Company registration number 04746402 (England and Wales)
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 11
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MAY 2024
31 May 2024
- 1 -
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
85,371
91,902
Investments
4
1
1
85,372
91,903
Current assets
Stocks
710,186
308,482
Debtors
6
1,346,240
2,127,712
Investments
7
312,298
-
0
Cash at bank and in hand
1,161,920
1,347,326
3,530,644
3,783,520
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(1,616,362)
(2,049,756)
Net current assets
1,914,282
1,733,764
Total assets less current liabilities
1,999,654
1,825,667
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
9
-
0
(12,503)
Net assets
1,999,654
1,813,164
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
33,563
33,563
Share premium account
26,842
26,842
Profit and loss reserves
1,939,249
1,752,759
Total equity
1,999,654
1,813,164

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

For the financial year ended 31 May 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

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

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 MAY 2024
31 May 2024
- 2 -
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 27 February 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M D Fereday
Director
Company Registration No. 04746402
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
- 3 -
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Advanced Electronics & Logistics Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Epsilon House, The Square, Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, United Kingdom, GL3 4AD.

 

The company's principal place of business is Qualtronyc Business Park, High Street, Princes End, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 9HG.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

1.4
Research and development expenditure

Research expenditure is written off against profits in the year in which it is incurred. Identifiable development expenditure is capitalised to the extent that the technical, commercial and financial feasibility can be demonstrated.

1.5
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 4 -

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Plant and equipment etc
10-33% on cost, or 10-25% reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.6
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.7
Impairment of fixed assets

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

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

 

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

1.8
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.9
Cash at bank and in hand

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 5 -
1.10
Financial instruments

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.11
Equity instruments

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

1.12
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 6 -
Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

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

1.13
Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

 

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision is measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.

1.14
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

1.15
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.16
Share-based payments

Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted. The fair value determined at the grant date is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the estimate of shares that will eventually vest. A corresponding adjustment is made to equity.

When the terms and conditions of equity-settled share-based payments at the time they were granted are subsequently modified, the fair value of the share-based payment under the original terms and conditions and under the modified terms and conditions are both determined at the date of the modification. Any excess of the modified fair value over the original fair value is recognised over the remaining vesting period in addition to the grant date fair value of the original share-based payment. The share-based payment expense is not adjusted if the modified fair value is less than the original fair value.

 

Cancellations or settlements (including those resulting from employee redundancies) are treated as an acceleration of vesting and the amount that would have been recognised over the remaining vesting period is recognised immediately.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 7 -
1.17
Leases

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

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.18
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Employees

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

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
31
33
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
- 8 -
3
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 June 2023
1,726,895
Additions
80,201
Disposals
(76,619)
At 31 May 2024
1,730,477
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 June 2023
1,634,993
Depreciation charged in the year
43,612
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(33,499)
At 31 May 2024
1,645,106
Carrying amount
At 31 May 2024
85,371
At 31 May 2023
91,902

All tangible fixed assets are secured by a fixed and floating charge held by the bank.

 

Included within the above are fixed assets held under finance leases, with a carrying value of £Nil (2023: £54,468).

4
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
1
1
5
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 May 2024 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
office
shares held
Direct
Digital Radio Solutions Limited
England and Wales
Dormant
Ordinary
100
0
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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6
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
878,639
1,447,392
Corporation tax recoverable
76,206
76,206
Other debtors
391,395
604,114
1,346,240
2,127,712

All debtors are secured by a fixed and floating charge held by the bank.

 

Factors that may affect future tax charges

A rate of 25% (2023: 20 %) has been used for purposes of considering the effect of deferred taxation, in line with the main rate of UK Corporation Tax effective from 1 April 2023.

 

The company has tax losses available to use against future profits of approximately £466,000 (2023: £439,000). The company does not anticipate these losses to be fully utilised in the immediate future, and has therefore not recognised a deferred tax asset at 31 May 2024 (2023: nil). The value of the total unrecognised deferred tax asset is approximately £110,000 (2023: £100,000).

 

7
Current asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Short term deposits
312,298
-
0
8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
1,120,882
1,850,218
Taxation and social security
30,960
25,603
Other creditors
464,520
173,935
1,616,362
2,049,756

Amounts owed under finance leases included in other creditors falling due within one year and totalling £Nil (2023: £11,541) are secured over the assets concerned.

9
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
£
£
Other creditors
-
0
12,503

Amounts owed under finance leases included in other creditors falling due after more than one year and totalling £Nil (2023: £12,503) are secured over the assets concerned.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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10
Share-based payment transactions

The following summarises the options in place over "B" Ordinary shares under the Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme, held by directors of the company.

Number of share options
Weighted average exercise price
2024
2023
2024
2023
Number
Number
£
£
Outstanding at 1 June 2023
-
0
2,517
-
0
1.00
Exercised
-
0
(2,517)
-
0
-
0
Outstanding at 31 May 2024
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
Exercisable at 31 May 2024
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0

The options are dependent upon certain future events.

11
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A of £1 each
23,158
23,158
23,158
23,158
Ordinary B of £1 each
10,405
10,405
10,405
10,405
33,563
33,563
33,563
33,563

Ordinary A and Ordinary B shareholders are each entitled to one vote per share, and rank pari passu with respect to entitlement to dividends or other distributions.

 

Upon a return of capital, Ordinary A shareholders are entitled to the first £50,000, with any amounts thereafter to be split pro rata between Ordinary A and Ordinary B shareholders.

12
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
373,735
495,548
13
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

As at 31 May 2024 the company had no other guarantees, contingencies and commitments (2023: £Nil).

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & LOGISTICS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2024
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14
Directors' transactions

Advances or credits have been granted by the company to its directors as follows.

These amounts are unsecured, repayable on demand and attract interest at the HMRC official interest rate.

Description
Opening balance
Amounts advanced
Interest charged
Amounts repaid
Closing balance
£
£
£
£
£
D E Atkins
2023
1,565
-
-
-
1,565
2024
1,565
-
-
(1,565)
-
M D Fereday
2023
31
2,141
-
-
2,172
2024
2,172
-
-
-
2,172
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