| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Balance Sheet | 2 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| BANKERS: |
| Town Hall Square |
| Leicester |
| LE87 2BB |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 4 |
| Tangible assets | 5 |
| Investments | 6 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks |
| Debtors | 7 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 8 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
9 |
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| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | ( |
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| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: |
| (a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and |
| (b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company. |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| BALANCE SHEET - continued |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| The Leicester Bearing Company Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Related party exemption |
| 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. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Revenue comprises the fair value for the sale of goods excluding value added tax and represents net invoice value less estimated rebates, returns and settlement discounts. |
| The company supplies products to customers under standard terms and conditions. In all cases revenue is recognised when the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred and this is defined to be on dispatch of the goods. |
| Goodwill |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Short leasehold | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Foreign currencies |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
| The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account as incurred. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Debtors |
| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. |
| Creditors |
| Short term trade creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. |
| Investments |
| Investments are included at cost less amounts written off. Profits or losses arising from disposals of fixed asset investments are treated as part of the results from ordinary activities. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 4. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| AMORTISATION |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| 5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Short | Plant and | and | Motor |
| leasehold | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 5. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
| Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
| Fixtures |
| and | Motor |
| fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 6. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Other |
| investments |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| The directors do not consider the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date to be materially different from cost. |
| 7. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Other debtors |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 10) |
| Trade creditors |
| Taxation and social security |
| Other creditors |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 10) |
| Other creditors |
| 10. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase contracts |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable | operating leases |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| In more than five years |
| THE LEICESTER BEARING COMPANY |
| LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01882678) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 11. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Hire purchase contracts | 115,873 | 165,224 |
| Other loans | 329,651 | 400,000 |
| The bank loan is secured by a fixed and floating charge over the company's assets. |
| Amounts owing under hire purchase contracts are secured on the assets concerned. |
| The other loan is secured against the shares. |
| 12. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The company regards March Brothers Holdings Limited, incorporated in England, as its ultimate parent company and controlling party. |
| The registered office is located at Granville Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, United Kingdom, LE1 7RU. |