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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03634212 (England and Wales)















Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

for

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Statement of Comprehensive Income 8

Balance Sheet 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 10

Notes to the Financial Statements 11


Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023







DIRECTORS: Mr S J Handley
Mr P J Handley
Mrs SJ Handley





REGISTERED OFFICE: Swiftool House
Brookside Way
Huthwaite
Sutton in Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 2NL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03634212 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Charnwood Accountants & Business Advisors LLP
Statutory Auditor
The Point
Granite Way
Mountsorrel
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 7TZ

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 September 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
Following the uncertainty encountered during 2022, due to projects delayed by the pandemic, 2023 rebounded significantly, as expected and forecast in last year's strategic report.

2023 turnover increased significantly to £21.1m (previous year £11.7m) and Operating Profit consequently increased to £2,959,676 (previous year £455,460).

Increasing input costs, due to the inflationary effects felt worldwide, put additional pressure on gross margins along with a shift towards a higher proportion of project work, which has a higher concentration of input costs.
Gross Margin for 2023 was 36.6% (previous year 42.4%). Absolute Gross Profit generated in the year was significantly higher (up by 56% on the previous year), due to the increased level of turnover.

Overhead costs were tightly controlled during the year, although the business was impacted by inflationary increases, particularly on energy inputs, and only increased by 12%. The strategy adopted during 2022 to retain key staff against an ever tightening labour market had a hugely positive effect in 2023. This allowed the business to respond quickly and positively to the huge increase in demand.

We continue to invest in the very latest technologies including subtractive and additive manufacturing to maintain our commitment to continuous improvement and engineering excellence. Plant and equipment additions of £1.44m were made during the year as a result of this continued investment, which is needed to maintain our market position and ensure the company remains efficient.

The outlook for the company subsequent to the reporting period remains positive, with customer orders at a record high. Customer orders on hand stood at £26.7m at 30 September 2023 (£13.2m previous year), significantly higher than usual. Turnover and profitability are therefore expected to be increased again for the year ending 30 September 2024.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The company's principal risks and uncertainties are as follows:

1) As productivity starts to normalise globally and new credit systems are re-introduced, late payment by customers has a potential for risk. This could lead to high levels of stock held and is addressed through increased credit control effort, as well as increased efforts to reduce production lead times.

2) As we enter new markets and deal with large new customers this poses a risk to increased bad debts if not managed correctly - this is addressed through a robust credit approval process and by minimising our exposure by setting realistic credit limits.

3) Foreign exchange risk - a small amount of trade which requires foreign currency poses a risk that is currently addressed through hedging the currency prior to accepting any orders and aiming to purchase as much as possible from the UK. In addition to this the company operates a foreign currency bank account.

4) As the global economy normalises following the pandemic, numerous logistical challenges have surfaced for certain commodities and materials. This risk is mitigated by having a wide approved supplier base enabling the business to have multiple sourcing options for many of its inputs. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has increased these challenges although they remain under control.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr S J Handley - Director


16 February 2024

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 September 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of precision engineering.

DIVIDENDS
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 30 September 2023 will be £ 750,000 .

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 October 2022 to the date of this report.

Mr S J Handley
Mr P J Handley
Mrs SJ Handley

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

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

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

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

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.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Charnwood Accountants & Business Advisors LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr S J Handley - Director


16 February 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 September 2023 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 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
Swiftool Precision Engineering 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
Swiftool Precision Engineering 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:

Explanation as to what extent 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.

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. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs(UK).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. As such material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment and or collusion.

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

We obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, including the legal and regulatory frameworks that the Company operate in and how the Company are complying with the legal and regulatory frameworks. Focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context included the UK Companies Act, pension legislation and UK tax legislation, including that associated with government support schemes available as a result of COVID-19.;

We 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;

We 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, having obtained an understanding of the effectiveness of the control environment.

The engagement partner assessed that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations.


Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, by evaluating management's incentives and opportunities for manipulation of the financial statements. This included the evaluation of the risk of management override of controls. In assessing the potential risks of material misstatement, we obtained an understanding of the company's operations, including the nature of its income and expenditure together with its objectives and strategies to understand the classes of transactions, account balances, expected financial statement disclosures and business risks that may result in risks of material misstatement. Also on the company's control environment, including the policies and procedures implemented by the company to ensure compliance with the requirements of the financial reporting framework.

We determined that the principal risk in relation to areas of increased management judgement, which could be impacted by management bias, was through the use of journal entries that increase revenues in order to inflate results of the company and could help justify any performance related pay.

Our audit procedures involved:

The evaluation of the design effectiveness of controls that the company has in place to prevent and detect fraud;

To undertake journal entry testing, with a focus on higher risk journal, such as, posted by senior management, journals with unusual attributes, journals without any descriptions, journals posted by staff not in the approved list of journals posting and closing journals posted during the preparation of the financial statements, which are material and not reoccurring or common postings which fall outside of the auditor's expectations. Together with assessing whether the judgments made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations our procedures included, but which were not limited to;

Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims against the company;
Completing a review of relevant legal and professional costs within the accounting records for any evidence of previously un-detected or un-reported instances of non-compliance.

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

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




Anna Brocklehurst (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Charnwood Accountants & Business Advisors LLP
Statutory Auditor
The Point
Granite Way
Mountsorrel
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 7TZ

16 February 2024

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

30.9.23 30.9.22
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 21,088,949 11,666,136

Cost of sales 13,363,136 6,717,929
GROSS PROFIT 7,725,813 4,948,207

Administrative expenses 5,333,214 4,753,498
2,392,599 194,709

Other operating income 44,339 166,582
Gain/loss on revaluation of tangible assets 522,738 94,169
OPERATING PROFIT 5 2,959,676 455,460


Interest payable and similar expenses 6 537,544 269,174
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 2,422,132 186,286

Tax on profit 7 288,234 (78,390 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2,133,898 264,676

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Balance Sheet
30 September 2023

30.9.23 30.9.22
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 9 - -
Tangible assets 10 9,552,932 8,587,338
9,552,932 8,587,338

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 11 4,996,232 3,252,410
Debtors 12 9,641,092 4,178,195
Cash at bank and in hand 796 62,214
14,638,120 7,492,819
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 13 12,825,249 6,128,836
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,812,871 1,363,983
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

11,365,803

9,951,321

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

14

(4,668,312

)

(4,755,098

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 19 (1,098,336 ) (980,966 )
NET ASSETS 5,599,155 4,215,257

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 20 200 200
Revaluation reserve 21 1,148,511 625,773
Retained earnings 21 4,450,444 3,589,284
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 5,599,155 4,215,257

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 16 February 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mr S J Handley - Director


Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

Called up
share Retained Revaluation Total
capital earnings reserve equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 October 2021 200 3,618,777 531,604 4,150,581

Changes in equity
Dividends - (200,000 ) - (200,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 170,507 94,169 264,676
Balance at 30 September 2022 200 3,589,284 625,773 4,215,257

Changes in equity
Dividends - (750,000 ) - (750,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,611,160 522,738 2,133,898
Balance at 30 September 2023 200 4,450,444 1,148,511 5,599,155

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Swiftool Precision Engineering 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 as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

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

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

The parent of the group is SPE Holdings Ltd for which consolidated accounts can be obtained from Companies House.

Turnover
Turnover represents the amounts (excluding value added tax) derived from the provision of goods and services to customers during the year.

Revenue is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of the goods or services provided have transferred to the buyer, the amount of revenue can be measured reliably and it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the company.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration receivable from the sale of goods and services to third parties after deducting discounts. Revenue includes duties which the company pays as principal, but excludes amounts collected on behalf of other parties, such as value added tax or other sales taxes.

Revenue of the company comprises the following key streams:

Sale of goods
Revenue on the sale of goods delivered is recognised when goods have been dispatched to the customer for collection or have been delivered to the location specified by the customer.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2001, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or,
if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Freehold property - 10% to 25% on cost
Plant and machinery - 10% to 33% on cost and 15% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 15% to 20% on cost and 15% to 20% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 15% to 33% on cost and 25% on reducing balance

Freehold properties are shown, using the revaluation basis, at their market value.

In the opinion of the directors it is correct that no depreciation is charged on freehold property as the amounts involved are immaterial having regard to useful life and residual value.

Stocks
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Cost is calculated using the first-in, first-out method and includes all purchase, transport, and handling costs in bringing stocks to their present location and condition.

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

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. 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.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Government grants
Grants received are credited to the balance sheet under the heading of deferred government grants. These are credited to the profit and loss account in instalments over the period in which the expenditure to which they relate is incurred.

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.

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
United Kingdom 18,382,025 10,161,947
Europe 412,101 336,695
United States of America 10,935 29,873
South America 1,234,323 924,776
Asia 579,664 125,433
Africa 440,087 71,202
Australia 29,814 16,210
21,088,949 11,666,136

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Wages and salaries 4,339,696 4,036,506
Social security costs 408,731 334,053
Other pension costs 142,318 145,248
4,890,745 4,515,807

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
30.9.23 30.9.22

Production 57 60
Non production 58 60
115 120

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 23,812 21,536
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 42,000 42,000

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

Money purchase schemes 2 2

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

5. OPERATING PROFIT

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

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 61,656 67,779
Depreciation - owned assets 535,070 289,002
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 260,424 385,573
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 49,245 10,325
Auditors remuneration 9,000 8,000
Foreign exchange differences 18 (4,866 )

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Bank loan interest 171,824 120,902
Factoring charges 229,881 46,959
Other interest (892 ) 152
Hire purchase 136,731 101,161
537,544 269,174

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge/(credit)
The tax charge/(credit) on the profit for the year was as follows:
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 170,864 -
Prior period adjustment - (176,426 )
Total current tax 170,864 (176,426 )

Deferred tax 117,370 98,036
Tax on profit 288,234 (78,390 )

UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% (2022 - 19%).

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

7. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax charge/(credit) 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:

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Profit before tax 2,422,132 186,286
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2022 - 19%)

605,533

35,394

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 2,104 1,774
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (187,094 ) (87,333 )
Utilisation of tax losses (95,144 ) -

Change in tax rate (36,161 ) -
Deferred tax movement 117,370 98,036
Prior year overprovision - (176,426 )
Loss on disposal of Fixed assets 12,311 1,962
Unrealised gain on revaluation (130,685 ) (17,892 )
Tax losses in year not utilised - 66,095
Total tax charge/(credit) 288,234 (78,390 )

8. DIVIDENDS
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £1 each
Ordinary shares 750,000 200,000

9. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 October 2022
and 30 September 2023 80,000
AMORTISATION
At 1 October 2022
and 30 September 2023 80,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2023 -
At 30 September 2022 -

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Freehold Plant and and Motor
property machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 October 2022 3,888,280 7,923,278 370,922 142,257 12,324,737
Additions 63,714 1,167,543 180,249 28,995 1,440,501
Disposals - (365,151 ) - (34,660 ) (399,811 )
Revaluations 522,738 - - - 522,738
At 30 September 2023 4,474,732 8,725,670 551,171 136,592 13,888,165
DEPRECIATION
At 1 October 2022 17,688 3,425,731 218,226 75,754 3,737,399
Charge for year 28,343 705,496 45,187 16,468 795,494
Eliminated on disposal - (172,456 ) - (25,204 ) (197,660 )
At 30 September 2023 46,031 3,958,771 263,413 67,018 4,335,233
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2023 4,428,701 4,766,899 287,758 69,574 9,552,932
At 30 September 2022 3,870,592 4,497,547 152,696 66,503 8,587,338

Cost or valuation at 30 September 2023 is represented by:

Fixtures
Freehold Plant and and Motor
property machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
Valuation in 2017 100,830 - - - 100,830
Valuation in 2018 449,678 - - - 449,678
Valuation in 2023 522,738 - - - 522,738
Cost 3,401,486 8,725,670 551,171 136,592 12,814,919
4,474,732 8,725,670 551,171 136,592 13,888,165

If freehold property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost:

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Cost 3,401,486 3,337,772

Freehold property was valued on an open market basis on 30 September 2023 by the directors .

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Fixtures
Freehold Plant and and Motor
property machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 October 2022 55,356 4,834,556 52,754 55,396 4,998,062
Additions 57,514 1,098,280 152,500 28,995 1,337,289
Disposals - (314,500 ) - - (314,500 )
Reclassification/transfer - (583,442 ) - - (583,442 )
At 30 September 2023 112,870 5,034,894 205,254 84,391 5,437,409
DEPRECIATION
At 1 October 2022 12,916 1,588,501 42,203 12,855 1,656,475
Charge for year 11,072 227,231 12,140 9,981 260,424
Eliminated on disposal - (127,271 ) - - (127,271 )
Transfer to ownership - (300,880 ) - - (300,880 )
At 30 September 2023 23,988 1,387,581 54,343 22,836 1,488,748
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 2023 88,882 3,647,313 150,911 61,555 3,948,661
At 30 September 2022 42,440 3,246,055 10,551 42,541 3,341,587

11. STOCKS
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Stocks 782,046 651,123
Raw materials 1,359,418 1,060,135
Goods in transit 340,229 -
Work-in-progress 2,514,539 1,541,152
4,996,232 3,252,410

12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Trade debtors 9,284,688 4,005,287
Other debtors 160,978 44,448
Prepayments 195,426 128,460
9,641,092 4,178,195

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 15) 642,905 668,019
Other loans (see note 15) - 6,388
Hire purchase contracts (see note 16) 858,323 801,056
Trade creditors 3,929,426 2,458,325
Amounts owed to group undertakings 449,898 104,436
Tax 170,864 (55,450 )
Social security and other taxes 123,678 119,957
VAT 631,082 140,414
Other creditors 49,797 26,343
Discounting account 4,614,437 1,502,886
Accrued expenses 1,308,967 287,094
Deferred government grants 45,872 69,368
12,825,249 6,128,836

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Bank loans (see note 15) 1,874,431 2,295,800
Hire purchase contracts (see note 16) 2,658,654 2,323,210
Deferred government grants 135,227 136,088
4,668,312 4,755,098

15. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank overdrafts 328,086 352,567
Bank loans 314,819 315,452
Other loans - 6,388
642,905 674,407

Amounts falling due between one and two years:
Bank loans - 1-2 years 260,803 315,452

Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Bank loans - 2-5 years 1,613,628 1,980,348

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

16. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase contracts
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 858,323 801,056
Between one and five years 2,658,654 2,323,210
3,516,977 3,124,266

Non-cancellable operating leases
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Within one year 59,031 42,343
Between one and five years 65,499 57,323
124,530 99,666

17. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Bank overdrafts 328,086 352,567
Bank loans 2,189,250 2,611,252
Hire purchase contracts 3,516,977 3,124,266
Discounting account 4,614,437 1,502,886
10,648,750 7,590,971

The bank loans, overdraft and discounting account are secured by way of legal first charges on freehold property and also a fixed and floating charge over other assets of the company.

The hire purchase loans are secured on the assets to which they relate.

18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Financial assets measured at amortised cost amount to £9,284,688 (2022: £4,005,287) and comprise trade debtors.

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost amount to £12,370,166 (2022: £7,218,511) and comprise bank & other loans (including overdrafts), trade creditors, accruals & the discounting account balance.

No other financial assets or liabilities are held.

19. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Deferred tax 1,098,336 980,966

Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited (Registered number: 03634212)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 September 2023

19. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 October 2022 980,966
Provided during year 117,370
Balance at 30 September 2023 1,098,336

20. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 30.9.23 30.9.22
value: £    £   
100 Ordinary A £1 100 100
80 Ordinary B £1 80 80
16 Ordinary C £1 16 16
2 Ordinary D £1 2 2
2 Ordinary E £1 2 2
200 200

All share classes rank pari passu in all respects with the exception of dividend rights.

21. RESERVES
Retained Revaluation
earnings reserve Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 October 2022 3,589,284 625,773 4,215,057
Profit for the year 2,133,898 2,133,898
Dividends (750,000 ) (750,000 )
Property revaluation transfer (522,738 ) 522,738 -
At 30 September 2023 4,450,444 1,148,511 5,598,955

22. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

SPE Holdings Ltd is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

SPE Holdings Limited, which is the ultimate holding company as well as the ultimate parent company, prepares consolidated accounts, the registered office of which is: Swiftool House, Brookside Way, Huthwaite, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, NG17 2NL

23. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
30.9.23 30.9.22
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 509,000 -

24. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There are no key management personnel other than directors, transactions with whom are disclosed elsewhere in the accounts.