Registered number
04774693
Colonial World Foods (UK) Limited
Unaudited Filleted Accounts
31 July 2025
Colonial World Foods (UK) Limited
Registered number: 04774693
Balance Sheet
as at 31 July 2025
Notes 2025 2024
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 109,449 32,644
Current assets
Stocks 125,227 92,956
Debtors 4 959,421 781,498
Cash at bank and in hand 87,945 42,656
1,172,593 917,110
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 5 (1,204,017) (750,947)
Net current (liabilities)/assets (31,424) 166,163
Total assets less current liabilities 78,025 198,807
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 6 - (20,000)
Net assets 78,025 178,807
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 100 100
Profit and loss account 77,925 178,707
Shareholder's funds 78,025 178,807
The director is satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
Mrs Sarah Winifred Tjong
Director
Approved by the board on 15 July 2026
Colonial World Foods (UK) Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 July 2025
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Leasehold land and buildings over the lease term
Plant and machinery over 5 years
Investments
Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value. Unlisted investments are measured at fair value unless the value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they are measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Changes in fair value are included in the profit and loss account.
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that 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, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Provisions
Provisions (ie liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Leased assets
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2025 2024
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 25 24
3 Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings Plant and machinery etc Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 August 2024 271,058 489,627 760,685
Additions - 131,019 131,019
At 31 July 2025 271,058 620,646 891,704
Depreciation
At 1 August 2024 271,057 456,984 728,041
Charge for the year - 54,214 54,214
At 31 July 2025 271,057 511,198 782,255
Net book value
At 31 July 2025 1 109,448 109,449
At 31 July 2024 1 32,643 32,644
4 Debtors 2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 747,107 678,743
Other debtors 212,314 102,755
959,421 781,498
5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 20,000 24,000
Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts 91,322 -
Trade creditors 629,036 422,025
Amounts owed to group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest 158,239 158,239
Taxation and social security costs 189,179 38,240
Other creditors 116,241 108,443
1,204,017 750,947
6 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans - 20,000
7 Controlling party
The parent company is Ever Fortune Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Ever Fortune Limited holds 100% of the shares in the company.
8 Other information
Colonial World Foods (UK) Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
114 Hamlet Court Road
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex
SS0 7LP
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