Abbreviated Company Accounts - JOHN SWAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED

JOHN SWAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED - Company Information

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Registered Number 07052850

JOHN SWAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED

Abbreviated Accounts

31 December 2014

JOHN SWAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED Registered Number 07052850

Abbreviated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2014

	Notes	2014	2013
		£	£
Called up share capital not paid		-	-
Fixed assets
Intangible assets		-	-
Tangible assets		-	-
Investments	2	881,294	881,294
		881,294	881,294
Current assets
Stocks		-	-
Debtors		-	-
Investments		-	-
Cash at bank and in hand		-	-
		-	-
Prepayments and accrued income		-	-
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year		(50,004)	0
Net current assets (liabilities)		(50,004)	0
Total assets less current liabilities		831,290	881,294
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year		0	0
Provisions for liabilities		0	0
Accruals and deferred income		0	0
Total net assets (liabilities)		831,290	881,294
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	3	11,809	12,779
Share premium account		0	0
Revaluation reserve		0	0
Other reserves		970	0
Profit and loss account		818,511	868,515
Shareholders' funds		831,290	881,294

For the year ending 31 December 2014 the company was entitled to exemption 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 accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Approved by the Board on 30 March 2015

And signed on their behalf by:
Mr B N Lock, Director

JOHN SWAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED Registered Number 07052850

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts for the period ended 31 December 2014

1Accounting Policies

Basis of measurement and preparation of accounts
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities effective April 2008.

Other accounting policies
Exemption from preparing group accounts
The company is part of a small group. The company has taken advantage of the exemption provided by section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not prepared group accounts.

Purchase of own shares
During the year the company purchased 970 of its own Ordinary shares at a nominal value of £970. The Ordinary shares were purchased for a consideration of £50,004 and represent 7.6% of the called up share capital of that class of share.

Details of undertakings
Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
Subsidiary undertakings - John Swain Limited
Holding - Ordinary shares
Proportion of voting rights and shares held - 100%
Principle activity - Farming

2Fixed assets Investments
Fixed asset investments are stated at historical cost less provision for any diminution in value. The market value of these unlisted investments is not easily ascertainable.

3Called Up Share Capital
Allotted, called up and fully paid:

	2014 £	2013 £
11,809 Ordinary shares of £1 each (12,779 shares for 2013)	11,809	12,779