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REGISTERED NUMBER: 08636627 (England and Wales)















Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

for

CLD Fencing Systems Limited

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023




Page

Strategic Report 1

Report of the Directors 2

Report of the Independent Auditors 3

Statement of Comprehensive Income 6

Balance Sheet 7

Statement of Changes in Equity 8

Notes to the Financial Statements 9


CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

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 directors are delighted to report a successful year for the company.

The company has generated £28,339,576 (2022: £33,599,338) of turnover due to excellent products and customer service. The company has generated £4,841,503 (2022: £7,140,826) of profits before tax to give satisfactory results.

At the period end the company had shareholders funds of £11,082,689 (2022: £8,771,445) including distributable profits of £11,082,589 (2022: £8,771,345). The directors therefore believe the company's position to be satisfactory, especially as the company's current assets exceed its current liabilities by £9,930,222 (2022: £7,845,158).

The directors believe that there is a strong foundation to build the business further and improve on the current year's results.

During the year the company, as part of the wider CLD Group has invested substantially in developing new products and further markets. Post year end the Group investments include the purchase of Cova Security Gates Limited (which has enhanced the range of products and services that we can offer to our customer), as well as the successful start of a trading entity in the US, CLD Physical Security Systems Incorporated. The directors expect these investments to realise a substantial improvement in 2024 compared to the 2023 result, for both Sales and Profits of the company.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The directors have assessed the main risks facing the company as being increased competition from other national companies, where these companies are able to sell similar products to those offered by the company at competitive prices, which could lead to decreasing margins.

The directors believe that the quality of our products and ongoing contingent arrangements will help mitigate these risks and hope to see satisfactory trading results in the coming year.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





A J Wells - Director


25 September 2024

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

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.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of fencing supplies.

DIVIDENDS
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be £1,580,000.

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

R C Wells
A J Wells
V B Wells
N B Wells

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). 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
Drummond Laurie CA are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





A J Wells - Director


25 September 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
CLD Fencing Systems Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of CLD Fencing Systems Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of 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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
CLD Fencing Systems Limited


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.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities outlined above to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

Based on our understanding of the company, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements, including the risk of override of controls, to reduce profits and tax liabilities. We determined that the most likely method of manipulation would be the posting of inappropriate journal entries. Audit procedures performed by the audit engagement team consisted of a review of large and unusual journal entries, challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in significant accounting estimates, discussions with management related to known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations, review of Board minutes where available, and an evaluation of management controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations or through 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
CLD Fencing Systems 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.




Craig Clinton (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Drummond Laurie CA
Statutory Auditor
Unit 5
Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX

25 September 2024

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 28,339,576 33,599,338

Cost of sales (17,765,294 ) (21,297,989 )
GROSS PROFIT 10,574,282 12,301,349

Administrative expenses (5,884,393 ) (5,168,563 )
4,689,889 7,132,786

Other operating income 100,000 -
OPERATING PROFIT 5 4,789,889 7,132,786

Interest receivable and similar income 60,892 17,044
4,850,781 7,149,830

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 (9,278 ) (9,004 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 4,841,503 7,140,826

Tax on profit 7 (950,259 ) (1,159,706 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 3,891,244 5,981,120

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

3,891,244

5,981,120

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2023

31.12.23 31.12.22
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 9 1,426,836 1,185,626

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 10 4,435,591 5,215,045
Debtors 11 6,450,246 5,940,985
Cash at bank 4,690,511 5,508,234
15,576,348 16,664,264
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 12 (5,646,126 ) (8,819,106 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 9,930,222 7,845,158
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

11,357,058

9,030,784

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

13

-

(36,489

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 16 (274,369 ) (222,850 )
NET ASSETS 11,082,689 8,771,445

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17 100 100
Retained earnings 18 11,082,589 8,771,345
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 11,082,689 8,771,445

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 25 September 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





A J Wells - Director


CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

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 100 4,790,225 4,790,325

Changes in equity
Dividends - (2,000,000 ) (2,000,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 5,981,120 5,981,120
Balance at 31 December 2022 100 8,771,345 8,771,445

Changes in equity
Dividends - (1,580,000 ) (1,580,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 3,891,244 3,891,244
Balance at 31 December 2023 100 11,082,589 11,082,689

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

CLD Fencing Systems Limited is a private company, limited by shares, domiciled in England and Wales, registration number 08636627. The registered office is Unit 11, Springvale Business Centre, Millbuck Way, Sandbach, CW11 3HY.

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.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption 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.

Related party exemption
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 group members.

Turnover
Turnover represents net invoiced sales of goods and services in respect of fencing supplies, excluding value added tax. Sales are recognised at the point at which the goods are delivered or the service is complete.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Short leasehold - 20% on cost
Hire stock - 50% on cost
Plant and machinery - 15% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 33% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 20% on cost

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Cost represent purchase price together with any incidental costs of acquisition.

The directors have considered the residual value of all tangible fixed assets to be immaterial and therefore all tangible fixed assets are depreciated to nil value.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Cost is represented by purchase price.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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.


CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
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.

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. 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 charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

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

Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount has been reliably estimated. Provisions are not recognised for future operating losses. Provisions are discounted where the time value of money is material.

Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognised even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any one item included in the same class of obligations may be small.

3. 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:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
United Kingdom 24,480,671 30,188,886
Europe 549,407 2,458,682
Rest of World 3,309,498 951,770
28,339,576 33,599,338

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Wages and salaries 3,664,147 3,293,660
Social security costs 395,728 334,845
Other pension costs 249,684 48,969
4,309,559 3,677,474

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
31.12.23 31.12.22

Employees 80 71

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 37,710 39,504
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 80,000 -

5. OPERATING PROFIT

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

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 591,244 450,170
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 36,837 43,036
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (383,543 ) (186,185 )
Auditors' remuneration 15,000 14,855

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Hire purchase 9,278 9,004

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 898,740 1,221,440
Corporation tax (over)/under
provision - (245,884 )
Total current tax 898,740 975,556

Deferred tax 51,519 184,150
Tax on profit 950,259 1,159,706

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

7. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax 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:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Profit before tax 4,841,503 7,140,826
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
23.521% (2022 - 19%)

1,138,770

1,356,757

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 7,382 8,320
Income not taxable for tax purposes (90,211 ) -
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (6,407 ) (176,998 )
Deferred tax movement 51,520 184,150
Group relief received (35,948 ) (2,586 )
CT over/under provision - (245,884 )
Capital gains 52,885 35,947
Patent box relief (167,732 ) -
Total tax charge 950,259 1,159,706

8. DIVIDENDS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £1 each
Final 1,580,000 2,000,000

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Short Hire Plant and
leasehold stock machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 494,296 793,694 335,025
Additions 97,659 340,793 54,619
Disposals - (195,987 ) (5,527 )
At 31 December 2023 591,955 938,500 384,117
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 241,663 273,450 70,418
Charge for year 96,135 415,109 46,190
Eliminated on disposal - (137,474 ) (2,853 )
At 31 December 2023 337,798 551,085 113,755
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 254,157 387,415 270,362
At 31 December 2022 252,633 520,244 264,607

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Fixtures
and Motor Computer
fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023 94,222 122,149 - 1,839,386
Additions 43,294 167,505 250,112 953,982
Disposals - (62,278 ) - (263,792 )
At 31 December 2023 137,516 227,376 250,112 2,529,576
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 26,469 41,760 - 653,760
Charge for year 32,479 38,168 - 628,081
Eliminated on disposal - (38,774 ) - (179,101 )
At 31 December 2023 58,948 41,154 - 1,102,740
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 78,568 186,222 250,112 1,426,836
At 31 December 2022 67,753 80,389 - 1,185,626

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Short Plant and
leasehold machinery Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2023
and 31 December 2023 171,876 28,994 200,870
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2023 103,126 12,578 115,704
Charge for year 34,375 2,462 36,837
At 31 December 2023 137,501 15,040 152,541
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023 34,375 13,954 48,329
At 31 December 2022 68,750 16,416 85,166

10. STOCKS
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Finished goods 4,435,591 5,215,045

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Trade debtors 6,108,303 5,517,864
Amounts owed by group undertakings 59,612 -
Amounts owed by related parties 19,737 57,090
Other debtors 20,123 45,321
Prepayments and accrued income 242,471 320,710
6,450,246 5,940,985

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) 36,588 39,661
Trade creditors 1,615,234 2,129,800
Amounts owed to group undertakings 3,410,311 5,361,308
Amounts owed to related parties 19,351 -
Tax (120,065 ) 251,192
Social security and other taxes 128,696 99,502
VAT 154,889 411,892
Accruals and deferred income 401,122 525,751
5,646,126 8,819,106

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) - 36,489

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase contracts
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 36,588 39,661
Between one and five years - 36,489
36,588 76,150

Non-cancellable operating leases
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Within one year 250,000 250,000
Between one and five years 1,000,000 1,000,000
In more than five years 354,167 604,167
1,604,167 1,854,167

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

15. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts 36,588 76,150

Hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets to which they relate.

16. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31.12.23 31.12.22
£    £   
Deferred tax 274,369 222,850

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2023 222,850
Provided during year 51,519
Balance at 31 December 2023 274,369

17. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31.12.23 31.12.22
value: £    £   
100 Ordinary £1 100 100

18. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2023 8,771,345
Profit for the year 3,891,244
Dividends (1,580,000 )
At 31 December 2023 11,082,589

19. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

CLD Group Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

CLD Group Holdings Limited is registered in England under registration number 08636576. The registered office is Unit 11 Springvale Business Centre, Millbuck Way, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3HY.

20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Amounts due to entities under common control total £19,351 (2022: £nil).

Amounts due from entities under common control total £19,737 (2022: £57,090).

CLD Fencing Systems Limited (Registered number: 08636627)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

21. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The company is under the control of the Board of Directors of the parent company CLD Group Holdings Limited.