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The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 8

Profit and Loss Account

9

Statement of Comprehensive Income

10

Balance Sheet

11

Statement of Changes in Equity

12

Statement of Cash Flows

13

Notes to the Financial Statements

14 to 23

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Company Information

Directors

P M Tebbett

M R Bullock

D Leppington

J A C Leppington

S Garbett

Registered office

Leys Road
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3UJ

Auditors

Jordan & Company
Knighton House
62 Hagley Road
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1QD

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is manufacture of medium-sized castings of various types.

Fair review of the business

The company continues to monitor the company’s performance, gross profit and customer base. The directors consider the following key performance indicators to be the most effective measures of performance against the company’s objectives.

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Financial KPIs

Unit

2024

2023

Revenue

£

23,156,865

23,335,386

Gross profit

£

2,270,224

2,490,391

Gross profit margin

%

10

11

Profit after tax

£

350,406

400,110

Principal risks and uncertainties

In 2024, activity remained at a high level for the first eight months but did tail off during the last four months. Sales and production were broadly similar to the preceding twelve months. Input costs eased somewhat during the year.

The directors are confident that they can achieve acceptable turnover, margins and profitability during the current year. As the company provides parts for products whose end use is global, significant adverse and favourable effects can be experienced from events outside the directors’ influence. The principal risks are general geo-political issues including protectionism and regional and market sector downturns and currency fluctuations. Significant increases in material costs including energy are being recovered through increased prices to customers. Focus is maintained on cost and efficiencies with continuous improvement sought in every business area balanced against the need to maintain flexibility over production in order to react to customer demands.

Future developments

The company continually innovates and uses its design and technical experience to meet customers' requirements, to achieve best practice and to meet evolving legislative and environmental targets. This involves research and development into materials, processes, measurement, waste disposal, recycling and other areas.

As a long-established foundry whose core competency is the manufacture of ductile (spheroidal graphite) iron we manufacture a broad range of metal grades across a diverse product range. As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a vertically integrated supply solution, we offer a wide range of additional, high precision services including machining, painting and assembly ensuring our role in the supply chain meets the expectations of an increasingly demanding market place.
 

Approved and authorised by the Board on 31 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
J A C Leppington
Company secretary and director

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

P M Tebbett

M R Bullock

D Leppington

J A C Leppington - Company secretary and director

S Garbett

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

The auditors Jordan & Company are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 31 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
J A C Leppington
Company secretary and director

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards 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 apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor 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 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

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 4], the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

• I ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and
skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
• I identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with director
and other management, and from my commercial knowledge and experience;
• I focused on specific laws and regulations which were considered to have a direct material effect
on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006,
taxation legislation, data protection, employment and health and safety legislation;
• I assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making
enquiries of management; 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.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), I exercise professional judgement and maintain
professional scepticism throughout the audit. I also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit
evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my opinion. The risk of not
detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error,
as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override
of internal control procedures.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures
that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of internal control.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events
or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going
concern. If I conclude that a material uncertainty exists, I am required to draw attention in my
auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are
inadequate, to modify my opinion. My conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to
the date of my auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the company to
cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
I communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned
scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in
internal control that I identify during the audit.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of The Brockmoor Foundry Company 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 an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

......................................
M A Jordan (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Jordan & Company, Statutory Auditor

Knighton House
62 Hagley Road
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1QD

31 October 2024

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Turnover

3

23,156,865

23,335,386

Cost of sales

 

(20,886,641)

(20,844,995)

Gross profit

 

2,270,224

2,490,391

Distribution costs

 

(637,096)

(703,648)

Administrative expenses

 

(1,836,095)

(1,561,085)

Other operating income

4

56,069

(14,862)

Operating (loss)/profit

5

(146,898)

210,796

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

(23,280)

12,976

(Loss)/profit before tax

 

(170,178)

223,772

Tax on (loss)/profit

10

520,584

176,338

Profit for the financial year

 

350,406

400,110

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

2024
£

2023
£

Profit for the year

350,406

400,110

Total comprehensive income for the year

350,406

400,110

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

(Registration number: 00317267)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

11

2,635,806

2,188,240

Current assets

 

Stocks

12

1,617,810

1,841,404

Debtors

13

4,342,355

5,379,394

Cash at bank and in hand

 

513,892

1,802,863

 

6,474,057

9,023,661

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

15

(3,001,887)

(5,633,805)

Net current assets

 

3,472,170

3,389,856

Total assets less current liabilities

 

6,107,976

5,578,096

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

15

(179,474)

-

Net assets

 

5,928,502

5,578,096

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

39,875

39,875

Retained earnings

5,888,627

5,538,221

Shareholders' funds

 

5,928,502

5,578,096

Approved and authorised by the Board on 31 October 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
J A C Leppington
Company secretary and director

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 April 2023

39,875

5,538,221

5,578,096

Profit for the year

-

350,406

350,406

At 31 March 2024

39,875

5,888,627

5,928,502

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 April 2022

39,875

5,138,111

5,177,986

Profit for the year

-

400,110

400,110

At 31 March 2023

39,875

5,538,221

5,578,096

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

350,406

400,110

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

557,443

513,362

Finance costs

6

30,851

-

Corporation tax expense

10

(520,584)

(176,338)

 

418,116

737,134

Working capital adjustments

 

Decrease/(increase) in stocks

12

223,594

(520,184)

Decrease/(increase) in trade debtors

13

1,381,285

(772,740)

(Decrease)/increase in trade creditors

15

(2,776,971)

2,430,342

Cash generated from operations

 

(753,976)

1,874,552

Corporate taxes received

10

176,338

319,567

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

(577,638)

2,194,119

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(1,005,009)

(410,432)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Interest paid

6

(30,851)

-

Payments to finance lease creditors

 

324,527

-

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

293,676

-

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,288,971)

1,783,687

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April

 

1,802,863

19,176

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March

 

513,892

1,802,863

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Leys Road
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3UJ

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 31 October 2024.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

The financial statements are prepared and presented in the functional currency of the company which is sterling (£).

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have forecast the company's performance and considered whether the company could withstand a downturn in activity. Based on this review, the directors have concluded that under all plausible eventualities, even before considering the impact of mitigating actions, the company has access to sufficient financial resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due. As a result, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt a going concern basis when preparing these financial statements.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Judgements

The directors consider that there are no critical accounting judgements that have a material impact on the financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The directors consider that there are no key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a material impact on the financial statements.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant and machinery

10% straight line

Fixtures and fittings

25% straight line

Equipment and vehicles

10% or 20% straight line

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Impairment of non-financial assets

All non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment if there is an indication that the carrying value of the asset may have been impaired. Where there are indicators of impairment of individual assets, the Company performs impairment tests based on fair value less costs to sell or a value in use calculation.

Where an impairment review is required, the carrying value of the assets is measured against their value in use based on future estimated cash flows, discounted by the appropriate cost of capital, resulting from the use of those assets.

Assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there is a separately identifiable cash flow (cash generating unit).

An impairment loss is recognised for the amount at which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs to sell and value in use.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Financial instruments

Recognition and measurement
The company has chosen to adopt sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances and amounts owed by group undertakings, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction.

Financial assets are derecognised when any of the following criteria is satisfied:

a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the assets expire or are settled
b) substantially all the risk and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party
c) control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors are initially recognised at transaction price.

 

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Sale of goods

23,156,865

23,335,386

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year by market is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

UK

16,367,089

16,750,429

Rest of world

6,789,776

6,584,957

23,156,865

23,335,386

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Miscellaneous other operating income

56,069

(14,862)

5

Operating (loss)/profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£

2023
£

Depreciation expense

557,443

513,362

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

26,219

25,962

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

6

Interest payable and similar expenses

2024
£

2023
£

Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts

30,851

-

Foreign exchange (gains)/losses

(7,571)

(12,976)

23,280

(12,976)

7

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Wages and salaries

5,422,770

4,754,546

Social security costs

541,679

515,133

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

132,176

114,726

Other employee expense

10,039

14,476

6,106,664

5,398,881

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2024
No.

2023
No.

Production

161

152

Administration and support

25

23

186

175

8

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Directors remuneration

301,857

266,362

9

Auditors' remuneration

2024
£

2023
£

Audit of the financial statements

9,500

9,250


 

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

10

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2024
£

2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

(520,584)

(176,338)

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 23.5% (2023 - 19%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2024
£

2023
£

(Loss)/profit before tax

(170,178)

223,772

Corporation tax at standard rate

(39,992)

42,517

Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods

(520,584)

(176,338)

Tax decrease from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

(137,568)

(20,671)

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of unrelieved tax losses carried forward

177,560

(21,846)

Total tax credit

(520,584)

(176,338)

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

11

Tangible assets

Fixtures and fittings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2023

297,488

14,073,673

14,371,161

Additions

19,600

985,409

1,005,009

At 31 March 2024

317,088

15,059,082

15,376,170

Depreciation

At 1 April 2023

244,037

11,938,884

12,182,921

Charge for the year

22,804

534,639

557,443

At 31 March 2024

266,841

12,473,523

12,740,364

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2024

50,247

2,585,559

2,635,806

At 31 March 2023

53,451

2,134,789

2,188,240

12

Stocks

2024
£

2023
£

Work in progress

6,488

4,078

Finished goods and goods for resale

932,841

1,234,714

Raw materials

678,481

602,612

1,617,810

1,841,404

13

Debtors

Current

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

 

3,492,975

4,306,421

Amounts owed by related parties

19

103,000

223,000

Other debtors

 

183,238

621,900

Prepayments

 

42,558

51,735

Corporation tax asset

10

520,584

176,338

   

4,342,355

5,379,394

 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

14

Cash and cash equivalents

2024
£

2023
£

Cash on hand

344

1,489

Cash at bank

513,548

1,801,374

513,892

1,802,863

15

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

18

145,053

-

Trade creditors

 

2,089,316

4,692,988

Social security and other taxes

 

220,617

188,345

Accruals

 

546,901

752,472

 

3,001,887

5,633,805

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

18

179,474

-

16

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £132,176 (2023 - £114,726).

17

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

39,875

39,875

39,875

39,875

       
 

The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

18

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Hire purchase contracts

179,474

-

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Hire purchase contracts

145,053

-

The loans in respect of the hire purchase agreements are secured against the assets to which they relate.

19

Related party transactions

Land and Buildings are rented from Brockmoor (Property) Limited, who are also a wholly owned subsidiary of Brockmoor (Holdings) Limited. Included in debtors is an amount owing by group undertakings amounting to £103,000 (2023: £223,000).

No other related party transactions were undertaken during the year.

20

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Brockmoor (Holdings) Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.