Company registration number 02649656 (England and Wales)
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Dr Damien Cleugh
Mr W S Hemingway
Mr R H Raborn
(Appointed 14 August 2024)
Secretary
Mr W S Hemingway
Company number
02649656
Registered office
Alamo Group Europe Limited
Station Road
Salford Priors
Evesham
WR11 8SW
Auditor
Ormerod Rutter Limited
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 24
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Fair review of the business

The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,005,000 (2022: loss of £835,000). The directors have not proposed a dividend in respect of the current financial year (2022: £Nil).

Key performance indicators

The company's key performance indicators during the year were as follows:

 

                     2023         2022        Change
                     £000         £000    

 

Profit / (loss) after tax             (1,005)         (835)         (21%)
Shareholders' funds              33,672        34,667         (3%)    
Average number of employees         23         22         0%

 

The Company made a loss after tax of £1,005,000 (2022: loss £835,000), predominantly due to no dividends received.

 

Going concern

Notwithstanding the net current liabilities position at 31 December 2023 of £7,235,000 (2022: net current liabilities of £6,667,000), the directors have concluded it is appropriate that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Please refer to the going concern basis of preparation disclosure in note 1 for further details.

Principal risks and uncertainties

 

As an investment holding company, the principal risks are those faced by its investments. A detailed list of these companies is included in the notes to the financial statements.

 

Foreign currency risk

 

The UK Group buys and sells goods and services denominated in currencies other than sterling. As a result, the value of the UK Groups non-sterling denominated financial assets and liabilities and cash flows can be affected significantly by movements in exchange rates in general and in Euro and US dollar rates in particular. It is the UK group's policy, of which the company is a member, to enter into forward contracts to buy and sell Euro and US dollars against a portion of the future net excess of current Euro and US dollar book debts over Euro and US dollar book creditors.

 

Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity movements are monitored carefully in order to recognise such risks on a timely basis. This is performed by a rolling cashflow forecast, which is reported to the group weekly and monthly. In the company's assessment of the situation, there are no liquidity bottlenecks identified in the planning period and therefore will be able to meet Its financial obligations.

 

Creditor payment policy and practice

It is the company's policy that payments to suppliers are made in accordance with those terms and conditions agreed between the company and its suppliers, provided that all trading terms and conditions have been complied with.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Promoting the success of the company

 

Section 172 (1) statement Companies Act 2006

Throughout 2023, the directors have complied with the requirements of Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, in promoting the long-term success of the Company for the benefit of all stakeholders. The following disclosure describes how the directors have had regard to the matters set out in section 172(1)(a) to (f) and forms the directors' statement required under section 414CZA of The Companies. Act 2006.

 

Engagement with stakeholders

As part of its ongoing activities of engaging with stakeholders, the directors have undertaken the following activities in 2023:

 

Shareholders

Our ultimate shareholder is Alamo Group Inc. ("the Group"). We create value for the Group by generating strong and sustainable results that translate into dividends. We discuss our performance in monthly management meetings with the Group's executive directors and provide executive summaries for the Group Board. The directors routinely engage with the Group on topics of strategy, governance and performance and our strategic plans include information on the impact on each of our stakeholders including the community and environment.

 

Employees

In line with the Group's Total Commitments, protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone who comes into contact with our business is our number one priority. Furthermore, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment and helping our employees gain skills that support their personal ambitions and drive the business forward. During the year there have been business update presentations, staff intranet articles, new joiner inductions, offsite and online training modules.

 

Communities

We aim to work by leaving behind a positive and lasting impression. To achieve this, we work closely with local communities to ensure both economic and social benefits are realised.

On behalf of the board

Mr W S Hemingway
Director
3 September 2024
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of an investment holding company.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Dr Damien Cleugh
Mr W S Hemingway
Mr Richard Wehrle
(Resigned 6 March 2024)
Mr R H Raborn
(Appointed 14 August 2024)
Disabled persons

The company gives full consideration to applications for employment from disabled persons where the requirements of the job can be adequately fulfilled by a handicapped or disabled person.

 

Where existing employees become disabled, it is the company's policy wherever practicable to provide continuing employment under normal terms and conditions to provide training and career development and promotion to disabled employees wherever appropriate.

Employee involvement

The company's policy is to consult and discuss with employees, through unions, staff councils and at meetings, matters likely to affect employees' interests.

 

Information about matters of concern to employees is given through information bulletins and reports which seek to achieve a common awareness on the part of all employees of the financial and economic factors affecting the company's performance.

 

There is no employee share scheme at present, but the directors are considering the introduction of such a scheme as a means of further encouraging the involvement of employees in the company's performance.

Auditor

Ormerod Rutter Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible 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:

 

 

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

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

On behalf of the board
Mr W S Hemingway
Director
3 September 2024
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Alamo Group Europe Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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:

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's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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

 

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

 

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

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of 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 our audit:

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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.

Auditor's 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.

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

Based on our understanding of the company, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations including those that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, and the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements.

Audit procedures performed included:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
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A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://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.

Colm McGrory FCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Ormerod Rutter Limited
4 September 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£000
£000
Administrative expenses
(3,558)
(3,198)
Other operating income
3
2,651
2,452
Operating loss
4
(907)
(746)
Interest receivable from group undertakings
7
41
16
Other interest receivable and similar income
7
-
0
12
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(438)
(338)
Loss before taxation
(1,304)
(1,056)
Tax on loss
9
299
221
Loss for the financial year
(1,005)
(835)

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£000
£000
£000
£000
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
103
124
Investments
11
59,309
59,309
59,412
59,433
Current assets
Debtors
13
12,754
24,572
Cash at bank and in hand
2,234
1,211
14,988
25,783
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
(22,223)
(32,450)
Net current liabilities
(7,235)
(6,667)
Total assets less current liabilities
52,177
52,766
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
15
(18,505)
(18,076)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
-
0
13
-
(13)
Net assets
33,672
34,677
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
2,759
2,759
Profit and loss reserves
30,913
31,918
Total equity
33,672
34,677

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 3 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Dr Damien Cleugh
Managing Director
Company registration number 02649656 (England and Wales)
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£000
£000
£000
Balance at 1 January 2022
2,759
32,753
35,512
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(835)
(835)
Balance at 31 December 2022
2,759
31,918
34,677
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(1,005)
(1,005)
Balance at 31 December 2023
2,759
30,913
33,672
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Alamo Group Europe Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Alamo Group Europe Limited, Station Road, Salford Priors, Evesham, WR11 8SW.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

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 £000.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Alamo Group Inc. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Alamo Group Inc, 1627 E. Walnut Street, Seguin, Texas 78155.

1.2
Going concern

These financial statements have been drawn up on the going concern basis. If the going concern basis were not appropriate, adjustments would have been made to reduce assets to recoverable amounts, to provide for any further liabilities that might arise, and to re-classify fixed assets as current assets and long term liabilities as current liabilities.true

1.3
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Plant and machinery
3-15 years
Motor vehicles
3-10 years
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.4
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible 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.

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 cash-generating 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.

1.6
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.7
Financial instruments

The company 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 company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with 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.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit 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 company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, 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.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.8
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.9
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.10
Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

1.11
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.12
Leases

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 leases asset are consumed.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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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.

Current asset provisions

Estimates are made by management to establish the net realisable value of various elements of working capital, principally inventory and trade receivables. Provisions are established for net realisable value and bad and doubtful debt risks. Provisions are based on the facts available at the time and applied to inventory and aged receivables.

3
Other operating income
2023
2022
£000
£000
Interest income
41
28
Management charges
2,651
2,452
4
Operating loss
2023
2022
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£000
£000
Exchange losses
10
-
0
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
16
15
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
73
80
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(4)
(7)
Operating lease charges
6
7
5
Directors' remuneration
2023
2022
£000
£000
Remuneration for qualifying services
549
494
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
10
12
559
506

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to two (2022 - two).

Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2023
2022
£000
£000
Remuneration for qualifying services
412
354
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2023
2022
Administrative
23
22

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2023
2022
£000
£000
Wages and salaries
1,875
1,938
Social security costs
268
262
Pension costs
103
95
2,246
2,295
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2023
2022
£000
£000
Interest income
Interest receivable from group companies
41
16
Other interest income
-
0
12
Total income
41
28
Disclosed on the profit and loss account as follows:
Interest receivable from group undertakings
41
16
Other interest receivable and similar income
-
12
2023
2022
Investment income includes the following:
£000
£000
Interest on financial assets not measured at fair value through profit or loss
41
16
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£000
£000
Interest on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Interest payable to group undertakings
430
338
Other finance costs:
Other interest
8
-
0
438
338
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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9
Taxation
2023
2022
£000
£000
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
(292)
(236)
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(78)
-
0
Total current tax
(370)
(236)
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(14)
15
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
85
-
0
Total deferred tax
71
15
Total tax credit
(299)
(221)

The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2023
2022
£000
£000
Loss before taxation
(1,304)
(1,056)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19.00%)
(307)
(201)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
8
-
0
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
-
0
(11)
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(78)
(20)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
6
(3)
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
85
-
0
Other timing differences
(13)
14
Taxation credit for the year
(299)
(221)
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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10
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery
Motor vehicles
Total
£000
£000
£000
Cost
At 1 January 2023
747
158
905
Additions
25
27
52
Disposals
-
0
(17)
(17)
Transfers
(1)
-
0
(1)
At 31 December 2023
771
168
939
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
704
77
781
Depreciation charged in the year
28
45
73
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
(17)
(17)
Transfers
(1)
-
0
(1)
At 31 December 2023
731
105
836
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
40
63
103
At 31 December 2022
43
81
124
11
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
£000
£000
Investments
59,309
59,309
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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12
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2023 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Address
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Bomford Turner 1954 Limited
1
Dormant
Ordinary
-
100.00
Bomford Turner Limited
1
Ordinary
100.00
-
McConnel Limited
1
Ordinary
100.00
-
Spearhead Machinery Limited
1
Ordinary
100.00
-
Kelland Agricultural Limited
1
Dormant
Ordinary
100.00
-
Alamo Group France SAS
2
Ordinary
99.98
-
Alamo Group Agricultural France
2
Ordinary
-
99.98
Rivard SAS
4
Ordinary
-
99.98
Alamo Logistics Legal & Advice SAS
2
Ordinary
-
99.98
Alamo Group Netherlands Holding B.V., Giessen
5
Ordinary
100.00
-
Alamo Group The Netherlands B.V.
5
Ordinary
-
100.00
Alamo Group The Netherlands Giessen B.V. (previously Dutch Power Company B.V., Giessen)
5
Ordinary
-
100.00
Alamo Group The Netherlands Middleburg B.V.
6
Ordinary
-
100.00
Roberine B.V., Enschede
7
Dormant
Ordinary
-
100.00
Precision Makers B.V., Gissen
5
Dormant
Ordinary
-
100.00
Timberwolf Limited
8
Ordinary
100.00
-

Registered office addresses (all UK unless otherwise indicated):

1
Station Road, Salford Priors, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 8SW
2
40, Avenue Auguste Wissel, 69250 Neuville sur Saone
3
RN89 Chemin Des Ravaux, 63920 Peschadoires
4
Zi du Grand Clos, 49640 Daumeray
5
Industrieweg 18 4283 GZ, Giessen, Netherlands
6
Herculesweg 6, 4338 PL, Middelburg, Netherlands
7
Goolkatenweg 65, 7521 BE, Enschede, Netherlands
8
Entec House, Tomo Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5AY
13
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£000
£000
Corporation tax recoverable
364
323
Amounts owed by group undertakings
12,074
24,079
Derivative financial instruments (note 17)
2
-
Other debtors
175
4
Prepayments and accrued income
124
166
12,739
24,572
ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
13
Debtors
(Continued)
- 21 -
2023
2022
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£000
£000
Deferred tax asset (note 18)
15
-
0
Total debtors
12,754
24,572
14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
£000
£000
Trade creditors
18
25
Amounts owed to group undertakings
21,511
31,756
Taxation and social security
61
63
Derivative financial instruments (note 17)
-
0
1
Accruals and deferred income
633
605
22,223
32,450

Amounts owed to group undertakings carry no interest and are payable on demand.

15
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023
2022
Notes
£000
£000
Other borrowings
16
18,505
18,076
16
Loans and overdrafts
2023
2022
£000
£000
Loans from group undertakings
18,505
18,076
Payable after one year
18,505
18,076

The Loan note owed to parent undertaking was unsecured, bears interest at 2% above the Bank of England base rate per annum and was repayable other than by instalments on 4 March 2029 or although earlier repayments may be made on a voluntary basis. Interest Is not required to be paid in cash until the date of the repayment.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 22 -
17
Financial instruments
2023
2022
£000
£000
Carrying amount of financial assets
Forward currency contract asset
2
-
Carrying amount of financial liabilities
Forward currency contract liability
-
1

Derivative financial instruments

The fair value of forward exchange contracts is based on their listed market price, if available. If a listed market price is not available, then fair value is estimated by discounting the difference between the contractual forward price and the current forward price for the residual maturity of the contract using a risk-free interest rate (based on government bonds).

18
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
Assets
Assets
2023
2022
2023
2022
Balances:
£000
£000
£000
£000
Accelerated capital allowances
-
13
15
-
2023
Movements in the year:
£000
Liability at 1 January 2023
13
Credit to profit or loss
(28)
Asset at 31 December 2023
(15)

The deferred tax asset set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to the utilisation of tax losses against future expected profits of the same period.

19
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£000
£000
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
103
95

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

 

Included within accruals is £1,000 (2022: £1,000) relating to outstanding contributions payable to this pension scheme.

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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20
Share capital
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
£000
£000
Issued and fully paid
2,758,745 Ordinary shares of £1 each
2,759
2,759
21
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

The company has entered into an omnibus letter of set-off with the bank, Lloyds Bank Plc, between Alamo Group Europe Limited, McConnel Limited, Bomford Turner Limited, Bomford Turner (1954) Ltd, and Spearhead Machinery Limited. This agreement provides for each of the companies party to the Agreement (as noted above) to guarantee all monies and liabilities at any time due owing or incurred from or by each of the other companies to the Bank; and would permit the Bank at any time to combine or consolidate all or any of the companies bank accounts and transfer all or any sums standing to the credit of such bank accounts in or towards satisfaction of all or any of the companies' liabilities to the Bank. The set-off balance of the companies at the balance sheet date was net £5,324,000 (2022: £3,220,000)).

ALAMO GROUP EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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22
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

Name of related party
Sales
Purchases
2023
2022
2023
2022
£000
£000
£000
£000
Alamo Group France SAS
286
369
-
-
Balances with related parties
Amounts owed by
Amounts owed to
related parties
related parties
2023
2022
2023
2022
£000
£000
£000
£000
Alamo Group France SAS
71
92
Other information

The company has taken advantage of the exemptions from disclosing related party transactions with other wholly owned group companies..

 

Details of transactions between the company (and its wholly owned subsidiaries) and other related parties are summarised above. The parties included are all subsidiaries that are deemed to be related as a consequence of the non-controlling interest held in these group companies by Alamo Group Inc (note 21), thereby precluding the above exemption for wholly owned subsidiaries of the Group. The transactions related to normal trading activity.

23
Ultimate controlling party

In the opinion of the directors, the ultimate parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group of which the company is a member is Alamo Group Inc, Seguin, Texas, USA. Copies of that company's accounts may be obtained from Alamo Group Inc, 1627 E. Walnut Street, Seguin, Texas 78155.

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