Road Runners Despatch Limited - Limited company accounts 25.1

REGISTERED NUMBER: 02459656 (England and Wales)

Road Runners Despatch Limited

Report of the Directors and

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the year ended

31 May 2026

Page

Company Information

1

Report of the Directors

2

Income Statement

3

Statement of Financial Position

4

to

5

Notes to the Financial Statements

6

to

8

DIRECTORS:

C L Littlewood

S A Littlewood

SECRETARY:

S A Littlewood

REGISTERED OFFICE:

1 Westfield Lane

Woodborough

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG14 6EP

REGISTERED NUMBER:

02459656 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

TC Group

Accountants

Yare House

62-64 Thorpe Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR1 1RY

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 May 2026.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 June 2025 to the date of this report.

C L Littlewood

S A Littlewood

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

C L Littlewood - Director

20 July 2026

REVENUE

1,170,333

1,108,786

Cost of sales

685,887

642,272

GROSS PROFIT

484,446

466,514

Administrative expenses

284,998

220,944

199,448

245,570

Other operating income

1,000

OPERATING PROFIT

4

200,448

246,570

Interest receivable and similar income

1,831

2,627

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

202,279

249,197

Tax on profit

50,782

61,597

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

151,497

187,600

FIXED ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment

5

107,401

84,099

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

6

120,762

131,829

Cash at bank and in hand

131,973

256,115

252,735

387,944

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

7

(141,852

)

(210,405

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

110,883

177,539

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

218,284

261,638

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

(1,248

)

(16,099

)

NET ASSETS

217,036

245,539

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

100

Retained earnings

216,936

245,439

217,036

245,539

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 May 2026.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2026 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a)	ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 20 July 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

C L Littlewood - Director

S A Littlewood - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Road Runners Despatch Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Property, plant and equipment

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Equipment

-

33% on reducing balance

Motor vehicles

-

33% on cost

Financial instruments

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment.

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price.

Taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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.

Foreign currencies

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

Termination benefits are recognised only when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or a group of employees before their normal retirement date or to provide termination benefits as a result of an offer made in order to encourage voluntary redundancy.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, when it is probable that the company will be required to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be reliably estimated.

Provisions are recognised at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 2 (2025 - 2 ) .

4.	OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2026

2025

£

Depreciation - owned assets

20,698

23,092

5.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Motor

Equipment

vehicles

Totals

£

COST

At 1 June 2025

50,309

58,000

108,309

Additions

-

90,000

Disposals

-

(58,000

)

(58,000

)

At 31 May 2026

50,309

90,000

140,309

DEPRECIATION

At 1 June 2025

24,210

-

24,210

Charge for year

8,698

12,000

20,698

Eliminated on disposal

-

(12,000

)

(12,000

)

At 31 May 2026

32,908

-

32,908

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 May 2026

17,401

90,000

107,401

At 31 May 2025

26,099

58,000

84,099

6.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2026

2025

£

Trade debtors

118,657

128,724

Other debtors

2,105

3,105

120,762

131,829

7.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2026

2025

£

Trade creditors

2,086

61,499

Taxation and social security

137,560

116,662

Other creditors

2,206

32,244

141,852

210,405

8.	OTHER FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

The company had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases over the remaining life of those leases of £13,500 (2025: £20,250).