Company registration number 00445884 (England and Wales)
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
B W J Bolland
I Desmonde
M S Baskerville
M T Ward
Secretary
R.E.A. Services Limited
Company number
00445884
Registered office
5th Floor North, Tennyson House
159 - 165 Great Portland Street
London
United Kingdom
W1W 5PA
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Alpha House
4 Greek Street
Stockport
United Kingdom
SK3 8AB
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 21
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Business Review
The company operates storage services (this being the principal activity of the company) with various other related activities including added value facilities.
The Cold Storage division has continued to develop its added value services to good effect. At the present time a good level of occupancy and take up of our added value services has resulted in very satisfactory results for the year so far.
The Bulk Liquids division has again continued to perform well up to expectations with a high level of occupancy throughout the year and onward into 2025.
Risks and uncertainties
The Company (“we” or ”our”) faces various risks and uncertainties in the normal course of our business and the Board at its quarterly meeting gives consideration to the issues.
Across our areas of business the most pressing risks and uncertainties are:
1) Both operations provide key services and have continued to operate in 2025.
2) Continuing escalation of energy costs, which can have a serious effect upon the profitability of both
divisions. Steps continue to be taken to minimise the effects going forward.
3) Rationalisations within the company's customer base which can result in loss of business.
4) Competitive pressures within all of the markets in which we operate can create situations where it is not
possible to fully recover increasing overheads.
These factors continue to be managed by a combination of fixing costs for up to a year, by constantly liaising with customers and constantly monitoring the level of efficiency being achieved within our operations.
Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs") and Perfromance
The directors consider the main key performance indicator to be the usage rate of storage facilities in both cold stores and bulk liquids and its continual maximisation, and to constantly seek new added value projects to enhance earnings.
We prepare a budget annually before the start of the year, and progress is monitored monthly by members of the Board in reviewing the monthly results and on a more formal basis results for the previous quarter are discussed at Board Meetings.
M S Baskerville
Director
1 September 2025
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company is the reception, storage and distribution of bulk liquids and ancillary services and warehousing and public cold storage.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £400,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
B W J Bolland
I Desmonde
M S Baskerville
M T Ward
C D Brown
(Retired 29 August 2025)
Auditor
The auditor, Azets Audit Services, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible 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:
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 of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Going concern
In carrying out their assessment in respect of going concern, the directors have carried out a review of the Company's financial position and cash flow projections for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
The Company provides key services and trading in the early part of 2025 has been extremely strong and given the level of stockholdings and potential for added value services there is no reason to anticipate any significant downturn in the foreseeable future. This forecast has therefore been based on a comprehensive review of revenue, expenditure and cash flows, taking into account specific business risks and the uncertainties brought about by the current economic environment.
Energy prices continue to be an issue, particularly since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. However, this steep increase is expected to be significantly mitigated by the Group investment in solar power leading to a CO2 saving in the year and going forward a reduced demand on power required from the National Grid.
At the time of approving the financial statements the company continues to produce satisfactory trading results into 2025. The Directors continue to monitor the situation and the effect this has on liquidity and solvency and consider that the outlook for the foreseeable future remains strong.
The Company has adequate resources and facilities to continue to meet financial obligations as they fall due and taking all relevant matters into consideration the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company can continue to operate and accordingly they have presented financial statements on a going concern basis.
On behalf of the board
M S Baskerville
Director
1 September 2025
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of International Bulk Liquids (Storage and Transport) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 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.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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 directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.
We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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.
Lewis Cross
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services
2 September 2025
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Alpha House
4 Greek Street
Stockport
United Kingdom
SK3 8AB
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£000
£000
Turnover
10,807
10,623
Cost of sales
(6,293)
(5,512)
Gross profit
4,514
5,111
Administrative expenses
(2,919)
(2,695)
Operating profit
3
1,595
2,416
Interest receivable and similar income
6
39
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(10)
(18)
Profit before taxation
1,624
2,398
Tax on profit
8
(596)
456
Profit for the financial year
1,028
2,854
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£000
£000
£000
£000
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
8,374
8,793
Current assets
Stocks
11
12
12
Debtors
12
5,037
4,335
Cash at bank and in hand
2,637
1,358
7,686
5,705
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
13
(2,874)
(2,680)
Net current assets
4,812
3,025
Total assets less current liabilities
13,186
11,818
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
14
(143)
Provisions for liabilities
Provisions
16
793
Deferred tax liability
17
1,188
1,098
(1,981)
(1,098)
Net assets
11,205
10,577
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
19
175
175
Revaluation reserve
20
1,891
1,926
Profit and loss reserves
9,139
8,476
Total equity
11,205
10,577
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 1 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
M S Baskerville
Director
Company Registration No. 00445884
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Revaluation reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£000
£000
£000
£000
Balance at 1 January 2023
175
1,961
5,987
8,123
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
2,854
2,854
Dividends
9
-
-
(400)
(400)
Transfers
-
(35)
35
-
Balance at 31 December 2023
175
1,926
8,476
10,577
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
1,028
1,028
Dividends
9
-
-
(400)
(400)
Transfers
-
(35)
35
-
Balance at 31 December 2024
175
1,891
9,139
11,205
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
International Bulk Liquids (Storage and Transport) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 5th Floor North, Tennyson House, 159 - 165 Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom, W1W 5PA.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £000.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties at deemed cost on the transition to FRS 102. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ – Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of New Willington Limited as at 31 December 2024. These consolidated financial statements may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.
1.2
Going concern
The directors have considered profitability and cash flow projections for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these accounts, and these demonstrate that the Company will remain profitable. true
The Company monitors its cash flow as part of its daily control procedures. The Directors consider the cash position and future requirements on a regular basis and ensure that appropriate facilities are available.
The directors have assumed that all current available funding will continue and, accordingly, consider it appropriate that the accounts are prepared on the going concern basis.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold buildings
2% straight line
Leasehold buildings
2% straight line
Plant and equipment
5-33% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
Stocks
Stocks of consumables are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised when they become legally payable.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.11
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive present obligation 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.
The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision is measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period in which it arises.
1.12
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.13
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
Multi-employer pension plan
The Company is a member of a multi-employer plan which is a defined benefit pension plan. Where it is not possible for the Company to obtain sufficient information to enable it to account for the plan as a defined benefit plan, it accounts for the plan as a defined contribution plan.
1.14
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Depreciation
Depreciation has been deemed a key accounting estimate. Due to the nature of the company's operations there are high volumes of fixed assets necessary for trading activities. Therefore depreciation charges are material to the financial statements.
3
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£000
£000
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
16
14
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
888
779
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(37)
(17)
Operating lease charges
131
115
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Administrative
5
5
Operational
57
58
Total
62
63
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£000
£000
Wages and salaries
2,611
2,521
Social security costs
257
252
Pension costs
231
287
3,099
3,060
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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5
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£000
£000
Remuneration for qualifying services
583
546
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
40
75
623
621
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2024
2023
£000
£000
Remuneration for qualifying services
140
130
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
24
44
6
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£000
£000
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
39
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£000
£000
Interest on financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
10
18
8
Taxation
2024
2023
£000
£000
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
502
509
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
94
58
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
(1,023)
Total deferred tax
94
(965)
Total tax charge/(credit)
596
(456)
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
8
Taxation
(Continued)
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The actual charge/(credit) for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£000
£000
Profit before taxation
1,624
2,398
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
406
564
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
5
21
Other non-reversing timing differences
(18)
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
(1,023)
Fixed asset differences
185
Taxation charge/(credit) for the year
596
(456)
9
Dividends
2024
2023
£000
£000
Final paid
400
400
10
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold buildings
Leasehold buildings
Plant and equipment
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cost
At 1 January 2024
1,170
2,480
16,594
20,244
Additions
482
482
Disposals
(77)
(77)
At 31 December 2024
1,170
2,480
16,999
20,649
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
551
184
10,716
11,451
Depreciation charged in the year
29
8
851
888
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(64)
(64)
At 31 December 2024
580
192
11,503
12,275
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
590
2,288
5,496
8,374
At 31 December 2023
619
2,296
5,878
8,793
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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11
Stocks
2024
2023
£000
£000
Raw materials and consumables
12
12
12
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£000
£000
Trade debtors
1,479
1,527
Amounts owed by group undertakings
3,233
2,496
Prepayments and accrued income
325
312
5,037
4,335
13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
£000
£000
Bank loans
15
143
208
Trade creditors
271
405
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,748
1,303
Corporation tax
67
175
Other taxation and social security
507
530
Accruals and deferred income
138
59
2,874
2,680
14
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
£000
£000
Bank loans and overdrafts
15
143
15
Loans and overdrafts
2024
2023
£000
£000
Bank loans
143
351
Payable within one year
143
208
Payable after one year
143
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
15
Loans and overdrafts
(Continued)
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A fixed and floating charge has been granted on the on the company's freehold and leasehold land and buildings and assets to secure the bank overdrafts. The bank loans are repayable by monthly instalments, with interest charged between 3-4% over base rate.
16
Provisions for liabilities
2024
2023
£000
£000
793
-
A provision has been recognised to recognise repairs works necessary on the Bulk Liquids site in Hull.
Movements on provisions:
£000
Additional provisions in the year
793
17
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£000
£000
Fixed asset timing differences
1,188
1,108
Short term timing differences
-
(10)
Capital Losses
-
(684)
Prior restatement on gain
-
684
1,188
1,098
2024
Movements in the year:
£000
Liability at 1 January 2024
1,098
Charge to profit or loss
90
Liability at 31 December 2024
1,188
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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18
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£000
£000
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
38
38
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
Defined benefit scheme
The company is a participating employer in the R.E.A Pension Scheme (the "Scheme"). The Scheme is a multi-employer contributory defined benefit scheme with assets held in a trustee-administered fund, which has a participating employer that is not a member of the same group as the company. The Scheme is closed to new members.
As the Scheme is a multi-employer scheme in which the company is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities (because there is no segregation of the assets) and does not prepare valuations on an IAS 19 basis: the company accounts for the Scheme as if it were a defined contribution scheme.
A non-IAS 19 valuation of the Scheme was last prepared, using the attained age method, as at 31 December 2023. This method had been adopted in the previous valuation as at 31 December 2020 and in earlier valuations, as it was considered the appropriate method of calculating future service benefits as the Scheme is closed to new members. At 31 December 2023 the Scheme had an overall surplus of assets, when measured against the Scheme’s technical provisions of £12,500,000. The technical provisions were calculated using assumptions of an investment return of Bank of England (“BofE”) gilt curve plus 1.25% pa reducing to 0.25% over the 10 years following the valuation date. The basis for the inflationary revaluation of deferred pensions and increases to pensions in payment was changed from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) with effect from 1 January 2011 in line with the statutory change, except that the change does not apply to pension accrual from 1 January 2006, where the RPI still applies. The rates of increase in the RPI was assumed to be in line with the BofE inflation curve and the CPI until 2030 at RPI less 0.75% and in line with RPI thereafter. It was further assumed that both non-retired and retired members’ mortality would reflect SP3XA tables (light version) at 100 per cent and that non-retired members would take on retirement the maximum cash sums permitted from 1 January 2021. Had the Scheme been valued at 31 December 2020 using the projected unit method and the same assumptions, the overall deficit would have been similar.
The Scheme has agreed a statement of funding principles with the principal employer and has also agreed a schedule of contributions with participating employers covering normal contributions which are payable at a rate calculated to cover future service benefits under the Scheme.
The normal contributions paid in 2024 were £62,904 (2023: £136,000) and represented 51.3 per cent of pensionable salaries.
19
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£000
£000
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary Shares of £1 each
175,000
175,000
175
175
INTERNATIONAL BULK LIQUIDS (STORAGE AND TRANSPORT) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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20
Revaluation reserve
The revaluation reserve represents the cumulative effect of previous revaluations of freehold property. Freehold property is held at depreciated amount using a previous valuation prior to transition to FRS 102 as deemed cost.
21
Equity reserve
The profit and loss account represents cumulative profits or losses net of dividends paid.
22
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2024
2023
£000
£000
Within one year
208
311
Between two and five years
601
463
In over five years
852
1,389
1,661
2,163
23
Ultimate controlling party
The ultimate parent undertaking is New Willington Limited, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales.
The largest and smallest group of companies in which the results of the company are consolidated is the group headed by the ultimate parent company. A copy of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Companies House, Cardiff, CF4 3UZ.
Richard M Robinow and Jeremy J Robinow are the sole shareholders of New Willington Limited, both holding an equal shareholding. There is no ultimate controlling party.
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