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STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

FOR

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Profit and loss account 6

Other Comprehensive Income 7

Balance Sheet 8

Statement of Changes in Equity 9

Notes to the Financial Statements 10


WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023







DIRECTORS: K Foster
H M Stadler
R J Harris





SECRETARY: K Foster





REGISTERED OFFICE: Shilton Industrial Estate
Bulkington Road
Shilton
Coventry
CV7 9QL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: SFB Group Limited
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Manor Court Chambers
Townsend Drive
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6RU

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

STRATEGIC REPORT
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The Company operates from its site in Coventry and continues its core activities of manufacturing punched metal nailplate fasteners and easi-joist metal webs. In addition the Company also develops and maintains structural design and management software for use by its customers.

The Company experienced reduced volumes in 2023 compared with the previous year following a slowdown in housebuilding activity across the UK in the latter half of the year. As a consequence of lower volumes the Company saw revenue reduced from the previous period.
Raw material prices remained higher than expected for the year with little movement from suppliers despite previous indications of reduction in costs.
Despite the slowdown in activity across the industry, construction and housebuilding in particular continued to perform well over the period. Whilst volumes are reduced, the Company's order books and outlook remain positive as does its profitability.

Turnover decreased slightly to £8,862,298 from £10,411,851 the previous year. This primarily from reduced volumes of produced product.
Profitability remained good at £1,444,537 (before tax) representing a slight increase on the previous year from £1,365,029. Although it should be noted 2022 results included interest write offs of £330,000 from an intercompany loan.

The Company has continued development of its manufacturing facilities and processes with investment in new manufacturing projects commencing in this year and secured additional premises in the period as part of the Company's long-term commitment to the Coventry manufacturing site.

The Company has continued development of its next generation timber engineering software "Fusion".
The software beta testing phase with selected customers has been expanded further in the last 12 months and positive feedback has been received with each new version released. As in previous years the development and support teams for the product have continued to be expanded and as reflected in the current status, greater priority has been allocated to the addition of software testers within the team. To support its customers with the roll out of Fusion software the Company has also strengthened its Customer Support and Design Office departments with additional personnel.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Operating primarily in the construction markets of the UK and Ireland, Wolf Systems business is subject to change of political policy and direction in these sectors. The construction industry, and housing in particular however, have demonstrated resilience and indeed strong growth in recent years. Inflationary pressures on households and forecasts of the wider economic climate are expected to have a continued negative impact on the construction and housebuilding sectors in the coming year but it is thought these will only improve as the year progresses.

The Company's principle raw material and general operational costs continue to increase as they do for all businesses currently. The Company's pricing strategy in the last 18 months has done much to mitigate the impact of these rising costs and these are expected to stay in place for a longer period than initially anticipated.

DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Competitor activity has resulted in the loss of customers over the period. The release of new software in the next period will further consolidate existing customers and provide opportunities for the Company to win new customers.

FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Turnover decreased by 15% in the period to £8,862,298 from £10,411,851.
Gross margin increased in 2023 to 54% from 47% in 2022. However, the Company expects this result will not be repeated in the next period and has anticipated and reduction in Gross Margin to a similar level for 2022.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





K Foster - Director


12 March 2024

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

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

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2023.

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

K Foster
H M Stadler
R J Harris

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the 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), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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.

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 company'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 company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditor, SFB Group Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





K Foster - Director


12 March 2024

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Wolf Systems Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Profit and loss account, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and 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 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.

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

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

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

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

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the 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.

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 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 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 company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the 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, 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 directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED


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 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.

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:

- 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;
-Enquiry of management around actual and potential litigation and claims;
-Enquiry of management to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
-We reviewed correspondence with legal and regulatory bodies where applicable;
-We agreed the financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation
-We reviewed the detail of certain nominal accounts for indications of management override;
-We gained an understanding of the design and implementation of the processes and controls in place within the group which are designed to prevent, detect or correct fraud or error within the financial statements
-We challenged the accounting treatment applied in respect of revenue recognised during the year, in particular in relation to manual adjustments made to revenue, cut off between accounting periods;
-We identified and tested journal entries which we considered to be unusual and me be indicative of bias on the part of management or those charged with governance, investigating the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

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 is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation

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.

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.




Mr Paul Carvell BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of SFB Group Limited
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Manor Court Chambers
Townsend Drive
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6RU

12 March 2024

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   

TURNOVER 5 8,862,298 10,411,851

Cost of sales 4,104,100 5,528,266
GROSS PROFIT 4,758,198 4,883,585

Distribution costs 247,859 278,186
Administrative expenses 3,411,809 3,014,254
3,659,668 3,292,440
1,098,530 1,591,145

Other operating income 62,516 55,501
OPERATING PROFIT 7 1,161,046 1,646,646

Interest receivable and similar income 283,491 48,472
1,444,537 1,695,118

Interest payable and similar expenses 8 - 330,089
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 1,444,537 1,365,029

Tax on profit 9 (49,075 ) 58,459
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1,493,612 1,306,570

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 1,493,612 1,306,570


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1,493,612 1,306,570

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

BALANCE SHEET
31 December 2023

2023 2022
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 11 4,092,563 2,574,359

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 12 660,458 1,073,623
Debtors 13 2,491,060 2,862,856
Cash at bank 8,782,947 7,916,403
11,934,465 11,852,882
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 14 1,117,689 973,546
NET CURRENT ASSETS 10,816,776 10,879,336
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 14,909,339 13,453,695

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 15 226,867 264,835
NET ASSETS 14,682,472 13,188,860

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 17,700 17,700
Share premium 98,455 98,455
Capital redemption reserve 2,300 2,300
Retained earnings 14,564,017 13,070,405
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 14,682,472 13,188,860

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 12 March 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





K Foster - Director


WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Called up Capital
share Retained Share redemption Total
capital earnings premium reserve equity
£    £    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2022 17,700 15,203,834 98,455 2,300 15,322,289

Changes in equity
Dividends - (3,439,999 ) - - (3,439,999 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,306,570 - - 1,306,570
Balance at 31 December 2022 17,700 13,070,405 98,455 2,300 13,188,860

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 1,493,612 - - 1,493,612
Balance at 31 December 2023 17,700 14,564,017 98,455 2,300 14,682,472

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

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

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


2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

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.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

The cash flow exemption has been claimed as the company is a member of a group where the parent of the group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements. The parent of the group is Wolf GmbH & Co. Systembau KG and consolidated financial statements can be found on www.bundesanzeiger.de.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Turnover represents net invoiced sales of goods and services, excluding value added tax.

Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer, the amount of turnover can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the company and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably. This is usually on dispatch of the goods.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on cost
Plant and machinery - 33% on cost, 20% on cost, 10% on cost and 4% straight line
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
Computer equipment - 33% on cost

The assets residual values, useful life and depreciation methods are reviewed and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes the original purchase cost, costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended, dismantlement and restoration costs and borrowing costs.

Freehold property is valued at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses capitalised.

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Stock
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and selling price less costs to sell, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

At each reporting date, stock is reviewed and assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment is recognised immediately in the profit and loss account.

Cost incudes all direct expenditure and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Profit and loss account, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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.

Research and development
Expenditure on research and development is recognised as an expense in the year in which it is incurred.

Foreign currencies
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet 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.

Employee benefits
When employees have rendered service to the company, short-term employee benefits to which the employees are entitled are recognised at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid in exchange for that service.

The company operates a defined contribution plan for the benefit of its employees. Contributions are expensed as they become payable.

Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate, with the exception of intercompany balances, are receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price.

Any losses arising from impairment would be recognised in the profit and loss account and in other administrative expenses.

Holiday pay accrual
The company recognises an accrual for annual leave accrued by employees as a result of services rendered in the current period, and which employees are entitled to carry forward and use within the next twelve months. The accrual is measured at the salary cost payable for the period of absence.

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

4. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In preparing the financial statements, the directors have had to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that effect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses.

The following judgements, estimates and assumptions have been made in the process of applying the accounting policies that have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements:

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful lives, taking into account residual values where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on factors such as technological innovation, maintenance programmes and product life cycles.
Freehold property is retained at cost and not revalued.

Finished goods
Stock includes attributable labour and overheads and are based on management's estimate of the absorption of fixed and variable costs in the manufacturing process excluding selling and marketing costs.

Taxation
The annual tax provision includes a claim for research and development tax relief relating to the research and development incurred in the same financial year. Research and development relief has been claimed based on the expenditure incurred by the company relating to advances in science and technology.

5. TURNOVER

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

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2023 2022
£    £   
United Kingdom 6,928,825 8,415,724
Europe 1,933,473 1,935,448
Rest of the world - 60,679
8,862,298 10,411,851

6. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2023 2022
£    £   
Wages and salaries 2,422,357 2,225,066
Social security costs 232,466 226,880
Other pension costs 186,044 175,668
2,840,867 2,627,614

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

Directors 2 3
Direct labour 6 6
Indirect labour 53 48
61 57

2023 2022
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 236,601 286,938
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 69,115 74,590

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

6. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 2 3

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:
2023 2022
£    £   
Emoluments etc 122,802 131,151
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 38,216 35,625

7. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2023 2022
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 295,813 344,797
Auditors' remuneration 13,300 13,307
Foreign exchange differences 47,244 (208,893 )
Product development 160,455 174,302

8. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2023 2022
£    £   
Other interest - 330,089

9. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax (credit)/charge
The tax (credit)/charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2023 2022
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax (11,107 ) 24,482

Deferred tax (37,968 ) 33,977
Tax on profit (49,075 ) 58,459

UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% (2022 - 19%).

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

9. TAXATION - continued

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

2023 2022
£    £   
Profit before tax 1,444,537 1,365,029
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2022 -
19%)

361,134

259,356

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 1,621 2,898
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 52,790 1,078
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods - 55
Other reliefs (417,120 ) (268,488 )
Accelerated capital allowances (47,500 ) 63,560
Total tax (credit)/charge (49,075 ) 58,459

10. DIVIDENDS
2023 2022
£    £   
Interim - 3,439,999

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Freehold Plant and and Computer
property machinery fittings equipment Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 2,052,261 4,124,899 624,268 140,788 6,942,216
Additions 1,777,423 17,693 17,603 13,236 1,825,955
Disposals - (212,745 ) - (75,072 ) (287,817 )
At 31 December 2023 3,829,684 3,929,847 641,871 78,952 8,480,354
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 708,330 2,962,352 573,856 123,319 4,367,857
Charge for year 47,432 217,495 20,505 10,381 295,813
Eliminated on disposal - (200,807 ) - (75,072 ) (275,879 )
At 31 December 2023 755,762 2,979,040 594,361 58,628 4,387,791
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 3,073,922 950,807 47,510 20,324 4,092,563
At 31 December 2022 1,343,931 1,162,547 50,412 17,469 2,574,359

12. STOCKS
2023 2022
£    £   
Raw materials 305,295 722,653
Finished goods 355,163 350,970
660,458 1,073,623

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Trade debtors 1,065,984 1,259,903
Amounts owed by group undertakings 1,071,305 1,166,101
Other debtors - 105,415
Taxation 51,107 15,542
Prepayments 302,664 315,895
2,491,060 2,862,856

Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, interest is charged, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023 2022
£    £   
Trade creditors 436,258 190,496
Social security and other taxes 223,809 278,107
Accrued expenses 457,622 504,943
1,117,689 973,546

15. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2023 2022
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 226,867 264,835

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 264,835
Provided during year (37,968 )
Balance at 31 December 2023 226,867

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2023 2022
value: £    £   
17,700 Ordinary £1 17,700 17,700

17. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
2023 2022
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 160,571 23,520

18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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

The below are related by common director.

WOLF SYSTEMS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 02151148)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES - continued

Related by common ownership
2023 2022
£    £   
Sales 187,902 168,739

Related by common director
2023 2022
£    £   
Purchases 12,912 9,590
Amount due to related party 2,318 -

19. ULTIMATE PARENT PARTY

As at 31 December 2023 the directors regard Wolf System GmbH (of Sitz Osterhofen, AG Deggendorf HRB 2936), registered in Germany, as the parent company and the Wolf family trustees as the ultimate controlling party.