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| Directors | G Dedman |
| H Hewitt-Dedman |
| Secretary | R Dedman |
| Registered office | Old House Manor Estate Cowfold Road |
| Coolham | |
| Horsham | |
| RH13 8QL | |
| United Kingdom |
| Company number | 01400789 (England and Wales) |
| Accountant | Kreston Reeves LLP |
| Springfield House | |
| Springfield Road | |
| Horsham | |
| West Sussex | |
| RH12 2RG |
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Dedman Properties Limited for the financial year ended 30 November 2025 which comprise the Balance Sheet and the related notes 1 to 13 from the Company’s accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.
As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at www.icaew.com/regulation.
It is your duty to ensure that Dedman Properties Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Dedman Properties Limited. You consider that Dedman Properties Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the financial year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Dedman Properties Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.
Springfield Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 2RG
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| Tangible assets | 3 |
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| Investment property | 4 |
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| 14,031,584 | 13,900,395 | |||
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| Debtors | 5 |
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| Cash at bank and in hand |
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| 7,058,808 | 6,723,783 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (
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| Net current assets | 5,309,767 | 6,120,521 | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 19,341,351 | 20,020,916 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 7, 13 |
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| Called-up share capital | 9 |
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Directors' responsibilities:
The financial statements of Dedman Properties Limited (registered number:
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H Hewitt-Dedman
Director |
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the financial year and to the preceding financial year, unless otherwise stated.
Dedman Properties Limited (the Company) is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the Company's registered office is Old House Manor Estate, Cowfold Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8QL, United Kingdom.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain items at fair value, and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of property investment and letting.
The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.
Defined contribution schemes
The Company operates a defined contribution scheme. The amount charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in respect of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the financial year. Differences between contributions payable in the financial year and contributions actually paid are included as either accruals or prepayments in the Balance Sheet.
Finance costs are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recoverable) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the Balance Sheet date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises as a result of including items of income and expenditure in taxation computations in periods different from those in which they are included in the Company's financial statements. Deferred tax is provided in full on timing differences which result in an obligation to pay more or less tax at a future date, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse, based on current tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
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.
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The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the Balance Sheet when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the Company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, or the Company transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or the Company, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
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| At 30 November 2025 | 29,402 | 4,233 | 35 | 33,670 | |||
| At 30 November 2024 | 32,669 | 5,644 | 468 | 38,781 |
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| Fair value movement | 136,300 |
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Split between Freehold and Leasehold property
The net book value of land and buildings may be further analysed as follows:
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| Freehold | 11,249,877 | 11,140,785 | |
| Long leasehold | 2,748,037 | 2,720,829 | |
| 13,997,914 | 13,861,614 |
The 2025 valuations were made by the Directors, on an open market value for existing use basis.
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The bank loan is secured by way of a first legal fixed charge over various investment properties owned by the Company.
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The deferred taxation balance is made up as follows:
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At the year end, a balance of £580,430 (2024: £307,420) was owed by the Director to the Company.
At the year end, a balance of £291,081 (2024: £57,750) was owed by the Director's wife to the Company.
At the year end, a balance of £nil (2024: £9,652) was owed to the 1997 Dedman Settlement Trust, of which the Director and his wife are both Trustees.
Also at the year end, a balance of £nil (2024: £826) was owed to the 2017 Dedman Settlement Trust by the Company.
The balance due from Dedman Lettings Ltd, a company in which a Director of Dedman Properties Limited is also a Director, at the year end was £5,412,236 (2024: £5,763,476), within "Amounts owed by related companies"
Property management fees net of VAT totalling £111,772 (2024 : £108,524) were payable by Dedman Properties Limited to Dedman Lettings Ltd in respect of the year ending 30 November 2025.
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 £1,649 (2024: £1,246). Contributions totalling £138 (2024: £149) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date.
Investment property revaluation reserve
The Company uses the revaluation model for the measurement of its investment properties. This reserve records the revaluation surplus recognised less the related provision for deferred tax. This is a non distributable reserve.
Profit & loss account
The profit and loss account comprises all current and prior period retained profits and losses after deducting any distributions made to the company's shareholder. This is a distributable reserve.
Bank loans
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| Amounts falling due within one year | 1,347,600 | 279,733 | |
| Amounts falling due 1-2 year | 0 | 1,235,067 | |
| 1,347,600 | 1,514,800 |