Company registration number 07196417 (England and Wales)
ARDENT TIDE LTD
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
ARDENT TIDE LTD
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr B Byrne
Mr W O'Grady
Mr D Power
Company number
07196417
Registered office
Kings House
3rd Floor
Kymberley Road
Harrow
HA1 1PT
Auditor
Evans Mockler Limited
5 Beauchamp Court
Victors Way
Barnet
London
EN5 5TZ
ARDENT TIDE LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Profit and loss account
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Statement of cash flows
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 19
ARDENT TIDE LTD
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Review of the business
The company continually tracks its business performance by measuring the increase in turnover and profit before tax. Our objective is to ensure a stable business with an overall financial aim of steady long-term growth in annual profit before tax.
The company's profitability experienced modest growth during the year, primarily due to the recovery from the impact of the global pandemic that affected previous years. This recovery was further bolstered by additional growth in new business.
The board maintains an optimistic outlook for the future, driven by the quality of our staff, a strong client base, investments in our IT systems, and the medium-term prospects for the UK's construction industry. We remain vigilant regarding the economic pressures facing the industry, particularly in relation to the cost pressures our clients are facing and the increasing costs of finance.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Like many companies of our size, we face ongoing challenges in our business environment, especially in relation to labour shortages and cost pressures. We are mindful that any plans for the future growth of our business may be subject to unforeseen events beyond our control. As a result, we continuously monitor our external environment to anticipate changes in the market.
The primary risks to our business are associated with the health of the construction industry and government regulations on the recruitment and construction industry.
Key performance indicators
Turnover has increased to £280,826,301 (2022: £230,234,608) a like for like growth in turnover of 22% year on year.
Profit before tax increased to £2,331,334 (2022: £1,951,235) producing like for like increase in profitability of 19%. The increase in profitability slightly lags behind turnover growth due to high expense in the current year.
Mr B Byrne
Director
20 November 2023
ARDENT TIDE LTD
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continued to be the provision of contracting services in the construction industry.
Results and dividends
The result for the year are set out on page 7.
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £1,575,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr B Byrne
Mr W O'Grady
Mr D Power
Future developments
The company continues to move positively forward adding new clients and contracts whilst simultaneously investing heavily in the people and systems that helps drive our business. The directors will continue to ensure that the company retains and builds on its strong commitment for excellence.
Auditor
The auditor, Evans Mockler Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr B Byrne
Director
20 November 2023
ARDENT TIDE LTD
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' 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 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.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ARDENT TIDE LTD
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Ardent Tide Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including 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 March 2023 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.
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 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.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of 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 our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ARDENT TIDE LTD
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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 and the directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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.
Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
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 identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our sector experience through discussion with the Directors (as required by auditing standards).
we had regard to laws and regulations in areas that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting and taxation legislation. We considered that extent of compliance with those laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.
with the exception of any known or possible non-compliance, and as required by auditing standards, our work in respect of these was limited to enquiry of the Directors.
we communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.
we addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls, by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ARDENT TIDE LTD
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Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that 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, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Councils website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's 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.
Simon Toghill
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Evans Mockler Limited
20 November 2023
Chartered Certified Accountants
Statutory Auditor
5 Beauchamp Court
Victors Way
Barnet
London
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ARDENT TIDE LTD
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
280,826,301
230,234,608
Cost of sales
(276,708,425)
(226,659,266)
Gross profit
4,117,876
3,575,342
Administrative expenses
(2,097,483)
(1,860,371)
Other operating income
294,220
236,090
Operating profit
4
2,314,613
1,951,061
Interest receivable and similar income
6
16,721
782
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(608)
Profit before taxation
2,331,334
1,951,235
Tax on profit
8
(456,660)
(374,442)
Profit for the financial year
1,874,674
1,576,793
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2023
31 March 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
80,434
Current assets
Debtors
11
7,126,683
3,208,617
Cash at bank and in hand
1,821,696
2,343,250
8,948,379
5,551,867
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
(8,305,203)
(5,148,040)
Net current assets
643,176
403,827
Total assets less current liabilities
723,610
403,827
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
20,109
(20,109)
-
Net assets
703,501
403,827
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
14
300
300
Profit and loss reserves
703,201
403,527
Total equity
703,501
403,827
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 20 November 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr B Byrne
Director
Company registration number 07196417 (England and Wales)
ARDENT TIDE LTD
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2021
300
161,734
162,034
Year ended 31 March 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
1,576,793
1,576,793
Dividends
9
-
(1,335,000)
(1,335,000)
Balance at 31 March 2022
300
403,527
403,827
Year ended 31 March 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
1,874,674
1,874,674
Dividends
9
-
(1,575,000)
(1,575,000)
Balance at 31 March 2023
300
703,201
703,501
ARDENT TIDE LTD
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
17
1,513,002
2,882,336
Interest paid
(608)
Income taxes paid
(374,280)
(280,139)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
1,138,722
2,601,589
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(101,997)
Proceeds from other investments and loans
1,591
Interest received
16,721
782
Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities
(85,276)
2,373
Financing activities
Dividends paid
(1,575,000)
(1,335,000)
Net cash used in financing activities
(1,575,000)
(1,335,000)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
(521,554)
1,268,962
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
2,343,250
1,074,288
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
1,821,696
2,343,250
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Ardent Tide Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Kings House, 3rd Floor, Kymberley Road, Harrow, HA1 1PT.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents amounts billed to clients for the provision of contractually recoverable construction services net of value added tax and discounts.
1.4
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:
Leasehold improvements
20% on cost
Plant and machinery
33% on cost
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
33% on reducing balance
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 profit or loss.
1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.7
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are measured at transaction price including transaction costs.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.
1.9
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Full provision is made for deferred taxation resulting from timing differences between the recognition of gains and losses in the accounts and their recognition for tax purposes. Deferred taxation is calculated on an un-discounted basis at the tax rates which are expected to apply in the periods when the timing differences will reverse.
2
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.
3
Turnover and other revenue
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Rendering of services
280,826,301
230,234,608
2023
2022
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
16,721
782
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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4
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
5,340
5,000
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
21,563
-
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Directors
3
3
Internal employees
26
28
Total
29
31
As total directors' remuneration was less than £200,000 in the current year, no disclosure is provided for that year.
2023
2022
£
£
Wages and salaries
917,580
820,786
Social security costs
96,966
82,013
Pension costs
23,755
45,260
1,038,301
948,059
6
Interest receivable and similar income
2023
2022
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
16,431
782
Other interest income
290
Total income
16,721
782
2023
2022
Investment income includes the following:
£
£
Interest on financial assets not measured at fair value through profit or loss
16,431
782
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Other finance costs:
Other interest
608
8
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
436,713
374,442
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(162)
Total current tax
436,551
374,442
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
20,109
Total tax charge
456,660
374,442
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Profit before taxation
2,331,334
1,951,235
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2022: 19.00%)
442,953
370,735
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
9,553
3,707
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(163)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(15,793)
Deferred tax adjustment
20,110
Taxation charge for the year
456,660
374,442
9
Dividends
2023
2022
£
£
Interim paid
1,575,000
1,335,000
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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10
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2022
24,378
24,378
Additions
93,045
8,952
101,997
At 31 March 2023
93,045
24,378
8,952
126,375
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2022
24,378
24,378
Depreciation charged in the year
18,609
2,954
21,563
At 31 March 2023
18,609
24,378
2,954
45,941
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023
74,436
5,998
80,434
At 31 March 2022
11
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
634,192
2,516,325
Other debtors
334,922
267,092
Prepayments and accrued income
6,157,569
425,200
7,126,683
3,208,617
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£
£
Trade creditors
919,243
12,923
Corporation tax
436,713
374,442
Other taxation and social security
599,461
541,650
Other creditors
6,065,545
4,032,298
Accruals and deferred income
284,241
186,727
8,305,203
5,148,040
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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13
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
23,755
45,260
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
14
Share capital
2023
2022
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
300 Ordinary of £1 each
300
300
15
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Description of
Income
Payments
transaction
2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Other related parties
Costs and management charges
294,220
236,090
276,507,993
226,439,924
Amounts owed to/by related parties
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
Amount owed to
Amounts owed by
2023
2022
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
Other related parties
7,079,887
3,975,048
280,000
220,000
All transactions with related parties were undertaken in the normal course of business with outstanding balances repayable on normal commercial terms.
16
Ultimate controlling party
There is no ultimate controlling party.
ARDENT TIDE LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
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17
Cash generated from operations
2023
2022
£
£
Profit for the year after tax
1,874,674
1,576,793
Adjustments for:
Taxation charged
456,660
374,442
Finance costs
608
Investment income
(16,721)
(782)
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
21,563
Movements in working capital:
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(3,918,066)
923,768
Increase in creditors
3,094,892
7,507
Cash generated from operations
1,513,002
2,882,336
18
Analysis of changes in net funds
1 April 2022
Cash flows
31 March 2023
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
2,343,250
(521,554)
1,821,696
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