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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03634964 (England and Wales)















Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

for

Prima Business Control Software Limited

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4

Chartered Accountants' Report 12

Prima Business Control Software Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024







DIRECTORS: S P McLaughlin
A Pathak
I C Buckley
N Vairavasundaram





SECRETARY: S P McLaughlin





REGISTERED OFFICE: Cheshire House
Gorsey Lane
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 0RP





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03634964 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: Voisey & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants
8 Winmarleigh Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1JW

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Balance Sheet
31 January 2024

31.1.24 31.1.23
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible fixed assets 4 287,809 274,815
Tangible assets 5 80 161
Investments 6 731,000 731,000
1,018,889 1,005,976

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 7 839,079 632,631
Cash at bank 509,145 578,640
1,348,224 1,211,271
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 8 427,624 405,041
NET CURRENT ASSETS 920,600 806,230
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,939,489

1,812,206

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year 9 57,750 134,750
NET ASSETS 1,881,739 1,677,456

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 10 17,900 17,900
Share premium 11 886,048 886,048
Capital redemption reserve 11 100 100
Retained earnings 11 977,691 773,408
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,881,739 1,677,456

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 January 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 January 2024


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 21 August 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





S P McLaughlin - Director


Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Prima Business Control Software 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.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


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" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Significant judgements and estimates
In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Revenue recognition
Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services supplied by the company, net of value added tax and trade discounts in the normal course of business.

Development expenditure
Development expenditure relating to clearly defined projects which are assessed to be commercially viable and have a certainty to their technical feasibility are capitalised. Development expenditure includes employee's salaries, employee's benefits and other development consultancy costs.Capitalised expenditure is recorded at cost less accumulated amortisation and provisions for impairment. Development expenditure is amortised once the product is released and is calculated by reference to the expected useful life of the product.

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Plant and machinery - 50% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost

Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have been adjusted.

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.

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 defined contribution pension schemes in respect of employees. The assets of the schemes are held in separately administered funds from the other assets of the company. The charge to the profit and loss account represents the contributions to the schemes in the year.

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with bank, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforcible right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the net asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised costs using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publically traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit or loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

Provisions
A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the company has a constructive or legal obligation as a result of a past event and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefit will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are recognised at their discounted net present value.


Operating and finance leases
Costs in respect of operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term in arriving at the operating profit or loss. Tangible fixed assets acquired under hire purchase contracts are capitalised at the estimated fair value at the date of inception of each lease or contract and depreciated over the expected useful life of the asset concerned. The finance charges are allocated over the period of the lease on a straight-line basis.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 35 (2023 - 33 ) .

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

4. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Development
Expenditure
£   
COST
At 1 February 2023 655,054
Additions 145,630
Disposals (375,970 )
At 31 January 2024 424,714
AMORTISATION
At 1 February 2023 380,239
Amortisation for year 132,636
Eliminated on disposal (375,970 )
At 31 January 2024 136,905
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 287,809
At 31 January 2023 274,815

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Plant and and
machinery fittings Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 4,764 3,795 8,559
DEPRECIATION
At 1 February 2023 4,603 3,795 8,398
Charge for year 81 - 81
At 31 January 2024 4,684 3,795 8,479
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 80 - 80
At 31 January 2023 161 - 161

6. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

31.1.24 31.1.23
£    £   
Shares in group undertakings 631,000 631,000
Loans to group undertakings 100,000 100,000
731,000 731,000

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

6. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

Additional information is as follows:
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 631,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 631,000
At 31 January 2023 631,000
Loans to
group
undertakings
£   
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 100,000

7. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.1.24 31.1.23
£    £   
Trade debtors 240,805 238,834
Amounts owed by group undertakings 499,640 363,170
Other debtors 3,148 1,758
Tax 53,752 -
Prepayments 41,734 28,869
839,079 632,631

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.1.24 31.1.23
£    £   
Unsecured loan notes 2022 77,000 77,000
Trade creditors 52,207 32,220
Amounts owed to group undertakings 4,356 -
Social security and other taxes 94,753 89,953
Other creditors 9,886 8,783
Accrued expenses and deferred income 189,422 197,085
427,624 405,041

Prima Business Control Software Limited (Registered number: 03634964)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31.1.24 31.1.23
£    £   
Unsecured loan notes 2022 due 1 to 2 years 57,750 77,000
Unsecured loan notes 2022 due in more than 2
years

-

57,750
57,750 134,750

10. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £ £
923,935 A Ordinary 1p 9,239 9,239
866,065 Ordinary 1p 8,661 8,661
17,900 17,900

11. RESERVES
Capital
Retained Share redemption
earnings premium reserve Totals
£    £    £    £   

At 1 February 2023 773,408 886,048 100 1,659,556
Profit for the year 204,283 204,283
At 31 January 2024 977,691 886,048 100 1,863,839

12. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is S P McLaughlin.

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors
on the Unaudited Financial Statements of
Prima Business Control Software Limited

The following reproduces the text of the report prepared for the directors in respect of the company's annual unaudited financial statements. In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the company is only required to file a Balance Sheet. Readers are cautioned that the Statement of Comprehensive Income and certain other primary statements and the Report of the Directors are not required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the financial statements of Prima Business Control Software Limited for the year ended 31 January 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed within the ICAEW's regulations and guidance at http://www.icaew.com/en/membership/regulations-standards-and-guidance.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Prima Business Control Software Limited, as a body, in accordance with our terms of engagement. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the financial statements of Prima Business Control Software Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Prima Business Control Software Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Prima Business Control Software Limited and its Board of Directors, as a body, for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Prima Business Control Software Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory financial statements that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Prima Business Control Software Limited. You consider that Prima Business Control Software Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the financial statements of Prima Business Control Software Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory financial statements.






Voisey & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants
8 Winmarleigh Street
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1JW


21 August 2024