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Group Strategic Report, Report of the Director and

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

for

NPH Group Limited

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)






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 5

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 9

Consolidated Balance Sheet 10

Company Balance Sheet 11

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 13

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 14

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 15

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 16


NPH Group Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024







DIRECTOR: C N Jarvis





SECRETARY: Mrs D Jarvis





REGISTERED OFFICE: C/o Newmarket Plant Hire Ltd
Depot Road
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 0AL





REGISTERED NUMBER: 02464490 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Knights Lowe Limited
Eldo House
Kempson Way
Suffolk Business Park
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AR

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

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
This year has seen another strong performance from the company, achieving record annual Hire and Total turnover. There continues to be significant investment in new plant equipment with the continuing aim to both grow the portfolio and reduce the age profile of the fleet available for hire.

Several large purchases of equipment, including investment in products to broaden the portfolio range have been made, along with an ongoing disposal programme of some older fleet assets.

A positive cash flow has enabled the business to further reduce reliance on third party funding for fleet investment.

Ongoing investment in the Depot buildings continued in the year, to both improve standards and to reduce the company's carbon footprint.

Maintaining staffing levels in line with revenue growth have been challenging across the Depot network in the year although staff turnover has stabilised from the previous year.

Costs across the business continue to rise and the market remains challenging with competitors continuing to cut rates to secure revenue.

The company operated comfortably within the overdraft facility throughout the year. The company also has a loan facility which was reviewed in May 2018 and does not expire until April 2029.

The balance sheet has continued to strengthen, with net assets now standing at £7,766,054 (2023: £7,135,475).


Key performance indicators
The key performance indicators for Newmarket Plant Hire Ltd are net profit margin and gross profit margin. The company have chosen these to represent the company's performance and position as increasing turnover has been a key objective for the company in recent years and a significant amount of investment has gone into reducing the age of the fleet to achieve this. Net profit is a key indicator for the company as it gives a more holistic view of how the company is performing and allows them to review their costs for maximum efficiencies.

The results for the year, as shown on the statement of comprehensive income, shows a gross profit margin of 37.30% (2023: 36.38%) and net profit margin of 13.07% (2023: 14.88%).

Continued investment in the plant fleet and prudent cost control management helped the company in achieving promising turnover and net profit results, despite the higher administrative costs faced by businesses in the industry alike.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





C N Jarvis - Director


29 October 2024

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

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.

DIVIDENDS
An interim dividend of £2 per share on the Ordinary 'A' Shares £1 shares was paid on 6 April 2023. The director recommends that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

No interim dividend was paid on the Ordinary 'B' Shares £1 shares. The director recommends that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 January 2024 will be £ 100,000 .

DIRECTOR
C N Jarvis held office during the whole of the period from 1 February 2023 to the date of this report.

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.

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024


AUDITORS
The auditors, Knights Lowe Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





C N Jarvis - Director


29 October 2024

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
NPH Group Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of NPH Group 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).
_
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
NPH Group 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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
NPH Group Limited


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.

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:

- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the companies operating sector;
- 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 company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, 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 audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's 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;
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; and

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;
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions; and

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;
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC 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 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
NPH Group 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.




James Knights ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Knights Lowe Limited
Eldo House
Kempson Way
Suffolk Business Park
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AR

30 October 2024

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Consolidated
Statement of Comprehensive
Income
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 7,417,752 6,982,555

Cost of sales 4,650,725 4,442,644
GROSS PROFIT 2,767,027 2,539,911

Administrative expenses 1,645,341 1,372,322
OPERATING PROFIT 6 1,121,686 1,167,589

Interest receivable and similar income 7,865 564
1,129,551 1,168,153

Interest payable and similar expenses 8 159,816 128,845
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 969,735 1,039,308

Tax on profit 9 239,256 237,661
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 730,479 801,647

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR

730,479

801,647

Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 730,479 801,647

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 730,479 801,647

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Consolidated Balance Sheet
31 January 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 12 - -
Tangible assets 13 9,788,715 9,696,558
Investments 14 - -
9,788,715 9,696,558

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 15 149,469 141,982
Debtors 16 887,105 863,051
Cash at bank and in hand 856,415 640,352
1,892,989 1,645,385
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 17 1,785,032 2,025,103
NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) 107,957 (379,718 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 9,896,672 9,316,840

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

18

(623,708

)

(826,792

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 22 (1,506,910 ) (1,354,473 )
NET ASSETS 7,766,054 7,135,575

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 23 50,100 50,100
Retained earnings 24 7,715,954 7,085,475
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 7,766,054 7,135,575

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 29 October 2024 and were signed by:





C N Jarvis - Director


NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Company Balance Sheet
31 January 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 12 - -
Tangible assets 13 170,000 170,000
Investments 14 1,000 1,000
171,000 171,000

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 16 100 100

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 17 170,000 170,000
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (169,900 ) (169,900 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,100 1,100

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 23 50,100 50,100
Retained earnings 24 (49,000 ) (49,000 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,100 1,100

Company's profit for the financial year 100,000 100,000

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 29 October 2024 and were signed by:





C N Jarvis - Director


NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

Called up
share Retained Non-controlling Total
capital earnings Total interests equity
£    £    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 February 2022 50,100 6,383,828 6,433,928 - 6,433,928

Changes in equity
Dividends - (100,000 ) (100,000 ) - (100,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 801,647 801,647 - 801,647
Balance at 31 January 2023 50,100 7,085,475 7,135,575 - 7,135,575

Changes in equity
Dividends - (100,000 ) (100,000 ) - (100,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 730,479 730,479 - 730,479
Balance at 31 January 2024 50,100 7,715,954 7,766,054 - 7,766,054

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

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 50,100 (49,000 ) 1,100

Changes in equity
Dividends - (100,000 ) (100,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 100,000 100,000
Balance at 31 January 2023 50,100 (49,000 ) 1,100

Changes in equity
Dividends - (100,000 ) (100,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 100,000 100,000
Balance at 31 January 2024 50,100 (49,000 ) 1,100

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 2,401,533 2,236,046
Interest paid (45 ) (455 )
Interest element of hire purchase payments
paid

(104,429

)

(80,301

)
Finance costs paid (55,342 ) (48,089 )
Tax paid (71,892 ) (83,182 )
Net cash from operating activities 2,169,825 2,024,019

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,819,126 ) (828,576 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 354,651 392,582
Interest received 7,865 564
Net cash from investing activities (1,456,610 ) (435,430 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Capital repayments in year (1,523,793 ) (1,642,321 )
Amount introduced by directors - (1,008 )
Amount withdrawn by directors (44,684 ) (2,269 )
New hire purchase loans advanced 1,171,325 -
Equity dividends paid (100,000 ) (100,000 )
Net cash from financing activities (497,152 ) (1,745,598 )

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 216,063 (157,009 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

640,352

797,361

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 856,415 640,352

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

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

2024 2023
£    £   
Profit before taxation 969,735 1,039,308
Depreciation charges 1,596,218 1,487,216
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (223,902 ) (236,583 )
Finance costs 159,816 128,845
Finance income (7,865 ) (564 )
2,494,002 2,418,222
Increase in stocks (7,487 ) (7,654 )
Increase in trade and other debtors (24,054 ) (115,856 )
Decrease in trade and other creditors (60,928 ) (58,666 )
Cash generated from operations 2,401,533 2,236,046

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 856,415 640,352
Year ended 31 January 2023
31.1.23 1.2.22
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 640,352 797,361


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 640,352 216,063 856,415
640,352 216,063 856,415
Debt
Finance leases (2,005,668 ) 340,398 (1,665,270 )
Debts falling due within 1 year (12,072 ) 12,072 -
(2,017,740 ) 352,470 (1,665,270 )
Total (1,377,388 ) 568,533 (808,855 )

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

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

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


2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The Group and Company have adopted Amendments to FRS 102 - Triennial Review 2017 in these financial statements.This introduced an accounting policy option that allows an entity whose investment property is rented to another group entity to measure this property at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment, rather than at fair value through profit or loss as previously required. As the property was purchased during the 2019 financial year there is no restatement required to the 2023 figures.

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

Basis of consolidation
The Group financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 31 January each year.

Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

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 wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements.

Turnover
Turnover is stated net of VAT and trade discounts and is recognised when the significant risks and rewards are considered to have been transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the goods are collected by the customer or are physically delivered. Turnover from the hire of equipment represents the value of services provided under contracts to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Where a hire contract extends past the balance sheet date, turnover represents the fair value of the service provided to date based on the length of hire and the estimated fuel and administrative charges. Where payments are received from customers in advance of hire services provided, the amounts are recorded as deferred income and included as part of creditors due within one year.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2001, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years.

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets
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.
Freehold property - 2% straight line on buildings
Plant and machinery - 15% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 4 years straight line
Motor vehicles - 5 years straight line

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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

Financial assets and liabilities
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs). If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the statement of financial position when, and only when, there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the company intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Debt instruments which meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method:

(a) The contractual return to the holder is (i) a fixed amount; (ii) a positive fixed rate or a positive variable rate; or (iii) a combination of a positive or negative fixed rate and a positive variable rate.
(b) The contract may provide for repayments of the principal or return to the holder (but not both) to be linked to a single relevant observable index of general price inflation of the currency in which the debt instrument is denominated, provided such links are not leveraged.
(c) The contract may provide for a determinable variation of return to the holder during the life of the instrument, provided that (i) the new rate satisfies condition (a) and the variation is not contingent on future events other than (1) a change of contractual variable rate; (2) to protect the holder against credit deterioration of the issuer; (3) changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law; or (ii) the new rate is a market rate of interest and satisfies condition (a)).
(d) There is no contractual provision that could, by its terms, result in the holder losing the principal amount or any interest attributable to the current period or prior periods.
(e) Contractual provisions that permit the issuer to prepay a debt instrument or permit the holder to put it back to the issuer before maturity are not contingent on future events, other than to protect the holder against the credit deterioration of the issuer or a change in control of the issuer, or to protect the holder or issuer against changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law.
(f) Contractual provisions may permit the extension of the term of the debt instrument, provided that the return to the holder and any other contractual provisions applicable during the extended term satisfy the conditions of paragraphs (a) to (c).

Debt instruments that are classified as payable or receivable within one year on initial recognition and which meet the above conditions are measured at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received, net of impairment.

Other debt instruments not meeting these conditions are measured at fair value through profit and loss.

Financial assets are derecognised when, and only when, (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, (b) the company transfers to another part substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or (c) the company, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.

Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.


NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
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.

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 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.

For defined contribution schemes the amount charged to the profit and loss account in respect of pension costs and other retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the year. Differences between contributions payable in the year and actually paid are shown as either accruals or prepayments in the balance sheet.

Going concern
The Group's business activities, together with factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the strategic report.

The Group meets its day to day working capital requirements through a loan and overdraft facility. The loan was reviewed on 25th May 2018 and is due to expire on 3rd April 2029. The Group's forecasts show that the Group should be able to operate within the level of its current facility.

The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Impairment of assets
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

Non-financial assets
An asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one of more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is first applied to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

Financial assets
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows,, discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in the impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

4. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements in applying the company's accounting policies
The following are the critical judgements, including those involving estimations, that the directors have made in the process of applying the company's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are recognised at cost and depreciated over the basis appropriate to charge to the profit and loss account the economic consumption of those assets during the accounting period. The charge is calculated as described below and is based on the directors' knowledge of the reduction in the residual value of trading assets on average over the investment cycle of each class of asset. The rates of depreciation are kept under review such that assets are written down to residual value at the end of their economic lives.

5. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2024 2023
£    £   
Wages and salaries 2,027,143 1,878,644
Social security costs 223,498 218,968
Other pension costs 148,969 44,045
2,399,610 2,141,657

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2024 2023

Directors 1 1
Employees 56 56
57 57

2024 2023
£    £   
Director's remuneration 86,883 84,419
Director's pension contributions to money purchase schemes 102,314 2,314

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

Money purchase schemes 1 1

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

6. OPERATING PROFIT

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

2024 2023
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 915,548 841,237
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 680,672 645,979
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (223,902 ) (236,583 )

7. AUDITORS' REMUNERATION
2024 2023
£    £   
Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's
financial statements

13,200

13,000
Other non- audit services 6,280 3,450

8. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2024 2023
£    £   
Bank loan interest 45 455
Hire purchase interest 104,429 80,301
Bank charges 55,342 48,089
159,816 128,845

9. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 86,819 71,892

Deferred tax 152,437 165,769
Tax on profit 239,256 237,661

UK corporation tax has been charged at 24.03 % (2023 - 19 %).

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

9. TAXATION - continued

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

2024 2023
£    £   
Profit before tax 969,735 1,039,308
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
24.030 % (2023 - 19 %)

233,027

197,469

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 1,872 1,523
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (151,823 ) (128,817 )
Deferred tax movement 152,437 165,769
Capital gains tax 3,743 1,717

Total tax charge 239,256 237,661

10. 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.


11. DIVIDENDS
2024 2023
£    £   
Ordinary 'A' Shares shares of £1 each
Interim 100,000 100,000

12. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 334,145
AMORTISATION
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 334,145
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 -
At 31 January 2023 -

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

12. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Group

Newmarket Plant Hire Limited acquired Sarbir Plant Hire Limited in 2001. The carrying amount as at 31 January 2024 was £nil (2023: £nil) and is at the end of the estimated useful life.

13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Freehold Long Plant and
property leasehold machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 February 2023 1,034,245 170,000 17,971,895
Additions - - 1,342,652
Disposals - - (589,232 )
At 31 January 2024 1,034,245 170,000 18,725,315
DEPRECIATION
At 1 February 2023 95,850 - 9,747,224
Charge for year 6,648 - 1,376,106
Eliminated on disposal - - (462,482 )
At 31 January 2024 102,498 - 10,660,848
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 931,747 170,000 8,064,467
At 31 January 2023 938,395 170,000 8,224,671

Fixtures
and Motor
fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 February 2023 176,268 1,204,742 20,557,150
Additions 280 476,194 1,819,126
Disposals - (72,094 ) (661,326 )
At 31 January 2024 176,548 1,608,842 21,714,950
DEPRECIATION
At 1 February 2023 174,629 842,889 10,860,592
Charge for year 1,048 212,418 1,596,220
Eliminated on disposal - (68,095 ) (530,577 )
At 31 January 2024 175,677 987,212 11,926,235
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 871 621,630 9,788,715
At 31 January 2023 1,639 361,853 9,696,558

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Group

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Plant and Motor
machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 February 2023 4,006,867 440,168 4,447,035
Additions 910,115 266,154 1,176,269
Disposals (8,250 ) (19,998 ) (28,248 )
Transfer to ownership (1,664,742 ) (292,378 ) (1,957,120 )
At 31 January 2024 3,243,990 393,946 3,637,936
DEPRECIATION
At 1 February 2023 992,878 275,448 1,268,326
Charge for year 559,577 121,095 680,672
Eliminated on disposal (619 ) (15,998 ) (16,617 )
Transfer to ownership (753,231 ) (198,967 ) (952,198 )
At 31 January 2024 798,605 181,578 980,183
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 2,445,385 212,368 2,657,753
At 31 January 2023 3,013,989 164,720 3,178,709

Company
Long
leasehold
£   
COST
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 170,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 170,000
At 31 January 2023 170,000

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

14. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Company
Shares in
group
undertaking
£   
COST
At 1 February 2023
and 31 January 2024 1,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2024 1,000
At 31 January 2023 1,000

The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiaries

Newmarket Plant Hire Limited
Registered office: Depot Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0AL
Nature of business: Plant hire
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00
2024 2023
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves 7,765,954 7,135,475
Profit for the year 730,479 801,647

Sarbir Plant Hire Limited
Registered office: Depot Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0AL
Nature of business: Dormant
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00


15. STOCKS

Group
2024 2023
£    £   
Stocks 149,469 141,982

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

16. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2024 2023 2024 2023
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 788,623 819,532 - -
Other debtors 100 100 100 100
Prepayments 98,382 43,419 - -
887,105 863,051 100 100

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2024 2023 2024 2023
£    £    £    £   
Other loans (see note 19) - 12,072 - -
Hire purchase contracts (see note 20) 1,041,562 1,178,876 - -
Trade creditors 260,819 310,790 - -
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - 170,000 170,000
Corporation tax 86,819 71,892 - -
Social security and other taxes 54,452 47,487 - -
VAT 166,619 191,104 - -
Other creditors 10,125 19,942 - -
Directors' current accounts 30,941 75,625 - -
Accruals 133,695 117,315 - -
1,785,032 2,025,103 170,000 170,000

18. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR

Group
2024 2023
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 20) 623,708 826,792

19. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

Group
2024 2023
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Other loans - 12,072

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

20. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Hire purchase contracts
2024 2023
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 1,041,562 1,178,876
Between one and five years 623,708 826,792
1,665,270 2,005,668

Group
Non-cancellable operating leases
2024 2023
£    £   
Within one year 101,083 154,793
Between one and five years 407,530 331,531
In more than five years 79,524 157,982
588,137 644,306

21. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

Group
2024 2023
£    £   
Other loans - 12,072
Hire purchase contracts 1,665,270 2,005,668
1,665,270 2,017,740

Hire purchase liabilities are secured on the assets financed.

A loan from the David Jarvis (Construction) Limited Executive Pension Scheme has been secured by way of a mortgage of chattels over certain assets of plant and machinery, repaid in 2024.

22. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

Group
2024 2023
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 1,506,910 1,354,473

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

22. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Group
Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 February 2023 1,354,473
Provided during year 152,437
Balance at 31 January 2024 1,506,910

23. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
50,000 Ordinary 'A' Shares £1 50,000 50,000
100 Ordinary 'B' Shares £1 100 100
50,100 50,100

24. RESERVES

Group
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 February 2023 7,085,475
Profit for the year 730,479
Dividends (100,000 )
At 31 January 2024 7,715,954

Company
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 February 2023 (49,000 )
Profit for the year 100,000
Dividends (100,000 )
At 31 January 2024 (49,000 )


25. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The company operates a defined contribution retirement benefit scheme for all qualifying employees. The total expense charged to the profit or loss in the year ended 31 January 2024 was £148,969 (2023: £44,045).

NPH Group Limited (Registered number: 02464490)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024

26. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
2024 2023
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 115,963 -

27. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the entity
2024 2023
£    £   
Sales - 228
Amount due to related party 29,948 74,633

Other related parties
2024 2023
£    £   
Sales - 661
Purchases 316,378 335,012
Amount due to related party 37,271 44,581

During the year, a total of key management personnel compensation of £ 202,084 (2023 - £ 99,286 ) was paid.

28. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is C N Jarvis.