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Registration number: 03163426

Staplethorne Ltd
Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

Staplethorne Ltd

(Registration number: 03163426)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026

| Note | 2026 £ | 2025 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 4 | 311 | -
Current assets |  |  |
Debtors | 5 | 1,587 | 1,579
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 492 | 1,075
|  | 2,079 | 2,654
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (68,247) | (64,619)
Net current liabilities |  | (66,168) | (61,965)
Net liabilities |  | (65,857) | (61,965)
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital | 7 | 2 | 2
Retained earnings |  | (65,859) | (61,967)
Shareholders' deficit |  | (65,857) | (61,965)

For the financial year ending 31 March 2026 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's 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 director acknowledges 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 and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the director has not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the director on 26 May 2026

......................................... Dr Keith Michael Barfoot Director

Staplethorne Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

1 | General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
2 Devonshire Court
Heathpark Industrial Estate
Honiton
Devon
EX14 1SB

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 26 May 2026.

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.

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:

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Staplethorne Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was 1 (2025 - 1).

Staplethorne Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

4 | Tangible assets

| Furniture, fittings and equipment £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2025 | 1,941 | 1,941
Additions | 389 | 389
At 31 March 2026 | 2,330 | 2,330
Depreciation
At 1 April 2025 | 1,941 | 1,941
Charge for the year | 78 | 78
At 31 March 2026 | 2,019 | 2,019
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2026 | 311 | 311

5 | Debtors

Current | 2026 £ | 2025 £
Other debtors | 1,587 | 1,579
| 1,587 | 1,579

6 | Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

| 2026 £ | 2025 £
Due within one year |  |
Other creditors | 68,247 | 64,619

7 | Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

| 2026 | 2025
| No. | £ | No. | £
Ordinary £1 of £1 each | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2