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Registration number: 06501567

Parry and Evans Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2 to 3

Directors' Report

4

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 8

Profit and Loss Account

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Statement of Cash Flows

12

Notes to the Financial Statements

13 to 26

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Company Information

Directors

S J Evans

A L Evans

Company secretary

S J Evans

Registered office

Severn Farm Industrial Estate
Welshpool
Powys
SY21 7DF

Auditors

CBSL Accountants Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
Rowan House North
1 The Professional Quarter
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 May 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is paper and cardboard recycling services.

Fair review of the business

The company has continued to operate strongly with a focus on improving profit margins and the UK market. The company has concentrated on expanding its customer base as well as aiming to improve efficiency at its sites.

Wholesale paper recycling prices fluctuated during the period after reaching a peak at the end of 2022. Due to the market price movements, the company's turnover fell compared to the prior year by £4.25m to £10.6m and the gross profit margin fell from 21.34% to 17.6%. The company remains focused on cost control and efficiency.

The company has continued with its five year strategic investment plan by purchasing new plant and machinery and vehicles. This is expected to benefit the company with quicker processing capabilities and higher turnover. It will assist and support new and continuing customer relationships and reduce costs of repair and idle time. Capital expenditure will continue to be significant over the coming few years to support the company as it continues to grow.

Cashflow has been carefully managed and the company remains comfortably within its banking facilities.

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Financial KPIs

Unit

2024

2023

Turnover

£m

10.60

14.85

Gross profit

£m

1.87

3.17

Gross profit margin

%

17.60

21.34

Cash at bank

£m

1.03

1.50

Liquidity ratio (current assets / current liabilities)

1.41

1.25

Return on capital employed

%

3.02

8.20

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Principal risks and uncertainties

The directors and senior management continue to monitor risks affecting the company and its trading environment.

The main risks facing the company are - credit and cashflow risks, which the company mitigates by regular review of credit offered to customers and monitoring amounts outstanding to ensure debtors are collected on a timely basis. Trade creditors are paid as they fall due and external borrowings are kept to a minimum.

- environmental risks - the company's main activity is in recycling and pressure on councils / corporates to improve recycling policy impacts greatly on the company's results - the directors and management team stay abreast with changes in governmental policy.

- foreign currency risk - the company monitor exchange rate fluctuations to minimise the impact on the business. The company has foreign currency bank accounts to ensure sales and purchases in foreign currency can be matched wherever possible.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 21 February 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S J Evans
Company secretary and director

 

Parry and Evans 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.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

S J Evans - Company secretary and director

A L Evans

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

There are risks and uncertainties reviewed in the strategic report, which could impact on the company's performance in the longer term. The board of directors have carried out a regular risk assessment to identify, manage and mitigate business risk.

The directors have concluded that longer term risks are best addressed by continuing the company's strategy to continually review its operations. The company continues to have the flexibility to respond to new business opportunities as they arise.

The future prosperity of the company will be maintained by recruitment, retention and reward of high calibre employees.

Disclosure of information in the Strategic Report

The director has chosen to set out the information required by schedule 7 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 in the company's Strategic Report.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 21 February 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S J Evans
Company secretary and director

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities 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:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

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.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Parry and Evans Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Parry and Evans Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 May 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, 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 31 May 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 auditor 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 director's 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 original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Parry and Evans Limited

Opinion on other matter 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 Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

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.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities [set out on page 5], 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 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.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Parry and Evans Limited

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

• We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to this company and its sector and determined that the most significant are those relating to the reporting framework, environmental regulations and the relevant UK tax legislation.
• We understood how the company is complying with those frameworks by making enquiries of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures.
• As an audit engagement team, we assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement including how fraud might occur and considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the company for fraud. We considered the controls that the company has established to address the risks identified to prevent, deter and detect fraud; and how the management and directors monitor those controls.
• Based on our understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations. Those procedures involved: - enquiries of management and those charged with governance; - review of legal and professional costs and related documentation; - journal entry testing; - assessing whether judgements in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and – evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
• Where the risk was considered to be higher, we performed audit procedures to address each identified fraud risk or other risk of material misstatement. These procedures included revenue recognition and testing manual journals and were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from fraud or error.
• We remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: 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.





Louise Osselton FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of CBSL Accountants Limited, Statutory Auditor

Rowan House North
1 The Professional Quarter
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG

21 February 2025

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Turnover

3

10,600,364

14,854,613

Cost of sales

 

(8,734,862)

(11,685,179)

Gross profit

 

1,865,502

3,169,434

Administrative expenses

 

(1,700,545)

(2,706,568)

Other operating income

4

-

9,000

Operating profit

6

164,957

471,866

Other interest receivable and similar income

7

52,981

15,604

Interest payable and similar expenses

8

(43,834)

(36,792)

   

9,147

(21,188)

Profit before tax

 

174,104

450,678

Tax on profit

12

(20,969)

(169,970)

Profit for the financial year

 

153,135

280,708

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

(Registration number: 06501567)
Balance Sheet as at 31 May 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

14

4,506,982

5,019,390

Other financial assets

15

18,010

18,010

 

4,524,992

5,037,400

Current assets

 

Stocks

16

205,770

193,839

Debtors

17

1,973,849

1,954,107

Cash at bank and in hand

 

1,032,847

1,459,557

 

3,212,466

3,607,503

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

19

(2,280,667)

(2,890,813)

Net current assets

 

931,799

716,690

Total assets less current liabilities

 

5,456,791

5,754,090

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

19

(377,459)

(514,190)

Provisions for liabilities

20

(371,859)

(499,608)

Net assets

 

4,707,473

4,740,292

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

701,000

701,000

Retained earnings

4,006,473

4,039,292

Shareholders' funds

 

4,707,473

4,740,292

Approved and authorised by the Board on 21 February 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S J Evans
Company secretary and director

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 June 2023

701,000

4,039,292

4,740,292

Profit for the year

-

153,135

153,135

Dividends

-

(185,954)

(185,954)

At 31 May 2024

701,000

4,006,473

4,707,473

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 June 2022

701,000

3,924,859

4,625,859

Profit for the year

-

280,708

280,708

Dividends

-

(166,275)

(166,275)

At 31 May 2023

701,000

4,039,292

4,740,292

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

153,135

280,708

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

6

959,700

908,309

Profit on disposal of tangible assets

5

(26,480)

(20,929)

Finance income

7

(52,981)

(15,604)

Finance costs

8

27,247

36,792

Income tax expense

12

20,969

169,970

 

1,081,590

1,359,246

Working capital adjustments

 

(Increase)/decrease in stocks

16

(11,931)

91,952

(Increase)/decrease in trade debtors

17

(19,742)

433,437

Decrease in trade creditors

19

(616,107)

(224,747)

Cash generated from operations

 

433,810

1,659,888

Income taxes paid

12

(41,821)

-

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

391,989

1,659,888

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

7

52,981

15,604

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(419,890)

(846,008)

Proceeds from sale of tangible assets

 

84,078

63,779

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(282,831)

(766,625)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Interest paid

8

(27,247)

(36,792)

Payments to finance lease creditors

 

(322,667)

(328,250)

Dividends paid

25

(185,954)

(166,275)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(535,868)

(531,317)

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(426,710)

361,946

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 June

 

1,459,557

1,097,611

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 May

 

1,032,847

1,459,557

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Severn Farm Industrial Estate
Welshpool
Powys
SY21 7DF

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions which will impact on the application of accounting policies. These judgements, estimates and assumptions will also affect the amounts reported in respect of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Management estimates and assumptions are continually reviewed and any variances are adjusted in the profit and loss account as and when more accurate information is obtained.

Judgements that management have made in applying the company's accounting policies and which could have the most significant impact on the financial statements relate to the following - Accruals; - Depreciation.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Freehold property

2 - 10% straight line

Short leasehold property

10% straight line

Plant and machinery

6 - 25% straight line

Fixtures, fittings and equipment

20 - 33% straight line

Motor vehicles

20-25% straight line

Goodwill

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the company’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class

Amortisation method and rate

Goodwill

10% straight line

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Sale of goods

10,600,364

14,854,613

All of the company's turnover for the current and prior year is generated from the UK market.

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Sub lease rental income

-

9,000

5

Other gains and losses

The analysis of the company's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Gain on disposal of tangible assets

26,480

20,929

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

6

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£

2023
£

Depreciation expense

775,801

607,296

Depreciation on assets held on hire purchase contracts

183,899

301,013

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

40,089

69,665

Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment

(26,480)

(20,929)

7

Other interest receivable and similar income

2024
£

2023
£

Interest income on bank deposits

52,981

15,604

8

Interest payable and similar expenses

2024
£

2023
£

Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts

27,247

36,792

Foreign exchange losses

16,587

-

43,834

36,792

9

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Wages and salaries

1,923,648

1,778,781

Social security costs

186,690

163,945

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

154,443

233,126

2,264,781

2,175,852

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2024
No.

2023
No.

Production

56

52

Administration and support

7

7

Other departments

2

2

65

61

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

10

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Remuneration

21,680

51,671

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

80,000

120,000

101,680

171,671

During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:

2024
No.

2023
No.

Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme

2

2

11

Auditors' remuneration

2024
£

2023
£

Audit of the financial statements

12,000

8,700


 

12

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2024
£

2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

152,706

41,699

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

(3,988)

(29,255)

148,718

12,444

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(81,115)

157,526

Arising from previously unrecognised tax loss, tax credit or temporary difference of prior periods

(46,634)

-

Total deferred taxation

(127,749)

157,526

Tax expense in the income statement

20,969

169,970

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

12 Taxation (continued)

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023 - 20%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2024
£

2023
£

Profit before tax

174,104

450,678

Corporation tax at standard rate

43,526

90,136

Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods

(3,988)

-

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

21,777

(34,334)

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

10,929

45,337

Deferred tax credit from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period

(46,634)

(25,243)

Deferred tax expense relating to changes in tax rates or laws

-

100,054

Decrease from effect of tax incentives

(4,641)

(211)

Tax decrease from effect of adjustment in research and development tax credit

-

(29,255)

Tax increase from other tax effects

-

6,943

Deferred tax at 25% compared to standard rate of tax

-

16,543

Total tax charge

20,969

169,970

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

-

375,324

Short term timing differences

3,465

-

3,465

375,324

2023

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated tax depreciation

-

502,630

Short term timing differences

3,022

-

3,022

502,630

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

13

Intangible assets

Goodwill
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 June 2023

246,800

246,800

At 31 May 2024

246,800

246,800

Amortisation

At 1 June 2023

246,800

246,800

At 31 May 2024

246,800

246,800

Carrying amount

At 31 May 2024

-

-

At 31 May 2023

-

-

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

14

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Other tangible assets
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 June 2023

2,679,621

177,999

1,992,183

6,876,525

11,726,328

Additions

86,584

13,710

159,377

245,219

504,890

Disposals

-

-

(321,382)

(16,091)

(337,473)

At 31 May 2024

2,766,205

191,709

1,830,178

7,105,653

11,893,745

Depreciation

At 1 June 2023

449,963

167,107

1,234,853

4,855,015

6,706,938

Charge for the year

140,348

9,278

204,999

605,075

959,700

Eliminated on disposal

-

-

(263,785)

(16,090)

(279,875)

At 31 May 2024

590,311

176,385

1,176,067

5,444,000

7,386,763

Carrying amount

At 31 May 2024

2,175,894

15,324

654,111

1,661,653

4,506,982

At 31 May 2023

2,229,658

10,892

757,330

2,021,510

5,019,390

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £1,966,608 (2023 - £2,000,996) in respect of freehold land and buildings and £209,286 (2023 - £228,662) in respect of short leasehold land and buildings.
 

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts

The net carrying amount of tangible assets includes the following amounts in respect of assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts:

2024
£

2023
£

Plant and machinery

424,178

938,091

Motor vehicles

363,614

362,217

787,792

1,300,308

15

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

Financial assets at amortised cost
£

Total
£

Non-current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 June 2023

18,010

18,010

At 31 May 2024

18,010

18,010

Carrying amount

At 31 May 2024

18,010

18,010

At 31 May 2023

18,010

18,010

16

Stocks

2024
£

2023
£

Other inventories

205,770

193,839

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

17

Debtors

Current

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

1,814,866

1,803,687

Other debtors

13,781

1,496

Prepayments

145,202

148,924

 

1,973,849

1,954,107

18

Cash and cash equivalents

2024
£

2023
£

Cash at bank

745,555

703,280

Short-term deposits

287,292

756,277

1,032,847

1,459,557

19

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

23

204,652

305,588

Trade creditors

 

1,191,304

1,502,433

Amounts due to related parties

27

106,415

237,557

Social security and other taxes

 

145,912

52,570

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

13,860

8,829

Other payables

 

11,289

22,838

Accruals

 

458,639

719,299

Income tax liability

12

148,596

41,699

 

2,280,667

2,890,813

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

23

377,459

514,190

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

20

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 June 2023

499,608

499,608

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(127,749)

(127,749)

At 31 May 2024

371,859

371,859

21

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £154,443 (2023 - £233,126).

Contributions totalling £13,860 (2023 - £8,829) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

22

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Preference of £1 each

700,000

700,000

700,000

700,000

Ordinary A of £1 each

575

575

575

575

Ordinary B of £1 each

200

200

200

200

Ordinary C of £1 each

75

75

75

75

Ordinary D of £1 each

75

75

75

75

Ordinary E of £1 each

75

75

75

75

701,000

701,000

701,000

701,000

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

23

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Hire purchase contracts

377,459

514,190

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Hire purchase contracts

204,652

305,588

The HP and finance lease liabilities are secured against the assets to which they relate.

24

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Finance leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Not later than one year

231,237

337,814

Later than one year and not later than five years

446,112

586,475

677,349

924,289

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Not later than one year

4,545

9,980

Later than one year and not later than five years

14,720

-

19,265

9,980

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £40,089 (2023 - £69,664).

 

Parry and Evans Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2024

25

Dividends

Final dividends paid

 

2024
£

2023
£

Final dividend of £0 (2023 - £0.03) per each Preference share

-

21,000

     

Interim dividends paid

2024
£

2023
£

Interim dividend of £323.398 (2023 - £252.6526) per each Ordinary A

185,954

145,275

 

 

26

Commitments

Capital commitments

At 31 May 2024 the company had committed to a fixed asset purchase.
The total amount contracted for but not provided in the financial statements was £85,667 (2023 - £Nil).

27

Related party transactions

During the year the company had rent payable to the directors, close family members and companies controlled by them totalling £100,000 (2023 - £345,000).

At 31 May 2024 a balance of £106,415 (2023 - £237,557) was due to the parent company, Parry and Evans Holding Ltd, included in creditors.

At 31 May 2024 the company was owed a balance of £11,815 (2023 - £nil) by a company related through one of the directors and close family members, which is included in debtors.

28

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Parry and Evans Holding Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.