Company registration number SC214192 (Scotland)
BEST FARMS LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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BEST FARMS LTD
CONTENTS
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Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 6
BEST FARMS LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2026
31 March 2026
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2026
2025
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
537,634
378,726
Current assets
Debtors
5
1,285,986
1,294,083
Cash at bank and in hand
91,370
53,203
1,377,356
1,347,286
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(96,999)
(48,946)
Net current assets
1,280,357
1,298,340
Total assets less current liabilities
1,817,991
1,677,066
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(88,527)
(33,700)
Provisions for liabilities
(116,283)
(94,682)
Net assets
1,613,181
1,548,684
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
5
2
Profit and loss reserves
1,613,176
1,548,682
Total equity
1,613,181
1,548,684
BEST FARMS LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 MARCH 2026
31 March 2026
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For the financial year ended 31 March 2026 the company 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 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 Companies Act 2006 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.
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr S Best
Director
Company registration number SC214192 (Scotland)
BEST FARMS LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 MARCH 2026
31 March 2026
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1
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
2
Accounting policies
Company information
Best Farms Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is 5 Whitefriars Crescent, Perth, United Kingdom, PH2 0PA.
2.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
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 financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
2.2
Share of partnership profits
The company's business is farming through participation in the farming partnership of Rossie Home Farms, and providing contract work to Rossie Home Farms.
2.3
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following basis:
Plant and equipment
20% on reducing balance
Combines
15% on reducing balance
Tractors
25% on reducing balance
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.
2.4
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
BEST FARMS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
2
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.
2.5
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and 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. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
2.6
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Assets held under hire purchase are capitalised in the balance sheet and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. The interest element of the hire purchase obligation is charged to profit and loss over the relevant period and the capital element of future payments is treated as a liability.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2026
2025
Number
Number
Total
3
3
BEST FARMS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
Combines
Tractors
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2025
405,270
234,500
230,578
870,348
Additions
104,145
148,500
252,645
Disposals
(32,000)
(82,237)
(114,237)
At 31 March 2026
477,415
234,500
296,841
1,008,756
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2025
207,982
146,059
137,581
491,622
Depreciation charged in the year
46,573
13,266
21,877
81,716
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(27,526)
(74,690)
(102,216)
At 31 March 2026
227,029
159,325
84,768
471,122
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2026
250,386
75,175
212,073
537,634
At 31 March 2025
197,288
88,441
92,997
378,726
5
Debtors
2026
2025
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Interest in partnership
1,278,285
1,284,325
Corporation tax recoverable
6,728
6,728
Other debtors
973
3,030
1,285,986
1,294,083
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2026
2025
£
£
Obligations under hire purchase
80,439
28,006
Taxation and social security
2,460
10,677
Other creditors
14,100
10,263
96,999
48,946
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2026
2025
Notes
£
£
Obligations under hire purchase
88,527
33,700
BEST FARMS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
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8
Called up share capital
2026
2025
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
5 Ordinary of £1 each
5
2
9
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Rossie Home Farms
A partnership in which Hon Mrs C Best is a partner.
During the year, Best Farms Limited purchased goods and services from Rossie Home Farms totalling £9,000 (2025: £9,000) and sold goods and services totalling £346,992 (2025: £333,267).
The company has an interest in the partnership Rossie Home Farms of £1,278,285 (2025: £1,284,325).