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Registration number: 1797786

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

(A company limited by guarantee)

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

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Chartered Accountants

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Directors' Report

2

Accountants' Report

3

Profit and Loss Account

4

Balance Sheet

5

Statement of Changes in Equity

6

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

7 to 9

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

Company Information

Directors

Miss E I Morris

Mrs E H Gatehouse

Mrs S Harwood

Company secretary

Templehill Property Management

Registered office

49 High West Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1UT

Accountants

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

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

Directors' Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

Miss E I Morris

Mrs E H Gatehouse

Mrs P Wootten (ceased 10 June 2026)

Mrs S Harwood

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the provision of property management services. The company owns the freehold reversion of Church Acre, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset subject to leases of varying lengths on the 18 leasehold properties.

Small companies provision statement

This report has 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.

Approved by the Board on 16 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:


Templehill Property Management
Company secretary

   
     
 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025 as set out on pages 4 to 9 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 Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 20 May 2024. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) 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 Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) 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 Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited. You consider that Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) 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 Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) 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

21 July 2026

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025
£

2024
£

Turnover

 

16,945

16,945

Administrative expenses

 

(19,318)

(17,807)

Operating loss

 

(2,373)

(862)

Loss before tax

(2,373)

(862)

Taxation

 

-

-

Loss for the financial year

 

(2,373)

(862)

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

(Registration number: 1797786)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

2,152

2,152

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

1,742

749

Cash at bank and in hand

 

37,369

41,237

 

39,111

41,986

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(5,478)

(5,980)

Net current assets

 

33,633

36,006

Net assets

 

35,785

38,158

Capital and reserves

 

Depreciation fund

35,785

38,158

Profit and loss account

-

-

 

35,785

38,158

For the financial year ending 31 December 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.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 16 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:



 



Miss E I Morris
Director

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Depreciation fund
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2025

38,158

-

38,158

Loss for the year

-

(2,373)

(2,373)

Transfers

(2,373)

2,373

-

At 31 December 2025

35,785

-

35,785

Depreciation fund
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

39,020

-

39,020

Loss for the year

-

(862)

(862)

Transfers

(862)

862

-

At 31 December 2024

38,158

-

38,158

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

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

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the members is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the company in the event of liquidation.

The address of its registered office is:
49 High West Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1UT
England

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.

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.

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

Satellite TV system

20% per annum on cost

Fire alarm system

20% per annum on cost

The cost of acquiring the freehold reversion of Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited has been included within Land and Buildings. As its value is expected to be at least equal to cost, no depreciation has been charged

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

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

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 residents for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business.

3

Staff Numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company during the year, was 0 (2024 - 0). The average number of directors on the board during the year was 4 (2024 - 3).

 

Church Acre Management Company (Dorchester) Limited

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

4

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Fire alarm system
£

Satellite TV system
 £

Total
£

Cost

At 1 January 2025

2,151

4,801

4,292

11,244

At 31 December 2025

2,151

4,801

4,292

11,244

Depreciation

At 1 January 2025

-

4,801

4,291

9,092

At 31 December 2025

-

4,801

4,291

9,092

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

2,151

-

1

2,152

At 31 December 2024

2,151

-

1

2,152

5

Debtors

2025
£

2024
£

Service charges due from lessees

990

25

Prepayments

752

724

1,742

749

6

Creditors

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

Amounts in advance from lessees

4,818

5,288

Accruals

438

420

Other creditors

222

272

5,478

5,980