Registration number:
for the Year Ended
Purdicom Limited
Contents
Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Statement of Cash Flows |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Purdicom Limited
Company Information
Directors |
H C G Garrod A D R Black M J Smith H McNulty |
Company secretary |
M J Smith |
Registered office |
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Auditors |
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Purdicom Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is that of the wholesale distribution of electronic parts and equipment.
Objectives and strategies to achieve
Our mission statement: “Purdicom’s mission is to offer state-of-the-art, best of breed, and versatile wireless, cloud and security solutions that harmoniously align with the objectives of our customers. Unusual processes and unique business needs are all accommodated in an “ease of doing business” environment facilitated by our own highly trained experienced communications technology experts. Whilst all the time delivering value to our shareholders and colleagues alike.” We continue to look for acquisitions, as well as growing organically.
This statement set out our objective to reach a £47 million turnover by 2023. Whilst the global turmoil of the post Covid years has meant we fell short this year, we strive to achieve £50 million in the coming years.
Business model
We have four sales teams specialising in indoor wireless, outdoor wireless, security, and cloud markets. These have performed well, and we continue to win some significant projects and customers. These teams continue to sell to Telecommunications Operators, ISP’s, Value Added Resellers, Integrators and Managed Service Providers (MSP’s). Our indoor wireless team addressing the indoor market continues to gain many new customers and have won back many customers as we demonstrate our value-added services.
Our professional services have grown strongly, and we have a lot of service offerings from surveys to installation and commissioning work, and system design. Our export sales have increased by 18.7% in 2023, with EU sales seeing an increase of 32.3%. 2024 will see a targeted sales growth into the EU with warehousing facilities due to be in place towards the end of the year.
Our online portal has enhanced our customer experience providing customers with the option to build, review and place orders through our webstore. We continue to develop the knowledge and skills of our expert sales team and the webstore compliments this by providing a convenient and easy to use portal for those who prefer to order online.
Trends
Around the world, cities are evaluating how to leverage smart technology to enhance citizens lifestyle, increase economic growth and make the city more efficient. The possibilities are limitless with advanced technology in smart lighting, traffic and parking systems, public safety and much more.
A great starting point for cities is to deploy public Wi-Fi. Public Wi-Fi is a great way to create a more vibrant community and connect citizens, businesses, and visitors. But the benefits of Wi-Fi do not stop there. Once the Wi-Fi network infrastructure is in place, it can be used to enable other smart city applications such as public safety / IP Video, traffic and parking controls, air quality and many others. We also took on a well-known large US security vendor which has significantly strengthened our security portfolio.
We have seen a significant rise in the number of Managed Service Providers encouraged by the UK Governments grants. These “pots” of money have enabled MSPs to attract many new customers and to rapidly grow their business and network coverage. In addition, wireless has become the norm and must in homes,offices, hotels, city centres and out and about on the move. The trend to provide blanket coverage everywhere with Wi-Fi is continuing and people are demanding more and more as Wi-Fi has significant bandwidth coverage and reliability advantages over cellular offerings. Mobile Operators are also starting to offer Wi-Fi calling which is providing connectivity for both voice and data to a cellular user utilising any Wi-Fi network that can be connected to for both incoming and outgoing calls.
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Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Principal risks and uncertainties
Inflation, Interest Rates & Recession
The prominent levels of inflation seen since 2021 continued through 2023 and whilst inflation has now fallen, interest rates remain high. Whilst the IT sector continues to grow there is a risk that a recession will stifle investment through 2024. Purdicom continues to look at new products and new markets to continue to expand and spread any potential risk across its portfolio.
Political Risk
With a change in the UK government in July 2024 and elections across the EU there is likely to be a shift in governmental policy both domestically and internationally. Governmental investment and tax policy will likely change the landscape through 2024 and 2025.
Conflict
Ongoing conflicts in Ukraine as well as the Israel-Gaza conflict continue to cause uncertainties around supply and pricing of goods from certain key partners.
Exchange Rate Risk
An ever-present risk is Purdicom’s exposure to international exchange rate movements, Purdicom utilises hedging strategies to mitigate these risks.
Credit Risk
The risk of a customer default is one that Purdicom is aware of, a tightening of the credit insurance market along with a back log of customer orders has proved challenging at times. Purdicom maintains strong relationships with its customers & utilises credit insurance and credit agencies to set appropriate credit limits.
Development and performance
The first half of 2023 has seen robust growth as the industry pulled out of the 2022 components shortage, shelves were replenished and customer orders were fulfilled. This continued the trend from late 2022 however the market slowed as 2023 came to its conclusion. This slowdown has continued into 2024 with growth expected to return towards the end of the year.
With two contrasting halves to the year, 2023 saw turnover increase marginally to £43.9m, gross profit has seen an increase to £8.6m through shrewd purchasing, favourable currency trades and a reduction in shipping costs.
2023 has seen an increase in overheads because of our strategy to invest in our people. Head count increases in the sales and engineering teams are aligned with our strategies of growth and diversification. There has also been investment in our internal systems and web portal offering to help streamline future growth.
The investment has resulted in strengthened teams and systems but this has an impacted on net profit, which whilst remaining above our budget level, the £2.3m after tax that we achieved is down 15% on 2022.
The company’s balance sheet remains strong at £12.9m, with net current assets increasing by £1.64m to £12.7m. This has been driven by a reduction in heightened stock levels seen as the industry component shortage abated, customer orders were fulfilled and suppliers paid down. The reduction in stock level is expected to continue into 2024 with a resulting liquidity increase forecast.
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Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Approved and authorised by the
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Purdicom Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Disclosure of information to the auditors
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.
Approved and authorised by the
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Purdicom Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report 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:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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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.
Purdicom Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Purdicom Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Purdicom Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, 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 auditor 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 director's 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 original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
Purdicom Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Purdicom Limited
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.
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 6], 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 is 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.
Auditor 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 auditor’s 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.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Detecting irregularities, including fraud
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. As such, we have considered:
Purdicom Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Purdicom Limited
• the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the company's remuneration policy, bonus levels, and performance targets;
• the company's own assessment, including assessments made by key management, of the risks that irregularities may occur either as a result of fraud or error;
• any matters we identified having reviewed the company's policies and procedures relating to:
- identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
- detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and
- the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;
• the matters discussed amongst the audit engagement team.
As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the areas in which management is required to exercise significant judgement, such as the disclosure of adjusting items. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.
We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act, tax legislation and regulations concerning importing and exporting to and from the UK.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
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 auditor’s 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.
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For and on behalf of
2 Old Bath Road
Berkshire
RG14 1QL
Purdicom Limited
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Note |
2023 |
2022 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
( |
( |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
( |
( |
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Operating profit |
2,962,281 |
3,303,299 |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Interest payable and similar expenses |
( |
|
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1,570 |
2,491 |
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Profit before tax |
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Tax on profit |
( |
( |
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Profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
Purdicom Limited
(Registration number: 05361794)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023
Note |
2023 |
2022 |
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Fixed assets |
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Intangible assets |
- |
- |
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Tangible assets |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
( |
( |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Provisions for liabilities |
( |
( |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
83 |
83 |
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Share premium reserve |
490 |
490 |
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Capital redemption reserve |
19 |
19 |
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Retained earnings |
12,913,567 |
11,210,937 |
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Shareholders' funds |
12,914,159 |
11,211,529 |
Approved and authorised by the
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Purdicom Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Share capital |
Share premium |
Capital redemption reserve |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2022 |
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|
|
|
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Profit for the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
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Dividends |
- |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 December 2022 |
83 |
490 |
19 |
11,210,937 |
11,211,529 |
Share capital |
Share premium |
Capital redemption reserve |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2023 |
|
|
|
|
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Profit for the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
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Dividends |
- |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 December 2023 |
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Purdicom Limited
Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Note |
2023 |
(As restated) |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Profit for the year |
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Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items |
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Depreciation and amortisation |
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Profit on disposal of tangible assets |
( |
- |
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Finance income |
( |
( |
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Income tax expense |
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Working capital adjustments |
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Decrease/(increase) in stocks |
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( |
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Decrease/(increase) in trade debtors |
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( |
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(Decrease)/increase in trade creditors |
( |
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Cash generated from operations |
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( |
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Income taxes paid |
( |
( |
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Net cash flow from operating activities |
( |
( |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Interest received |
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Acquisitions of tangible assets |
( |
( |
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Proceeds from sale of tangible assets |
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- |
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Net cash flows from investing activities |
( |
( |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Payments to finance lease creditors |
( |
( |
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Dividends paid |
( |
( |
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Net cash flows from financing activities |
( |
( |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
( |
( |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January |
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December |
472,299 |
1,905,907 |
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
United Kingdom
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the
Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current tax payable and deferred tax.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
Leasehold improvements |
Over the life of the lease |
Plant and machinery |
33% straight line |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
33% straight line |
Motor vehicles |
25% - 33% straight line |
Amortisation
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:
Asset class |
Amortisation method and rate |
Intangible assets other than goodwill |
Over 36 months |
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
Defined contribution pension obligation
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Revenue |
The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
|
Sale of goods |
|
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Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
2023 |
2022 |
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Depreciation expense |
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Research and development cost |
( |
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Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment |
( |
- |
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
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Wages and salaries |
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Social security costs |
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Other short-term employee benefits |
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Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
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Other employee expense |
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The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
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Management |
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Admin |
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Technical support |
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Sales |
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Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
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Remuneration |
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Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
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468,161 |
341,363 |
In respect of the highest paid director:
2023 |
2022 |
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Remuneration |
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Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes |
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Auditors' remuneration |
2023 |
2022 |
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Audit of the financial statements |
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Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account
2023 |
2022 |
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
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Deferred taxation |
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Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
( |
( |
Tax expense in the income statement |
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The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2022 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
2023 |
2022 |
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Profit before tax |
|
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Corporation tax at standard rate |
|
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Tax increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
|
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Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
|
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Tax decrease from other tax effects |
( |
( |
Total tax charge |
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Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Deferred tax
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
2023 |
Asset |
Liability |
Accelerated tax depreciation |
- |
|
- |
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2022 |
Asset |
Liability |
Accelerated tax depreciation |
- |
|
- |
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Intangible assets |
Other intangible assets |
Total |
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Cost or valuation |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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At 31 December 2023 |
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Amortisation |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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At 31 December 2023 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 December 2023 |
- |
- |
The aggregate amount of research and development expenditure recognised as an expense during the period is £(
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Tangible assets |
Long leasehold land and buildings |
Fixtures and fittings |
Plant and machinery |
Motor vehicles |
Total |
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Cost or valuation |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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Additions |
- |
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Disposals |
- |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 December 2023 |
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Depreciation |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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Charge for the year |
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Eliminated on disposal |
- |
- |
- |
( |
( |
At 31 December 2023 |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 December 2023 |
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At 31 December 2022 |
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Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £6,538 (2022 - £13,607) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Stocks |
2023 |
2022 |
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Other inventories |
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Debtors |
Current |
2023 |
2022 |
Trade debtors |
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Other debtors |
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Prepayments |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
2023 |
2022 |
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Cash on hand |
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Cash at bank |
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Short-term deposits |
- |
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Creditors |
Note |
2023 |
2022 |
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Due within one year |
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Loans and borrowings |
- |
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Trade creditors |
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Social security and other taxes |
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Other payables |
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Accruals |
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Income tax liability |
196,174 |
487,292 |
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Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Provisions for liabilities |
Deferred tax |
Other provisions |
Total |
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At 1 January 2023 |
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Increase (decrease) in existing provisions |
( |
- |
( |
At 31 December 2023 |
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Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
2023 |
2022 |
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No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
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|
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83 |
|
83 |
Loans and borrowings |
Current loans and borrowings
2023 |
2022 |
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Hire purchase contracts |
- |
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The company has a debt discounting facility which is secured against trade debtors. The facility available to the company at the reporting date was £5,000,000 (2022: £5,000,000) of which 85% can be borrowed against of which £nil (2022: £nil) was in use. The debt is repaid on successful recovery of qualifying sales invoices. The interest charges incurred can be seen on the income statement under interest payable. Hire purchase liabilities are secured against the assets to which they relate.
Purdicom Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023
Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts |
Finance leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
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Not later than one year |
- |
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Operating leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
2023 |
2022 |
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Not later than one year |
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Later than one year and not later than five years |
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Related party transactions |
Other transactions with directors |
At the reporting date the director H C G Garrod was owed £147 (2022: £614) from reimbursed expenses.
Dividends totalling £352,270 (2022: £348,924) were paid in the year in respect of shares held by the company's directors.
The ultimate controlling party is H C G Garrod by virtue of a majority share holding and his position as managing director.