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| Note | 2025 | 2024 | ||
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| Investments | 3 |
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| 1,129,977 | 1,129,977 | |||
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| - due after more than one year | 4 |
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| 1,150,908 | 1,150,908 | |||
| Net current assets | 1,150,908 | 1,150,908 | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2,280,885 | 2,280,885 | ||
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Directors' responsibilities:
The financial statements of Piscatorial Society Holdings Limited (registered number:
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H O H Swann
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Piscatorial Society Holdings Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. Each of the members is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 towards the assets of the company in the event of liquidation.
The address of the Company's registered office is Blacklake Farm, Hoghton, SO206LT, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements are presented in GBP which is the functional currency of the company and rounded to the nearest £.
The company is a non‑trading holding company and does not carry out any trading activities. As such, it has minimal operational expenditure and no requirement for significant working capital. The directors have assessed the company’s financial position, including its cash resources and the ongoing financial support available from its subsidiary undertakings and/or shareholders.
The company meets its liabilities as they fall due through a combination of existing cash balances and group support. Based on this assessment, and taking into account that the company has no trading commitments, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.
Group accounts exemption s399
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption in section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, because the group it heads qualifies as small. The financial statements present information about the Company as an individual entity only.
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each Balance Sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account as described below.
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the Balance Sheet when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Fair value measurement
The best evidence of fair value is a quoted price for an identical asset in an active market. When quoted prices are unavailable, the price of a recent transaction for an identical asset provides evidence of fair value as long as there has not been a significant change in economic circumstances or a significant lapse of time since the transaction took place. If the market is not active and recent transactions of an identical asset on their own are not a good estimate of fair value, the fair value is estimated by using a valuation technique.
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.
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| Monthly average number of persons employed by the Company during the year, including directors |
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Investments in subsidiaries
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| At 31 October 2025 |
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| Carrying value at 31 October 2025 |
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| Carrying value at 31 October 2024 |
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Investments in shares
| Name of entity | Registered office | Principal activity | Class of shares |
Ownership 31.10.2025 |
Ownership 31.10.2024 |
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Blacklake Farm, Houghton, SO20 6LT | Property management for the members of The Piscatorial Society |
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Blacklake Farm, Houghton, SO20 6LT | Providing fishing activities for the members of The Piscatorial Society |
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| Debtors: amounts falling due after more than one year | |||
| Amounts owed by Group undertakings |
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Transactions with entities in which the entity itself has a participating interest
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| Loan to subsidary | 1,150,908 | 1,150,908 |
This loan was an unsecured, interest-free loan owing from a wholly owned subsidiary company. The directors have confirmed that this loan will not be called within one year of the balance sheet date.