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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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TANCIA LIMITED
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TANCIA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 May 2024.
The results for the period and the financial position of the company are shown in the following financial statements.
Tancia’s business has continued to make a strong recovery and a return to near pre pandemic levels in the full year ending May 2024 with headline sales growing 4.8% over 2023 to £11.2m. Whilst the wider business environment continues to be challenging given the macroeconomic inflationary and cost of living pressures together with difficulties in recruitment and staffing, Tancia delivered a positive EBITDA of £922k, a significant improvement of just under 33% on the EBITDA of £695k in 2023. This has been achieved by the directors proactively managing inventory levels to ensure those at the start of the financial year, required given the backdrop of unpredictable on off shutdowns across much of the manufacturing base in China, have been stabilised. May 2024 stock levels have increased by around £500k compared to those at May 2023 in line with the revenue and EBITDA growth in the year and well placed to serve the needs of customers going forwards. Furthermore, the directors have also taken robust action to control the cost base of the business during recovery from the pandemic, whilst achieving growth. This has been achieved from various initiatives including the reduction in carriage & freight costs, investment in more efficient machinery, streamlining team structures and negotiating an energy contract fixed until Q1 2026, sheltering the business from energy price volatility. Tancia’s growth is set to continue with the directors setting ambitious strategic plans for the future. Inventory of key products is now back to pre pandemic levels, customer service and sales teams are bolstered to serve the continued needs of existing and new customers and the business continues to invest in innovation, environmental and quality improvements being both ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) approved. Sedex Certification has been adopted providing transparency to our customers of our responsible supply chain. Furthermore, the directors recognise the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) issues. Minimising the organisation's environmental impact remains central to Tancia’s culture, increasing the use of recyclable and renewable materials in its product range and significantly improving its carbon footprint with a more energy efficient manufacturing facility. Tancia has been awarded the BPMA pledge which outlines their commitment to ESG and have published a sustainability statement confirming the company’s commitments to this area moving forward. As a direct result of the actions taken by the directors, Tancia's balance sheet strength remains healthy with capital and reserves at £6.25m with current year trading performing in line with expectations.
Given the extensive use of foreign suppliers, the principal risks relate to potential exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations; this risk is mitigated by buying currency forward.
Given the straightforward nature of the business the company's directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
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TANCIA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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TANCIA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 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 £183,253 (2023 - £55,912).
During the year, dividends were voted totalling £66,000 (2023: £14,000).
The directors who served during the year were:
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TANCIA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.
The auditors, Barnes Roffe LLP, 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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TANCIA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TANCIA LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Tancia Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 May 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.
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TANCIA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TANCIA LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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.
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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TANCIA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TANCIA 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:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with law and regulations, was as follows:
• The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; • We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussion with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector which the company operates in; • The specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, are as follows; o Companies Act 2006 o FRS102 o Health and Safety legislation o Employment legislation o Tax legislation • We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing board minutes and inspecting relevant correspondence; • Laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team at the planning meeting, and during the audit as any further laws and regulation were identified. The audit team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit; and We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by: • Making enquires of management as to where they consider there was susceptibility to fraud and their knowledge of actual suspected and alleged fraud; • Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; • Reviewing the financial statements and testing the disclosures against supporting documentation; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected trends or anomalies; • Inspecting and testing journal entries to identify unusual or unexpected transactions; • Assessing whether judgement and assumptions made in determining significant accounting estimates, including stock provisions and the useful economic lives of tangible and intangible fixed assets, were indicative of management bias; and • Investigating the rationale behind significant transactions, or transactions that are unusual or outside the group’s usual course of business. The areas that we identified as being susceptible to misstatement through fraud were: • Management bias in the estimates and judgements made; • Management override of controls; and • Posting of unusual journals or transactions.
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TANCIA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TANCIA LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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.
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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
Charles Lake House
Claire Causeway
Crossways Business Park
Kent
DA2 6QA
Date:
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TANCIA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 02966120
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MAY 2024
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 26 form part of these financial statements.
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TANCIA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
Tancia Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Innovations House, Ivy Road, Aldershot, GU12 4TX. The principal activity of the company during the year has been that of the wholesale distribution of promotional pens, stationery and related products.
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 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 Tancia (Holdings) Limited as at 31 May 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff CF14 3UZ.
As at the year end the company had gross assets of £13.5m (2023: £13.0m) and net assets of £6.3m (2023: £6.1m), which shows that the company has a strong balance sheet. The directors are confident that the company’s business plans are robust and the accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
If it is not possible to distinguish between the research phase and the development phase of an internal project, the expenditure is treated as if it were all incurred in the research phase only.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income, except that a change attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the company operates and generates income. Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance sheet date, except that: - The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and - Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met. Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
Amortisation is calculated to write off the cost of intangible fixed assets by equal annual instalments over the period of their estimated useful lives, which are reviewed on a regular basis. The useful life begins once the asset is brought into use. Amortisation is provided on the following bases:
Website development expenditure - 5 years Goodwill is the difference between amounts paid on the acquisition of a business and the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities. It is amortised to the Statement of comprehensive income over its estimated economic life.
Land and buildings are not depreciated. Depreciation on other assets is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on the following bases:
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.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The areas in the financial statements where these judgements and estimates have been made include the following: 1. The company makes key assumptions regarding the useful economic life of both intangible and tangible fixed assets and this is further described in notes 2.10 and 2.11 respectively. 2. The company makes key assumptions in determining a provision for slow moving stock based on the date that specific items of stock were last sold. The provision for obsolete and damaged stock was estimated at £934,135 (2023: £892,501).
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the sale of wholesale pens, stationery, ink and related products.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
10.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
Obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts are secured against assets to which they relate.
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
The company operates defined contribution pension schemes. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the company in independently administered funds. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the funds and amounted to £95,850 (2023: £92,717).
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TANCIA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
The ultimate parent undertaking is Tancia (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. There is no single controlling party.
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