Zephen Limited - Abbreviated accounts 16.3

Zephen Limited - Abbreviated accounts 16.3


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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391 (England and Wales)















Abbreviated Unaudited Accounts

for the Year Ended 30 April 2016

for

ZEPHEN LIMITED

ZEPHEN LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391)

Contents of the Abbreviated Accounts
for the year ended 30 April 2016










Page

Company Information 1

Abbreviated Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts 3

ZEPHEN LIMITED

Company Information
for the year ended 30 April 2016







Directors: P J Cropper
C S J Cropper
Mrs. E J Pickard





Secretary: P J Cropper





Registered office: Sterling House
19/23 High Street
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 2DH





Registered number: 03177391 (England and Wales)





Accountants: Haines Watts
Chartered Accountants
Sterling House
19/23 High Street
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
OX5 2DH

ZEPHEN LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391)

Abbreviated Balance Sheet
30 April 2016

30/4/16 30/4/15
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 2 3,684,987 3,665,540
Investments 3 1,601,000 1,601,000
5,285,987 5,266,540

Current assets
Debtors 973,493 953,101
Cash at bank 8,691 1,211
982,184 954,312
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 1,827,375 1,656,720
Net current liabilities (845,191 ) (702,408 )
Total assets less current liabilities 4,440,796 4,564,132

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 4 6,426,278 6,426,278
Share premium 750,475 750,475
Profit and loss account (2,735,957 ) (2,612,621 )
Shareholders' funds 4,440,796 4,564,132

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 April 2016.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2016 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their 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 abbreviated accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.


The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 26 November 2016 and were signed on its behalf
by:



P J Cropper - Director


ZEPHEN LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391)

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts
for the year ended 30 April 2016


1. Accounting policies

Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015).

Preparation of consolidated financial statements
The financial statements contain information about Zephen Limited as an individual company and do not contain
consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company has taken the option under Section 398
of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition
Turnover represents revenue earned from the letting of property and administration services. Revenue is
recognised as earned when, and to the extent that, the company obtains the right to consideration in exchange for
sales. It is measured at the fair value of the right to consideration, which represents amounts chargeable to
tenants, including expenses and disbursements but excluding value added tax.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Land and buildings - 2% on cost
Plant and machinery etc - 25% on reducing balance

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance
sheet date.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension
scheme are charged to the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate.

Going concern
The company meets its day to day capital requirements through the continued financial support of the managing
director. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to
continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going
concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

ZEPHEN LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391)

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts - continued
for the year ended 30 April 2016


2. Tangible fixed assets
Total
£
Cost
At 1 May 2015 4,425,320
Additions 72,756
Disposals (22,622 )
At 30 April 2016 4,475,454
Depreciation
At 1 May 2015 759,780
Charge for year 52,307
Eliminated on disposal (21,620 )
At 30 April 2016 790,467
Net book value
At 30 April 2016 3,684,987
At 30 April 2015 3,665,540

3. Fixed asset investments
Investments
other than
loans
£
Cost
At 1 May 2015
and 30 April 2016 1,601,000
Net book value
At 30 April 2016 1,601,000
At 30 April 2015 1,601,000

The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Zephen Farms Limited
Nature of business: Arable farming
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary Shares 0.02
30/4/16 30/4/15
£ £
Aggregate capital and reserves 7,482,092 999,930
Profit/(loss) for the year 2,075 (68,016 )

Zephen Farms Limited is no longer a subsidiary of Zephen Limited.

ZEPHEN LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03177391)

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts - continued
for the year ended 30 April 2016


3. Fixed asset investments - continued

Zephen Properties Limited
Nature of business: Running holiday lets
%
Class of shares: holding
B Ordinary Non Voting 100.00
30/4/16 30/4/15
£ £
Aggregate capital and reserves 1,397,892 1,484,674
Loss for the year (86,782 ) (47,111 )

4. Called up share capital

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 30/4/16 30/4/15
value: £ £
6,426,278 Ordinary shares 1.00 6,426,278 6,426,278

5. Ultimate parent company

Zephen Farms Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

On 23 November 2015 the liquidation of Zephen No 2 Ltd (the company's previous holding company) ended. Its
shares in Zephen Ltd were distributed to Zephen Farms Ltd in exchange for Zephen Farms Ltd issuing new
shares to the shareholders of Zephen No 2 Ltd. Zephen Farms Ltd is now the company's controlling party as it is
the company's holding company.