REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Audited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
for |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Audited Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
for |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 3 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
Statement of Comprehensive Income | 9 |
Balance Sheet | 10 |
Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Eldo House |
Kempson Way |
Suffolk Business Park |
Bury St Edmunds |
Suffolk |
IP32 7AR |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
The directors present their strategic report 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 £7,765,954 (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: |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 January 2024. |
DIVIDENDS |
An interim dividend of £ |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 January 2024 will be £ |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 February 2023 to the date of this report. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: |
- | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
- | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
- | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Report of the Directors |
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: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 January 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
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In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
Conclusions relating to going concern |
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. |
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
Other information |
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
- | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
- | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
Responsibilities of directors |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Newmarket Plant Hire 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 company's 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 |
Newmarket Plant Hire 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. |
for and on behalf of |
Eldo House |
Kempson Way |
Suffolk Business Park |
Bury St Edmunds |
Suffolk |
IP32 7AR |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Statement of Comprehensive |
Income |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER |
Cost of sales |
GROSS PROFIT |
Administrative expenses |
OPERATING PROFIT | 6 |
Interest receivable and similar income |
1,129,551 | 1,168,153 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 8 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
Tax on profit | 9 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Balance Sheet |
31 January 2024 |
2024 | 2023 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 11 |
Tangible assets | 12 |
Investments | 13 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 14 |
Debtors | 15 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 16 |
NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
17 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 21 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 22 |
Capital redemption reserve | 23 |
Retained earnings | 23 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
Called up | Capital |
share | Retained | redemption | Total |
capital | earnings | reserve | 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 |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited is a |
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
2. | STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE |
3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
• | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
• | the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c); |
• | the requirement of paragraph 33.7. |
Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
The financial statements contain information about Newmarket Plant Hire Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, NPH Group Limited, Depot Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AL. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Ltd meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its separate financial statements. Exemptions have been taken in relation to financial instruments, presentation of a cash flow statement and remuneration of key management personnel. |
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. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
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, has been amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years. |
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 |
Freehold property | - |
Plant and machinery | - |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Plant and machinery with cost of less than £5,000 is depreciated on a 5 year straight line basis, all other plant and machinery assets are depreciated as above. |
Investments in subsidiaries |
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost less any provision for impairment. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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 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 company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
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 company's business activities, together with factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the strategic report. |
The company 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 company's forecasts show that the company should be able to operate within the level of its current facility. |
The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company 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. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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 above 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 |
Social security costs |
Other pension costs |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2024 | 2023 |
Directors | 2 | 2 |
Staff | 55 | 55 |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Money purchase schemes |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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 |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
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 |
8. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Bank loan interest |
Hire purchase interest |
Bank charges |
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 |
Deferred tax |
Tax on profit |
UK corporation tax has been charged at 24.03% (2023 - 19%). |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the 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 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Deferred tax movement | 152,437 | 165,769 |
Capital gains tax | 3,743 | 1,717 |
Total tax charge | 239,256 | 237,661 |
10. | DIVIDENDS |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Ordinary shares of £1 each |
Interim |
11. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Goodwill |
£ |
COST |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 |
At 31 January 2023 |
The company 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. |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
12. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Fixtures |
Freehold | Plant and | and | Motor |
property | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 February 2023 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 January 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 February 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 January 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 |
At 31 January 2023 |
Included in cost of land and buildings is freehold land of £ 720,697 (2023 - £ 720,697 ) which is not depreciated. |
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 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Transfer to ownership | (1,664,742 | ) | (292,378 | ) | (1,957,120 | ) |
At 31 January 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 February 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Transfer to ownership | (753,231 | ) | (198,967 | ) | (952,198 | ) |
At 31 January 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 |
At 31 January 2023 |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
13. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Shares in |
group |
undertaking |
£ |
COST |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 |
PROVISIONS |
At 1 February 2023 |
and 31 January 2024 | 5,000 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 January 2024 |
At 31 January 2023 |
The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
Registered office: Depot Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 0AL |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
14. | STOCKS |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Stocks |
15. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
Prepayments |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Other loans (see note 18) |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) |
Trade creditors |
Corporation tax |
Social security and other taxes |
VAT | 166,619 | 191,104 |
Other creditors |
Directors' current accounts | 30,941 | 75,625 |
Accruals |
17. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) |
18. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
Other loans |
19. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Hire purchase contracts |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
Non-cancellable | operating leases |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
In more than five years |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
20. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Other loans |
Hire purchase contracts | 1,665,270 | 2,005,668 |
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. |
21. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax |
Accelerated capital allowances | 1,506,910 | 1,354,473 |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 February 2023 |
Provided during year |
Balance at 31 January 2024 |
22. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
The company has one class of ordinary shares which carry no right to fixed income. |
23. | RESERVES |
Capital |
Retained | redemption |
earnings | reserve | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 February 2023 | 7,134,475 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 January 2024 | 7,764,954 |
Newmarket Plant Hire Limited (Registered number: 02189826) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 January 2024 |
24. | 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) |
25. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
NPH Group Ltd is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
26. | CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Contracted but not provided for in the |
financial statements |
27. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Sales |
Amount due to related party |
2024 | 2023 |
£ | £ |
Sales |
Purchases |
Amount due to related party |
28. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The controlling party is C N Jarvis. |