Registered number
NI073169
Mobile Variable Message Signs Limited
Filleted Accounts
31 December 2024
Mobile Variable Message Signs Limited
Filleted Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Contents
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Balance sheet 2
Notes to the accounts 3-6
Mobile Variable Message Signs Limited
Registered number: NI073169
Balance Sheet
as at 31 December 2024
Notes 2024 2023
£ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 3 2,234,012 2,007,698
Investments 4 2 2
2,234,014 2,007,700
Current assets
Stocks 326,817 158,264
Debtors 5 384,135 597,521
Cash at bank and in hand 2,350,223 2,090,538
3,061,175 2,846,323
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 (682,398) (605,506)
Net current assets 2,378,777 2,240,817
Total assets less current liabilities 4,612,791 4,248,517
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 7 (89,097) (44,744)
Provisions for liabilities (552,304) (492,648)
Net assets 3,971,390 3,711,125
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 2 2
Profit and loss account 3,971,388 3,711,123
Shareholders' funds 3,971,390 3,711,125
The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The profit and loss account has not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
Simon McAteer Donnacha McAteer
Director Director
Approved by the board on 30 April 2025
Mobile Variable Message Signs Limited
Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2024
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (as applied to small entities by section 1A of the standard).
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulative depreciation and any accumulative impairment losses. Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset evenly over its expected useful life, as follows:
Plant and machinery 10% - 20% straight line
Motor vehicles 20% straight line
Impairment
Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset's cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount. Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in the profit and loss account unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount where the impairment loss is a revaluation decrease.
Investments
Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value through profit or loss if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.
Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first in first out method. The carrying amount of stock sold is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.
Debtors
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
Creditors
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
Taxation
A current tax liability is recognised for the tax payable on the taxable profit of the current and past periods. A current tax asset is recognised in respect of a tax loss that can be carried back to recover tax paid in a previous period. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between the recognition of income and expenses in the financial statements and their inclusion in tax assessments. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that 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, except for revalued land and investment property where the tax rate that applies to the sale of the asset is used. Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Provisions
Provisions (i.e. liabilities of uncertain timing or amount) are recognised when there is an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that economic benefit will be transferred to settle the obligation and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Foreign currency translation
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recognised at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. At the end of each reporting period foreign currency monetary items are translated at the closing rate of exchange. Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost are translated at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are charged to profit or loss.
Leased assets
A lease is classified as a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership. All other leases are classified as operating leases. The rights of use and obligations under finance leases are initially recognised as assets and liabilities at amounts equal to the fair value of the leased assets or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction in the outstanding liability using the effective interest rate method. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leased assets are depreciated in accordance with the company's policy for tangible fixed assets. If there is no reasonable certainty that ownership will be obtained at the end of the lease term, the asset is depreciated over the lower of the lease term and its useful life. Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Pensions
Contributions to defined contribution plans are expensed in the period to which they relate.
2 Employees 2024 2023
Number Number
Average number of persons employed by the company 18 17
3 Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery Motor vehicles Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 January 2024 3,297,455 401,230 3,698,685
Additions 598,041 36,354 634,395
Disposals (15,953) (26,628) (42,581)
At 31 December 2024 3,879,543 410,956 4,290,499
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024 1,493,087 197,900 1,690,987
Charge for the year 343,036 62,431 405,467
On disposals (15,113) (24,854) (39,967)
At 31 December 2024 1,821,010 235,477 2,056,487
Net book value
At 31 December 2024 2,058,533 175,479 2,234,012
At 31 December 2023 1,804,368 203,330 2,007,698
Ulster Bank Ltd has a fixed charge, negative pledge and floating charge over the property and undertaking of the company.
4 Investments Investments in
subsidiary
undertakings
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 2
At 31 December 2024 2
Any impairment of the investment is considered minimal and no adjustment has been made to cost for the purposes of FRS 102 (Section 1A)
5 Debtors 2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 235,591 443,752
Amounts owed by group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest 88,967 95,278
Other debtors 59,577 58,491
384,135 597,521
6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023
£ £
Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts 185,242 44,482
Trade creditors 62,446 119,499
Corporation tax 127,571 112,305
Other taxes and social security costs 87,686 131,762
Other creditors 219,453 197,458
682,398 605,506
7 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year 2024 2023
£ £
Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts 89,097 44,744
8 Events after the reporting date
There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.
9 Capital commitments.
The company did not have any capital commitments at 31st December 2024 not already provided for in the financial statements.
10 Contingent liabilities
There were no contingent liabilities at the year end.
11 Related party transactions
Related party transactions have occurred between the company and its subsidiary. The balances are disclosed in note 5.
The transactions between related parties are at arms length, unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.
12 Controlling party
The ultimate controlling parties have been identified as the shareholders of the parent company McAteer Investments Ltd.
13 Other information
Mobile Variable Message Signs Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in Northern Ireland. Its registered office is:
6 Springhill Road
Carnbane Industrial Estate
Newry
Co. Down
BT35 6EF
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