| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, |
| Report of the Director and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended |
| 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| JG Foods Limited |
| Trading as |
| Grape Tree |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, |
| Report of the Director and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended |
| 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| JG Foods Limited |
| Trading as |
| Grape Tree |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Director | 3 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
| Cash Flow Statement | 12 |
| Notes to the Cash Flow Statement | 13 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 14 |
| JG Foods Limited |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Statutory Auditors |
| Church Court |
| Stourbridge Road |
| Halesowen |
| West Midlands |
| B63 3TT |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Strategic Report |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| The director presents his strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| The directors consider the profit achieved on ordinary activities before taxation to be satisfactory, with the gross profit percentage maintained at a satisfactory level during the year. |
| The company continues to invest and to support with investing and a adding a new warehouse to future proofing the company growth strategy. |
| In addition to organic growth the management team continues with its strategic plan for new store openings. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| Management continually monitors the key risks facing the company together with assessing the controls used for managing these risks. |
| Product safety continues as an area that the company concentrates time and resource to maintain robust internal procedures to monitor and control product quality. |
| There are no other material exposures of the company relating to price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk which are material for the assessment of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the company. |
| SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT |
| The directors of JG Foods Limited and those of all UK companies must act in accordance with a set of general |
| duties which are detailed in the UK's Companies Act. The directors fulfil their duties partly through a governance |
| framework and delegate day to day decision making to the management team. The directors recognise that such |
| delegation needs to be much more than financial authority. The company's governance structure also covers the values and behaviours expected of the company's employees, the need to foster good business relationships and how the directors look to ensure that the company has a robust system of control. |
| Details of the company's commitment to foster good business relationships and its employees are included in the Report of the Directors. |
| KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
| Turnover has increased from £52.4m to £69.2m due to the expansion in the number of stores open by the year end and improved like for like store and e-commerce performance. Profit for the year has increased from £1.52m to £1.6m and retained earnings have increased from £7.3m to £8.9m. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Report of the Director |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of a specialist food, health and wellbeing retailer. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| An interim dividend of |
| The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2024 will be £ |
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
| The company continues to review its product range and store opening plan to meet customer and shareholder expectations. |
| DIRECTORS |
| Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
| ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES |
| The company is committed to a policy of recruitment and promotion based on aptitude and ability without discrimination of any kind. Particular attention is given to the training, career development and promotion of all employees with a view to encouraging them to play an active role in the development of the company. |
| The company's policy is to give full and fair consideration to applications for employment made by disabled persons, having regard to their aptitudes and abilities. |
| Disabled persons receive appropriate training to promote their career development within the company. Employees who become disabled are retained in their existing posts where possible or retained for suitable alternative posts and are provided with retraining where necessary. |
| ENGAGEMENT WITH SUPPLIERS, CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS |
| The company is conscious that to realise its strategy it needs strong relationships with its suppliers, customers and other key stakeholders. The directors are continually briefed on all matters. |
| The Directors manage the relationships with the bank and insurers, maintaining records to comply with all legislation, engaging outside qualified advice when required. |
| STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS |
| The directors of the company, who are also its shareholders, delegate day to day management and decision making to the management team. The directors maintain an oversight of the company's performance and ensure that management are acting in accordance with the strategy and plans agreed by them. |
| STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING |
| The company's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
| was as follows: |
| Consumption of fuel for the purposes of transport |
Combustion of gas |
Purchase of electricity for own use * |
Total |
| Energy use (kWh) | - | 5,884 | 1,485,337 | 1,491,221 |
| Fuel consumed (Ltrs) | 49,433 | - | 49,433 |
| GHG Emissions (MT Co2e) | 153,752 | 381,402 | 535,154 |
| Intensity ratio | 2..378 |
| (kg Co2e per std. unit) |
| The company's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption for the year ended 31 December 2023 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Report of the Director |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Consumption of fuel for the purposes of transport |
Combustion of gas |
Purchase of electricity for own use * |
Total |
| Energy use (kWh) | - | 2,965 | 1,106,011 | 1,108,977 |
| Fuel consumed (Ltrs) | 5,442 | - | 5,442 |
| GHG Emissions (MT Co2e) | 21,164 | 284,761 | 229,569 |
| Intensity ratio | 1.007 |
| (kg Co2e per std. unit) |
| * including for the purposes of transport. |
| Sustainability Mission Statement |
| The company will take positive steps to develop environmentally sustainable processes, products, packaging and raw materials throughout the supply chain that will develop long term value for our customers, communities and associates. |
| Methodologies |
| Onsite Fuels: |
| Units of energy use are multiplied by the relevant emissions factor obtained from UK Government GHG Reporting: Conversion Factors 2022 to arrive at the quantity of emissions in tonnes of carbon dioxide. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The director is responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to: |
| - | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
| - | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
| - | state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; |
| - | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
| The director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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. |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Report of the Director |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the director is 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 he 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. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| JG Foods Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of JG Foods Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, 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 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. |
| 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 director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. |
| Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
| Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
| Other information |
| The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, 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 Director 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 Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| JG Foods 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 Director. |
| 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| Responsibilities of director |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page four, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. |
| 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: |
| We identify and assess risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud and error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following: |
| - the nature of the industry, control environment and business performance; |
| - results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities; |
| - any matters we have identified having reviewed the company's procedures for complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context included the Companies Act 2006. |
| Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to: |
| - reviewing balance sheet control accounts to ensure properly reconciled; |
| - addressing the risks of fraud through management override of controls by performing journal entry testing; |
| - performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud; |
| - enquiring with management concerning actual and potential litigation claims. |
| 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| JG Foods 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 |
| Statutory Auditors |
| Church Court |
| Stourbridge Road |
| Halesowen |
| West Midlands |
| B63 3TT |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 4 |
| Cost of sales |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Retail Overheads |
| Head office, Distribution & |
| Warehousing overheads |
| 31,007,455 | 23,561,362 |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 6 |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| 4,369,764 | 2,354,121 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 7 |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 8 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| Capital Redemption | ( |
) |
| Income tax relating to other comprehensive income |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
( |
) |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 10 |
| Tangible assets | 11 |
| Investments | 12 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks | 13 |
| Debtors | 14 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 15 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year | 16 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 20 |
| Capital redemption reserve | 21 |
| Retained earnings | 21 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| Called up | Capital |
| share | Retained | redemption | Total |
| capital | earnings | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Issue of share capital | ( |
) | - | - | ( |
) |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Cash Flow Statement |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Hire purchase movements in year | ( |
) |
| Amounts withdrawn by directors | (386,366 | ) | (184,574 | ) |
| Share buyback | ( |
) |
| Equity dividends paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net cash from financing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| (Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
2,500,868 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
2 |
2,699,612 |
4,322,472 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before taxation |
| Depreciation charges |
| Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
| Movement in provisions | 64,340 | 21,498 |
| Finance costs | 160,295 | 128,078 |
| Finance income | (186,296 | ) | (84,027 | ) |
| 5,220,358 | 3,059,576 |
| Increase in stocks | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Increase in trade and other debtors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Increase in trade and other creditors |
| Cash generated from operations |
| 2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
| The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 1.1.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,699,612 | 4,322,472 |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 |
| 31.12.23 | 1.1.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,322,472 | 2,500,868 |
| 3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS/(DEBT) |
| At 1.1.24 | Cash flow | At 31.12.24 |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Net cash |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 4,322,472 | (1,622,860 | ) | 2,699,612 |
| 4,322,472 | ( |
) | 2,699,612 |
| Debt |
| Finance leases | (1,084,520 | ) | (671,395 | ) | (1,755,915 | ) |
| (1,084,520 | ) | (671,395 | ) | (1,755,915 | ) |
| Total | 3,237,952 | (2,294,255 | ) | 943,697 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| JG Foods 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 |
| Significant judgements and estimates |
| The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires the directors to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results in the future could differ from those estimates. In this regard, the directors believe that there are no critical accounting policies where judgements or estimations are necessarily applied in the financial statements. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have been transferred to the buyer. This is usually at the point that the customer has purchased goods in the company's retail stores. |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measure at cost, less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Short leasehold | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| Computer equipment | - |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 3. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
| The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
| 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. |
| Going concern |
| The directors have prepared forecasts covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements which demonstrate that the company is expected to trade profitably and generate cash. The company has net assets and good cash balances. Therefore, the directors, having a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. |
| Operating leases |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Income Statement on a straight line basis over the lease term. |
| Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset. |
| 4. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| Turnover is made up entirely of the sale of goods for the current and preceding year. |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 5. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Retail | 553 | 551 |
| Head office and distribution | 78 | 77 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| 6. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts |
| Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Foreign exchange differences | ( |
) |
| Other operating leases |
| 7. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loan interest | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Loan |
| Hire purchase |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 8. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Taxation earlier years | (328 | ) | (13 | ) |
| Total current tax |
| Deferred tax |
| Tax on profit |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2023 - |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | - | ( |
) |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | - |
| Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | ( |
) |
| Change in tax rate | - | 335,006 |
| Rounding | 1,321 | - |
| Total tax charge | 1,086,317 | 702,997 |
| Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income |
| 2024 |
| Gross | Tax | Net |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Capital Redemption | ( |
) | - | (1,499,980 | ) |
| 9. | DIVIDENDS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary shares of 1p each |
| Interim |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 10. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Trademarks |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Short | Plant and | and |
| leasehold | machinery | fittings |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| Motor | Computer |
| vehicles | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 11. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
| Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
| Fixtures |
| Plant and | and | Motor | Computer |
| machinery | fittings | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| Transfer to ownership | - | (618,932 | ) | (53,990 | ) | - | (672,922 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Transfer to ownership | - | (205,348 | ) | (30,932 | ) | - | (236,280 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| 12. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Registered office: Unit 2 Dandy Bank Road, The Pensnett Estate, Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 7TD |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Aggregate capital and reserves |
| Grapetree Limited was incorporated in August 2021 and has not traded since incorporation. |
| 13. | STOCKS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Stocks |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 14. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| Directors' current accounts | 565,643 | 179,277 |
| Corporation tax recoverable | 206,861 | - |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| 15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Accrued expenses |
| 16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| Other creditors | 586,552 | 861,414 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase |
| contracts |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Gross obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Finance charges repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| 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 |
| In more than five years |
| 18. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts | 1,755,915 | 1,084,520 |
| The company has given a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company in favour of Barclays Bank PLC. |
| 19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 893,500 | 780,500 |
| Other provisions | 309,291 | 244,951 |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
| Deferred | Other |
| tax | provisions |
| £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2024 |
| Provided during year |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 |
| Other provisions relate to the expected cost of dilapidations on retail stores where the company has a commitment under the terms of the lease and an onerous lease provision in respect of loss making stores. |
| 20. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | 1p | 80 | 100 |
| 21. | RESERVES |
| Capital |
| Retained | redemption |
| earnings | reserve | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | 7,302,872 |
| Profit for the year |
| Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Purchase of own shares | (1,500,000 | ) | 20 | (1,499,980 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 8,876,044 |
| 22. | PENSION COMMITMENTS |
| At the balance sheet date there were outstanding pension contributions of £28,076 (2023 - £21,700). |
| 23. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES |
| The following advances and credits to directors subsisted during the years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Balance outstanding at start of year |
| Amounts advanced |
| Amounts repaid |
| Amounts written off | - | - |
| Amounts waived | - | - |
| Balance outstanding at end of year |
| JG Foods Limited (Registered number: 08178714) |
| Trading as Grape Tree |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| 23. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES - continued |
| Balance outstanding at start of year |
| Amounts advanced |
| Amounts repaid | ( |
) |
| Amounts written off | - | - |
| Amounts waived | - | - |
| Balance outstanding at end of year |
| 24. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| At the balance sheet date, the directors owed £565,643 (2023 - £179,277). |
| During the year, a total of key management personnel compensation of £ |
| 25. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The ultimate controlling party is |