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G.S. Milton Limited
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 July 2025
Company registration number 01176633
(England and Wales)

Company Information

For the year ended 31 July 2025
Directors A D Johnson
G S Milton
B L Milton

Company secretary B L Milton

Registered office 74 - 76 County Road
Walton
Liverpool
L4 3QN

Registered number 01176633

Accountant J A Fell & Co
40 Hoghton Street
Southport
England
PR9 0PQ

Statement of Financial Position

As at 31 July 2025
Notes
2025
2024
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Stocks
1,315,660
1,439,771
Debtors
5
279,454
263,632
Cash at bank and in hand
535,997
247,504
2,131,111
1,950,907
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year
6
(413,594)
(325,384)
(413,594)
(325,384)
Net current assets (liabilities)
1,717,517
1,625,523
Total assets less current liabilities
1,717,517
1,625,523
Provisions for liabilities
13,207
13,140
Net assets (liabilities)
1,730,724
1,638,663
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
5,000
5,000
Profit and loss account
1,725,724
1,633,663
Total equity
1,730,724
1,638,663

The company is a private company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales. It was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors have chosen to not file a copy of the company's profit and loss account under section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 31 July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:

A D Johnson
A D Johnson
Director

Company registration number 01176633

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 July 2025

1. Statutory information

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

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

2. Accounting policies

2.1. Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland including Section 1A Small Entities.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

2.2. Turnover

Turnover represents amounts receivable for goods and services net of value added tax and trade discounts, together with income earned in respect of pawnbroking activities.

2.3. Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The company operates a defined contribution pension plan for the benefit of its employees. Contributions are recognised as expenses as they become payable. Differences between contributions payable in the year and those actually paid are recognised as either prepayments or accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the defined contribution pension scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

2.4. Current taxation

Current tax is recognised in profit or loss, except for taxes related to revaluations of land and buildings which are recognised in other comprehensive income.


Current tax represents the amount of tax payable (receivable) in respect of taxable profit (loss) for the current, or past, reporting periods. Current tax is measured at the amount expected to be paid (recovered) using the tax rates and laws which have been enacted, or substantively enacted, by the balance sheet date. Where payments to HM Revenue and Customs exceed liabilities owed, an asset is recognised to the extent of the amount of tax recoverable.

2.5. Deferred tax

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.

2.6. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost. Property, plant and equipment is used in the company's principal activity for the production and supply of goods or for administrative purposes and is stated in the balance sheet under the historic cost model. This model requires the assets to be stated at cost less amounts in respect of depreciation and less any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value (which is the expected amount that would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life), over the useful economic life of the respective asset as follows:

Rate
Method
%
Land and buildings
10
Straight-line
Office and computer equipment
20
Straight-line

2.7. Financial instruments

Election and recognition

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.


Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.


Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.


If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

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.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.


Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.


Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

2.8. Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

2.9. Pledge advances

Pledge advances are stated at the amount lent on each unredeemed pledge. Interest on pledge advances is included in turnover in the statement of income and retained earnings for the period in which it is received. The company is liable to pay corporation tax on interest accruing at the year end, which under the company's accounting policies will only be included as income in the statement of income and retained earning when received in a subsequent period. This is a departure from UK GAAP which requires financial statements to be prepared on an accruals basis, however, this method has been adopted since inception of the business and has been custom and practice within the industry for many years. The corporation tax payable, in respect of the unadjusted accrual, is included in creditors due within one year.

3. Employees

The average number of employees during the year was 7 (2024: 6).

4. Tangible fixed assets

Land and buildings
Office equipment
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 August 2024
47,166
131,409
178,575
At 31 July 2025
47,166
131,409
178,575
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 August 2024
47,166
131,409
178,575
At 31 July 2025
47,166
131,409
178,575
Net book value
At 31 July 2025
-
-
-
At 31 July 2024
-
-
-

5. Debtors

2025
2024
£
£
Trade debtors
250,966
235,962
Other debtors
10,149
14,065
Prepayments and accrued income
18,339
13,605
Total due within one year
279,454
263,632
Total due after one year
-
-
Total
279,454
263,632

6. Creditors due within one year

2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
29,737
2,649
Other creditors
302,739
277,124
Taxation and social security
81,118
45,611
Total
413,594
325,384