| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| for |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| for |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Directors | 3 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants & |
| Statutory Auditors |
| 3rd Floor |
| 56 Wellington Street |
| Leeds |
| West Yorkshire |
| LS1 2EE |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| As part of the group's strategy to maximise cross selling and efficient use of internal resources the company's UK trade was transferred to its UK sister company PPT Group UK Ltd in March 2022. |
| The company's principal activity after the transfer in March 2022 is to be a holding company for investments |
| in subsidiary undertakings which Mecmesin Ltd has. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK |
| Cash and other trading assets and liabilities were transferred to PPT Group UK Ltd in 2022. Inter company balances and investment in subsidiaries remain in the balance sheet. Changes to balance sheet figures in 2024 accounts related to intercompany dividend payments. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the Company are considered to relate to competition and the market forces within the industry. The company with the backing of its parent company Physical Properties Testing Ltd feels confident that its subsidiaries will remain market leaders. |
| FINANCIAL AND OTHER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
| Financial performance was measured by turnover and operating profit which is no longer relevant following |
| the transfer of the UK trade in 2022. |
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
| The director's intentions are to continue acting as a holding company for the subsidiary undertakings. |
| POST BALANCE SHEET EVENT |
| On 04 March 2025, the group (BV PPT Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries) was acquired by SK Capital Partners. The acquiring entity is SK PPT Management Ltd. Future plans for the group are not affected by the acquisition. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| 25 July 2025 |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 October 2024. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 October 2024 will be £ |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors who have held office during the period from 1 November 2023 to the date of this report are as follows: |
| DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT |
| Disclosures with regard to review of the business, principal risks and uncertainties, key performance |
| indicators and future plans are included in the strategic report. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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; |
| - | 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 AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| AUDITORS |
| Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, S&W Partners Audit Limited will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditors 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Mecmesin Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 October 2024 which comprise the 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 October 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
| - | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
| - | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Basis for opinion |
| We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors 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 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 the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| 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 or the Report of the Directors. |
| 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 three, 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 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the 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. |
| 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 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; |
| - 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 |
| - 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 and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation; |
| - we assessed the extent of compliance with 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 misstatement, including obtaining |
| an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
| - making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their |
| knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; |
| - considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and |
| regulations; and |
| - understanding the design of the company's remuneration policies. |
| To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, including the impact on |
| revenue recognition, we: |
| - performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
| - used data analytics software to test journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
| - assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in |
| note 3 were indicative of potential bias; and |
| - 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: |
| - agreeing financial statement disclosure to underlying supporting documentation; |
| - enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
| - reviewing correspondence with HMRC and relevant regulators. |
| 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Mecmesin Limited |
| 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 a Report of the Auditors 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. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Chartered Accountants & |
| Statutory Auditors |
| 3rd Floor |
| 56 Wellington Street |
| Leeds |
| West Yorkshire |
| LS1 2EE |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER |
| OPERATING PROFIT |
| Income from shares in group undertakings |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 5 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 October 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Investments | 7 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 8 |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
| NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS | ( |
) |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 10 |
| Share premium | 11 |
| Retained earnings | 11 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Share | Total |
| capital | earnings | premium | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 November 2022 |
| Changes in equity |
| Balance at 31 October 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Balance at 31 October 2024 |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Mecmesin Limited is a |
| 2. | STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE |
| 3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Going concern |
| Mecmesin Limited is no longer a trading entity as the UK trade of the company was transferred to PPT Group UK Limited. Mecmesin Limited retained ownership of it subsidiaries and it is the intention of the directors to continue with Mecmesin Limited as a holding company. |
| The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have reviewed and considered relevant information in making their assessment. Based on these assessments, the Directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts. |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
| • | the requirement of paragraph 33.7. |
| Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
| The financial statements contain information about Mecmesin Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its intermediate parent, BV PPT Holdings LTD., Richmond Works, Lake View, Halifax, United Kingdom, HX3 6EP. |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost less any provision for impairment. |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Financial instruments |
| The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to related parties. |
| Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable and receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in the case of an out-right short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortized cost. |
| Financial assets that are measured at costs and amortized cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss. |
| For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measures as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract. |
| For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate, which is an approximation of the amount that the company would receive for the asset is it were to be sold the statement of financial position date. |
| Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an enforceable right tot 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. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Research and development |
| Expenditure on research and development is expensed in the year in which it is incurred. |
| 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. |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty |
| on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no |
| more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known |
| amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value. |
| Debtors |
| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. |
| Creditors |
| Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. |
| 4. | CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY |
| Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements and estimates. The items in the financial statements where these judgements and estimates have been made include: |
| Provisions and costs included within accruals and deferred income, including a dilapidation provision. |
| 5. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 31 October 2024 nor for the year ended 31 October 2023. |
| 6. | DIVIDENDS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| C Ordinary shares of 10p each |
| Final |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 7. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertaking |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| and 31 October 2024 |
| PROVISIONS |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| and 31 October 2024 | 591,240 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 October 2024 |
| At 31 October 2023 |
| The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Registered office: No. 243 Daxue LU - University Avenue, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: 200 Tossapon Building, Ratchadapisek Road, 10310, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: No 8 Baiye Road, Western Zone, Hi-Tec Zone, South Hongye Avenue, 610371, Chong Zhou, Chengdu. People's Republic of China |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: Basler Straße 65, 79100, Freiburg, Germany |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| 8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Mecmesin Limited (Registered number: 01302639) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 October 2024 |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| 10. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| A Ordinary | 10p | 34,617 | 34,617 |
| B Ordinary | 10p | 20,278 | 20,278 |
| C Ordinary | 10p | 1,120 | 1,120 |
| D Ordinary | 10p | 1,732 | 1,732 |
| Ordinary | 10p | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 58,947 | 58,947 |
| 11. | RESERVES |
| Retained | Share |
| earnings | premium | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 November 2023 | 7,119,815 |
| Profit for the year |
| Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 October 2024 | 77,192 |
| 12. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| SK PPT Holdings LP (incorporated in British Virgin Islands ) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
| After the year end the group (BV PPT Holdings Limited and subsidiaries) was acquired by SK Capital Partners. The new immediate parent company is SK PPT Management Limited, registered in England and Wales. The new ultimate parent company is SK PPT Holdings LP. |
| At the year end the company's immediate parent undertaking was Physical Properties Testing Limited, registered in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company was BV Acquisitions X Parent Sarl, registered in Luxembourg. The company's ultimate controlling party at the year end was Battery Ventures, a private equity group based in the United States of America. |
| 13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| 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. |