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Registration number: 00704470

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

Year Ended 30 September 2025

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Chartered Accountants

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Balance Sheet

3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 11

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mrs S M Gallia

Mr H E Gallia

Mrs S T Gallia

Company secretary

Mr H E Gallia

Registered office

Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA

Accountants

Edwards and Keeping Limited
Chartered Accountants
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Nether Cerne Farms Limitedfor the Year Ended 30 September 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Nether Cerne Farms Limited for the year ended 30 September 2025 as set out on pages 3 to 11 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Nether Cerne Farms Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 13 May 2022. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Nether Cerne Farms Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Nether Cerne Farms Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Nether Cerne Farms Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Nether Cerne Farms Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of Nether Cerne Farms Limited. You consider that Nether Cerne Farms Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Nether Cerne Farms Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.






Edwards and Keeping Limited
Chartered Accountants
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA

20 June 2026

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

(Registration number: 00704470)
Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Intangible assets

4

-

-

Tangible assets

5

849,330

900,309

 

849,330

900,309

Current assets

 

Stocks

322,148

317,513

Debtors

6

71,317

43,394

Cash at bank and in hand

 

898,715

914,349

 

1,292,180

1,275,256

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(367,685)

(331,429)

Net current assets

 

924,495

943,827

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,773,825

1,844,136

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(34,465)

(68,931)

Provisions for liabilities

(125,925)

(135,089)

Net assets

 

1,613,435

1,640,116

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

180

180

Retained earnings

1,613,255

1,639,936

Shareholders' funds

 

1,613,435

1,640,116

For the financial year ending 30 September 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.

These financial statements have been 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 directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 



Mr H E Gallia
Company secretary and director

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 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:
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA
England

The principal place of business is:
Nether Cerne Farm
Godmanstone
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 7AJ

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.

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.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises 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.

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.

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 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

Farm improvements

2% per annum straight line

Plant and equipment

6.7% per annum straight line

Tractors

10% per annum straight line

Combine

10% per annum straight line

Motor vehicles

20% per annum straight line

Office equipment

20% per annum straight line

Intangible assets

Entitlements are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Amortisation is calculated so as to write off the cost in equal annual instalments over its expected useful life.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

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.

Leases

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.

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.

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 2 (2024 - 2).

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

4

Intangible assets

Entitlements
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

2,000

2,000

At 30 September 2025

2,000

2,000

Amortisation

At 1 October 2024

2,000

2,000

At 30 September 2025

2,000

2,000

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

-

-

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

5

Tangible assets

Farm improvements
£

Tractors and combines
 £

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

446,513

654,312

615,864

2,518

1,719,207

Additions

-

-

40,605

-

40,605

Disposals

-

-

(64,200)

-

(64,200)

At 30 September 2025

446,513

654,312

592,269

2,518

1,695,612

Depreciation

At 1 October 2024

170,361

358,759

287,430

2,348

818,898

Charge for the year

7,963

38,881

27,341

65

74,250

Eliminated on disposal

-

-

(46,866)

-

(46,866)

At 30 September 2025

178,324

397,640

267,905

2,413

846,282

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

268,189

256,672

324,364

105

849,330

At 30 September 2024

276,152

295,553

328,434

170

900,309

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

6

Debtors

Current

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

66,901

36,457

Prepayments

3,252

3,064

Other debtors

1,164

3,873

 

71,317

43,394

7

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

76,116

76,190

Trade creditors

 

42,481

27,689

Taxation and social security

 

19,068

483

Accruals and deferred income

 

56,341

51,815

Other creditors

 

173,679

175,252

 

367,685

331,429

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

34,465

68,931

 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

8

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Finance lease liabilities

34,465

68,931

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Finance lease liabilities

34,465

34,540

Other borrowings

41,651

41,650

76,116

76,190

9

Dividends

Final dividends paid

2025
£

2024
£

Final dividend of £Nil per each Ordinary share

-

-

 

 
 

Nether Cerne Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

10

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2025

At 1 October 2024
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 30 September 2025
£

Mrs S T Gallia

(118,823)

1,785

(10,621)

(127,659)

Mr H E Gallia

(56,129)

33,761

(23,353)

(45,721)

2024

At 1 October 2023
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 30 September 2024
£

Mrs S T Gallia

(109,154)

1,271

(10,940)

(118,823)

Mr H E Gallia

(33,900)

21,471

(43,700)

(56,129)

Summary of transactions with other related parties

Miss E M Gallia is a shareholder of Nether Cerne Farms Ltd
 

Loans from related parties

2025

Miss E Gallia
£

At start of period

41,650

Rents and private income

245

Drawings

(245)

At end of period

41,650

2024

Miss E Gallia
£

At start of period

51,430

Rents and private income

220

Drawings

(10,000)

At end of period

41,650