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Registration number: NI031171

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

Unaudited Filleted Abridged Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Abridged Balance Sheet

3 to 4

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged Financial Statements

5 to 10

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

Company Information

Directors

Mr Thomas Bates

Mr Gary Bates

Registered office

Unit 3 Dargan Industrial Park
60-84 Dargan Crescent
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT3 9JP

Accountants

Baxterworld Limited
Chartered Management Accountants
Unit 3 Dargan Industrial Park
60-84 Dargan Crescent
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT3 9JP

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2023 as set out on pages 3 to 10 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.cimaglobal.com.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 5 December 2003. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd, as a body, in this report in accordance with the requirements of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants as detailed at http://www.cimaglobal.com. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd. You consider that Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

......................................

Baxterworld Limited
Chartered Management Accountants
Unit 3 Dargan Industrial Park
60-84 Dargan Crescent
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT3 9JP

26 September 2024

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

(Registration number: NI031171)
Abridged Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

Note

2023
£

2022
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

2,301,675

2,458,298

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

729,051

1,139,072

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,549,069

1,379,965

 

2,278,120

2,519,037

Prepayments and accrued income

 

28,966

42,511

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

(486,178)

(692,901)

Net current assets

 

1,820,908

1,868,647

Total assets less current liabilities

 

4,122,583

4,326,945

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

(16,245)

(80,568)

Net assets

 

4,106,338

4,246,377

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

6

2

2

Retained earnings

4,106,336

4,246,375

Shareholders' funds

 

4,106,338

4,246,377

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.

All of the company’s members have consented to the preparation of an Abridged Balance Sheet in accordance with Section 444(2A) 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 26 September 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

(Registration number: NI031171)
Abridged Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2023

.........................................
Mr Gary Bates
Director

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

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

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Unit 3 Dargan Industrial Park
60-84 Dargan Crescent
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT3 9JP
Northern Ireland

The principal place of business is:
1 Duncrue Pass
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT3 9BS
Northern Ireland

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 26 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 abridged financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These abridged 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 comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/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.

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

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

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 rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

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

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current 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.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet 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.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant & Machinery

25% Straight Line

Land & Buildings

10% & 4% Straight Line

Motor Vehicles

25% 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 merchandise sold or services performed 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.

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

Notes to the Unaudited Abridged 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 the profit and loss account 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 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 in the profit and loss account 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.

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

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

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 31 (2022 - 29).

4

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Other tangible assets
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2023

2,740,657

1,599,655

3,122,899

7,463,211

Additions

-

9,315

66,485

75,800

At 31 December 2023

2,740,657

1,608,970

3,189,384

7,539,011

Depreciation

At 1 January 2023

582,149

1,470,242

2,952,522

5,004,913

Charge for the year

41,099

85,223

106,101

232,423

At 31 December 2023

623,248

1,555,465

3,058,623

5,237,336

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2023

2,117,409

53,505

130,761

2,301,675

At 31 December 2022

2,158,508

129,413

170,377

2,458,298

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £2,117,410 (2022 - £2,158,508) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

5

Debtors

Debtors includes £Nil (2022 - £Nil) due after more than one year.

6

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2023

2022

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary Shares of £1 each

2

2

2

2

       
 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

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

7

Dividends

2023

2022

£

£

Final dividend of £330,000.00 (2022 - £360,000.00) per ordinary share

660,000

720,000

 

 

8

Related party transactions

 

Ace Bates Skip Hire Ltd

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

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2023
£

2022
£

Remuneration

26,447

26,167