Barbara Houghton Associates Limited - Accounts to registrar (filleted)

REGISTERED NUMBER: 02299329 (England and Wales)

Abridged Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

for

Barbara Houghton Associates Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Chartered Accountants' Report

2

Abridged Balance Sheet

3

Notes to the Financial Statements

5

DIRECTOR:

B Houghton

SECRETARY:

B Houghton

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Hallings Hatch

Parkgate Road

Newdigate

Dorking

RH5 5DY

REGISTERED NUMBER:

02299329 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

Reed Accounts & Tax Limited

Chartered Accountant

Hallings Hatch

Parkgate Road

Dorking

Surrey

RH5 5DY

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the director 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 Abridged Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Director 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 Barbara Houghton Associates Limited for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Abridged Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Abridged Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity 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 director of Barbara Houghton Associates Limited in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Barbara Houghton Associates Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the director of Barbara Houghton Associates Limited 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 Barbara Houghton Associates Limited and its director for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Barbara Houghton Associates 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 Barbara Houghton Associates Limited. You consider that Barbara Houghton Associates 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 Barbara Houghton Associates 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.

Reed Accounts & Tax Limited

Chartered Accountant

Hallings Hatch

Parkgate Road

Dorking

Surrey

RH5 5DY

30 December 2025

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

4

-

Investments

5

500

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

28,797

30,626

Cash at bank

171,668

381,070

200,465

411,696

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

32,788

233,404

NET CURRENT ASSETS

167,677

178,292

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

168,177

178,792

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

10,000

Retained earnings

158,177

168,792

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

168,177

178,792

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 director acknowledges her 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.

All the members have consented to the preparation of an abridged Income Statement and an abridged Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 444(2A) of the Companies Act 2006.

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

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 29 December 2025 and were signed by:

B Houghton - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Barbara Houghton Associates 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

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Tangible fixed assets

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

Plant and machinery etc

-

25% on cost

Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

Taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 9 (2024 - 12 ) .

4.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Totals

£

COST

At 1 April 2024

and 31 March 2025

10,894

DEPRECIATION

At 1 April 2024

and 31 March 2025

10,894

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

-

At 31 March 2024

-

5.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Information on investments other than loans is as follows:

Totals

£

COST

At 1 April 2024

and 31 March 2025

500

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

500

At 31 March 2024

500

6.	DIRECTOR'S ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

During the year the director was repaid a net total of £58,314. At the Balance sheet date creditors included £0 due to the director.

7.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Included in creditors are balances due to related parties of £0 (2024 £58,314).

Included in debtors are balances due from related parties of £0 (2024 £24,000).

8.	ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is B Houghton.

The ultimate controlling party is B Houghton.