Company No: 00497897 (England and Wales)

Contents

• Balance Sheet
• Notes to the Financial Statements

	Note	2025		2024
		£		£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets	3	43,600		0
Tangible assets	4	322,099		4,134
Investment property	5	500,000		0
		865,699		4,134
Current assets
Stocks		3,500		3,000
Debtors	6	27,854		21,340
Cash at bank and in hand		15,583		3,547
		46,937		27,887
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	7	( 274,542)		( 96,711)
Net current liabilities		(227,605)		(68,824)
Total assets less current liabilities		638,094		(64,690)
Provision for liabilities	8	( 176,019)		0
Net assets/(liabilities)		462,075		( 64,690)
Capital and reserves
Called-up share capital	9	11,300		11,300
Revaluation reserve		208,780		0
Profit and loss account		241,995		( 75,990 )
Total shareholders' funds/(deficit)		462,075		( 64,690)

For the financial year ending 30 April 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 financial statements for the financial year in accordance with section 476;
• The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements; and
• These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and a copy of the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered.

The financial statements of Slade & Sons Limited (registered number: 00497897) were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 17 April 2026. They were signed on its behalf by:

M P Belcher Director

1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.

General information and basis of accounting

Slade & Sons Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the Company's registered office is 21 Marsh Green Road North, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter, EX2 8NY, United Kingdom.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.

Turnover

Turnover is stated net of VAT and trade discounts and is recognised when the significant risks and rewards are considered to have been transferred to the buyer.

Employee benefits

Defined contribution schemes
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

Taxation

Current tax
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Balance Sheet date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the Company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on tax rates and laws substantively enacted at the balance sheet date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are stated at cost or valuation, net of amortisation and any provision for impairment. Amortisation is provided on all intangible assets at rates to write off the cost or valuation of each asset over its expected useful life as follows:

Goodwill

5 years straight line

Goodwill

Goodwill arises on business combination and represents any excess of consideration given over the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than investment property and freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a [straight-line, reducing balance] basis over its expected useful life, as follows:

Land and buildings	50 years straight line
Plant and machinery	15 % reducing balance
Vehicles	25 % reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings	15 % reducing balance

Residual value represents the estimated amount which would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset, after deducting estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.

Leases

The Company as lessee
Assets held under finance leases, hire purchase contracts and other similar arrangements, which confer rights and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets, are capitalised as tangible fixed assets at the fair value of the leased asset (or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments as determined at the inception of the lease) and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms and their useful lives. The capital elements of future lease obligations are recorded as liabilities, while the interest elements are charged to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the leases to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Investment property

Investment property is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at each reporting date with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Deferred taxation is provided on these gains at the rate expected to apply when the property is sold.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell, which is equivalent to the net realisable value. Cost is calculated using the FIFO (first-in, first-out) method. Provision is made for obsolete, slow-moving or defective items where appropriate.

Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the Balance Sheet when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets receivable within one year, such as trade debtors and bank balances, are measured at transaction price less any impairment.

Basic financial assets receivable within more than one year are measured at amortised cost less any impairment.

Financial assets are derecognised when and only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, or the Company transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or the Company, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.

Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities that have no stated interest rate and are payable within one year, such as trade creditors, are measured at transaction price.

Other basic financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that the Company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the Balance Sheet date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third party, a receivable is recognised as an asset if it is virtually certain that reimbursement will be received and the amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

2. Employees

	2025		2024
	Number		Number
Monthly average number of persons employed by the Company during the year, including directors	6		4

3. Intangible assets

	Goodwill		Total
	£		£
Cost
At 01 May 2024	0		0
Additions	54,500		54,500
At 30 April 2025	54,500		54,500
Accumulated amortisation
At 01 May 2024	0		0
Charge for the financial year	10,900		10,900
At 30 April 2025	10,900		10,900
Net book value
At 30 April 2025	43,600		43,600
At 30 April 2024	0		0

4. Tangible assets

	Land and buildings		Plant and machinery		Vehicles		Fixtures and fittings		Total
	£		£		£		£		£
Cost
At 01 May 2024	0		30,689		3,000		4,863		38,552
Additions	14,000		19,291		0		9,633		42,924
Revaluations	286,000		0		0		0		286,000
At 30 April 2025	300,000		49,980		3,000		14,496		367,476
Accumulated depreciation
At 01 May 2024	0		27,087		2,999		4,332		34,418
Charge for the financial year	6,000		3,435		0		1,524		10,959
At 30 April 2025	6,000		30,522		2,999		5,856		45,377
Net book value
At 30 April 2025	294,000		19,458		1		8,640		322,099
At 30 April 2024	0		3,602		1		531		4,134

5. Investment property

	Investment property
	£
Valuation
As at 01 May 2024	0
Additions	54,419
Fair value movement	445,581
As at 30 April 2025	500,000

6. Debtors

	2025		2024
	£		£
Trade debtors	14,020		8,075
Other debtors	13,834		13,265
	27,854		21,340

7. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2025		2024
	£		£
Trade creditors	16,876		20,412
Amounts owed to directors	232,555		56,042
Accruals	11,327		9,692
Other taxation and social security	10,899		4,183
Other creditors	2,885		6,382
	274,542		96,711

8. Deferred tax

	2025		2024
	£		£
At the beginning of financial year	0		0
Charged to the Profit and Loss Account	( 104,519)		0
Charged to the Revaluation Reserve	( 71,500)		0
At the end of financial year	( 176,019)		0

9. Called-up share capital

	2025		2024
	£		£
Allotted, called-up and fully-paid
11,300 Ordinary shares of £ 1.00 each	11,300		11,300