The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited - Period Ending 2016-12-31

REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

Registration number: 06579705

The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited

Unaudited Financial Statements

31 December 2016

The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited

Contents

Accountants' Report	1
Balance Sheet	2

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2016

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited for the year ended 31 December 2016 as set out on pages 2 to 3 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a 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/membershandbook.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 1 May 2013. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of The Livestock Auctioneers Association 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 Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that The Livestock Auctioneers Association 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 Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited. You consider that The Livestock Auctioneers Association 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 Livestock Auctioneers Association 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.

Dodd & Co Limited
Chartered Accountants
FIFTEEN Rosehill
Montgomery Way
Rosehill Estate
CARLISLE
CA1 2RW

24 May 2017

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The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited

(Registration number: 06579705)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2016

		2016 £	2015 £
Fixed assets		1,354	2,993
Current assets		643,031	618,922
Prepayments and accrued income		2,861	5,331
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year		(22,043)	(24,294)
Net current assets		623,849	599,959
Total assets less current liabilities		625,203	602,952
Accruals and deferred income		(4,286)	(4,759)
		620,917	598,193
Capital and reserves		620,917	598,193

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The Livestock Auctioneers Association Limited

(Registration number: 06579705)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2016 (continued)

1	General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Cobblethwaite
Wreay
CARLISLE
CA4 0RZ

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 105 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the Micro-entities Regime'.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

For the financial year ending 31 December 2016 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

•	The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
•	The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 24 May 2017 and signed on its behalf by:
 

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J H Brereton

Director

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