C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Contents

Statement of Financial Position	1
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	2 to 8

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

(Registration number: 08798245)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2025

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	5	97,693	62,845
Current assets
Stocks		250	250
Debtors	6	118,658	80,699
Cash at bank and in hand		158,590	118,105
		277,498	199,054
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	7	(120,747)	(81,607)
Net current assets		156,751	117,447
Total assets less current liabilities		254,444	180,292
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	7	(19,868)	(29,378)
Provisions for liabilities		5,483	1,775
Net assets		240,059	152,689
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital		10	10
Profit and loss account		240,049	152,679
Shareholders' funds		240,059	152,689

For the financial year ending 31 December 2025 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 her 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 Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Approved and authorised by the director on 18 June 2026
 

L J Lawrence Director

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 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:
The Chalet
The Square
Winscombe
Somerset
BS25 1BS

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the principal activity of the company during the year was that of a funeral directors.

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.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the entity.

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome.

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 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 current and deferred 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.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position 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
Short leasehold improvements	4 Years straight line
Plant and machinery	4 Years straight line

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

Motor vehicles	25% Reducing balance
Office equipment	4 Years straight line

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class	Amortisation method and rate
Goodwill	10 Years straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits with banks, 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. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowing or current liabilities

Stocks

Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Costs include all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. .

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. 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 statement of comprehensive income 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.

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

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.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

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.

Financial instruments

Recognition and measurement
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was 2 (2024 - 2).

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)

4	Intangible assets

	Goodwill  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025	300,000	300,000
At 31 December 2025	300,000	300,000
Amortisation
At 1 January 2025	300,000	300,000
At 31 December 2025	300,000	300,000
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025	-	-

5	Tangible assets

	Short leasehold land and buildings £	Plant and machinery £	Office equipment £	Motor vehicles  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025	4,251	50,225	5,037	104,724	164,237
Additions	-	89	-	70,000	70,089
Disposals	-	(1,045)	-	(9,950)	(10,995)
At 31 December 2025	4,251	49,269	5,037	164,774	223,331
Depreciation
At 1 January 2025	4,251	46,564	4,170	46,407	101,392
Charge for the year	-	1,122	351	31,636	33,109
Eliminated on disposal	-	(684)	-	(8,179)	(8,863)
At 31 December 2025	4,251	47,002	4,521	69,864	125,638
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025	-	2,267	516	94,910	97,693
At 31 December 2024	-	3,661	867	58,317	62,845

C V Gower Funeral Directors Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)

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Debtors

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Trade debtors		106,972	72,905
Prepayments		5,442	3,325
Deferred tax assets		6,244	4,469
		118,658	80,699

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Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings		13,257	12,772
Trade creditors		44,744	21,723
Taxation and social security		23,039	5,950
Accruals and deferred income		3,624	7,426
Other creditors		36,083	33,736
		120,747	81,607

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Note	2025 £	2024 £
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings		19,868	29,378