Company registration number 1587124 (England and Wales)
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Director
Mr P M Franklin
Company number
1587124
Registered office
Unit 13
Ldl Business Centre
Station Road West
Aldershot
Surrey
United Kingdom
GU12 5RT
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Suites B & D
Burnham Yard
London End
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
HP9 2JH
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Director's report
1
Director's responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Statement of comprehensive income
6
Balance sheet
7
Statement of changes in equity
8
Notes to the financial statements
9 - 16
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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The director presents his annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the sale of continuous conveyor furnaces for a wide range of industries and the supply of related spare parts and servicing.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 6.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The director does not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Director

The director who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements was as follows:

Mr P M Franklin
Ms L D Gibbs
(Resigned 9 August 2024)
Auditor

In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Azets Audit Services be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.

 

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

On behalf of the board
Mr P M Franklin
Director
24 April 2025
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

 

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:

 

 

The director is 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. He is 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.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF BTU EUROPE LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of BTU Europe Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 September 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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:

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's 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBER OF BTU EUROPE LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the director's report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

Responsibilities of director

As explained more fully in the director's responsibilities statement, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's 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.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBER OF BTU EUROPE LIMITED
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

 

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework.  Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.  This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

 

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:

 

 

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation.  This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.  The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member 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 member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Jack Tatschner ACA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services
25 April 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Suites B & D
Burnham Yard
London End
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
HP9 2JH
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
2
3,363,800
4,014,926
Cost of sales
(1,848,081)
(992,633)
Gross profit
1,515,719
3,022,293
Administrative expenses
(1,562,247)
(1,572,327)
Operating (loss)/profit
3
(46,528)
1,449,966
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(2,095)
(334)
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(48,623)
1,449,632
Tax on (loss)/profit
8
-
0
(330,344)
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
(48,623)
1,119,288

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
30 SEPTEMBER 2024
30 September 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Stocks
10
175,429
174,569
Debtors
11
631,101
1,330,962
Cash at bank and in hand
947,366
617,584
1,753,896
2,123,115
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
(217,378)
(537,974)
Net current assets
1,536,518
1,585,141
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
14
100
100
Other reserves
49,882
49,882
Profit and loss reserves
1,486,536
1,535,159
Total equity
1,536,518
1,585,141
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 April 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr P M Franklin
Director
Company Registration No. 1587124
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 October 2022
100
49,882
1,065,144
1,115,126
Year ended 30 September 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
1,119,288
1,119,288
Dividends
9
-
-
(649,273)
(649,273)
Balance at 30 September 2023
100
49,882
1,535,159
1,585,141
Year ended 30 September 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
(48,623)
(48,623)
Balance at 30 September 2024
100
49,882
1,486,536
1,536,518
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

BTU Europe Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 13, Ldl Business Centre, Station Road West, Aldershot, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU12 5RT.

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.

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.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Amtech Systems Inc. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Amtech Systems Inc, 131 South Clark Drive, Tempe, Arizona, 8528.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues 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 on the 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.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
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.

1.5
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its 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.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

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.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.6
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.

BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.7
Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.8
Retirement benefits

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

1.9
Leases

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.

1.10
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
Turnover
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
149,329
232,932
Europe
2,393,268
2,272,667
Rest of World
821,203
1,509,327
3,363,800
4,014,926
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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3
Operating (loss)/profit
2024
2023
Operating (loss)/profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Exchange losses
124,444
33,561
Operating lease charges
51,385
49,087
4
Auditor's remuneration
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
22,000
20,700
For other services
Taxation compliance services
2,575
1,831
All other non-audit services
5,005
3,975
7,580
5,806
5
Employees

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

2024
2023
Number
Number
Administrative staff
2
2
Sales staff
6
6
Total
8
8

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
461,122
516,859
Social security costs
83,044
84,220
Pension costs
30,536
29,559
574,702
630,638
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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6
Director's remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
138,759
152,537
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
4,850
4,850
143,609
157,387

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 1 (2023 - 1).

7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Other interest
2,095
334
8
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
-
0
330,344

The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected (credit)/charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(48,623)
1,449,632
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 25.00%)
(12,156)
362,408
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
1,798
2,674
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(1,255)
-
0
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
11,613
-
0
Tax at marginal rate
-
0
(34,738)
Taxation charge for the year
-
330,344
9
Dividends
2024
2023
£
£
Interim paid
-
0
649,273
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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10
Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Finished goods and goods for resale
175,429
174,569
11
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
310,873
310,064
Corporation tax recoverable
143,000
-
0
Amounts owed by group undertakings
109,079
969,829
Other debtors
45,001
28,957
Prepayments and accrued income
23,148
22,112
631,101
1,330,962
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
52,054
24,648
Corporation tax
-
0
236,464
Other taxation and social security
19,088
19,746
Other creditors
18,719
4,625
Accruals and deferred income
127,517
252,491
217,378
537,974
13
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
30,536
29,559

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

14
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
BTU EUROPE LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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15
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

During the year a former employee of the company asserted a claim against it for alleged unfair dismissal. The preliminary tribunal hearing has taken place and the date of the final hearing is set for February 2026. With the outcome of the tribunal claim and any claim award being uncertain no provision has been made in these financial statements.

 

16
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

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

2024
2023
£
£
Within one year
46,933
46,577
Between two and five years
29,888
42,907
76,821
89,484
17
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

18
Ultimate controlling party

The company was controlled throughout the current and previous year by its immediate parent company, BTU Overseas Limited, a company incorporated in the state of Delaware, USA.

 

The ultimate parent company is Amtech Systems Inc., a company incorporated in the state of Arizona, USA. Copies of the group accounts incorporating the result of the company are available from 131 South Clark Drive, Tempe, Arizona 85281.

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