In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Clines and Tromans LLP for the year ended 5 April 2019 which comprise, the Balance Sheet and the related notes from the limited liability partnership’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 http://www.icaew.com/en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance.
This report is made solely to the limited liability partnership's members of Clines and Tromans LLP, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Clines and Tromans LLP and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the limited liability partnership's members of Clines and Tromans LLP, 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 Clines and Tromans LLP and its members as a body, for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Clines and Tromans LLP 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 loss of Clines and Tromans LLP. You consider that Clines and Tromans LLP 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 Clines and Tromans LLP. 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.
T he members of the limited liability partnership have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.
Clines and Tromans LLP is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 18 St Georges Square, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 1HX.
The limited liability partnership's principal activities are disclosed in the Members' Report.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting by Limited Liability Partnerships" issued in January 2017, together 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 have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
Turnover represents the amounts recoverable for the goods and services provided to clients, excluding value added tax.
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 recognised in the profit and loss account.
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to income on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the lease asset are consumed.
The average number of persons (excluding members) employed by the partnership during the year was nil for both years.
In the event of a winding up the amounts included in "Loans and other debts due to members" will rank equally with unsecured creditors.