John Skidmore & Co Limited - Period Ending 2024-04-30

John Skidmore & Co 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
John Skidmore & Co Limited
for the Year Ended 30 April 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of John Skidmore & Co Limited for the year ended 30 April 2024 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 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/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of John Skidmore & Co Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 2 September 2022. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of John Skidmore & Co Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of John Skidmore & Co 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 John Skidmore & Co Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that John Skidmore & Co 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 John Skidmore & Co Limited. You consider that John Skidmore & Co 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 John Skidmore & Co 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

19 December 2024

John Skidmore & Co Limited

(Registration number: 05431347)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2024

		2024 £	2023 £
Fixed assets		481,400	515,714
Current assets		386,938	374,218
Prepayments and accrued income		34,991	2,206
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year		(680,692)	(668,621)
Net current liabilities		(258,763)	(292,197)
Total assets less current liabilities		222,637	223,517
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year		(72,705)	(105,911)
Accruals and deferred income		(8,062)	(6,958)
		141,870	110,648
Capital and reserves		141,870	110,648

John Skidmore & Co Limited

(Registration number: 05431347)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2024 (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:
North Hanging Wells
Eastgate
BISHOP AUCKLAND
DL13 2AB

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'.

2	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 5 (2023 - 5).

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 30 April 2024 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.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 December 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... J Skidmore Director