REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Director and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
for |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED |
REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Director and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
for |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Group Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Director | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 7 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet | 8 |
Company Balance Sheet | 9 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 12 |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 13 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 14 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Director: |
Secretary: |
Registered office: |
Registered number: |
Senior statutory auditor: | Karl Gordon BA FCCA |
Auditors: |
Accountants and Statutory Auditor |
43 Coniscliffe Road |
Darlington |
Co. Durham |
DL3 7EH |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
The director presents his strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 January 2024. |
Review of business |
The director reports that he is satisfied with the results of Electrix International Holdings Limited for the year ending 31st January 2024. The key financial and other performance indicators of the group as a whole are as follows: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 | Variance |
£'000's |
Turnover | 12,345 | 12,668 | -2.60% |
Gross profit | 7,440 | 7,706 | -3.50% |
Current assets as a % of current liabilities | 253% | 138% | 115% |
The business strategy for 2024-25 will be to continue development of new products, and to further diversify the range of products available to new and existing customers. |
The director foresees a challenging year ahead with global economic matters, but the business will continue to focus on international expansion in the North American and European markets. |
The director continues to drive a culture of continuous improvement, cost management to ensure Electrix remains the market leading manufacturer and stockist of stainless steel cable management systems. |
Principal risks and uncertainties |
The global economic and geopolitical situation represents a significant uncertainty for the company as their impact on supply chain, demand and pricing via commodity prices for raw materials and foreign currency fluctuations are likely to influence the performance of the company. However, in recent years the company has navigated various global challenges such as Covid-19 and wars in Ukraine and more recently the Middle East without a significant drop in performance. This will continue to be mitigated through competent forward planning and management of stock levels to ensure a maintained supply. |
On behalf of the board: |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Report of the Director |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 January 2024. |
Principal activity |
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of the manufacture of stainless steel products for use in the food, brewing and pharmaceutical industries. |
Dividends |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 January 2024 will be £ 1,411,384 . |
Director |
Statement of director's responsibilities |
The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is 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 director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors |
So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information. |
Auditors |
The auditors, Mitchell Gordon LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
On behalf of the board: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Electrix International Holdings Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Electrix International Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 January 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, 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). |
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In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 January 2024 and of the group's profit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
Conclusions relating to going concern |
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. |
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
Other information |
The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, 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 Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Electrix International Holdings Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the Director. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
- | adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Responsibilities of director |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page three, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is responsible for assessing the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or has 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: |
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: |
- | plan and perform the group audit to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities within the group as a basis for an opinion on the group financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and review of the audit work performed for the purposes of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion; |
- | the engagement partner ensured that the group's and parent company's engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
- | we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the group and parent company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sectors in which the company operates; |
- | we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the group and parent company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection compliance, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation; |
- | we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
- | identified laws and regulations were communicated within the group audit engagement teams regularly and requested the teams remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit and report any instances to the group engagement partner; |
These procedures did not identify any potentially material actual or suspected non-compliance. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Electrix International Holdings Limited |
We assessed the susceptibility of the group's consolidated financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
- | making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
- | considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
- | performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
- | reviewed material journal entries to identify unusual transactions or posting by unusual users; |
- | 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, and the company's legal advisors. |
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. |
In addition, as with any audit, there remains a higher risk of non-detection of fraud, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. Our audit procedures are designed to detect material misstatement. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance of fraud and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws & regulations. |
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. |
for and on behalf of |
Accountants and Statutory Auditor |
43 Coniscliffe Road |
Darlington |
Co. Durham |
DL3 7EH |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Consolidated |
Statement of Comprehensive |
Income |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
Notes | £   | £   |
Turnover | 3 | 12,344,786 | 12,668,012 |
Cost of sales | 4,904,572 | 4,962,263 |
Gross profit | 7,440,214 | 7,705,749 |
Administrative expenses | 3,436,927 | 3,426,499 |
4,003,287 | 4,279,250 |
Other operating income | 1,429 | 2,256 |
Operating profit | 5 | 4,004,716 | 4,281,506 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 23,549 | 36 |
4,028,265 | 4,281,542 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | 52,379 | 33,055 |
Profit before taxation | 3,975,886 | 4,248,487 |
Tax on profit | 7 | (240,732 | ) | 577,486 |
Profit for the financial year |
Other comprehensive income | - | - |
Total comprehensive income for the year | 4,216,618 | 3,671,001 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 4,216,618 | 3,671,001 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 4,216,618 | 3,671,001 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
31 January 2024 |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
Notes | £   | £   | £   | £   |
Fixed assets |
Intangible assets | 10 | 1,412,534 | 462,897 |
Tangible assets | 11 | 3,191,666 | 3,415,213 |
Investments | 12 | - | - |
4,604,200 | 3,878,110 |
Current assets |
Stocks | 13 | 3,239,740 | 4,307,340 |
Debtors | 14 | 2,952,276 | 1,743,826 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 292,488 | 460,698 |
6,484,504 | 6,511,864 |
Creditors |
Amounts falling due within one year | 15 | 2,566,123 | 4,730,327 |
Net current assets | 3,918,381 | 1,781,537 |
Total assets less current liabilities | 8,522,581 | 5,659,647 |
Creditors |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
16 |
(604,959 |
) |
(753,104 |
) |
Provisions for liabilities | 20 | (535,787 | ) | (329,942 | ) |
Net assets | 7,381,835 | 4,576,601 |
Capital and reserves |
Called up share capital | 21 | 1,400 | 1,400 |
Revaluation reserve | 22 | 479,724 | 491,353 |
Capital redemption reserve | 22 | 501 | 501 |
Retained earnings | 22 | 6,900,210 | 4,083,347 |
Shareholders' funds | 7,381,835 | 4,576,601 |
The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 23 October 2024 and were signed by: |
M Thompson - Director |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Company Balance Sheet |
31 January 2024 |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
Notes | £   | £   | £   | £   |
Fixed assets |
Intangible assets | 10 |
Tangible assets | 11 |
Investments | 12 |
Current assets |
Debtors | 14 |
Cash at bank |
Creditors |
Amounts falling due within one year | 15 |
Net current assets |
Total assets less current liabilities |
Capital and reserves |
Called up share capital | 21 |
Retained earnings | 22 |
Shareholders' funds |
Company's profit for the financial year | 4,206,617 | 3,660,458 |
The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Called up | Capital |
share | Retained | Revaluation | redemption | Total |
capital | earnings | reserve | reserve | equity |
£   | £   | £   | £   | £   |
Balance at 1 February 2022 | 1,400 | 4,060,717 | 502,982 | 501 | 4,565,600 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (3,660,000 | ) | - | - | (3,660,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 3,682,630 | (11,629 | ) | - | 3,671,001 |
Balance at 31 January 2023 | 1,400 | 4,083,347 | 491,353 | 501 | 4,576,601 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (1,411,384 | ) | - | - | (1,411,384 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 4,228,247 | (11,629 | ) | - | 4,216,618 |
Balance at 31 January 2024 | 1,400 | 6,900,210 | 479,724 | 501 | 7,381,835 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£   | £   | £   |
Balance at 1 February 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 January 2023 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 January 2024 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
Notes | £   | £   |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | 5,213,608 | 3,823,007 |
Interest paid | (49,718 | ) | (28,572 | ) |
Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
(2,661 |
) |
(4,483 |
) |
Tax paid | (695,901 | ) | (731,645 | ) |
Net cash from operating activities | 4,465,328 | 3,058,307 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of intangible fixed assets | (1,028,388 | ) | (144,121 | ) |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (197,149 | ) | (193,981 | ) |
Interest received | 23,549 | 36 |
Net cash from investing activities | (1,201,988 | ) | (338,066 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Loan repayments in year | (78,636 | ) | (88,774 | ) |
Capital repayments in year | (73,631 | ) | (71,809 | ) |
Amount withdrawn by directors | (940,032 | ) | (375,392 | ) |
Movement in shareholder loans | (927,867 | ) | 1,443,662 |
Equity dividends paid | (1,411,384 | ) | (3,660,000 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (3,431,550 | ) | (2,752,313 | ) |
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (168,210 | ) | (32,072 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
460,698 |
492,770 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 292,488 | 460,698 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Profit before taxation | 3,975,886 | 4,248,487 |
Depreciation charges | 499,447 | 458,341 |
Finance costs | 52,379 | 33,055 |
Finance income | (23,549 | ) | (36 | ) |
4,504,163 | 4,739,847 |
Decrease/(increase) in stocks | 1,067,600 | (1,105,938 | ) |
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other debtors | (328,855 | ) | 55,466 |
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors | (29,300 | ) | 133,632 |
Cash generated from operations | 5,213,608 | 3,823,007 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 31 January 2024 |
31/1/24 | 1/2/23 |
£   | £   |
Cash and cash equivalents | 292,488 | 460,698 |
Year ended 31 January 2023 |
31/1/23 | 1/2/22 |
£   | £   |
Cash and cash equivalents | 460,698 | 492,770 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
At 1/2/23 | Cash flow | At 31/1/24 |
£   | £   | £   |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 460,698 | (168,210 | ) | 292,488 |
460,698 | (168,210 | ) | 292,488 |
Debt |
Finance leases | (142,804 | ) | 73,631 | (69,173 | ) |
Debts falling due within 1 year | (89,599 | ) | - | (89,599 | ) |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (679,447 | ) | 78,636 | (600,811 | ) |
(911,850 | ) | 152,267 | (759,583 | ) |
Total | (451,152 | ) | (15,943 | ) | (467,095 | ) |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Electrix International Holdings Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis of accounting. The director believes that the historic and ongoing performance of the trading subsidiary will be maintained for the foreseeable future and for this reason determine all entities within the group to be a going concern. |
Basis of consolidation |
The subsidiary company has been consolidated under the merger method of accounting. There are no excluded subsidiaries from the consolidation. |
Significant judgements and estimates |
In the application of the company's accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. |
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. |
The critical judgements made by management that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below. |
Percentage of wages capitalised |
Included within intangible assets (note 10) are capitalised wage costs in relation to the installation and development of the ERP software. The percentage of wages capitalised is a flat rate percentage based on managements estimation of average time spent by specific employees and therefore inevitably includes a degree of judgement. |
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 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 probably 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. |
Intangible fixed assets |
Amortisation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a lease agreement, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
Patents and licences | - 10% on cost |
Website and software | - 10% on cost and 20% on cost |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Tangible fixed assets |
Freehold property | - |
Plant and machinery | - |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Financial instruments |
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. |
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
Basic financial assets |
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. |
Other financial assets |
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment. |
Impairment of financial assets |
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date. |
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit and loss. |
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss. |
Derecognition of financial assets |
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party. |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Classification of financial liabilities |
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. |
Basic financial liabilities |
Basic financial liabilities, including loans from fellow group companies are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financial transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. |
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year of less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
Derecognition of financial liabilities |
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated 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. |
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. |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Government grants |
Government grants are released to the profit and loss account at appropriate rates to match against the costs to which they relate. |
3. | TURNOVER |
The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group. |
An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
United Kingdom | 6,199,165 | 5,959,233 |
Europe | 3,415,909 | 3,686,118 |
Non-Europe | 2,729,712 | 3,022,661 |
12,344,786 | 12,668,012 |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Wages and salaries | 2,875,336 | 2,946,292 |
Social security costs | 352,069 | 332,817 |
Other pension costs | 65,477 | 63,566 |
3,292,882 | 3,342,675 |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
Director and senior management | 2 | 2 |
Production manager | 1 | 1 |
Sales, administration and production | 61 | 66 |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Director's remuneration | 303,078 | 481,447 |
Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Emoluments etc | 303,078 | 287,960 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Depreciation - owned assets | 381,044 | 385,353 |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts | 39,652 | 39,651 |
Patents and licences amortisation | 14,156 | 13,274 |
Website and software amortisation | 64,595 | 20,063 |
Auditors' remuneration | 2,003 | 3,904 |
Audit of subsidiaries | 7,849 | 7,143 |
Foreign exchange differences | 36,724 | (18,681 | ) |
Operating lease payments | - | 1,396 |
6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Bank loan interest | 49,718 | 24,544 |
Interest payable | - | 4,028 |
Hire purchase | 2,661 | 4,483 |
52,379 | 33,055 |
7. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax (credit)/charge |
The tax (credit)/charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Current tax: |
UK corporation tax | - | 587,883 |
Over provision in prior years | (446,577 | ) | - |
Total current tax | (446,577 | ) | 587,883 |
Deferred tax | 205,845 | (10,397 | ) |
Tax on profit | (240,732 | ) | 577,486 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
7. | 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: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Profit before tax | 3,975,886 | 4,248,487 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2023 - 19 %) |
993,972 |
807,213 |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 2,539 | 271 |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | (208,069 | ) | (1,313 | ) |
Other adjustments | - | (521 | ) |
Accelerated capital allowances | 205,845 | (10,397 | ) |
Research and development | - | (136,665 | ) |
Patent box relief | (1,235,781 | ) | (81,102 | ) |
Unused tax losses | 762 | - |
Total tax (credit)/charge | (240,732 | ) | 577,486 |
8. | INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
9. | DIVIDENDS |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | - | 1,788,329 |
A Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | - | 638,255 |
Redeemable B Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 655,692 | 566,708 |
Redeemable C Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 655,692 | 566,708 |
Redeemable D Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Redeemable E Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Redeemable F Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Redeemable G Ordinary shares of £0.01 each |
Paid during the year | 25,000 | 25,000 |
1,411,384 | 3,660,000 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
10. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Patents | Website |
and | and |
licences | software | Totals |
£   | £   | £   |
COST |
At 1 February 2023 | 431,338 | 461,044 | 892,382 |
Additions | 7,011 | 1,021,377 | 1,028,388 |
Disposals | (88,179 | ) | - | (88,179 | ) |
At 31 January 2024 | 350,170 | 1,482,421 | 1,832,591 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 February 2023 | 347,891 | 81,594 | 429,485 |
Amortisation for year | 14,156 | 64,595 | 78,751 |
Eliminated on disposal | (88,179 | ) | - | (88,179 | ) |
At 31 January 2024 | 273,868 | 146,189 | 420,057 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 | 76,302 | 1,336,232 | 1,412,534 |
At 31 January 2023 | 83,447 | 379,450 | 462,897 |
11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Fixtures |
Freehold | Plant and | and |
property | machinery | fittings | Totals |
£   | £   | £   | £   |
COST OR VALUATION |
At 1 February 2023 | 2,517,542 | 4,776,299 | 1,015,324 | 8,309,165 |
Additions | 14,852 | 147,954 | 34,343 | 197,149 |
At 31 January 2024 | 2,532,394 | 4,924,253 | 1,049,667 | 8,506,314 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 February 2023 | 349,324 | 3,716,990 | 827,638 | 4,893,952 |
Charge for year | 45,092 | 330,729 | 44,875 | 420,696 |
At 31 January 2024 | 394,416 | 4,047,719 | 872,513 | 5,314,648 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 | 2,137,978 | 876,534 | 177,154 | 3,191,666 |
At 31 January 2023 | 2,168,218 | 1,059,309 | 187,686 | 3,415,213 |
Included in cost or valuation of land and buildings is freehold land of £275,000 (2023: £275,000) which is not depreciated. |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Group |
Cost or valuation at 31 January 2024 is represented by: |
Fixtures |
Freehold | Plant and | and |
property | machinery | fittings | Totals |
£   | £   | £   | £   |
Valuation in 1996 | 121,195 | - | - | 121,195 |
Valuation in 1998 | 199,116 | - | - | 199,116 |
Valuation in 1999 | 38,383 | - | - | 38,383 |
Valuation in 2008 | 71,963 | - | - | 71,963 |
Valuation in 2015 | (101,073 | ) | - | - | (101,073 | ) |
Cost | 2,202,810 | 4,924,253 | 1,049,667 | 8,176,730 |
2,532,394 | 4,924,253 | 1,049,667 | 8,506,314 |
If freehold property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Cost | 2,200,260 | 2,187,959 |
Aggregate depreciation | 927,374 | 881,921 |
Value of land in freehold land and buildings | 100,000 | 100,000 |
The group has chosen to use a previous GAAP valuation for freehold property as its deemed cost for future periods when transitioning to FRS102 for the first time under FRS102 35.10 (d). |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
Plant and |
machinery |
£   |
COST OR VALUATION |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 | 396,517 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 February 2023 | 119,062 |
Charge for year | 39,652 |
At 31 January 2024 | 158,714 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 | 237,803 |
At 31 January 2023 | 277,455 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
12. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Company |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£   |
COST |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 |
At 31 January 2023 |
The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
Subsidiary |
Registered office: Dovecot Hill, South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6XP |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Aggregate capital and reserves |
Profit for the year |
13. | STOCKS |
Group |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Stocks | 1,319,463 | 2,376,277 |
Raw materials | 1,920,277 | 1,931,063 |
3,239,740 | 4,307,340 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
14. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 | 31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   | £   | £   |
Trade debtors | 1,838,942 | 1,596,761 |
Amounts owed by group undertakings | - | - |
Other debtors | 55,944 | 5,366 |
Tax | 879,595 | - |
Prepayments | 177,795 | 141,699 |
2,952,276 | 1,743,826 |
15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 | 31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   | £   | £   |
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 17) | 89,599 | 89,599 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) | 65,025 | 69,147 |
Trade creditors | 523,632 | 685,995 |
Tax | - | 262,883 |
Social security and other taxes | 95,764 | 85,735 |
VAT | 206,993 | 116,848 | - | - |
Other creditors | 1,316,249 | 2,243,652 |
Directors' current accounts | 198,500 | 1,138,532 | 198,500 | 1,138,532 |
Accrued expenses | 70,361 | 37,936 |
2,566,123 | 4,730,327 |
16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Bank loans (see note 17) | 600,811 | 679,447 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 18) | 4,148 | 73,657 |
604,959 | 753,104 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
17. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
Group |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Amounts falling due within one year or on | demand: |
Bank loans | 89,599 | 89,599 |
Amounts falling due between one and two | years: |
Bank loans | 85,450 | 95,468 |
Amounts falling due between two and five | years: |
Bank loans | 295,164 | 297,425 |
Amounts falling due in more than five years: |
Repayable by instalments |
Bank loans | 220,197 | 286,554 |
Bank loans are repayable in equal monthly instalments. Interest is charged in arrears at 1.75% above Bank of England base rate. |
18. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Group |
Hire purchase contracts |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 65,025 | 69,147 |
Between one and five years | 4,148 | 73,657 |
69,173 | 142,804 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
19. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
Group |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Bank loans | 690,410 | 769,046 |
Hire purchase contracts | 69,173 | 142,804 |
759,583 | 911,850 |
Bank borrowings are secured by a legal charge over factory BT88 / 1A,1B and adjoining land at South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham dated 11th September 2012 and by a fixed and floating charge over all assets dated 30th September 2015. The floating charge covers all property or undertaking of the group. |
Hire purchase creditors are secured against the assets to which they relate. |
20. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax | 329,942 | 340,339 |
Movement during the period | 205,845 | (10,397 | ) |
535,787 | 329,942 |
Group |
Deferred |
tax |
£   |
Balance at 1 February 2023 | 329,942 |
Accelerated capital allowances | 205,845 |
Balance at 31 January 2024 | 535,787 |
The amount of the net reversal of deferred tax expected to occur next year is £86,629 (2023: £67,933), relating to the reversal of existing timing differences on tangible fixed assets. |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
21. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
value: | £   | £   |
Ordinary | £0.01 | 500 | 500 |
A Ordinary | £0.01 | 166 | 166 |
Redeemable B Ordinary | £0.01 | 361 | 361 |
Redeemable C Ordinary | £0.01 | 361 | 361 |
Redeemable D Ordinary | £0.01 | 3 | 3 |
300 | Redeemable E Ordinary | £0.01 | 3 | 3 |
300 | Redeemable F Ordinary | £0.01 | 3 | 3 |
300 | Redeemable G Ordinary | £0.01 | 3 | 3 |
1,400 | 1,400 |
Ordinary and A Ordinary shares have the right to receive dividends as recommended by the director, hold full voting rights and have the right to participate in a winding up. Dividends on A Ordinary shares are equal to 1.075 times any dividend declared on the Ordinary shares. |
Redeemable B, C, D, E, F and G shares have the right to receive dividends as recommended by the director, hold no voting rights and have the right to participate in a winding up. |
The redeemable shares are open ended, redemption is at the entity's option and no premiums are payable upon redemption. |
22. | RESERVES |
Group |
Capital |
Retained | Revaluation | redemption |
earnings | reserve | reserve | Totals |
£   | £   | £   | £   |
At 1 February 2023 | 4,083,347 | 491,353 | 501 | 4,575,201 |
Profit for the year | 4,216,618 | 4,216,618 |
Dividends | (1,411,384 | ) | (1,411,384 | ) |
Transfer realised depreciation | 11,629 | (11,629 | ) | - | - |
At 31 January 2024 | 6,900,210 | 479,724 | 501 | 7,380,435 |
Company |
Retained |
earnings |
£   |
At 1 February 2023 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 31 January 2024 |
ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12229547) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
23. | LETTERS OF CREDIT |
At the period end the group had letters of credit in place valued at £145,621 (2023: £66,801) for the benefit of the subsidiary company's trade. |
24. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the entity |
31/1/24 | 31/1/23 |
£   | £   |
Remuneration | 880,841 | 809,146 |
Dividends paid | 1,411,384 | 3,660,000 |
Amount due from related party | 5,974 | 5,366 |
Amount due to related party | 1,500,900 | 3,372,421 |
Balances owed at the period end are interest free and repayable on demand. |
25. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The ultimate controlling party is M Thompson. |