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REGISTERED NUMBER: 04143189 (England and Wales)






















Hallmark Group Products Limited

Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023






Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Income Statement 7

Other Comprehensive Income 8

Balance Sheet 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 10

Notes to the Financial Statements 11


Hallmark Group Products Limited

Company Information
for the year ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: B Sonley
S Chapman
V Petraityte
P J Spencer
M Hoe
R Gray





REGISTERED OFFICE: Valletta House
Valletta Street
Hedon Road
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU9 5NP





REGISTERED NUMBER: 04143189 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Smailes Goldie
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Regent's Court
Princess Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BA

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

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 principal activity of the company continued to be that of an intermediate holding company providing support for the group for the manufacture of laminated products, doors and door panels.

The full results for the year are set out on page 8. The directors have paid an interim dividend amounting to £2,000,000 (2022: £750,000) and do not recommend payment of a final dividend (2022: £Nil).

The group maintain a number of key performance indicators in respect of sales growth, gross margin and circulation numbers.

The key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

2023 2022
£    £   

Turnover 2,343,321 2,243,327
Profit before taxation 2,141,059 1,115,810
Equity shareholders' funds 2,092,964 1,987,758

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The company faces competition risk from other companies in the industry resulting in pressure to keep prices low whilst ensuring quality remains high. Another key risk is the performance of the UK and European economies.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The company's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, trade creditors and asset finance agreements. The main purpose of these instruments is to raise funds for the company's operations and to finance the company's working capital.

Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company there is little exposure to price risk or bad debt risk. The company's approach to managing other risks applicable to the financial instruments is shown below.

In respect of bank balances the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of invoice discounting.

In respect of asset finance agreements, the interest rate and monthly repayments are fixed. The company manages the liquidity risk by ensuring there are sufficient funds to meet the payments.

Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts as they fall due.

FUTURE OUTLOOK
New products are constantly being added to the company's comprehensive range to meet the demand of its customers.

The board believes that the company's strategy together with its experienced management will be a solid foundation for future successful performance.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:



B Sonley - Director


31 May 2024

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

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.

DIVIDENDS
During the year interim dividends totalling £2,000,000 (2022 £750,000) were paid. The directors recommend that no final dividends be paid.

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

B Sonley
S Chapman
V Petraityte
P J Spencer
M Hoe
R Gray

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

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

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

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

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Smailes Goldie, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:




B Sonley - Director


31 May 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hallmark Group Products Limited

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

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

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hallmark Group Products Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

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 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, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation. An understanding of these laws and regulations and the extent of compliance was obtained through discussion with management and inspecting legal and regulatory correspondence.

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 and considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

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 were indicative of potential bias; and
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.


Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hallmark Group Products Limited


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;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, and the company's legal advisors.

Due to 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. This 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. 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.

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.




Michael Stocks ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Smailes Goldie
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Regent's Court
Princess Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU2 8BA

31 May 2024

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Income Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 2,343,321 2,243,327

Administrative expenses 2,101,032 1,834,523
242,289 408,804

Other operating income 600 252
OPERATING PROFIT 4 242,889 409,056

Income from shares in group
undertakings

2,000,000

750,000
2,242,889 1,159,056

Interest payable and similar expenses 5 101,830 43,246
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 2,141,059 1,115,810

Tax on profit 6 35,853 68,938
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2,105,206 1,046,872

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Other Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 2,105,206 1,046,872


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

2,105,206

1,046,872

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 8 231,551 266,696
Investments 9 2,862,289 2,862,289
3,093,840 3,128,985

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 10 8,368,606 8,556,729
Cash at bank and in hand 96,807 7,223
8,465,413 8,563,952
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 11 8,178,577 8,190,777
NET CURRENT ASSETS 286,836 373,175
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

3,380,676

3,502,160

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

12

(1,247,872

)

(1,467,977

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 16 (39,840 ) (46,425 )
NET ASSETS 2,092,964 1,987,758

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17 100,000 100,000
Share premium 753,000 753,000
Other reserves 5,000 5,000
Retained earnings 1,234,964 1,129,758
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 2,092,964 1,987,758

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 31 May 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





B Sonley - Director


Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2023

Called up
share Retained Share Other Total
capital earnings premium reserves equity
£    £    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2022 100,000 832,886 753,000 5,000 1,690,886

Changes in equity
Dividends - (750,000 ) - - (750,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,046,872 - - 1,046,872
Balance at 31 December 2022 100,000 1,129,758 753,000 5,000 1,987,758

Changes in equity
Dividends - (2,000,000 ) - - (2,000,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 2,105,206 - - 2,105,206
Balance at 31 December 2023 100,000 1,234,964 753,000 5,000 2,092,964

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Hallmark Group Products Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Going Concern
The directors, having considered the budgets and forecasts for the period to December 2024, have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption 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.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements
The financial statements contain information about Hallmark Group Products Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its ultimate parent, Hallmark Door Systems Group Limited, Valletta House, Valletta Street, Hull, HU9 5NP.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - between 3 and 10 years
Motor vehicles - between 3 and 10 years

Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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.


Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
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.

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

Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.
A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Wages and salaries 663,460 625,626
Social security costs 65,801 62,509
Other pension costs 113,775 172,346
843,036 860,481

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

Administration 23 24

2023 2022
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 158,582 27,090
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 2,581 167

4. OPERATING PROFIT

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 72,677 67,417
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (3,885 ) -
Government grants - (212 )

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

5. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2023 2022
£    £   
Bank loan interest 2,862 8,093
Loan 69,648 10,610
Hire purchase 29,320 24,543
101,830 43,246

6. 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 42,438 72,248

Deferred tax (6,585 ) (3,310 )
Tax on profit 35,853 68,938

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Profit before tax 2,141,059 1,115,810
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
25% (2022 - 19%)

535,265

212,004

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 3,321 229
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (64 ) (795 )
Dividends received (500,000 ) (142,500 )

Changes in tax rates (2,669 ) -
Total tax charge 35,853 68,938

7. DIVIDENDS
2023 2022
£    £   
Ordinary shares of 1 each
Interim 2,000,000 750,000

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Freehold Long and Motor
property leasehold fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 23,880 4,285 669,579 162,933 860,677
Additions - - 38,647 - 38,647
Disposals - - (3,500 ) - (3,500 )
At 31 December 2023 23,880 4,285 704,726 162,933 895,824
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 292 2,028 541,858 49,803 593,981
Charge for year 477 468 55,424 16,308 72,677
Eliminated on disposal - - (2,385 ) - (2,385 )
At 31 December 2023 769 2,496 594,897 66,111 664,273
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 23,111 1,789 109,829 96,822 231,551
At 31 December 2022 23,588 2,257 127,721 113,130 266,696

The net carrying value of tangible fixed assets includes the following in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts.

20232022
£   £   

Plant and Machinery--
Motor Vehicles66,73175,575
66,73175,575

Depreciation charge for the year in respect of leased assets8,8448,795

9. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in
group
undertakin
£   
COST
At 1 January 2023
and 31 December 2023 2,862,289
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 2,862,289
At 31 December 2022 2,862,289

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

9. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital at 31 December 2023 are as follows:-




Name of company

Country of
registration
and operation



Nature of business
Proportion of
voting rights
and shares
held

Fortrace Limited England Dormant 100%
Hallmark Doors Limited England Dormant 100%
Hallmark Panels Limited England Manufacturing 100%
Laminated Supplies Limited England Manufacturing 100%
Toughened Glass Solutions Limited England Dormant 100%

10. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Amounts owed by group undertakings 8,037,456 8,476,030
VAT 50,444 28,502
Prepayments and accrued income 280,706 52,197
8,368,606 8,556,729

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 13) - 18,000
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) 294,993 334,038
Trade creditors 24,591 18,811
Amounts owed to group undertakings 7,711,934 7,611,680
Tax 42,439 72,248
Social security and other taxes 22,350 16,477
Other creditors 16,652 10,956
Directors' loan accounts - 40,000
Accruals and deferred income 65,618 68,567
8,178,577 8,190,777

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Bank loans (see note 13) - 120,000
Other loans (see note 13) 946,681 904,715
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) 301,191 443,262
1,247,872 1,467,977

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

13. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2023 2022
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank loans - 18,000

Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Bank loans - 2-5 years - 120,000
Other loans - 2-5 years 946,681 904,715
946,681 1,024,715

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase contracts
2023 2022
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 294,993 334,038
Between one and five years 301,191 443,262
596,184 777,300

Non-cancellable operating leases
2023 2022
£    £   
Within one year 154,000 154,000
Between one and five years 679,500 833,500
833,500 987,500

15. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2023 2022
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 596,184 777,300

16. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2023 2022
£    £   
Deferred tax 39,840 46,425

Hallmark Group Products Limited (Registered number: 04143189)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

16. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 46,425
Provided during year (6,585 )
Balance at 31 December 2023 39,840

17. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £    £   
100,000 Ordinary 1 100,000 100,000

18. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The immediate parent undertaking is Hallmark Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, and whose registered office is Valetta House, Valletta Street, Hedon Road, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU9 5NP. Hallmark Door Systems Group Limited is the ultimate parent undertaking and the smallest and largest group which consolidates the financial information of the company.