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Registration number: 00692984

James Heath & Sons Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 8

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mr J F Heath

Mr A P Heath

Registered office

Bolas House
Great Bolas
Telford
Shropshire
TF6 6PQ

Accountants

CBSL Accountants Limited
Chartered Accountants
Rowan House North
1 The Professional Quarter
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

(Registration number: 00692984)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

1,772,469

1,837,076

Current assets

 

Stocks

5

1,211,378

1,139,118

Debtors

6

365,140

222,821

Cash at bank and in hand

 

559

41,290

 

1,577,077

1,403,229

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(1,842,532)

(1,685,673)

Net current liabilities

 

(265,455)

(282,444)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,507,014

1,554,632

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(1,606,333)

(1,593,535)

Net liabilities

 

(99,319)

(38,903)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

8

12,500

12,500

Retained earnings

(111,819)

(51,403)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(99,319)

(38,903)

For the financial year ending 31 May 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 accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 6 February 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mr J F Heath
Director

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Bolas House
Great Bolas
Telford
Shropshire
TF6 6PQ

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the continued support of the company's directors who ensure the company meets its liabilities as they fall due.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Land and buildings

5% and 10% straight line

Plant and machinery

10% and 15% reducing balance

Tractors and motor vehicles

25% reducing balance and 20-25% straight line to an estimated residual value

Furniture and fittings

25% straight line

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 14 (2024 - 8).

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

4

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Tractors and motor vehicles
 £

Other property, plant and equipment
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 June 2024

1,153,877

2,077

916,096

1,745,107

3,817,157

Additions

-

-

253,714

75,727

329,441

Disposals

-

-

(189,093)

(127,257)

(316,350)

At 31 May 2025

1,153,877

2,077

980,717

1,693,577

3,830,248

Depreciation

At 1 June 2024

756,968

1,002

327,897

894,214

1,980,081

Charge for the year

26,018

293

122,108

130,144

278,563

Eliminated on disposal

-

-

(143,972)

(56,893)

(200,865)

At 31 May 2025

782,986

1,295

306,033

967,465

2,057,779

Carrying amount

At 31 May 2025

370,891

782

674,684

726,112

1,772,469

At 31 May 2024

396,909

1,075

588,199

850,893

1,837,076

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £370,891 (2024 - £396,909) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

5

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Other inventories

1,211,378

1,139,118

6

Debtors

Current

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

277,368

163,914

Prepayments

848

6,729

Other debtors

86,924

52,178

 

365,140

222,821

7

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

9

670,854

610,440

Trade creditors

 

860,587

712,445

Taxation and social security

 

36,339

44,788

Accruals and deferred income

 

27,284

81,049

Other creditors

 

247,468

236,951

 

1,842,532

1,685,673

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

9

1,606,333

1,593,535

 

James Heath & Sons Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

8

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

12,500

12,500

12,500

12,500

       

9

Loans and borrowings

The following liabilities disclosed under creditors due after one year are secured by the company:

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

1,205,282

1,132,451

Hire purchase contracts

401,051

461,084

1,606,333

1,593,535

The following liabilities disclosed under creditors due within one year are secured by the company:

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

52,417

22,310

Bank overdrafts

421,023

355,149

Hire purchase contracts

197,414

232,981

670,854

610,440

10

Related party transactions

At the year end monies due to the directors amounted to £227,616 (2024 - £212,889), which are included in Creditors falling due within one year. The loans are interest free with no fixed repayment date.