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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Strategic report
For the year ended 30 April 2024
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 April 2024.
Esprit Automation Limited, known as "the Company," is a respected UK-based manufacturing firm specialising in advanced automation systems and machinery. Serving mainly the UK and Ireland markets, we are committed to delivering cutting solutions that allow our customers to do more. This report provides a thoughtful review of our performance during the fiscal year ending 30 April 2024 and our current status in the industry.
The Company faced a challenging fiscal year marked by reduced turnover growth and profitability. Nevertheless, the Company remains financially stable and competitive within the manufacturing industry. To address risks and uncertainties, we continue to focus on product innovation, employee retention and prudent financial management. The Company is well positioned to navigate the evolving market landscape and pursue growth opportunities in the upcoming fiscal year.
As of the financial year ending 30 April 2024, the Company's position reflects the size and complexity of our business within the manufacturing industry:
1.Turnover and Revenue: Our turnover for FY2024 stood at £11.7 million representing a reduction of revenue. This underscores the significant headwinds within the industrial CNC Plasma cutting sector.
2.Profitability: Despite the reduction in profitability indicators, Esprit Automation Limited maintained a positive EBITDA of £1.89 million. While this signifies a decrease from the previous year, it demonstrates our resilience in navigating challenging market conditions.
3.Financial Stability: The balance sheet indicates that our financial position remains robust, consistent with prior years. Net assets have increased, reflecting our continued financial strength despite reduced profitability.
4.Currency Risk: It is worth noting that Esprit Automation Limited does not perceive significant exchange rate risk, as most of our stock purchases are denominated in a stable currency (Sterling/Euro).
Our Company faces several notable risks and uncertainties in its operations:
1.Market Competition: Esprit Automation Limited operates in a highly competitive industry. Key risks include retaining market share and skilled employees. We address these challenges by introducing new products and providing exceptional customer support. Employee retention and development strategies are central to our competitiveness.
2.Asset Financing Costs: During the financial year, the BoE has raised interest rates to 5.25% to cool the inflation in UK. This increase in the BoE base rate has increased the asset financing costs nearly threefold and as a result the new machines sales market has slowed down significantly. This slowdown in new machine sales is impacting our revenue and profitability.
3.Foreign Exchange Risk: While not a significant concern, we remain vigilant regarding exchange rate fluctuations, given our Euro-denominated stock purchases. Esprit Automation Ltd closely monitors currency rates and employs forward currency transactions to mitigate potential risks.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Esprit Automation Limited closely monitors several key performance indicators to assess our operational health. We track indicators as described in the Financial key perfomance indicators section of this report; including turnover growth, gross profit percentage, EBITDA, and other relevant metrics to ensure ongoing performance improvement.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Strategic report (continued)
For the year ended 30 April 2024
In the past financial year, we observed noteworthy developments in our financial performance, as reflected in key financial performance indicators:
1.Turnover: Our turnover rate saw a notable shift, resulting in a shrinkage of -2.7% compared to FY2023, from £12.0 million in FY2023 to £11.7 million in FY2024. This reflects the economic challenges encountered during the year, mainly driven by the high interest rates resulting in increased asset financing costs for our customers.
2.Gross Profit Percentage: The gross profit percentage remained stable at 33% in FY2024. However, this is below our expected GP margin of 40%. The continued cost pressures due to wage inflation and input cost inflation has had a negative impact on our GM.
3.EBITDA: Our EBITDA decreased from £2.07 million in FY2023 to £1.89 million in FY2024, mainly driven by the slowdown of our new machines sales business and the competitive pressure as a result of a wider capital goods market slowdown.
These financial performance indicators collectively highlight our experience of a demanding fiscal year, marked by a decline in revenue, reduced profitability, and increased cost pressures.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Directors' report
For the year ended 30 April 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2024.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments 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 to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,643,951 (2023 - £1,950,359).
EBITDA for the year was £1,894,402 (2023: £2,075,688).
Dividends of £nil (2023: £nil) were paid during the year.
The directors who served during the year were:
For the upcoming financial year, Esprit Automation Limited anticipates a similar level of turnover, subject to supply chain constraints.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 30 April 2024
The auditors, PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Independent auditors' report to the members of Esprit Automation Limited
We have audited the financial statements of Esprit Automation Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 30 April 2024, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, 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).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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 Auditors' 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.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Independent auditors' report to the members of Esprit Automation Limited (continued)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the 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.
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.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Independent auditors' report to the members of Esprit Automation Limited (continued)
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 Auditors' 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.
Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, we identify the key laws and regulations affecting the Company. We identified that the principal risk of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations related to:
∙management bias in respect of accounting estimates and judgements made;
∙management override of control;
∙posting of unusual journals or transactions.
We focussed on those areas that could give rise to a material misstatement in the group financial statements. Our procedures included, but were not limited to:
∙enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims, including instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud;
∙reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance where available;
∙reviewing legal expenditure in the year to identify instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud;
∙reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
∙rerforming audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias.
It is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
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 Auditors' report.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Independent auditors' report to the members of Esprit Automation Limited (continued)
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 Auditors' 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.
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Stautory Auditors
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Registered number: 02113853
Balance sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 12 to 24 form part of these financial statements.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
Esprit Automation Limited (the 'Company') is a limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales. The address of the registered office and company registration number is disclosed on the company information page.
The nature of the Company’s operations and principal activities are given in the Directors’ Report.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling (£), which is the functional currency of the company and are rounded to the nearest £1.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Stellar Associates 1 Limited as at 30 April 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from the Registrar of Companies, Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.
The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
The Company derives revenue from the sale of machinery, service and maintenance contracts, software licences and software support contracts. The principles of revenue recognition applied by the company are as follows: Machines The Company recognises revenue on delivery of the machine. Software licences The Company recognises revenue when evidenced by a signed agreement, the delivery of the product has occurred, and the fee is fixed and determinable. Software support contracts The Company recognises revenue on a straight-line basis over the period of the contract. Revenue not recognised in the profit and loss account under this policy is classified as deferred income and held within other creditors in the balance sheet. Service and maintenance contracts The Company recognises revenue on a straight-line basis over the period of the contract. Revenue not recognised in the profit and loss account under this policy is classified as deferred income and held within other creditors in the balance sheet.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
Research and development expenditure is written off in the year which it is incurred.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
11.Taxation (continued)
There are no factors that may affect the future tax charge on the profits of ordinary activities.
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
Profit and loss account
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently-administered fund.
The pension cost represents contributions payable by the Company £60,302 (2023: £55,603). The amount unpaid at year end totalled £13,142 (2023: £14,738)
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ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 April 2024
23.Other financial commitments
There is a cross guarantee in place with Stellar Finance 1 Limited.
The Company's immediate parent undertaking is Stellar Finance 1 Limited. The ultimate parent undertaking is Stellar Associates 1 Limited. The ultimate controlling party is the board of directors of Stellar Associates 1 Limited.
The parent undertaking of the largest group for which consolidated financial satements are prepared is Stellar Associates 1 Limited. Consolidated financial statements are available from the Registrar of Companies, Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.
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