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REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448 (England and Wales)














Strategic Report,

Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

for

HEWITSON LIMITED

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)






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




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Statement of Comprehensive Income 8

Balance Sheet 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 11

Cash Flow Statement 12

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 13

Notes to the Financial Statements 14


HEWITSON LIMITED

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024







Directors: M E Hewitson
B Gibson
H M Hewitson



Registered office: Teesside Grange
Eaglescliffe
Stockton-On-Tees
TS16 0QH



Registered number: 05275448 (England and Wales)



Senior statutory auditor: Karl Michael Gordon FCCA



Auditors: Mitchell Gordon LLP
Accountants and Statutory Auditor
43 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
Co. Durham
DL3 7EH

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Review of business
The company has continued to grow in a controlled manner and is performing in line with expectations with its profit levels in keeping with other similar businesses trading in the area.

The company continues to strengthen its relationships with its clients and undertakes a great deal of repeat business, whilst developing working relationships with new customers too.

The company has a sizeable amount of pipeline projects booked in for the upcoming year, whilst retaining capacity to undertake smaller short notice work when required.

The company has also invested heavily in training and developing its younger key staff to ensure skills and experience are retained in the business and continuation of high service levels will be maintained for generations to come.

Principal risks and uncertainties
The two main risks to the business are economic risk and operational risk.

The economic risk is the macroeconomic risk brought about by raising fuel and material costs, interest rates and potential bad debts. This risk is mitigated by having strong cash reserves and a policy of minimising borrowings.

The operational risk is the increasing compliance which is increasing in the construction sector which is being mitigated by an emphasis of staff training and development.

On behalf of the board:





M E Hewitson - Director


16 August 2024

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Principal activity
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of groundworks.

Dividends
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2024 will be £ 2,770,000 .

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

M E Hewitson
B Gibson
H M Hewitson

Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

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

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

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

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

Auditors
The auditors, Mitchell Gordon LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

On behalf of the board:





M E Hewitson - Director


16 August 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hewitson Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Hewitson Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, 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 March 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

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

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

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

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hewitson Limited


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

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

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

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

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hewitson Limited


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

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence,
capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other
management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sectors in which the company operates;
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the
financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation,
data protection compliance, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation;
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of
management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert
to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

These procedures did not identify any potentially material actual or suspected non-compliance.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge
of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and
regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- reviewed material journal entries to identify unusual transactions or posting by unusual users;
- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of
potential bias; and
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC and the company's legal advisors.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it.

In addition, as with any audit, there remains a higher risk of non-detection of fraud, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. Our audit procedures are designed to detect material misstatement. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance of fraud and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws & regulations.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hewitson Limited


Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Karl Michael Gordon FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Mitchell Gordon LLP
Accountants and Statutory Auditor
43 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
Co. Durham
DL3 7EH

16 August 2024

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Statement of Comprehensive
Income
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
Notes £    £   

Turnover 30,611,553 32,094,989

Cost of sales 25,423,540 27,862,631
Gross profit 5,188,013 4,232,358

Administrative expenses 2,329,157 2,226,066
2,858,856 2,006,292

Other operating income 12,804 22,735
Operating profit 4 2,871,660 2,029,027

Interest receivable and similar income 314,735 37,056
3,186,395 2,066,083

Interest payable and similar expenses 5 32,064 24,953
Profit before taxation 3,154,331 2,041,130

Tax on profit 6 106,804 211,504
Profit for the financial year 3,047,527 1,829,626

Other comprehensive income - -
Total comprehensive income for the year 3,047,527 1,829,626

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2024

31/3/24 31/3/23
Notes £    £    £    £   
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 8 549,823 545,986

Current assets
Stocks 9 - 7,000
Debtors 10 5,468,591 6,129,594
Cash at bank 8,923,516 4,790,766
14,392,107 10,927,360
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 11 11,949,443 8,669,641
Net current assets 2,442,664 2,257,719
Total assets less current liabilities 2,992,487 2,803,705

Creditors
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

12

(100,939

)

(161,676

)

Provisions for liabilities 15 (90,999 ) (119,007 )
Net assets 2,800,549 2,523,022

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 16 1 1
Retained earnings 17 2,800,548 2,523,021
Shareholders' funds 2,800,549 2,523,022

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Balance Sheet - continued
31 March 2024



The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 16 August 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





M E Hewitson - Director


HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 December 2021 1 2,243,395 2,243,396

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,550,000 ) (1,550,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,829,626 1,829,626
Balance at 31 March 2023 1 2,523,021 2,523,022

Changes in equity
Dividends - (2,770,000 ) (2,770,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 3,047,527 3,047,527
Balance at 31 March 2024 1 2,800,548 2,800,549

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 3,356,913 1,307,016
Interest paid (330 ) (21,975 )
Interest element of hire purchase payments
paid

(31,734

)

(2,978

)
Tax paid (189,325 ) -
Taxation refund - 48,431
Net cash from operating activities 3,135,524 1,330,494

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (168,015 ) (214,544 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 14,700 18,879
Interest received 314,735 37,056
Net cash from investing activities 161,420 (158,609 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Loan repayments in year - (1,350,000 )
Capital repayments in year (121,027 ) (26,541 )
Movement on group balances 3,726,833 3,084,243
Equity dividends paid (2,770,000 ) (1,550,000 )
Net cash from financing activities 835,806 157,702

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 4,132,750 1,329,587
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

4,790,766

3,461,179

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 8,923,516 4,790,766

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Profit before taxation 3,154,331 2,041,130
Depreciation charges 146,783 91,372
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 2,695 (6,321 )
Finance costs 32,064 24,953
Finance income (314,735 ) (37,056 )
3,021,138 2,114,078
Decrease/(increase) in stocks 7,000 (3,000 )
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors 621,588 (2,041,866 )
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors (292,813 ) 1,237,804
Cash generated from operations 3,356,913 1,307,016

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 March 2024
31/3/24 1/4/23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 8,923,516 4,790,766
Period ended 31 March 2023
31/3/23 1/12/21
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 4,790,766 3,461,179


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1/4/23 Cash flow At 31/3/24
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank 4,790,766 4,132,750 8,923,516
4,790,766 4,132,750 8,923,516
Debt
Finance leases (287,038 ) 121,027 (166,011 )
(287,038 ) 121,027 (166,011 )
Total 4,503,728 4,253,777 8,757,505

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Hewitson 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 (£).


The company traded for a longer period in the prior year due to a change in accounting period. Therefore the comparative amounts in the financial statements (including related notes) are not entirely comparable.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

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 at least the next twelve months. This expectation has been based on the future pipeline of work.

The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis of accounting.

Related party exemption
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned entities within the group.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
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.

Turnover
Turnover represents the value of work carried out during the year including amounts not yet invoiced, excluding value added tax.

Turnover from construction services is recognised according to the stage of completion of work done as determined through the use of quantity surveying methods.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Plant and machinery - At varying rates
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 33% on cost, 33% on reducing balance, 25% on reducing balance and 15% on reducing balance

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Work in progress is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Cost includes all direct expenditure and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.

Financial instruments
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 cost 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.
Basic financial liabilities, including loans from fellow group companies are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financial transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments 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.

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 publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and 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 and loss.

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal 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.

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

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 profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Wages and salaries 5,543,433 6,485,217
Social security costs 95,852 110,962
Other pension costs 163,827 195,885
5,803,112 6,792,064

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23

Directors 3 3
Staff 105 102
108 105

Information regarding the highest paid director for the period ended 31 March 2023 is as follows:


Year
Ended
31/3/24


Period
1/12/21 to
31/3/23
£ £
Emoluments etc. 188,973 250,376
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 18,902 15,250

4. OPERATING PROFIT

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

Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 1,307,718 1,396,952
Depreciation - owned assets 93,304 68,143
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 53,479 23,229
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 2,695 (6,321 )
Auditors' remuneration 4,410 4,200
Accountancy 4,923 8,555

5. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Bank interest 330 386
Bank loan interest - 21,589
Hire purchase 31,734 2,978
32,064 24,953

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

6. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 134,812 106,327

Deferred tax (28,008 ) 105,177
Tax on profit 106,804 211,504

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

Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Profit before tax 3,154,331 2,041,130
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2023 - 19%)

788,583

387,815

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 6,495 112
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation - (100,036 )
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 28,008 -
Group relief (688,274 ) (182,404 )
Chargeable gains - 689
Other adjustment - 151
Accelerated capital allowances (28,008 ) 76,615
Deferred tax - change in rate in taxation - 28,562
Total tax charge 106,804 211,504

7. DIVIDENDS
Period
1/12/21
Year Ended to
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Paid during the year 2,770,000 1,550,000

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and Motor Computer
machinery vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2023 292,092 433,564 43,087 768,743
Additions - 168,015 - 168,015
Disposals - (76,150 ) - (76,150 )
At 31 March 2024 292,092 525,429 43,087 860,608
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 36,341 160,787 25,629 222,757
Charge for year 54,210 84,685 7,888 146,783
Eliminated on disposal - (58,755 ) - (58,755 )
At 31 March 2024 90,551 186,717 33,517 310,785
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 201,541 338,712 9,570 549,823
At 31 March 2023 255,751 272,777 17,458 545,986

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Plant and Motor
machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2023
and 31 March 2024 200,300 88,801 289,101
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023 - 35,126 35,126
Charge for year 40,060 13,419 53,479
At 31 March 2024 40,060 48,545 88,605
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024 160,240 40,256 200,496
At 31 March 2023 200,300 53,675 253,975

9. STOCKS
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Finished goods - 7,000

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

10. DEBTORS
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors 396,777 2,023,923
Amounts owed by group undertakings - 39,415
Other debtors 546,500 842,415
Prepayments and accrued income 4,225,314 2,923,841
5,168,591 5,829,594

Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Prepayments and accrued income 300,000 300,000

Aggregate amounts 5,468,591 6,129,594

Included in debtors is £4,516,883 (2023: £3,217,308) as amounts due on contracts.

11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 13) 65,072 125,362
Trade creditors 2,994,132 3,435,388
Amounts owed to group undertakings 7,692,032 4,004,614
Tax 51,814 106,327
Social security and other taxes 179,123 186,414
Other creditors 163,465 143,493
Accrued expenses 803,805 668,043
11,949,443 8,669,641

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 13) 100,939 161,676

13. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under hire purchase fall due as follows:

31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 65,072 125,362
Between one and five years 100,939 161,676
166,011 287,038

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

14. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 166,011 287,038

Hire purchase liabilities are secured via the asset to which they relate.

15. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Deferred tax 90,999 119,007

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2023 119,007
Accelerated capital allowances (28,008 )
Balance at 31 March 2024 90,999

The amount of the net reversal of deferred tax expected to occur next year is £26,289 (2023: £15,787) relating to the reversal of existing timing differences on tangible fixed assets.

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31/3/24 31/3/23
value: £    £   
1 Ordinary £1 1 1

Each share carries one vote and the right to participate in any distribution as recommended by the directors, on a pro-rata basis with regard to total number of shares in issue.

17. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2023 2,523,021
Profit for the year 3,047,527
Dividends (2,770,000 )
At 31 March 2024 2,800,548

HEWITSON LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05275448)

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

18. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The ultimate parent company is Hewitson Group Ltd, a private company limited by shares registered in England and Wales.

The registered office is the same as for Hewitson Limited and can be found on the company information page. Consolidated group accounts are prepared by the parent and be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

19. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

A multilateral guarantee exists between Hewitson Limited, Hewitson Plant Hire Limited, Hewitson Haulage Ltd, HAB Northern Ltd, Oaktree Living Limited and Hewitson Plant Sales Limited dated 14th April 2014 in favour of HSBC Bank plc.

A debenture also exists including a charge over the assets of the company dated 1st March 2005 in favour of HSBC Bank plc.

20. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 71,338 -

21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The parent company for which consolidated financial statements are drawn up of which Hewitson Limited is a member of is Hewitson Group Ltd, 43 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL3 7EH.
The related party transactions disclosed below are under usual market conditions, are unsecured and are settled in cash.

Other related parties
31/3/24 31/3/23
£    £   
Sales 502,191 857,686
Purchases 27,827 150,186
Amount due from related party 215,041 23,214
Amount due to related party - 73,835

During the year, a total of key management personnel compensation of £ 305,114 (2023 - £ 434,798 ) was paid.

22. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is M E Hewitson.