Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
The Barcode Consultancy Limited
for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of The Barcode Consultancy Limited for the year ended 31 October 2025 as set out on pages 3 to 8 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at www.icas.com.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of The Barcode Consultancy Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of The Barcode Consultancy Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of The Barcode Consultancy Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland as detailed at www.icas.com. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than The Barcode Consultancy Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that The Barcode Consultancy Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of The Barcode Consultancy Limited. You consider that The Barcode Consultancy 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 accounts of The Barcode Consultancy 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 accounts.

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Mitchell Oswald Chartered Accountants
28 James Young Road
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 2UP

5 January 2026

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

(Registration number: SC460980)
Balance Sheet as at 31 October 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	882	1,713
Current assets
Stocks	5	8,100	6,000
Debtors	6	114,717	121,691
Cash at bank and in hand		394,853	429,469
		517,670	557,160
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	7	(268,758)	(280,803)
Net current assets		248,912	276,357
Net assets		249,794	278,070
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital		2	2
Retained earnings		249,792	278,068
Shareholders' funds		249,794	278,070

For the financial year ending 31 October 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 5 January 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... R G MacKenzie Director

......................................... J MacKenzie Director

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

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

1	General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
6 Chapman's Brae
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 4LH

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 5 January 2026.

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.

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 value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
the amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
goods and services have been delivered to the customer; and
collectability of the related receivables is fairly assured.

Tax

Tax is recognised in the profit or loss of the company.

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.

Deferred taxation is provided on the liability method to take account of timing differences between the treatment of certain items for accounts purposes and their treatment for tax purposes.

Deferred tax is accounted for in respect of all material timing differences. Deferred tax is charged/(credited) to the profit and loss account.

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 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
Office equipment	33% on cost

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand 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.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for goods sold and services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price, 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.

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 at the transaction price.

Provisions

Provisions are set up only where it is possible that a present obligation exists as a result of an event prior to the balance sheet date and that a payment will be required in settlement that can be estimated reliably. Where material, provisions are calculated on a discounted basis.

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.

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 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.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are paid.

Financial instruments

Classification

The following assets and liabilities are classified as financial instruments - trade debtors, trade creditors, bank loans and director's loans to the company.

 Recognition and measurement

Trade debtors and trade creditors are measured at the undiscounted amounts receivable from a customer or payable to a supplier, which is normally the invoice price.

Loans received from a bank at a market rate of interest are recognised at the amount of cash received from the bank, less separately incurred transaction costs.

Director's loans to the company which are repayable on demand are measured at the undiscounted amount of the cash expected to be paid.

 Impairment

Trade debtors are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If such evidence is found, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year was 2 (2024 - 2).

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

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

4	Tangible assets

	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 November 2024	7,576	7,576
At 31 October 2025	7,576	7,576
Depreciation
At 1 November 2024	5,863	5,863
Charge for the year	831	831
At 31 October 2025	6,694	6,694
Carrying amount
At 31 October 2025	882	882
At 31 October 2024	1,713	1,713

5

Stocks

	2025 £	2024 £
Other inventories	8,100	6,000

6

Debtors

Current	2025 £	2024 £
Trade debtors	114,717	121,691
	114,717	121,691

The Barcode Consultancy Limited

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

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Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	8	191,425	194,105
Trade creditors		53,767	24,821
Taxation and social security		21,866	60,227
Accruals and deferred income		1,700	1,650
		268,758	280,803

8	Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Other borrowings	191,425	194,105

9	Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2025	At 1 November 2024 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 October 2025 £
R G MacKenzie
Interest free loan from directors	194,105	(78,080)	75,400	191,425

2024	At 1 November 2023 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 October 2024 £
R G MacKenzie
Interest free loan from directors	208,292	(89,587)	75,400	194,105