REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited |
Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited |
Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
Income Statement | 9 |
Other Comprehensive Income | 10 |
Balance Sheet | 11 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
Cash Flow Statement | 13 |
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement | 14 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 16 |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors |
Sterling House |
97 Lichfield Street |
Tamworth |
Staffordshire |
B79 7QF |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
The principal activity of the company in the year under review continued to be the wholesale marketing of a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient processed food products, including our own 'Bakers Range' range and own label ranges for many major customers. |
Key financial highlights are as follows: |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Turnover (£ 's) | 42,883 | 48,455 | 42,322 | 38,004 | 51,830 |
Turnover growth (£ 's) | (5,572) | 6,133 | 4,318 | (13,826) | (2,443) |
Gross profit margin | 18.66% | 22.52% | 22.31% | 23.11% | 22.28% |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
In January 2023 our Willenhall facility was destroyed due to a fire. The business was operational within 48 hours thanks largely to our robust disaster recovery protocols and the utilisation of our Basingstoke distribution centre. Our production facility based at the Willenhall site manufacturing baked goods, pie and pastry products accounted for over 10% of our turnover, was unrecoverable following the fire due to the bespoke nature of the products. |
As a business our strategic focus was to leverage our parent company, Granarolo Spa's dairy product range, and wider global reach of dairy products to help strengthen our sales in the UK, whilst replacing the lost turnover coming from our pastry production facility. |
For 2024 we expect to build on the positive results posted from 2023, as we continue to drive an increase in turnover and profitability. This will be further enhanced with the completion in early 2025 of our new state of the art distribution facility at the Willenhall site. |
The new multi temperature warehouse will offer us an increase of over 4000 pallet spaces compared to today and this will allow us to increase our buying efficiency whilst also improving availability to our customers. |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
The company aims to manage the uncertainty of future revenue streams by focusing on its proven market leading service, maintaining strong relationships with all of its customers, and continued investment in state of the art production facilities to enable diversification into new and emerging markets. |
The principal credit risk arises from trade debtors and is managed by credit referencing and credit insurance together with robust procedures for the collection of monies due to the company. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the wholesale marketing of a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient processed food products, including our own "Bakers Range" range and own label ranges for many major customers. |
DIVIDENDS |
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2023. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2023 to the date of this report. |
Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
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. |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Haines Watts Tamworth Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Midland Chilled Foods Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Income Statement, Other 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 December 2023 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the 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 |
Midland Chilled Foods 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 |
Midland Chilled Foods 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: |
Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities |
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following: |
- results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks and irregularities |
- any matters we identified having obtained an understanding of the company policies and procedures relating to identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they are aware of any instances of non-compliance |
- detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud |
- the internal controls set up to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations |
- the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. |
- obtaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the financial statements, including UK Companies Act 2006, pensions and tax legislation |
- provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company's ability to operate or to avoid material penalty. These include the impact of import restrictions and adherence to food safety and hygiene standards. |
As a result of performing the above, we did not identify any key audit matters related to the potential risk of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
Audit response to risks identified |
Our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following: |
- reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements |
- enquiring of management concerning actual and potential legal action and claims |
- carrying out analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud |
- in addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; 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. |
- considering performance targets and their influence on efforts made by management to manage earnings |
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. |
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. |
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 |
Midland Chilled Foods 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. |
for and on behalf of |
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors |
Sterling House |
97 Lichfield Street |
Tamworth |
Staffordshire |
B79 7QF |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Income Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 3 |
Cost of sales |
GROSS PROFIT |
Distribution costs |
Administrative expenses |
6,476,151 | 9,955,957 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 7 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
Tax on profit | 8 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Other Comprehensive Income |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Balance Sheet |
31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 9 |
Tangible assets | 10 |
Investments | 11 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 12 |
Debtors | 13 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 14 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year | 15 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 20 |
Retained earnings | 21 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 January 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
( |
) |
( |
) |
Tax paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Net cash from operating activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Sale of tangible fixed assets |
Net cash from investing activities | ( |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
New loans in year |
Loan repayments in year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Intercompany movement | 2,863,930 | 10,638 |
Capital repayments in year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Net cash from financing activities |
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
(254,260 |
) |
1,525,316 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation |
Depreciation charges |
Finance costs | 93,797 | 28,459 |
2,051,861 | 1,479,950 |
Decrease/(increase) in stocks | ( |
) |
Increase in trade and other debtors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Decrease in trade and other creditors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash generated from operations | ( |
) | ( |
) |
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 December 2023 |
31.12.23 | 1.1.23 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 13,699 | 2,497 |
Bank overdrafts | ( |
) | ( |
) |
(38,500 | ) | (254,260 | ) |
Year ended 31 December 2022 |
31.12.22 | 1.1.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,497 | 1,525,316 |
Bank overdrafts | ( |
) |
(254,260 | ) | 1,525,316 |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
At 1.1.23 | Cash flow | At 31.12.23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank | 2,497 | 11,202 | 13,699 |
Bank overdrafts | (256,757 | ) | 204,558 | (52,199 | ) |
(254,260 | ) | (38,500 | ) |
Debt |
Finance leases | (40,943 | ) | 40,943 | - |
Debts falling due within 1 year | (158,118 | ) | 11,043 | (147,075 | ) |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (458,786 | ) | 123,289 | (335,497 | ) |
(657,847 | ) | 175,275 | (482,572 | ) |
Total | (912,107 | ) | 391,035 | (521,072 | ) |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Parent company support has been confirmed for the next 12 months and budgets and cash flow projections compiled which indicate the company has sufficient reserves to continue to trade. The directors believe that support afforded, careful cashflow considerations is sufficient upon which to adopt the going concern basis. |
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 subsidiaries within the group. |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Significant judgements and estimates |
In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgement, estimates and assumptions about carrying amounts 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 revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. |
In preparing these financial statements the directors have made judgements including: |
Useful economic lives of tangible fixed assets |
The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual values of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are assessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. |
Leasing obligations |
Determine whether leases entered into by the company either as a lessor or a lessee are operating or finance leases. These decisions depend on an assessment of whether the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred from the lessor to the lessee on a lease by lease basis based on an evaluation of the terms and conditions of the arrangements, and accordingly whether the lease requires an asset and liability to be recognised in the statement of financial position. |
Provisions |
A provision is recognised when the company has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event for which it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and the amount can be reliably estimated. If the effect is material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flow at a rate that reflects the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. |
Whether a present obligation is probable or not requires judgement. The nature and type of risks for these provisions differ and management's judgement is applied regarding the nature and extent of obligations in deciding if an outflow of resources is probable or not. |
Sales ledger bad debt provisions |
Management review debts on a case by case basis to highlight deviation from terms and therefore possible provision requirement. |
Stock provisions |
Through experience over time, the management have formulated a standard policy of provisioning based on stock movement. This is monitored on an ongoing basis and judgement used on a line by line basis should trends change significantly. |
Turnover |
Turnover represents amounts receivable for goods and services net of VAT and trade discounts. Turnover is recognised on despatch of goods. |
Goodwill |
Acquired goodwill is written off in equal annual instalments over its estimated useful economic life of 10 years. |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Intangible assets |
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. |
Development costs are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of ten years. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Freehold property | - |
Plant and machinery | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Financial instruments |
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. |
Debtors |
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are |
measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at |
amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. |
Creditors |
Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank |
loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently |
at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without |
penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that |
mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to |
known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value. |
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. |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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. |
Foreign currencies |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts and finance leases are capitalised as tangible assets and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Obligations under such agreements are included in creditors net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to the profit and loss account so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge on the net obligation outstanding in each period. |
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged against income on a straight line basis over the lease term. |
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. | TURNOVER |
The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
United Kingdom |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
Social security costs |
Other pension costs |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
Direct | 117 | 143 |
Administration | 49 | 53 |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Emoluments etc |
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts |
Development costs amortisation |
Auditors' remuneration |
Foreign exchange differences |
6. | EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Exceptional items | 2,250,691 | - |
The exceptional item relates to net insurance claim monies receivable as a direct result of the fire breaking out on the premises at the beginning of the year. |
7. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank interest |
Hire purchase |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
8. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Current tax: |
UK corporation tax |
Deferred tax | ( |
) |
Tax on profit |
Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Profit before tax |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2022 - |
Effects of: |
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances |
Group relief adjustment | - | (147,155 | ) |
Total tax charge | 363,584 | 36,557 |
9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Development |
Goodwill | costs | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Amortisation for year |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Freehold | Short | Plant and | Motor |
property | leasehold | machinery | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 January 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
The net book value of tangible fixed assets includes £nil (2022 - £73,628) in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The depreciation charge in respect of such assets amounted to £nil (2022 - £26,653) for the year. |
11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Unlisted |
investments |
£ |
COST |
At 1 January 2023 |
and 31 December 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 December 2023 |
At 31 December 2022 |
12. | STOCKS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Finished goods |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
13. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
Employee loans | 1,544 | 1,874 |
VAT |
Prepayments and accrued income |
14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 16) |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
Trade creditors |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Tax | ( |
) |
Social security and other taxes |
VAT | - | 71,752 |
Accruals and deferred income |
15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank loans (see note 16) |
16. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
Bank overdrafts |
Bank loans |
Amounts falling due between one and two years: |
Bank loans - 1-2 years |
Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
Bank loans - 2-5 years |
During the prior year the company took out a further £270k loan to fund the purchase of plant and machinery. This loan is repayable by equal instalments over a five year period and carries an interest rate of 2.65% per annum above base rate. |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Hire purchase contracts |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Gross obligations repayable: |
Within one year |
Finance charges repayable: |
Within one year |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year |
Non-cancellable operating | leases |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
18. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Bank overdrafts |
Bank loans |
Hire purchase contracts | - | 40,943 |
The hire purchase liabilities are secured against the assets to which they relate. |
The bank loan for the purchase of new equipment is secured against the Basingstoke property. |
19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax |
Accelerated capital allowances |
Midland Chilled Foods Limited (Registered number: 01104045) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023 |
19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
Provided during year | ( |
) |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
20. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 38,802 | 38,802 |
21. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 January 2023 |
Profit for the year |
At 31 December 2023 |
22. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
The company has given cross guarantees to Barclays Bank Plc in respect of amounts outstanding with its parent company. At the balance sheet date these amounted to £nil (2022 - £nil). |
23. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
During the year, a total of key management personnel compensation of £ |
24. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The company's immediate parent company is Granarolo UK Limited, a company registered in England & Wales. Granlatte Soc. Coop. Agricola heads the Granarolo Group and is registered in Italy. Granarolo S.P.A. prepare group accounts and these can be obtained from Via Cadriano 27/2, 40127 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. |