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Registration number: 09535742

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Morrison Spowart Limited

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 9

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Company Information

Directors

E Sackville

K Strouts

Registered office

191 - 193 Rushey Green
Catford
London
SE6 4BD

Accountants

Hazlewoods LLP Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

(Registration number: 09535742)
Balance Sheet as at 31 October 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

2,642

4,172

Current assets

 

Debtors

6

1,401,902

1,103,665

Cash at bank and in hand

 

198,071

212,474

 

1,599,973

1,316,139

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(865,810)

(145,029)

Net current assets

 

734,163

1,171,110

Total assets less current liabilities

 

736,805

1,175,282

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(38,100)

-

Deferred tax asset/(liabilities)

8

35,435

(700)

Net assets

 

734,140

1,174,582

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

200

200

Retained earnings

733,940

1,174,382

Shareholders' funds

 

734,140

1,174,582

For the financial year ending 31 October 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 31 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
E Sackville
Director

.........................................
K Strouts
Director

 
     
 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
191 - 193 Rushey Green
Catford
London
SE6 4BD

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Group accounts not prepared

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the grounds that it is a small group.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
 

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Bad debt provision - Due to the nature of the business, there are high levels of trade receivables at the year end and, therefore, a risk that some of these balances may be irrecoverable. A bad debt review is carried out, where debts are assessed and provided against when the recoverability of these balances is considered to be uncertain. The carrying amount is £284,428 (2024 - £186,464).

Work in progress and amounts recoverable on contracts is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is represented by labour and other direct costs incurred in bringing the matter to its present state of completion. Net realisable value is the estimated fee charge less further costs expected to be incurred to completion. The carrying amount is £1,208,509 (2024 - £976,676).

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

Revenue recognition

Fee income represents the fair value of services provided during the year on client assignments. Fair value reflects the amounts expected to be recoverable from clients based on time spent, skills provided and expenses incurred, and excludes VAT. Income is recognised as contract activity progresses and the right to consideration is secured, except where the final outcome cannot be assessed with reasonable certainty.

Income in respect of contingent fee assignments is recognised in the period when the contingent event occurs and collectability of the fee is assured.

Unbilled income on individual client assignments is included as amounts recoverable on contracts within debtors.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current corporation tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Fixtures & fittings

33.3% of cost per annum

Computer equipment

33.3% of cost per annum

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Profit and Loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expenses when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

Financial instruments


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.


Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.


Impairment
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 profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

 

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 19 (2024 - 19).

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

 

4

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2025
£

2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

-

36,288

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

-

435

-

36,723

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(36,135)

122

Tax (receipt)/expense in the income statement

(36,135)

36,845

 

5

Tangible assets

Fixtures and fittings
 £

Computer equipment
 £

Total
£

Cost

At 1 November 2024

9,511

31,289

40,800

Additions

-

479

479

Disposals

(1,232)

-

(1,232)

At 31 October 2025

8,279

31,768

40,047

Depreciation

At 1 November 2024

9,339

27,289

36,628

Charge for the period

-

1,837

1,837

Eliminated on disposal

(1,060)

-

(1,060)

At 31 October 2025

8,279

29,126

37,405

Carrying amount

At 31 October 2025

-

2,642

2,642

At 31 October 2024

172

4,000

4,172

 

6

Debtors

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

175,597

107,498

Amounts recoverable on long term contracts

1,208,509

976,676

Other debtors

-

790

Prepayments

17,796

18,701

1,401,902

1,103,665

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

 

7

Creditors

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

9

26,669

18,200

Taxation and social security

 

29,858

62,474

Other creditors

 

785,913

3,204

Accruals and deferred income

 

23,370

25,115

Corporation tax liability

 

-

36,036

 

865,810

145,029

Creditors falling due within one year include bank loans which are secured of £7,140 (2024 - £nil).

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

9

38,100

-

Creditors falling due after more than one year include bank loans which are secured of £38,100 (2024 - £nil).

 

8

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2025

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

-

810

Short term timing differences

765

-

Loss carry back claim

35,480

-

36,245

810

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

-

1,043

Short term timing differences

343

-

343

1,043

 

Morrison Spowart Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025

 

9

Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

7,140

-

Other borrowings

19,529

18,200

26,669

18,200

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

38,100

-

 

10

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £80,120 (2024 - £126,881).

 

11

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with directors

At 31 October 2025, the directors were owed £2,672 (2024 - £nil) in the form of directors' loan accounts. No interest is charged on the loan and there are no fixed repayment terms.

Summary of transactions with parent

The company is wholly owned by Strouts & Sackville Limited. In accordance with para 33.1A of FRS102 these financial statements do not disclose transactions between company and its parent.

 

12

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Strouts & Sackville Limited, incorporated in United Kingdom.