In the application of the LLP’s accounting policies, the members are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
The following are the significant judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty that the directors have made in the process of applying the company’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off their cost or valuation less estimated residual value over their useful economic lives, as estimated by the members. The determination of the useful economic lives and residual values of assets requires estimation based on historical experience with similar assets and expectations of future usage and technological developments.