Registration number: 03002084

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Contents

Company Information	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	3 to 9

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mrs Angela Cooper Mr Nicholas Mallory Cooper

Company secretary

Mrs Angela Cooper

Registered office

C/o Hodson Lewis First Floor Abbotsgate House Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7FA

Accountants

Hodson Lewis Limited Certified Accountants and Business AdvisorsFirst Floor Abbotsgate House Hollow Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7FA

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

(Registration number: 03002084)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	5	657,664	692,677
Investments	6	45,350	45,350
		703,014	738,027
Current assets
Stocks	7	393,221	329,596
Debtors	8	1,853,587	1,637,988
Cash at bank and in hand		249,383	287,048
		2,496,191	2,254,632
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	9	(466,973)	(404,304)
Net current assets		2,029,218	1,850,328
Net assets		2,732,232	2,588,355
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	10	25,000	25,000
Retained earnings		2,707,232	2,563,355
Shareholders' funds		2,732,232	2,588,355

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 and 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 23 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... Mr Nicholas Mallory Cooper Director

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1	General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England & Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
C/o Hodson Lewis
First Floor Abbotsgate House
Hollow Road
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7FA
England

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 23 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. 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.

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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
Property Improvements	2% reducing balance
Motor vehicles	25% reducing balance
Equipment	15% reducing balance

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

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.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.


Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

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.

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 34 (2024 - 35).

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4	Intangible assets

	Goodwill  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024	18,000	18,000
At 31 March 2025	18,000	18,000
Amortisation
At 1 April 2024	18,000	18,000
At 31 March 2025	18,000	18,000
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025	-	-

5	Tangible assets

	Land and buildings £	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Motor vehicles  £	Other tangible assets £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024	894,552	287,004	51,007	224,568
Additions	-	2,961	15,495	1,979
Disposals	-	-	(33,657)	-
At 31 March 2025	894,552	289,965	32,845	226,547
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024	284,557	250,324	39,661	189,912
Charge for the year	17,891	18,161	9,578	5,792
Eliminated on disposal	-	-	(29,631)	-
At 31 March 2025	302,448	268,485	19,608	195,704
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025	592,104	21,480	13,237	30,843
At 31 March 2024	609,995	36,680	11,346	34,656

DB & A Cooper (Suffolk) Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024	1,457,131
Additions	20,435
Disposals	(33,657)
At 31 March 2025	1,443,909
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024	764,454
Charge for the year	51,422
Eliminated on disposal	(29,631)
At 31 March 2025	786,245
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025	657,664
At 31 March 2024	692,677

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £592,104 (2024 - £609,995) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

6	Investments

	2025 £	2024 £
Investments in subsidiaries	45,350	45,350