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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03357439 (England and Wales)









Group Strategic Report, Report of the Director and

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

for

Cutting Edge Investments Limited

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)






Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Director 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Consolidated Income Statement 8

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income 9

Consolidated Balance Sheet 10

Company Balance Sheet 11

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 13

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 14

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 15

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 16


Cutting Edge Investments Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTOR: Mr I S McCall





REGISTERED OFFICE: Unit 8, Matrix Park
Western Avenue
Buckshaw Village
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 7NB





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03357439 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Harts Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Westminster House
10 Westminster Road
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1BX

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Group Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The director presents his strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023.

FAIR VIEW OF BUSINESS
Group turnover increased by 3.4% to £15.4 million, primarily because of the year experienced by the subsidiary trading entity as described below:

Cutting Edge Services

There was continued revenue growth in 2023 and the year closed at 3.4% above 2022. During the year a new market was opened in the US for a custom-built modified Frenching machine for the large US diner pork rib market, sales into this potentially vast market continue into 2024.

The EOT journey continues with the appointment of an independent trustee, an employee trustee and the formation of the employee council.

Towards the end of 2023 the company began implementing Phocas, forecasting and data analytics software as part of an ongoing program to improve the quality of information available for decision making.

2024 has started well with budgeted outcomes achieved to date.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The principal risks within the business continue to be foreign exchange movements and the capital investment decisions of large customers, high interest rates and inflationary pressures continued to impact in 2023 but there are signs these are now easing in 2024.

The company remains exposed to currency exchange rate risk, particularly in relation to the US Dollar and Euro. This exposure is continually monitored and wherever possible, forward exchange contracts are purchased to mitigate the risk.

DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE
The directors monitor performance through the production of detailed management accounts that compare actual performance against prior year and budget.

Key performance indicators utilised in monitoring performance are:

Turnover 2023: £15,403,136 (2022: £14,899,382)
Profit Before Tax 2023: £1,326,003 (2022: £831,448)


Cutting Edge Services
The directors monitor performance through the production of detailed management accounts that compare actual
performance against prior year and budget.

Key performance indicators utilised in monitoring performance are:
- Increase in annual revenue 2023: 3.4% (2022: 5.8%)
- Gross margin 2023: 36.2% (2022: 36.4%)

Other performance indicators utilised in monitoring performance are:

- Monitoring of turnover by business division daily vs target for the month
- Daily cash collection vs target for the month
- Break-even turnover
- Monthly detailed service/product margin analysis vs budget and previous year
- 13-week cash flows prepared on a weekly basis


Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Group Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

FUTURE PERFORMANCE
During 2024 implementation and usage of the Phocas BI software continues to be expanded along with the derisking and upgrading of other IT systems by moving them into the cloud. A rolling program of hardware upgrades is in place and the company continues to invest in the innovative development of food processing and safety equipment.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr I S McCall - Director


8 August 2024

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of provision of management services to the group.

The principal activity of the group continued to be the supply of capital equipment and ancillary parts to the meat, fish and and food related industries; the provision of knife and blade sharpening services; and the supply of abattoir and butchery supplies, supported by a range of personal protective equipment.

DIVIDENDS
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2023 was £2,900 (2022: £1,200,000).

DIRECTORS
The directors who have held office during the period from 1 January 2023 to the date of this report are as follows:

Mr D T Mook - resigned 12 December 2023
Mr I S McCall - appointed 21 February 2023

STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES
The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is 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 director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and he 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 group's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Harts Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mr I S McCall - Director


8 August 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cutting Edge Investments Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Cutting Edge Investments Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of the group's 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 group 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 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information
The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, 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 Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cutting Edge Investments Limited


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

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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page four, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is responsible for assessing the group's and the parent 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 director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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:

The objectives of our audit, in respect to fraud, are: to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses; and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and management.

Our approach was as follows:

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the Company and determined that the most significant are Food Safety and Hygiene, Health and Safety, and Company Law.

We understood how Cutting Edge Investments Limited is complying with those frameworks by making inquiries of management responsible for company legislation and certification procedures.

We corroborated our enquiries through discussion with management to identify any non-compliance with laws and regulations.

We assessed the susceptibility of the Company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur by discussion with directors to understand where its considered there was a susceptibility to fraud. We considered the controls that the Company has established to address risks identified, or that otherwise prevent, deter and detect fraud.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we performed analytical procedures to identify and unusual or unexpected relationships; investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions; and tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions.


Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Cutting Edge Investments Limited

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.

Based on this understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations that could materially impact the financial statements. Taking into accounts our understanding of the Company, our procedures involved enquires of management and focussed testing as appropriate with consideration to risk assessment.

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.

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.




Melissa Bowers FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Harts Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Westminster House
10 Westminster Road
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1BX

8 August 2024

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Consolidated Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 15,403,136 14,899,382

Cost of sales (9,829,452 ) (9,470,575 )
GROSS PROFIT 5,573,684 5,428,807

Administrative expenses (4,092,801 ) (4,503,218 )
OPERATING PROFIT 5 1,480,883 925,589


Interest payable and similar expenses 7 (154,880 ) (94,141 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 1,326,003 831,448

Tax on profit 8 (254,961 ) (140,802 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1,071,042 690,646
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 1,071,042 690,646

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 1,071,042 690,646


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR

1,071,042

690,646

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 1,071,042 690,646

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Consolidated Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 11 69,522 102,702
Tangible assets 12 111,351 173,505
Investments 13 - -
180,873 276,207

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 2,700,015 2,832,431
Debtors 15 3,081,630 4,595,546
Cash at bank and in hand 123,937 158,982
5,905,582 7,586,959
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 (5,401,157 ) (7,262,629 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 504,425 324,330
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 685,298 600,537

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

17

(194,432

)

(267,029

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 20 (34,502 ) (43,750 )
NET ASSETS 456,364 289,758

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 21 450 450
Retained earnings 22 455,914 289,308
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 456,364 289,758

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 8 August 2024 and were signed by:





Mr I S McCall - Director


Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Company Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 11 - -
Tangible assets 12 - -
Investments 13 797,098 797,098
797,098 797,098

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 15 14,424 107,602
Cash at bank 1,565 4,646
15,989 112,248
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 (541,661 ) (642,948 )
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (525,672 ) (530,700 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 271,426 266,398

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 21 450 450
Retained earnings 22 270,976 265,948
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 271,426 266,398

Company's profit for the financial year 906,564 1,562,244

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 8 August 2024 and were signed by:





Mr I S McCall - Director


Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Consolidated 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 450 1,336,621 1,337,071

Changes in equity
Contribution to Employee
Ownership Trust

-

(537,959

)

(537,959

)
Dividends - (1,200,000 ) (1,200,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 690,646 690,646
Balance at 31 December 2022 450 289,308 289,758

Changes in equity
Contribution to Employee
Ownership Trust

-

(901,536

)

(901,536

)
Dividends - (2,900 ) (2,900 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,071,042 1,071,042
Balance at 31 December 2023 450 455,914 456,364

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Company 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 450 441,663 442,113

Changes in equity
Contribution to Employee
Ownership Trust

-

(537,959

)

(537,959

)
Dividends - (1,200,000 ) (1,200,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,562,244 1,562,244
Balance at 31 December 2022 450 265,948 266,398

Changes in equity
Contribution to Employee
Ownership Trust

-

(901,536

)

(901,536

)
Total comprehensive income - 906,564 906,564
Balance at 31 December 2023 450 270,976 271,426

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 2,389,462 802,215
Interest paid (150,978 ) (79,311 )
Interest element of hire purchase payments
paid

(3,902

)

-
Tax paid (245,656 ) (67,935 )
Net cash from operating activities 1,988,926 654,969

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (43,053 ) (32,788 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets - 3,605
Net cash from investing activities (43,053 ) (29,183 )

Cash flows from financing activities
New loans in year - 1,300,683
Loan repayments in year (1,003,948 ) (117,918 )
Capital repayments in year 30,122 (12,830 )
Amount introduced by directors - 400,000
Amount withdrawn by directors (100,000 ) -
Contributions to EOT (904,192 ) (537,959 )
Equity dividends paid (2,900 ) (1,200,000 )
Net cash from financing activities (1,980,918 ) (168,024 )

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (35,045 ) 457,762
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

158,982

(298,780

)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 123,937 158,982

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Profit before taxation 1,326,003 831,448
Depreciation charges 138,388 166,330
Profit on disposal of fixed assets - (3,985 )
Stock provision movement - (1,833 )
Bad debt provision movement - 42,970
Finance costs 154,880 94,141
1,619,271 1,129,071
Decrease in stocks 132,416 169,454
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors 1,513,916 (1,694,818 )
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors (876,141 ) 1,198,508
Cash generated from operations 2,389,462 802,215

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 123,937 158,982
Year ended 31 December 2022
31.12.22 1.1.22
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 158,982 21,231
Bank overdrafts - (320,011 )
158,982 (298,780 )


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT

At 1.1.23 Cash flow At 31.12.23
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 158,982 (35,045 ) 123,937
158,982 (35,045 ) 123,937
Debt
Finance leases - (30,122 ) (30,122 )
Debts falling due within 1 year (2,204,353 ) 904,784 (1,299,569 )
Debts falling due after 1 year (267,029 ) 99,163 (167,866 )
(2,471,382 ) 973,825 (1,497,557 )
Total (2,312,400 ) 938,780 (1,373,620 )

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Cutting Edge Investments 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 General Information page.

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", FRC's Ethical Standard and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The group has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and
11.48(c);
the requirements of paragraphs 26.18(b), 26.19 to 26.21 and 26.23;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

Basis of consolidation
In the parent company financial statements, the cost of a business combination is the fair value at the acquisition date of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. The excess of the cost of a business combination over the fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired is recognised as goodwill. The cost of the combination includes the estimated amount of contingent consideration that is probable and can be measured reliably, and is adjusted for changes in contingent consideration after the acquisition date. Provisional fair values recognised for business combinations in previous periods are adjusted retrospectively for final fair values determined in the 12 months following the acquisition date. Investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates are accounted for at cost less impairment.

The consolidated group financial statements consist of the financial statements of the parent company Cutting Edge Investments Limited together with all entities controlled by the parent company (its subsidiaries) and the group’s share of its interests in joint ventures and associates.

All financial statements are made up to 31 December 2023. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the group.

All intra-group transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.

Entities in which the group holds an interest and which are jointly controlled by the group and one or more other venturers under a contractual arrangement are treated as joint ventures. Entities other than subsidiary undertakings or joint ventures, in which the group has a participating interest and over whose operating and financial policies the group exercises a significant influence, are treated as associates.

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Turnover
Sale of goods
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates, for sale of goods and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes.

Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Rendering of services
Revenue from the services, provided in the normal course of business, is recognised when the outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably and turnover from services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion at the balance sheet date. Stage of completion is measured by reference to finalisation of work completed.

Where the outcome cannot be measured reliably, turnover is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.

Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition of unincorporated businesses over the fair value of net assets acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is in line with the lease period of subsidiaries acquired and is generally up to 10 years.

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the cash-generating units expected to benefit from the acquisition. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Development costs are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of three years.

Computer software is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of three years.

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the profit and loss account.

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

The carrying amount of the investments accounted for using the equity method is tested for impairment as a single asset. Any goodwill included in the carrying amount of the investment is not tested separately for impairment.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use,the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cashgenerating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

Cost is calculated using the first-in first out method and includes the normal cost of transporting stock to its present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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

Financial instruments are recognised in the group's balance sheet when the group becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised 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.

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 or 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 group 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 group after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future 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.

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

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Research and development
Research expenditure is written off against profits in the year in which it is incurred. Identifiable development expenditure is capitalised to the extent that the technical, commercial and financial feasibility can be demonstrated.

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 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.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed.

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and the company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Forecasts to the end of 2024 have been prepared. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the group’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.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows:

Stocks
A provision in the amount of £500,725 (2022: £500,721) for old and obsolete stock has been estimated by the directors to ensure that the stock is correctly stated at the lower of cost and new realisable value.

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Sale of goods 11,246,043 9,568,121
Rendering of services 4,157,093 5,331,261
15,403,136 14,899,382

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
United Kingdom 13,314,471 13,216,379
Europe 1,889,259 1,674,078
Rest of world 199,406 8,925
15,403,136 14,899,382

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Wages and salaries 3,209,947 3,024,885
Social security costs 311,250 369,862
Other pension costs 60,487 59,764
3,581,684 3,454,511

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
31.12.23 31.12.22

Production staff 22 22
Distribution staff 36 39
Administration staff 17 21
75 82

The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the year was 75 (2022 - 82 ) .

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 174,057 -

5. OPERATING PROFIT

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

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 3,000 3,990
Other operating leases 353,146 344,958
Depreciation - owned assets 62,733 107,897
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 8,932 -
Profit on disposal of fixed assets - (3,985 )
Goodwill amortisation 61,457 54,878
Computer software amortisation 5,265 3,354
Foreign exchange differences (76,984 ) (120,057 )

6. AUDITORS' REMUNERATION
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's
financial statements

19,700

17,500

The above auditors' remuneration includes consolidated audit fee of £3,500 for the current year.

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

7. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Bank loan interest 147,571 91,818
Other Interest 3,407 2,216
Hire purchase interest expense 3,902 107
154,880 94,141

8. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 309,077 178,494
(Over) Under provision in prior year (44,868 ) (18,322 )
Total current tax 264,209 160,172

Deferred tax (9,248 ) (19,370 )
Tax on profit 254,961 140,802

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:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Profit before tax 1,326,003 831,448
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
23.500 % (2022 - 19 %)

311,611

157,975

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes (11,229 ) 5,797
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods (44,868 ) (18,322 )
Deferred tax adjustments (553 ) (4,648 )
for changes in tax rates
Total tax charge 254,961 140,802

9. INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENT

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.


10. DIVIDENDS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Interim 2,900 1,200,000

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

11. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Development Computer
Goodwill costs software Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 1,678,998 16,051 127,446 1,822,495
Reclassification/transfer - - 57,318 57,318
At 31 December 2023 1,678,998 16,051 184,764 1,879,813
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2023 1,617,541 16,051 86,201 1,719,793
Amortisation for year 61,457 - 5,265 66,722
Reclassification/transfer - - 23,776 23,776
At 31 December 2023 1,678,998 16,051 115,242 1,810,291
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 - - 69,522 69,522
At 31 December 2022 61,457 - 41,245 102,702

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Improvements Fixtures
to Plant and and
property machinery fittings
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 169,697 370,038 251,334
Additions - 3,858 -
Disposals - (115,860 ) -
Reclassification/transfer - (33,542 ) 197
At 31 December 2023 169,697 224,494 251,531
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 149,441 294,976 234,537
Charge for year 6,572 13,340 7,752
Eliminated on disposal - (115,860 ) -
Reclassification/transfer - - 197
At 31 December 2023 156,013 192,456 242,486
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 13,684 32,038 9,045
At 31 December 2022 20,256 75,062 16,797

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Group

Motor Computer
vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 119,547 189,736 1,100,352
Additions 35,722 3,473 43,053
Disposals (33,995 ) - (149,855 )
Reclassification/transfer - - (33,345 )
At 31 December 2023 121,274 193,209 960,205
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 82,878 165,015 926,847
Charge for year 28,968 15,033 71,665
Eliminated on disposal (33,995 ) - (149,855 )
Reclassification/transfer - - 197
At 31 December 2023 77,851 180,048 848,854
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 43,423 13,161 111,351
At 31 December 2022 36,669 24,721 173,505

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Motor
vehicles
£   
COST
Additions 35,722
At 31 December 2023 35,722
DEPRECIATION
Charge for year 8,932
At 31 December 2023 8,932
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 26,790

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Company
Plant and Motor
machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 115,860 33,995 149,855
Disposals (115,860 ) (33,995 ) (149,855 )
At 31 December 2023 - - -
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 115,860 33,995 149,855
Eliminated on disposal (115,860 ) (33,995 ) (149,855 )
At 31 December 2023 - - -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 - - -
At 31 December 2022 - - -

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Company
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 January 2023 797,098
Disposals (15,000 )
Revaluations 15,000
At 31 December 2023 797,098
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 797,098
At 31 December 2022 797,098

Cost or valuation at 31 December 2023 is represented by:

Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
Valuation in 23 15,000
Cost 782,098
797,098

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiaries

Cutting Edge Services Limited
Registered office: Unit 8, Matrix Park Western, Avenue, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7NB
Nature of business: Supplier of food processing machinery,
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves 981,534 805,406
Profit for the year 1,077,664 697,877

B.R.B. Industrial Services Limited
Registered office: Unit 8, Matrix Park Western, Avenue, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7NB
Nature of business: Dormant Company
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00
31.3.24 31.3.23
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves 110,100 110,100

Matec Group Limited
Registered office: Unit 8, Matrix Park Western, Avenue, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7NB
Nature of business: Dormant Company
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves - 10,100


14. STOCKS

Group
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Finished goods 2,700,015 2,832,431

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

15. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
31.12.23 31.12.22 31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 2,590,922 3,766,258 - -
Amounts owed by group undertakings - - 13,396 106,206
Other debtors 91,262 352,622 - 34
VAT - - 5 1,200
Deferred tax asset - - - 81
Prepayments and accrued income 399,446 476,666 1,023 81
3,081,630 4,595,546 14,424 107,602

16. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
31.12.23 31.12.22 31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £    £    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 18) 1,299,569 2,204,353 - -
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 3,556 - - -
Trade creditors 1,724,254 992,248 26 61
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - - 2,051
Corporation tax 318,628 304,688 - -
Social security and other taxes 98,636 69,552 - -
VAT 496,520 493,937 - -
Other creditors 283,586 817,888 233,635 233,636
Directors' loan accounts 300,000 400,000 300,000 400,000
Accruals and deferred income 876,408 1,979,963 8,000 7,200
5,401,157 7,262,629 541,661 642,948

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR

Group
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Bank loans (see note 18) 167,866 267,029
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 26,566 -
194,432 267,029

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

18. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

Group
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank loan - current portion 1,299,569 2,204,353
Amounts falling due between one and two years:
Bank loans - 1-2 years 117,303 111,587
Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Bank loan 2-5 years 50,563 155,442

The bank loans and overdraft are secured by a debenture over the group's assets.

The amounts advanced under invoice discounting are secured by a charge over the book debts of the company.

19. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Hire purchase contracts
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 3,556 -
Between one and five years 26,566 -
30,122 -

Group
Non-cancellable operating leases
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Within one year 243,134 232,215
Between one and five years 765,965 762,849
In more than five years 621,915 799,605
1,631,014 1,794,669

Lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £308,423 (2022: £261,561).

20. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

Group
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Deferred tax 34,502 43,750

Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

20. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Group
Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 43,750
Credit to Income Statement during year (9,248 )
Balance at 31 December 2023 34,502

Company
Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 (81 )
Balance at 31 December 2023 (81 )

21. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31.12.23 31.12.22
value: £    £   
450 Ordinary 1 450 450

The ordinary shares have full voting and distribution rights.

22. RESERVES

Group
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2023 289,308
Profit for the year 1,071,042
Dividends (2,900 )
Contributions to Employment
Ownership Trust

(901,536

)

At 31 December 2023 455,914

Company
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2023 265,948
Profit for the year 906,564
Contributions to Employment
Ownership Trust

(901,536

)

At 31 December 2023 270,976


Cutting Edge Investments Limited (Registered number: 03357439)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

23. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

Cutting Edge Investments Limited is wholly owned by The Cutting Edge Employee Ownership Trust. As such there is no ultimate controlling party.

24. FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The Company has a cross guarantee with Cutting Edge Services Limited, supported by a debenture in respect of the bank and other borrowings. At 31 December 2023 group borrowings amount to £1,188,107 (2022: £2,098,481).

The Company has a guarantee in place relating to a bank loan with Cutting Edge Employee Ownership Trust. The balance outstanding on the loan as at 31 December 2023 is £2,150,000 (2022: £2,750,000). The guarantee is in the form of a share charge.

A fixed and floating charge over all assets of the subsidiary Limited Companies, Cutting Edge Investments Limited and Cutting Edge Services Limited, is in place between the company and D T Mook, the director. The charge is in place to cover a loan that has been made by D T Mook to the Cutting Edge Employee Ownership Trust for £7,250,000 (Present value: £5,035,981).

25. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year, the company rented premises from Mr D T Mook for £184,355 (2022: £177,690).

Included within creditors there is an amount of £300,000 (2022: £400,000) owed to Mr D T Mook, a director of the company.

During the year, management charges of £410,000 (2022: £840,000) were charged from DHM (Holdings) Limited, a company controlled by one of the former directors. The management charges included a fee for the directors' services for some of the directors that were in office during the year, as well as a contribution to the head office overheads of DHM (Holdings) Limited.

The creditor balance at the year end with DHM (Holdings) Limited was £240,144 (2022: £220,967).