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Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Audited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

for

Ponsse UK Limited

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 5

Independent Auditors' Report 7

Profit & Loss Account 11

Balance Sheet 12

Statement of Changes in Equity 13

Notes to the Financial Statements 14


Ponsse UK Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: Juho Nummela
Tapio Mertanen
Petri Harkonen
Marko Mattila
Jussi Hentunen





SECRETARY: Denton Secretaries Limited





REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1AL





REGISTERED NUMBER: SC165729 (Scotland)





AUDITORS: SAINT & CO
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
26 High Street
Annan
Dumfries & Galloway
DG12 6AJ

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The directors present the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2023, which show increased operating profits in the year of £371,731 (2022 - £302,661) which were achieved despite reductions in turnover and gross profit.

Turnover for the year fell to £24,707,138 (2022 - £25,806,394) due to reduced sales to foreign customers (principally second hand machines) in comparison with 2022. This downturn however was mitigated by increased UK sales in the year, whilst the overall gross profit margin stayed relatively constant in percentage terms.

Savings in overhead expenses saw these fall to £2,688,223 (2022 - £2,842,204) with other operating income rising to £180,161 (2022 - £56,757). Interest payable has remained relatively constant at £286,932 (2022 £293,440) resulting in an increased pre-tax profit of £93,750 (2022 - £10,384).

Going forward, the directors are confident that the strong financial position at the year end as reflected in the Balance Sheet stands the company in good stead for the future. The market continues to present challenges going forward, along with uncertainties over costs & inflation and the implications for the company of Brexit, which have undoubtedly caused issues (and will continue to do so). However, the directors feel that the company and its management are well placed to meet these demands, with the ongoing support of the Group as a whole.


Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The company's approach to the detection and management of risks and uncertainties is based on the corporate governance statement for the Group, available in full on the parent company website. https://www.ponsse.com/investors/corporate-info

Risk management
Risk management means the systematic procedures that are built into the management system, the purpose of which are to identify and assess the risks associated with operations and to prepare for them. Risk management is vital to ensuring and safeguarding the company’s economic operating conditions and performance. Risk management is a part of internal control, and so implementation of internal controls also promotes the implementation of risk management. Risk management should not be separated from internal control, since awareness of internal control practices is ultimately essential to risk prevention.

The overall purpose of risk management processes is to support the achievement of the goals that are set out in the company’s strategy, to safeguard continuity of the company’s financial development and business operations, and to maintain and develop a comprehensive and pragmatic system for risk management and reporting. Risk management emphasises prevention: the purpose of risk management processes is to help identify risks pre-emptively, and to minimise the likelihood of their realisation. The risk management process also includes evaluation and follow-up to keep track of business risks that may have an impact on the company’s strategic and financial goals or the continuity of business operations.

The risk management process
A risk is any potential event or chain of events that manifests itself as uncertainty with regard to achieving the company’s objectives, or that threatens the continuity of business operations. A deviation from the set goal, i.e. the realisation of the risk, may be negative, but could also be positive. In other words, risks can be both threats and
opportunities. Risks are an inevitable part of business, and profitable business performance often requires thoughtful risk-taking. Although risks cannot be avoided entirely, it is possible to prepare for the potential realisation of harmful risks. Risk management is part of normal, day-to-day business operation, with risk management practices based on the company’s values, and its strategic and financial goals.

Decisions on the necessary measures for preventing and responding to identified risks are made on the basis of evaluations. Risk assessment in any given case is based on the potential impact and probability of the risk. The primary means of risk management are avoidance, reduction and transferral of risks. Risks can also be controlled, and their effects can be minimised.

The key factors for effective risk management are
- Realistic and timely assessment
- Awareness: personnel must be aware of the principles of risk management so that they can act according to instructions;
- Comprehensiveness: risk management is part of every activity, but risk management processes are present to a particularly high degree in the vital processes of operation.

Risks are divided into four categories: strategic, operational, financial and accident-related risks. Strategic risk refers to the nature of the business operations, the choice of strategy, and the risk associated with the implementation of the strategy. If realised,strategic risks can significantly weaken the company’s operating conditions. Examples of strategic risks are risks relating to competition, or to the regulation of business activities. Strategic risks can be realised, for example, in the context of significant investments and other business-related strategic decisions.

Operational risks relate to the company’s internal processes, such as company management or personnel, or the company’s business network and systems. If an operational risk materialises, it lowers the efficiency of the company’s operations, and consequently harms the results and profitability of the company’s operations.

Financial risks include risks relating to currencies, interest rates, credit, liquidity and capital management. The goal of financial risk management is to safeguard financial performance, cash flow, equity and liquidity from unfavourable fluctuations in financial markets.





Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023


PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES (contd.)

Accident-related risks are a more concrete threat to the company’s operations than the aforementioned types of risk. The emphasis in accident-related risk management and avoidance is on identifying risks. Accident-related risk factors include risks to work health and safety, environmental risks and property damage. Another area of emphasis with regard to this type of risk is prevention. A comprehensive insurance programme has been prepared for accident-related risks, and efforts are made to pre-emptively prevent risks through a safety and policy and guidelines, and by ensuring the safety of working methods and tools. The company is very attentive to hazardous situations, and is quick to respond to them. Increased attention is now being given to personnel safety matters. All accidents and near-misses are recorded in the monitoring system, and the necessary measures are taken to prevent hazardous situations. The company’s goal is an accident-free working environment. Accident-related risks are regularly assessed by internal audits for the entire personnel.

Risk management organisation and division of responsibilities
The parent company’s Board of Directors and management have the primary responsibility for defining the risk management policy and for organising risk management. They reinforce and define the risk management principles and risk management policy for the group as a whole, and also assesses the effectiveness of risk management. The Board of Directors also oversees the implementation of risk management policies and processes. However, the risks to business continuity are assessed regularly at all levels of Ponsse Group. Each employee of the group is required to contribute to anticipating risks and preventing them from materialising, for example by reporting risks to their supervisor.

The risk management process includes systematic risk mapping and risk assessment for each type of operation and unit, and making sure that they are reflected in the company’s risk management plan. Risk management is systematically implemented and monitored as part of the daily business. The company promotes its risk management by increasing awareness of the significance of risk management and supporting shared risk management projects of the functions.

Each of the subsidiaries independently carry out risk management in accordance with Ponsse Group’s risk management policy and guidelines, whilst every employee is obliged to take action to prevent risks, to comply with the company’s operating instructions, and to report any risks they detect to their supervisor.

SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities under section 172 of the Companies Act and consider that they have successfully fulfilled their duties in this regard for the year under review, by considering the interests of all stakeholders when contemplating the consequences of all decisions taken at board level and by promoting the overall success of the company in doing so.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Petri Harkonen - Director


11 March 2024

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
Ponsse UK Limited is a company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in Scotland, with its principal place of business at 4 Annan Business Park, Annan. The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the sale, service and repair of forestry machines.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2023.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The company has no specific plans with regard to future developments.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2023 to the date of this report.

Juho Nummela
Tapio Mertanen
Petri Harkonen
Marko Mattila
Jussi Hentunen

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;
-state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements;
-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.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 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 ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Petri Harkonen - Director


11 March 2024

Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of
Ponsse UK Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Ponsse UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 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 Auditors' Report 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.

Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of
Ponsse UK 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 the 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 five, 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.

Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of
Ponsse UK 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 an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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;
- 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;
- 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'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;

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 in the accounting policies 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
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators 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 Auditors' Report.

Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of
Ponsse UK 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 an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




JENNIFER MCDAIRMANT (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of SAINT & CO
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
26 High Street
Annan
Dumfries & Galloway
DG12 6AJ

14 March 2024

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Profit & Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   

TURNOVER 3 24,707,138 25,806,394

Cost of sales 21,827,345 22,718,286
GROSS PROFIT 2,879,793 3,088,108

Distribution costs 205,110 231,096
Administrative expenses 2,483,113 2,611,108
2,688,223 2,842,204
191,570 245,904

Other operating income 180,161 56,757
OPERATING PROFIT 5 371,731 302,661

Interest receivable and similar income 8,951 1,163
380,682 303,824

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 286,932 293,440
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 93,750 10,384

Tax on profit 7 67,433 36,649
PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR

26,317

(26,265

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

26,317

(26,265

)

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 8 2,675,713 2,783,224

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 9 8,890,616 7,208,413
Debtors 10 1,351,323 738,096
Cash at bank and in hand 313,189 272,941
10,555,128 8,219,450
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 11 10,755,007 8,594,629
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (199,879 ) (375,179 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

2,475,834

2,408,045

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 14 139,488 98,016
NET ASSETS 2,336,346 2,310,029

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 15 50,000 50,000
Retained earnings 16 2,286,346 2,260,029
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 2,336,346 2,310,029

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 March 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:




Petri Harkonen - Director



Marko Mattila - Director


Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2022 50,000 2,286,294 2,336,294

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (26,265 ) (26,265 )
Balance at 31 December 2022 50,000 2,260,029 2,310,029

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 26,317 26,317
Balance at 31 December 2023 50,000 2,286,346 2,336,346

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Ponsse UK Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in Scotland. The company's registered number is SC165729 and its registered office can be found on the company information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£) which is the functional currency of the company.

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 directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.

The company are in constant communication with management in the parent company and in fellow subsidiaries to utilise group resources and facilities, and to secure the future viability of operations. Should this support be withdrawn or unavailable, the company may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business, whilst adjustments would have to be made to reduce the value of assets to their recoverable amounts and to provide for any further liabilities which may arise.

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

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirements of paragraphs 26.18(b), 26.19 to 26.21 and 26.23;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

Significant judgements and estimates
In preparing the financial statements, management are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other relevant factors. Actual results may differ from these best estimates, which are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

The items in the financial statements where these judgements are required (and the factors in play) include trade debtors (likelihood of non-payment), stock (impairment losses, particularly on trade-in machines), fixed assets (depreciation rates) and contingent liabilities (warranty claims).

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Turnover
Turnover represents net sales of goods and services, excluding value added tax, recognised when the company becomes entitled to the income and when the outcome of the transaction can be reliably measured.

For turnover involving the sale of goods, this occurs when:
- the company has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;
- the company no longer retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
- it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the company; and
- the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Specifically, new and used machine sales are recognised when the machine arrives in the UK and when the company receives invoicing details from the customer/finance company (whichever is later), whilst parts sales are recognised at the successful completion and fulfilment of the order.

For turnover involving the rendering of services, this occurs by reference to the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period and where the outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably, with the following conditions being satisfied:
- the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity;
- the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
- the costs incurred for the transaction and the costs to complete the transaction can be measured reliably.

Specifically, service sales are recognised at the completion of the service work whilst sales under service agreements are reflected evenly over the term of the contract.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible assets are recognised at acquisition cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Expenses incurred from the direct acquisition of tangible assets are included in the acquisition. The acquisition cost of a self-manufactured asset item includes material expenses, direct expenses incurred for employee benefits and other direct expenses incurred for the completion of the tangible assets for the intended use.

If tangible assets consist of several parts whose estimated useful lives differ, each part is treated as a separate item. In such a case, all replacement costs are activated and any remaining book value in connection with replacement is de-recognised. In any other cases, costs arising at a later date are included in the book value of tangible assets only if it is likely that the future economic benefits related to the item will benefit the company and the item's acquisition cost can be reliably defined. Other repair and maintenance costs are recognised through profit or loss as they are realised.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life.

Freehold property - 5% on cost
Plant and machinery - 20% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
Motor vehicles - 20% on cost

Factors such as a change in how an asset is used, significant unexpected wear and tear, technological advancement, and changes in market prices may indicate that the residual value or useful life of an asset has changed since the most recent annual reporting date. If such indicators are present, the company will review its previous estimates and, if current expectations differ, amend the residual value, depreciation method or useful life, accounting for such revisions as a change in an accounting estimate in accordance with FRS 102.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items (cost is calculated on the weighted-average basis for parts stock and on the actual basis for new and second hand machines).

Financial instruments
The company has no complex financial instruments but does hold basic financial instruments of; cash at bank, debtors and creditors.

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, foreign currency on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. A bank overdraft would be shown within current liabilities.

Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less losses for bad debts except where the effective of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, trade and other debtors are stated at cost less losses for bad debts.

Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, trade and other creditors are stated at cost.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit & Loss Account, 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.

Foreign currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Any monetary assets or liabilities denominated in a foreign currency at balance sheet date are translated at the exchange rate in force at the year end. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
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.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Employee benefits
The total cost of employee benefits to which employees have become entitled as a result of service rendered to the entity during the reporting period are recognised and charged to the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate.

Provision for liabilities
A provision is initially recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as the result of a past event, it is probable that there will be the transfer of funds in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. The provision is subsequently measured by placing a charge against the provision only for expenditure for which the provision was originally recognised.

3. TURNOVER

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

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Sale of goods 23,634,324 24,928,107
Rendering of services 1,072,814 878,287
24,707,138 25,806,394

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2023 2022
£    £   
United Kingdom 21,384,840 20,972,818
Europe 3,322,298 4,833,576
24,707,138 25,806,394

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Wages and salaries 1,349,379 1,470,959
Social security costs 153,566 181,699
Other pension costs 61,150 54,293
1,564,095 1,706,951

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2023 2022

Employees (excluding directors) 29 29

2023 2022
£    £   
Directors' remuneration - -

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

5. OPERATING PROFIT

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 5,537 4,136
Depreciation - owned assets 285,854 274,200
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (26,777 ) (15,566 )
Current auditors' remuneration 8,800 8,500
Foreign exchange differences 23,410 18,011
Stock impairment losses recognised on profit & loss - raw materials 65,104 67,296
Stock impairment losses recognised on profit & loss - finished goods 248,596 311,585

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2023 2022
£    £   
Interest paid to ultimate parent company 286,932 284,805
Other interest - 8,635
286,932 293,440

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2023 2022
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 50,000 18,750
Overprovision in prior year (24,040 ) (1,058 )
Total current tax 25,960 17,692

Deferred tax 41,473 18,957
Tax on profit 67,433 36,649

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

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

7. TAXATION - continued

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Profit before tax 93,750 10,384
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2022 - 19%)

23,438

1,973

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 7,500 621
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation - (7,795 )
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 19,841 -
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods (24,040 ) (1,058 )
Marginal tax rates (779 ) -
Deferred tax 41,473 18,957
Tax overprovided in the current year - 23,951
Total tax charge 67,433 36,649

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Freehold Plant and and Motor
property machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 3,233,644 201,924 95,828 556,235 4,087,631
Additions 24,303 70,864 3,486 82,505 181,158
Disposals - (2,600 ) - (68,987 ) (71,587 )
At 31 December 2023 3,257,947 270,188 99,314 569,753 4,197,202
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 807,303 142,731 72,936 281,437 1,304,407
Charge for year 157,141 26,083 9,081 93,549 285,854
Eliminated on disposal - (2,600 ) - (66,172 ) (68,772 )
At 31 December 2023 964,444 166,214 82,017 308,814 1,521,489
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 2,293,503 103,974 17,297 260,939 2,675,713
At 31 December 2022 2,426,341 59,193 22,892 274,798 2,783,224

Freehold property relates to the company's new premises, construction of which was completed in 2018. It includes the land itself which was acquired for £117,550 initially under a long term ground lease with an option to purchase following on from the completion of the building work thereon, which has been exercised.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

9. STOCKS
2023 2022
£    £   
Raw materials and consumables 1,723,452 1,734,771
Finished goods 7,167,164 5,473,642
8,890,616 7,208,413

10. DEBTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors 1,081,826 692,032
Amounts owed by group undertakings 174,596 -
Other debtors 11,554 11,593
Prepayments 81,517 34,471
1,349,493 738,096

Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Other debtors 1,830 -

Aggregate amounts 1,351,323 738,096

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Trade creditors 225,031 158,224
Tax 50,000 (18,250 )
Social security and other taxes 41,268 159,084
VAT 445,034 267,793
Amounts due to group undertakings 9,779,019 7,284,944
Accrued expenses 214,655 742,834
10,755,007 8,594,629

12. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
2023 2022
£    £   
Within one year 1,151 1,151
Between one and five years 4,029 4,604
In more than five years - 576
5,180 6,331

13. SECURED DEBTS

Nordea Bank Finland Plc hold a guarantee & indemnity dated September 2013 from the parent company in relation to the company's liabilities.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

14. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2023 2022
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 139,488 98,016

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 98,016
Charge to Profit & Loss Account during year 41,472
Balance at 31 December 2023 139,488

At the financial year end, the net reversal of deferred tax liabilities expected to occur during the financial year ending 31 December 2024 is estimated at £35,850 on the assumption of no anticipated capital additions or disposals.

15. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £    £   
50,000 Ordinary £1 50,000 50,000

The ordinary shares currently in issue rank equally in terms of all rights, preferences and restrictions, including voting, distribution of dividends and repayment of capital.

16. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2023 2,260,029
Profit for the year 26,317
At 31 December 2023 2,286,346

17. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme, the assets of which are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable to the fund and amounted to £61,150 in the year (2022 - £54,293).

18. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The directors regard Ponsse OYJ, a company incorporated in Finland, as the ultimate parent company and the ultimate controlling party, by virtue of its ownership of the company's entire share capital.

According to the register kept by the company Ponsse OYJ has a 100% interest in the equity capital of Ponsse UK Limited at 31 December 2023. Copies of the parent's consolidated financial statements may be obtained from the registered office of Ponsse OYJ, 74200 Vierema, Finland.

Ponsse UK Limited (Registered number: SC165729)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

19. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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

20. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS

The parent company introduced two new share-based incentive schemes in the year 2018 for CEOs and for key employees within the group, involving shares in the parent company.

This involves those qualifying employees from the company firstly purchasing shares in the parent company at market value and subsequently receiving the equivalent amount of free shares in the parent as a bonus incentive, with Ponsse UK Limited meeting all taxes arising on the award of this employee bonus. Shares awarded as bonuses may not be transferred by the qualifying employees during the restriction period ending on 31 December 2025, whilst the qualifying employees must remain within the employment of the group until that date to receive full entitlement of the shares awarded.

The award in 2023 saw one company employee receive 103 parent company shares valued at £2,670. The cost of these shares (and the associated tax liability thereon which will be met by the company) has been spread evenly over the course of the three-year restriction period ending in the financial year ending 31 December 2025. Consequently, the cost to the company for the year under review amounts to £1,806 (2022 - nil) which has been reflected in this year's profit and loss account.