In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount 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.
Pall Mall (Liverpool) Management Company Limited is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is c/o Carrick And Reid Property Management Ltd, Office 7, 12 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BP.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
Turnover represents amounts due in respect of the re-imbursement for service charge expenditure.
Income and expenses are included in the financial statements as they become receivable or due.
Expenses include VAT where applicable as the company cannot reclaim it.
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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.
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
The company is not carrying on a business for the purposes of making a profit and is therefore exempt from corporation tax.
Accounting treatment of funds held in trust
In line with guidance issued by ICAEW, all balances relating to client funds have been excluded from the company’s balance sheet.
As a Residential Management Company (RMC), the company does not have beneficial ownership of funds collected from leaseholders (such as service charges). These amounts are held in a fiduciary capacity and are therefore treated as trust monies, rather than assets of the company.
Accordingly:
Service charge funds are excluded from the company's financial position, as they are not controlled for the company’s own benefit.
Such funds are held on trust for the tenants/leaseholders, and accounting records for these monies are maintained separately.
The balance sheet therefore reflects only the company’s own assets and liabilities.
The prior year comparatives have been updated to reflect this policy.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
The company is limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and consequently the liability of members is limited, subject to an undertaking by each member to contribute to the net assets or liabilities of the company on winding up such amounts as may be required not exceeding £1.