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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
CONTENTS
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The Director presents the Strategic Report together with the audited financial statements of Timothy Taylor Limited ("the Company") for the year ended 31 July 2025.
The principal activity of the Company continued to be that of an art dealership specialising in contemporary art.
The results for the year are set out at page 8.
Turnover remained stable at £17.2m (2024: £16.6m). The Company's principal key performance indicator is gross profit, which is monitored both on an individual transaction basis and at an overall level to ensure that margins remain sufficient to cover operating costs and achieve profit expectations. Gross profit for the year remained consistent at £4.2m (2024: £4.4m). The Director considers the overall financial performance for the year to be satisfactory in light of prevailing market conditions.
Market volatility
The principal risk and uncertainty facing the Company is the volatility of the international art market. Demand for artworks can be affected by broader economic conditions, changes in investor sentiment and evolving trends in the popularity of artists and art as a collectible asset class. The Company seeks to mitigate this risk through its extensive market experience, maintaining strong relationships with artists, clients and collectors, and offering a diversified portfolio of contemporary works from both established and emerging artists. Strategy and future developments The Company intends to continue strengthening its brand presence in the UK, the US and Asia through a focused exhibition programme, participation in international art fairs and the continued development of its online platforms. These initiatives are expected to support growth in primary market sales while also creating opportunities to expand secondary market and private sales activities.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.
The director is responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Director's report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,035,387 (2024 - loss £262,139).
No dividends were declared in the year (2024 - £nil).
The director who served during the year was:
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
The auditor, Hillier Hopkins LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Timothy Taylor Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 July 2025, which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Analysis of net debt, the Balance sheet, the Statement of cash flows and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements, which describes the circumstances relating to the Company's going concern assessment. The Company incurred a loss of £1.0 million during the year and had net current liabilities of £1.9 million at the balance sheet date. As explained in note 2.2, the Company's continued operations are dependent upon achieving future profitable trading and the ongoing availability of funding support These matters, together with the other matters described in note 2.2, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
In auditing the financial statements, we concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements is appropriate. In reaching this conclusion, we reviewed management's forecasts and cash flow projections, assessed the key assumptions applied, considered post year-end trading performance and evaluated the funding support available to the Company. Based on the evidence obtained, we considered that the directors had a reasonable basis for preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis, whilst recognising that a material uncertainty remains as described above.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditor's report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Director's report.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
∙the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the remuneration incentives and pressures of key management;
∙the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and management. We consider the results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities;
∙any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed the Company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to:
°identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
°detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud;
°the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;
∙the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.
As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that the Company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. We focused on laws and regulations that could give rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements, including, but not limited to, the Companies Act 2006 and relevant tax legislation.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Auditor's report.
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
45 Pall Mall
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 02946842
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 JULY 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 25 form part of these financial statements.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
Timothy Taylor Limited is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2006. The address of the registered office is given on the company information page and its principal activities are set out in the strategic report.
The reporting currency is pounds sterling (£).
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The directors have prepared forecasts and cash flow projections for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Whilst the company incurred a loss during the year and has net current liabilities at the balance sheet date, the directors consider that the company will continue to have access to sufficient funding and will generate adequate levels of trading income to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a
going concern basis. However, the company has incurred significant losses in recent years, has net current liabilities and remains dependent on achieving forecast trading performance and maintaining funding facilities. These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result if the company were unable to continue as a going concern.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” 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.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation and residual value The Director has reviewed the asset lives and associated residual values of all fixed assets, and has concluded that asset lives and residual values are appropriate. Stock The Director has reviewed the valuation of all stock and has concluded that the value in the accounts is appropriate. Any stock that is considered to be impaired has been written down to its net realisable value.
All turnover arises from the company's principal activity.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
During the year, it was identified that revenue from the sale of artwork, together with the associated cost of sales, had been recognised in incorrect accounting periods in previous financial statements. The comparative figures have therefore been restated to correct this error.
The adjustment has been accounted for as a prior year adjustment in accordance with FRS 102. As a result of the restatement, turnover for the year ended 31 July 2024 decreased by £455,027 (from £17,050,881 to £16,595,854), cost of sales decreased by £444,336 (from £12,689,041 to £12,244,705) and gross profit decreased by £20,691 (from £4,361,840 to £4,351,149). The correction also resulted in a decrease in retained earnings at 1 August 2024 of £385,438. Comparative information has been restated throughout these financial statements to reflect the correction of the error.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
12.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
Profit and loss account
The company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £66,883 (2024 - £68,511).
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
At the balance sheet date £95,148 (2024 - £43,040) was due from the director. The balance due from the director is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.
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