Optima Consumer Credit Limited

(Registration number: 04669600)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	120,073	162,116
Current assets
Debtors	5	205,811	236,374
Cash at bank and in hand		1,081,164	1,029,928
		1,286,975	1,266,302
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	6	(140,900)	(103,287)
Net current assets		1,146,075	1,163,015
Total assets less current liabilities		1,266,148	1,325,131
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year	6	(35,093)	(44,878)
Provisions for liabilities		(30,018)	(39,858)
Net assets		1,201,037	1,240,395
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	7	100	100
Retained earnings		1,200,937	1,240,295
Shareholders' funds		1,201,037	1,240,395

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 Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 30 October 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... Mr S A Otter Director

Optima Consumer Credit 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:
Office 11 The Moorings
Crossland Drive
Staveley
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S43 3ZS
England

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 30 October 2026.

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.

Revenue recognition

Turnover reprsents commission income earned in the accounting period and comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of 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.

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

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 balance sheet 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
Fixtures and Fittings	25% on cost
Office equipment	50% on cost
Motor Vehicles	25% on reducing balance

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, 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.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

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.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

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 balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

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

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 11 (2025 - 10).

4	Tangible assets

	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Motor vehicles  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2025	16,900	268,620	285,520
Additions	482	-	482
At 31 March 2026	17,382	268,620	286,002
Depreciation
At 1 April 2025	11,534	111,870	123,404
Charge for the year	3,337	39,188	42,525
At 31 March 2026	14,871	151,058	165,929
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2026	2,511	117,562	120,073
At 31 March 2025	5,366	156,750	162,116

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

5

Debtors

Current	2026 £	2025 £
Trade debtors	31,054	39,404
Prepayments	11,948	5,861
Other debtors	162,809	191,109
	205,811	236,374

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	8	9,785	9,785
Trade creditors		902	995
Taxation and social security		12,253	87,327
Accruals and deferred income		117,038	4,011
Other creditors		922	1,169
		140,900	103,287

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

	Note	2026 £	2025 £
Due after one year
Loans and borrowings	8	35,093	44,878

7	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2026		2025
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary shares of £1 each	100	100	100	100

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

8	Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

	2026 £	2025 £
Hire purchase contracts	35,093	44,878

Current loans and borrowings

	2026 £	2025 £
Hire purchase contracts	9,785	9,785

9	Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

	2026 £	2025 £
Not later than one year	6,949	9,908
Later than one year and not later than five years	-	6,949
	6,949	16,857

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £9,908 (2025 - £14,251).

Optima Consumer Credit Limited

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

10	Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2026	At 1 April 2025 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 March 2026 £
Loans to directors	189,199	159,712	(189,199)	159,712

2025	At 1 April 2024 £	Advances to director £	Repayments by director £	At 31 March 2025 £
Loans to directors	199,442	190,000	(200,243)	189,199