Solent Fire Protection Services Limited - Accounts to registrar (filleted) - small 23.2.5

REGISTERED NUMBER: 03243675 (England and Wales)

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 November 2023

for

Solent Fire Protection Services Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3

Chartered Certified Accountants' Report

6

DIRECTOR:

Mr S J Shoesmith

REGISTERED OFFICE:

12 Heritage Business Park

Heritage Way

Gosport

Hampshire

PO12 4BG

REGISTERED NUMBER:

03243675 (England and Wales)

ACCOUNTANTS:

Henry Thomas Advisory

Chartered Certified Accountants

Unit 6

St Georges Square

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 3EY

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

4

17,298

21,235

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

2,000

2,000

Debtors

5

1,122,930

928,111

Cash at bank and in hand

38,830

113,579

1,163,760

1,043,690

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

6

324,564

433,409

NET CURRENT ASSETS

839,196

610,281

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

856,494

631,516

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

100

100

Retained earnings

856,394

631,416

856,494

631,516

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 November 2023.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2023 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The director acknowledges his responsibilities for:

(a)	ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 11 June 2024 and were signed by:

Mr S J Shoesmith - Director

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Solent Fire Protection Services Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Turnover represents the amount derived from ordinary activities, stated after discounts, value added tax and any other sales taxes, where applicable. Turnover is the value of work performed during the year with respect to services.

Tangible fixed assets

Items or property, plant and equipment are stated at cost of acquisition less accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives range as follows:

Plant & Machinery - 25% on reducing balance method.

Fixtures & Fittings - 25% on reducing balance method.

Motor Vehicles - 25% on reducing balance method.

Computer Equipment - 25% on reducing balance method.

The gain or loss arising from 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.

Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Financial instruments

Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest

method. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors are initially recognised at transaction price. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Taxation

A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period.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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Going concern

The directors note that the company is trading adequately and has sufficiently working capital and other finance available to continue trading for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.There are no significant uncertainties in their assessment of whether the business is a going concern and therefore have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 11 (2022 - 11 ) .

4.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Plant and

machinery

etc

£

COST

At 1 December 2022

and 30 November 2023

78,245

DEPRECIATION

At 1 December 2022

57,010

Charge for year

3,937

At 30 November 2023

60,947

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 November 2023

17,298

At 30 November 2022

21,235

5.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

30.11.23

30.11.22

£

£

Trade debtors

548,112

352,091

Amounts owed by group undertakings

567,693

588,621

Other debtors

7,125

(12,601

)

1,122,930

928,111

6.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

30.11.23

30.11.22

£

£

Bank loans and overdrafts

(186,533

)

91,250

Hire purchase contracts

8,944

16,993

Trade creditors

257,531

198,851

Amounts owed to group undertakings

26,577

-

Taxation and social security

160,927

123,050

Other creditors

57,118

3,265

324,564

433,409

7.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The Company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

8.	POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There are no reportable events between the date of the Financial Statements and the date of the signing these Financial Statements.

9.	ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The Company is controlled by Indigo Fire Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, by virtue of its 100% holding in the company's issued share capital. The ultimate controlling party is Simon Shoesmith by virtue of their shareholding in the parent company, Indigo Fire Group Limited.

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the director in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Income Statement and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Director are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited for the year ended 30 November 2023 which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at http://www.accaglobal.com/rulebook.

This report is made solely to the director of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the director of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at http://www.accaglobal.com/factsheet163. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and its director for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Solent Fire Protection Services Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited. You consider that Solent Fire Protection Services Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Solent Fire Protection Services Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.

Henry Thomas Advisory

Chartered Certified Accountants

Unit 6

St Georges Square

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 3EY

11 June 2024