STRATHEARN_PLACE_MANAGEME - Accounts

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Strathearn Place Management Company Limited for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise, the 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 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at https://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the board of directors of Strathearn Place Management Company Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 26 January 2024. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Strathearn Place Management Company Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Strathearn Place Management Company Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Strathearn Place Management Company Limited and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Strathearn Place Management Company 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 result of Strathearn Place Management Company Limited. You consider that Strathearn Place Management Company 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 Strathearn Place Management Company 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.

For the financial year ended 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to dormant companies.

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.

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.

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

Strathearn Place Management Company Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 68 Queens Gardens, London, W2 3AH.

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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has not traded during the year or the preceding financial period. During this time, the company received no income and incurred no expenditure and therefore no Profit and loss account is presented in these financial statements.

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 bases:

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.

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Status

During the year the company has acted as agent for the lessees of the property at 10 Strathearn Place, London W2 2NH. The funds in relation to the maintenance of the property are held in trust. As at 31 December 2023 the cash balance held on behalf of the lessees amounted to £9,743.

Income or expenditure in relation to the maintenance of the common parts of the property held in accordance with the governing leases are shown in separate service charge accounts for the property. They do not form part of the annual accounts of the company and are not filed at Companies House. The accounts can be obtained from Strathearn Place Management Company Limited.

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was: