Registration number: 07640255

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Contents

Accountants' Report	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Financial Statements	4

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
J A Dent & Sons Limited
for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of J A Dent & Sons Limited for the year ended 31 May 2025 as set out on pages 2 to 13 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 at http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of J A Dent & Sons Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 26 September 2023. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of J A Dent & Sons Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of J A Dent & Sons Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than J A Dent & Sons Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that J A Dent & Sons 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 J A Dent & Sons Limited. You consider that J A Dent & 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 accounts of J A Dent & 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 accounts.

Dodd & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
Clint Mill
Cornmarket
PENRITH
CA11 7HW

4 December 2025

J A Dent & Sons Limited

(Registration number: 07640255)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	5	1,986,318	1,656,132
Other financial assets	6	498,278	426,225
		2,484,596	2,082,357
Current assets
Stocks		646,172	635,362
Debtors	7	264,384	221,158
Cash at bank and in hand		790,738	82,440
		1,701,294	938,960
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	8	(721,833)	(453,779)
Net current assets		979,461	485,181
Total assets less current liabilities		3,464,057	2,567,538
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	8	(76,752)	(123,377)
Provisions for liabilities		(388,348)	(314,633)
Net assets		2,998,957	2,129,528
Capital and reserves
Allotted, called up and fully paid share capital		225,120	225,120
Profit and loss account		2,773,837	1,904,408
Total equity		2,998,957	2,129,528

J A Dent & Sons Limited

(Registration number: 07640255)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2025 (continued)

For the financial year ending 31 May 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 4 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

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M Dent

Director

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D A Dent

Director

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C R Dent

Director

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

1	General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Cote Farm Walden
West Burton
LEYBURN
DL8 4LG

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 - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

These 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.

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; and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Government grants

Government grants such as the basic payment scheme are included in the profit and loss account when all the necessary conditions for receipt have been met.

Other grants
Other grants in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a deferred income account and are released to profit over the expected useful lives of the relevant assets on a basis consistent with the depreciation policy.

Basic payment scheme

The amount paid in connection with the purchase of the basic payment scheme entitlement was amortised over the useful economic life of that entitlement, and has now been fully amortised.

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

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.

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
Land and buildings	4% straight line basis
Plant and equipment	15% reducing balance and 5% straight line basis and 4% straight line basis
Motor vehicles	25% reducing balance basis

Included in land and buildings is short leasehold property which relates to tenants improvements on land leased by the company from the directors. As the long term intention is for the farming operation to continue, it is deemed true and fair view to depreciate the assets at 4% straight line over their useful economic life.

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

Other intangible fixed assets

Other intangible assets represent an investment in AMCo Common Consolidation which is a contractual requirement in order to benefit from the AMCo milk purchasing agreement. This investment is non refundable and is therefore being amortised over its useful life to the business. As there is no fixed period for the contract the directors have considered it appropriate to adopt an amortisation period of 5 years for the asset on a straight line basis. In addition an annual impairment review is performed.

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.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for the sale of goods 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

Trading stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after due regard for obsolete and slow moving stocks. The cost of livestock represents the purchase cost plus any additional costs of rearing the animal. Net realisable value is based on selling price less anticipated selling costs. Crop stock is valued at fair value less any anticipated costs to sell.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors 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 where due after more than one year.

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.

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

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.

Preference shares are classified as equity when the shares are redeemable in the future at the option of the company.

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.

Financial instruments

Classification
Equity shares and debt securities
 Recognition and measurement
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
 Impairment
For instruments measured at cost less impairment the impairment is the difference between the assets' carrying amount and the best estimate the entity would receive for the asset if it were sold at the reporting date.

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 16 (2024 - 18).

4	Intangible assets

	Basic payment scheme  £	Other intangible assets  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 June 2024	91,783	78,878	170,661
At 31 May 2025	91,783	78,878	170,661
Amortisation
At 1 June 2024	91,783	78,878	170,661
At 31 May 2025	91,783	78,878	170,661
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2025	-	-	-
At 31 May 2024	-	-	-

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

5	Tangible assets

	Land and buildings £	Plant and equipment  £	Motor vehicles  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 June 2024	521,643	1,887,632	47,975	2,457,250
Additions	57,020	551,183	-	608,203
Disposals	-	(98,649)	(4,977)	(103,626)
At 31 May 2025	578,663	2,340,166	42,998	2,961,827
Depreciation
At 1 June 2024	120,351	648,609	32,158	801,118
Charge for the year	22,161	171,865	3,924	197,950
Eliminated on disposal	-	(18,700)	(4,859)	(23,559)
At 31 May 2025	142,512	801,774	31,223	975,509
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2025	436,151	1,538,392	11,775	1,986,318
At 31 May 2024	401,292	1,239,023	15,817	1,656,132

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

6	Other financial assets (current and non-current)

	2025 £	2024 £
Non-current financial assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss	237,120	183,247
Financial assets at cost less impairment	261,158	242,978
	498,278	426,225

	Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss £	Financial assets at cost less impairment £	Total £
Non-current financial assets
Cost or valuation
At 1 June 2024	183,247	242,978	426,225
Fair value adjustments	2,328	-	2,328
Additions	51,545	18,180	69,725
At 31 May 2025	237,120	261,158	498,278
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2025	237,120	261,158	498,278
At 31 May 2024	183,247	242,978	426,225

7

Debtors

	2025 £	2024 £
Trade debtors	130,824	107,485
Other debtors	133,560	113,673
	264,384	221,158

J A Dent & Sons Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025 (continued)

8

Creditors

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	9	80,518	61,800
Trade creditors		336,870	208,676
Taxation and social security		4,095	3,263
Corporation tax liability		253,715	134,760
Other creditors		46,635	45,280
		721,833	453,779
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings	9	26,145	67,392
Other creditors		50,607	55,985
		76,752	123,377

9	Loans and borrowings

	2025 £	2024 £
Current loans and borrowings
Finance lease liabilities	41,273	47,801
Other borrowings	39,245	13,999
	80,518	61,800

Current loans and borrowings includes the following liabilities, on which security has been given by the company:

	2025 £	2024 £
Finance lease liabilities	41,273	47,801

Finance lease liabilities are secured on the assets to which they relate.