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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03694622 (England and Wales)


















Birch Energy Limited

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023






Birch Energy Limited (Registered number: 03694622)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 3


Birch Energy Limited

Company Information
for the year ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: R M Stansfield
E G R Arnott
C Fincher
P T Fitzgerald
P Hogan
M Kiefer





REGISTERED OFFICE: Melton Ross Quarries
Barnetby
North Lincolnshire
DN38 6AE





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03694622 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Smailes Goldie
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Regent's Court
Princess Street
Hull
East Yorkshire HU2 8BA

Birch Energy Limited (Registered number: 03694622)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Investments 4 50 50

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 5 1,670,903 1,772,006
Cash at bank 100 100
1,671,003 1,772,106
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 6 (1,080,245 ) (1,245,988 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 590,758 526,118
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

590,808

526,168

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 7 1 1
Retained earnings 590,807 526,167
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 590,808 526,168

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

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

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 22 May 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





R M Stansfield - Director


Birch Energy Limited (Registered number: 03694622)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Birch Energy Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have taken note of the guidance issued by the Financial Reporting Council on Going Concern Assessments in determining that this is the appropriate basis of preparation of the financial statements and have considered a number of factors. This has specifically included reviewing banking facilities in place and detailed forecasting using sensitivity analysis to ensure that the worst case scenario situation does not put the going concern concept at risk.

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

Financial instruments
The company mainly enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities such as trade, other accounts receivable and payable and loans.

Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received.

Debt instruments such as loans and other accounts receivable and payable after more than one year are initially measured at present value of the future payments and subsequently at amortised costs using the effective interest method.

Loan notes which are basic financial instruments are initially recorded at the present value of future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar loan. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Loan notes that are receivable or payable within one year are not discounted.

Taxation
Current tax represents the amount payable or receivable in respect of the taxable profit or loss for the current or past reporting periods. It is measured at the amount expected to be paid or recovered using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Investments
Fixed asset investments are included at cost less impairment.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2022 - NIL).

Birch Energy Limited (Registered number: 03694622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

4. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Interest
in joint
venture
£   
COST
At 1 January 2023
and 31 December 2023 50
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 50
At 31 December 2022 50

5. DEBTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year:
Other debtors 20,953 22,056

Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Amounts owed by joint ventures 1,649,950 1,749,950

Aggregate amounts 1,670,903 1,772,006

6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Amounts owed to group undertakings 1,060,366 1,233,284
Taxation and social security 19,879 12,704
1,080,245 1,245,988

7. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £    £   
1 Ordinary £1 1 1

8. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

The Report of the Auditors was unqualified.

Nicola Shipley FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Smailes Goldie

9. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The company is party to a composite multilateral guarantee and debenture together with its UK parent undertakings in respect of the group borrowings which are secured, in part, by fixed and floating charges over the assets of the company. The potential liability to the company under the arrangement at 31 December 2023 was £nil.

Birch Energy Limited (Registered number: 03694622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31 December 2023

10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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

11. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY AND ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

Singleton Birch Limited is the immediate parent company and its registered office is the same as is listed on page 1. Singleton Birch Limited is regarded as the parent undertaking of the smallest group for which group accounts are prepared and made publicly available. The ultimate parent company in the UK is Mississippi Lime UK Limited which owns 100% of the entire issued share capital of the Singleton Birch Limited. Copies of the group accounts can be obtained from Companies House.

HBM Holdings Company (incorporated in USA) is regarded by the directors as being the Company's ultimate parent holding company. Its registered office address is Suite 1050, 101 South Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA. The largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by HBM Holdings Company however, these accounts are not publicly available.

There is no ultimate controlling party.