Lynch Farms Limited

Contents

Statement of Financial Position	1
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	2 to 9

Lynch Farms Limited

(Registration number: 05270403)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2026

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	1,054,156	1,127,770
Investments	5	2,593,663	2,274,143
		3,647,819	3,401,913
Current assets
Stocks	6	35,650	35,650
Debtors	7	104,614	76,790
Cash at bank and in hand		352,300	343,951
		492,564	456,391
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	8	(162,583)	(173,092)
Net current assets		329,981	283,299
Total assets less current liabilities		3,977,800	3,685,212
Provisions for liabilities		(125,365)	(108,001)
Net assets		3,852,435	3,577,211
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital		100	100
Profit and loss account		3,852,335	3,577,111
Shareholders' funds		3,852,435	3,577,211

For the financial year ending 31 March 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 Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 16 September 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

Mr N D Heard Director

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 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:
96 High Street
Crediton
Devon
EX17 3LB

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is dairy farming.

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 that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

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

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, 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.

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 tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when 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 and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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
Land and buildings	10 years straight line
Property improvements	20 years straight line

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

Plant and machinery	15% reducing balance
Tractors	25% reducing balance
Motor	25% straight line
Biological assets	10% straight line

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.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand, demand deposits with banks, 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. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowing or current liabilities

Stocks

Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Costs include all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. .

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

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 statement of comprehensive income 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.

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

2	Accounting policies (continued)

Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the statement of comprehensive income and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Financial instruments

Recognition and measurement
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes 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.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 2 (2025 - 2).

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

5	Investments

	Unlisted investments £	Total £
Investments
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2025	2,274,143	2,274,143
Revaluations	1,975	1,975
Additions	317,545	317,545
At 31 March 2026	2,593,663	2,593,663
Impairment
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2026	2,593,663	2,593,663

6

Stocks

	2026 £	2025 £
Biological assets	11,500	11,500
Other assets	24,150	24,150
	35,650	35,650

7

Debtors

	2026 £	2025 £
Other debtors	99,114	76,790
Prepayments	5,500	-
	104,614	76,790

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

8

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	10	-	12,925
Trade creditors		41,397	63,509
Taxation and social security		116,696	92,098
Accruals and deferred income		4,490	4,560
		162,583	173,092

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

2026 £

2025 £

9

Reserves

Profit and loss account:

This reserve records retained earnings and accumulated losses.

10	Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

	2026 £	2025 £
Hire purchase contracts	-	12,925

11	Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2026	At 1 April 2025 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 March 2026 £
Directors	49,737	55,272	(31,200)	73,809

Lynch Farms Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (continued)

11	Related party transactions (continued)

2025	At 1 April 2024 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 March 2025 £
Directors	19,848	63,608	(33,720)	49,737