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STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2022

FOR

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 October 2022










Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Income Statement 7

Other Comprehensive Income 8

Balance Sheet 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 10

Notes to the Financial Statements 11


G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the year ended 31 October 2022







DIRECTORS: C R F Shield
S K Wood





SECRETARY: C R F Shield





REGISTERED OFFICE: 365 Fosse Way
Syston
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE7 1NL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Magma Audit LLP
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Unit 2, Charnwood Edge Business Park
Syston Road
Leicestershire
LE7 4UZ

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

STRATEGIC REPORT
for the year ended 31 October 2022


The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 October 2022.

The principal activity of the year under review was that of the production and sale of precision aluminium components.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The business has had a reasonable year considering the ongoing challenges in the market both for customer volumes and energy material costs. These macro-economic issues have significantly affected its ability to operate at a high level of profitability but despite this the Board has been pleased to see an improved performance compared to the last financial year. The business has worked hard to manage increasing raw material and energy costs, as well as significant inflation from its supply base. This has resulted in necessary pricing adjustments to customers but also ongoing margin pressures.
In the last 3 months of the year the business made a decision to restructure and transfer its assets/ liabilities and trade to Bridge Aluminium Limited. The Directors believe that this will give the business a much improved future and post year end the board have been very pleased to see positive developments for the revised business.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The key risks and uncertainties affecting the company annually are considered to relate to competition from overseas suppliers, global demand for our customer products and energy and raw material costs. The decision to sell the trade and assets of the business to Bridge Aluminium Limited will assist greatly in mitigating these risks, and ensure that business has a viable future.

FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The Company's key performance indicators are as follows:

Sales
The accounts report a 30% decrease in the level of sales for the nine months of trading during the year when compared to 12 months of trading in 2021.

Gross Margin
Gross margin for the year has increased from 8.8% to 19.1%.

OTHER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
There are no significant non-financial key performance indicators which are relevant to understanding the position of the business.

GOING CONCERN
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company traded for the nine months to 31 July 2022 and on 1 August 2022 the trade and assets of the Company were transferred to Bridge Aluminium Limited, a fellow subsidiary of G W Atkins & Sons Holdings Limited. The net liabilities of the Company at the transfer date were £734,114 and the fee paid for this transfer was £nil. Accordingly, all references to results and trading relate to the nine month period ending 31 July 2022. The results for the year are detailed in the Income Statement and the profit for the financial year of £555,490 has been transferred to reserves.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





C R F Shield - Director


17 November 2023

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the year ended 31 October 2022


The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 October 2022.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the production and sale of precision aluminium components.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 October 2022.

DIRECTORS
C R F Shield has held office during the whole of the period from 1 November 2021 to the date of this report.

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

P P Danes - resigned 17 February 2022
S K Wood - appointed 1 March 2022

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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 then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-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.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Future developments have been detailed in the strategic report.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The company uses financial instruments, other than derivatives, comprising cash and other liquid resources and various other items such as trade debtors, hire purchase, trade creditors and inter-company loans that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for the company's operations. The main risks arising from the company's financial instruments are credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. The directors review and agree the policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarized below. The policies have remained unchanged from previous periods.

CREDIT RISK
In order to limit credit risk the directors set limits for customers based on a combination of payment history and third party credit references. Debtor balances are reviewed on a regular basis in conjunction with debt ageing and collection history.

LIQUIDITY RISK
The company seeks to manage liquidity risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and by investing cash assets safely and profitably.

INTEREST RATE RISK
The company finances its operations through a mixture of retained profits, hire purchase and related company loans. The company's exposure to interest rate fluctuations on its borrowings is managed by the use of both fixed and floating facilities.

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the year ended 31 October 2022


STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Magma Audit LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





C R F Shield - Director


17 November 2023

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED


Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of G W Atkins & Sons Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 October 2022 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, 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 October 2022 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 Auditors' 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.

Material uncertainty relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 financial statements are 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 in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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.

Opinions on other matters 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 the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the 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 or the Report of the Directors.

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.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED


Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, 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 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.

Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the company and industry, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006. We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:

- discussions with management including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with
laws and regulation and fraud;
- challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, in particular in relation
to the stock valuation and judgements formed;
- identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations,
journal entries crediting cash and journal entries with specific defined descriptions.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our 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 a Report of the Auditors 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.




Luke Turner FCA FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Magma Audit LLP
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Unit 2, Charnwood Edge Business Park
Syston Road
Leicestershire
LE7 4UZ

17 November 2023

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

INCOME STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 October 2022

2022 2021
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 4 8,385,715 12,000,172

Cost of sales (6,787,440 ) (10,945,427 )
GROSS PROFIT 1,598,275 1,054,745

Administrative expenses (2,060,091 ) (3,509,536 )
(461,816 ) (2,454,791 )

Other operating income 5 315,359 529,008
OPERATING LOSS 7 (146,457 ) (1,925,783 )

Profit on sale of trade and
assets 9 735,114 -
588,657 (1,925,783 )


Interest payable and similar expenses 10 (33,167 ) (60,729 )
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION 555,490 (1,986,512 )

Tax on profit/(loss) 11 - (36,500 )
PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 555,490 (2,023,012 )

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the year ended 31 October 2022

2022 2021
Notes £    £   

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR 555,490 (2,023,012 )


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR
THE YEAR

555,490

(2,023,012

)

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

BALANCE SHEET
31 October 2022

2022 2021
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 12 - 4,161,903
Investments 13 - 993,408
- 5,155,311

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 - 1,653,493
Debtors 15 - 3,327,042
Cash at bank - 28,095
- 5,008,630
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 - (9,724,535 )
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES - (4,715,905 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

-

439,406

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

17

-

(894,396

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 20 - (100,500 )
NET LIABILITIES - (555,490 )

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 21 60,000 60,000
Retained earnings 22 (60,000 ) (615,490 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS - (555,490 )

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 17 November 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:





C R F Shield - Director


G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the year ended 31 October 2022

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 November 2020 60,000 1,407,522 1,467,522

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (2,023,012 ) (2,023,012 )
Balance at 31 October 2021 60,000 (615,490 ) (555,490 )

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 555,490 555,490
Balance at 31 October 2022 60,000 (60,000 ) -

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 October 2022


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

G W Atkins & Sons Limited is a limited company, registered in England and Wales. Its registered office address is 365 Fosse Way, Syston, Leicester, Leicestershire the registered number is 00944323.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company, and rounded to the nearest £.

Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. On 1 August 2022 the trade and assets of the Company were transferred to Bridge Aluminium Limited , a fellow subsidiary of G W Atkins & Sons Holdings Limited and accounted for under the merger accounting rules. The net liabilities of the Company at the transfer date were £734,114 and the fee paid for this transfer was £nil. No adjustments were necessary to the assets and liabilities that are included in the financial statements at 31 October 2022.

Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

The information is included in the consolidated financial statements of G W Atkins and Sons Holdings Limited as at 31 October 2022 and these financial statements may be obtained from G W Atkins and Sons Holdings Limited, Third Floor Two Colton Square, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 1QH.

Turnover
Turnover is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Revenue is recognised on the date that the goods are despatched.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Short leasehold land & buildings Over the term of the lease
Plant & machinery7 years on a straight line basis
Motor vehicles3 years on a straight line basis
Fixtures & fittings3 years on a straight line basis


The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to the income statement.

Investments in subsidiaries
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in the income statement.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first out basis. Work in progress and finished goods include labour and attributable overheads.

At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Financial instruments
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Debtors
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are represented by cash in hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, and other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

Creditors
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, loans from third parties and loans from related parties, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Such instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the group are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the group.

Taxation
The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax.

Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a change attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance Sheet date, except that:
- The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
- Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Both current and deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Research and development
Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.


G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Foreign currencies
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Operating leases
Leases that do not transfer all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases. Payments under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

Finance costs
Finance costs are charged to the statement of comprehensive income over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

Provisions for liabilities
Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

Provisions are charged as an expense to the statement of comprehensive income in the year that the company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the balance sheet date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.

When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the balance sheet.

Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.


3. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows;

Useful economic lives of tangible assets
The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual lives of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are reassessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. See note 9 for the carrying amount of the assets and Tangible fixed assets note above for the useful economic lives for each class of asset.


G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022

Stock impairments and provisions
Stock is valued at lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value includes, where necessary, provisions for slow moving and obsolete stocks. Calculation of these estimates require judgements to be made, which include forecasting consumer demand, competitive and economic environment and stock loss trends.

The management reviews this on a regular basis. The provision for stock loss is made to ensure the accounts reflect the lower of net realisable value and cost. The provision comprises of the loss due to ageing of stock. Historic costs are used to calculate the provision.

Impairment of fixed asset investments
Investments are held at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. An impairment assessment is completed annually and where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount an impairment loss will be recognised. Impairment losses are recognised immediately in the profit and loss account.

4. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit (2021 - loss) before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

2022 2021
£    £   
Precision aluminium components 8,385,715 12,000,172
8,385,715 12,000,172

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2022 2021
£    £   
United Kingdom 6,829,062 12,000,172
Europe 359,842 -
Rest of the World 1,196,811 -
8,385,715 12,000,172

5. OTHER OPERATING INCOME
2022 2021
£    £   
Rents received 315,359 409,949
Government grants - 119,059
315,359 529,008

6. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2022 2021
£    £   
Wages and salaries 2,079,231 3,638,759
Social security costs 192,590 343,317
Other pension costs 61,818 99,419
2,333,639 4,081,495

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2022 2021

Directors 2 2
Production and administration 100 134
102 136

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


6. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

2022 2021
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 60,590 140,343
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 2,916 6,098

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes - 1

7. OPERATING LOSS

The operating loss is stated after charging/(crediting):

2022 2021
£    £   
Other operating leases 490,329 644,075
Depreciation - owned assets 765,933 978,220
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (145,578 ) (51,163 )

8. AUDITORS' REMUNERATION
2022 2021
£    £   
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's
financial statements

8,870

8,750

9. EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
2022 2021
£    £   
Profit on sale of trade and
assets 735,114 -

The exceptional item relates to the profit on sale of the trade and assets to Bridge Aluminium Limited.

10. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2022 2021
£    £   
Hire purchase interest 33,167 60,729

11. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2022 2021
£    £   
Deferred tax - 36,500
Tax on profit/(loss) - 36,500

UK corporation tax has been charged at 19% .

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


11. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2022 2021
£    £   
Profit/(loss) before tax 555,490 (1,986,512 )
Profit/(loss) multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
19% (2021 - 19%)

105,543

(377,437

)

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 12,624 7,586
Income not taxable for tax purposes - (339 )
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation - (1,136 )
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 67,001 -
Fixed asset (profit)/loss on disposal (170,259 ) (9,721 )
Chargeable gain - 2,755
Group relief - 34,232
Non-trade related loss relief (17,564 ) (10,133 )
Tax losses brought forward (56,884 ) (18,319 )
Tax losses carried forward - 372,512
Deferred tax movement - 36,500
Loss on sale of investments 2,928 -
Adjustment to realise profit on stock transfer 58,022 -
Provisions adjustment (1,411 ) -
Total tax charge - 36,500

Tax losses carried forward were transferred to Bridge Aluminium Limited on 1 August 2022.

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Short
leasehold Fixtures
land & Plant and and Motor
buildings machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 November 2021 107,487 6,976,383 176,047 36,925 7,296,842
Additions 4,198 5,001 14,983 - 24,182
Disposals (111,685 ) (6,981,384 ) (191,030 ) (36,925 ) (7,321,024 )
At 31 October 2022 - - - - -
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2021 7,155 3,042,314 75,458 10,012 3,134,939
Charge for year 4,582 724,982 27,138 9,231 765,933
Eliminated on disposal (11,737 ) (3,767,296 ) (102,596 ) (19,243 ) (3,900,872 )
At 31 October 2022 - - - - -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2022 - - - - -
At 31 October 2021 100,332 3,934,069 100,589 26,913 4,161,903

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

The net book value of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, included above, are as follows:

20222021
££
Plant and machinery-2,499,330

The depreciation charge for the year on assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, included above, are as follows:

20222021
££
Plant and machinery-537,840

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 November 2021 993,408
Disposals (993,408 )
At 31 October 2022 -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2022 -
At 31 October 2021 993,408

14. STOCKS
2022 2021
£    £   
Raw materials - 276,962
Work-in-progress - 1,140,807
Finished goods - 235,724
- 1,653,493

15. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022 2021
£    £   
Trade debtors - 2,726,242
Amounts owed by related party - 325,756
Prepayments and accrued income - 275,044
- 3,327,042

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


16. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2022 2021
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) - 750,766
Trade creditors - 2,935,309
Amounts owed to related party - 3,404,309
Social security and other taxes - 233,304
VAT - 89,048
Other creditors - 1,770,106
Accruals and deferred income - 541,693
- 9,724,535

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
2022 2021
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) - 894,396

18. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase contracts
2022 2021
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year - 750,766
Between one and five years - 894,396
- 1,645,162

Non-cancellable operating leases
2022 2021
£    £   
Within one year - 625,000
Between one and five years - 2,500,000
In more than five years - 7,351,000
- 10,476,000

Operating lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for property. The lease payments recognised as an expense in the year in relation to the property were £644,075.


G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


18. LEASING AGREEMENTS - continued
Lessor
The company sub-leases property. Rental income earned on the specific property under non-cancellable agreements during the year was £409,949. The total period of the lease is 5 years.

At the reporting end date the company had contracted with customers for the following minimum lease payments:


Non-cancellable
operating leases


2022 2021
£ £
Within one year - 390,058
Between one and five years - 647,083
- 1,037,140

19. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2022 2021
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts - 1,645,162
Invoice discounting - 1,390,106
- 3,035,268

The invoice discounting facility, included within other creditors, represents amounts due to RBS Invoice Finance Ltd which are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets of the company.

Hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets concerned.

20. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2022 2021
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances - 100,500

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 November 2021 100,500
Movement in the period (100,500 )
Balance at 31 October 2022 -

21. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2022 2021
value: £    £   
60,000 Ordinary £1 60,000 60,000

22. RESERVES

Profit & loss account
The profit and loss account includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses.

G W ATKINS & SONS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 00944323)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2022


23. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The company operates a defined contributions scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £80,201 (2021 - £99,419).

24. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

On 19 August 2020, G W Atkins & Sons Limited entered in to an agreement to purchase the assets of a competitor. Included in these assets were £1,480,000 of Plant and Machinery and the competitor's order book at £795,500. As part of the agreement, there is £1,175,500 of deferred consideration payable within 24 months of the completion date.

At the point of approving these financial statements, the agreement is in legal dispute and the Company has not made any payments towards the deferred consideration. The directors of G W Atkins & Sons Limited are doubtful that the deferred consideration attributable to the order book of £795,500 will be payable once the case is settled. The exact amount is currently being negotiated.

On the first of August 2022, this contingent liability was transferred over to Bridge Aluminium Limited.

25. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

During the year the company had transactions with the following related companies, all ultimately
controlled by C R F Shield.
2022 2021
£ £


Purchases from Burrows & Smith Limited (5,415 ) (16,800 )
Sales to Burrows & Smith Limited 5,375 9,964
Amounts due from/(to) Burrows & Smith Limited - (16,968 )
Sales to Spaw Engineering Limited 1,538 578
Amounts due from/(to) Spaw Engineering Limited - (130,000 )
Sales to Woolley GMC Engineering Limited 8,566 14,654
Purchases to Woolley GMC Engineering Limited (5,940 ) 2,447
Sales ledger balance Woolley GMC Engineering Limited -
Amounts due from/(to) Woolley GMC Engineering Limited - 325,755
Purchases from Shield Engineering (Syston) Limited (186,108 ) (119,415 )
Sales to Shield Engineering (Syston) Limited (528,683 ) 941,974
Amounts due from/(to) Shield Engineering (Syston) Limited - (2,793,017 )
Sales to PFS Manufacturing Limited 2,937 2,880
Amounts due from/(to) PFS Manufacturing Limited - 2,880

26. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The parent company is G W Atkins and Sons Holdings Limited which is controlled by Mr C R F Shield.