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REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017 (England and Wales)















SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024






SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Report of the Directors 2

Report of the Independent Auditors 3 to 5

Income Statement 6

Statement of Financial Position 7

Notes to the Financial Statements 8 to 11


SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024







DIRECTORS: I E Hutchinson
M J Rhodes



REGISTERED OFFICE: Old North Road
Weston
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG23 6SY



REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Rachel Rudkin FCCA



AUDITORS: Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
14 London Road
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1TW

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 April 2024.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 May 2023 to the date of this report.

I E Hutchinson
M J Rhodes

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing 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 of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

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

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 company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





I E Hutchinson - Director


16 October 2024

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Specialist Trailer Services UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 April 2024 which comprise the Income Statement, Statement of Financial Position and 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).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 April 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

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 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in 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 Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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 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, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED


Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, 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 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.

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.

We have identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial experience, knowledge of the sector, a review of regulatory and legal correspondence and through discussions with Directors and other management obtained as part of the work required by auditing standards. We have also discussed with the Directors and other management the policies and procedures relating to compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated laws and regulations throughout the team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.

The potential impact of different laws and regulations varies considerably. Firstly, the company is subject to laws and regulations that directly impact the financial statements (for example financial reporting legislation) and we have assessed the extent of compliance with such laws as part of our financial statements audit. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to management bias in accounting estimates and judgemental areas of the financial statements such as depreciation of tangible fixed assets, as well as the risk of inappropriate journal entries to increase reported profitability. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included the identification and testing of material and unusual journal entries and challenging management on key accounting estimates, assumptions and judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements.We carried out detailed substantive tests on accounting estimates, including reviewing the methods used by management to make those estimates, re-performing the calculation, and reviewing the outcome of prior year estimates.

Secondly, the company is subject to other laws and regulations where the consequence for noncompliance could have a material effect on the amounts or disclosures in the financial statements. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: Health and Safety regulations and Employment laws.

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. This inspection included a review of correspondence from any external regulators. Through these procedures, if we became aware of any non-compliance, we considered the impact on the procedures performed on the related financial statement items.

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. The further removed noncompliance with laws and regulations 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. As with any audit, there is a greater risk of non-detection of irregularities as these may involve collusion, intentional omissions of 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
SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK 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.




Rachel Rudkin FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
14 London Road
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1TW

31 October 2024

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

2024 2023
£    £   

TURNOVER 2,027,674 1,952,459

Cost of sales 1,512,273 1,309,667
GROSS PROFIT 515,401 642,792

Administrative expenses 376,619 313,933
138,782 328,859

Other operating income 96,620 39,070
OPERATING PROFIT and
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 235,402 367,929

Tax on profit - 62,727
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 235,402 305,202

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
30 APRIL 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 4 - -
Tangible assets 5 186,386 155,133
186,386 155,133

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 6 381,681 371,575
Debtors 7 358,368 280,086
Cash at bank and in hand 233,649 175,959
973,698 827,620
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 8 280,241 338,312
NET CURRENT ASSETS 693,457 489,308
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 879,843 644,441

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 9 1 1
Retained earnings 10 879,842 644,440
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 879,843 644,441

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 16 October 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





I E Hutchinson - Director


SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Specialist Trailer Services UK Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Related party exemption
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.

Revenue
Revenue represents amounts charged to customers for goods and services provided during the year, excluding value added tax and trade discounts.

Engineering and plant repairs revenue is recognised when the significant risks and benefits of ownership of the product have transferred to the buyer, which may be upon completion of the product or the product being ready for delivery, based on the specific contract terms.

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.

Property, plant and equipment
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Plant and machinery - 25% on cost, 20% on cost and 15% on cost
Fixtures, plant and equipment - 25% on cost, 20% on cost and 15% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on cost

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and fair value less costs to complete and sell, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving stock and accounted for on a first-in-first-out basis.

Revenue is recognised on contracts where the company has obtained a right to consideration. Turnover recognised in this manner is based on an assessment of the fair value of the goods and services provided at the financial reporting date as a proportion of the total value of the contract. Provision is made against unbilled amounts on those contracts where the right to receive payment is contingent on factors outside the control of the company. Unbilled revenue is included in debtors.

The company holds various spares and other equipment and is subject to changing consumer demands and economic trends. As a result it is necessary to consider the recoverability of the cost of stock and the associated provisioning required. When calculating the stock provision, management considers the nature and condition of the stock, as well as applying assumptions around anticipated saleability of finished goods and future usage of raw materials.

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has chosen to adopt the FRS 102A in respect of financial instruments.

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitute a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

At the end of each reporting period, financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. 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 the income statement.

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. Accounts 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.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the income statement, 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 that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the financial reporting date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the financial reporting 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.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 11 (2023 - 12 ) .

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

4. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 May 2023
and 30 April 2024 24,000
AMORTISATION
At 1 May 2023
and 30 April 2024 24,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2024 -
At 30 April 2023 -

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 May 2023 275,958
Additions 77,238
Disposals (12,850 )
At 30 April 2024 340,346
DEPRECIATION
At 1 May 2023 120,825
Charge for year 42,286
Eliminated on disposal (9,151 )
At 30 April 2024 153,960
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2024 186,386
At 30 April 2023 155,133

6. STOCKS
2024 2023
£    £   
Stocks 330,236 308,882
Work-in-progress 51,445 62,693
381,681 371,575

7. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 215,943 227,349
Amounts owed by group undertakings 94,927 46,352
Other debtors 25,000 -
Prepayments 22,498 6,385
358,368 280,086

SPECIALIST TRAILER SERVICES UK LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09566017)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2024

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade creditors 82,774 53,615
Taxation 1,641 62,727
VAT 5,316 9,445
Other creditors 160,279 175,247
Directors' current accounts 50 50
Accrued expenses 30,181 37,228
280,241 338,312

9. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
1 Ordinary £1 1 1

10. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 May 2023 644,440
Profit for the year 235,402
At 30 April 2024 879,842