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George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Directors' Report

2

Strategic Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 7

Profit and Loss Account

8

Balance Sheet

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11 to 18

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Company Information

Directors

Christopher G Bence

Paul C Bence

Carlwyn J Coombes

Registered office

41/47 Fairview Road
Cheltenham
GL52 2EJ

Bankers

Lloyds Bank Plc
Ley Court
Barnett Way
Gloucester
GL4 3RT

National Westminster Bank Plc
31 Promenade
Cheltenham
GL50 1LE

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Directors' Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is that of builders and plumbers merchants.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

Christopher G Bence

Paul C Bence

Carlwyn J Coombes

Future developments

The directors continue to closely monitor the external commercial environment and act in the interests of the business accordingly.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken the steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Approved by the Board on 20 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:


Paul C Bence
Director

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Business review
 

The directors consider that the business has performed well during the year given the market conditions, and consider the financial resources available to the company at the year end to be sufficient.

The results for the year, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show pre-tax profit for the year of £1,200,658 (2020 - £993,365). The company has trade debtors of £2,276,295 (2020 - £1,917,972) and trade creditors of £2,756,215 (2020 - £2,525,863). The company has short term debt of £220,000 (2020 - £143,359) and long term debt of £751,667 (2020 - £966,667).

Key performance indicators
 

Given the straight forward nature of the business, the company's directors are of the opinion that analysis using key performance indicators is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or the position of the business.

Principal risks and uncertainties
 

The management of the company and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company are considered to relate to the general economic climate, and competition from other national builders merchants.
 

Financial instruments
 

The company does not actively use financial instruments as part of its financial risk management. It is exposed to the usual credit risk and cash flow risk associated with selling on credit and manages this through credit control procedures. The nature of its financial instruments means that they are not subject to price or liquidity risk.

Going concern and liquidity risk
 

In accordance with Financial Reporting Council's 'Going Concern and Liquidity Risk: Guidance for Directors of UK Companies 2006' the directors of all companies are now required to provide disclosures regarding the adoption of the going concern basis of accounting.

The company continued to trade throughout the year and is currently trading profitably and generating cash. The directors believe that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Approved by the Board on 20 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:


Paul C Bence
Director

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report, Strategic Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards has been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2021, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2021 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 4, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

• We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the company financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the company. We determined that the most significant laws and regulations included UK GAAP, UK Companies Act 2006, and taxation laws;

• We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included challenging assumptions and judgments made by management in its significant accounting estimates and identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual characteristics.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Use of this report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Jon Cartwright (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

20 May 2022

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

Note

2021
 £

2020
 £

Turnover

3

18,897,582

15,218,920

Cost of sales

 

(13,454,320)

(10,505,941)

Gross profit

 

5,443,262

4,712,979

Distribution costs

 

(1,096,726)

(1,099,141)

Administrative expenses

 

(3,337,282)

(3,198,173)

Other operating income

4

200,349

579,058

Operating profit

5

1,209,603

994,723

Interest receivable and similar income

2,116

2,957

Interest payable and similar charges

(11,061)

(4,315)

Profit before tax

 

1,200,658

993,365

Taxation

9

(140,284)

(181,153)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,060,374

812,212

The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no recognised gains or loses for the year other than the results above.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

(Registration number: 02447653)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2021

Note

2021
 £

2020
 £

Current assets

 

Stocks

10

1,406,308

996,582

Debtors

11

2,800,285

2,507,427

Cash at bank and in hand

 

2,727,541

2,346,648

 

6,934,134

5,850,657

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

12

(5,432,467)

(4,133,990)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,501,667

1,716,667

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

12

(751,667)

(966,667)

Net assets

 

750,000

750,000

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

14

100,000

100,000

Retained earnings

650,000

650,000

Total equity

 

750,000

750,000

Approved and authorised by the Board on 20 May 2022 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Paul C Bence
Director

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2020

100,000

650,000

750,000

Profit for the year

-

812,212

812,212

Dividends

-

(812,212)

(812,212)

At 31 December 2020

100,000

650,000

750,000

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2021

100,000

650,000

750,000

Profit for the year

-

1,060,374

1,060,374

Dividends

-

(1,060,374)

(1,060,374)

At 31 December 2021

100,000

650,000

750,000

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

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:
41/47 Fairview Road
Cheltenham
GL52 2EJ

 

2

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 were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

Basis of preparation
 

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The company is exempt from preparing a cash flow statement and disclosing group balances as 90% or more of the voting rights are held within the group.

Name of parent of group
 

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of George Bence & Sons Limited.

The financial statements of George Bence & Sons Limited may be obtained from the company's registered office.

Going concern
 

In making the current year’s assessment the Directors have considered the available cash reserves and other facilities at the point of approving the financial statements.

Although there are inherent uncertainties regarding forecasts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Judgements
 

No significant judgements have been made by management in preparing these financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty
 

No key sources of estimation uncertainty have been identified by management in preparing these financial statements other than those detailed in these accounting policies.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

Revenue recognition
 

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

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.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises of current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current corporation 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 corporation tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred corporation tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Stock
 

Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is represented by direct materials and labour together with attributable amounts of fixed and variable overheads incurred in bringing each product to its present location and condition. Net realisable value is estimated selling price less further costs of completion and disposal.

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. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. 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 debtors.

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 all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

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.

Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the lease term.

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.

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are recognised in the profit and loss account in the period in which they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

Finance costs
 

All finance costs in connection with borrowing are allocated to the profit and loss account at a constant rate on the carrying amount shown in the balance sheet. Accrued finance costs are included in accruals to the extent that they will be paid in cash in the next accounting period, but otherwise are added to the carrying amount of the borrowings.

Financial instruments
 

Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

3

Turnover

The company's revenue for the year comprises of the sale of goods and services in the United Kingdom which are all continuing operations.

 

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2021
£

2020
£

Government grants

200,349

579,058

Within government grants is £176,163 (2020 - £554,058) received in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, and £24,186 (2020 - £25,000) received in relation to local council grants.

 

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging:

2021
 £

2020
 £

Operating lease expense - property

277,743

320,773

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

46,691

42,438

 

6

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2021
 £

2020
 £

Wages and salaries

2,767,069

2,752,005

Social security costs

278,217

260,018

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

123,711

79,745

3,168,997

3,091,768

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2021
 No.

2020
 No.

Administration and support

63

69

Distribution

28

31

91

100

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

7

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2021
£

2020
£

Remuneration (including benefits in kind)

454,554

457,777

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

20,045

20,062

474,599

477,839

During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:

2021
No.

2020
No.

Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme

1

1

In respect of the highest paid director:

2021
£

2020
£

Remuneration

186,475

178,341

 

8

Auditors' remuneration

2021
£

2020
£

Audit of the financial statements

10,300

10,000


 

 

9

Corporation tax

Tax charged in the profit and loss account

2021
 £

2020
 £

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

172,183

191,489

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

(31,970)

-

140,213

191,489

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(3,179)

(1,055)

Arising from changes in tax rates and laws

(2,464)

-

Arising from previously unrecognised tax loss, tax credit or temporary difference of prior periods

5,714

(9,281)

Total deferred taxation

71

(10,336)

Tax expense in the income statement

140,284

181,153

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

9

Corporation tax (continued)

The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2020 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 19% (2020 - 19%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2021
£

2020
£

Profit before tax

1,200,658

993,365

Corporation tax at standard rate

228,125

188,739

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

5,350

2,786

Deferred tax credit relating to changes in tax rates or laws

(2,464)

(1,091)

Deferred tax expense/(credit) from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

5,714

(9,281)

Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods

(31,970)

-

Tax decrease arising from group relief

(64,471)

-

Total tax charge

140,284

181,153

Deferred tax

2021

Asset
£

Short term timing differences

10,265

   

2020

Asset
£

Short term timing differences

10,336

   
 

10

Stocks

2021
£

2020
£

Goods for resale

1,406,308

996,582

 

11

Debtors

2021
 £

2020
 £

Trade debtors

2,276,295

1,917,972

Other debtors

56,535

59,031

Prepayments and accrued income

457,190

520,088

Deferred tax asset

10,265

10,336

2,800,285

2,507,427

 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

12

Creditors

Note

2021
 £

2020
 £

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

13

220,000

143,359

Trade creditors

 

2,756,215

2,525,863

Amounts due to group undertakings

18

1,058,046

272,757

Social security and other taxes

 

370,920

362,367

Pension contributions

17

18,327

15,237

Other creditors

 

321,332

300,740

Accruals and deferred income

 

532,341

322,178

Corporation tax liability

9

155,286

191,489

 

5,432,467

4,133,990

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

13

751,667

966,667

 

13

Loans and borrowings

2021
£

2020
£

Current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

220,000

143,359

2021
£

2020
£

Non-current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

751,667

966,667

Bank borrowings

The bank loan is denominated in Sterling with a nominal interest rate of 4.67%, and the final instalment is due on 20 May 2021. The carrying amount at year end is £nil (2020 - £10,026).

The carrying amount of CBILS loan at year end is £971,667 (2020 - £1,100,000). Interest is charged at base rate plus 1.72%. Repayments began in May 2021, with the final instalment due on 19 October 2026.

The bank loans are secured by an unlimited debenture over the company's assets.

 

14

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2021

2020

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

         
 

George Bence & Sons (Cheltenham) Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2021

 

15

Obligations under operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2021
£

2020
£

Not later than one year

34,435

14,161

Later than one year and not later than five years

122,414

2,020

Later than five years

40,000

-

196,849

16,181

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £21,575 (2020 - £33,842).

 

16

Dividends

2021
 £

2020
 £

Dividends paid

1,060,374

812,212

 

17

Pension and other schemes

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £123,711 (2020 - £79,745).

Contributions totalling £18,327 (2020 - £15,237) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

 

18

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with related parties

Bence Roofing Supplies Limited - a company with common ownership

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with Bence Roofing Supplies Limited: sales of £67,573 (2020 - £96,525); and expenditure of £238,093 (2020 - £135,817). At the balance sheet date the company was owed £26,897 (2020 - £24,372).

 

19

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is George Bence & Sons Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is George Bence & Sons Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from the company's registered office.