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Registration number: 07350120

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2 to 3

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

4 to 11

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

Company Information

Directors

M T Felstead

C J Parry

Registered office

Hillam Lane Farm
Hillam Lane
Cockerham
Lancaster
LA2 0DX

Solicitors

Willans LLP
28 Imperial Square
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1RH

Bankers

Virgin Money
45 Penny Street
Lancaster
LA1 1UE

Accountants

Accountax Plus
Chartered Accountants
Sandy Cottage
Newton in Cartmel
Grange over Sands
LA11 6JL

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

(Registration number: 07350120)

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

2,050,139

2,186,871

Current assets

 

Stocks

5

42,102

27,526

Debtors

6

299,713

345,126

Cash at bank and in hand

 

90,662

352,905

 

432,477

725,557

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(720,957)

(1,274,283)

Net current liabilities

 

(288,480)

(548,726)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

1,761,659

1,638,145

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(43,898)

(150,995)

Provisions for liabilities

(268,473)

(238,892)

Net assets

 

1,449,288

1,248,258

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

1,000

1,000

Share premium reserve

989,010

989,010

Profit and loss account

459,278

258,248

Total equity

 

1,449,288

1,248,258

For the financial year ending 31 December 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 13 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

(Registration number: 07350120)

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

.........................................
C J Parry
Director

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Hillam Lane Farm
Hillam Lane
Cockerham
Lancaster
LA2 0DX

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 13 September 2024.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

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

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. There were no material departures from that standard.

Basis of preparation

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

Going concern

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

Revenue recognition

Turnover represents the value of consideration for goods and services provided stated net of value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.


Generation tariff
This is a fixed subsidy paid by the government per unit of electricity generated and is accounted for on a receivable basis when the electricity is generated.

Renewable heat incentive
This is a fixed subsidy paid by the government per unit of heat consumed for a qualifying use and is accounted for on a receivable basis when the heat is used.

Export tariff
This represents the market value of electricity generated and exported to the national grid and is accounted for on a receivable basis when the electricity is exported.

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

Government grants

The company has adopted the performance model available under FRS 102 for the recognition of income receivable under government - administered incentive schemes for renewable energy generation. The income is recognised in profit or loss only when the performance related conditions of the schemes are met as described above in the policy on revenue recognition.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

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

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

Tax

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

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

Deferred tax represents the future tax consequences of transactions and events recognised in the financial statements of current and previous periods. It is recognised in respect of all timing differences, with certain exceptions. Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and total comprehensive income as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of income and expense in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date that are expected to apply to the reversal of timing differences. Deferred tax on revalued, non-depreciable tangible fixed assets and investment properties is measured using the rates and allowances that apply to the sale of the asset.

Employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits, including holiday pay, are charged to profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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

Payments on account in respect of tangible fixed assets which are not yet operational in the business are recorded in a separate fixed asset category called 'Assets in the course of construction', and represent the costs of purchasing, constructing and installing tangible fixed assets ahead of their productive use. Only the incremental costs which are directly attributable to bringing the asset into working condition for its intended use are capitalised.

No depreciation is charged on assets in the course of construction until they are brought into operational use in the business, at which point the assets are transferred into the relevant asset category on the fixed asset register.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant and machinery

5% - 12.5% per annum straight line

Office equipment

25% per annum straight line

Cash and cash equivalents

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

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for goods and services provided in the ordinary course of business.

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

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

Trade creditors

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

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

Borrowings

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

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

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

Leases

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

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

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs charged to profit or loss and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

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

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

Financial instruments
 

Classification
The following assets and liabilities are classified as basic financial instruments; cash, trade debtors, other debtors (excluding prepayments), accrued income, trade creditors, accruals, bank and other borrowings.

 Recognition and measurement
The recognition and measurement of these financial instruments is as described under the relevant section within this note on accounting policies. Except as disclosed elsewhere within this note basic financial instruments are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment.

 Impairment
Financial assets that are measured at amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, under a written or implied contract of service, was 3 (2022 - 4).

4

Tangible assets

Office equipment
 £

Assets in the course of construction
 £

Plant and machinery
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

630

6,224

3,438,696

3,445,550

Additions

-

26,522

10,000

36,522

Transfers

-

(32,746)

32,746

-

At 31 December 2023

630

-

3,481,442

3,482,072

Depreciation

At 1 January 2023

412

-

1,258,267

1,258,679

Charge for the year

128

-

173,126

173,254

At 31 December 2023

540

-

1,431,393

1,431,933

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2023

90

-

2,050,049

2,050,139

At 31 December 2022

218

6,224

2,180,429

2,186,871

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

5

Stocks

2023
£

2022
£

Raw materials and consumables

42,102

27,526

6

Debtors

2023
£

2022
£

Trade debtors

62,979

64,896

Other debtors

12,976

-

Prepayments

60,680

48,853

Accrued income

163,078

231,377

299,713

345,126

7

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

107,097

303,811

Trade creditors

 

123,410

180,423

Taxation and social security

 

3,521

40,895

Accruals and deferred income

 

446,539

728,232

Other creditors

 

40,390

20,922

 

720,957

1,274,283

Loans and borrowings falling due within one year include the following:

Hire purchase liabilities of £31,525 (2022 - £31,525) secured over the assets to which they relate.

Other borrowings of £65,572 (2022 - £262,286) secured by a chattels mortgage relating to certain items of the company's plant and machinery, fixed and floating charges over all of the assets and undertaking of the company and a legal charge over the company's lease of land at Hillam Lane Farm, Cockerham.

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

8

43,898

150,995

Loans and borrowings falling due after more than one year include the following:

Hire purchase liabilities of £28,898 (2022 - £60,423) secured over the assets to which they relate.

Other borrowings of £Nil (2022 - £65,572) secured by a chattels mortgage relating to certain items of the company's plant and machinery, fixed and floating charges over all of the assets and undertaking of the company and a legal charge over the company's lease of land at Hillam Lane Farm, Cockerham.

8

Loans and borrowings

2023
£

2022
£

Current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

10,000

10,000

Hire purchase contracts

31,525

31,525

Other borrowings

65,572

262,286

107,097

303,811

2023
£

2022
£

Non-current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

15,000

25,000

Hire purchase contracts

28,898

60,423

Other borrowings

-

65,572

43,898

150,995

9

Dividends

   

2023

 

2022

   

£

 

£

Interim dividend of £28.50 (2022 - £Nil) per ordinary share

 

285,000

 

-

         

 

Cockerham Green Energy Limited

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

10

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £412,873 (2022 - £428,368).

11

Forward sales of electricity

During the prior year the company entered into a series of forward contracts whereby it agreed to export electricity produced by the plant to the national grid over a period of six months from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023 at pre-determined prices. The weighted average price of the contracts entered into was £427.41 per megawatt hour and resulted in total contracted revenue of £840,294 over that period of which £415,530 (2022 - £424,764) has been included in these financial statements.

In the absence of the aforementioned forward contracts the electricity produced over that period would have been exported to the national grid at the prevailing hourly market prices. It has been estimated that the revenue generated in such circumstances would have been £291,563 of which £123,811 (2022 - £167,752) would have been included in these financial statements.

12

Related party transactions

Dividends paid to directors or to members of their close family

   

2023
£

 

2022
£

M T Felstead

       

Interim dividend

 

85,500

 

-

         

C J Parry

       

Interim dividend

 

28,500

 

-