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Ferrari Express Ltd

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 8

Profit and Loss Account

9

Statement of Comprehensive Income

10

Balance Sheet

11

Statement of Changes in Equity

12

Statement of Cash Flows

13

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 to 22

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Company Information

Directors

A Grief

S A Grief

A P Puffett

I Angliss

Company secretary

London Law Secretarial Limited
 

Registered office

Collingham House
6-12 Gladstone Road
Wimbledon
SW19 1QT

Auditors

Albert Goodman LLP
Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Principal activity

Ferrari Express Ltd continues to excel as a freight forwarding agent, specialising in the secure transportation and storage of high-value and luxury commodities for domestic and international traders.

Business Review

This year, we expanded our services to include innovative logistics solutions tailored for global Brands entering the UK market for the first time, enhancing our competitive edge, and strengthening the companies market position. We saw revenue grow from £13.7m to £14.6m whilst generating a strong profit before tax amount of £1.9m. The company maintains both a strong cash and net asset position at the year end.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The global trade landscape remains fraught with complexity and challenges. Despite the ongoing geopolitical tensions and fluctuating economic conditions, our exceptional staff and robust strategic responses have enabled us to continue outperforming the market.

Labour and Operational Challenges:
During the year we have addressed labour shortages and rising operational costs through strategic partnerships, significant investments in staff welfare, technology, and training to further enhance our operational efficiency.

Economic Volatility:
With inflation rates stabilising yet remaining a concern, we have proactively strengthened our financial reserves, reduced borrowings, and enhanced operational cost-efficiency. We have utilized forward contracts and hedging options to manage risks associated with currency fluctuations and inflationary pressures.

Strategic Investments:
Our commitment to growth and sustainability has led us to further expand & diversify our service offerings. The expansion into general logistics & business services has been well-received, attracting new clients and enhancing our brand prestige while ensuring that Ferrari Express will be a driving force to be reckoned with over the coming decades.
 

Future Outlook

Looking ahead to 2025, Ferrari Express Ltd aims to consolidate its gains while exploring new opportunities for innovation. We are investing in next-generation logistics technologies, including AI-driven logistics management and blockchain, to tackle process bottlenecks in the jewellery supply chain. Our goal is to remain at the forefront of the luxury logistics sector, offering pioneering solutions that add significant value to our clients' operations.

Approved by the Board on 2 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:


S A Grief
Director

   
 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

A Grief

S A Grief

A P Puffett (appointed 20 October 2023)

I Angliss (appointed 20 October 2023)

F E Perego (ceased 9 February 2024)

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Financial instruments

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the company, there is no exposure to price risk. Liquidity risk is managed by the use of short term bank borrowings and longer term loans from the company's bankers.

Future Developments

The future developments of the business are included within the strategic report.

Approved by the Board on 2 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:


S A Grief
Director

   
 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report 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 apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

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.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ferrari Express Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Ferrari Express Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, and 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 auditor 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.

Other matter

The financial statements of Ferrari Express Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2022 were not audited as it was not a statutory requirement for that year.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 original financial statements were 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.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ferrari Express Ltd

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

Opinion on other matter 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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 4, 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 is 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.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ferrari Express Ltd

Auditor 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 an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

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 sector;

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 and employment legislation;

we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting applicable 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.

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;

tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

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:

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Ferrari Express Ltd

agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;

enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

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

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 an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Alison Kerr FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Albert Goodman LLP, Statutory Auditor

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX

3 September 2024

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Note

2023
 £

(As restated)
2022
 £

Turnover

3

14,623,201

13,681,668

Cost of sales

 

(8,477,636)

(7,342,499)

Gross profit

 

6,145,565

6,339,169

Administrative expenses

 

(4,245,559)

(3,280,810)

Other operating income

4

-

(261)

Operating profit

5

1,900,006

3,058,098

Other interest receivable and similar income

6

34,394

13,061

Interest payable and similar charges

7

(1,307)

(6,219)

Profit before tax

 

1,933,093

3,064,940

Taxation

11

(515,138)

(614,432)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,417,955

2,450,508

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023
£

(As restated)

2022
£

Profit for the year

1,417,955

2,450,508

Total comprehensive income for the year

1,417,955

2,450,508

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

(Registration number: 06025386)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

(As restated)

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

12

208,250

235,940

Current assets

 

Debtors

13

5,733,998

4,535,450

Cash at bank and in hand

 

5,349,237

5,229,603

 

11,083,235

9,765,053

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

15

(3,692,082)

(3,830,756)

Net current assets

 

7,391,153

5,934,297

Total assets less current liabilities

 

7,599,403

6,170,237

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

15

(100,000)

(128,571)

Provisions for liabilities

16

(39,782)

-

Net assets

 

7,459,621

6,041,666

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

100

100

Retained earnings

7,459,521

6,041,566

Shareholders' funds

 

7,459,621

6,041,666

Approved and authorised by the Board on 2 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S A Grief
Director

   
 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2023

100

6,041,566

6,041,666

Profit for the year

-

1,417,955

1,417,955

At 31 December 2023

100

7,459,521

7,459,621

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2022

100

3,591,058

3,591,158

Profit for the year

-

2,450,508

2,450,508

At 31 December 2022

100

6,041,566

6,041,666

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Statement of Cash Flows
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Note

2023
 £

(As restated)
2022
 £

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

1,417,955

2,450,508

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

223,383

163,283

Finance income

6

(34,394)

(13,061)

Finance costs

7

1,307

6,219

Income tax expense

11

515,138

614,432

 

2,123,389

3,221,381

Working capital adjustments

 

Increase in trade and other debtors

13

(1,198,548)

(1,123,911)

Decrease in trade and other creditors

15

(2,909)

(436,202)

Cash generated from operations

 

921,932

1,661,268

Income taxes paid

11

(611,121)

(172)

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

310,811

1,661,096

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

6

34,394

13,061

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(195,693)

(57,486)

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(161,299)

(44,425)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Interest paid

7

(1,307)

(6,219)

Repayment of bank borrowing

 

(28,571)

(304,762)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(29,878)

(310,981)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

119,634

1,305,690

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 2023

 

5,229,603

3,923,913

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2023

14

5,349,237

5,229,603

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Collingham House
6-12 Gladstone Road
Wimbledon
SW19 1QT
England

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

These financial statements are presented in Sterling (£).

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Change of accounting policy

The directors have reviewed the accounting policy in respect of the import VAT and duty which the company pays to HMRC on behalf of its customers, collecting the same amount from its customers. Previously, these amounts have been included in turnover and cost of sales. However, the directors have reviewed standard industry practice and the factors to take into account when assessing whether the company is acting as principal or agent in transactions and have concluded that to exclude these amounts from turnover and cost of sales is more appropriate. Both the 2023 and 2022 years have been re-stated on this new basis. This has seen a reduction in turnover in 2023 of £15,297,831 and in 2022 of £16,098,875.

Turnover recognition

Turnover is represented by invoiced services net of any discount and input VAT and exclusive of duty and VAT received in respect of goods forwarded.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities on the balance sheet.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Leasehold Improvements

4 years straight line

Plant and Machinery

3 years straight line

Motor Vehicles

4 years straight line

Fixtures and Fittings

4 year straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Assets held under hire purchase agreements are capitalised as tangible fixed assets with the future obligation being recognised as a liability. Finance costs are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account calculated at a constant periodic rate of interest over the term of the liability.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Defined contribution pension obligation

The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2023
£

(As restated)

2022
£

Rendering of services

14,623,201

13,681,668

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2023
£

2022
£

Miscellaneous other operating income

-

(261)

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2023
£

2022
£

Depreciation expense

223,383

163,283

Foreign exchange losses/(gains)

1,759

(27,122)

6

Other interest receivable and similar income

2023
£

2022
£

Other finance income

34,394

13,061

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

7

Interest payable and similar expenses

2023
£

2022
£

Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings

1,307

6,219

8

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2023
£

2022
£

Wages and salaries

2,941,175

1,477,961

Social security costs

350,591

203,796

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

74,672

20,773

Other employee expense

52,060

9,371

3,418,498

1,711,901

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2023
No.

2022
No.

Administration

2

2

Transport

37

-

Operations

24

23

63

25

9

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2023
£

2022
£

Remuneration

675,788

595,559

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

33,550

1,508

709,338

597,067

During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:

2023
No.

2022
No.

Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme

5

3

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

In respect of the highest paid director:

2023
£

2022
£

Remuneration

451,632

426,484

10

Auditors' remuneration

2023
£

2022
£

Audit of the financial statements

17,850

-


 

11

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2023
£

2022
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

475,356

614,432

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

39,782

-

Tax expense in the income statement

515,138

614,432

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2022 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 23.52% (2022 - 19%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2023
£

(As restated)

2022
£

Profit before tax

1,933,093

3,064,940

Corporation tax at standard rate

454,674

582,339

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

14,931

32,093

UK deferred tax credit relating to changes in tax rates or laws

(362)

-

Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

45,895

-

Total tax charge

515,138

614,432

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

12

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

319,281

390,238

91,790

801,309

Additions

-

121,410

74,283

195,693

At 31 December 2023

319,281

511,648

166,073

997,002

Depreciation

At 1 January 2023

224,070

303,441

37,858

565,369

Charge for the year

78,939

102,924

41,520

223,383

At 31 December 2023

303,009

406,365

79,378

788,752

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2023

16,272

105,283

86,695

208,250

At 31 December 2022

95,211

86,797

53,932

235,940

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £16,272 (2022 - £95,211) in respect of short leasehold land and buildings.
 

13

Debtors

Current

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Trade debtors

 

1,968,312

1,367,690

Amounts owed by related parties

19

3,004

22,103

Other debtors

 

1,143,683

1,080,069

Prepayments

 

734,460

129,817

Amounts owed by joint venture shareholder group

 

1,884,539

1,935,771

   

5,733,998

4,535,450

14

Cash and cash equivalents

2023
£

2022
£

Cash on hand

12,193

12,193

Cash at bank

5,337,044

5,217,410

5,349,237

5,229,603

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

15

Creditors

Note

2023
 £

2022
 £

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

134,382

225,952

Amounts due to related parties

19

976,998

968,443

Amounts owed to joint venture shareholder group

 

1,608,120

1,430,290

Social security and other taxes

 

215,093

214,153

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

17,037

4,219

Other creditors

 

-

150,000

Accrued expenses

 

261,957

223,439

Corporation tax

11

478,495

614,260

 

3,692,082

3,830,756

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

17

-

28,571

Other non-current financial liabilities

 

100,000

100,000

 

100,000

128,571

16

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

Origination and reversal of timing differences

39,782

39,782

At 31 December 2023

39,782

39,782

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities:

2023

Asset
£

Liability
£

-

41,699

1,917

-

1,917

41,699

17

Loans and borrowings

2023
£

2022
£

Non-current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

-

28,571

 

Ferrari Express Ltd

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

18

Commitments

Capital commitments

Since the year end, the company have signed a lease on new office premises. Work will be undertaken to refurbish the premises, with a total anticipated capital commitment of £520,556.
The total amount contracted for but not provided in the financial statements was £520,556 (2022 - £Nil).

19

Related party transactions

Income and receivables from related parties

2023

Directors loan account
£

Other related parties
£

Sale of services

-

61,706

2023

Amounts receivable from related party

1,845

1,887,543

Expenditure with and payables to related parties

2023

Other related parties
£

Purchase of services

17,217,059

2023

Amounts payable to related party

2,585,118

Loans to related parties

2023

Other related parties
£

Total
£

At start of period

170,648

170,648

At end of period

170,648

170,648

20

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £74,672 (2022 - £20,773).

Contributions totalling £17,037 (2022 - £4,219) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.