Company Registration No. 06854647 (England and Wales)
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr P Hodgson
Mr C Robinson
Company number
06854647
Registered office
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
OX16 9SA
Accountants
Ellacotts LLP
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
OX16 9SA
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Accountants' report
1
Balance sheet
2 - 3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 7
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE PREPARATION OF THE UNAUDITED STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
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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 Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2017 which comprise, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity 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 http://www.icaew.com/en/members/regulations-standards-and-guidance
.
This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Martin Walker Estate Agents 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 Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd
and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd, 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 Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd and its Board of Directors as a body, for
our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd 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 profit of Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd. You consider that Martin Walker Estate Agents 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 Martin Walker Estate Agents 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.
Ellacotts LLP
Chartered Accountants
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
OX16 9SA
Date:
4 May 2018
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2017
31 December 2017
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2017
2016
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
6,808
11,013
Current assets
Debtors
5
940,444
639,674
Cash at bank and in hand
482,738
475,871
1,423,182
1,115,545
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(477,944)
(414,171)
Net current assets
945,238
701,374
Total assets less current liabilities
952,046
712,387
Provisions for liabilities
-
2,828
Net assets
952,046
715,215
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
7
502
502
Profit and loss reserves
951,544
714,713
Total equity
952,046
715,215
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.
true
For the financial year ended 31 December 2017 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
T
he directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
T
he 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 and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2017
31 December 2017
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The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 3 May 2018 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr P Hodgson
Mr C Robinson
Director
Director
Company Registration No. 06854647
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Martin Walker Estate Agents Ltd is a
private
company
limited by shares
incorporated in England and Wales.
The registered office is
Countrywide House, 23 West Bar, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX16 9SA.
1.1
Accounting convention
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 a
mounts
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.
1.2
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business
, and
is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes
.
The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.
1.3
Tangible fixed assets
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:
Fixtures and fittings
25% on cost
Computers
35% on cost
Motor vehicles
35% reducing balance
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
.
1.4
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
are basic financial assets
and
include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.5
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The
company’s
liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the
company
has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.6
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
1.7
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.8
Leases
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.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was 11 (2016 - 10).
3
Taxation
Year ended
Period ended
31 December
31 December
2017
2016
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
57,215
46,830
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
3
Taxation
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
2,828
(81,581)
Total tax charge/(credit)
60,043
(34,751)
4
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2017
14,471
19,498
35,166
69,135
Disposals
-
-
(9,714)
(9,714)
At 31 December 2017
14,471
19,498
25,452
59,421
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2017
9,380
18,289
30,455
58,124
Depreciation charged in the year
1,273
951
1,530
3,754
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
-
(9,265)
(9,265)
At 31 December 2017
10,653
19,240
22,720
52,613
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2017
3,818
258
2,732
6,808
At 31 December 2016
5,091
1,210
4,712
11,013
5
Debtors
Year ended
Period ended
31 December
31 December
2017
2016
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
59,971
39,035
Amounts due from fellow group undertakings
873,214
590,241
Other debtors
-
3,369
Prepayments and accrued income
7,259
7,029
940,444
639,674
MARTIN WALKER ESTATE AGENTS LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017
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6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Year ended
Period ended
31 December
31 December
2017
2016
£
£
Trade creditors
18,921
6,452
Corporation tax
57,215
46,830
Other taxation and social security
31,773
30,256
Other creditors
362,339
324,213
Accruals and deferred income
7,696
6,420
477,944
414,171
7
Called up share capital
Year ended
Period ended
31 December
31 December
2017
2016
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
502 Ordinary of £1 each
502
502
8
Operating lease commitments
Operating lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for its sole property. Leases are negotiated for an average term of 10 years and rentals are fixed for an average of 5 years with an option to extend at the prevailing market rate.
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:
Year ended
Period ended
31 December
31 December
2017
2016
£
£
150,800
135,000
9
Related party transactions
As at 31 December 2017, the company was owed £873,21
4
by
parent company
(2016:£590,241)