Grant and Herd are in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 3 to 2. The following information relates to the year to 31 December 2015:

1 The partnership agreement allows for Herd to be paid a salary of £20,000 per annum, and for interest of 5 per cent per annum to be paid on the partners' capital account balances as at 1 January in each year. Interest at a rate of 10 per cent per annum is charged on the partners' drawings.
2 The partners decide to dissolve the partnership as at 31 December 2015, and the business was then sold to Valley Limited. The purchase consideration was to be 400,000 £1 ordinary shares in Valley at a premium of 25p per share. The shares were to be issued to the partners on 31 December 2015, and they were to be shared between them in their profit-sharing ratio.
The sale agreement allowed Grant to take over one of the business cars at an agreed valuation of £10,000. Apart from the car and the cash and bank balances, the company took over all the other partnership assets and liabilities at their book values as at 31 December 2015.
3 Matters relating to the appropriation of profit for the year to 31 December 2015 are to be dealt with in the partners' capital accounts, including any arrears of salary owing to Herd.

Required:

(a) Write up the following accounts for the year to 31 December 2015:
(1) the profit and loss appropriation account;
(2) Grant's and Herd's capital accounts; and (3) the realization account.

(b) Prepare Valley's statement of financial position as at 1 January 2016 immediately after the acquisition of the partnership and assuming that no further transactions have taken place in the meantime.

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Dr Cr Capital accounts (at 1 January 2015): Grant Herd Cash at bank Accounts payable and accruals Accounts receivable and prepayments Drawings during the year: Grant (all at 30 June 2015) 000 000 300 100 5 25 18 40 Herd (all at 31 March 2015) 40 Non-current assets: at cost 300 accumulated depreciation (at 31 December 2015) 100 Herd - salary 10 Net profit (for the year to 31 December 2015) 60 Inventory at cost (at 31 December 2015) 90 Trade accounts payable Trade accounts receivable 141 223 726 726