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REGISTERED NUMBER: SC648485 (Scotland)















Group Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Consolidated Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

for

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)






Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 8

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 9

Company Statement of Financial Position 10

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 11

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 13

Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 14

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 15


Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited

Company Information
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: H Hogan
M P Hogan





REGISTERED OFFICE: 10 Carron Place
Kelvin Industrial Estate
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 OYL





REGISTERED NUMBER: SC648485 (Scotland)





INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: Robb Ferguson
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Group Strategic Report
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
Managing Director, Harry Hogan wrote on behalf of the board : The Directors are pleased with the performance during the year as the market continued to stabilise although there was not much growth on the previous year as the industry struggled with rising food, labour and operating costs. Capital investment was reduced by many operators as they held on to cash due to difficult trading conditions. We are confident that the market will recover in 2024 and that our Group is well positioned to grow the business going forward.

Supplier lead times have substantially reduced from the difficult days of two years ago however Global shipping has been affected by the issues of the Suez Canal and the re-routing of shipping via the Horn of Africa and the added complication of a shortage of containers. This has affected shipping lead times and the cost of shipping with increases in costs for the foreseeable future.

The Directors consider that the Group is in a strong financial position and is well placed to meet any future challenges.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





H Hogan - Director


4 September 2024

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Report of the Directors
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2023.

DIVIDENDS
No interim dividend was paid during the year. The directors recommend a final dividend of £15,625 per share.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be £ 1,187,500 .

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2023 to the date of this report.

H Hogan
M P Hogan

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





H Hogan - Director


4 September 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Company Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of the group's profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited


Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' 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 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, 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 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company and group through discussions with directors and other
management, and from our wider knowledge and experience;
- We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company and group, including the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 102.
- We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of
management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- Identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company and group's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

Audit response to risks identified
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
- Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out were indicative of potential bias; and
- Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- Agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- Requesting correspondence with HMRC, Companies House and the company's legal advisors.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited


Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Janice Alexander (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Robb Ferguson
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ

12 September 2024

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Consolidated
Statement of Comprehensive
Income
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 20,297,621 20,164,410

Cost of sales 13,641,930 12,829,533
GROSS PROFIT 6,655,691 7,334,877

Administrative expenses 3,419,661 3,403,592
3,236,030 3,931,285

Other operating income - (130,135 )
OPERATING PROFIT 5 3,236,030 3,801,150

Interest receivable and similar income 112,568 2,331
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 3,348,598 3,803,481

Tax on profit 6 875,635 812,225
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2,472,963 2,991,256

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

2,472,963

2,991,256

Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 2,472,963 2,991,256

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 2,472,963 2,991,256

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 9 1,681,841 1,954,572
Tangible assets 10 139,013 140,337
Investments 11 - -
1,820,854 2,094,909

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 12 4,586,836 5,006,124
Debtors 13 3,261,920 2,895,539
Cash at bank 8,673,326 8,454,841
16,522,082 16,356,504
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 14 3,803,153 5,197,093
NET CURRENT ASSETS 12,718,929 11,159,411
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

14,539,783

13,254,320

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 76 76
Retained earnings 17 14,539,707 13,254,244
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 14,539,783 13,254,320

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 4 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





H Hogan - Director


Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Company Statement of Financial Position
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 9 - -
Tangible assets 10 - -
Investments 11 5,908,024 5,908,024
5,908,024 5,908,024

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 13 2,041,126 1,847,347

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 14 2,041,126 2,936,505
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES - (1,089,158 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

5,908,024

4,818,866

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 76 76
Retained earnings 5,907,948 4,818,790
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 5,908,024 4,818,866

Company's profit for the financial year 2,276,658 1,747,980

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

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 4 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





H Hogan - Director


Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2022 76 11,262,988 11,263,064

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,000,000 ) (1,000,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 2,991,256 2,991,256
Balance at 31 December 2022 76 13,254,244 13,254,320

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,187,500 ) (1,187,500 )
Total comprehensive income - 2,472,963 2,472,963
Balance at 31 December 2023 76 14,539,707 14,539,783

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2022 76 4,070,810 4,070,886

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,000,000 ) (1,000,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,747,980 1,747,980
Balance at 31 December 2022 76 4,818,790 4,818,866

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,187,500 ) (1,187,500 )
Total comprehensive income - 2,276,658 2,276,658
Balance at 31 December 2023 76 5,907,948 5,908,024

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 2,806,360 3,001,757
Tax paid (562,810 ) (858,874 )
Net cash from operating activities 2,243,550 2,142,883

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (54,754 ) (98,455 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets - 24,658
Payment of deferred consideration (1,089,158 ) (747,980 )
Interest received 112,568 2,331
Net cash from investing activities (1,031,344 ) (819,446 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Amount introduced by directors 193,779 887,752
Equity dividends paid (1,187,500 ) (1,000,000 )
Net cash from financing activities (993,721 ) (112,248 )

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 218,485 1,211,189
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

8,454,841

7,243,652

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 8,673,326 8,454,841

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS
2023 2022
£    £   
Profit before taxation 3,348,598 3,803,481
Depreciation charges 328,809 368,528
Finance income (112,568 ) (2,331 )
3,564,839 4,169,678
Decrease/(increase) in stocks 419,288 (1,880,739 )
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other debtors (366,381 ) 59,374
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors (811,386 ) 653,444
Cash generated from operations 2,806,360 3,001,757

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts:

Year ended 31 December 2023
31.12.23 1.1.23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 8,673,326 8,454,841
Year ended 31 December 2022
31.12.22 1.1.22
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 8,454,841 7,243,652


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.1.23 Cash flow At 31.12.23
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank 8,454,841 218,485 8,673,326
8,454,841 218,485 8,673,326
Total 8,454,841 218,485 8,673,326

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in Scotland. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

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

Turnover
Turnover is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the turnover can be reliably measured. Turnover is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before turnover is recognised:

Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
- the company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer;
- the company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership
nor effective control over the goods sold;
- the amount of turnover can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due under the transaction;
- and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2020, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of ten years.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Fixed plant and equipment - 33% on reducing balance and 25% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
Motor vehicles - 33% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 33.33% on cost

Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each statement of financial position date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset's cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount. Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in the income statement.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost, except for investments in non-convertible preference and non-puttable ordinary shares which are measured at fair value, with changes recognised in profit or loss.

The company uses derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to foreign exchange risk. The company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value at the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at each reporting date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in the income statement.

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

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reserved at the statement of financial position date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the statement of financial position date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods difference 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, on the basis of available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of underlying timing differences can be deducted.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position 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.

Foreign currencies
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

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

Hire purchases and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the statement of financial position. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charges to the income statement over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charges to the income statement on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

3. TURNOVER

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

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Sale of goods and commission 20,297,621 20,164,410
20,297,621 20,164,410

During the year the group exported 6.67% of its turnover (2022 - 7.98%).

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Wages and salaries 1,661,569 1,636,644
Social security costs 165,174 169,601
Other pension costs 128,642 114,820
1,955,385 1,921,065

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2023 2022

Directors 2 2
Administration 37 36
39 38

The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the year was 39 (2022 - 38 ) .

2023 2022
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 195,107 297,083
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 9,725 18,300

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2023 2022
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 56,078 54,426
Goodwill amortisation 272,731 314,102
Auditors' remuneration 10,185 9,240

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

6. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2023 2022
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 875,635 812,225
Tax on profit 875,635 812,225

UK corporation tax has been charged at 23.50 % (2022 - 19 %).

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2023 2022
£    £   
Profit before tax 3,348,598 3,803,481
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.500
% (2022 - 19 %)

786,921

722,661

Effects of:
Timing differences 10,917 (661 )
Permanent differences 77,797 90,225
Total tax charge 875,635 812,225

7. INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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


8. DIVIDENDS
2023 2022
£    £   
Ordinary shares of 1 each
Final 1,187,500 1,000,000

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

9. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 January 2023
and 31 December 2023 2,727,311
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2023 772,739
Amortisation for year 272,731
At 31 December 2023 1,045,470
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 1,681,841
At 31 December 2022 1,954,572

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Fixed Fixtures
plant and and Motor Computer
equipment fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 77,257 18,237 170,161 82,219 347,874
Additions 9,750 3,404 33,529 8,071 54,754
At 31 December 2023 87,007 21,641 203,690 90,290 402,628
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 54,823 13,923 75,925 62,866 207,537
Charge for year 9,827 1,264 34,785 10,202 56,078
At 31 December 2023 64,650 15,187 110,710 73,068 263,615
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 22,357 6,454 92,980 17,222 139,013
At 31 December 2022 22,434 4,314 94,236 19,353 140,337

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

11. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Company
Shares in
group
undertaking
£   
COST
At 1 January 2023
and 31 December 2023 5,908,024
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 5,908,024
At 31 December 2022 5,908,024

The group or the company's investments at the Statement of Financial Position date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiary

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Limited
Registered office: 10 Carron Place, East Kilbride, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G75 0UL
Nature of business: resale of commercial catering equipment
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00


12. STOCKS

Group
2023 2022
£    £   
Stocks 4,586,836 5,006,124

13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2023 2022 2023 2022
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 2,907,932 2,665,913 - -
Amounts owed by group undertakings - - 2,041,126 1,847,347
Prepayments 353,988 229,626 - -
3,261,920 2,895,539 2,041,126 1,847,347

Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2023 2022 2023 2022
£    £    £    £   
Trade creditors 478,613 872,813 - -
Tax 424,665 111,840 - -
Social security and other taxes - 240,762 - -
VAT 589,499 635,974 - -
Other creditors - 1,089,158 - 1,089,158
Directors' current accounts 2,041,126 1,847,347 2,041,126 1,847,347
Accrued expenses 269,250 399,199 - -
3,803,153 5,197,093 2,041,126 2,936,505

15. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Non-cancellable operating leases
2023 2022
£    £   
Within one year 418,836 418,836
Between one and five years 56,836 113,672
475,672 532,508

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £    £   
76 Ordinary 1 76 76

17. RESERVES

Group
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2023 13,254,244
Profit for the year 2,472,963
Dividends (1,187,500 )
At 31 December 2023 14,539,707


Foodservice Equipment Marketing Holdings
Limited (Registered number: SC648485)

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

18. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The group participated in a money purchase scheme during the year ended 31 December 2023. The contributions for the period totalled £128,642 (2022 - £114,820). There were no amounts outstanding at 31 December 2023 or 31 December 2022.

19. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Entities which have a common director
2023 2022
£    £   
Sales 390 -
Rent 362,000 298,000
Recharges 600 744
Management charge 36,100 15,400
Amount due from related party 85 387
Amount due to related party 133,440 -

20. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is H Hogan.