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Registration number: 01272604

Granthams Ltd.
Unaudited Filleted Abridged Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

Granthams Ltd.

Contents

Company Information | 1
Abridged Balance Sheet | 2 to 3
Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements | 4 to 8

Granthams Ltd.

Company Information

Director | Mr Mark Walter Hudders

Company secretary | Mrs Sheryl Hudders

Registered office | Graphics House Charnley Road Blackpool FY1 4PE

Granthams Ltd.

(Registration number: 01272604)
Abridged Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Intangible assets | 4 | 7,709 | 7,709
Tangible assets | 5 | 55,993 | 68,874
|  | 63,702 | 76,583
Current assets |  |  |
Stocks | 6 | 334,144 | 609,293
Debtors | 7 | 14,990 | 20,410
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 1,102,531 | 1,046,466
|  | 1,451,665 | 1,676,169
Prepayments and accrued income |  | 35,942 | 12,602
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |  | (297,426) | (339,406)
Net current assets |  | 1,190,181 | 1,349,365
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 1,253,883 | 1,425,948
Provisions for liabilities |  | 1,275 | -
Accruals and deferred income |  | (6,450) | (6,634)
Net assets |  | 1,248,708 | 1,419,314
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital | 8 | 98 | 98
Retained earnings |  | 1,248,610 | 1,419,216
Shareholders' funds |  | 1,248,708 | 1,419,314

Granthams Ltd.

(Registration number: 01272604)
Abridged Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2025

For the financial year ending 31 July 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's 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 director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

All of the company’s members have consented to the preparation of an Abridged Balance Sheet in accordance with Section 444(2A) of the Companies Act 2006.

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 director has not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the director on 9 December 2025

......................................... Mr Mark Walter Hudders Director

Granthams Ltd.

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

1 | General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Graphics House
Charnley Road
Blackpool
FY1 4PE

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 9 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 abridged 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 abridged 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 financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity. All amounts have been rounded to the nearest pound.

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;
- the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
- the costs incurred for the transaction and the costs to complete the transaction can be measured reliably.

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.

Granthams Ltd.

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 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:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Plant and machinery | Between 10% and 25% reducing balance
Motor vehicles | 25% reducing balance
Leasehold improvements | 10% straight line

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.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class | Amortisation method and rate
Goodwill | 10 years

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.

Granthams Ltd.

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 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.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

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.

Granthams Ltd.

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

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 the director) during the year, was 35 (2024 - 35).

4 | Intangible assets

| Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 August 2024 | 222,343
At 31 July 2025 | 222,343
Amortisation
At 1 August 2024 | 214,634
At 31 July 2025 | 214,634
Carrying amount
At 31 July 2025 | 7,709
At 31 July 2024 | 7,709

Granthams Ltd.

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025

5 | Tangible assets

| Land and buildings £ | Motor vehicles £ | Other tangible assets £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 August 2024 | 19,679 | 143,448 | 157,017 | 320,144
Additions | - | - | 5,094 | 5,094
At 31 July 2025 | 19,679 | 143,448 | 162,111 | 325,238
Depreciation
At 1 August 2024 | 11,808 | 100,701 | 138,761 | 251,270
Charge for the year | 1,968 | 10,676 | 5,331 | 17,975
At 31 July 2025 | 13,776 | 111,377 | 144,092 | 269,245
Carrying amount
At 31 July 2025 | 5,903 | 32,071 | 18,019 | 55,993
At 31 July 2024 | 7,871 | 42,747 | 18,256 | 68,874

6 | Stocks

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Other inventories | 334,144 | 609,293

7 | Debtors

8 | Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

| 2025 | 2024
| No. | £ | No. | £
Ordinary share capital of £1 each | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96