Company registration number 00462909 (England and Wales)
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr H James
Mrs M Eyles
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Mr A Holthouse
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Mr E D Smith
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Secretary
Mr H James
Company number
00462909
Registered office
Grange Road
Cwmbran
Gwent
NP44 3XU
Auditor
UHY Hacker Young
Bradbury House
Mission Court
Newport
Gwent
United Kingdom
NP20 2DW
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Profit and loss account
6
Balance sheet
7
Statement of changes in equity
8
Notes to the financial statements
9 - 14
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of an investment holding company. The directors are not aware, at the date of this report, of any likely changes in the company's activities in the next year.

Results and dividends

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend (2023 - nil).

Directors

The directors who served throughout the year except where noted were as follows:

Mr P Bialy
(Resigned 31 March 2024)
Mr H James
Mr J Ramos
(Resigned 1 August 2024)
Mrs E M Guy
(Resigned 15 February 2024)
Mrs M Eyles
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Mr A Holthouse
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Mr E D Smith
(Appointed 1 August 2024)
Auditor

The auditor, UHY Hacker Young, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

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:

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.

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Going concern

The financial statements show that the company has net assets and net current assets as at 31 December 2024. In addition, the company is part of the wider Cummins, Inc. group.

The directors have concluded that the company has sufficient resources to continue to trade for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and meet any liabilities as they fall due. In drawing this conclusion the directors note that:

 

Whilst the company has made a small loss of £38,000 in the year it has net assets of £7,656,000 represented largely by investments in fellow group undertakings. The company itself does not generate income but incurs modest professional service fees each year which are settled by fellow Cummins group companies. The directors are confident that this arrangement will continue for the foreseeable future and for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements.

Small companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Mr H James
Director
30 June 2025
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the 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.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The 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:

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) 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 directors' report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

 

Responsibilities of 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.

 

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:

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

 

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial statements, 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.

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.

Mr John Griffiths (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of UHY Hacker Young
30 June 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Newport
Gwent
United Kingdom
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£ 000
£ 000
Administrative expenses
(6)
(22)
Interest payable and similar expenses
5
(4)
(2)
Amounts written off investments
6
(28)
(50)
Loss before taxation
(38)
(74)
Tax on loss
-
0
-
0
Loss for the financial year
(38)
(74)

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

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£ 000
£ 000
£ 000
£ 000
Fixed assets
Investments
7
6,420
6,448
Current assets
Debtors
9
1,322
1,322
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
10
(86)
(76)
Net current assets
1,236
1,246
Net assets
7,656
7,694
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
12
52,722
52,722
Share premium account
2,194
2,194
Profit and loss reserves
(47,260)
(47,222)
Total equity
7,656
7,694

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 30 June 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr H  James
Director
Company registration number 00462909 (England and Wales)
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Share premium account
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£ 000
£ 000
£ 000
£ 000
Balance at 1 January 2023
52,722
2,194
(47,148)
7,768
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Loss and total comprehensive expense
-
-
(74)
(74)
Balance at 31 December 2023
52,722
2,194
(47,222)
7,694
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive expense
-
-
(38)
(38)
Balance at 31 December 2024
52,722
2,194
(47,260)
7,656
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Grange Road, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 3XU.

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

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 £000.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

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

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of of Cummins, Inc. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 500 Jackson Street Box 3005 Columbus, IN 47201 United States. They can also be downloaded from the website www.cummins.com.

The company has taken the exemption provided by Section 401 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not prepared consolidated accounts on the basis that the company is included in the consolidated accounts of a larger group and those consolidated accounts meet the criteria set out in section 401 (2) of the act. These financial statements therefore present information about the company as an individual undertaking and not about its group.

 

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Going concern

The financial statements show that the company has net assets and net current assets as at 31 December 2024. In addition, the company is part of the wider Cummins, Inc. group.true

 

The directors have concluded that the company has sufficient resources to continue to trade for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and meet any liabilities as they fall due. In drawing this conclusion the directors note that:

 

 

Whilst the company has made a small loss of £38,000 in the year it has net assets of £7,656,000 represented largely by investments in fellow group undertakings. The company itself does not generate income but incurs modest professional service fees each year which are settled by fellow Cummins group companies. The directors are confident that this arrangement will continue for the foreseeable future and for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements.

1.3
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.4
Financial instruments

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

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

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.

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 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.

1.5
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.

1.6
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Operating loss
2024
2023
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£ 000
£ 000
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
4
4
3
Employees

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

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
-
0
-
0
4
Directors' remuneration

The directors are remunerated by other group companies for their services to the group as a whole. It is not practical to allocate their remuneration between the services to the company and other entities in the group. No emoluments for the directors were charged to the company during the period (2023: £nil).

WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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5
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£ 000
£ 000
Interest payable and similar expenses includes the following:
Interest payable to group undertakings
4
2
6
Impairments

Impairment tests have been carried out where appropriate and the following impairment losses have been recognised in profit or loss:

2024
2023
Notes
£ 000
£ 000
In respect of:
Fixed asset investments
7
28
50
Recognised in:
Amounts written off investments
28
50

The impairment losses in respect of financial assets are recognised in other gains and losses in the profit and loss account.

7
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£ 000
£ 000
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
6,420
6,448
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£ 000
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024 & 31 December 2024
47,465
Impairment
At 1 January 2024
41,017
Impairment losses (note 6)
28
At 31 December 2024
41,045
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
6,420
At 31 December 2023
6,448
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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8
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Limited
Grange Road, Cwmbran. Gwent, NP44 3XU.
Ordinary
100.00
9
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£ 000
£ 000
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,322
1,322
10
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£ 000
£ 000
Amounts owed to group undertakings
78
62
Other creditors
8
14
86
76
11
Deferred taxation

A deferred tax asset of £577,712 (2023 - £577,712) has not been recognised in respect of unutilised losses as there is insufficient evidence that the asset will be recovered. This asset would be recovered if Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings) Limited made sufficient taxable profits in future accounting periods. An analysis of the unrecognised deferred tax asset is as follows:

Assets
Assets
2024
2023
Balances:
£ 000
£ 000
Losses and other deductions
578
578
12
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£ 000
£ 000
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 25p each
210,886,349
210,886,349
52,722
52,722
WILMOT-BREEDEN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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13
Parent company and controlling party

The immediate parent company of Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings) Limited is Arvin European Holdings (UK) Limited, a company incorporated and registered in the UK.

 

The ultimate parent company and controlling party of Wilmot-Breeden (Holdings) Limited is Cummins, Inc., incorporated in the United States of America. Cummins, Inc. is also the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group which includes the company for which group financial statements are prepared. Copies of the group financial statements of Cummins, Inc. are available from the company’s registered address: 500 Jackson Street Box 3005 Columbus, IN 47201 United States. They can also be downloaded from the website www.cummins.com.

 

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