Company registration number 00174855 (England and Wales)
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr A D S Grant
Mr M P S Grant
Mrs S M S Grant
A J Dean
Secretary
A J Dean
Company number
00174855
Registered office
Unit 1 Orion Way
Cross Green
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 0AR
Auditor
Azets Audit Services Limited
Triune Court
Monks Cross Drive
York
YO32 9GZ
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 23
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP 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.
Review of the business
The group company owns all of the properties for the rest of the trading subsidiaries. It charges rent on these properties to the subsidiaries at fair market value. It also holds investment properties.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Due to properties being mortgaged interest rate fluctuations is a risk. The company have secured a fixed interest rate for 5 years with the bank. There is also sufficient head room in the budgets of the business to allow for unexpected fluctuations in interest rates.
The group is also exposed to foreign exchange fluctuations and volatility and has taken advantage of EUR forward contracts in 2023.
Development and performance
The group has developed a new warehousing facility located at Unit 9, Nursery Pit Drive, Leeds, LS15 0BF to cope with business growth and to mitigate the need for external storage solutions. The group company will continue to acquire property as and when the business requires it.
Please refer to the strategic report of Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd consolidated accounts for a more detailed review of the overall group performance.
A J Dean
Director
12 September 2024
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP 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 company is the head office and intermediate holding company for a group of companies involved in the sale of packaging materials, predominantly in the North of England. The company also owns a company which manufactures and sells recycled polythene products.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
Ordinary interim dividends were paid amounting to £1,209,927 (2022 - £1,000,000). 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:
Mr A D S Grant
Mr M P S Grant
Mrs S M S Grant
A J Dean
Auditor
The auditor, Azets Audit Services Limited, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
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
A J Dean
Director
12 September 2024
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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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:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Samuel Grant Group 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:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
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.
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:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SAMUEL GRANT GROUP 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:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the 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.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. The description forms part of our auditor's report.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.
We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.
Performing audit work over the timing and recognition of revenue and in particular whether it has been recorded in the correct accounting period.
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 of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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.
Martin Davey
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services Limited
12 September 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Triune Court
Monks Cross Drive
York
YO32 9GZ
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
2,489,947
2,193,894
Cost of sales
(265)
(700)
Gross profit
2,489,682
2,193,194
Administrative expenses
(2,363,766)
(2,328,151)
Other operating income
140,000
140,000
Operating profit
4
265,916
5,043
Interest receivable and similar income
6
1,969,674
2,337,550
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(308,551)
(233,730)
Profit before taxation
1,927,039
2,108,863
Tax on profit
8
(18,976)
(30,000)
Profit for the financial year
1,908,063
2,078,863
The statement of comprehensive income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2023
31 December 2023
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2023
2022
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
9,836,642
10,050,615
Investment property
11
725,000
725,000
Investments
12
4,842,403
4,842,403
15,404,045
15,618,018
Current assets
Debtors
13
4,188,816
7,225,098
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(6,189,430)
(9,156,826)
Net current liabilities
(2,000,614)
(1,931,728)
Total assets less current liabilities
13,403,431
13,686,290
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(4,416,677)
(5,416,672)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
17
249,000
230,000
(249,000)
(230,000)
Net assets
8,737,754
8,039,618
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
19
9,380
9,380
Capital redemption reserve
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
8,728,373
8,030,237
Total equity
8,737,754
8,039,618
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 12 September 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
A J Dean
Director
Company Registration No. 00174855
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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Share capital
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2022
9,380
1
6,951,374
6,960,755
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
2,078,863
2,078,863
Dividends
9
-
-
(1,000,000)
(1,000,000)
Balance at 31 December 2022
9,380
1
8,030,237
8,039,618
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
1,908,063
1,908,063
Dividends
9
-
-
(1,209,927)
(1,209,927)
Balance at 31 December 2023
9,380
1
8,728,373
8,737,754
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Samuel Grant Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 1 Orion Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0AR.
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 £1.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include investment properties 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:
Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’: Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’: Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
The ultimate parent company is Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd, which is the smallest and largest group into which these financial statements are consolidated. Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd's registered office is Unit 1 Orion Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0AR.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents amounts receivable in respect of rent and management charges net of VAT, and is recognised over the period to which it relates.
Other operating income relates to hire of equipment recharged to subsidiary companies.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
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:
Freehold land and buildings
2.5% straight line
Plant and machinery
25% straight line
Freehold land is not depreciated.
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.
1.5
Investment property
Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. The surplus or deficit on revaluation is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Property rented to a group entity is accounted for as tangible fixed assets.
1.6
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries 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.
1.7
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).
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 is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset 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.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 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 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.
1.8
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.
1.9
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.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
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.
1.10
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.
1.11
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
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.
1.12
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.13
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.14
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.
1.15
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
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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, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if 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.
Depreciation
The depreciation policy has been set according to managements' experience of the useful lives of a typical asset in each category, something which is reviewed annually. It is not considered practical to use a per unit basis to allocate depreciation without undue cost and therefore amounts are charged annually. The depreciation charged during the year was £393,571 (2022 - £375,945), which the directors feel is a fair reflection of the benefits derived from the consumption of the tangible fixed assets in use during the year.
3
Turnover and other revenue
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Rent
398,150
268,150
Management charges
2,091,797
1,925,744
2,489,947
2,193,894
2023
2022
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
2,489,947
2,193,894
2023
2022
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
22,588
14,828
Dividends received
1,947,086
2,322,722
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 16 -
4
Operating profit
2023
2022
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Exchange losses
634
119,447
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
8,500
8,453
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
393,571
375,945
Operating lease charges
-
13,050
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2023
2022
Number
Number
Directors
4
4
Administration
8
7
Total
12
11
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2023
2022
£
£
Wages and salaries
550,606
497,381
Social security costs
68,289
58,603
Pension costs
70,912
78,828
689,807
634,812
6
Interest receivable and similar income
2023
2022
£
£
Interest income
Other interest income
22,588
14,828
Income from fixed asset investments
Income from shares in group undertakings
1,947,086
2,322,722
Total income
1,969,674
2,337,550
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 17 -
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2023
2022
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
302,320
229,452
Other interest
6,231
4,278
308,551
233,730
8
Taxation
2023
2022
£
£
Current tax
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(24)
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
19,000
(51,318)
Changes in tax rates
81,318
Total deferred tax
19,000
30,000
Total tax charge
18,976
30,000
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Profit before taxation
1,927,039
2,108,863
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19.00%)
453,240
400,684
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
2,735
7,852
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(2,817)
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
81,318
Group relief
(31,819)
45,992
Depreciation on assets not qualifying for tax allowances
56,258
47,506
Under/(over) provided in prior years
(24)
Dividend income
(457,954)
(441,317)
Capitalised revenue expenditure
(380)
Other adjustments
(3,080)
(109,218)
Taxation charge for the year
18,976
30,000
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 18 -
9
Dividends
2023
2022
£
£
Interim paid
1,209,927
1,000,000
10
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land and buildings
Plant and machinery
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2023
11,027,926
1,131,836
12,159,762
Additions
59,241
120,357
179,598
At 31 December 2023
11,087,167
1,252,193
12,339,360
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2023
1,212,419
896,728
2,109,147
Depreciation charged in the year
276,788
116,783
393,571
At 31 December 2023
1,489,207
1,013,511
2,502,718
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2023
9,597,960
238,682
9,836,642
At 31 December 2022
9,815,507
235,108
10,050,615
Investment properties rented to a group entity have been accounted for using the cost model. The carrying value of investment properties included within tangible assets is £9,597,960 (2022 - £9,815,507).
Included within freehold land and buildings is land valued at £1,417,500 (2022 - £1,417,500).
11
Investment property
2023
£
Fair value
At 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023
725,000
The fair value of the investment property has been arrived at on the basis of a valuation carried out at 31 December 2016 by Knight Frank, Chartered Surveyors. The directors consider that there is no indication of significant changes to this valuation in the year to 31 December 2023.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
11
Investment property
(Continued)
- 19 -
If investment properties were stated on an historical cost basis rather than a fair value basis, the amounts would have been included as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Cost
893,269
893,269
Accumulated depreciation
(648,772)
(626,436)
Carrying amount
244,497
266,833
12
Fixed asset investments
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
25
4,833,396
4,833,396
Unlisted investments
9,007
9,007
4,842,403
4,842,403
13
Debtors
2023
2022
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
3,392
Corporation tax recoverable
24
Amounts owed by group undertakings
2,668,749
5,700,330
Other debtors
1,167,428
1,232,311
Prepayments and accrued income
349,223
292,457
4,188,816
7,225,098
14
Loans and overdrafts
2023
2022
£
£
Bank loans
5,416,673
6,416,669
Bank overdrafts
251,395
259,687
5,668,068
6,676,356
Payable within one year
1,251,391
1,259,684
Payable after one year
4,416,677
5,416,672
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
14
Loans and overdrafts
(Continued)
- 20 -
The bank loans and overdrafts are secured against properties held by the company, with the overdraft also secured through cross company guarantees as noted in note 20.
The company has two bank loans. The first loan is for £2m and has interest charged at 3.87% per annum and is repayable through quarterly instalments of £166,666 capital plus interest, and a final payment of £166,674. The current balance of this loan is £833,338 (2022: £1,500,002).
The second bank loan is for £5m and has interest charged at 5.19% per annum and is repayable through quartely instalments of £83,333 capital plus interest. The current balance of this loan is £4,583,335 (2022: £4,916,667).
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
14
1,251,391
1,259,684
Trade creditors
218,044
196,555
Amounts owed to group undertakings
4,619,272
7,342,175
Taxation and social security
2,246
1,879
Other creditors
233,613
Accruals and deferred income
98,477
122,920
6,189,430
9,156,826
Bank loans and overdrafts are secured as detailed in note 14.
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2023
2022
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
14
4,416,677
5,416,672
Bank loans and overdrafts are secured as detailed in note 14.
17
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2023
2022
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
334,000
315,000
Tax losses
(111,000)
(111,000)
Investment property
26,000
26,000
249,000
230,000
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
17
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 21 -
2023
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2023
230,000
Charge to profit or loss
19,000
Liability at 31 December 2023
249,000
18
Retirement benefit schemes
2023
2022
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
70,912
78,828
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.
19
Share capital
2023
2022
2023
2022
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
9,380
9,380
9,380
9,380
20
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The company, jointly with other group undertakings, guarantees the bank indebtedness of all group undertakings. The total contingent liability of the company relating to bank indebtedness at the balance sheet date amounted to £nil (2022 - £394,140).
21
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2023
2022
£
£
Within one year
29,033
23,910
Between two and five years
36,633
52,000
65,666
75,910
22
Related party transactions
Other information
Guarantees have been provided to group companies as identified in note 20.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
- 22 -
23
Directors' transactions
Dividends totalling £1,000,000 (2022 - £1,000,000) in respect of shares held by the company's directors were allocated in the year.
No guarantees have been given or received.
Description
% Rate
Opening balance
Amounts advanced
Interest charged
Amounts repaid
Closing balance
£
£
£
£
£
Mr A D S Grant -
2.00
1,201,033
20,000
22,587
(100,000)
1,143,620
1,201,033
20,000
22,587
(100,000)
1,143,620
24
Ultimate controlling party
The immediate and ultimate parent company is Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with a registered office of Orion Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0AR. Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd is the smallest and largest group into which Samuel Grant Group Limited is consolidated.
In the opinion of the directors, there is no ultimate controlling party.
25
Subsidiaries
Separate company financial statements are required to be prepared by law. Consolidated financial statements for the Samuel Grant (Holdings) Ltd group are prepared and publicly available.
These financial statements are separate company financial statements for Samuel Grant Group Limited.
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2023 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Marmax Products Limited (1)
England and Wales
Manufacture of recycled polythene products
Ordinary
100.00
-
Samuel Grant (Leeds) Limited (2)
England and Wales
Sale of packaging materials
Ordinary
100.00
-
Samuel Grant (North East) Limited (3)
England and Wales
Sale of packaging materials
Ordinary
100.00
-
Samuel Grant (Sheffield) Limited (4)
England and Wales
Sale of packaging materials
Ordinary
100.00
-
Able Packaging Limited (5)
England and Wales
Dormant
Ordinary
0
100.00
Clingfoil Limited (6)
England and Wales
Sale of packaging materials
Ordinary
100.00
-
The investments in subsidiaries are all stated at cost.
SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
25
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
- 23 -
(1) The registered office is Units 9-16, Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate, Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9QX.
(2) The registered office is Unit 1, Orion Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0AR.
(3) The registered office is Unit B, Viking Industrial Park, Rolling Mill Road, Jarrow, NE32 3DP.
(4) The registered office is Smithy Wood Business Park, 2 Cowley Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 1QP.
(5) Wholly owned by Samuel Grant (Leeds) Limited, with a registered office of Orion Way, Cross Green, Leeds, LS9 0AR.
(6) The registered office is Unit 1, Second Avenue, Poynton Industrial Estate, Poynton, SK12 1ND.
26
Directors' remuneration
2023
2022
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
327,578
307,419
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
15,204
23,963
Compensation for loss of office
2,500
63,313
345,282
394,695
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 3 (2022 - 3).
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2023
2022
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
116,078
124,061
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
4,817
8,213
27
Non-distributable profits reserve
Included within retained profits are non-distributable unrealised losses arising from the revaluation of investment properties of £194,269 (2022 - £194,269), including deferred tax provisions arising on the revaluations.
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