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| Tangible assets | 3 |
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| Investment property | 4 |
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| Investments | 5 |
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| Debtors | 6 |
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| Cash at bank and in hand |
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| 4,054,155 | 3,510,373 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 7 | (
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| Net current liabilities | (1,890,724) | (1,966,441) | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 15,707,845 | 15,397,428 | ||
| Provision for liabilities | 8 | (
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| Total shareholder's funds |
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Directors' responsibilities:
The financial statements of Ashmarden Limited (registered number:
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T M Olliff-Lee
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Ashmarden Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales with the registration number 00466772. The address of the registered office is 40 Holborn Viaduct, London, England, EC1N 2PZ, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council, including Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS102), and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The functional currency of Ashmarden Limited is considered to be pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates.
These financial statements are separate financial statements.
Rural subsidies are also credited to turnover in the accounting period in which the conditions for receipt have been fulfilled.
The current tax is based on the taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income and expense that
are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the Balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to
pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the Balance sheet date.
Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which temporary differences can be utilised.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited to the profit and loss account.
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The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Trade and other debtors and creditors are classified as basic financial instruments and are measured at transaction price. A provision is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due.
Cash and cash equivalents are classified as basic financial instruments and comprise cash in hand and at bank.
Provisions are charged as an expense to the profit and loss account in the year the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the Balance sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.
When provisions are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Balance sheet.
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| Monthly average number of persons employed by the Company during the year, including directors |
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| At 30 September 2025 | 9,246,500 | 29,968 | 9,276,468 | ||
| At 30 September 2024 | 9,300,115 | 32,653 | 9,332,768 |
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| Fair value movement | 291,000 |
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Freehold investment properties were valued by the directors on an open market value for existing use basis as at 30 September 2025.
Historic cost
If the investment properties had been accounted for under the cost accounting rules, the properties would have been measured as follows:
Investments in subsidiaries
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Investments in shares
| Name of entity | Registered office | Principal activity | Class of shares |
Ownership 30.09.2025 |
Ownership 30.09.2024 |
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Basing Park, Privett, Alton, Hampshire , GU34 3NS , United Kingdom | Dormant |
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Basing Park, Privett, Alton, Hampshire , GU34 3NS , United Kingdom | Property Development |
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The capital and reserves and the profit of the subsidiary undertakings was as follows:
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Profit for the year ended 2025 |
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| Basing Park Limited | 1 | 0 |
| Headhone Developments Limited | 84,891 | 25,083 |
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| Other taxation and social security |
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| Other creditors |
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Other
Other provisions represent the company's liability for dilapidations of leased farms in accordance with the lease agreements.
The company paid a total of £85,289 (2024: £107,223) interest on loans from the directors at the rate of 1% (2024: 1%) over the Bank of England base rate. There was no fixed repayment date on this loan.
The amounts due to directors at the year end was £2,395,554 (2024: £2,298,256).