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Registration number: 06978185

First European Logistics Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

 

First European Logistics Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Balance Sheet

3 to 4

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

5 to 10

 

First European Logistics Limited

Company Information

Directors

Miss J Tattersall

Miss B Halliwell

Registered office

Unit 7 Vantage Court
Riverside Business Park
Barrowford
Lancashire
BB9 6BP

Accountants

Hargreaves Brown & Benson
Chartered Accountants
1 Bond Street
Colne
Lancashire
BB8 9DG

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
First European Logistics Limited
for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of First European Logistics Limited for the year ended 31 August 2024 as set out on pages 3 to 10 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of First European Logistics Limited, as a body. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of First European Logistics Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of First European Logistics Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than First European Logistics Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that First European Logistics Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of First European Logistics Limited. You consider that First European Logistics Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of First European Logistics Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

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Hargreaves Brown & Benson
Chartered Accountants
1 Bond Street
Colne
Lancashire
BB8 9DG

27 March 2025

 

First European Logistics Limited

(Registration number: 06978185)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

71,967

15,738

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

379,076

366,447

Cash at bank and in hand

 

133,999

159,514

 

513,075

525,961

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(371,319)

(387,545)

Net current assets

 

141,756

138,416

Total assets less current liabilities

 

213,723

154,154

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

6

(53,423)

(18,037)

Provisions for liabilities

(17,992)

(3,935)

Net assets

 

142,308

132,182

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

2

2

Retained earnings

142,306

132,180

Shareholders' funds

 

142,308

132,182

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

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

 

First European Logistics Limited

(Registration number: 06978185)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024

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 27 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Miss J Tattersall
Director

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Unit 7 Vantage Court
Riverside Business Park
Barrowford
Lancashire
BB9 6BP

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 27 March 2025.

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 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.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the 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.

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.

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

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

Fxtures & fittings

25% Straight Line

Computer equipment

33% Straight Line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

Trade creditors

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 the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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.

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.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

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

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year was 14 (2023 - 15).

4

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 September 2023

26,334

-

26,334

Additions

3,823

69,599

73,422

At 31 August 2024

30,157

69,599

99,756

Depreciation

At 1 September 2023

10,596

-

10,596

Charge for the year

5,593

11,600

17,193

At 31 August 2024

16,189

11,600

27,789

Carrying amount

At 31 August 2024

13,968

57,999

71,967

At 31 August 2023

15,738

-

15,738

5

Debtors

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

193,544

204,445

Prepayments

8,869

7,052

Other debtors

176,663

154,950

379,076

366,447

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

20,366

10,061

Trade creditors

 

308,417

316,758

Taxation and social security

 

28,720

37,807

Accruals and deferred income

 

8,410

20,437

Other creditors

 

5,406

2,482

 

371,319

387,545

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

53,423

18,037

7

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

8,488

18,037

Hire purchase contracts

44,935

-

53,423

18,037

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

2023
£

Bank borrowings

10,061

10,061

Hire purchase contracts

10,305

-

20,366

10,061

The hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets concerned.

 

First European Logistics Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024

8

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2024

At 1 September 2023
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 31 August 2024
£

Miss J Tattersall

Repayable on demand - Interest charged at official rates

103,455

144,454

(116,125)

131,783

-

-

-

-

103,455

144,454

(116,125)

131,783

2023

At 1 September 2022
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 31 August 2023
£

Miss J Tattersall

Repayable on demand - Interest charged at official rates

40,000

148,455

(85,000)

103,455

-

-

-

-

40,000

148,455

(85,000)

103,455