Company registration number 03528262 (England and Wales)
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
M S Lord
K M Mudzengerere
K M Travis
J P Cox
(Appointed 8 December 2023)
Secretary
P Dickins
Company number
03528262
Registered office
31-33 Intake Road
Bolsover Business Park
Bolsover
Chesterfield
England
S44 6BB
Auditor
BHP LLP
2 Rutland Park
Sheffield
S10 2PD
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Balance sheet
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 24
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Fair Review of the business
An even tougher year than 2023 as product dumping became increasingly prevalent in the market.
Turnover down by 4% and Gross Profit down by 18.75% showing an operating profit falling by 62%. There is no sign of this letting up in 2025 and the company has worked hard to contain costs. Huge geopolitical uncertainties are driving reduced demand around the world reflecting a fall in turnover of 5.64% in Europe and 33.78% in the rest of the world.
The activities of a company in United Arab Emirates, dumping increasing growing volumes of product into the UK, is having a devastating effect on the Domestic & Irish market. Margins are being squeezed and the company continues to assess its costs while it trades through this difficult period.
Aztec Oils have been successful in their application to the Trade Remedies Authority to have these product dumping activities investigated. This has now commenced but is unlikely to be concluded until mid 2025.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Product dumping at below UK manufactured cost is a major disruptor for the UK lubricant industry and, unless this illegal practise is brought to a halt, the company will continue to suffer the consequences.
The Windsor Framework creates a new challenge in our ability to service the island of Ireland and a restructure of our Aztec NI company to facilitate change will be enacted in the coming year.
Aztec Lubricants NI Ltd will have to become an independent trading distribution company and will leave this group in the coming year.
Financial instruments
The company utilises appropriate financial instruments in order to conduct its business activities.
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk.
The business’s principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, bank overdrafts, trade debtors, trade creditors, hire purchase and finance lease agreements. The main purpose of these instruments is to finance the business operations.
In respect of bank balances, the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of invoice discounting at market rates of interest.
Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and Cashflow risk by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debtors.
Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due. It is the company’s policy to pay all suppliers within a maximum of 40 days from end of month.
The business is a lessee in respect of finance leased assets. The liquidity risk in respect of these is managed by ensuring that there are sufficient funds to meet the payments.
Key performance indicators
With regard to the financial performance of the business during the year the key performance indicators are as follows:
Turnover £31.4m (2023: £32.8m)
Gross profit margin 17.8% (2023: 21.0%)
Operating profit £0.25m (2023: £0.65m)
Net assets £3.7m (2023: £3.8m)
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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M S Lord
Director
8 November 2024
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the supply of lubricants.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
A gift of profits has been made to the Employee Ownership Trust of £89,907 during the year.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
M S Lord
J A Hartshorne
(Resigned 30 August 2024)
D Watkins
(Resigned 8 December 2023)
K M Mudzengerere
K M Travis
J P Cox
(Appointed 8 December 2023)
Auditor
The auditor, BHP LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible 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 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.
Strategic report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of Financial Instruments.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
M S Lord
Director
8 November 2024
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AZTEC OILS LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Aztec Oils Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the 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.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of 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 our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AZTEC OILS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
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 management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the lubricants supply 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 Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environments 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.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AZTEC OILS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
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 is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's 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.
Adrian Staniforth
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of BHP LLP
8 November 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
2 Rutland Park
Sheffield
S10 2PD
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
2
31,395,361
32,758,008
Cost of sales
(25,815,701)
(25,889,849)
Gross profit
5,579,660
6,868,159
Administrative expenses
(5,406,877)
(6,282,892)
Other operating income
77,448
68,814
Operating profit
3
250,231
654,081
Interest receivable and similar income
6
692
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(147,367)
(112,777)
Profit before taxation
102,864
541,996
Tax on profit
8
(40,539)
(49,053)
Profit for the financial year
62,325
492,943
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2024
31 March 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
4,570,275
4,261,044
Current assets
Stocks
11
4,076,886
4,285,075
Debtors
12
6,392,182
8,471,818
Cash at bank and in hand
175,406
304,041
10,644,474
13,060,934
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
13
(10,126,831)
(11,490,339)
Net current assets
517,643
1,570,595
Total assets less current liabilities
5,087,918
5,831,639
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
14
(997,065)
(1,486,204)
Provisions for liabilities
Provisions
17
50,000
285,000
Deferred tax liability
18
291,000
283,000
(341,000)
(568,000)
Net assets
3,749,853
3,777,435
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
3,749,753
3,777,335
Total equity
3,749,853
3,777,435
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 8 November 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
M S Lord
Director
Company registration number 03528262 (England and Wales)
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2022
100
3,534,392
3,534,492
Year ended 31 March 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
492,943
492,943
Contributions to Employee Ownership Trust
9
-
(250,000)
(250,000)
Balance at 31 March 2023
100
3,777,335
3,777,435
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
62,325
62,325
Contributions to Employee Ownership Trust
9
-
(89,907)
(89,907)
Balance at 31 March 2024
100
3,749,753
3,749,853
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Aztec Oils Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 31-33 Intake Road, Bolsover Business Park, Bolsover, Chesterfield, England, S44 6BB.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Aztec Oils Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 31-33 Intake Road, Bolsover Business Park, Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6BB.
1.2
Going concern
The directors have performed an assessment of going concern including a review of current cash and headroom position, available banking facilities and financial forecasts for the next 12 months. The company has experienced, and continues to experience challenges in the trading environment, as highlighted in the Strategic Report on page 1, however the directors believe there is sufficient headroom to enable the company to trade through this difficult period whilst they work to overcome these challenges.true
Having considered the above factors, at the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold land and buildings
2% and 10% straight line (land is not depreciated)
Leasehold land and buildings
2% straight line
Plant and equipment
20% and 25% reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings
20% reducing balance
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.6
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.7
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.8
Equity instruments
Share capital issued by the company is recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on share capital are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.9
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
1.10
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision is measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.13
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
1.14
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
2
Turnover and other revenue
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of oils and lubricants
31,395,361
32,758,008
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
Sales - Domestic
23,090,464
23,521,528
Sales - Other EU
7,337,870
7,776,054
Sales - Rest of the world
967,027
1,460,426
31,395,361
32,758,008
2024
2023
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
-
692
3
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange losses/(gains)
36,022
(19,421)
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
36,675
29,200
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
622,788
564,268
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets held under finance leases
113,506
74,573
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(3,613)
(11,429)
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 16 -
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Management
12
11
Office and admin
10
13
Production and despatch
48
50
Sales
8
9
Directors
5
5
Total
83
88
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
2,568,319
2,920,223
Social security costs
280,444
257,686
Pension costs
77,791
165,466
2,926,554
3,343,375
5
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
369,952
360,218
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
8,454
8,570
378,406
368,788
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 5 (2023 - 4).
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
90,885
89,636
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
2,483
2,310
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 17 -
6
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Other interest income
692
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
130,079
101,092
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
17,116
11,685
Other interest
172
147,367
112,777
8
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
35,589
104,404
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(3,050)
4,649
Total current tax
32,539
109,053
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
8,000
(60,000)
Total tax charge
40,539
49,053
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
8
Taxation
(Continued)
- 18 -
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Profit before taxation
102,864
541,996
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 19.00%)
25,716
102,979
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
6,136
664
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
(63)
(450)
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(3,050)
4,649
Research and development tax credit
(41,771)
Fixed asset differences
11,812
(2,726)
Remeasurement of deferred tax for changes in tax rates
(14,292)
Other tax adjustments, reliefs and transfers
(12)
Taxation charge for the year
40,539
49,053
9
Dividends and distributions
2024
2023
£
£
Contributions to Employee Ownership Trust
Amounts paid
89,907
250,000
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 19 -
10
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land and buildings
Leasehold land and buildings
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2023
2,237,928
1,032,370
3,652,523
416,446
670,063
8,009,330
Additions
402,216
63,418
465,804
13,386
123,901
1,068,725
Disposals
(1,496)
(27,108)
(33,147)
(61,751)
At 31 March 2024
2,638,648
1,095,788
4,091,219
429,832
760,817
9,016,304
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2023
685,887
26,630
2,608,659
187,743
239,367
3,748,286
Depreciation charged in the year
189,520
4,000
367,112
46,242
129,420
736,294
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(300)
(15,121)
(23,130)
(38,551)
At 31 March 2024
875,107
30,630
2,960,650
233,985
345,657
4,446,029
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2024
1,763,541
1,065,158
1,130,569
195,847
415,160
4,570,275
At 31 March 2023
1,552,041
1,005,740
1,043,864
228,703
430,696
4,261,044
The net carrying value of tangible fixed assets includes the following in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts.
2024
2023
£
£
Motor vehicles
351,710
421,987
11
Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Finished goods and goods for resale
4,076,886
4,285,075
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 20 -
12
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
5,395,930
7,352,192
Amounts owed by group undertakings
533,159
534,176
Other debtors
195,097
402,463
Prepayments and accrued income
267,996
182,987
6,392,182
8,471,818
13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
15
417,944
674,644
Obligations under finance leases
16
164,471
88,962
Trade creditors
6,159,412
5,888,313
Corporation tax
35,762
104,404
Other taxation and social security
178,412
230,994
Other creditors
3,007,472
3,881,426
Accruals and deferred income
163,358
621,596
10,126,831
11,490,339
Within other creditors due within one year are amounts due to invoice discounters of £2,982,935 (2023: £3,857,832). They are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets of the company.
14
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
15
912,034
1,260,329
Obligations under finance leases
16
85,031
225,875
997,065
1,486,204
Amounts included above which fall due after five years are as follows:
Payable by instalments
-
417,858
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 21 -
15
Loans and overdrafts
2024
2023
£
£
Bank loans
1,329,978
1,934,973
Payable within one year
417,944
674,644
Payable after one year
912,034
1,260,329
The long-term loans are secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company.
The amounts payable after five years are due monthly instalments with interest charged at 2.5% and 2.2% above the base rate.
16
Finance lease obligations
2024
2023
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
164,471
88,962
In two to five years
85,031
225,875
249,502
314,837
Finance lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for certain items of plant and machinery and vehicles. Leases include purchase options at the end of the lease period, and no restrictions are placed on the use of the assets. The average lease term is 3 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.
17
Provisions for liabilities
2024
2023
£
£
Provision for repairs and legal fees
50,000
285,000
Movements on provisions:
Provision for repairs and legal fees
£
At 1 April 2023
285,000
Reversal of provision
(235,000)
At 31 March 2024
50,000
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 22 -
18
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
292,000
309,000
Short term timing differences
(1,000)
(26,000)
291,000
283,000
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2023
283,000
Charge to profit or loss
8,000
Liability at 31 March 2024
291,000
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
77,791
165,466
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
20
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
21
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The company has charges and guarantees in place at the year end as follows;
Limited guarantees from DTI totalling £334,665
Limited guarantees from director, M Lord totalling £583,000
Limited guarantee from Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy totalling £1,240,000.
Cross guarantee between the company and Aztec Oils Holdings Limited, Lubricant Group Holdings Limited, Lubricant Holdings (Midlands) Limited and Northern Oils Scotland Limited.
Charge over the property owned by the company.
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
- 23 -
22
Operating lease commitments
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Within one year
26,550
26,550
Between two and five years
64,163
90,713
90,713
117,263
23
Capital commitments
Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements:
2024
2023
£
£
Acquisition of tangible fixed assets
-
230,096
24
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Sales
Sales
2024
2023
£
£
Companies under common control and influence
6,312,412
4,885,966
Management charges and recharges received
2024
2023
£
£
Companies under common control and influence
129,363
100,101
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2024
2023
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Companies under common control and influence
630,746
13,747
AZTEC OILS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
24
Related party transactions
(Continued)
- 24 -
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2024
2023
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
Companies under common control and influence
1,402,873
1,489,990
25
Ultimate controlling party
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Lubricant Holdings (Midlands) Limited. The ultimate parent undertaking is Aztec Oils Holdings Limited which is controlled by the Aztec EOT. Aztec Oils Holdings Limited prepares group accounts incorporating Aztec Oils Limited and copies are available from 31-33 Intake Road, Bolsover Business Park, Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6BB.
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