| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Unaudited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| for |
| Christopher Ball Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Unaudited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| for |
| Christopher Ball Limited |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| Christopher Ball Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| ACCOUNTANTS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| The Mills |
| Canal Street |
| Derby |
| DE1 2RJ |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 October 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 4 |
| Tangible assets | 5 |
| Investments | 6 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 7 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 8 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
9 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital |
| Share premium |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The director acknowledges his responsibilities for: |
| (a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
| (b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Balance Sheet - continued |
| 31 October 2025 |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Christopher Ball Limited is a |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
| The financial statements contain information about Christopher Ball Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover represents a share of partnership profits, which are recognised in the period in which the profits were earned. |
| Goodwill |
| Goodwill is being amortised evenly over is estimated useful life of five years. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Hire purchase commitments |
| Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
| The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Fixed asset investments |
| Listed investments are valued at their fair value at the balance sheet date and any changes in their fair value between the previous year end or acquisition, as applicable are recognised in the profit and loss account. |
| Unlisted investments are valued at cost less impairment as the fair value cannot be measured reliably, |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| 4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 November 2024 |
| and 31 October 2025 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1 November 2024 |
| Amortisation for year |
| At 31 October 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 October 2025 |
| At 31 October 2024 |
| 5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Motor |
| vehicles |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 November 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) |
| At 31 October 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 November 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
| At 31 October 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 October 2025 |
| At 31 October 2024 |
| The net book value of tangible fixed assets includes £ 150,984 (2024 - £ 53,268 ) in respect of assets held under hire purchase contracts. |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| 6. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group | Listed | Unlisted |
| undertakings | investments | investments | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST OR VALUATION |
| At 1 November 2024 | 869,728 |
| Additions | 117,996 |
| Disposals | ( |
) | (13,996 | ) |
| Revaluations | 360 |
| At 31 October 2025 | 974,088 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 October 2025 | 974,088 |
| At 31 October 2024 | 869,728 |
| Cost or valuation at 31 October 2025 is represented by: |
| Shares in |
| group | Listed | Unlisted |
| undertakings | investments | investments | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Valuation in 2025 | 1 | 70,477 | 903,610 | 974,088 |
| If listed investments had not been revalued they would have been included at the following historical cost: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Cost | 983,482 | 879,482 |
| In the prior year, the company entered in to a tripartite agreement, such that the assets of an unlisted investment (which was placed in to a members' voluntary liquidation) were transferred to CJB 2021 Limited (a company in which Christopher Ball Limited is a 100% shareholder) in exchange for 1,312,570 £1 Ordinary shares. |
| CJB 2021 Limited then distributed the assets by way of a dividend in specie to the company and the investment in CJB 2021 Limited was subsequently written down. |
| 7. | DEBTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year: |
| Other debtors |
| Director's current account | 320,641 | 190,155 |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
| Tax |
| Aggregate amounts |
| Christopher Ball Limited (Registered number: 08339277) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Other loans |
| Hire purchase contracts |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Accrued expenses |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Other loans - 1-2 years | 267,385 | 351,762 |
| Other loans - 2-5 years |
| Hire purchase contracts |
| 10. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts | 186,210 | 120,910 |
| Assets held under hire purchase contracts are secured against the assets to which they relate to. |
| 11. | DIRECTOR'S ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES |
| The director maintains a loan account with the company. At the balance sheet date the amount owing from the director is shown in the debtors note. The amount is interest free and repayable upon demand. |