Registration number: 07445422

Healdlaw Limited

Contents

Company Information	1
Balance Sheet	2
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	3 to 8

Healdlaw Limited

Company Information

Directors

T M Ansell D C Dees S Hussain C A Wilton A C J Windo K P Windo D L Brockett

Registered office

Artemis House 4 Bramley Road MIlton Keynes MK1 1PT

Accountants

Hazlewoods LLP Windsor House Bayshill Road Cheltenham GL50 3AT

Healdlaw Limited

(Registration number: 07445422)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2026

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	5	77,933	91,487
Current assets
Debtors	6	980,455	950,755
Cash at bank and in hand		365,672	376,221
		1,346,127	1,326,976
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	7	(603,935)	(894,245)
Net current assets		742,192	432,731
Total assets less current liabilities		820,125	524,218
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	7	-	(39,226)
Deferred tax liabilities	8	(11,976)	(14,882)
Net assets		808,149	470,110
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital		300	300
Retained earnings		807,849	469,810
Shareholders' funds		808,149	470,110

For the financial year ending 31 May 2026 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 4 August 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

K P Windo
Director

Healdlaw Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2026

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:
Artemis House
4 Bramley Road
MIlton Keynes
MK1 1PT

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.

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.
 

Judgements

No significant judgements have been made by management in preparing these financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Amounts recoverable on contracts - The process of assessing amounts recoverable on contracts requires various
estimates and judgements to be made. Fee earners are required to record time spent on client assignments and
this is used as the basis for the amounts recoverable on contracts and work in progress estimates. The carrying
amount is The carrying amount is £266,000 (2025 - £201,000).

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 The carrying amount is £108,056 (2025 - £47,681).

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.

Healdlaw Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2026

Disbursements

Disbursements are not included in income or expenses but are netted against each other.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current 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 income 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 income 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 income 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 statement of financial position 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 and fittings	1-10 years straight line
Motor Vehicles	Over the term of the lease
Office equipment	1-10 years straight line

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.

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 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.

Healdlaw Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2026

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.

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.

Healdlaw Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2026

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 42 (2025 - 44).

4

Taxation

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

	2026 £	2025 £
Current taxation
UK corporation tax	134,196	151,199
UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods	(1,437)	-
	132,759	151,199
Deferred taxation
Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences	(2,906)	14,882
Tax expense in the income statement	129,853	166,081

Healdlaw Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2026

5

Tangible assets

	Fixtures and fittings  £	Motor vehicles  £	Office equipment  £	Total £
Cost
At 1 June 2025	409,763	61,457	121,504	592,724
Additions	1,589	33	9,377	10,999
Disposals	-	-	(55,442)	(55,442)
At 31 May 2026	411,352	61,490	75,439	548,281
Depreciation
At 1 June 2025	380,439	4,200	116,598	501,237
Charge for the year	11,315	9,120	4,118	24,553
Eliminated on disposal	-	-	(55,442)	(55,442)
At 31 May 2026	391,754	13,320	65,274	470,348
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2026	19,598	48,170	10,165	77,933
At 31 May 2025	29,324	57,257	4,906	91,487

6

Debtors

	2026 £	2025 £
Trade debtors	557,959	488,966
Prepayments	153,315	259,215
Other debtors	3,181	1,574
Amounts recoverable on contracts	266,000	201,000
	980,455	950,755

7

Creditors

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	9	39,225	159,345
Trade creditors		109,336	127,028
Taxation and social security		329,457	271,305
Accruals and deferred income		117,960	109,381
Other creditors		7,957	227,186
		603,935	894,245