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Registration number: 11578881

Jon Matthews Architects Limited
Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Contents

Company Information | 1
Accountants' Report | 2
Balance Sheet | 3
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements | 4 to 8

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Company Information

Director | Mr Jon Matthews

Registered office | Union House Albert Square Manchester United Kingdom M2 6LW

Accountants | UHY Williamson Croft Chartered Certified Accountants Williamson Croft Accountants Ltd York House 20 York Street Manchester M2 3BB

Chartered Certified Accountants' Report to the Director on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Jon Matthews Architects Limited
for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Jon Matthews Architects Limited for the year ended 31 October 2025 as set out on pages 3 to 8 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/member/standards/rules-and-standards/rulebook.html.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Jon Matthews Architects Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 13 October 2023. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Jon Matthews Architects Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Jon Matthews Architects Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at http://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/technical-activities/technical-resources-search/2009/
october/factsheet-163-audit-exempt-companies.html. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Jon Matthews Architects Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Jon Matthews Architects 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 profit of Jon Matthews Architects Limited. You consider that Jon Matthews Architects 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 Jon Matthews Architects 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.

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UHY Williamson Croft
Chartered Certified Accountants
Williamson Croft Accountants Ltd
York House
20 York Street
Manchester
M2 3BB

14 July 2026

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

(Registration number: 11578881)
Balance Sheet as at 31 October 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 4 | 69,899 | 121,690
Current assets |  |  |
Debtors | 5 | 508,002 | 505,278
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 318,984 | 629,310
|  | 826,986 | 1,134,588
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (239,644) | (565,896)
Net current assets |  | 587,342 | 568,692
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 657,241 | 690,382
Provisions for liabilities |  | (12,892) | (14,979)
Net assets |  | 644,349 | 675,403
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital | 7 | 100 | 100
Retained earnings |  | 644,249 | 675,303
Shareholders' funds |  | 644,349 | 675,403

For the financial year ending 31 October 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 his 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 provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’.

Approved and authorised by the director on 14 July 2026

......................................... Mr Jon Matthews Director

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England & Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Union House
Albert Square
Manchester
M2 6LW
United Kingdom

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 14 July 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.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the company.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The accounts do not include a cash flow statement because the company, as a small reporting entity, is exempt from the requirements to prepare such a statement.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, 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.

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

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:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Leasehold improvements | Over the life of the lease
Office equipment | Straight line over 3 or 5 years
Motor vehicles | Straight line over 4 years

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.

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.

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 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 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.

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 the director) during the year, was 22 (2024 - 24).

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

4 | Tangible assets

| Land and buildings £ | Furniture, fittings and equipment £ | Motor vehicles £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 November 2024 | 129,494 | 268,265 | 13,242 | 411,001
Additions | - | 6,056 | - | 6,056
Disposals | - | (51,622) | - | (51,622)
At 31 October 2025 | 129,494 | 222,699 | 13,242 | 365,435
Depreciation
At 1 November 2024 | 67,720 | 208,349 | 13,242 | 289,311
Charge for the year | 27,198 | 30,488 | - | 57,686
Eliminated on disposal | - | (51,461) | - | (51,461)
At 31 October 2025 | 94,918 | 187,376 | 13,242 | 295,536
Carrying amount
At 31 October 2025 | 34,576 | 35,323 | - | 69,899
At 31 October 2024 | 61,774 | 59,916 | - | 121,690

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £34,576 (2024 - £61,774) in respect of short leasehold land and buildings.

5 | Debtors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Trade debtors | 371,408 | 418,703
Prepayments | 76,584 | 86,565
Other debtors | 60,010 | 10
| 508,002 | 505,278

Jon Matthews Architects Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

6 | Creditors

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Due within one year |  |  |
Trade creditors |  | 104,047 | 42,046
Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest | 9 | 4,600 | 106,100
Taxation and social security |  | 83,901 | 325,726
Accruals and deferred income |  | 42,199 | 60,831
Other creditors |  | 4,897 | 31,193
|  | 239,644 | 565,896

7 | Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

| 2025 | 2024
| No. | £ | No. | £
Ordinary share of £1 each | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100

8 | Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies not included in the balance sheet is £6,026,783 (2024 - £6,490,754).

9 | Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by FRS 102 Section 1A, not to disclose transactions with wholly owned members of the group.

10 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Twelve Bankside Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
The company's ultimate beneficial owner is the Jon Matthews Architects Employee Ownership Trust which is controlled by JMA (EOT) Ltd the sole trustee. JMA (EOT) Ltd is incorporated in England and Wales.