Whitco Catering and Bakery Equipment Limited

Registered number

03120033

Filleted Accounts

31 October 2025

Whitco Catering and Bakery Equipment Limited
Registered number:		03120033
Balance Sheet
as at 31 October 2025

Notes			2025			2024
£				£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	3		356,510			482,338

Current assets
Stocks and work in progress		688,427			95,471
Debtors	4	702,708			191,865
Cash at bank and in hand		1,102,699			1,975,559
		2,493,834			2,262,895

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	5	(2,205,905)			(2,205,008)

Net current assets			287,929			57,887

Total assets less current liabilities			644,439			540,225

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year	6		(53,583)			(92,486)

Provisions for liabilities			(69,527)			(97,919)


Net assets			521,329			349,820

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital			606			604
Profit and loss account			520,723			349,216

Shareholders' funds			521,329			349,820

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.




V Whitaker
Director
Approved by the board on 29 December 2025

Whitco Catering and Bakery Equipment Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 October 2025


1	Accounting policies

	Basis of preparation
	The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).

	Turnover
	Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.

	Tangible fixed assets
	Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:

	Machinery, fixtures and fittings			20% reducing balance
	Motor vehicles			25% reducing balance
	Office equipment and furniture			20% reducing balance

	Stocks
	Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.

	Debtors
	Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

	Creditors
	Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.

	Taxation
	A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. 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. 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, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

	Provisions
	Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.

	Foreign currency translation
	Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are charged to profit or loss.

	Leased assets
	A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.

	Pensions
	Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.


2	Employees					2025		2024
Number							Number

	Average number of persons employed by the company					20		22


3	Tangible fixed assets
		Fixtures and fittings		Equipment		Motor vehicles		Total
£			£		£		£
	Cost
	At 1 November 2024	92,624		499,199		354,899		946,722
	Additions	53,662		4,444		-		58,106
	Disposals	-		(16,144)		(248,070)		(264,214)
	At 31 October 2025	146,286		487,499		106,829		740,614

	Depreciation
	At 1 November 2024	61,306		214,978		188,100		464,384
	Charge for the year	6,576		54,505		31,672		92,753
	On disposals	-		-		(173,033)		(173,033)
	At 31 October 2025	67,882		269,483		46,739		384,104

	Net book value
	At 31 October 2025	78,404		218,016		60,090		356,510
	At 31 October 2024	31,318		284,221		166,799		482,338


4	Debtors					2025		2024
£							£

	Trade debtors					565,132		145,275
	Other debtors					137,576		46,590
						702,708		191,865


5	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year					2025		2024
£							£

	Bank loans and overdrafts					29,222		50,094
	Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts					9,681		9,681
	Trade creditors					1,645,018		1,786,313
	Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest					39,720		-
	Director's loan					2,338		8,085
	Taxation and social security costs					60,671		19,663
	Other creditors					419,255		331,172
						2,205,905		2,205,008


6	Creditors: amounts falling due after one year					2025		2024
£							£

	Bank loans					-		29,222
	Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts					53,583		63,264
						53,583		92,486


7	Related party transactions

The company leases a building from Whitco Retirement Benefits Scheme. The beneficiary was the director Mrs V Whitaker.

	-	30,000


8	Controlling party

	The controlling party was Ms V Whitaker.


9	Other information

	Whitco Catering and Bakery Equipment Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
	14 Cottingham Way
	Thrapston
	Kettering
	Northants
	NN14 4PL