REGISTERED NUMBER: 13362546 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
Blue Barn Group Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: 13362546 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
for |
Blue Barn Group Limited |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Group Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 7 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet | 8 |
Company Balance Sheet | 9 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 12 |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 13 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 14 |
Blue Barn Group Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors |
Chartered Accountants |
3 Kingfisher Court |
Bowesfield Park |
Stockton on Tees |
TS18 3EX |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
The group continues to seek growth and to capitalise on economies of scale. The results for the year show turnover has increased to £38,218,588 from £33,746,181 in 2022, Gross profit margin remains consistent with the prior year at 17.9% (2022: 19.3%) and overall pre-tax profit of £831,932 (2022: £791,349) is considered satisfactory by the directors. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
The group continues to diversify its operations and is not solely dependent upon the UK agriculture industry. As a result the directors feel that there is no single customer or supplier, the loss of which would seriously affect the business. |
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
Given the straightforward nature of the business, the Group's directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the group, and that all relevant financial information has been disclosed within the financial statements. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
DIVIDENDS |
An interim dividend of £1,500 per share was paid on 14 December 2023. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid. |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be £ 150,000 . |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2023 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. |
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. |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Anderson Barrowcliff LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Blue Barn Group Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Blue Barn Group Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 December 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 |
Blue Barn 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 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 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. |
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. |
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below. |
Based on our understanding of the industry, we have considered applicable laws and regulations which may be fundamental to the group's ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We considered management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to the posting of inappropriate manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias in significant accounting estimates and any significant one-off or unusual transactions. |
We discussed among the audit engagement team the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Blue Barn Group Limited |
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued) |
Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included: |
- | Enquiry of management, those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims. |
- | Enquiry of staff to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
- | Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. |
- | Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business. |
- | Challenging estimates and judgements made by management in their significant accounting estimates. |
- | Revenue recognition; agreeing a sample of revenue transactions to gain assurance over the occurrence and accuracy of revenue and also to ensure revenue has been recognised in the correct period. |
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. The risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. |
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. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditors |
Chartered Accountants |
3 Kingfisher Court |
Bowesfield Park |
Stockton on Tees |
TS18 3EX |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Consolidated |
Statement of Comprehensive |
Income |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 3 | 38,218,588 | 33,746,181 |
Cost of sales | 31,369,909 | 27,239,183 |
GROSS PROFIT | 6,848,679 | 6,506,998 |
Distribution costs | 1,439,328 | 1,597,818 |
Administrative expenses | 4,620,115 | 4,190,809 |
6,059,443 | 5,788,627 |
789,236 | 718,371 |
Other operating income | 68,812 | 94,866 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 5 | 858,048 | 813,237 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 2,940 | - |
860,988 | 813,237 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | 29,056 | 21,888 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 831,932 | 791,349 |
Tax on profit | 7 | 219,987 | 159,587 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
611,945 |
631,762 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 611,945 | 631,762 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 611,945 | 631,762 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 10 | 84,835 | - |
Tangible assets | 11 | 4,535,682 | 4,108,633 |
Investments | 12 | - | - |
Investment property | 13 | 350,000 | 350,000 |
4,970,517 | 4,458,633 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 14 | 2,279,630 | 1,615,752 |
Debtors | 15 | 2,631,132 | 2,510,708 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 1,025,749 | 1,636,517 |
5,936,511 | 5,762,977 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 16 | 5,415,249 | 5,582,880 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS | 521,262 | 180,097 |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
5,491,779 |
4,638,730 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
17 |
(340,513 |
) |
(220,309 |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 20 | (326,200 | ) | (55,300 | ) |
NET ASSETS | 4,825,066 | 4,363,121 |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 21 | 100 | 100 |
Other reserves | 22 | 532,642 | 532,642 |
Retained earnings | 22 | 4,292,324 | 3,830,379 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 4,825,066 | 4,363,121 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 18 April 2024 and were signed on its behalf by: |
M D M Jones - Director |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Company Balance Sheet |
31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 10 |
Tangible assets | 11 |
Investments | 12 |
Investment property | 13 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 15 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 16 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 20 |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 21 |
Retained earnings | 22 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
Company's profit for the financial year | 56,506 | 38,076 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Other | Total |
capital | earnings | reserves | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 January 2022 | 100 | 3,348,617 | 532,642 | 3,881,359 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (150,000 | ) | - | (150,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 631,762 | - | 631,762 |
Balance at 31 December 2022 | 100 | 3,830,379 | 532,642 | 4,363,121 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (150,000 | ) | - | (150,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 611,945 | - | 611,945 |
Balance at 31 December 2023 | 100 | 4,292,324 | 532,642 | 4,825,066 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Company 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 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | 733,236 | 1,399,220 |
Interest paid | (4,639 | ) | (11 | ) |
Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
(24,417 |
) |
(21,877 |
) |
Tax paid | (196,647 | ) | (148,437 | ) |
Net cash from operating activities | 507,533 | 1,228,895 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of intangible fixed assets | (84,835 | ) | - |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (916,291 | ) | (1,018,722 | ) |
Sale of tangible fixed assets | 11,250 | 35,800 |
Interest received | 2,940 | - |
Net cash from investing activities | (986,936 | ) | (982,922 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
New HP loans in year | 359,658 | 254,788 |
Capital repayments in year | (231,023 | ) | (218,063 | ) |
Related party financing | (110,000 | ) | 232,818 |
Equity dividends paid | (150,000 | ) | (150,000 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (131,365 | ) | 119,543 |
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | (610,768 | ) | 365,516 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
1,636,517 |
1,271,001 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 1,025,749 | 1,636,517 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation | 831,932 | 791,349 |
Depreciation charges | 485,356 | 435,869 |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | (7,364 | ) | (34,336 | ) |
Finance costs | 29,056 | 21,888 |
Finance income | (2,940 | ) | - |
1,336,040 | 1,214,770 |
Increase in stocks | (663,878 | ) | (390,618 | ) |
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors | 29,183 | (500,007 | ) |
Increase in trade and other creditors | 31,891 | 1,075,075 |
Cash generated from operations | 733,236 | 1,399,220 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 31 December 2023 |
31.12.23 | 1.1.23 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,025,749 | 1,636,517 |
Year ended 31 December 2022 |
31.12.22 | 1.1.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,636,517 | 1,271,001 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS |
At 1.1.23 | Cash flow | At 31.12.23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 1,636,517 | (610,768 | ) | 1,025,749 |
1,636,517 | (610,768 | ) | 1,025,749 |
Debt |
Finance leases | (348,732 | ) | (128,635 | ) | (477,367 | ) |
(348,732 | ) | (128,635 | ) | (477,367 | ) |
Total | 1,287,785 | (739,403 | ) | 548,382 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Blue Barn Group Limited is a |
The nature of the Group's operations and principal activities are set out in the Report of the Directors on page 3. |
The financial statements are prepared in Sterling which is the functional currency of the group rounded to the nearest £. |
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated. |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Basis of consolidation |
The group financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 31 December. |
All intra-group transactions, balances and expenses are eliminated on consolidation. |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable net of VAT and trade discounts. The policies adopted for the recognition of turnover are as follows: |
Sale of goods |
Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer, the amount of turnover can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction can be measured reliably. This is usually on the dispatch of the goods. |
Sale of services |
When the outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably, turnover from hire of containers is recognised in the period the hire of container related. |
Interest and dividends receivable |
Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and dividend income is recognised as the group's right to receive payment is established. |
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. |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Tangible fixed assets |
Freehold property | - |
Plant and machinery | - |
Containers | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Freehold land included within Freehold property has not been depreciated. |
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost or deemed cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. |
Investment property |
Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss. |
Stocks |
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the first in, first out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate. |
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 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. |
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. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme and a defined benefit scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme's are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Debtors and creditors receivable/payable within one year |
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss in administrative expenses. |
Impairment |
Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset's cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount. Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount where the impairment loss is a revaluation decrease. |
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
In the application of the group's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. |
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period of the revision, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. |
3. | TURNOVER |
The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group. |
An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Sales of goods - wholesale | 37,885,138 | 33,427,525 |
Rental of containers | 333,450 | 318,656 |
38,218,588 | 33,746,181 |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries | 2,458,869 | 2,160,951 |
Social security costs | 210,177 | 205,011 |
Other pension costs - Defined contribution scheme | 65,544 | 114,699 |
Other pension costs - Defined benefit scheme | 354,400 | 492,400 |
3,088,990 | 2,973,061 |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
Directors | 2 | 2 |
Sales and administration | 79 | 78 |
81 | 80 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration | 158,400 | 132,042 |
Directors' pension contributions to pension schemes | 354,400 | 492,400 |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Money purchase schemes | - | 2 |
Defined benefit schemes | 2 | 2 |
5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets | 278,464 | 214,014 |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts | 206,892 | 221,855 |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | (7,364 | ) | (34,336 | ) |
Auditors remuneration | 28,513 | 25,137 |
6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loan interest | 643 | 11 |
Corporation tax interest | 3,996 | - |
Hire purchase | 24,417 | 21,877 |
29,056 | 21,888 |
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 | (49,500 | ) | 198,000 |
(Over)/under provision in |
previous year | (1,413 | ) | 437 |
Total current tax | (50,913 | ) | 198,437 |
Deferred taxation | 270,900 | (38,850 | ) |
Tax on profit | 219,987 | 159,587 |
UK corporation tax has been charged at 25 % (2022 - 19 %). |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated 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 | 831,932 | 791,349 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2022 - 19 %) |
207,983 |
150,356 |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 18,935 | 9,386 |
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | (1,413 | ) | 437 |
Over provision of current year tax charge | 153 | 1,181 |
Corporation tax charged at different rate | 15,680 | - |
Capital allowances super-deduction | (7,697 | ) | (24,022 | ) |
Deferred tax asset rate movements | (13,654 | ) | 22,249 |
Total tax charge | 219,987 | 159,587 |
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. |
9. | DIVIDENDS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Ordinary shares of £1 each |
Interim | 150,000 | 150,000 |
10. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Computer |
software |
£ |
COST |
Additions | 84,835 |
At 31 December 2023 | 84,835 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 | 84,835 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Freehold | Plant and | Motor |
property | machinery | Containers | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 | 3,348,870 | 419,896 | 268,442 | 956,326 | 4,993,534 |
Additions | - | 114,826 | 19,940 | 781,525 | 916,291 |
Disposals | - | (55,577 | ) | - | (2,844 | ) | (58,421 | ) |
Reclassification/transfer | - | 25,477 | (25,477 | ) | - | - |
At 31 December 2023 | 3,348,870 | 504,622 | 262,905 | 1,735,007 | 5,851,404 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 | 77,158 | 174,913 | 96,780 | 536,050 | 884,901 |
Charge for year | 74,358 | 90,807 | 55,570 | 264,621 | 485,356 |
Eliminated on disposal | - | (51,691 | ) | - | (2,844 | ) | (54,535 | ) |
Reclassification/transfer | - | 9,636 | (9,636 | ) | - | - |
At 31 December 2023 | 151,516 | 223,665 | 142,714 | 797,827 | 1,315,722 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 | 3,197,354 | 280,957 | 120,191 | 937,180 | 4,535,682 |
At 31 December 2022 | 3,271,712 | 244,983 | 171,662 | 420,276 | 4,108,633 |
The value of land included in Freehold property which has not been depreciated is £981,237. |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
Motor |
vehicles |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 | 673,302 |
Additions | 398,059 |
At 31 December 2023 | 1,071,361 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 | 323,775 |
Charge for year | 206,892 |
At 31 December 2023 | 530,667 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 | 540,694 |
At 31 December 2022 | 349,527 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Company |
Freehold | Plant and |
property | machinery | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Additions |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
12. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Company |
Unlisted |
investments |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
Subsidiary |
Registered office: 1 Mount Pleasant Way, Stokesley Business Park, Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England, TS9 5NZ |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Aggregate capital and reserves |
Profit for the year |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
13. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
Group |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 | 350,000 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 | 350,000 |
At 31 December 2022 | 350,000 |
The group acquired investment properties in 2021 as a long term investment. The directors have not carried out a formal valuation of these properties as they believe that the cost at 31 December 2023 accurately reflects the fair value on the open market of the properties in their current condition. |
Company |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
The company acquired investment properties in 2021 as a long term investment. The directors have not carried out a formal valuation of these properties as they believe that the cost at 31 December 2023 accurately reflects the fair value on the open market of the properties in their current condition. |
14. | STOCKS |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Goods for resale | 2,279,630 | 1,615,752 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
15. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade debtors | 2,032,544 | 2,021,318 |
Amounts owed by group undertakings | - | - |
Amounts owed by participating interests | 358,253 | 258,206 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Other debtors | 108,853 | 108,813 |
Taxation | 49,560 | - |
VAT | 18,942 | 60,862 |
Prepayments | 62,980 | 61,509 |
2,631,132 | 2,510,708 |
16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) | 136,854 | 128,423 |
Trade creditors | 5,000,609 | 4,453,175 |
Amounts owed to participating interests | - | 9,953 | - | - |
Taxation | - | 198,000 |
Social security and other taxes | 99,979 | 86,650 |
VAT | - | - | 19,997 | 9,452 |
Other creditors | 23,112 | 530,176 |
Accrued expenses | 154,695 | 176,503 |
5,415,249 | 5,582,880 |
17. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) | 340,513 | 220,309 |
18. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Group |
Hire purchase contracts |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 136,854 | 128,423 |
Between one and five years | 340,513 | 220,309 |
477,367 | 348,732 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
19. | SECURED DEBTS |
The subsidiary company A.R. Wholesale Limited has a bank overdraft facility of £1million. The facility is guaranteed by Blue Barn Group Limited and is secured by a legal charge over the freehold property and fixed and floating charges over the group's assets. |
The hire purchase contracts are secured over the assets to which they relate. |
20. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group | Company |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Deferred taxation | 326,200 | 55,300 | 71,500 | 55,300 |
Group |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 January 2023 | 55,300 |
Charge to Statement of Comprehensive Income during year | 270,900 |
Balance at 31 December 2023 | 326,200 |
Company |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
Charge to Statement of Comprehensive Income during year |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
21. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 100 | 100 |
22. | RESERVES |
Group |
Retained | Other |
earnings | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 January 2023 | 3,830,379 | 532,642 | 4,363,021 |
Profit for the year | 611,945 | 611,945 |
Dividends | (150,000 | ) | (150,000 | ) |
At 31 December 2023 | 4,292,324 | 532,642 | 4,824,966 |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
22. | RESERVES - continued |
Company |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 January 2023 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
Retained earnings |
Retained earnings represents cumulative profits and losses net of dividends and other adjustments. |
Other reserves |
In 2021 Blue Barn Group Limited acquired a subsidiary company, Blue Barn Group Limited did not take account for any premium on the shares issued and recorded the cost of the investment at the nominal value of the shares issued in its company accounts. The resulting difference arising on consolidation has therefore been credited to the other reserve. |
23. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS |
The group operates a defined benefit small self-administered scheme for the directors. The company's contributions are charged against profits in the year in which contributions are made. The scheme uses the 'Accrued Benefits' funding method. Under this approach the contribution is the amount that needs to be paid to enable the scheme to pay the benefits due to the member. This is the discounted value using the assumptions below of the pension payments. The promised benefits are fully funded at the outset and there is no spreading of the contributions over a future period of time. |
The assumptions used in the actuarial report for accrual of new benefits are: |
- | Investment Return Pre-retirement | 2.5% per annum |
- | Investment Return Post-retirement | 2% per annum |
- | Increases to Pensions in Payment | 2.5% per annum |
- | Mortality for pensioners | Base table is PNXA00 with mortality improvements using medium cohort with 1% underpin |
- | Retirements | 100% at Normal Pension Date |
- | Withdrawals | Nil allowance |
- | Expense Allowance | 8% of contributions |
In assessing the long term cost of a pension scheme certain assumptions must be made. Owing to the small number of Members in the Scheme no allowance has been made for the possibility of a Member withdrawing from service or retiring before attaining the Normal Pension Age nor for the option to take lump sum at the date of retirement in lieu of pension income. No allowance is made for the member dying before taking benefits. |
Defined contribution scheme |
The group operates a defined contribution scheme for its directors and staff. The charge for the year amounted to £65,544 (2022: £114,699). The amount outstanding at 31 December 2023 was £16,056 (2022: £11,274). |
Blue Barn Group Limited (Registered number: 13362546) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
24. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Outstanding balances due to the Group |
£ |
Other related parties |
At 31 December 2023 | 25,000 |
At 31 December 2022 | 25,000 |
Outstanding balances due to the Group are unsecured and undertaken on normal commercial terms. |
Blue Barn Group Limited has provided security to A.R. Wholesale Limited for its bank overdraft by providing a guarantee for £1million. This is supported by a Freehold 1st legal charge over Mount Pleasant Way, Stokesley and debenture. |
25. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
Blue Barn Group Limited is under the control of Mr M Jones and Mrs A Jones by virtue of their 90% shareholding. |