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STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

FOR

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings 9

Balance Sheet 10

Cash Flow Statement 11

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


HUDSON BLUE LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023







DIRECTORS: D C Jackson
L A Jackson
I S Anfield



REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 Mill Lane
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO16 7AP



REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Rebecca Sygrove FCCA



AUDITORS: Lloyd Dowson Audit Limited
Chartered Accountants
& Statutory Auditors
Medina House
2 Station Avenue
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO16 4LZ

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 5 April 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The company provides workplace audit and contract administration services within the construction industry.

The company's financial performance during the year has seen a decrease in turnover of 0.7% to £37,187,859 and reports a profit before taxation of £89,853.

The company considers turnover and net assets to be it's key financial performance indicators. The turnover for the year was £37,187,859 (2022 : £37,433,264) and net assets at the end of the year of £296,273 (2022 : £223,533). The company continues to remain as one of the leading companies in it's field.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Due to the nature of the company's trade, it is directly affected by the trends within the construction industry. The directors have a policy of continuously monitoring the industry's activity to ensure they can foresee and limit any potential risks.

The company has healthy cash balances and reserves and the directors are confident that the company can remain in a strong position.

COMPANY OPERATIVES
To comply with the onshore employment intermediaries legislation, the company engages with operatives who work under direct supervision. These operatives are therefore taxed under the PAYE scheme, rather than under CIS.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
The company offers services to the UK construction industry from offices based in East Yorkshire and Manchester. The services carried out are mainly centred around complex IT software systems all of which the company considers has a minimal impact on the local environment. The operatives are directly responsible for their own environmental and social issues.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The company's main financial instruments comprise bank balances. The main function of these instruments is to maintain funds to finance the companies operations and minimise price, liquidity, credit and cash flow risk.

Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company, there is no exposure to price or currency risk. The company's approach to managing other risks applicable to the financial instruments is detailed below.

The company does not use bank loans and manages its liquidity risk by monitoring cash flows to ensure it has sufficient funds to meet liabilities as they fall due.

Creditors risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet liabilities as they fall due.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The company plans to ensure it remains as one of the leading companies in its field by continuing to provide a high level of customer service.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





D C Jackson - Director


20 November 2023

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 5 April 2023.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 5 April 2023.

DIRECTORS
The directors during the year under review were:

D C Jackson
L A Jackson
I S Anfield

The beneficial interests of the directors holding office on 5 April 2023 in the issued share capital of the company were as follows:
5.4.23 6.4.22
Ordinary £1 shares

D C Jackson 51 51
L A Jackson 49 49
I S Anfield 1 1

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), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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.

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023


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 or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





D C Jackson - Director


20 November 2023

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HUDSON BLUE LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Hudson Blue Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 5 April 2023 which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, 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 5 April 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.

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.

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.

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.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HUDSON BLUE LIMITED


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.

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.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HUDSON BLUE LIMITED


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 the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The objectives of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, to perform audit procedures to help identify instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit.

In relation to fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud through designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit.

The most significant laws and regulations that have an indirect impact on the financial statements are those in relation to health and safety, data protection and employment laws. We performed audit procedures to inquire of management whether the company is in compliance with these laws.

However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team:
- obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, including the legal and regulatory frameworks
that the company operates in, including whether the company is complying with those legal and regulatory
frameworks;
- inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own identification and assessment of
the risks of irregularities, including any known actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud;
- discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud might occur including
assessment of how and where the financial statements may be susceptible to fraud.

As a result of these procedures we consider the most significant laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements are tax compliance regulations. We performed audit procedures to detect non-compliance which may have a material impact on the financial statements which included reviewing financial statement disclosures and inspecting correspondence with relevant tax authorities and evaluating advice received from third party advisors.

The audit engagement team identified the risk of management override of controls and the risk of fraud in revenue recognition as the areas where the financial statements were most susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed included but were not limited to;
- testing material journal entries throughout the year and evaluating their business rationale;
- reviewing key controls and account reconciliations;
- testing material bank transactions for business rationale;

-
on a sample basis, reviewing authorisation procedures of business expenditure, including review of supporting
documentation.

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.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HUDSON BLUE LIMITED


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.




Rebecca Sygrove FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Lloyd Dowson Audit Limited
Chartered Accountants
& Statutory Auditors
Medina House
2 Station Avenue
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO16 4LZ

23 November 2023

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND
RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

5.4.23 5.4.22
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 37,187,859 37,433,264

Cost of sales 37,061,256 37,357,957
GROSS PROFIT 126,603 75,307

Administrative expenses 89,516 71,204
OPERATING PROFIT 4 37,087 4,103

Interest receivable and similar income 52,766 2,070
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 89,853 6,173

Tax on profit 5 17,113 1,173
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 72,740 5,000

Retained earnings at beginning of year 223,432 218,432

RETAINED EARNINGS AT END OF
YEAR

296,172

223,432

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

BALANCE SHEET
5 APRIL 2023

5.4.23 5.4.22
Notes £    £   
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 5,374 344
Cash at bank 2,525,907 2,000,297
2,531,281 2,000,641
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 2,235,008 1,777,108
NET CURRENT ASSETS 296,273 223,533
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

296,273

223,533

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 8 101 101
Retained earnings 296,172 223,432
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 296,273 223,533

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 20 November 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:




D C Jackson - Director



L A Jackson - Director


HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

5.4.23 5.4.22
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 447,017 111,674
Tax paid (1,173 ) (616 )
Net cash from operating activities 445,844 111,058

Cash flows from investing activities
Interest received 52,766 2,070
Net cash from investing activities 52,766 2,070

Cash flows from financing activities
Associated company loans 27,000 30,000
Net cash from financing activities 27,000 30,000

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 525,610 143,128
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

2,000,297

1,857,169

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 2,525,907 2,000,297

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS
5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Profit before taxation 89,853 6,173
Finance income (52,766 ) (2,070 )
37,087 4,103
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other debtors (5,030 ) 25,106
Increase in trade and other creditors 414,960 82,465
Cash generated from operations 447,017 111,674

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 5 April 2023
5.4.23 6.4.22
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 2,525,907 2,000,297
Year ended 5 April 2022
5.4.22 6.4.21
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 2,000,297 1,857,169


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 6.4.22 Cash flow At 5.4.23
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank 2,000,297 525,610 2,525,907
2,000,297 525,610 2,525,907
Total 2,000,297 525,610 2,525,907

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis of accounting, which assumes that the company is able to continue operating as a going concern.

Turnover
Turnover represents total recharged direct labour costs and associated administration fee, net of value added tax.

The company operates as a principal and therefore records its income gross, without the deduction of associated direct labour costs.

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

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

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

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

Direct labour
Direct labour costs represent monies paid to operatives.

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

3. LABOUR COSTS

5.4.235.4.22
££
Direct labour34,786,56535,110,929
Social security costs2,277,6912,247,028
37,064,25637,357,957

The average number of operatives during the year was as follows:
5.4.235.4.22

Directors33
Operatives1,3651,477
1,3681,480

5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Directors' remuneration - -

4. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Auditors' remuneration 6,050 5,750
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work 6,686 7,335

5. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 17,113 1,173
Tax on profit 17,113 1,173

UK corporation tax has been charged at 19.04% (2022 - 19%).

UK corporation tax has been charged at 19% until 31 March 2023, rising to 25% from 1 April 2023.

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Trade debtors 5,374 344

HUDSON BLUE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08808730)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023

7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
5.4.23 5.4.22
£    £   
Trade creditors - 651
Amounts owed to associates 27,000 -
Corporation tax 17,113 1,173
Social security and other taxes 738,773 855,128
VAT 715,770 790,905
Other creditors 723,233 113,904
Accrued expenses 13,119 15,347
2,235,008 1,777,108

8. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 5.4.23 5.4.22
value: £    £   
101 Ordinary £1 101 101

9. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has traded with Knot Builders Limited this year, a company under the control of D C Jackson, incurring a management charge of £22,500 (2022 : £250), and with Lemonhouse Software Limited, a company under the control of L A Jackson, receiving services of £27,996, (2022 : £27,996).

As at 5 April 2023 amounts owed to associated companies were as follows:

5.4.23 5.4.22
£ £
Knot Builders Limited 27,000 -

All transactions were undertaken in the normal course of trade and on a commercial basis.

10. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is D C Jackson.