REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended |
31 December 2023 |
for |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Unaudited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended |
31 December 2023 |
for |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Page |
Balance Sheet | 1 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Balance Sheet |
31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
Investments | 5 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks |
Debtors | 6 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 7 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 9 |
Retained earnings |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
(a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Balance Sheet - continued |
31 December 2023 |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | COMPANY INFORMATION |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited is a |
Registered number: |
Registered office: |
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 UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view. |
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
The financial statements contain information about Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements. |
Related party exemption |
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. |
Turnover |
Turnover is stated net of VAT and trade discounts and is recognised when the significant risks and rewards are considered to have been transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised on delivery. |
Turnover from the supply of services represents the value of services provided to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Tangible fixed assets |
Tangible fixed assets are stated at purchase cost together with any incidental expenses of acquisition, net of depreciation and any provision for impairment. |
Depreciation is provided on all tangible assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life as follows: |
Freehold property | 2% | Straight line |
Plant and machinery | 20% | Straight line |
Fixtures and fittings | 10% & 33% | Straight line |
Residual value represents the estimated amount which would currently be obtained from disposal of an asset after deducting estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already at an age and in the condition expected at the end of its estimated useful life. |
Freehold properties have been depreciated to a level where they have reached their estimated residual value. Unless there is a change in estimated residual value, no further depreciation will be charged. |
The gain or loss arising on disposal of an asset is determined on the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the profit and loss account. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell, which is equivalent to net realisable value. Cost is based on the purchase cost of stocks using the FIFO (first-in, first-out) method. Provision is made for obsolete and slow-moving items where appropriate. |
Financial instruments |
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial liabilities and assets and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. |
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit and loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. |
The following assets and liabilities are classified as basic financial instruments - trade debtors, other debtors, cash and bank balances and trade creditors |
Trade debtors, cash and bank balances, trade creditors and other creditors balances are measured at the amortised cost equivalent to the undiscounted amount of cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. |
Foreign currency contracts are derivative financial instruments. As explained in the foreign currencies accounting policy they are measured at their fair value. However the fair value of the derivative is only recognised in the financial statements where the amount is material. |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Current tax, including UK corporation tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recovered) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted. |
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
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 recognised in the profit and loss account. |
Pension costs |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to the profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Investments |
Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less provision for impairment where necessary to reduce book value to recoverable amount. |
Employee benefits |
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. |
Where material, the cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received. |
Dividends |
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting. |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Impairment of assets |
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit and loss as described below. |
Non financial assets |
An asset is impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. |
Financial assets |
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were sold at the reporting date. |
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had impairment not been recognised. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
Freehold | Plant and | and |
property | machinery | fittings | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited (Registered number: 02572306) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Shares in |
group |
undertaking |
£ |
COST OR VALUATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
8. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
The company has future operating lease commitments of £116,954 (2022: £95,033 ). |
9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10. | PARENT COMPANY |
Vacuum Brazing Consultants Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of VBC Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. |