| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Page |
| Company information | 1 |
| Strategic report | 2 |
| Report of the directors | 3 | to | 4 |
| Report of the independent auditors | 5 | to | 8 |
| Income statement | 9 |
| Other comprehensive income | 10 |
| Statement of financial position | 11 |
| Statement of changes in equity | 12 |
| Statement of cash flows | 13 |
| Notes to the statement of cash flows | 14 | to | 15 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 16 | to | 25 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Directors: |
| Registered office: |
| Business address: |
| Registered number: |
| Auditors: |
| Bank House |
| Broad Street |
| Spalding |
| Lincolnshire |
| PE11 1TB |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| The directors present their strategic report for the period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024. |
| Review of business |
| The company is a specialist supplier of UK-grown cut flowers to UK retail suppliers. |
| Principal risks and uncertainties |
| The business environment in this sector continues to experience price pressure due to constraints on consumer spending, against a background of increasing costs, leading to significant impact on trading margins. In common with others in the horticultural sector, the supply for seasonal labour is a significant challenge, along with strains in the supply chain. |
| The management team have invested heavily again in technologically advanced production facilities to enable the company to expand production capacity and adjust to the labour market. |
| The key risks and uncertainties facing the business are uncertain consumer demand as the cost of living crisis continues, the availability of appropriately skilled labour, the exchange rate and rising fuel, distribution and interest costs. The company has structured its funding in order to provide flexibility and promote sustainable growth. |
| The management have worked closely with customers, suppliers and staff throughout this period to maintain supplies, monitor cashflow and ensure the long term sustainability of the business. |
| Development and performance |
| The company has invested to mitigate its business risk in the last twelve months by: |
| - Investing in further automating the production and packing facilities; |
| - Focussing its product range in line with market demand; |
| - Developing its customer focus and strengthening its relationships; |
| - Strengthening the management team. |
| - Forming closer alliances with key suppliers. |
| Financial key performance indicators |
| We consider that our key financial performance indicators are those that communicate the financial performance and strength of the company, these being gross profit and profit before tax. The gross profit increased by £3,825,716 reflecting the increase in turnover and gross profit as the company improves its labour efficiency through investment and innovation. The company has invested £7,567,904 in fixed assets in the year. This investment has increased overheads by £1,749,573 with net profit of 14.1% of turnover. |
| Future developments |
| The company aims to maintain the management policies that have resulted in the company's growth in recent years, seeking to maintain the gross profit margin and promote the long term development of the business. |
| On behalf of the board: |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024. |
| Dividends |
| Particulars of recommended dividends are detailed in note 11 to the financial statements. |
| Events since the end of the period |
| Information relating to events since the end of the period is given in the notes to the financial statements. |
| Directors |
| The directors who have held office during the period from 1 November 2023 to the date of this report are as follows: |
| Disclosure of information in the strategic report |
| The directors in accordance with section 414C (11) of the Companies Act 2006 Regulations 2013, have prepared the company's strategic report as required by schedule 7 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations as per page 1. |
| 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), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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. |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Auditors |
| The auditors, Moore Thompson, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
| On behalf of the board: |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (the 'company') for the period ended 29 October 2024 which comprise the Income statement, Other comprehensive income, Statement of financial position, Statement of changes in equity, Statement of cash flows and Notes to the statement of cash flows, 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 29 October 2024 and of its profit for the period 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| Auditors' 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 a Report of the auditors 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. |
| The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
| 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: |
| - 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; |
| - 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 and health and safety legislation; |
| - we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
| - identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
| We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
| - 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. |
| To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
| - performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
| - tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
| - assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; |
| - 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 disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited |
| - reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
| - enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; |
| - reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators and the company's legal advisors. |
| 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 for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the auditors. |
| 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 |
| Bank House |
| Broad Street |
| Spalding |
| Lincolnshire |
| PE11 1TB |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Income Statement |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| Turnover | 4 |
| Cost of sales |
| Gross profit |
| Administrative expenses |
| 3,337,086 | 1,466,846 |
| Other operating income |
| Operating profit | 7 |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| 3,341,379 | 1,591,846 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 9 |
| Profit before taxation |
| Tax on profit | 10 |
| Profit for the financial period |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Other Comprehensive Income |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| Profit for the period |
| Other comprehensive income | - | - |
| Total comprehensive income for the period |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Statement of Financial Position |
| 29 October 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Fixed assets |
| Intangible assets | 12 |
| Tangible assets | 13 |
| Current assets |
| Stocks | 14 |
| Debtors | 15 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| Creditors |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 16 |
| Net current (liabilities)/assets | ( |
) |
| Total assets less current liabilities |
| Creditors |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
17 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| Provisions for liabilities | 21 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net assets |
| Capital and reserves |
| Called up share capital | 22 |
| Retained earnings | 23 |
| Shareholders' funds |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Total |
| capital | earnings | equity |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 November 2022 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 October 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 29 October 2024 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Statement of Cash Flows |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| Cash flows from operating activities |
| Cash generated from operations | 1 |
| Interest paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| Tax paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net cash from operating activities |
| Cash flows from investing activities |
| Purchase of intangible fixed assets | ( |
) |
| Purchase of tangible fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Sale of tangible fixed assets |
| Interest received |
| Net cash from investing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Cash flows from financing activities |
| New finance in year |
| Loan repayments in year | ( |
) |
| Capital repayments in year | ( |
) |
| Equity dividends paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net cash from financing activities |
| Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
2 |
1,516,128 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
2 |
1,692,239 |
1,314,405 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 1. | Reconciliation of profit before taxation to cash generated from operations |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before taxation |
| Depreciation charges |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Finance costs | 217,119 | 167,393 |
| Finance income | (50 | ) | (125,000 | ) |
| 4,386,617 | 2,228,718 |
| Increase in stocks | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Decrease in trade and other debtors |
| Decrease in trade and other creditors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Cash generated from operations |
| 2. | Cash and cash equivalents |
| The amounts disclosed on the Statement of cash flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of financial position amounts: |
| Period ended 29 October 2024 |
| 29.10.24 | 1.11.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,692,239 | 1,314,405 |
| Year ended 31 October 2023 |
| 31.10.23 | 1.11.22 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,314,405 | 1,516,128 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 3. | Analysis of changes in net debt |
| At 1.11.23 | Cash flow | At 29.10.24 |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Net cash |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,314,405 | 377,834 | 1,692,239 |
| 1,314,405 | 1,692,239 |
| Debt |
| Finance leases | (1,583,856 | ) | (1,297,671 | ) | (2,881,527 | ) |
| Debts falling due within 1 year | (77,121 | ) | 24,502 | (52,619 | ) |
| Debts falling due after 1 year | (69,849 | ) | (26,182 | ) | (96,031 | ) |
| (1,730,826 | ) | (1,299,351 | ) | (3,030,177 | ) |
| Total | (416,421 | ) | (921,517 | ) | (1,337,938 | ) |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 1. | Statutory information |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | Statement of compliance |
| 3. | Accounting policies |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
| The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. |
| Estimation of useful life |
| The useful economic life used to amortise intangible assets and depreciate tangible fixed assets relates to the expected future performance of the assets acquired and management's estimate of the period over which economic benefit will be derived from the asset. |
| Estimation of residual value |
| The residual value of an asset is the estimated fair value of that asset at the end of its useful economic life and therefore is also dependent upon the estimation of that life span. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Goodwill |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 3. | Accounting policies - continued |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Depreciation |
| Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: |
| Freehold property | - | Not depreciated / 2%, 4%, 5% straight line |
| Glasshouses | - | 5% straight line |
| Plant and machinery | - | 4, 5, 10, 15 years straight line / 20% reducing balance |
| Fixtures and fittings | - | 4 years straight line |
| Equipment | - | 3 years straight line |
| Motor Vehicles | - | 25% reducing balance |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Financial instruments |
| 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 entity after deducting all of its financial liabilities. |
| Where the contractual obligations of financial instruments (including share capital) are equivalent to a similar debt instrument, those financial instruments are classed as financial liabilities. Financial liabilities are presented as such in the balance sheet. Finance costs and gains or losses relating to financial liabilities are included in the profit and loss account. Finance costs are calculated so as to produce a constant rate of return on the outstanding liability. |
| Where the contractual terms of share capital do not have any terms meeting the definition of a financial liability then this is classed as an equity instrument. Dividends and distributions relating to equity instruments are debited direct to equity. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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 statement of financial position date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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 period 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. |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 3. | Accounting policies - continued |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Provisions |
| Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the statement of financial position and the amount of the provision as an expense. |
| Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the amounts previously recognised are recognised in profit or loss unless the provision was originally recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period it arises. |
| 4. | Turnover |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below: |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| 5. | Employees and directors |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 5. | Employees and directors - continued |
| The average number of employees during the period was as follows: |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| Management staff | 3 | 3 |
| Administrative staff | 3 | 3 |
| Production staff | 60 | 67 |
| 6. | Directors' emoluments |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Director's remuneration | 128,300 | 116,230 |
| Director's retirement benefits | - | 682 |
| The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
| Money purchase schemes | 1 | 1 |
| 7. | Operating profit |
| The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Goodwill amortisation |
| Foreign currency exchange rate movement | ( |
) |
| 8. | Auditors' remuneration |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's financial statements |
15,400 |
14,000 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 9. | Interest payable and similar expenses |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank interest |
| Invoice financing charges |
| Loan interest |
| Hire purchase interest |
| 10. | Taxation |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the period was as follows: |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Deferred tax | ( |
) |
| Tax on profit |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the period is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| Period |
| 1.11.23 |
| to | Year Ended |
| 29.10.24 | 31.10.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | - | ( |
) |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | - |
| Deferred tax movement | (20,090 | ) | 181,403 |
| Change in corporation tax rate | - | (8,906 | ) |
| Total tax charge | 840,921 | 262,191 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 11. | Dividends |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary C Shares of £1 each |
| Final | 20,800 | 43,600 |
| 12. | Intangible fixed assets |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| Cost |
| Additions |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Amortisation |
| Amortisation for period |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| 13. | Tangible fixed assets |
| Freehold | Plant and |
| property | Glasshouses | machinery |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Depreciation |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| Charge for period |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| At 31 October 2023 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 13. | Tangible fixed assets - continued |
| Fixtures |
| and | Motor |
| fittings | vehicles | Equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Depreciation |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| Charge for period |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| Net book value |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| At 31 October 2023 |
| 14. | Stocks |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Raw materials and consumables |
| 15. | Debtors: amounts falling due within one year |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Amounts owed by related |
| parties | - | 5,051,007 |
| VAT |
| Prepayments and accrued income |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 16. | Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 18) |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) |
| Trade creditors |
| Corporation tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Amounts owed to related |
| parties | 2,217,459 | 3,242,838 |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| 17. | Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans (see note 18) |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) |
| 18. | Loans |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
| Bank loans |
| Amounts falling due between one and two years: |
| Bank loans |
| Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
| Bank loans - 2-5 years |
| Amounts falling due in more than five years: |
| Repayable by instalments |
| Bank loans | - | 28,032 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 19. | Leasing agreements |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase contracts |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable | operating leases |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| 20. | Secured debts |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans |
| Hire purchase contracts | 2,881,527 | 1,583,856 |
| The bank loans are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets of the business. |
| 21. | Provisions for liabilities |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 915,074 | 935,164 |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 November 2023 |
| Provided during period | ( |
) |
| Balance at 29 October 2024 |
| Poplar Farm Flowers Limited (Registered number: 04928971) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Period 1 November 2023 to 29 October 2024 |
| 22. | Called up share capital |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary A shares | £1 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Ordinary B shares | £1 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| Ordinary C shares | £1 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 23. | Reserves |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1 November 2023 |
| Profit for the period |
| Dividends | ( |
) |
| At 29 October 2024 |
| 24. | Capital commitments |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Contracted but not provided for in the |
| financial statements |
| 25. | 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. |
| During the year, the company made sales of £nil (2023: £nil) to and purchases of £2,085,870 (2023: £4,741,565) from other related parties. At the year end a balance of £2,217,459 (2023:-£1,808,169) was owed to these entities. |
| 26. | Post balance sheet events |
| After the close of the working day at the year end, the company along with PFF Holdco Limited was acquired by MM Investment Holdings Ltd. |
| 27. | Ultimate controlling party |
| As of close of the working day at the year end, the parent undertaking was PFF Holdco Limited, a company controlled by Mr A Ellis. The parents registered office is Aps Pierson Way Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 4YA. The group accounts are available from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. |