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Datum Creative Media Limited
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 January 2026
Company registration number 11156170
(England and Wales)

Company Information

For the year ended 31 January 2026
Directors Gamble, Mark David
Pearce, Scott Charles

Registered office Sopers House
Sopers Road
Cuffley
EN6 4RY

Registered number 11156170

Statement of Financial Position

As at 31 January 2026
Notes
2026
2025
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4,098
7,553
4,098
7,553
Current assets
Debtors
5
144,868
96,075
Cash at bank and in hand
46,844
54,764
191,712
150,839
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year
6
(180,795)
(144,589)
(180,795)
(144,589)
Net current assets (liabilities)
10,917
6,250
Total assets less current liabilities
15,015
13,803
Net assets (liabilities)
15,015
13,803
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1
1
Profit and loss account
15,014
13,802
Total equity
15,015
13,803

The company is a private company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales. It was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors have chosen to not file a copy of the company's profit and loss account under section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have agreed to the preparation of abridged accounts for this accounting period in accordance with section 444 (2A) of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 20 October 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:

Pearce, Scott Charles
Pearce, Scott Charles
Director

Company registration number 11156170

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 January 2026

1. Statutory information

The company is a private company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales. The companies registration number is 11156170. The registered office is Sopers House, Sopers Road, Cuffley, Hertfordshire, EN6 4RY.

The financial statements are presented in sterling and this is the functional currency of the company.

2. Accounting policies

2.1. Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland including Section 1A Small Entities.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

2.2. Turnover

Turnover is the value of design, digital and print services supplied, excluding VAT. The company acts as principal and presents turnover gross. Print is recognised on delivery. Design and digital services are recognised by reference to the stage of completion of each job, measured by time spent against the time budgeted, where this can be measured reliably. Where it cannot, turnover is recognised when the job is completed, and direct costs on open jobs are carried forward as work in progress. At 31 January 2026 and 31 January 2025 the stage of completion could not be measured reliably, so turnover on open jobs was recognised on completion. Amounts invoiced on jobs not completed are carried forward as deferred income. Work completed but not yet invoiced is recognised as accrued income. Expected losses on jobs are recognised immediately.

2.3. Current taxation

Current tax is recognised in profit or loss, except for taxes related to revaluations of land and buildings which are recognised in other comprehensive income.


Current tax represents the amount of tax payable (receivable) in respect of taxable profit (loss) for the current, or past, reporting periods. Current tax is measured at the amount expected to be paid (recovered) using the tax rates and laws which have been enacted, or substantively enacted, by the balance sheet date. Where payments to HM Revenue and Customs exceed liabilities owed, an asset is recognised to the extent of the amount of tax recoverable.

2.4. Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only 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 and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.

2.5. Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost. Property, plant and equipment is used in the company's principal activity for the production and supply of goods or for administrative purposes and is stated in the balance sheet under the historic cost model. This model requires the assets to be stated at cost less amounts in respect of depreciation and less any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value (which is the expected amount that would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life), over the useful economic life of the respective asset as follows:

Rate
Method
%
Plant and machinery
33
Straight-line
Fixtures and fittings
33
Straight-line
Office and computer equipment
33
Straight-line
Other tangible assets
33
Straight-line

2.6. Stocks and work in progress

Direct costs incurred on jobs not completed at the year end are carried forward as work in progress. They are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete. Costs on completed jobs for which supplier invoices have not been received are accrued.

2.7. Change in accounting policy: prior period adjustment

During the year the company changed its accounting policy for turnover and work in progress. Previously, work in progress was carried at a valuation within stocks. Turnover and the related direct costs are now recognised when each job is completed, as described in note 2.2. The directors consider that the new policy gives more reliable and relevant information about the company's performance.

The change has been applied retrospectively and the comparatives restated. Net assets at 31 January 2025 have been reduced from £34,046 to £13,804 (£26,989 before deferred tax of £6,747). Profit after tax for the year ended 31 January 2025 increased from £82,134 to £85,718, and reserves at 1 February 2024 were reduced by £23,826. The adjustment is deductible for corporation tax in the year ended 31 January 2026 under CTA 2009 s180.

3. Employees

The average number of employees during the year was 5 (2025: 5).

4. Tangible fixed assets

Total
£
Cost
At 1 February 2025
29,746
Additions
1,172
At 31 January 2026
30,918
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 February 2025
22,193
Charge for the period
4,628
Disposals
(1)
At 31 January 2026
26,820
Net book value
At 31 January 2026
4,098
At 31 January 2025
7,553

5. Debtors

2026
2025
£
£
Trade debtors
132,099
75,333
Other debtors
7,506
16,733
Prepayments and accrued income
5,263
4,009
Total due within one year
144,868
96,075
Total due after one year
-
-
Total
144,868
96,075

6. Creditors due within one year

2026
2025
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
41,957
30,744
Trade creditors
70,639
27,458
Other creditors
2,966
3,041
Taxation and social security
56,293
53,853
Accruals and deferred income
8,940
29,493
Total
180,795
144,589

7. Directors advances, credits and guarantees

Director
Brought forward
Amounts repaid
£
£
Gamble, Mark David
655
(655)
Pearce, Scott Charles
845
(845)
Total
1,500
(1,500)

At 1 February 2025, S C Pearce owed the company £845 and M Gamble owed £655. These balances were cleared during the year. No interest was charged, and no other advances, credits or guarantees were made to directors during the year. No amounts were owed by the directors at 31 January 2026 (2025: £1,500).