REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
FOR |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
FOR |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Balance Sheet | 2 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 | to | 6 |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED |
COMPANY INFORMATION |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Statutory Auditors |
Chartered Accountants |
28 Broad Street |
Peterhead |
Aberdeenshire |
AB42 1BY |
BANKERS: |
1 Main Street |
Turriff |
Aberdeenshire |
AB53 4AA |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
BALANCE SHEET |
31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 4 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks |
Debtors | 5 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 6 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital |
Retained earnings |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Gardiner ICM Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The presentation currency is £ sterling. |
Principal activity and turnover |
The company's principal activities are that of the sale of agro-chemicals and the provision of agronomy consultancy services . |
Turnover represents the amounts (excluding value added tax) derived from the provision of goods and rendering of services to customers during the year. |
The company recognises revenue on the sale of agro-chemicals when: |
(a) the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer; |
(b) the company retains no continuing involvement or control over the goods ; |
(c) the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; |
(d) it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity. |
The company recognises revenue on the provision of agronomy services in the accounting period in which the services are rendered, when the outcome of the contract can be estimated reliably. |
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. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life. |
Property improvements - 10% on cost |
Plant and machinery etc - 25% on reducing balance and 20% on reducing balance |
Impairment of assets |
At each reporting date fixed assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If there is an indication of possible impairment, the recoverable amount of any affected asset is estimated and compared with its carrying amount. If the estimated recoverable amount is lower, the carrying amount is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount, and an impairment loss is recognised immediately in the profit or loss. |
If an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but not in excess of the amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and selling price less costs to complete and sell. |
Financial instruments |
The company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable. |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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. |
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 |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate. |
Debtors |
Unless stated all debtors are recoverable within one year and are recorded at their nominal value with no interest being usually chargeable. |
They are assessed for recoverability on an ongoing basis and any losses arising from impairment are recognised immediately in the profit or loss account. |
Creditors |
Short term creditors are recorded at their transaction price. Other financial liabilities are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
Going concern |
The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the company has adequate working capital to execute its operations for the next 12 months. |
As a result, the directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
The average number of employees during the year was |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Plant and |
machinery |
etc |
£ |
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 |
5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Other debtors |
6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade creditors |
Taxation and social security |
Other creditors |
7. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 |
The Report of the Auditors was unqualified. |
for and on behalf of |
GARDINER ICM LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: SC197812) |
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 |
8. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Mr D A Hutchinson is a director of H L Hutchinson Limited which owns 51% of the share capital of the company. |
The company paid rent to Miss E Mackie, a director and shareholder, to the value of £1,946 (2022: £7,785) during the period.There were no balances outstanding at the balance sheet date (2022: £Nil). |
The company paid J L Farming Ltd, a company in which Mr I Learmonth and his close family are directors, for services to the value of £109,105 (2022: £81,139) during the period. There were no balances outstanding at the balance sheet date (2022: £Nil). |
The company paid James Learmonth & Co a business in which Mr I Learmonth has an interest for services to the value of £7,092 (2022: £2,548). The company sold goods to James Learmonth & Co in the normal course of trade to the value of £159,939 (2022 £ 241,194). There were no balances outstanding at the balance sheet date (2022: £Nil). |
The company purchased goods from its holding company, H L Hutchinson Limited, in the normal course of trade to the value of £3,600,446 (2022: £4,682,063), during the year. The amount of £Nil (2022 £249,058) relating to these purchases is due from H L Hutchinson Limited at the balance sheet date The amount of £259,405 (2022: £Nil) relating to these purchases is due to H L Hutchinson Limited at the balance sheet date. |
The company sold goods from its holding company, H L Hutchinson Limited, in the normal course of trade to the value of £8,967 (2022: £18,338), during the year. The amount of £Nil (2022: £Nil) relating to these Sales is due from H L Hutchinson Limited at the balance sheet date. |
At the balance sheet date £934,329 (2022: £nil) is due from H L Hutchinson Limited in respect of retrospective discounts. |
9. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
Mr D A Hutchinson, a director, along with members of his immediate family controls the company by virtue of a 100% interest in the issued ordinary share capital of the ultimate parent company Hutchinson Group Limited. |