REGISTERED NUMBER: SC688583 (Scotland) |
Group Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
for |
John Mitchell Group Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: SC688583 (Scotland) |
Group Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
for |
John Mitchell Group Limited |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Page |
Group Strategic Report | 1 |
Report of the Directors | 2 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 8 |
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 9 |
Company Statement of Financial Position | 10 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 13 |
Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 14 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 16 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Group Strategic Report |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2023. |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
The directors are content with the performance and progress being made with the business. Considerable investment has been made in equipment and senior staff to help take the group forward in its current shape and to prepare the company for the next generation. Some of these costs will be recurring over the next year or two but the directors know they are required in order to protect the long term success of the business. |
Areas of strategic focus remain road haulage and storage. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
Finance risk management objectives and policies |
The group and company's operations expose it to a variety of financial risks that include the effects of changes in credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. The company seeks to limit the adverse effects on the financial performance by monitoring levels of debt finance and related finance costs. |
Credit risk |
The group and company has implemented a policy that requires credit checks on potential customers, where sales will be made on credit, before the transaction takes place. The amount of exposure to any individual counterparty is subject to limit which is regularly assessed by the directors. |
Liquidity risk |
The company aims to mitigate risk by managing cash generated by its operations. |
Interest rate cash flow risk |
While the group and company utilises external debt, its exposure to interest rate risk is kept to a minimum. The directors will revisit the appropriateness of this policy should the company's operations change in size or nature. |
Foreign currency risk |
The group and company is exposed to transaction foreign exchange risk. Most sales are conducted in sterling but occasions occur when some customers are billed in Euros. |
GOING CONCERN |
The directors have assessed that the company has adequate resources to meet the ongoing costs of the business for a minimum of twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. |
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
The directors have identified the following key financial performance indicators : |
2023 | 2022 |
Turnover | £21,884,747 | £21,162,581 |
Gross profit | 23% | 21% |
Net assets | £9,945,379 | £8,340,753 |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Report of the Directors |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2023. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of road haulage and storage. |
DIVIDENDS |
Interim dividends per share were paid as follows: |
Ordinary A £1 shares | £0.52 | - |
Ordinary B £1 shares | £4.17 | - |
Ordinary C £1 shares | £9.77 | - |
The directors recommend that no final dividends be paid. |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2023 will be £ 119,500 . |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2022 to the date of this report. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Report of the Directors |
For The Year Ended 31 March 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 group'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 group's auditors are aware of that information. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
John Mitchell Group Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of John Mitchell Group Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Company Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent 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 Group 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 Group 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 Group 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 |
John Mitchell Group Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the parent company 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 two, 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
John Mitchell Group 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 our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: |
- The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
- We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our wider knowledge and experience; |
- We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company and group, including the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 102. |
- We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
- Identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
We assessed the susceptibility of the company and group's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
- Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
- Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations |
Audit response to risks identified |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
- Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
- Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
- Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out were indicative of potential bias; and |
- Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
- Agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
- Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
- Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
- Requesting correspondence with HMRC, Companies House and the company's legal advisors. |
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
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 |
John Mitchell Group 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. |
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John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Consolidated |
Statement of Comprehensive |
Income |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Year Ended | Period |
31.3.23 | 9.2.21 to 31.3.22 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 3 | 21,884,747 | 21,162,581 |
Cost of sales | 16,935,936 | 16,703,549 |
GROSS PROFIT | 4,948,811 | 4,459,032 |
Distribution costs | 1,116,816 | 1,093,152 |
Administrative expenses | 1,618,206 | 3,067,989 |
2,735,022 | 4,161,141 |
2,213,789 | 297,891 |
Other operating income | 16,757 | 254,367 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 5 | 2,230,546 | 552,258 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 14,713 | 6,881 |
2,245,259 | 559,139 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | 293,977 | 164,235 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 1,951,282 | 394,904 |
Tax on profit | 7 | 227,156 | 317,031 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
Acquisition adjustment | - | 7,287,658 |
Release of revaluation reserve | - | 1,121,722 |
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income |
- |
- |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
- |
8,409,380 |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
1,724,126 |
8,487,253 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 1,724,126 | 77,873 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 1,724,126 | 8,487,253 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position |
31 March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 10 | 14,085,434 | 11,371,497 |
Investments | 11 | - | - |
14,085,434 | 11,371,497 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 12 | 50,736 | 110,708 |
Debtors | 13 | 3,471,453 | 3,776,795 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 2,214,388 | 571,568 |
5,736,577 | 4,459,071 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 14 | 3,043,266 | 2,994,329 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS | 2,693,311 | 1,464,742 |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
16,778,745 |
12,836,239 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
15 |
(5,490,147 |
) |
(3,379,423 |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | (1,343,219 | ) | (1,116,063 | ) |
NET ASSETS | 9,945,379 | 8,340,753 |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 20 | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Capital redemption reserve | 21 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
Retained earnings | 21 | 9,845,379 | 8,240,753 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 9,945,379 | 8,340,753 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 3 November 2023 and were signed on its behalf by: |
J Mitchell - Director |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Company Statement of Financial Position |
31 March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 10 |
Investments | 11 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 13 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 20 |
Retained earnings | 21 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
Company's profit for the financial year | 500,000 | 700,000 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Called up | Capital |
share | Retained | Revaluation | redemption | Total |
capital | earnings | reserve | reserve | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Changes in equity |
Profit for the period | - | 77,873 | - | - | 77,873 |
Other comprehensive income | - | 8,375,380 | - | 34,000 | 8,409,380 |
Total comprehensive income | - | 8,453,253 | - | 34,000 | 8,487,253 |
Issue of share capital | 66,000 | - | - | - | 66,000 |
Dividends | - | (212,500 | ) | - | - | (212,500 | ) |
Balance at 31 March 2022 | 66,000 | 8,240,753 | - | 34,000 | 8,340,753 |
Changes in equity |
Profit for the year | - | 1,724,126 | - | - | 1,724,126 |
Total comprehensive income | - | 1,724,126 | - | - | 1,724,126 |
Dividends | - | (119,500 | ) | - | - | (119,500 | ) |
Balance at 31 March 2023 | 66,000 | 9,845,379 | - | 34,000 | 9,945,379 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Changes in equity |
Issue of share capital | - |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2023 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | 3,366,239 | 2,965,340 |
Interest paid | (43,318 | ) | (30,457 | ) |
Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
(250,659 |
) |
(133,778 |
) |
Tax (paid) / refunded | 407,171 | (143,322 | ) |
Net cash from operating activities | 3,479,433 | 2,657,783 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (423,981 | ) | (3,722,779 | ) |
Sale of tangible fixed assets | 31,773 | 107,287 |
Cash on acquisition | - | 2,790,004 |
Interest received | 14,713 | 6,881 |
Net cash from investing activities | (377,495 | ) | (818,607 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Loan repayments in year | (133,463 | ) | (159,195 | ) |
Capital repayments in year | (1,206,155 | ) | (895,913 | ) |
Equity dividends paid | (119,500 | ) | (212,500 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (1,459,118 | ) | (1,267,608 | ) |
Increase in cash and cash equivalents | 1,642,820 | 571,568 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
571,568 |
- |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 2,214,388 | 571,568 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation | 1,951,282 | 394,904 |
Depreciation charges | 1,594,588 | 1,419,905 |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | (12,622 | ) | (46,385 | ) |
Impairment | - | 939,096 |
Finance costs | 293,977 | 164,235 |
Finance income | (14,713 | ) | (6,881 | ) |
3,812,512 | 2,864,874 |
Decrease/(increase) in stocks | 59,972 | (82,911 | ) |
Increase in trade and other debtors | (101,828 | ) | (685,773 | ) |
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors | (404,417 | ) | 869,150 |
Cash generated from operations | 3,366,239 | 2,965,340 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts: |
Year ended 31 March 2023 |
31.3.23 | 1.4.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,214,388 | 571,568 |
Period ended 31 March 2022 |
31.3.22 | 9.2.21 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 571,568 | - |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
At 1.4.22 | Cash flow | At 31.3.23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 571,568 | 1,642,820 | 2,214,388 |
571,568 | 1,642,820 | 2,214,388 |
Debt |
Finance leases | (3,476,213 | ) | (2,697,541 | ) | (6,173,754 | ) |
Debts falling due within 1 year | (135,971 | ) | (2,014 | ) | (137,985 | ) |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (826,771 | ) | 135,477 | (691,294 | ) |
(4,438,955 | ) | (2,564,078 | ) | (7,003,033 | ) |
Total | (3,867,387 | ) | (921,258 | ) | (4,788,645 | ) |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
John Mitchell Group Limited is a |
Registered number: |
Registered office: |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
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 significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. The policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated. |
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities reported at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenue and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. The following judgements and estimates have had the most significant effects on amounts recognised in the financial statements. |
Depreciation |
The estimates and assumptions used to determine the depreciation charge requires judgements to be made as regards asset useful lives and residual values. The useful lives and residual values of the company's fixed assets are determined by management at the time time the asset is acquired and reviewed annually for appropriateness. The lives are based on historical experience with similar assets. Historically, changes in useful lives have not resulted in material changes to the company's depreciation charge. |
Turnover |
Turnover is stated net of VAT and trade discounts. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the |
goods are physically delivered to the customer. Turnover from the supply of services represents the value of |
services provided to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the value of the |
consideration due. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Heritable land & buildings | - |
Fixed plant and equipment | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Heritable land is not depreciated. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Financial instruments |
Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost, except for investments in non-convertible preference and non-puttable ordinary shares which are measured at fair value, with changes recognised in profit or loss. Derivative financial instruments are initially recorded at cost and thereafter at fair value with changes recognised in profit or loss. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated 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 statement of financial position date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position 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. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the statement of financial |
position. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
Operating lease agreements |
Rental applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risk of ownership remain with the lessor are charged against profits on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
3. | TURNOVER |
The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the principal activity of the company as detailed in the directors' report. |
During the period the group derived 38.8% (2022: 41.6%) of its turnover from outwith the United Kingdom. |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries | 7,485,798 | 7,090,503 |
Social security costs | 769,814 | 724,557 |
Other pension costs | 256,358 | 278,161 |
8,511,970 | 8,093,221 |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
Operating staff | 191 | 164 |
Administration staff | 30 | 29 |
The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the year was 221 (2022 - 193 ) . |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration | 269,592 | 285,445 |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 37,063 | 35,559 |
Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Emoluments etc | 77,680 | 85,340 |
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 10,671 | 12,599 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets | 593,993 | 811,891 |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts | 1,000,596 | 608,014 |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | (12,622 | ) | (46,385 | ) |
Auditors' remuneration | 7,950 | 7,450 |
Operating lease rentals | 1,363,542 | 2,016,761 |
6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Bank interest | 5,316 | 5,080 |
Bank loan interest | 38,002 | 25,377 |
Hire purchase | 250,659 | 133,778 |
293,977 | 164,235 |
7. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Current tax: |
UK corporation tax | - | (291,430 | ) |
Deferred tax | 227,156 | 608,461 |
Tax on profit | 227,156 | 317,031 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
7. | 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: |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Profit before tax | 1,951,282 | 394,904 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19 % (2022 - 19 %) |
370,744 |
75,032 |
Effects of: |
Permanent differences | 7,386 | (29,269 | ) |
Timing differences | (737,405 | ) | (300,466 | ) |
Deferred tax movement | 227,156 | 608,461 |
Overprovision | - | (36,727 | ) |
Losses carried forward | 359,275 | - |
Total tax charge | 227,156 | 317,031 |
Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income |
There were no tax effects for the year ended 31 March 2023. |
9.2.21 to 31.3.22 |
Gross | Tax | Net |
£ | £ | £ |
Acquisition adjustment | 7,287,658 | - | 7,287,658 |
Release of revaluation reserve | 1,121,722 | - | 1,121,722 |
8,409,380 | - | 8,409,380 |
8. | INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
9. | DIVIDENDS |
Period |
9.2.21 |
Year Ended | to |
31.3.23 | 31.3.22 |
£ | £ |
Ordinary A shares of £1 each |
Interim | 27,500 | 100,000 |
Ordinary B shares of £1 each |
Interim | 27,500 | 75,000 |
Ordinary C shares of £1 each |
Interim | 64,500 | 37,500 |
119,500 | 212,500 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Heritable | Fixed |
land & | plant and | Motor |
buildings | equipment | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2022 | 6,300,000 | 1,375,894 | 7,780,671 | 15,456,565 |
Additions | 252,971 | 107,110 | 3,967,596 | 4,327,677 |
Disposals | - | (10,470 | ) | (116,050 | ) | (126,520 | ) |
At 31 March 2023 | 6,552,971 | 1,472,534 | 11,632,217 | 19,657,722 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2022 | - | 878,544 | 3,206,524 | 4,085,068 |
Charge for year | 198,705 | 139,877 | 1,256,007 | 1,594,589 |
Eliminated on disposal | - | (10,470 | ) | (96,899 | ) | (107,369 | ) |
At 31 March 2023 | 198,705 | 1,007,951 | 4,365,632 | 5,572,288 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2023 | 6,354,266 | 464,583 | 7,266,585 | 14,085,434 |
At 31 March 2022 | 6,300,000 | 497,350 | 4,574,147 | 11,371,497 |
Included in cost of land and buildings is freehold land of £2,520,000 (2022 - £2,520,000) which is not depreciated. |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Group |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
Fixed |
plant and | Motor |
equipment | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2022 | 254,310 | 4,583,128 | 4,837,438 |
Additions | - | 3,903,696 | 3,903,696 |
Transfer to ownership | (70,349 | ) | (407,831 | ) | (478,180 | ) |
At 31 March 2023 | 183,961 | 8,078,993 | 8,262,954 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2022 | 63,147 | 831,329 | 894,476 |
Charge for year | 25,431 | 975,165 | 1,000,596 |
Transfer to ownership | (39,389 | ) | (271,097 | ) | (310,486 | ) |
At 31 March 2023 | 49,189 | 1,535,397 | 1,584,586 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2023 | 134,772 | 6,543,596 | 6,678,368 |
At 31 March 2022 | 191,163 | 3,751,799 | 3,942,962 |
11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Company |
Unlisted |
investments |
£ |
COST |
At 1 April 2022 |
and 31 March 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2023 |
At 31 March 2022 |
12. | STOCKS |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Fuel stock | 50,736 | 110,708 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
13. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade debtors | 3,362,183 | 3,123,595 |
Other debtors | - | - |
Corporation tax | - | 407,170 |
VAT | - | 26,148 |
Prepayments and accrued income | 109,270 | 219,882 |
3,471,453 | 3,776,795 |
14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 16) | 137,985 | 135,971 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) | 1,374,901 | 923,561 |
Trade creditors | 958,183 | 1,161,377 |
Social security and other taxes | 161,729 | 124,822 |
VAT | 86,516 | - |
Other creditors | 11,493 | - |
Accruals and deferred income | 312,459 | 648,598 |
3,043,266 | 2,994,329 |
15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans (see note 16) | 691,294 | 826,771 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) | 4,798,853 | 2,552,652 |
5,490,147 | 3,379,423 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
16. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or on | demand: |
Bank loans | 137,985 | 135,971 |
Amounts falling due between one and two | years: |
Bank loans - 1-2 years | 530,062 | 138,624 |
Amounts falling due between two and five | years: |
Bank loans - 2-5 years | 161,232 | 688,147 |
17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Group |
Hire purchase contracts |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 1,374,901 | 923,561 |
Between one and five years | 4,798,853 | 2,552,652 |
6,173,754 | 3,476,213 |
Group |
Non-cancellable operating | leases |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Within one year | 914,077 | 930,979 |
Between one and five years | 1,269,687 | 1,120,580 |
In more than five years | 28,210 | 88,126 |
2,211,974 | 2,139,685 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
18. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans | 829,278 | 962,742 |
Hire purchase contracts | 6,173,754 | 3,476,213 |
7,003,032 | 4,438,955 |
Barclays Bank Plc hold fixed and floating charges over the assets of John Mitchell (Grangemouth) Limited (with the exception of Heritable land & buildings) in relation to the invoice finance facility provided. |
Barclays Bank Plc holds a standard security over Earls Road Industrial Estate Stirlingshire and the Evans Business Centre in relation to the two term loan facility's provided. |
19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 1,343,219 | 1,116,063 |
Group |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 April 2022 | 1,116,063 |
Provided during year | 227,156 |
Balance at 31 March 2023 | 1,343,219 |
20. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary A | £1 | 52,800 | 52,800 |
Ordinary B | £1 | 6,600 | 6,600 |
Ordinary C | £1 | 6,600 | 6,600 |
66,000 | 66,000 |
John Mitchell Group Limited (Registered number: SC688583) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
For The Year Ended 31 March 2023 |
21. | RESERVES |
Group |
Capital |
Retained | redemption |
earnings | reserve | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 April 2022 | 8,240,753 | 34,000 | 8,274,753 |
Profit for the year | 1,724,126 | 1,724,126 |
Dividends | (119,500 | ) | (119,500 | ) |
At 31 March 2023 | 9,845,379 | 34,000 | 9,879,379 |
Company |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 April 2022 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2023 |
22. | CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Contracted but not provided for in the |
financial statements | - | 86,350 |
23. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The controlling party is J Mitchell. |