |
531,423 |
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.
The address of its registered office is:
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the
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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. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.
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 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.
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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:
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Office equipment |
25% reducing balance |
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Fixtures and fittings |
10% reducing balance |
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.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors 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.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. 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.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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.
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
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.
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Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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Tangible assets |
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Furniture, fittings and equipment |
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Cost or valuation |
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Additions |
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At 30 November 2025 |
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Depreciation |
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Charge for the year |
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At 30 November 2025 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 November 2025 |
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At 30 November 2024 |
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Debtors |
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Current |
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Amounts owed by related parties |
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Prepayments |
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Creditors |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Due within one year |
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Taxation and social security |
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Accruals and deferred income |
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Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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No. |
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1,000 |
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1,000 |
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Dividends |
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2025 |
2024 |
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£ |
£ |
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Interim dividend of £ |
129,739 |
145,613 |
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Related party transactions |
Dennis Watkins and Company Limited
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2025
Directors' remuneration
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
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Remuneration |
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Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
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149,862 |
151,034 |
Summary of transactions with parent
Summary of transactions with other related parties
Loans to related parties
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Advanced |
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At end of period |
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2024 |
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At end of period |
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
These financial statements are available upon request from the registered office.