REGISTERED NUMBER: 04906215 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
for |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited |
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04906215 (England and Wales) |
Group Strategic Report, |
Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
for |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Group Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 4 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 10 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet | 11 |
Company Balance Sheet | 12 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 13 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 14 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 15 |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 16 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 17 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited |
Company Information |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
DIRECTORS: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
BUSINESS ADDRESS: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Accountants |
Statutory Auditors |
39 High Street |
Wednesfield |
Wolverhampton |
West Midlands |
WV11 1ST |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2024. |
REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
The results for the financial year and the financial position of the group are shown in the annexed financial statements. |
The group continued to operate principally as a UK based waste management and recycling operator. The majority of group operating income is derived from S & B Waste Management & Recycling Limited. Group Turnover increased by 1.8% compared to 2023 and net profit before tax increased by 57% to £4,452,932. The directors are satisfied with the improvement in turnover and gross profit margin achieved during the year. |
The Company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows: |
2024 | 2023 |
Turnover | £13,530,009 | £13,294,129 |
Gross profit | £ 5,678,418 | £ 4,632,139 |
Gross profit % | 41.97 | 34.84 |
Profit before taxation | £ 4,452,932 | £ 2,834,073 |
PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company relate mainly to the subsidiary company, S & B Waste Management & Recycling Limited. |
The waste management and recycling sector has experienced volatility in recent years and expansion has been difficult to predict. The outlook for 2025 and beyond is uncertain with the UK economy fluctuating between recession and growth. Local competition. and continuing increases in landfill taxes remains a key risk to the group. |
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The waste industry remains under pressure to reduce landfill and develop innovative and environmentally friendly techniques and processes to manage waste and waste product. The group is continually evolving processes and procedures to minimise the costs of landfill and increase levels of recycling and continues to investigate the technical and financial feasibility of waste to energy technology. Management believe this technology is key to future development and success.Whilst remaining fully committed to Waste to Energy, entry to this segment of the waste sector is challenging as the costs of developing and commissioning the technology, already high, continue to increase. Identifying a suitable partner is also proving problematic as financial and technological risks mount. More recently, public opposition and adverse media coverage of these plants has further increased reducing the appetite for new installations. |
DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OUTLOOK |
The market for waste management is expected to remain volatile in the short to medium term with overall demand remaining at current levels due to the recessionary influences acting on the economy. The directors are committed to ensuring that the group operates in an environmentally aware, efficient manner and that it remains competitive in a changing market place by investing principally in new, innovative technologies. |
The activities of the group are expected to continue unchanged for the foreseeable future. |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
CONCLUSION |
The directors expect provision of core services to remain at current levels in 2025 with modest non-inflationary growth only. Any UK recession may impact on overall levels of demand but the volatility of the sector could present additional opportunities for growth. |
Investment in plant, equipment and associated technologies will be maintained and working practices improved to produce greater operating efficiencies and greater profitability. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2024. |
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of waste management. |
DIVIDENDS |
Interim dividends totalling £3400 per share were paid during the year. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid. |
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2024 will be £ 680,000 . |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2023 to the date of this report. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Report of the Directors |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
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 group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that she ought to have taken as a director in order to make herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of S & B Industrial Investments Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
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In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of the group's profit for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
Conclusions relating to going concern |
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the 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 Group 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 Group 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 Group 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 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of 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 four, 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
S & B Industrial Investments 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. |
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
We identified areas of laws and regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience, and through discussion with the directors, and other management, and discussed with the directors and other management the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws, and regulations through our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. The potential effect of these laws and regulations on the financial statements varies considerably. |
The Company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation (including related companies legislation), pensions legislation, and taxation legislation and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. |
Whilst the the procedures undertaken to detect irregularities vary from audit to audit, based on the specific audit risks identified and assessed as material, the procedures may include the following: |
* Enquiry of management and key staff |
* Reviewing minutes of meetings |
* Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. |
* Performing audit work over the risk of management override including testing of journals and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias. |
In addition, the Company is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: health and safety, General Data Protection Regulation (GDP), fraud, bribery and corruption and employment law. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. The identified actual or suspected non-compliance was not sufficiently significant to our audit to result in our response being identified as a key audit matter. |
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations. |
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
S & B Industrial Investments 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 |
Chartered Accountants |
Statutory Auditors |
39 High Street |
Wednesfield |
Wolverhampton |
West Midlands |
WV11 1ST |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 13,530,009 | 13,294,129 |
Cost of sales | (7,851,591 | ) | (8,661,994 | ) |
GROSS PROFIT | 5,678,418 | 4,632,135 |
Administrative expenses | (1,501,985 | ) | (1,853,252 | ) |
4,176,433 | 2,778,883 |
Other operating income | 13,129 | 8,458 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 4 | 4,189,562 | 2,787,341 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 268,612 | 58,282 |
4,458,174 | 2,845,623 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 5 | (5,242 | ) | (11,552 | ) |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 4,452,932 | 2,834,071 |
Tax on profit | 6 | (1,188,810 | ) | (520,199 | ) |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
3,264,122 |
2,313,872 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 3,264,122 | 2,313,872 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 3,264,122 | 2,313,872 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 9 | 25,053 | 37,579 |
Tangible assets | 10 | 5,236,921 | 5,341,994 |
Investments | 11 | - | - |
Investment property | 12 | 1,710,000 | 1,710,000 |
6,971,974 | 7,089,573 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 13 | 55,750 | 55,000 |
Debtors | 14 | 5,581,289 | 5,282,197 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 7,689,496 | 4,961,527 |
13,326,535 | 10,298,724 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 15 | (1,385,933 | ) | (1,153,905 | ) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS | 11,940,602 | 9,144,819 |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 18,912,576 | 16,234,392 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year | 16 | - | (15,661 | ) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | (582,751 | ) | (473,028 | ) |
NET ASSETS | 18,329,825 | 15,745,703 |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 20 | 200 | 200 |
Other reserves | 21 | 377,588 | 377,588 |
Retained earnings | 21 | 17,952,037 | 15,367,915 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 18,329,825 | 15,745,703 |
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 26 November 2024 and were signed on its behalf by: |
Miss S R Broadley - Director |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Company Balance Sheet |
31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Intangible assets | 9 |
Tangible assets | 10 |
Investments | 11 |
Investment property | 12 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 14 |
Cash at bank |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 15 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 20 |
Other reserves | 21 |
Retained earnings | 21 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
Company's profit for the financial year | 1,215,480 | 1,088,220 |
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Other | Total |
capital | earnings | reserves | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 April 2022 | 200 | 13,234,043 | 377,588 | 13,611,831 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (180,000 | ) | - | (180,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 2,313,872 | - | 2,313,872 |
Balance at 31 March 2023 | 200 | 15,367,915 | 377,588 | 15,745,703 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (680,000 | ) | - | (680,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 3,264,122 | - | 3,264,122 |
Balance at 31 March 2024 | 200 | 17,952,037 | 377,588 | 18,329,825 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Other | Total |
capital | earnings | reserves | equity |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1 April 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2023 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2024 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | 4,914,782 | 3,690,039 |
Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
(5,242 |
) |
(11,552 |
) |
Finance costs paid | (1 | ) | - |
Tax paid | (850,923 | ) | (384,977 | ) |
Net cash from operating activities | 4,058,616 | 3,293,510 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (827,031 | ) | (1,021,509 | ) |
Sale of tangible fixed assets | 24,872 | 68,663 |
Interest received | 268,612 | 58,282 |
Net cash from investing activities | (533,547 | ) | (894,564 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Capital repayments in year | (117,100 | ) | (104,041 | ) |
Equity dividends paid | (680,000 | ) | (180,000 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | (797,100 | ) | (284,041 | ) |
Increase in cash and cash equivalents | 2,727,969 | 2,114,905 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
4,961,527 |
2,846,622 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 7,689,496 | 4,961,527 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation | 4,452,932 | 2,834,071 |
Depreciation charges | 914,508 | 941,605 |
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | 5,251 | 4,770 |
Finance costs | 5,242 | 11,552 |
Finance income | (268,612 | ) | (58,282 | ) |
5,109,321 | 3,733,716 |
Increase in stocks | (750 | ) | (500 | ) |
Increase in trade and other debtors | (203,981 | ) | (46,203 | ) |
Increase in trade and other creditors | 10,192 | 3,026 |
Cash generated from operations | 4,914,782 | 3,690,039 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 31 March 2024 |
31.3.24 | 1.4.23 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 7,689,496 | 4,961,527 |
Year ended 31 March 2023 |
31.3.23 | 1.4.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 4,961,527 | 2,846,622 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS |
At 1.4.23 | Cash flow | At 31.3.24 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 4,961,527 | 2,727,969 | 7,689,496 |
4,961,527 | 2,727,969 | 7,689,496 |
Debt |
Finance leases | (132,761 | ) | 117,100 | (15,661 | ) |
(132,761 | ) | 117,100 | (15,661 | ) |
Total | 4,828,766 | 2,845,069 | 7,673,835 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Basis of consolidation |
The accompanying financial statements and related notes present the consolidated financial position as of 31 March 2023 and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. |
Turnover |
Turnover represents amounts chargeable in respect of goods and services supplied, excluding value added tax. Turnover from the provision of skips is recognised when the skips are physically delivered to the customer. |
Goodwill |
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 | - |
Skips | - |
Motor vehicles | - |
Computer equipment | - |
Investment property |
The Group carries its investment property at fair value, with changes in fair value being recognised in the profit and loss. |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries | 1,809,891 | 1,664,711 |
Social security costs | 174,501 | 163,735 |
Other pension costs | 28,432 | 106,314 |
2,012,824 | 1,934,760 |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
Management | 4 | 4 |
Administration | 10 | 10 |
Direct Labour | 50 | 51 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued |
The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the year was 64 (2023 - 65 ) . |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration | 77,865 | 74,430 |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes | - | 80,000 |
4. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Depreciation - owned assets | 901,981 | 847,659 |
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts | - | 81,420 |
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | 5,251 | 4,770 |
Goodwill amortisation | 8,876 | 8,876 |
Computer software amortisation | 3,650 | 3,650 |
Auditors' remuneration | 10,500 | 10,000 |
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work | 9,800 | 7,750 |
5. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase | 5,242 | 11,552 |
6. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Current tax: |
UK corporation tax | 1,079,087 | 442,937 |
Deferred tax | 109,723 | 77,262 |
Tax on profit | 1,188,810 | 520,199 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
6. | 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: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Profit before tax | 4,452,932 | 2,834,071 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2023 - 19 %) |
1,113,233 |
538,473 |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 6,436 | 15,329 |
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | (39,254 | ) | (110,865 | ) |
Marginal relief | (1,328 | ) | - |
Deferred tax | 109,723 | 77,262 |
Total tax charge | 1,188,810 | 520,199 |
7. | INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
8. | DIVIDENDS |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Interim | 680,000 | 180,000 |
9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Computer |
Goodwill | software | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 |
and 31 March 2024 | 88,760 | 18,251 | 107,011 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 April 2023 | 62,132 | 7,300 | 69,432 |
Amortisation for year | 8,876 | 3,650 | 12,526 |
At 31 March 2024 | 71,008 | 10,950 | 81,958 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 | 17,752 | 7,301 | 25,053 |
At 31 March 2023 | 26,628 | 10,951 | 37,579 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Company |
Computer |
software |
£ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 |
and 31 March 2024 |
AMORTISATION |
At 1 April 2023 |
Amortisation for year |
At 31 March 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 |
At 31 March 2023 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Freehold | Plant and |
property | machinery | Skips |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 | 2,259,612 | 4,087,103 | 701,630 |
Additions | - | 562,395 | - |
Disposals | - | (20,348 | ) | (85,380 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 2,259,612 | 4,629,150 | 616,250 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2023 | 355,839 | 2,177,665 | 374,794 |
Charge for year | 24,186 | 370,175 | 154,063 |
Eliminated on disposal | - | (16,343 | ) | (85,380 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 380,025 | 2,531,497 | 443,477 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 | 1,879,587 | 2,097,653 | 172,773 |
At 31 March 2023 | 1,903,773 | 1,909,438 | 326,836 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Group |
Motor | Computer |
vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 | 4,389,830 | 125,618 | 11,563,793 |
Additions | 249,632 | 15,004 | 827,031 |
Disposals | (66,917 | ) | (6,118 | ) | (178,763 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 4,572,545 | 134,504 | 12,212,061 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2023 | 3,239,773 | 73,728 | 6,221,799 |
Charge for year | 343,703 | 9,854 | 901,981 |
Eliminated on disposal | (42,003 | ) | (4,914 | ) | (148,640 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 3,541,473 | 78,668 | 6,975,140 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 | 1,031,072 | 55,836 | 5,236,921 |
At 31 March 2023 | 1,150,057 | 51,890 | 5,341,994 |
Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
Motor |
vehicles |
£ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 | 346,090 |
Transfer to ownership | (259,695 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 86,395 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2023 | 101,832 |
Transfer to ownership | (64,033 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 37,799 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 | 48,596 |
At 31 March 2023 | 244,258 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
Company |
Plant and | Motor | Computer |
machinery | Skips | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2024 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2023 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 |
At 31 March 2023 |
11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Company |
Unlisted |
investments |
£ |
COST |
At 1 April 2023 |
and 31 March 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 |
At 31 March 2023 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
Subsidiary |
Registered office: |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Aggregate capital and reserves |
Profit for the year |
12. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
Group |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 April 2023 |
and 31 March 2024 | 1,710,000 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 | 1,710,000 |
At 31 March 2023 | 1,710,000 |
Fair value at 31 March 2024 is represented by: |
£ |
Valuation in 2020 | 20,022 |
Valuation in 2022 | 397,490 |
Cost | 1,292,488 |
1,710,000 |
If investment property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Cost | 1,292,488 | 1,292,488 |
Aggregate depreciation | 151,599 | 145,924 |
Investment property was valued on an open market basis on 28 November 2022 by Andrew Dixon & Company . |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
12. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued |
Company |
Total |
£ |
FAIR VALUE |
At 1 April 2023 |
and 31 March 2024 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2024 |
At 31 March 2023 |
Fair value at 31 March 2024 is represented by: |
£ |
Valuation in 2020 | 83,182 |
Valuation in 2022 | 711,052 |
Cost | 3,552,100 |
4,346,334 |
If investment property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Cost | 3,552,099 | 3,552,099 |
Aggregate depreciation | 529,401 | 499,541 |
Investment property was valued on an open market basis on 28 November 2022 by Andrew Dixon & Company . |
13. | STOCKS |
Group |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Finished goods | 55,750 | 55,000 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
14. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 | 31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade debtors | 2,823,645 | 3,059,772 |
Other Debtors | 568,149 | 16,432 |
Amounts owed by related party undertakings | 1,671,620 | 1,805,243 | 1,047,485 | 1,151,108 |
Tax | 427,917 | 332,806 |
VAT | - | - |
Prepayments | 89,958 | 67,944 |
5,581,289 | 5,282,197 |
15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 | 31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) | 15,661 | 117,100 |
Trade creditors | 648,231 | 498,672 |
Amounts owed to group undertakings | - | - |
Tax | 437,656 | 114,381 |
Social security and other taxes | 45,606 | 370,290 |
VAT | 179,081 | - | - | - |
Other creditors | 36,409 | 29,838 | - | - |
Accrued expenses | 23,289 | 23,624 |
1,385,933 | 1,153,905 |
16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) | - | 15,661 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Group |
Hire purchase contracts |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Gross obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 16,412 | 122,342 |
Between one and five years | - | 16,412 |
16,412 | 138,754 |
Finance charges repayable: |
Within one year | 751 | 5,242 |
Between one and five years | - | 751 |
751 | 5,993 |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 15,661 | 117,100 |
Between one and five years | - | 15,661 |
15,661 | 132,761 |
18. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
Group |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Hire purchase contracts | 15,661 | 132,761 |
Hire purchase liabilities are secured on the specific asset to which the liability relates. |
19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group | Company |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 | 31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Deferred tax |
Accelerated capital allowances | 503,233 | 393,510 |
Other timing differences | 79,518 | 79,518 | 151,398 | 151,398 |
582,751 | 473,028 | 478,031 | 395,608 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
Group |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 April 2023 | 473,028 |
Charge to Statement of Comprehensive Income during year | 109,723 |
Balance at 31 March 2024 | 582,751 |
Company |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1 April 2023 |
Charge to Income Statement during year |
Balance at 31 March 2024 |
20. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted and issued: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
value: | £ | £ |
Share capital | £1 | 200 | 200 |
21. | RESERVES |
Group |
Retained | Other |
earnings | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 April 2023 | 15,367,915 | 377,588 | 15,745,503 |
Profit for the year | 3,264,122 | 3,264,122 |
Dividends | (680,000 | ) | (680,000 | ) |
At 31 March 2024 | 17,952,037 | 377,588 | 18,329,625 |
Company |
Retained | Other |
earnings | reserves | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
At 1 April 2023 | 12,025,429 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2024 | 12,560,909 |
S & B Industrial Investments Limited (Registered number: 04906215) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 |
22. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements. |
Entities over which the entity has control, joint control or significant influence |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Net loans to related parties during the year | (30,000 | ) | 30,000 |
Amount due from related party | 624,134 | 654,134 |
The loan is interest free and there are no specific repayment terms. |
Key management personnel of the entity or its parent (in the aggregate) |
31.3.24 | 31.3.23 |
£ | £ |
Net loans (repaid)/ made to related party in year | (103,623 | ) | 127,090 |
Amount due from related party | 1,047,485 | 1,151,108 |
The loan is interest free and there are no specific repayment terms. |
Other related parties |
The loan is interest free and there are no specific repayment terms. |