Colson and Loaring Limited - Filleted accounts

Registered number

04653414

Colson and Loaring Limited

Filleted Accounts

30 April 2026

Colson and Loaring Limited
Registered number:		04653414
Balance Sheet
as at 30 April 2026

Notes			2026			2025
£				£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	3		6,605			7,903

Current assets
Stocks		7,915			9,690
Debtors	4	253,412			344,971
Cash at bank and in hand		106,974			199,514
		368,301			554,175

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	5	(201,877)			(391,405)

Net current assets			166,424			162,770

Total assets less current liabilities			173,029			170,673


Provisions for liabilities			(1,651)			(1,976)


Net assets			171,378			168,697

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital			100			100
Profit and loss account			171,278			168,597

Shareholder's funds			171,378			168,697

The directors are 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 directors acknowledge their 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.




J N Colson
Director
Approved by the board on 27 July 2026

Colson and Loaring Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 30 April 2026


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:

	Plant and machinery	10% to 20% on cost
	Computer equipment	15% reducing balance

	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			2026		2025
Number					Number

	Average number of persons employed by the company			7		8


3	Tangible fixed assets
		Computer equipment		Plant and machinery etc		Total
£			£		£
	Cost
	At 1 May 2025	17,938		29,513		47,451
	At 30 April 2026	17,938		29,513		47,451

	Depreciation
	At 1 May 2025	12,297		27,251		39,548
	Charge for the year	846		452		1,298
	At 30 April 2026	13,143		27,703		40,846

	Net book value
	At 30 April 2026	4,795		1,810		6,605
	At 30 April 2025	5,641		2,262		7,903


4	Debtors			2026		2025
£					£

	Trade debtors			228,997		314,314
	Other debtors			24,415		30,657
				253,412		344,971


5	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year			2026		2025
£					£

	Trade creditors			104,752		148,067
	Director's loan			3		3
	Taxation and social security costs			79,321		129,879
	Other creditors			17,801		113,456
				201,877		391,405


6	Controlling party

	The controlling party is Colson Holdings Limited the parent company.


7	Other information

	Colson and Loaring Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. Its registered office is:
	83 Denford Road
	Ringstead
	Kettering
	Northants
	NN14 4DF