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Wiska UK Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 December 2024

Registration number: 03910472

 

Wiska UK Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 8

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Cash Flows

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 to 21

 

Wiska UK Limited

Company Information

Directors

R S Hoppmann

T A Hoppmann

W J Rich

Registered office

Lowin House
Tregolls Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2NA

Auditors

PKF Francis Clark
Statutory Auditor
Lowin House
Tregolls Road
Truro
TR1 2NA

 

Wiska UK Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the wholesale distribution of electrical installation material and other allied products

Fair review of the business

The company supplies the electrical distribution and industry markets with electrical products. These products are imported from Europe and India and are generally of a superior quality to most competitors in the UK, most of whom import from Asia.

Through supplying innovative, high-quality products with a high level of service the business can supply the UK market effectively.

We operate a proactive marketing operation, with a highly trained sales team that are continually developing the market.

Our financial position is secure, along with the support of our parent company, which has been in existence for over 100 years.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The principal risks and uncertainties in the UK Economy as of 2025 include a combination of global challenges and domestic vulnerabilities. These include a risk of persistent inflationary pressures, sluggish GDP growth with global economic conditions and the effectiveness of government stimulus in the market. Whilst the company has considered this in their plans, pressure on unstable exchange rates are always cause for concern.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 1 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
W J Rich
Director

 

Wiska UK Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

R S Hoppmann

T A Hoppmann

W J Rich

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cashflow risk
The company considers the major financial risks of the business to be linked to liquidity, cash flow, price risk and credit risk. The company mitigates these risks by carefully managing cash, stock and debt levels. The experience of management enables the company to respond to changes in the economy and to adapt the company's strategies accordingly.

Going concern

Wiska UK Ltd had a successful year in 2024, with both sales and profit increases. This trend has continued into the first part of 2025, and with a slightly improved economic outlook in the construction sector, there is no reason for this to change.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 1 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
W J Rich
Director

 

Wiska UK Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have 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 directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are 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 directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are 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. They are 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.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wiska UK Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Wiska UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of 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:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

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 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.

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

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wiska UK Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 4, the directors are 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 directors determine 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 directors are 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 directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor 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.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wiska UK Limited

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

As part of our audit planning, we obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that is applicable to the company. We gained an understanding of the industry in which the company operates as part of this assessment to identify the key laws and regulations affecting the company. As part of this, we reviewed the company's website for indication of any regulations and certification in place which are applicable to the company and discussed these with the relevant individuals responsible for compliance. Based on our understanding of the company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to The General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), health and safety regulations and ISO standards. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006.

We discussed with management how the compliance with these laws and regulations is monitored and discussed policies and procedures in place. As part of our planning procedures, we assessed the risk of any non-compliance with laws and regulations on the company's ability to continue operating and the risk of material misstatement to the accounts. We also evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. Based on this understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations. Our procedures included the following:

- Enquiries of management regarding their knowledge of any non-compliance with laws and regulations that could affect the financial statements. As part of these enquiries we also discussed with management whether there have been any known instances of fraud.

- Reviewing board meeting minutes for the year and post year end board meeting minutes available to identify possible non-compliance with laws and regulations.

- Review of the company's GDPR register and enquiries of the company's compliance officer as to the occurance and outcome of any reportable breaches.

- Reviewing key ISO certifications noted on the company's website to ensure that the company was entitled to display them and they are up to date and valid.

- Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business.

- Reviewing estimates and judgements made in the accounts for any indication of bias and challenging assumptions used by management in making the estimates.

- Reviewing legal and professional costs to identify any possible non-compliance or legal costs in respect of non-compliance.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Wiska UK Limited

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. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate omissions, collusion, forgery, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are also less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, 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 members those matters we are required to state to them 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 members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

......................................
Tracy Lewis FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
PKF Francis Clark, Statutory Auditor

Lowin House
Tregolls Road
Truro
TR1 2NA

12 May 2025

 

Wiska UK Limited

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Turnover

3

24,020,600

20,449,573

Cost of sales

 

(17,675,260)

(15,359,179)

Gross profit

 

6,345,340

5,090,394

Distribution costs

 

(2,502,004)

(2,313,281)

Administrative expenses

 

(2,990,963)

(2,577,709)

Other operating income

4

85,386

60,018

Operating profit

5

937,759

259,422

Profit before tax

 

937,759

259,422

Taxation

9

(256,029)

(74,647)

Profit for the financial year

 

681,730

184,775

Retained earnings brought forward

 

1,446,839

1,262,064

Retained earnings carried forward

 

2,128,569

1,446,839

 

Wiska UK Limited

Balance Sheet

31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

10

42,406

65,364

Current assets

 

Stocks

11

2,714,328

2,300,429

Debtors

12

5,457,937

4,166,989

Cash at bank and in hand

13

687,874

1,290,183

 

8,860,139

7,757,601

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

14

(6,684,297)

(6,289,327)

Net current assets

 

2,175,842

1,468,274

Total assets less current liabilities

 

2,218,248

1,533,638

Provisions for liabilities

16

(9,679)

(6,799)

Net assets

 

2,208,569

1,526,839

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

80,000

80,000

Profit and loss account

2,128,569

1,446,839

Shareholders' funds

 

2,208,569

1,526,839

Approved and authorised by the Board on 1 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
T A Hoppmann
Director

Company Registration Number: 03910472

 

Wiska UK Limited

Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

681,730

184,775

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

46,286

46,601

Income tax expense

9

256,029

74,647

 

984,045

306,023

Working capital adjustments

 

Increase in stocks

11

(413,899)

(229,231)

Increase in debtors

12

(1,290,948)

(373,012)

Increase in creditors

14

240,444

604,760

Increase in deferred income, including government grants

 

2

471

Cash generated from operations

 

(480,356)

309,011

Income taxes paid

9

(98,625)

-

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

(578,981)

309,011

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(23,328)

(21,966)

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(602,309)

287,045

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January

 

1,290,183

1,003,138

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December

 

687,874

1,290,183

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 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:
Lowin House
Tregolls Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2NA

The principal place of business is:
Unit 7, Hurling Way
St. Columb Major Business Park
St Columb Major
Cornwall
TR9 6SX

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 were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

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.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The company estimates the rebates accrual based on individual customer sales during the year. These are based on rates agreed with each customer on an individual basis throughout the year. The accrual has increased due to the increased turnover in the year. The total rebates provided in the Profit and Loss Account were £3,932,511 (2023 - £2,975,000). The carrying amount is £2,440,048 (2023 -£1,890,273).

Government grants

Government grants in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a deferred income account and are released to the Profit and Loss Account in line with depreciation over the expected useful lives of the relevant assets. Grants in respect of revenue expenditure are credited to the Profit and Loss Account as the expenditure is incurred.

Revenue recognition

Turnover represents amounts chargeable, net of value added tax, in respect of the sale of goods and services to customers.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the exchange rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the closing rates at the balance sheet date. All exchange differences are included in the profit and loss account.

Tax

Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, 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.

Deferred tax is recognised on all timing differences at the balance sheet date.Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and the results as stated in the profit and loss account and other comprehensive income. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

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

Leasehold Improvements

10% straight line

Plant and Machinery

20% straight line

Office equipment

33% straight line

Stocks

Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after due regard for obsolete and slow moving stocks. Net realisable value is based on selling price less anticipated costs to completion and selling costs.

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 the profit and loss account on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

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.

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Financial instruments

Classification
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities.
 Recognition and measurement
Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances, are initially recognised at transaction price, 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.
 

3

Revenue

The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Sale of goods

24,010,853

20,441,923

Delivery charges

9,747

7,611

Commissions received

-

39

24,020,600

20,449,573

The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year by market is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

UK

23,950,073

20,325,255

Rest of world

70,527

124,318

24,020,600

20,449,573

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Miscellaneous other operating income

85,386

60,018

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2024
£

2023
£

Depreciation expense

46,286

46,601

Foreign exchange gains

(745,442)

(63,569)

6

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Wages and salaries

2,013,467

1,739,628

Social security costs

206,551

175,346

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

37,794

34,222

2,257,812

1,949,196

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

2024
No.

2023
No.

Production

26

23

Administration and support

25

24

Other departments

1

1

52

48

7

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2024
£

2023
£

Remuneration

169,419

138,940

During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:

2024
No.

2023
No.

Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme

1

1

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

8

Auditor's remuneration

2024
£

2023
£

Audit of the financial statements

12,100

11,000

Other fees to auditors

All other non-audit services

7,650

4,835


 

9

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2024
£

2023
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

253,149

80,483

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

2,880

(5,836)

Tax expense in the income statement

256,029

74,647

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2023 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2023 - 23.54%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2024
£

2023
£

Profit before tax

937,759

259,422

Corporation tax at standard rate

234,440

61,060

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

16,224

14,145

Tax increase from effect of unrelieved tax losses carried forward

5,365

-

Deferred tax credit relating to changes in tax rates or laws

-

(398)

Decrease from effect of tax incentives

-

(160)

Total tax charge

256,029

74,647

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Fixed asset timing differences

-

9,679

-

9,679

2023

Asset
£

Liability
£

Fixed asset timing differences

-

13,630

Losses and other deductions

6,831

-

6,831

13,630

10

Tangible assets

Leasehold improvements
£

Office equipment
£

Plant and machinery
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2024

113,029

168,736

226,359

508,124

Additions

-

19,821

3,507

23,328

At 31 December 2024

113,029

188,557

229,866

531,452

Depreciation

At 1 January 2024

97,475

150,690

194,595

442,760

Charge for the year

11,277

17,665

17,344

46,286

At 31 December 2024

108,752

168,355

211,939

489,046

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2024

4,277

20,202

17,927

42,406

At 31 December 2023

15,554

18,046

31,764

65,364

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £4,277 (2023 - £15,554) in respect of short leasehold land and buildings.
 

11

Stocks

2024
£

2023
£

Other inventories

2,714,328

2,300,429

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

12

Debtors

2024
£

2023
£

Trade debtors

5,326,215

4,146,229

Other debtors

17,153

-

Prepayments

114,569

20,760

5,457,937

4,166,989

13

Cash and cash equivalents

2024
£

2023
£

Cash at bank

687,874

1,290,183

14

Creditors

Note

2024
£

2023
£

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

963,244

900,620

Amounts due to group undertakings

20

2,070,968

2,589,980

Social security and other taxes

 

904,307

773,446

Other creditors

 

41,845

39,262

Accruals

 

2,495,111

1,931,723

Corporation tax

9

205,020

50,496

Deferred income

 

3,802

3,800

 

6,684,297

6,289,327

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

15

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

145,609

215,526

Later than one year and not later than five years

121,379

160,544

266,988

376,070

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £244,425 (2023 - £203,158).

16

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

6,799

6,799

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

2,880

2,880

At 31 December 2024

9,679

9,679

17

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

2023

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary Shares of £1 each

80,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

       

18

Net debt

At 1 January 2023

Cash flow

Other non cash changes

At 31 December 2024

£

£

£

£

Cash at bank and on hand

1,290,183

(602,309)

-

687,874

Bank overdrafts

-

-

-

-

Cash and cash equivalents

1,290,183

(602,309)

-

687,874

Loans due under one year

-

-

-

-

Loans due after one year

-

Net debt

1,290,183

(602,309)

-

687,874

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

19

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 £37,794 (2023 - £34,222).

20

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with parent

During the year the company purchased goods for resale from its parent company and provided goods and consultancy services to its parent entity.
 

Summary of transactions with other related parties

Other related parties include companies that are part of the Wiska group.
 

Income and receivables from related parties

2024

Parent
£

Sale of goods

2,600

Receipt of services

85,386

87,986

Amounts receivable from related party

4,000

2023

Parent
£

Sale of goods

3,321

Receipt of services

60,018

63,339

Amounts receivable from related party

17,084

Expenditure with and payables to related parties

2024

Parent
£

Purchase of goods

9,142,368

Amounts payable to related party

2,070,968

2023

Parent
£

Purchase of goods

8,055,671

Amounts payable to related party

2,589,980

 

Wiska UK Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

21

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Wiska Hoppmann GmbH, incorporated in Germany.

 The ultimate controlling party is R S Hoppmann and T A Hoppmann.