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REGISTERED NUMBER: 07066096 (England and Wales)










Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2016

for

Holmes Search Limited

Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2016










Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4


Holmes Search Limited

Company Information
for the year ended 31 December 2016







DIRECTORS: M W J Holmes
Mrs E L Holmes





REGISTERED OFFICE: 15 Lime Tree Walk
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1YH





REGISTERED NUMBER: 07066096 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: A4G Amherst Limited
1st Floor, Springbank House
13 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1XR

Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2016

2016 2015
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 4 875,000 1,025,000
Tangible assets 5 11,056 20,786
886,056 1,045,786

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 166,098 203,721
Prepayments and accrued income 15,629 20,450
Cash at bank 333,028 345,866
514,755 570,037
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 279,009 391,804
NET CURRENT ASSETS 235,746 178,233
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,121,802

1,224,019

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

8

900,982

943,997
NET ASSETS 220,820 280,022

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 2 2
Retained earnings 220,818 280,020
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 220,820 280,022

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2016.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies
Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of
each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections
394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial
statements, so far as applicable to the company.

Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 December 2016


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 15 September 2017 and were signed on its behalf
by:





M W J Holmes - Director


Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2016


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Holmes Search Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The
company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" of Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates,
value added tax and other sales taxes.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the transfer of the business from Holmes Search LLP on 31
March 2014 is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of 10 years.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost
less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Plant and machinery etc - 15% on cost

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to
the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or
substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance
sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from
those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the
timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they
will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 8 .

Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2016


4. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 January 2016
and 31 December 2016 1,287,500
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2016 262,500
Charge for year 150,000
At 31 December 2016 412,500
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2016 875,000
At 31 December 2015 1,025,000

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 January 2016
and 31 December 2016 29,187
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2016 8,401
Charge for year 9,730
At 31 December 2016 18,131
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2016 11,056
At 31 December 2015 20,786

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2016 2015
£    £   
Trade debtors 61,422 101,698
Other debtors 104,676 102,023
166,098 203,721

Holmes Search Limited (Registered number: 07066096)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2016


7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2016 2015
£    £   
Trade creditors 88,152 58,327
Taxation and social security 65,177 142,360
Other creditors 125,680 191,117
279,009 391,804

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2016 2015
£    £   
Other creditors 900,982 943,997

9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year, total dividends of £64,000 (2015 - £60,000) were paid to the directors .

At the balance sheet date, Mr M Holmes, a director, was owed £450,491 (2015: £471,999) by the company. The
loan is interest free and is not repayable within 12 months.

At the balance sheet date, Mrs E Holmes, a director, was owed £450,491 (2015: £471,999) by the company. The
loan is interest free and is not repayable within 12 months.