A & W Gowers Limited - Filleted accounts

A & W Gowers Limited
Registered number:		03949412
Balance Sheet
as at 30 April 2025

Notes			2025			2024
£				£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	3		35,732			43,112

Current assets
Stocks		42,679			35,753
Debtors	4	26,299			46,461
Cash at bank and in hand		31,937			23,054
		100,915			105,268

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	5	(127,858)			(107,197)

Net current liabilities			(26,943)			(1,929)

Total assets less current liabilities			8,789			41,183

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year	6		(1,644)			(18,928)

Provisions for liabilities			(6,624)			(8,026)


Net assets			521			14,229

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital			5			5
Profit and loss account			516			14,224

Shareholders' funds			521			14,229

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.


A J Ostridge
Director
Approved by the board on 27 November 2025

A & W Gowers Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 30 April 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:

	Freehold buildings			Not depreciated
	Leasehold land and buildings			over the lease term
	Plant and machinery			25% NBV
	Fixtures, fittings, tools and equipment			25% NBV

	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.

	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.


2	Employees					2025		2024
Number							Number

	Average number of persons employed by the company					8		8


3	Tangible fixed assets
		Land and buildings		Plant and machinery etc		Motor vehicles		Total
£			£		£		£
	Cost
	At 1 May 2024	868		99,736		32,300		132,904
	Additions	-		3,250		-		3,250
	At 30 April 2025	868		102,986		32,300		136,154

	Depreciation
	At 1 May 2024	-		82,390		7,402		89,792
	Charge for the year	-		4,405		6,225		10,630
	At 30 April 2025	-		86,795		13,627		100,422

	Net book value
	At 30 April 2025	868		16,191		18,673		35,732
	At 30 April 2024	868		17,346		24,898		43,112


4	Debtors					2025		2024
£							£

	Trade debtors					26,299		46,461


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

	Bank loans and overdrafts					10,000		10,000
	Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts					7,285		6,754
	Trade creditors					12,694		16,548
	Corporation tax					2,473		2,345
	Other taxes and social security costs					11,788		12,899
	Other creditors					83,618		58,651
						127,858		107,197


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

	Bank loans					833		10,833
	Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts					811		8,095
						1,644		18,928


7	Related party transactions

	At the year end the company owed £44,440 to the directors.


8	Other information

	A & W Gowers Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
	4 The Grange
	Warners Farm
	Main Road Howe Street
	Essex
	CM3 1JN