Registration number:
Westexe Forklifts Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Contents
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Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Profit and Loss Account |
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Statement of Comprehensive Income |
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Balance Sheet |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Company Information
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Directors |
Mrs Nicola Dix Mr Alexander Dix Mr Neil Curtis |
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Registered office |
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Auditors |
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Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is sale, hire and maintenance of forklift trucks and other heavy vehicles.
Fair review of the business
We consider that our key financial performance indicators are those that communicate the financial performance and strength of the company as a whole, these being turnover and profit margins.
The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:
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Financial KPIs |
Unit |
2025 |
2024 |
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Turnover |
£ |
12,869,419 |
10,735,859 |
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Turnover growth |
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20 |
(12) |
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Profit before tax |
£ |
1,044,867 |
421,160 |
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Net assets |
£ |
2,979,992 |
2,345,022 |
Principal risks and uncertainties
The board of directors undertake a regular review of the company and the board of directors have identified that the principal risks faced by Westexe Forklifts Limited relate to competition and the effects of the current economic climate.
Approved and authorised by the
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Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Directors of the company
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Financial instruments
Objectives and policies
The company's principal financial instruments comprise the bank balance, trade creditors, trade debtors and hire purchase agreements. The main purpose of these instruments is to raise funds for the company's operations.
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk
The company's approach to managing risks applicable to the financial instruments is shown below.
In respect of the bank balance, the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining a balance between the continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of bank borrowings at various rates of interest.
The hire purchase agreements are provided by financial institutions at fixed and variable rates of interest. The company ensures that there are sufficient funds to meet these requirements.
Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits.
Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet amounts due.
Future developments
The directors do not envisage the business of the company changing in the foreseeable future, but continually look for opportunities for further expansion.
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.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Approved and authorised by the
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Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
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:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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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 and in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). 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.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Westexe Forklifts Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Westexe Forklifts Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, 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 March 2025 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.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Westexe Forklifts Limited
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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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 |
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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 5], 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.
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.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Westexe Forklifts Limited
The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud
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:
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the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector; |
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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 the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental, fire safety and health and safety legislation; |
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we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing licenses, certificates and relevant correspondence including the inspection of legal correspondence; and |
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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:
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making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
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considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
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tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
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assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and |
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investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
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agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
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reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
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enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
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reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators and the company’s legal advisors. |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Westexe Forklifts Limited
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: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s 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.
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For and on behalf of
1 Colleton Crescent
Devon
EX2 4DG
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Other operating income |
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Operating profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Interest payable and similar expenses |
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Profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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Profit for the financial year |
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The above results were derived from continuing operations.
The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
Statement of Comprehensive Income for Year Ended 31 March 2025
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2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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Total comprehensive income for the year |
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Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
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2024 |
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Fixed assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Investment property |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Other reserves |
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Retained earnings |
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Shareholders' funds |
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Approved and authorised by the
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Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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Share capital |
Non-distributable reserve |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 April 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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- |
( |
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Transfers |
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(109,236) |
109,236 |
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At 31 March 2025 |
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Share capital |
Non-distributable reserve |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 April 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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- |
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Dividends |
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At 31 March 2024 |
90 |
109,236 |
2,235,696 |
2,345,022 |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
England
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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 United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.
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.
Summary of disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in FRS102 section 1.12:
- the requirement to present a statement of cash flows and related notes.
- financial instrument disclosures, including categories of financial instruments, items of income, expenses, gains or losses relating to financial instruments and exposure to and management of financial risks.
- disclosure of key management personnel compensation.
Name of parent of group
These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Westexe Forklifts Holdings Limited.
The financial statements of Westexe Forklifts Holdings Limited may be obtained from Companies House.
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Critical accounting judgements and estimation uncertainty
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. |
Critical accounting estimates and assumptions
The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below.
i. Useful economic lives of tangible assets
The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives of the assets. The useful economic lives are re-assessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets.
ii. Stock provisioning
It is necessary to consider the recoverability of the cost of stock and the associated provisioning required. When calculating the inventory provision, management considers the nature and condition of the stocks, as well as applying assumptions around anticipated saleability of finished goods and future usage of raw materials.
iii. Investment property
The group carries its investment property at fair value, with changes in fair value being recognised in profit or loss. The investement property was sold during the year. The carrying amount is £Nil (2024 -£880,000).
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods, provision of services or for the rental of property in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts. The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.
i. Sale of forklifts and parts
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer. This criteria is considered to be met when the goods are delivered to the buyer. If there is uncertainty about the possibility of return, the seller recognises revenue when the shipment has been formally accepted by the buyer or the goods have been delivered and the time period for rejection has elapsed.
ii. Rendering of repairs, maintenance and servicing
Revenue from the rendering of repairs, maintenance and servicing is recognised when the services have been rendered or over the term when the services are being carried out.
iii. Forklift hire and rental income
The company recognises forklift hire and rental income over the period for which the equipment is in use or land & buildings are occupied by the customer and on a time apportioned basis.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.
A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria is satisfied is recognised as a liability.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, 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.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred income tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
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 down to their residual value, as per the method and rates below. Residual values are reviewed to ensure they remain appropriate for market conditions and, where necessary, adjustments to residual values are made through depreciation.
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Land |
Nil depreciation |
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Freehold Buildings |
Over 50 years straight line, improvements are depreciated over 5 to 10 years straight line |
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Plant and machinery |
Over 3 to 5 years straight line |
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Fixtures, fittings & equipment |
Over 1 to 7 years straight line |
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Motor vehicles |
Over 3 years straight line |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Investment property
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments received under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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Turnover |
The analysis of the company's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
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2024 |
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Sale of goods |
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Rendering of services |
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Other operating income |
The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:
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2024 |
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Government grants |
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Miscellaneous other operating income |
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Other gains and losses |
The analysis of the company's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:
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2024 |
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Gain on disposal of Tangible assets |
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Gain from sales of investment properties |
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16,681 |
64,310 |
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Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
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2024 |
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Depreciation expense |
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Operating lease expense - plant and machinery |
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Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment |
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Government grants |
The amount of grant income recognised in the financial statements was £
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Interest income on bank deposits |
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Other finance income |
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Interest payable and similar expenses |
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2024 |
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Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings |
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Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts |
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|
|
Interest expense on other finance liabilities |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
|
Social security costs |
|
|
|
Other short-term employee benefits |
|
|
|
Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
|
|
|
|
|
The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Production |
|
|
|
Administration and support |
|
|
|
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Remuneration |
|
|
|
Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
|
|
|
47,217 |
106,116 |
During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme |
|
|
|
Auditors' remuneration |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Audit of the financial statements |
|
|
|
Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Current taxation |
||
|
UK corporation tax |
|
|
|
UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
- |
( |
|
282,782 |
73,881 |
|
|
Deferred taxation |
||
|
Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
( |
|
|
Arising from previously unrecognised tax loss, tax credit or temporary difference of prior periods |
- |
2,180 |
|
Total deferred taxation |
( |
|
|
Tax expense in the income statement |
|
|
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Profit before tax |
|
|
|
Corporation tax at standard rate |
|
|
|
Tax (decrease)/increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
( |
|
|
Tax (decrease)/increase from other short-term timing differences |
( |
|
|
Effect of revenues exempt from taxation |
( |
( |
|
Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
|
|
|
Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period |
- |
( |
|
Deferred tax expense from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period |
- |
|
|
Total tax charge |
|
|
Deferred tax
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
|
2025 |
Asset |
Liability |
|
Accelerated capital allowances |
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
2024 |
Asset |
Liability |
|
Accelerated capital allowances |
- |
|
|
Property revaluation |
- |
|
|
- |
|
The directors have considered the deferred tax liabilities and conclude that it is not possible to state the estimated amounts which will reverse within the next 12 months. This is due to the level of reversal being dependant on events which are not yet known.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
Tangible assets |
|
Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Motor vehicles |
Other tangible assets |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
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|
At 1 April 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
( |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 March 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|||||
|
At 1 April 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eliminated on disposal |
( |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 March 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||||
|
At 31 March 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £14,163 (2024 - £19,438) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
Included within other property, plant, and equipment are assets acquired for the purposes of letting under operating leases with a net book value of £400,225 (2024 - £402,160).
Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
The net carrying amount of tangible assets includes the following amounts in respect of assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Motor vehicles |
841,893 |
662,827 |
|
Investment properties |
|
2025 |
|
|
At 1 April |
|
|
Additions |
|
|
Disposals |
( |
|
At 31 March |
- |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
Stocks |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Raw materials and consumables |
|
|
|
Work in progress |
|
|
|
Finished goods and goods for resale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debtors |
|
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed by related parties |
|
|
|
|
Other debtors |
|
|
|
|
Prepayments and accrued income |
|
|
|
|
Total current trade and other debtors |
|
|
|
Creditors |
|
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Due within one year |
|||
|
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
|
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
|
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
|
|
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
|
|
|
|
Other creditors |
|
|
|
|
Accruals |
|
|
|
|
Corporation tax liability |
|
|
|
|
Deferred income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Due after one year |
|||
|
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
|
|
Deferred income |
- |
|
|
|
335,682 |
840,839 |
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
Provisions for liabilities |
|
Deferred tax |
Other provisions |
Total |
|
|
At 1 April 2024 |
|
- |
|
|
Increase (decrease) in existing provisions |
( |
|
|
|
At 31 March 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
The other provisions balance relates to expected future maintenance costs that have been recognised at the point of sale of a truck in cases where the deal included a commitment for the company to replace certain parts that will need to be replaced during the customer's ownership. The timing of these replacements is unknown.
|
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 £
Contributions totalling £
|
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
|
90 |
|
90 |
|
Reserves |
Non distributable reserve
This reserve is used to record increases in the fair value of investment properties and decreases to the extent that such decrease relates to a previous increase on the same asset, net of deferred tax. The investment property was sold during the year, hence the fair value gain was realised and the reserve released to the profit and loss reserve.
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
Loans and borrowings |
Current loans and borrowings
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Bank borrowings |
- |
|
|
Hire purchase contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current loans and borrowings
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Bank borrowings |
- |
|
|
Hire purchase contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank borrowings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts |
Finance leases
The obligations due under finance leases and hire purchase contracts are secured on the individual assets to which they relate.
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Not later than one year |
|
|
|
Later than one year and not later than five years |
|
|
|
Later than five years |
|
- |
|
|
|
Operating leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Not later than one year |
|
|
|
Later than one year and not later than five years |
|
|
|
|
|
The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £
|
Dividends |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
£ |
£ |
|||
|
Interim dividend of £ |
174,000 |
174,000 |
||
|
Related party transactions |
|
Transactions with directors |
|
2025 |
Advances to directors |
Repayments by director |
At 31 March 2025 |
|
Interest free loan, repayable on demand |
|
( |
- |
|
2024 |
Advances to directors |
Repayments |
At 31 March 2024 |
|
Interest free loan, repayable on demand |
|
( |
|
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Summary of transactions with other related parties
During the year, the company extended a loan to Safeop Limited, a company with directors and shareholders in common. At the year end £66,600 (2024: £48,000) was due to Westexe Forklifts Limited from Safeop Limited. The loan is interest free and repayable on demand.
The company also made purchases from Safeop Limited during the year, totalling £15,000 (2024: £nil).
Westexe Pallet Storage Limited
During the year, the company traded with Westexe Pallet Storage Limited, a company under common control.
Income and receivables from related parties
|
2025 |
Other related parties |
|
Sale of goods |
|
|
Amounts receivable from related party |
|
|
|
|
|
2024 |
Other related parties |
|
Sale of goods |
|
|
Amounts receivable from related party |
|
|
|
|
Expenditure with and payables to related parties
|
2025 |
Other related parties |
|
Purchase of goods |
|
|
Amounts payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
|
2024 |
Other related parties |
|
Purchase of goods |
|
|
Rendering of services |
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
Westexe Forklifts Limited
(Registration number: 06146186)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Loans to related parties
|
2025 |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
At start of period |
|
|
|
Repaid |
( |
( |
|
At end of period |
- |
- |
|
|
||
|
2024 |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
Advanced |
|
|
|
At end of period |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is