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Registered number: 01188066
Robert Nicholas Steels (Burnley) Limited
Strategic Report, Directors' Report and
Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 January 2024
Contents
Page
Strategic Report 1
Directors' Report 2—3
Independent Auditor's Report 4—7
Profit and Loss Account 8
Statement of Comprehensive Income 9
Balance Sheet 10—11
Statement of Changes in Equity 12
Statement of Cash Flows 13
Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows 14
Notes to the Financial Statements 15—22
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Strategic Report
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 January 2024.
Principal Activity
The company's principal activity continues to be that of the purchase and sale of surplus steel.
Review of the Business
Introduction
Robert Nicholas Steels (Burnley) Limited was founded in 1974 by the present owner Bill Rhind and specialises in the supply of all steel products. The company’s main lines of supply are to local and national building and engineering firms as well as supplying to those in Ireland.
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31st January 2024.
Business review
The financial year seen a further reduction in the price of steel resulting in reduced turnover. Sales volume was maintained from previous years therefore the reduced turnover was solely in relation to the market price of steel. Operations have been stable with no changes to staff numbers within the financial year.
Financial Key Performance Indicators
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover
10,487,399
13,584,943
Gross profit
1,638,514
2,342,529
Operating profit
263,107
922,041
Profit before tax
294,343
925,080
Net profit
201,444
757,888
Gross profit %
16
17
Debtor days
70
66
Creditor days
69
60
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
The directors consider the main principal risk and uncertainty is the cost of steel. This cost is dependant on energy costs in the production of steel which are of a volatile nature.
On behalf of the board
Mr W Rhind
Director
23 October 2024
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Directors' Report
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2024.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Mr M Hilton
Mrs P Rhind
Mr W Rhind
Mrs J Kelleher
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report 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, comprising FRS102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', 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 the financial statements the directors are required to:
  • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
  • make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
  • state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS102, have been followed subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
  • 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.
The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Statement of Disclosure of Information to Auditors
In the case of each director in office at the date the Directors' Report is approved:
  • so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware; and
  • they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
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Independent Auditors
The auditors, Marsden & Co, have indicated their willingness to continue in office and a resolution concerning their re-appointment will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
On behalf of the board
Mr W Rhind
Director
23 October 2024
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Independent Auditor's Report
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Robert Nicholas Steels (Burnley) Limited for the year ended 31 January 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes of Equity, Cash Flow Statement and the related notes, 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
In our opinion the financial statements:
  • give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2024 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 Auditor's 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 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 other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.
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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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
  • the Strategic Report and Directors' Report 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 Directors' Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 or 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 Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 2—3, 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 is 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.
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Auditor's 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 an auditor's report 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. 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:
•we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge;
•we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
•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.
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 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;
•reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
•enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
•reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, 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 www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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 that we are required to state to them in an auditor's report 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.
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Philip Mendelson BA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Marsden & Co , Statutory Auditor
23 October 2024
Marsden & Co
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
41 Knowsley Street
Bury BL9 0ST
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Profit and Loss Account
2024 2023
Notes £ £
TURNOVER 4 10,487,399 13,584,943
Cost of sales (8,848,885 ) (11,242,414 )
GROSS PROFIT 1,638,514 2,342,529
Distribution costs (206,868 ) (266,524 )
Administrative expenses (1,168,540 ) (1,153,963 )
OPERATING PROFIT 5 263,106 922,042
Profit on disposal of fixed assets 991 -
Other interest receivable and similar income 10 30,304 4,319
Interest payable and similar charges 11 (59 ) (1,280 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 294,342 925,081
Tax on Profit 12 (123,670 ) (167,192 )
PROFIT AFTER TAXATION BEING PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 170,672 757,889
The notes on pages 14 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Comprehensive Income
2024 2023
£ £
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 170,672 757,889
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR 170,672 757,889
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Balance Sheet
Registered number: 01188066
2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets 13 392,735 446,077
392,735 446,077
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 1,014,535 1,042,668
Debtors 15 2,271,508 2,537,531
Cash at bank and in hand 2,184,590 1,975,719
5,470,633 5,555,918
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 16 (2,122,103 ) (2,462,173 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) 3,348,530 3,093,745
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 3,741,265 3,539,822
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred Taxation 17 (83,583 ) (52,812 )
NET ASSETS 3,657,682 3,487,010
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 19 10,000 10,000
Revaluation reserve 21 183,371 187,958
Profit and Loss Account 3,464,311 3,289,052
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 3,657,682 3,487,010
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On behalf of the board
Mr W Rhind
Director
23 October 2024
The notes on pages 14 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Equity
Share Capital Revaluation reserve Profit and Loss Account Total
£ £ £ £
As at 1 February 2022 10,000 192,545 2,526,576 2,729,121
Profit for the year and total comprehensive income - - 757,889 757,889
Transfer from revaluation reserve - - 4,587 4,587
Transfer to/from Profit & Loss Account - (4,587 ) - (4,587)
As at 31 January 2023 and 1 February 2023 10,000 187,958 3,289,052 3,487,010
Profit for the year and total comprehensive income - - 170,672 170,672
Transfer from revaluation reserve - - 4,587 4,587
Transfer to/from Profit & Loss Account - (4,587 ) - (4,587)
As at 31 January 2024 10,000 183,371 3,464,311 3,657,682
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Statement of Cash Flows
2024 2023
Notes £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash generated from operations 1 336,759 1,835,192
Interest paid (59 ) (1,280 )
Tax paid (154,311 ) (271,083 )
Net cash generated from operating activities 182,389 1,562,829
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets (6,737 ) (172,930 )
Proceeds from disposal of tangible assets 2,915 -
Interest received 30,304 4,319
Net cash generated from/(used in) investing activities 26,482 (168,611 )
Increase in cash and cash equivalents 208,871 1,394,218
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2 1,975,719 581,501
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 2,184,590 1,975,719
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Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows
1. Reconciliation of profit for the financial year to cash generated from operations
2024 2023
£ £
Profit for the financial year 170,672 757,889
Adjustments for:
Tax on profit 123,670 167,192
Interest expense 59 1,280
Interest income (30,304 ) (4,319 )
Depreciation of tangible assets 58,155 39,478
Profit on disposal of tangible assets (991) -
Movements in working capital:
Decrease in stocks 28,133 449,775
Decrease in trade and other debtors 266,023 1,195,039
Decrease in trade and other creditors (278,658 ) (771,142 )
Net cash generated from operations 336,759 1,835,192
2. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, as stated in the Statement of Cash Flows, relates to the following items in the Balance Sheet:
2024 2023
£ £
Cash at bank and in hand 2,184,590 1,975,719
3. Analysis of changes in net funds
As at 1 February 2023 Cash flows As at 31 January 2024
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 1,975,719 208,871 2,184,590
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General Information
Robert Nicholas Steels (Burnley) Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 01188066 . The registered office is The Steel Works, Charter Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0SA.
2. Statement of Compliance
The 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
3.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
3.2. Going Concern Disclosure
The directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed and considered relevant information in making their assessment. The directors have taken into account the effects on the company and have reviewed a period of exceeding 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors have a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue operational existence and for this reason will continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of its financial statements.
3.3. Significant judgements and estimations
Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual income. There are no key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material  adjustment to the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
3.4. Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover is reduced for estimated customer returns, rebates and other similar allowances.
Sale of goods
Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods has transferred to the buyer. This is usually at the point that the customer has signed for the delivery of the goods.
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3.5. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold 50 years on a straight line basis
Plant & Machinery 7 - 8 years on a straight line basis
Motor Vehicles 5 years on a straight line basis
Fixtures & Fittings 7 - 8 years on a straight line basis
Computer Equipment 3 - 7 years on a straight line basis
Included within Fixtures, Fittings and Computer Equipment is Computer Equipment depreciated with an expected useful live of 3 - 7 years on a straight line basis.
3.6. Stocks and Work in Progress
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks.
Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Work in progress is reflected in the accounts on a contract by contract basis by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the profit and loss account. Where a reversal of the impairment is required the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the profit and loss account.
3.7. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
3.8. Financial Instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument.
Cash and cash equivalents
These comprise cash at bank and other short-term highly liquid bank deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.
Debtors
Debtors do not carry any interest and are stated at their nominal value. Appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts are recognised in the Profit and Loss account when there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.
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3.9. Taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other year and items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and asset reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Current or deferred tax for the year is recognised in profit or loss, except when they related to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case, the current and deferred tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
4. Turnover
Analysis of turnover by geographical market is as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
United Kingdom 10,423,057 13,570,675
Europe 64,342 14,268
10,487,399 13,584,943
5. Operating Profit
The operating profit is stated after charging:
2024 2023
£ £
Bad debts 39,271 7,393
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 58,155 39,478
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6. Auditor's Remuneration
Remuneration received by the company's auditors and their associates during the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Audit Services
Audit of the company's financial statements 6,250 6,662
7. Staff Costs
Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 756,283 875,123
Social security costs 60,230 104,370
Other pension costs 14,151 13,831
830,664 993,324
8. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was as follows:
2024 2023
Office and administration 2 2
Sales, marketing and distribution 9 9
Warehouse 3 3
14 14
9. Directors' remuneration
2024 2023
£ £
Emoluments 464,000 559,400
Information regarding the highest paid director was as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Emoluments 184,000 194,000
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10. Interest Receivable and Similar Income
2024 2023
£ £
Bank interest receivable 30,304 4,319
11. Interest Payable and Similar Charges
2024 2023
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 59 1,280
12. Tax on Profit
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
Tax Rate 2024 2023
2024 2023 £ £
Current tax
UK Corporation Tax 24.0% 19.0% 92,899 154,311
Deferred Tax
Deferred taxation 30,771 12,881
Total tax charge for the period 123,670 167,192
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit and the standard rate of corporation tax as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Profit before tax 294,342 925,081
Tax on profit at 24% (UK standard rate) 70,730 175,765
Goodwill/depreciation not allowed for tax 13,736 7,501
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 9,383 5,003
Capital allowances (950 ) (33,958 )
Short term timing differences 30,771 12,881
Total tax charge for the period 123,670 167,192
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13. Tangible Assets
Land & Property
Freehold Plant & Machinery Motor Vehicles Fixtures & Fittings Total
£ £ £ £ £
Cost
As at 1 February 2023 352,534 61,673 163,315 198,000 775,522
Additions - - - 6,737 6,737
Disposals - - - (5,328 ) (5,328 )
As at 31 January 2024 352,534 61,673 163,315 199,409 776,931
Depreciation
As at 1 February 2023 122,191 28,390 19,056 159,808 329,445
Provided during the period 6,720 7,345 30,933 13,157 58,155
Disposals - - - (3,404 ) (3,404 )
As at 31 January 2024 128,911 35,735 49,989 169,561 384,196
Net Book Value
As at 31 January 2024 223,623 25,938 113,326 29,848 392,735
As at 1 February 2023 230,343 33,283 144,259 38,192 446,077
Cost or valuation as at 31 January 2024 represented by:
Land & Property
Freehold Plant & Machinery Motor Vehicles Fixtures & Fittings Total
£ £ £ £ £
At cost 352,534 61,673 163,315 199,409 776,931
352,534 61,673 163,315 199,409 776,931
In September 2004 the company's land and building were revalued by Sanderson Weatherall, Chartered Surveyors, on an existing use basis. This value has been adopted as the deemed cost of the asset on transition to FRS102.
14. Stocks
2024 2023
£ £
Materials 1,014,535 1,042,668
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15. Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Due within one year
Trade debtors 2,011,984 2,476,632
Other debtors 259,524 60,899
2,271,508 2,537,531
16. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 1,679,525 1,846,930
Corporation tax 92,899 154,311
Other taxes and social security 14,832 13,952
VAT 16,004 86,245
Other creditors 318,843 360,735
2,122,103 2,462,173
17. Deferred Taxation
The provision for deferred tax is made up as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Revaluation of property, plant and equipment 44,009 -
Other timing differences 39,574 52,812
83,583 52,812
18. Provisions for Liabilities
Deferred Tax Total
£ £
As at 1 February 2023 52,812 52,812
Additions 30,771 30,771
Balance at 31 January 2024 83,583 83,583
19. Share Capital
2024 2023
Allotted, called up and fully paid £ £
10,000 Ordinary Shares of £ 1 each 10,000 10,000
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20. Pension Commitments
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
During the year the charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £14,151 (2023  -£13,831). 
At the balance sheet date contributions of £1.885 (2023 -£1,851) were due to the fund and are included in creditors.
21. Reserves
Revaluation Reserve
£
As at 1 February 2023 187,958
Transfer to profit and loss (4,587 )
As at 31 January 2024 183,371
22. Post Balance Sheet Events
There are no material events arising after the reporting date which are not reflected in the profit and loss account or balance sheet. 
23. Related Party Disclosures
During the year the company paid £3,900 (2023 - £3,900)  rent to Robert Nicholas Steel (Burnley) Excutive retirement scheme. Mr W Rhind is a trustee and beneficiary of this scheme.
24. Controlling Parties
The company's ultimate controlling party is Mr W Rhind by virtue of his interest in the share capital of the company.
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