Company Registration number:
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Contents
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Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Consolidated Profit and Loss Account |
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet |
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Balance Sheet |
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
B Hill G A Hill S Malpas F A L Marx T K Marx F J Wingfield-Digby |
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Auditors |
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 28 February 2025.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is holding company.
Fair review of the business
The group is a wholesaler and distributor of bakery packaging, which is sold into the bakery and butchery sectors.
Turnover reduced very slightly in the year, as the group consolidated its product offering. The Board are optimistic that turnover will increase in future years.
The group continues to offer bespoke products to its customers & this sector continues to expand.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
The group welcomes applications from all backgrounds as it believes an inclusive culture is beneficial for all.
The group is committed to promoting working environment based on dignity, trust and respect and is free from harassment, bullying, victimisation, and discrimination.
The group's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:
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Profit before tax margin |
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13 |
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Stock days |
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48 |
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Trade debtor days |
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The directors do not consider there are any other appropriate non-financial KPIs relevant to the understanding of the business.
Principal risks and uncertainties
Cash flow risk - the directors review facilities on a regular basis.
Credit risk - the group operates in a highly competitive market and uses the facilities of credit agencies in estimating risk and operates a rigorous credit control system.
Competition risk - the group operates in a very competitive market, this can lead to downward pressure on prices.
Interest rate risk - the group minimises net interest expense.
Currency risk - the group has very little currency exposure, but mitigates this by offsetting currency income wherever possible.
Material supplies risk - the group recognises it has material supplies risk and mitigates this as much as possible by increasing stock holdings where necessary.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Approved by the Board on
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
The directors present their report and the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2025.
Directors of the group
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Financial instruments
Objectives and policies
The group's financial instrurments comprise bank balances, trade debtors, trade creditors, lease purchase finance agreements shareholders' loans and bank loans. The main purpose of these instruments is to maintain funds to finance the group's operations.
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk
In respect of bank balances, the liquidity risk is managed through treasury management in respect of cash balances with the use of a deposit account and fixed term deposits as necessary. The risk associated with the bank loan is managed through fixed interest rates with the structured loan finance being used to fund the acquisition of the subsidiary in April 2021.
Trade debtors are managed by policies concerning the credit offering to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits.
Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet the amounts due.
Lease purchase finance agreement liquidity risk is managed in the same way as trade creditors above.
In respect of shareholders' loans, the shareholders are aware of the group's cash working capital requirements and receive a set amount monthly. Any repayment over and above this amount would be by agreement when finance was available without compromising the group's working capital requirements.
Disclosure of information to the auditor
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditor is unaware.
Future Developments
The future developments of the business are included within the strategic report.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Important non adjusting events after the financial period
On 9th April 2025, Abpac Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Marshall Wilson Packaging Limited, a Glasgow based distributor of food packaging to bakeries, butchers, food processors, and food-to-go outlets in Scotland. The consideration was in the low-single-digit millions and is subject to customary completion adjustments and deferred consideration. The acquisition is expected to add c.30% to revenue and be accretive to profits in the 2025-26 year.
Approved by the Board on
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and the company and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group's and the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and 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 group and the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Kentra Bay Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 28 February 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
• | give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and the parent company's affairs as at 28 February 2025 and of the group's profit for the year then ended; |
• | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
• | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
• | the parent company 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 6, 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 group’s and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Auditor Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
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the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the packaging sector; |
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we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, employment and health and safety legislation; |
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we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
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identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
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making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
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considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
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tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
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assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and |
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investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
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agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
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reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
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enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
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 auditor's report.
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 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.
For and on behalf of
Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Somerset
TA1 2PX
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Consolidated Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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2024 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Distribution costs |
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Administrative expenses |
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Operating profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Interest payable and similar charges |
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Profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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Profit for the financial year |
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Owners of the company |
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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Profit for the year |
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Total comprehensive income for the year |
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Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
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Owners of the company |
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
(Registration number: 13200257)
Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 28 February 2025
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Fixed assets |
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Current assets |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
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Retained earnings |
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Equity attributable to owners of the company |
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Shareholders' funds |
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Approved and authorised by the
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
(Registration number: 13200257)
Balance Sheet as at 28 February 2025
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Investments |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the company has not presented its own profit and loss account and related notes as it prepares group accounts. The company made a profit after tax for the financial year of £256,496 (2024 - profit of £755,580).
Approved and authorised by the
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
Total equity |
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At 1 March 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 28 February 2025 |
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
Total equity |
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At 1 March 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 29 February 2024 |
100 |
2,102,690 |
2,102,790 |
2,102,790 |
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 March 2024 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 28 February 2025 |
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Share capital |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 March 2023 |
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Profit for the year |
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Dividends |
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At 29 February 2024 |
100 |
2,575,745 |
2,575,845 |
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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Depreciation and amortisation |
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Loss/(profit) on disposal of tangible assets |
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Finance income |
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Finance costs |
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Income tax expense |
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Working capital adjustments |
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(Increase)/decrease in stocks |
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Decrease in trade debtors |
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(Decrease)/increase in trade creditors |
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Cash generated from operations |
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Income taxes paid |
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Net cash flow from operating activities |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Interest received |
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Acquisitions of tangible assets |
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Proceeds from sale of tangible assets |
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Acquisition of intangible assets |
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Net cash flows from investing activities |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Interest paid |
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Repayment of bank borrowing |
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Proceeds from other borrowing draw downs |
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Repayment of other borrowing |
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Payments to finance lease creditors |
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Dividends paid |
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Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts |
(10,031) |
(6,919) |
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Net cash flows from financing activities |
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Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 1 March 2024 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 28 February 2025 |
1,344,978 |
1,832,783 |
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Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
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General information |
The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.
The address of its registered office is:
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Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
These financial statements are presented in Sterling (£).
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 28 February 2025.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is achieved where the company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Profit and Loss Account from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by the group.
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations that result in the acquisition of subsidiaries by the group. The cost of a business combination is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any excess of the cost of the business combination over the acquirer’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised is recorded as goodwill.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between the company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, are eliminated in full.
Intra-group losses are also eliminated but may indicate an impairment that requires recognition in the consolidated financial statements.
Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group. Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiaries are identified separately from the group’s equity therein. Non-controlling interests consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the original business combination and the non-controlling shareholder’s share of changes in equity since the date of the combination.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from thos estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Any revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision only affects that period. If the revision affects both current and future periods then it is recognised in both the current and future periods.
The key accounting estimate in these financial statements is the stock provision.
Turnover recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the group’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the group.
The group recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the group's activities.
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the group operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the group. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.
Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities on the balance sheet.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
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Land and buildings |
10% straight line |
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Furniture, fittings and equipment |
15% reducing balance |
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Motor vehicles |
25% straight line |
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Plant and machinery |
25% reducing balance |
Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the group’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is held in the currency of the acquired entity and revalued to the closing rate at each reporting period date. Goodwill is amortised over its useful life, which shall not exceed ten years if a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made.
Amortisation
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:
|
Asset class |
Amortisation method and rate |
|
Software costs |
10 years straight line |
|
Goodwill |
10 years straight line |
Investments
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell, which is equivalent to the net realisable value. Cost includes materials, direct labour and an attributable proportion of manufacturing overheads based on normal levels of activity. Cost is calculated using the first in first out method. Provision is made for obsolete, slow-moving or defective items where appropriate.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the group does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Profit and Loss Account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the group has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Assets held under hire purchase agreements are capitalised as tangible fixed assets with the future obligation being recognised as a liability. Finance costs are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account calculated at a constant periodic rate of interest over the term of the liability.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Leases
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the Balance Sheet as a finance lease obligation.
Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the Profit and Loss Account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the group’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
Defined contribution pension obligation
The group operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the group has no further payments obligations.
The contributions are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the group in independently administered funds.
Reserves
Called up share capital represents the nominal value of shares that have been issued.
Profit and loss account includes all current and prior period profits and losses.
|
Turnover |
The analysis of the group's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Sale of goods |
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Operating profit |
Arrived at after charging/(crediting)
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Depreciation expense |
|
|
|
Amortisation expense |
|
|
|
Foreign exchange (gains)/losses |
( |
|
|
Operating lease expense - plant and machinery |
|
|
|
Loss/(profit) on disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
( |
|
Other interest receivable and similar income |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Interest income on bank deposits |
|
|
|
Interest payable and similar expenses |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings |
|
|
|
Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts |
|
|
|
Interest expense on other finance liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
|
Social security costs |
|
|
|
Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
|
|
|
Other employee expense |
|
|
|
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
The average number of persons employed by the group (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Administration and support |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Remuneration |
|
|
|
Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
|
|
|
198,429 |
203,438 |
During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Received or were entitled to receive shares under long term incentive schemes |
|
|
In respect of the highest paid director:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Remuneration |
|
|
|
Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes |
|
|
|
Auditors' remuneration |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Audit of these financial statements |
13,100 |
12,500 |
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the consolidated profit and loss account
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Current taxation |
||
|
UK corporation tax |
|
|
|
UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
( |
- |
|
392,903 |
460,902 |
|
|
Deferred taxation |
||
|
Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
|
( |
|
Tax expense in the income statement |
|
|
The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of
The differences are reconciled below:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Profit before tax |
|
|
|
Corporation tax at standard rate |
|
|
|
Increase in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
|
- |
|
Tax (decrease)/increase from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
( |
|
|
Tax increase from other short-term timing differences |
|
- |
|
Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) |
|
|
|
Tax increase from effect of unrelieved tax losses carried forward |
- |
|
|
Total tax charge |
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Intangible assets |
Group
|
Goodwill |
Internally generated software development costs |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
|||
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
Additions acquired separately |
- |
|
|
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Amortisation |
|||
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
- |
|
|
Amortisation charge |
|
- |
|
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
At 29 February 2024 |
|
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Tangible assets |
Group
|
Land and buildings |
Furniture, fittings and equipment |
Motor vehicles |
Plant and machinery |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
|||||
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
|
Disposals |
- |
- |
( |
- |
( |
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|||||
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eliminated on disposal |
- |
- |
( |
- |
( |
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||||
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 29 February 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £10,610 (2024 - £12,842) in respect of short leasehold land and buildings.
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
The net carrying amount of tangible assets includes the following amounts in respect of assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Motor vehicles |
177,058 |
81,333 |
|
Investments |
Company
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Investments in subsidiaries |
|
|
|
Subsidiaries |
£ |
|
Cost or valuation |
|
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
At 29 February 2024 |
|
Details of undertakings
Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
|
Undertaking |
Registered office |
Holding |
Proportion of voting rights and shares held |
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
Subsidiary undertakings |
||||
|
|
Abpac House, Wessex Way, Wincanton Business Park, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9RR |
Ordinary shares |
|
|
|
United Kingdom |
||||
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Subsidiary undertakings |
|
Abpac Limited The principal activity of Abpac Limited is |
|
Stocks |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Stock |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Debtors |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
Current |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Other debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital not paid |
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Cash at bank |
|
|
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Creditors |
|
Group |
Company |
||||
|
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Due within one year |
|||||
|
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
- |
- |
4,348,601 |
2,917,068 |
|
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
|
|
- |
- |
|
|
Other creditors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation tax |
101,785 |
196,882 |
69,065 |
49,302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Due after one year |
|||||
|
Loans and borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed to group undertakings are repayable on demand, unsecured and interest free.
|
Provisions for liabilities |
Group
|
Deferred tax |
Total |
|
|
At 1 March 2024 |
|
|
|
Additional provisions |
|
|
|
At 28 February 2025 |
|
|
|
|
||
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Deferred tax
Group
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
|
2025 |
Liability |
|
Accelerated capital allowances |
|
|
|
|
2024 |
Liability |
|
Accelerated capital allowances |
|
|
|
|
Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the group to the scheme and amounted to £
Contributions totalling £
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rights, preferences and restrictions
|
Ordinary shares have the following rights, preferences and restrictions: |
|
Loans and borrowings |
Current loans and borrowings
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Bank borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
Hire purchase contracts |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Other borrowings |
- |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current loans and borrowings
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Bank borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
Hire purchase contracts |
|
|
- |
- |
|
Other borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Group
Bank borrowings
|
The security given for bank loans comprises legal mortgages over freehold land and buildings, and fixed charges over a subsidiary's assets. A personal guarantee has been provided by the directors up to an amount of £150,000. |
|
The loans are unsecured. |
|
Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts |
Group
Finance leases
Finance lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for certain items of plant and machinery. Leases include purchase options at the end of the lease period, and no restrictions are placed on the use of the assets. The average lease term is 3 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.
Finance leases of £138,545 (2024 - £87,017) have been secured against the assets to which they relate.
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Not later than one year |
|
|
|
Later than one year and not later than five years |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating leases
The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Not later than one year |
|
|
|
Later than one year and not later than five years |
|
|
|
Later than five years |
|
|
|
|
|
The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
|
Dividends |
Interim dividends paid
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
Interim dividends paid during the year |
|
|
||
|
Related party transactions |
Group
Key management compensation
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Salaries and other short term employee benefits |
|
|
|
Post-employment benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
Summary of transactions with subsidiaries
Summary of transactions with other related parties
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Expenditure with and payables to related parties
|
2025 |
Other related parties |
|
Rendering of services |
|
|
Loan interest |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
|
2024 |
Other related parties |
|
Loan interest |
|
|
Interest payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
Loans from related parties
|
2025 |
Key management |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
At start of period |
|
|
|
|
Repaid |
- |
( |
( |
|
At end of period |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
2024 |
Key management |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
At start of period |
|
|
|
|
Repaid |
- |
( |
( |
|
At end of period |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Terms of loans from related parties
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Company
Expenditure with and payables to related parties
|
2025 |
Other related parties |
|
Loan interest |
|
|
Interest payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
|
2024 |
Other related parties |
|
Loan interest |
|
|
Interest payable to related party |
|
|
|
|
Loans from related parties
|
2025 |
Key management |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
At start of period |
|
|
|
|
Repaid |
- |
( |
( |
|
At end of period |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
2024 |
Key management |
Other related parties |
Total |
|
At start of period |
|
|
|
|
Repaid |
- |
( |
( |
|
At end of period |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Terms of loans from related parties
|
Non adjusting events after the financial period |
|
|