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Registration number: 08591720

Prepared for the registrar

Halborns Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

 

Halborns Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 to 9

 

Halborns Limited

Company Information

Directors

S R Fowler

J E Harley

S Hinchliff

R M Vasiliou

Registered office

Pioneer House
Pioneer Business Park
North Road
Ellesmere Port
CH65 1AD

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

Bankers

Barclays Bank Plc
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE87 2BB

 

Halborns Limited

(Registration number: 08591720)
Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2024

Note

2024
£

(As restated)
2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

8,861

12,149

Current assets

 

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

6

3,481,420

2,641,617

Cash at bank and in hand

 

370,392

163,541

 

3,851,812

2,805,158

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(817,691)

(835,256)

Net current assets

 

3,034,121

1,969,902

Total assets less current liabilities

 

3,042,982

1,982,051

Net assets

 

3,042,982

1,982,051

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

9

2,000

2,000

Profit and loss account

3,040,982

1,980,051

Shareholders' funds

 

3,042,982

1,982,051

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 5 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S Hinchliff
Director

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 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:
Pioneer House
Pioneer Business Park
North Road
Ellesmere Port
CH65 1AD

 

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 have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

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

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.

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 APIusTopco Limited as at 30 June 2024 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House.

Prior period adjustment
Adjustments have been processed in the financial statements to more accurately reflect revenue and deferred income in the comparative period and earlier, as summarised below:

2023
£

Relating to periods before the prior period disclosed in these financial statements
£

Decrease in sales

27,493

53,775

Increase in liabilities

27,493

53,775

Revenue

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measures as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

Rendering of services
Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

• the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
• it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
• the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
• the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.

Where annual contracts are in place revenue is recognised on a monthly basis with any future revenues being deferred. Other revenue is recognised with reference to time and costs spent on a monthly basis as agreed in the applicable contract.

Operating leases: the Company as a lessee

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of comprehensive income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.

Interest income
Interest income is recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income using the effective interest method.

Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The Company operates a defined contribution plan. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in the Statement of comprehensive income when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Statement of financial position, The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.

Current and deferred taxation

Tax is recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income except that a charge attributable to an item of income or 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 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 income.

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Statement of financial position 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 reporting date.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on the following basis:

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Plant and machinery

25%-33% straight line

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 disposal are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Statement of comprehensive income.

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Provisions for liabilities

Provisions are made where an event has taken place that gives the Company a legal or constructive obligation that probably requires settlement by a transfer of an economic benefit, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation,

Provisions are charged as an expense to profit or loss in the year that the Company becomes aware of the obligation, and are measured at the best estimate at the Statement of financial position date of the expenditure required to settle the obligation, taking into account relevant risks and uncertainties.

When payments are eventually made, they are charged to the provision carried in the Statement of financial position.

Financial Instruments
The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

The Company has elected to apply the recognition and measurement provisions of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (as adopted by the UK Endorsement Board) with the disclosure requirements of Sections 11 and 12 and the other presentation requirements of FRS 102.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Statement of financial position 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 trade and other receivables, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.

Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other receivables due within the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

Other financial assets
Other financial assets, which includes investments in equity instruments which are not classified as subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the recognised transaction price. Such assets are subsequently measured at fair value with the changes in fair value being recognised in the profit or loss. Where other financial assets are not publicly traded, hence their fair value cannot be measured reliably, they are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting date.

Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.

If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.

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 the deduction of all its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other payables, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price after transaction costs. When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

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

Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade payables are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade payables are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Other financial instruments
Derivatives, including forward exchange contracts, futures contracts and interest rate swaps, are not classified as basic financial instruments. These are initially recognised at fair value on the date the derivative contract is entered into, with costs being charged to the profit or loss. They are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in the profit or loss.

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions as set out in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through the profit or loss. This recognition and measurement would also apply to financial instruments where the performance is evaluated on a fair value basis as with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

Derecognition of financial instruments

Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Company transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Company will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.

Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The Company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. Management are also required to exercise judgement in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below:

Tax: Management estimation is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognised, based upon likely timing and level of future taxable profits together with an assessment of the effect of future tax planning strategies.

 

4

Staff numbers

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

Amounts owed by group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

 

7

Creditors

2024
£

(As restated)
2023
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

31,844

16,581

Amounts due to group undertakings

146,098

151,652

Taxation and social security

114,126

105,797

Accruals and deferred income

520,865

558,266

Other creditors

4,758

2,960

817,691

835,256

Amounts owed by group undertakings are interest free and repayable on demand.

 

8

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 £38,678 (2023 - £19,497)

 

9

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2024

2023

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary A shares of £1 each

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

Ordinary B shares of £1 each

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

 

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

Rights, preferences and restrictions

Voting rights on A and B shares differ as defined in the Articles of Association. There are no restrictions on repayment of capital. The rate of dividend payment may differ for respective classes of shares as determined by the company in General Meeting providing payment of dividends to "A" shareholders can only be approved by "A" shareholders.

 

10

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Not later than one year

15,500

15,500

Later than one year and not later than five years

62,000

62,000

Later than five years

11,625

27,125

89,125

104,625

 

Halborns Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2024

 

11

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is APlus Bidco Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate parent is APlus Topco Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate controlling party is Limerston Capital I GP LLP.

 

12

Disclosure under Section 444(5B) CA 2006 relating to the independent auditor's report

As permitted by Section 444 CA 2006, these accounts do not contain a copy of the company’s Profit and Loss account or a copy of the Directors’ Report. Accordingly the Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 6 March 2025 was James Morter, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.