Company registration number 01017850 (England and Wales)
KS BRANDS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
KS BRANDS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
S R Mulchand
Mr R J Mulchand
Secretary
C Price
Company number
01017850
Registered office
Laltex House
Leigh Commerce Park
Leigh
Lancashire
WN7 3XH
Auditor
Royce Peeling Green Limited
The Copper Room
Deva City Office Park
Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BG
Bankers
HSBC Bank PLC
2nd Floor
Landmark
St Peter's Square
1 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 4PB
Barclays Bank PLC
1st Floor
3 Hardman Street
Spinningfields
Manchester
M3 3HF
KS BRANDS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Profit and loss account
6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 20
KS BRANDS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 29 February 2024.

Business review and key performance indicators

The directors are satisfied with the operating results for the year given the competitive environment in which it operates.

 

The Company has continued to focus on developing its relationships with both clients and suppliers, alongside introducing new products which have contributed to the results summarised below.

 

The Company’s trading revenue increased to £27.11m (2022: £24.85m).

 

The figures referred to above are a key financial measure upon which the business is monitored and controlled by the directors.

 

The reported results for the year include fair value gains and losses in respect of forward exchange contracts, the effects of which are shown below the operating profit on the face of the profit and loss account.

 

In preparing the financial statements, strategic report and directors’ report, the board have fully considered points a – f as set out in s172 of the Companies Act 2006.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Financial Risk Management

The main risks arising are currency exchange risk and credit risk. The directors have reviewed and agreed policies for managing each of these risks.

 

Currency Exchange Risk

The Company seeks to manage currency exchange risk through a mixture of hedging instruments and regular reviews by the directors.

 

Credit Risk

The Company’s financial assets include amounts due from its customers. The credit risk associated with outstanding customer balances is managed by our experienced team members and mitigated by the use of credit insurance where applicable.

Other information and explanations

Year end position

The Company’s overall position at year-end reflects the financial strength of the business, which is considered by the directors to be well positioned for the future.

 

The directors would like to acknowledge and give thanks for the incredible hard work and dedication of it’s loyal team members during this financial period.

By order of the board

R J Mulchand
Director
18 November 2024
KS BRANDS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the purchase and sale of consumer goods.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 6.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

S R Mulchand
Mr R J Mulchand
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:

 

 

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

Statement 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.

By order of the board
C Price
Secretary
18 November 2024
KS BRANDS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF KS BRANDS LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of KS Brands Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 29 February 2024 which comprise the profit and loss account, 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:

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'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.

Other information

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:

KS BRANDS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF KS BRANDS 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:

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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

We evaluated the directors’ and management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias through judgements and assumptions in significant accounting estimates and significant one-off or unusual transactions.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to those identified risks, including non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) and fraud that are material to the financial statements. Our audit procedures included but were not limited to:

KS BRANDS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF KS BRANDS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.

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.

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.

Jonathan Hayward
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Royce Peeling Green Limited
2 December 2024
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
The Copper Room
Deva City Office Park
Trinity Way
Manchester
M3 7BG
KS BRANDS LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
27,116,032
24,848,026
Cost of sales
(13,919,454)
(12,378,823)
Gross profit
13,196,578
12,469,203
Distribution costs
(1,302,549)
(1,308,843)
Administrative expenses
(9,038,668)
(6,526,222)
Operating profit
4
2,855,361
4,634,138
Interest receivable and similar income
7
164,558
34,644
Amounts written off in investments
8
-
(684)
Gains/(Losses) on foreign exchange derivatives
(4,982)
(9,612)
Profit before taxation
3,014,937
4,658,486
Tax on profit
9
(741,695)
(782,016)
Profit for the financial year
2,273,242
3,876,470

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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2024
2023
£
£
Profit for the year
2,273,242
3,876,470
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
2,273,242
3,876,470
KS BRANDS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
29 FEBRUARY 2024
29 February 2024
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29 February 2024
28 February 2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
760,540
1,142,158
Current assets
Stocks
12
6,711,904
7,611,991
Debtors
13
3,555,926
3,370,242
Cash at bank and in hand
6,832,398
5,416,248
17,100,228
16,398,481
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
(6,337,685)
(8,200,463)
Net current assets
10,762,543
8,198,018
Total assets less current liabilities
11,523,083
9,340,176
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
15
152,499
242,834
(152,499)
(242,834)
Net assets
11,370,584
9,097,342
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
17
165,000
165,000
Profit and loss reserves
11,205,584
8,932,342
Total equity
11,370,584
9,097,342
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 18 November 2024 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr R J Mulchand
Director
Company registration number 01017850 (England and Wales)
KS BRANDS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 March 2022
165,000
6,555,872
6,720,872
Year ended 28 February 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
3,876,470
3,876,470
Dividends
10
-
(1,500,000)
(1,500,000)
Balance at 28 February 2023
165,000
8,932,342
9,097,342
Year ended 29 February 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
2,273,242
2,273,242
Balance at 29 February 2024
165,000
11,205,584
11,370,584
KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

KS Brands Limited is a private company limited 'the company' by shares incorporated under the Companies Act and registered in England and Wales. The registered office and principal place of business is Laltex House, Leigh Commerce Park, Greenfold Way, Leigh, Lancashire, United Kingdom, WN7 3XH. Laltex House, Leigh Commerce Park, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 3XH.

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 £1.

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:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Laltex & Co Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from Companies House.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet 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.

 

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 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:

Plant and equipment
25% straight line
Fixtures and fittings
15% straight line
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
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.6
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.

 

Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.7
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.

1.8
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.

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.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

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.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.9
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.10
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.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

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.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

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

 

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

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Provision for doubtful debts

The directors have reviewed the trading balances owing to the company from its customers and made adequate provision for any debts where it is considered probable that the amount will not be recovered. The amounts would have otherwise been recognised in trade debtors.

Provision for slow moving stock

The directors have applied their knowledge of the operations of the business when reviewing the stock listing at the balance date and have made appropriate provision for any items deemed to be slow moving or obsolete. the charge to the profit and loss account is recognised in cost of sales.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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3
Turnover and other revenue
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of goods
27,116,032
24,848,026
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
26,968,962
24,711,476
Rest of Europe
143,580
133,210
Rest of World
3,490
3,340
27,116,032
24,848,026
2024
2023
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
164,558
34,644
4
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange (gains)/losses
(152,252)
508,535
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
318,305
283,383
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(63,700)
(3,694)
5
Auditor's remuneration
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
5,370
4,605
6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Management
19
23
Sales and administrative
108
86
Total
127
109
KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
6
Employees
(Continued)
- 16 -

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
4,110,388
3,084,018
Social security costs
391,738
295,555
Pension costs
104,518
69,553
4,606,644
3,449,126
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
164,558
34,644
8
Amounts written off investments
2024
2023
£
£
Gain/(loss) on disposal of financial assets held at cost
-
(684)
9
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
832,024
757,168
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
6
(83,723)
Total current tax
832,030
673,445
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(90,335)
108,571
Total tax charge
741,695
782,016
KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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Taxation
(Continued)
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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
3,014,937
4,658,486
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 19.00%)
753,734
885,112
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
8,465
2,537
Adjustments in respect of prior years
-
0
(83,723)
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
(20,504)
26,057
Group relief
-
0
(10,386)
-
0
(37,581)
Taxation charge for the year
741,695
782,016
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Dividends
2024
2023
2024
2023
Per share
Per share
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
Ordinary shares
Final paid
-
0
9.09
-
0
1,500,000
KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
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11
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 March 2023
2,032,798
8,725
115,892
2,157,415
Additions
157,845
4,716
55,990
218,551
Disposals
(355,605)
-
0
(23,649)
(379,254)
At 29 February 2024
1,835,038
13,441
148,233
1,996,712
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 March 2023
979,406
2,172
33,679
1,015,257
Depreciation charged in the year
284,759
1,898
31,648
318,305
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(84,565)
-
0
(12,825)
(97,390)
At 29 February 2024
1,179,600
4,070
52,502
1,236,172
Carrying amount
At 29 February 2024
655,438
9,371
95,731
760,540
At 28 February 2023
1,053,392
6,553
82,213
1,142,158
12
Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Finished goods and goods for resale
6,711,904
7,611,991
13
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
3,433,107
3,346,908
Corporation tax recoverable
17,976
-
0
Amounts owed by group undertakings
23,748
-
0
Prepayments and accrued income
81,095
23,334
3,555,926
3,370,242
Amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.
KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
- 19 -
14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Import loans
350,717
566,694
Trade creditors
2,306,641
3,178,438
Amounts owed to group undertakings
-
0
1,856,228
Corporation tax
-
0
373,450
Other taxation and social security
408,340
518,564
Derivative financial instruments
15,266
10,284
Other creditors
16,054
10,945
Accruals
3,240,667
1,685,860
6,337,685
8,200,463
Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, non-interest bearing, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.
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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
156,513
244,124
Short term timing differences
(4,014)
(1,290)
152,499
242,834
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 March 2023
242,834
Credit to profit or loss
(90,335)
Liability at 29 February 2024
152,499

The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to accelerated capital allowances that are expected to mature within the same period.

KS BRANDS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024
- 20 -
16
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
104,518
69,553

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.

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Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
165,000
165,000
165,000
165,000
18
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The parent company has given an unlimited cross-guarantee to the group's bankers in respect of the present and future indebtedness of Laltex & Co Limited, Lloytron Limited, KS Brands Limited, The Printed Pen Company Limited and R.J.M International Limited. Present liabilities secured under this cross-guarantee, including bank loans, overdrafts, import loans and bills of exchange are disclosed within the financial statements of each company. In respect of future indebtedness the group's bankers have, in aggregate, provided a letter of credit of £597,497 (2023: £211,732) to R.J.M International Limited and Lloytron Limited.
19
Related party transactions

In preparing these financial statements, advantage has been taken of the provision under Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 33, which states that disclosure is not required of transactions with entities which are part of the group wholly owned by Laltex & Co Limited

 

During the year the company purchases goods for resale from a related party for £6,878,454 (2023: £7,377,033). At the year end, the company owed £2,243,061 (2023: £3,119,058) to the related party.

 

The amounts outstanding at the balance sheet date represent normal trade bills and do not include any substantial long term indebtedness.

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Ultimate controlling party

The ultimate parent company is Laltex & Co Limited, company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the group financial statements can be obtained from the parent company's registered office, Laltex House, Leigh Commerce Park, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 3XH.

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