ACCOUNTS - Final Accounts


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Registered number: 04750215










DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD








UNAUDITED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

 
DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04750215

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 APRIL 2017

2017
2016
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Intangible assets
 4 
40,500
47,250

Tangible assets
 5 
225
733

  
40,725
47,983

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 6 
22,015
15,638

Cash at bank and in hand
 7 
12,548
16,973

  
34,563
32,611

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 8 
(75,179)
(80,271)

Net current liabilities
  
 
 
(40,616)
 
 
(47,660)

Total assets less current liabilities
  
109
323

  

Net assets
  
109
323


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
  
2
2

Profit and loss account
  
107
321

  
109
323


The directors consider that the Company is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of Companies Act 2006.

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 financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.

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

The Company has opted not to file the income statement in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04750215
    
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (CONTINUED)
AS AT 30 APRIL 2017

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 



................................................
D H Knights
................................................
C I Turner
Director
Director


Date: 15 December 2017
The notes on pages 3 to 8 form part of these financial statements.

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

1.


General information

David Brown & Company (Estate Agents) Ltd is a company limited by shares incorporated in England within the United Kingdom. The address of the registered office is given in the company information in these financial statements.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Section 1A of Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Revenue

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Rendering of services

Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.

 
2.3

Intangible assets

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a business combination and the acquirer’s interest in the fair value of its identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, Goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is amortised on a straight line basis to the Income statement over its useful economic life.

Other intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.4

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Office equipment
-
20%
Straight Line
Computer equipment
-
33%
Straight Line

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Income statement.

 
2.5

Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

 
2.6

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.7

Financial instruments

The Company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares.

 
2.8

Creditors

Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.9

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to the Income statement over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.10

Dividends

Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting. Dividends on shares recognised as liabilities are recognised as expenses and classified within interest payable.

 
2.11

Operating leases: the Company as lessee

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Income statement on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.

The Company has taken advantage of the optional exemption available on transition to FRS 102 which allows lease incentives on leases entered into before the date of transition to the standard 01 May 2015 to continue to be charged over the period to the first market rent review rather than the term of the lease.

 
2.12

Interest income

Interest income is recognised in the Income statement using the effective interest method.

 
2.13

Taxation

Tax is recognised in the Income statement, except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

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 income.


3.


Employees

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 3 (2016 - 3).

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

4.


Intangible assets




Goodwill

£



Cost


At 1 May 2016
135,000



At 30 April 2017

135,000



Amortisation


At 1 May 2016
87,750


Charge for the year
6,750



At 30 April 2017

94,500



Net book value



At 30 April 2017
40,500



At 30 April 2016
47,250

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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

5.


Tangible fixed assets





Office equipment
Computer equipment
Total

£
£
£



Cost or valuation


At 1 May 2016
18,701
4,219
22,920



At 30 April 2017

18,701
4,219
22,920



Depreciation


At 1 May 2016
18,469
3,718
22,187


Charge for the year on owned assets
139
369
508



At 30 April 2017

18,608
4,087
22,695



Net book value



At 30 April 2017
93
132
225



At 30 April 2016
232
501
733


6.


Debtors

2017
2016
£
£


Trade debtors
3,150
2,375

Other debtors
14,935
9,503

Prepayments and accrued income
3,930
3,760

22,015
15,638



7.


Cash and cash equivalents

2017
2016
£
£

Cash at bank and in hand
12,548
16,973

12,548
16,973


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DAVID BROWN & COMPANY (ESTATE AGENTS) LTD
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2017

8.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2017
2016
£
£

Trade creditors
768
803

Corporation tax
5,184
10,068

Other taxation and social security
7,683
4,786

Other creditors
59,452
62,219

Accruals and deferred income
2,092
2,395

75,179
80,271



9.


First time adoption of FRS 102

The policies applied under the entity's previous accounting framework are not materially different to FRS 102 and have not impacted on equity or profit or loss.

 
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