W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited - Accounts to registrar (filleted)

REGISTERED NUMBER: 00820223 (England and Wales)

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

FOR

W.D.BURROUGH & SONS LIMITED

Page

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

4

Chartered Accountants' Report

7

DIRECTORS:

R H Burrough

Mrs M J Burrough

M R Burrough

SECRETARY:

M R Burrough

REGISTERED OFFICE:

St Johns House

Castle Street

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 4AY

REGISTERED NUMBER:

00820223 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

Mitchells Chartered Accountants

St. John's House

Castle Street

TAUNTON

Somerset

TA1 4AY

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

4

1,874,433

2,161,156

Investments

5

51

1,874,484

2,161,207

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

137,499

174,580

Debtors

6

9,315

7,054

Cash in hand

75

146,889

181,709

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

7

416,348

645,278

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

(269,459

)

(463,569

)

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,605,025

1,697,638

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one
year

8

(884,864

)

(903,321

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

(77,828

)

(77,532

)

NET ASSETS

642,333

716,785

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

10,075

Retained earnings

632,258

706,710

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

642,333

716,785

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a)	ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

M R Burrough - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Farm Buildings and Installations -15% on reducing balance

Tractors and Implements -15% on reducing balance

Motor Vehicles -25% on reducing balance

Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 1 (2024 - 1 ) .

4.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Farm

Farmhouse,

Buildings

Tractors

Freehold

and

Motor

Land etc.

Installations

Implements

vehicles

Totals

£

COST

At 1 April 2024

1,731,998

359,742

926,415

118,784

3,136,939

Additions

-

14,871

-

14,871

Disposals

(263,245

)

-

(3,442

)

-

(266,687

)

At 31 March 2025

1,468,753

359,742

937,844

118,784

2,885,123

DEPRECIATION

At 1 April 2024

-

334,186

577,409

64,188

975,783

Charge for year

-

3,833

27,425

3,649

34,907

At 31 March 2025

-

338,019

604,834

67,837

1,010,690

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

1,468,753

21,723

333,010

50,947

1,874,433

At 31 March 2024

1,731,998

25,556

349,006

54,596

2,161,156

5.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Investments (neither listed nor unlisted) were as follows:

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

Trade investments

51

6.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

Trade debtors

3,909

4,109

Other debtors

5,406

2,945

9,315

7,054

7.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

Bank loans and overdrafts

84,600

109,647

Trade creditors

205,330

189,028

Taxation and social security

5,698

8,490

Other creditors

120,720

338,113

416,348

645,278

8.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

Bank loans

884,864

903,321

9.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the company was controlled by Mr R H Burrough, his wife Mrs M J Burrough and their son Mr M R Burrough who are the directors and between them own the entire issued share capital.

W.D. Burrough & Sons Limited rents land from Mr RH Burrough and Mrs MJ Burrough for £2,000 (£1,000 each) (Previous Year: £2,000)

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and the related notes 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 within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of W.D.Burrough & Sons Limited. You consider that W.D.Burrough & Sons 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 financial statements of W.D.Burrough & Sons 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 financial statements.

Mitchells Chartered Accountants

St. John's House

Castle Street

TAUNTON

Somerset

TA1 4AY

23 December 2025