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Registration number: NI016878

Etherson Meats Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

 

Etherson Meats Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2 to 3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 11

 

Etherson Meats Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mr Brendan Etherson

Mr S Etherson

Registered office

157 Bendooragh Road
Ballymoney
BT43 7NR

Accountants

McKeague Morgan & Company
Chartered Accountants27 College Gardens
Belfast
BT9 6BS

 

Etherson Meats Limited

(Registration number: NI016878)
Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

366,754

267,307

Current assets

 

Stocks

6

280,248

255,241

Debtors

7

566,557

527,548

Other financial assets

5

996,062

914,307

Cash at bank and in hand

 

453,472

262,729

 

2,296,339

1,959,825

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

8

(778,593)

(538,756)

Net current assets

 

1,517,746

1,421,069

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,884,500

1,688,376

Provisions for liabilities

(65,822)

(39,215)

Net assets

 

1,818,678

1,649,161

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

5,000

5,000

Capital redemption reserve

5,000

5,000

Profit and loss account

1,808,678

1,639,161

Total equity

 

1,818,678

1,649,161

 

Etherson Meats Limited

(Registration number: NI016878)
Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

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 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 directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 30 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................

Mr Brendan Etherson
Director

 

Etherson Meats 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 the United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
157 Bendooragh Road
Ballymoney
BT43 7NR

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 30 June 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.

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

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.

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 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:

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Freehold Buildings

2% straight line

Plant & machinery

20% straight line

Motor vehicles

20% straight line

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.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

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.

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

2

Accounting policies (continued)

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

Classification
The company only enters into basic financial transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and investments in non-puttable shares.

 Recognition and measurement
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable with one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in the case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measureed initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost.

 Impairment
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment, if objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the profit and loss account.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.

For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the best estimate, which is an approximation of the amount that the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet date when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 14 (2024 - 14).

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

4

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Other property, plant and equipment
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

352,199

9,555

287,255

288,015

937,024

Additions

-

-

197,323

-

197,323

Disposals

-

-

(35,285)

-

(35,285)

At 30 September 2025

352,199

9,555

449,293

288,015

1,099,062

Depreciation

At 1 October 2024

241,754

9,555

139,188

279,220

669,717

Charge for the year

6,976

-

79,309

4,534

90,819

Eliminated on disposal

-

-

(28,228)

-

(28,228)

At 30 September 2025

248,730

9,555

190,269

283,754

732,308

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

103,469

-

259,024

4,261

366,754

At 30 September 2024

110,445

-

148,067

8,795

267,307

5

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss
£

Total
£

Current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

914,307

914,307

Fair value adjustments

81,755

81,755

At 30 September 2025

996,062

996,062

Impairment

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

996,062

996,062

 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

6

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Raw materials and consumables

280,248

255,241

7

Debtors

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

538,056

474,969

Prepayments

14,824

10,421

Other debtors

13,677

42,158

566,557

527,548

8

Creditors

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

671,734

438,805

Corporation tax liability

 

91,537

77,076

Taxation and social security

 

2,810

5,257

Other creditors

 

5,610

5,205

Loans from directors

 

1,617

694

Accruals and deferred income

 

5,285

11,719

 

778,593

538,756

9

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

       
 

Etherson Meats Limited

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

10

Related party transactions

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

55,117

49,563

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

120,000

164,000

175,117

213,563

11

Financial instruments

Categorisation of financial instruments

2025
 £

2024
 £

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

996,062

914,307

Financial assets measured at fair value

Investment bond

The fair value has been determined from the quoted market value of the underlying securities.

The fair value is £996,062 (2024 - £914,307) and the change in value included in profit or loss is £914,307 (2024 - £113,722).