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Northpoint Group Limited
Company Information
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Northpoint Group Limited
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Northpoint Group Limited
Group Strategic Report
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
The Group achieved a profit after tax totalling £506k in the year ended 29 February 2024 (2023: £229k), ahead of the profits forecast in our realistic budget.
The fence coatings and pipe coatings markets remained challenging throughout the year, but we continued to secure good work in these sectors. All divisions performed well and activity levels ultimately remained very good during the period. Distribution expenses decreased by £15k, administrative expenses are £373k higher than in the prior year, mainly as a result of inflationary increases in the various cost centres that are included therein. Although prices have reduced from their highest levels, energy costs are still significantly higher for Northpoint moving into our 28 February 2025 year-end. Northpoint has remained profitable in the current year 2024/25, up to and including the date of this report.
The Group manages risk mainly through acquiring new customers.
We are constantly researching and developing new coating applications in order to best serve our existing and new customers. All Directors take an active role in this respect. We aim to protect the cashflows generated by payments made by our customers. This is done principally by reviewing up to date financial information applicable to each customer and in the majority of cases ensuring we have full credit insurance cover against the balances owed to Northpoint by them. Over many years we have invested heavily in our Plant and Equipment. We aim to deliver coated material back to our customers on time, and it is therefore very important that we maintain our Plant and Equipment to a very high standard.
We consider that our key financial performance indicators are those that communicate the financial performance and strength of the Group and trading subsidiary as a whole, namely, turnover, gross margin, operating profits and net assets.
In challenging markets our turnover has increased by £864k, from £7.642m to £8.506m. Operating profit has increased by £443k from £389k to £832k, mainly due to the increase in Gross Profit arising from low energy costs and higher turnover. Profit before taxation increased by £390k, from £274k to £664k. The Net assets of the Group have increased by £186k, from £168k to £354k. The movement represents the £506k consolidated profit for the year, less the £320k distribution to Northpoint Group Employee Ownership Trust.
The Group’s principal financial instruments continue to be invoice discounting, trade creditors, hire purchase and bank loans. The main purpose of these instruments is to raise funds for and to finance the Group’s operations.
The Directors feel that the key financial risk management for the Group is best served by the monthly review of management accounts encompassing the sales reports, cash flow, bank and debtor positions, and stock levels.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Group Strategic Report (continued)
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Directors' Report
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2024.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group 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 the Group and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £506 thousand (2023 - £229 thousand).
Amounts totalling £320 thousand (2023: £180 thousand) were distributed to Northpoint Group Employee Ownership Trust during the year.
The directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend.
The directors who served during the year were:
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Northpoint Group Limited
Directors' Report (continued)
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
The business remains well set to benefit from its diverse and solid customer base which yields regular repeat custom from its low cost, strategically well positioned manufacturing base just outside Manchester.
We will continue to bid for profitable business using our available production capacity. Any additional business is added to a firm and profitable core business which does not require substantial capital expenditure to meet significant extra demand. The Directors consider the Group to be in a good financial position and will continue to work on our core activities.
The Group continues to invest in research and development with the purpose of developing new products for the powder coating market.
There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.
The auditors, Hurst Accountants Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Northpoint Group Limited
We have audited the financial statements of Northpoint Group Limited (the 'parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 29 February 2024, which comprise the Group Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Group and Company Balance Sheets, the Group Statement of Cash Flows, the Group and Company Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, 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).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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. 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 course of 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.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Northpoint Group Limited (continued)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Northpoint Group Limited (continued)
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 Auditors' 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 Group financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities In identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following: • The nature of the industry and sector in which the group operates; the control environment and business performance including key drivers for directors' remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets. • The outcome of enquiries of management, including whether management was aware of any instances of non- compliance with laws and regulations, and whether management had knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud. • Supporting documentation relating to the Company's policies and procedures for: - Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations - Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud • The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations. • The outcome of discussions amongst the engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. • The legal and regulatory framework in which the Company operates, particularly those laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006, pensions and tax legislation, or which had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Company, including General Data Protection requirements, and Anti-bribery and Corruption. Audit response to risks identified Our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following: • Reviewing the financial statements disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with the provisions of those relevant laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements. • Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud. • Evaluation and testing of the operating effectiveness of management’s controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities. • Enquiring of management about any actual and potential litigation and claims. • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships which may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Northpoint Group Limited (continued)
We have also considered the risk of fraud through management override of controls by: • Testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments. We have used data analytics software to identify accounting transaction which pose heightened risk of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. • Challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, and assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and • Evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business. We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above, and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations are from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of them. 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.
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 Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
3 Stockport Exchange
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Northpoint Group Limited
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Registered number: 06272179
Consolidated Balance Sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 16 to 34 form part of these financial statements.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Registered number: 06272179
Company Balance Sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 16 to 34 form part of these financial statements.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 28 February 2023
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Northpoint Group Limited
Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 28 February 2023
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Northpoint Group Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Consolidated Analysis of Net Debt
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
Northpoint Group Limited is a private company limited by share capital and incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office and principal place of business is Globe Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 4UY.
The company's registered number is 06272179 and its principal activity is that of a holding company. The nature of the group's operations and its principal activity is the powder coating of fences and pipes.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies (see note 3).
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial statements.
Amounts presented in the financial statements are rounded to the nearest thousand, unless otherwise stated.
Parent Company disclosure exemptions
In preparing the separate financial statements of the parent Company, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions available in FRS 102:
∙No Statement of Cash Flows has been presented for the parent Company;
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance Sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases. Revenue from coating services is recognised in line with the coating service being performed, which is when the amount of revenue can be measured reliably and it is probable that the Group will receive the consideration due, and the associated costs incurred can be measured reliably.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
At each reporting date the company assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined which is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.
The Group adds to the carrying amount of an item of fixed assets the cost of replacing part of such an item when that cost is incurred, if the replacement part is expected to provide incremental future benefits to the Group. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognised. Repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the period in which they are incurred.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line or reducing balance method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial assets Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other receivables due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments. Impairment of financial assets Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting date. Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate. If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss. Derecognition of financial instruments Derecognition of financial assets Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the company transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the company will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The directors believe that judgements, estimates and assumptions do not have a significant risk of causing a material difference to the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the powder coating of fences and pipes.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
A Bank loan agreement was made by the trading subsidiary, Northpoint Limited, under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme ('CBILS'). The loan is secured by a guarantee from a director (limited to £48 thousand in total) and under the CBILS, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy has agreed to provide the Bank with a Partial Guarantee. The Partial Guarantee is given to the Bank and not to Northpoint Limited, and Northpoint Limited remains liable for all sums payable under the CBILS agreement in the event of a default.
A separate Bank loan is held by Esprit Fini Limited and is secured by a mortgage debenture incorporating a fixed and floating charge over all of the assets of Northpoint Limited. The bank loan is also secured by first legal charge over registered freehold property owned by Esprit Fini Limited and known as Northpoint Works, Globe Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4UY. Post year-end the loan facilities in both Northpoint Limited and Esprit Fini Limited were refinanced and replaced with a new 15 year agreement. The new loan facility is held within Esprit Fini Limited and is secured over the freehold property. Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts are secured over the assets to which they relate.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
Share premium account
Share premium account - includes any premiums received on issue of share capital. Any transaction costs associated with the issuing of shares are deducted from share premium. Profit and loss account Profit and loss account - includes all current period retained profits, net of dividends.
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
The Company is party to a cross guarantee with HSBC to secure borrowings in respect of other companies in the group. At 29 February 2024, the potential liability was £1,677 thousand (2023: £2,174 thousand).
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Northpoint Group Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 29 February 2024
The Group operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the group in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the group to the fund and amounted to £138 thousand (2023: £119 thousand). Contributions totalling £13 thousand (2023: £12 thousand) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date.
28.Directors' personal guarantees
A director has given a personal guarantee totalling £48 thousand in respect of the Bank loan totalling £480 thousand. £312 thousand was outstanding within the balance sheet at 29 February 2024.
The ultimate controlling party is the Northpoint Group Employee Ownership Trust.
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