Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited 30/04/2026 iXBRL

Company registration number: 11306687

(England and Wales)

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Unaudited filleted financial statements

for the year ended

30 April 2026

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Contents

Directors and other information

Accountants report

Statement of financial position

Notes to the financial statements

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Directors and other information


Directors
	D Fordham
	C Chicken	(Resigned 19 January 2026)
	K Turner	(Resigned 19 January 2026)


Secretary	C Chicken	(Appointed 2 June 2026)


Company number	11306687


Registered office	Rumps Barn
	Dowling Road
	Mount Bures
	Suffolk
	CO8 5AY


Accountants	Griffin Chapman
	4 & 5 The Cedars, Apex 12
	Old Ipswich Road
	Colchester
	Essex
	CO7 7QR

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Chartered accountants report to the board of directors on the preparation of the

unaudited statutory financial statements of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Year ended 30 April 2026

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited for the year ended 30 April 2026 which comprise the statement of financial position and related notes 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 http://www.icaew.com /en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance/.

This report is made solely to the board of directors of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited and its board of directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons 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 Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited. You consider that Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons 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.

Griffin Chapman

Chartered Accountants

4 & 5 The Cedars, Apex 12

Old Ipswich Road

Colchester

Essex

CO7 7QR

27 August 2026

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Statement of financial position

30 April 2026

		2026		2025
	Note	£	£	£	£

Fixed assets
Intangible assets	5	56,407		79,747
Tangible assets	6	130,874		156,267
		_______		_______
			187,281		236,014

Current assets
Debtors	7	256,988		295,423
Cash at bank and in hand		705,485		1,062,456
		_______		_______
		962,473		1,357,879
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year	8	( 204,031)		( 194,399)
		_______		_______
Net current assets			758,442		1,163,480
			_______		_______
Total assets less current liabilities			945,723		1,399,494


Provisions for liabilities			( 2,081)		( 8,554)

			_______		_______
Net assets			943,642		1,390,940
			_______		_______

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	9		1,000		2,000
Share premium account			680,065		680,065
Capital redemption reserve			1,000		-
Profit and loss account			261,577		708,875
			_______		_______
Shareholders funds			943,642		1,390,940
			_______		_______

For the year ending 30 April 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 financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;

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

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with Section 1A of FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

In accordance with section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the statement of comprehensive income has not been delivered.

These financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 27 August 2026 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:

D Fordham

Director

Company registration number: 11306687

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Limited

Notes to the financial statements

Year ended 30 April 2026

1. General information

The company is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Rumps Barn, Dowling Road, Mount Bures, Suffolk, CO8 5AY.

The principal activity of the company continues to be that of silviculture and other forestry activities.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the provisions of FRS 102, Section 1A, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through profit or loss.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods supplied and services rendered, net of discounts and Value Added Tax.

When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services can be reliably estimated, revenue from the rendering of services is measured by reference to the stage of completion of the service transaction at the end of the reporting period.

When the outcome of a transaction involving the rendering of services cannot be reliably estimated, revenue is recognised only to the extent that expenses recognised are recoverable.

Taxation

The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in capital and reserves, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised 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 that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Operating leases

Lease payments are recognised as an expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis. The aggregate benefit of lease incentives is recognised as a reduction to expense over the lease term, on a straight-line basis.

Goodwill

Goodwill arises on business acquisitions and represents the excess of the cost of the acquisition over the company's interest in the net amount of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquired business. Goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. It is amortised on a straight line basis over its useful life. Where a reliable estimate of the useful life of goodwill or intangible assets cannot be made, the life is presumed not to exceed ten years.

Amortisation

Amortisation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful life of that asset as follows:


Goodwill	-	10 %	straight line

If there is an indication that there has been a significant change in amortisation rate, useful life or residual value of an intangible asset, the amortisation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.

Tangible assets

tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and are subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses. An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in capital and reserves, except to the extent it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognised in profit or loss. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent of any previously recognised revaluation increase accumulated in capital and reserves in respect of that asset. Where a revaluation decrease exceeds the accumulated revaluation gains accumulated in capital and reserves in respect of that asset, the excess shall be recognised in profit or loss.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:


Long leasehold property	-	10 %	straight line
Plant and machinery	-	25 %	straight line
Fixtures, fittings and equipment	-	25 %	straight line
Motor vehicles	-	25 %	straight line

If there is an indication that there has been a significant change in depreciation rate, useful life or residual value of tangible assets, the depreciation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.

Impairment

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. When it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the company are assigned to those units.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event; it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the statement of financial position and the amount of the provision as an expense. Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the amounts previously recognised are recognised in profit or loss unless the provision was originally recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised in finance costs in profit or loss in the period it arises.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics. Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund. When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in finance costs in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.

4. Employee numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company during the year amounted to 3 (2025: 2 ).

5. Intangible assets

	Goodwill	Total
	£	£
Cost
At 1 May 2025 and 30 April 2026	233,402	233,402
	_______	_______
Amortisation
At 1 May 2025	153,655	153,655
Charge for the year	23,340	23,340
	_______	_______
At 30 April 2026	176,995	176,995
	_______	_______
Carrying amount
At 30 April 2026	56,407	56,407
	_______	_______
At 30 April 2025	79,747	79,747
	_______	_______

6. Tangible assets

	Leasehold improvements	Plant and machinery	Fixtures, fittings and equipment	Motor vehicles	Total
	£	£	£	£	£
Cost
At 1 May 2025	214,951	344,416	5,101	184,147	748,615
Additions	-	25,033	-	33,900	58,933
Disposals	-	( 2,268)	-	-	( 2,268)
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
At 30 April 2026	214,951	367,181	5,101	218,047	805,280
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
Depreciation
At 1 May 2025	147,627	290,030	4,794	149,897	592,348
Charge for the year	19,988	37,315	206	26,817	84,326
Disposals	-	( 2,268)	-	-	( 2,268)
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
At 30 April 2026	167,615	325,077	5,000	176,714	674,406
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
Carrying amount
At 30 April 2026	47,336	42,104	101	41,333	130,874
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
At 30 April 2025	67,324	54,386	307	34,250	156,267
	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______

7. Debtors

	2026	2025
	£	£
Trade debtors	218,624	114,679
Other debtors	38,364	180,744
	_______	_______
	256,988	295,423
	_______	_______

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	2026	2025
	£	£
Trade creditors	53,912	3,442
Taxation and social security	109,019	181,197
Other creditors	41,100	9,760
	_______	_______
	204,031	194,399
	_______	_______

9. Called up share capital

Issued, called up and fully paid

	2026		2025
	No	£	No	£
Ordinary shares of £1.00 each	1,000	1,000	2,000	2,000
	_______	_______	_______	_______

Share movements

	No	£
Ordinary :
At 1 May 2025	2,000	2,000
Shares redeemed	(1,000)	(1,000)
	_______	_______
At 30 April 2026	1,000	1,000
	_______	_______

During the year 1,000 shares were repurchased and cancelled by the company and the consideration was debited to the profit & loss reserve. This transaction also created additional capital redemption reserve of £1,000.

10. Operating leases

The company as lessee

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:


	£	£

Not later than 1 year	23,000	-
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years	82,000	-
	_______	_______
	105,000	-
	_______	_______

11. Directors advances, credits and guarantees

	During the year the directors entered into the following advances and credits with the company:

2026
		Balance brought forward	Advances /(credits) to the directors	Amounts repaid	Balance o/standing
		£	£	£	£
	D Fordham	109,980	48,079	( 158,059)	-
		_______	_______	_______	_______

2025
		Balance brought forward	Advances /(credits) to the directors	Amounts repaid	Balance o/standing
		£	£	£	£
	D Fordham	-	129,980	( 20,000)	109,980
		_______	_______	_______	_______

The balances above are repayable on demand and no interest is charged.