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| Tangible assets | 3 |
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| Investment property | 4 |
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| 512,705 | 500,065 | |||
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| Debtors | 5 |
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| 7,056,562 | 5,091,219 | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (
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| Net current liabilities | (106,189) | (10,560) | ||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 406,516 | 489,505 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 7 | (
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Director's responsibilities:
The financial statements of Acorn Homes (SW) Limited (registered number:
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M P Thomas
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.
Acorn Homes (SW) 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 40 Kingston House, 1 Kingston Road, Taunton, TA2 7ED, 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 financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the Company and rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The Company has net current liabilities of £106,189 at the balance sheet date. Included within creditors are amounts of £6,804,813 owed to companies in which M P Thomas (director) has a direct or indirect interest of at least 50% and has significant influence.
The director has received confirmation that these entities will continue to provide financial support and will not seek repayment of amounts owed where such repayment would jeopardise the Company's ability to continue trading for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Accordingly, the director considers it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.
Commission income is recognised when services have been provided. Rental income is recognised over the term of the tenancy agreement. Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration receivable and is stated net of value added tax.
Defined contribution schemes
The Company operates a defined contribution scheme. The amount charged to the Profit and Loss Account 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 other debtors or other creditors in the Balance Sheet.
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. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
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 tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date that are expected to apply when the timing differences reverse. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities on the balance sheet.
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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.
Assets held under finance leases, hire purchase contracts and other similar arrangements, which confer rights and obligations similar to those attached to owned assets, are capitalised as tangible fixed assets at the fair value of the leased asset (or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments as determined at the inception of the lease) and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease terms and their useful lives. The capital elements of future lease obligations are recorded as liabilities, while the interest elements are charged to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the leases to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The fair value is determined annually by the director, on an open market value for existing use basis.
Other creditors include tenant deposits received, which are held by the Company and recognised as liabilities until refunded or applied in accordance with the relevant tenancy agreements.
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.
Loans and 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.
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| Net book value | |||||
| At 30 November 2025 | 12,656 | 49 | 12,705 | ||
| At 30 November 2024 | 0 | 65 | 65 | ||
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| At 30 November 2025 | 12,656 | 0 | 12,656 | ||
| At 30 November 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Valuation
The value of investment property is derived from observable current market prices for comparable real estate determined by the directors. The assets have a current value of £500,000 (2024 - £500,000).
Historic cost
If the investment properties had been accounted for under the cost accounting rules, the properties would have been measured as follows:
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| Historic cost | 395,000 | 395,000 |
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| Taxation and social security |
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| Obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts (secured) |
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Amounts due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts are secured against the assets by which they are related.
Other creditors of £199,000 are secured by a personal guarantee from the director.
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Amounts due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts are secured against the assets by which they are related.
Contingent liabilities
Other related party transactions
During the year the company entered into a number of transactions with other companies in which the director, Mr M P Thomas, has a direct or indirect interest of at least 50% and has a significant influence over. At the year end there are amounts included in other debtors of £7,016,899 (2024- £4,988,122) and other creditors of £6,804,814 (2024 - £4,892,508) in connection with these transactions.
The balances due to and from related parties are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.