The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited - Period Ending 2020-06-30
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited - Period Ending 2020-06-30
Registration number:
for the Year Ended
Chartered Accountants
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Contents
Company Information |
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Accountants' Report |
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Balance Sheet |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Company Information
Directors |
R Soole F P M Guillo-Lohan R J Pickering R C Soole |
Company secretary |
F P M Guillo-Lohan |
Registered office |
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Accountants |
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Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited for the year ended 30 June 2020 as set out on pages 3 to 9 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 The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 9 August 2019. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited, 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 The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.
It is your duty to ensure that The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited. You consider that The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited 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 accounts of The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited. 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 accounts.
Chartered Accountants
34 High East Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HA
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
(Registration number: 00012377)
Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2020
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Net current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Share premium reserve |
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Capital redemption reserve |
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Fair value reserve |
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Other reserves |
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Profit and loss account |
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Total equity |
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For the financial year ending 30 June 2020 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
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The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and the option not to file the Profit and Loss Account has been taken.
Approved and authorised by the
R Soole
Director
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
Group accounts not prepared
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the rents receivable from the company's investment properties together with bank interest received in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax.
The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
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 taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
Office equipment |
Computers and digital equipment 4 years, other equipment 8 years on a straight line basis |
Investment property
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They may subsequently be measured less a provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and may subsequently be measured at amortised cost.
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
Capital profits or losses |
Any capital profits or losses and the capital gains tax payable thereon are transferred to capital reserve.
Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was
Tangible assets |
Office equipment |
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At 30 June 2020 |
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Depreciation |
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At 30 June 2020 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 June 2020 |
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At 30 June 2019 |
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Investment properties |
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At 1 July 2019 |
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5,118,079 |
At 30 June 2020 |
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5,118,079 |
The investment property are reflected in the accounts at their estimated combined open market value. These estimations of value have been compiled by the company's directors on a prudent basis using market information available as to current sale prices, the yield and covenant on the commercial properties and for any acquisitions in the year their cost price.
There has been no valuation of investment property by an independent valuer.
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
Investments |
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Investments in subsidiaries |
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Subsidiaries |
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At 30 June 2020 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 30 June 2020 |
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At 30 June 2019 |
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Details of undertakings
Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
Undertaking |
Registered office |
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The principal activity of Metropolitan Land Dorset Co Ltd is |
The profit for the financial period of Metropolitan Land Dorset Co Ltd was £nil and the aggregate amount of capital and reserves at the end of the period was £100. |
Debtors |
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Trade debtors |
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Amounts owed by group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest |
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Other debtors |
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Total current trade and other debtors |
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The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
Creditors |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Bank loans and overdrafts |
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Taxation and social security |
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Other creditors |
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Loans and borrowings |
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Due after one year |
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Loans and borrowings |
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Loans and borrowings |
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Non-current loans and borrowings |
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Bank borrowings |
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Current loans and borrowings |
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Bank borrowings |
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The bank loans are secured by way of legal charges over four of the company’s investment properties.
Dividends |
The directors are proposing a final dividend of £
The Metropolitan Land and House Company Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2020
Related party transactions |
Summary of transactions with subsidiaries