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COMPANY INFORMATION
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STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
The directors present the Strategic Report of Sheffield Housing Company Limited (the "Company") for the year ended 31 March 2026.
The Company made sales in the year of £37,603,103 (2025: £34,141,130) and a profit before taxation for the financial year of £1,301,024 (2025: £2,172,820).
The Company is a developer dedicated to building high quality homes in Sheffield. The Company is a partnership between Sheffield City Council, Keepmoat Homes and Great Places and is engaged in a 15-year plan to build 2,300 new homes in 7 districts of Sheffield. At the balance sheet date, the Company had properties in development with a value of £3,491,116 (2025: £18,927,009). The Company continues to work closely with Homes England and other funding bodies to deliver schemes that regenerate neighbourhoods across Sheffield.
In order to measure the financial impact of the Company’s strategy, we use a variety of key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the performance of the Company. These include the following:
The amount of working capital required to service the Company's operations is closely monitored and controlled and forms a key part of the management information reviewed on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. The Company’s current assets mainly comprise trade receivables, work in progress and land held for the development of private housing and affordable housing through partnership schemes. The Company has no significant history of bad or doubtful debts.
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STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
A number of external factors, over which we have limited control, have the potential to impact our revenue and business performance including:
This report was approved by the board on 3 August 2026 and signed on its behalf.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are 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 directors are 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 them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are 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 profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,078,012 (2025 - £1,755,765).
The statement of income and retained earnings for the year is set out on page 7. Dividends have been proposed and paid out of £Nil (2025: £5,000,000).
The directors who served during the year were:
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
The auditors, Shorts, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SHEFFIELD HOUSING COMPANY LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Sheffield Housing Company Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 March 2026, 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 conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are 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.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SHEFFIELD HOUSING COMPANY LIMITED (CONTINUED)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' 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 Directors' Report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SHEFFIELD HOUSING COMPANY 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 Auditors' 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:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
∙the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
∙through discussions with the directors and other management and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the clients business, we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the Company; and
∙focusing on the specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the Company, we assessed the extent of compliance with those laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting relevant correspondence.
We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
∙making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
∙considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulation.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
∙performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
∙reviewed journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
∙assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
∙investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
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In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
∙agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
∙reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
∙enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
∙considering relationships with HMRC and other relevant authorities.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non compliance.
Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SHEFFIELD HOUSING COMPANY LIMITED (CONTINUED)
to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
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 Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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
Cedar House
63 Napier Street
South Yorkshire
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STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2026
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
Sheffield Housing Company Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in the UK. The address of the registered office is Sheffield Housing Company Limited, The Waterfront, Lakeside Boulevard, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5PL. The principal activity of the Company continued to be the construction and project management of domestic dwellings.
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:
Revenue and profits on private house-building developments are included in the financial statements on legal completion.
Revenue in respect of the sale of residential properties is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable upon legal completion. Open market sale plots are recognised at the agreed sales price, deemed to be fair value, whilst sales to Registered Providers are recognised at the fair value of the sale. Grants related to assets are shown as deferred income in the balance sheet and released to other income over the useful life of the related assets.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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2.Accounting policies (continued)
Land held for and under development includes land purchase costs and costs directly attributable to enhancing land value. (b) Work in progress House developments in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost comprises direct expenditure, together with an appropriate proportion of production overheads, excluding borrowing costs. Net realisable value represents the estimated amount at which stock could be realised after allowing for costs of completion and realisation. 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 only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities such as bank and cash balances, trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to and from related parties.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(i) Fair value of land acquired at a discount to market rate Where the Company enters into specific arrangements with partners who provide discounted land in return for provision of social housing, the fair value of the housing units provided, which equates to the open market value of the discount to land, is reflected in the financial statements. The land value held in the balance sheet is therefore reflected at its fair value and is released to the profit and loss account at this fair value as the land is sold. (ii) Estimation of costs to complete, work in progress and contract provisions In order to determine the profit and loss that the Company is able to recognise on its developments and the work in progress in a specific period, the Company has to allocate the total costs of the developments and the work in progress in proportion to the units completing during the year and those completing in future periods. The total costs of the development requires a degree of estimation. However, management have established internal controls to review and ensure the appropriateness of estimates made on an individual contract basis.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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 £6,987 (2025 - £7,042). Contributions totalling £Nil (2025 - £1,514) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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