Company registration number 12834030 (England and Wales)
THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023
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THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr JC Thompson
Mr SP Thompson
Company number
12834030
Registered office
12-13 Westbourne Terrace
Shiney Row
Houghton le Spring
Tyne & Wear
DH4 4QT
Accountants
Benson Wood Ltd
Unit 21
Belasis Court
Belasis Hall Technology Park
Billingham
TS23 4AZ
THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Accountants' report
1
Balance sheet and notes to the financial statements
2 - 3
THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY ACCOUNTS OF THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
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In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd for the year ended 31 August 2023, which comprise the balance sheet, 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 https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/member/standards/rules-and-standards/rulebook.html.
This report is made solely to the board of directors of Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the board of directors of Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as detailed at https://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/ACCA_Global/Technical/fact/technical-factsheet-163.pdf. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd and its board of directors as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. You consider that Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd 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 Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd. 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.
Benson Wood Ltd
16 February 2024
Chartered Certified Accountants
Unit 21
Belasis Court
Belasis Hall Technology Park
Billingham
TS23 4AZ
THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 AUGUST 2023
31 August 2023
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2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
106,348
76,444
Current assets
30,643
45,663
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(79,552)
(89,980)
Net current liabilities
(48,909)
(44,317)
Total assets less current liabilities
57,439
32,127
Net assets
57,439
32,127
Capital and reserves
57,439
32,127
Notes to the financial statements
1
Directors' benefits: advances, credit and guarantees
At the balance sheet date there was a loan payable to director 1 totalling £1,361 (2022: £2,554) and director 2 totalling £1,271 (2022: £2,474). The loans are repayable on demand and on an interest free basis.
2
Employees
The average number of persons, including directors, employed by the company during the year was as follows:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Employees
2
2
Thompson Brothers & Sons Funeral Directors Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 12-13 Westbourne Terrace, Shiney Row, Houghton le Spring, Tyne & Wear, DH4 4QT.
For the year ended 31 August 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small 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 micro-entity provisions and in accordance with FRS 105 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the Micro-entities Regime' and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
THOMPSON BROTHERS & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 AUGUST 2023
31 August 2023
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(e) the company has relied on the specified exemption as a micro company contained in section 352 Companies Act 2014; the company has done so on the grounds that it is entitled to the benefit of that exemption as a small company and we confirm that the abridged financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with section 353 Companies Act 2014.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 19 February 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr JC Thompson
Mr SP Thompson
Director
Director
Company registration number 12834030 (England and Wales)