Company registration number NI038423 (Northern Ireland)
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
DN Clarke
K Denvir
Secretary
H Cartmill
Company number
NI038423
Registered office
1 Corry Place
Belfast Harbour Estate
Belfast
Antrim
BT3 9AH
Auditor
Harbinson Mulholland
6th Floor East Tower
Lanyon Plaza
8 Lanyon Place
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT1 3LP
Bankers
Danske Bank
1-9 Victoria Street
Belfast
BT1 3GA
Solicitors
A&L Goodbody
42/46 Fountain Street
Belfast
BT1 5EF
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Income statement
7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Statement of cash flows
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 23
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 30 September 2024.
Review of the business
The directors consider the results for the year to be satisfactory. The company will continue to seek every opportunity to increase profitable turnover.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Performance in the sector is affected by general economic conditions. The board carries out regular strategic reviews including assessment of competitor activity, market trends and customer buying patterns. The security of service supply is monitored by the directors on an ongoing basis with product quality and service levels regularly reviewed. The company's active review of market prices both provides protection and maximises opportunities from anticipated price risks.
Key performance indicators
Given the straightforward nature of the business, the group's directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
DN Clarke
Director
14 February 2025
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company is the provision of engineering services and the sale of forklift trucks.
The directors consider the profit on ordinary activities before taxation to be satisfactory.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
DN Clarke
K Denvir
Auditor
A resolution to reappoint Harbinson Mulholland as auditors of the company will be proposed at the forthcoming annual general meeting.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, Directors' 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 then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- 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.
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.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
DN Clarke
Director
14 February 2025
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Heyn Engineering (NI) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 September 2024 which comprise the income statement, the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows 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:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 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.
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 directors' 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 directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are 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:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) 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 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 directors' responsibilities statement, 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'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.
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.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and/or senior management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
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.
The purpose of our audit work and to whom we owe our responsibilities
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.
Angela Craigan
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Harbinson Mulholland
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
14 February 2025
6th Floor East Tower
Lanyon Plaza
Belfast
Co. Antrim
BT1 3LP
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
10,420,788
10,725,274
Cost of sales
(7,872,817)
(7,867,429)
Gross profit
2,547,971
2,857,845
Administrative expenses
(2,043,076)
(2,205,935)
Other operating income
6,904
Operating profit
3
504,895
658,814
Interest receivable and similar income
6
14,933
24,023
Profit before taxation
519,828
682,837
Tax on profit
7
(37,620)
(51,890)
Profit for the financial year
482,208
630,947
The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
£
£
Profit for the year
482,208
630,947
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
482,208
630,947
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
30 SEPTEMBER 2024
30 September 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
8
297,863
343,216
Current assets
Stocks
9
1,872,431
2,131,470
Debtors
10
3,855,709
3,088,457
Cash at bank and in hand
446,410
340,299
6,174,550
5,560,226
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
11
(2,214,295)
(2,120,995)
Net current assets
3,960,255
3,439,231
Total assets less current liabilities
4,258,118
3,782,447
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
12
64,537
71,074
(64,537)
(71,074)
Net assets
4,193,581
3,711,373
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
13
1,000
1,000
Profit and loss reserves
4,192,581
3,710,373
Total equity
4,193,581
3,711,373
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 14 February 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
DN Clarke
Director
Company registration number NI038423 (Northern Ireland)
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 October 2022
1,000
3,079,426
3,080,426
Year ended 30 September 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
630,947
630,947
Balance at 30 September 2023
1,000
3,710,373
3,711,373
Year ended 30 September 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
482,208
482,208
Balance at 30 September 2024
1,000
4,192,581
4,193,581
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from/(absorbed by) operations
18
226,650
(238,571)
Income taxes paid
(32,719)
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
193,931
(238,571)
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(114,453)
(250,752)
Proceeds from disposal of tangible fixed assets
11,700
43,785
Interest received
14,933
24,023
Net cash used in investing activities
(87,820)
(182,944)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
106,111
(421,515)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
340,299
761,814
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
446,410
340,299
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Heyn Engineering (NI) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office is 1 Corry Place, Belfast Harbour Estate, Belfast, Antrim, BT3 9AH.
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, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents the total invoice value, excluding value added tax, of sales made during the year. Revenue is recognised upon shipment of products or provision of service, which is when title to the product or service is transferred to the customer.
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on 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.
Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that it is probable will be recovered.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Plant and machinery
15-33.3% straight line
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
15-33.3% straight line
Motor vehicles
25% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
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.
Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.
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.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.8
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 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.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Trade debtors, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Interest is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial. The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the debt instrument to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.
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.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) 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.
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.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
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 income statement 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.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) 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 taxation is provided in respect of the tax effect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.
A deferred tax asset is regarded as recoverable and therefore recognised only when, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.
Deferred tax is measured on a nondiscounted basis, at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
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.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company provides a defined contribution pension scheme, the assets of which are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. Contributions payable to the defined contribution pension scheme are charged to the profit & loss account as the become payable.
Defined benefit pension scheme
The company is a participating employer in the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund and the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund. These are multi employer final salary schemes which are accounted for as defined contribution schemes in accordance with FRS 102 as the company cannot identify its share of the assets and liabilities of the group scheme.
1.13
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.
1.14
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.
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Going concern
The directors have prepared budgets and cash flows for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the approval of the financial statements which demonstrate that there is no material uncertainty regarding the company’s ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and to continue as a going concern. On this basis the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities that may arise if the company was unable to continue as a going concern.
Impairment of trade debtors
The company trades with a large and varied number of customers on credit terms. Some debts due will not be paid through the default of a small number of customers. The company uses estimates based on historical experience and current information in determining the level of debts for which an impairment charge is required. The level of impairment required is reviewed on an ongoing basis. The total amount of trade debtors is £1,879,731 (2023: £1,761,332).
Impairment of stocks
The company holds stocks amounting to £1,872,431 (2023: £2,131,470) at the financial year end date. The directors are of the view that an adequate charge has been made to reflect the possibility of stocks being sold at less than cost. However, this estimate is subject to inherent uncertainty.
Useful Lives of Tangible and Intangible Fixed Assets
The annual depreciation charge depends primarily on the estimated lives of each type of asset and, in certain circumstances, estimates of residual values. The directors regularly review these useful lives and change them if necessary to reflect current conditions. In determining these useful lives management consider technological change, patterns of consumption, physical condition and expected economic utilisation of the assets. Changes in the useful lives can have a significant impact on the depreciation charge for the financial year. The net book value of Tangible Fixed Assets subject to depreciation at the financial year end date was £297,863 (2023: £343,216).
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange losses
44,991
7,413
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
10,080
9,000
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
159,806
133,955
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(11,700)
(17,334)
Operating lease charges
92,239
89,500
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Heyn Engineering (NI) Limited
65
65
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
941,234
879,178
Pension costs
31,684
109,348
972,918
988,526
5
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
103,051
94,559
6
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
14,902
24,023
Other interest income
31
Total income
14,933
24,023
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
136,670
125,200
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(92,513)
(95,762)
Total current tax
44,157
29,438
Deferred tax
Other adjustments
(6,537)
22,452
Total tax charge
37,620
51,890
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Profit before taxation
519,828
682,837
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 22.01%)
129,957
150,292
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(92,513)
(95,762)
Other permanent differences
(5,316)
Effect of overseas tax rates
176
Accelerated capital allowances
3,062
Timing differences
(386)
Taxation charge for the year
37,620
51,890
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 October 2023
372,243
625,564
733,009
1,730,816
Additions
41,216
14,247
58,990
114,453
Disposals
(50,525)
(50,525)
At 30 September 2024
413,459
639,811
741,474
1,794,744
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 October 2023
349,925
560,376
477,299
1,387,600
Depreciation charged in the year
22,371
31,996
105,439
159,806
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(50,525)
(50,525)
At 30 September 2024
372,296
592,372
532,213
1,496,881
Carrying amount
At 30 September 2024
41,163
47,439
209,261
297,863
At 30 September 2023
22,318
65,188
255,710
343,216
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Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
1,729,804
1,974,186
Work in progress
142,627
157,284
1,872,431
2,131,470
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Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,879,731
1,761,332
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,966,500
1,296,410
Other debtors
9,478
30,715
3,855,709
3,088,457
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
685,726
853,622
Corporation tax
136,638
125,200
Other taxation and social security
90,658
27,314
Other creditors
57,600
Accruals and deferred income
1,243,673
1,114,859
2,214,295
2,120,995
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Deferred taxation
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
ACAs
64,537
71,074
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 October 2023
71,074
Credit to profit or loss
(6,537)
Liability at 30 September 2024
64,537
The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to accelerated capital allowances that are expected to mature within the same period.
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Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary Shares of £1 each
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
31,684
109,348
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.
As at the 30 September 2024 the contributions payable into the scheme and included in creditors amounted to £22,369 (2023: £14,226).
Defined benefit schemes
The company previously contributed to the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Plan and the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund. These are multi employer final salary schemes which are accounted for as a defined contribution scheme in accordance with FRS 102 as the company cannot identify its share of the assets and liabilities of the group scheme. No payments were made in respect of these schemes during the year ended 30 September 2024.
Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
The last triennial valuation was carried out at 31 March 2024, based on this the MNOPF did not propose to collect any additional deficit contributions in respect of the net deficit, therefore no provision is included in the accounts.
During the year ended 30 September 2013 Heyn Handling paid £181,776 in respect of a Section 75 debt triggered by a cessation event, whereby Heyn Engineering (NI) Limited ceased to employ an eligible member within the above plan. This debt payment will be used to offset future deficit contributions until such times as the offset has been utilised.
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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
48,000
48,000
Between two and five years
96,000
144,000
144,000
192,000
HEYN ENGINEERING (NI) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Rental Expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Entities which are under common control
48,000
48,000
17
Ultimate controlling party
The immediate and ultimate parent company is Heyn Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The ultimate controlling party is DN Clarke.
18
Cash generated from operations
2024
2023
£
£
Profit for the year after tax
482,208
630,947
Adjustments for:
Taxation charged
37,620
51,890
Investment income
(14,933)
(24,023)
Gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(11,700)
(17,334)
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
159,806
133,955
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in stocks
259,039
(184,810)
(Increase) in debtors
(767,252)
(805,775)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
81,862
(1,623,421)
Cash generated from/(absorbed by) operations
226,650
(1,838,571)
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Analysis of changes in net funds
1 October 2023
Cash flows
30 September 2024
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
340,299
106,111
446,410
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