Company registration number SC726733 (Scotland)
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
CONTENTS
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
30 NOVEMBER 2025
30 November 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investment property
3
2,919,752
Current assets
Stocks
-
3,077,233
Debtors
4
483,692
511,265
Cash at bank and in hand
102,041
14,616
585,733
3,603,114
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(2,733,502)
(2,542,495)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(2,147,769)
1,060,619
Total assets less current liabilities
771,983
1,060,619
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
6
(1,591,200)
(1,400,000)
Net liabilities
(819,217)
(339,381)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
(819,218)
(339,382)
Total equity
(819,217)
(339,381)
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 27 May 2026
Mr R D Kilgour
Director
Company registration number SC726733 (Scotland)
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
The White House (St Andrews) Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Archibald Hope House, Station Road, Musselburgh, Scotland, EH21 7PQ.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
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 £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of investment properties at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of not less than 12 months. The directors have reviewed their budgets and cashflow requirements and are satisfied that the group has sufficient cash reserves and net income and consider that this is sufficient to ensure short term liquidity and longer-term financial viability of the group. As such the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.true The company is reliant upon the ongoing financial support of the group.
1.3
Revenue
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for rental of property in line with signed lease agreements, and is shown net of VAT.
1.4
Investment property
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.
1.5
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.6
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.7
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
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.
Classification of financial liabilities
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
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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.
1.8
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.9
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
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Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
1
1
3
Investment property
2025
£
Fair value
At 1 December 2024
Transfers
3,228,589
Impairment
(308,837)
At 30 November 2025
2,919,752
The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out by the directors. The valuation was made on an open market value basis by reference to market evidence of transaction prices for similar properties.
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Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
401,499
509,394
Other debtors
82,193
1,871
483,692
511,265
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,672,719
2,538,206
Other creditors
60,783
4,289
2,733,502
2,542,495
6
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
1,591,200
1,400,000
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
(Continued)
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Atom Bank Plc holds various standard securities and a floating charge and negative pledge dated 12 May 2025 over all the property and undertakings of the company for all sums due.
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 November 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Sharon Collins
Statutory Auditor:
Thomson Cooper
Date of audit report:
28 May 2026
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Operating lease commitments
The operating leases represent lease one investment property to a group company. The lease was negotiated over terms of ten years and rentals are fixed for five years. The lease include a provision for five-yearly upward rent reviews according to prevailing market conditions and a break clause after five years. There is no option in place for either party to extend the lease terms.
2025
2024
Future amounts receivable under operating leases:
£
£
Within 1 year
210,000
After 5 years
927,500
Total commitments
1,137,500
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Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Sales
Sales
2025
2024
£
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
119,959
THE WHITE HOUSE (ST ANDREWS) LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2025
9
Related party transactions
(Continued)
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2025
2024
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Other related parties
80,008
35,978
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2025
2024
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
Other related parties
401,500
509,394
Other information
The company has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A not to disclose inter-group transactions and balances on the grounds that 100% of the voting rights of the company are controlled within the group and that consolidated accounts are prepared by the ultimate holding company Dow Investments PLC and are publicly available at the address detailed below. Transactions with companies in the group that are not 100% owned by the parent have been disclosed.
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Parent company
The immediate parent company is Dow Investments PLC, a company incorporated in Scotland, which held 100% of the ordinary share capital of the company throughout the current and previous financial period.
The directors consider the ultimate controlling party to be Dow Investments PLC, a company incorporated in Scotland. Dow Investments PLC is controlled by Mr R D Kilgour, director.
The accounts of Dow Investments PLC are available to the public via Companies House. The registered office of this company is Archibald Hope House, Station Road, Musselburgh, Scotland, EH21 7PQ. The company heads its largest group and smallest group in which the results of this company are included.