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Registered number: 02000951
Precision Engineering Plastics Ltd
Strategic Report, Directors' Report and
Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2024
Mountsides Limited
Chartered Accountants
2 Mountside
Stanmore
Middlesex
HA7 2DT
Contents
Page
Strategic Report 1
Directors' Report 2—3
Independent Auditor's Report 4—6
Statement of Comprehensive Income 7
Balance Sheet 8
Statement of Changes in Equity 9
Notes to the Financial Statements 10—17
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Strategic Report
The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Review of the Business
The directors consider that the key financial performance indicators (KPIs) are those that communicate the financial performance and strength of the company as a whole to its members. These KPIs comprise turnover, operating profit and shareholders' funds. The company is exempt from the requirement to disclose details of non-financial key performance indicators as it is a medium sized company.
During the year turnover increased by 10% due to increased demand and this has contributed to a 96% increase in operating profit. At the year end, shareholders' funds increased by 6% and net assets per ordinary share were £69.
The company expects to maintain profitability in the future but continuing global and political uncertainties and their impact on costs, may dampen the company's growth.
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
The company's financial risk management objectives consist of identifying and monitoring those risks which have an adverse impact on the value of the company's financial assets and liabilities or on reported profitability and on the cash flows of the company.
The company's principal financial instruments comprise cash balances and various items such as trade debtors and trade creditors which arise directly from trading operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to provide finance for the company's operations. The existence of these financial instruments exposes the company to a number of financial risks.
Liquidity risk
The company minimises its exposure to liquidity risk by managing cash generation by its operations with cash collection targets set. In this way the company ensures that sufficient funds are available for day to day operations and planned expansions.
Credit risk
The principal credit risk arises from trade debtors. Management has a credit policy in place and the exposure to credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis, based on a combination of payment history and third party references.
Future Developments
The directors are satisfied with the results achieved during the year. Their plan for the future is to continue in their efforts to secure new orders and to continue to invest in new plant and machinery. Current global and political events have created uncertainties which are likely to dampen the company's future growth, but in the directors' opinion, the company is well positioned to meet these challenges
On behalf of the board
Mr P Doheny
Director
19 September 2025
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Directors' Report
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal Activity
The company's principal activity continues to be that of manufacturers of precision plastics mouldings.
Dividends
The value of dividends paid amounted to £195,000 .
The directors do not recommended payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
Mr P Doheny
Mr V Marino
Matters covered in the Strategic Report
Disclosures required under s416(4) of the Companies Act 2006 are commented upon in the Strategic Report as the directors consider them to be of strategic importance to the business.
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' 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, comprising FRS102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing the financial statements the directors are required to:
  • select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
  • make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
  • state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS102, 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 directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Statement of Disclosure of Information to Auditors
In the case of each director in office at the date the Directors' Report is approved: 
  • so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware; and
  • they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
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Independent Auditors
The auditors, Mountsides Limited, have indicated their willingness to continue in office.
On behalf of the board
Mr P Doheny
Director
19 September 2025
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Independent Auditor's Report
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Precision Engineering Plastics Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes of Equity and the related notes, 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
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/(loss) 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's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions Relating to Going Concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other Information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 
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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
  • the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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Matters on Which We Are Required to Report by Exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
  • adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
  • the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records or returns; or
  • certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
  • we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of Directors
As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 2—3, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: 
Based on our understanding of the company and the environment in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to but not limited to, Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries to increase revenue or reduce expenditure, and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:
- Enquiries with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
- Designing audit procedures to incorporate unpredictability around the nature, timing or extent of our testing.
- Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.
- Reviewing the financial statements for compliance with the Companies Act 2006.
- Evaluating and challenging the reasonableness of accounting estimates.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website 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 that 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.
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Christopher Andrews ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Mountsides Limited , Statutory Auditor
19 September 2025
Mountsides Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
2 Mountside
Stanmore
Middlesex
HA7 2DT
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Statement of Comprehensive Income
2024 2023
Notes £ £
TURNOVER 4 6,529,409 5,921,914
Cost of sales (3,923,935 ) (3,819,705 )
GROSS PROFIT 2,605,474 2,102,209
Administrative expenses (1,824,388 ) (1,703,930 )
OPERATING PROFIT 5 781,086 398,279
Other interest receivable and similar income 10 88,466 24,683
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 869,552 422,962
Tax on Profit 11 (159,126 ) (42,631 )
PROFIT AFTER TAXATION BEING PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 710,426 380,331
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR 710,426 380,331
The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.
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Balance Sheet
Registered number: 02000951
2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets 12 243,687 246,184
243,687 246,184
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 13 661,224 495,309
Debtors 14 5,979,973 5,869,236
Cash at bank and in hand 2,310,246 1,970,313
8,951,443 8,334,858
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 15 (827,663 ) (735,812 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) 8,123,780 7,599,046
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 8,367,467 7,845,230
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred Taxation (24,816 ) (18,005 )
NET ASSETS 8,342,651 7,827,225
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17 102,133 102,133
Share premium account 13,867 13,867
Profit and Loss Account 8,226,651 7,711,225
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 8,342,651 7,827,225
On behalf of the board
Mr P Doheny
Director
Mr V Marino
Director
19 September 2025
The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Equity
Share Capital Share Premium Profit and Loss Account Total
£ £ £ £
As at 1 January 2023 102,133 13,867 7,520,894 7,636,894
Profit for the year and total comprehensive income - - 380,331 380,331
Dividends paid - - (190,000) (190,000)
As at 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 102,133 13,867 7,711,225 7,827,225
Profit for the year and total comprehensive income - - 710,426 710,426
Dividends paid - - (195,000) (195,000)
As at 31 December 2024 102,133 13,867 8,226,651 8,342,651
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General Information
Precision Engineering Plastics Ltd is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 02000951 . The registered office is 1063 Mollison Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7NJ.
The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).
2. Statement of Compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
3. Accounting Policies
3.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
3.2. Financial Reporting Standard 102 - Reduced Disclosure Exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
  • the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows and Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17 (d);
  • the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48 (a) (iii), 11.48 (a) (iv), 11.48 (b) and 11.48 (c);
  • the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments Issues paragraphs 12.27, 12.29 (a), 12.29 (b), 12.29A and 12.30;
3.3. Going Concern Disclosure
The directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
3.4. Significant judgements and estimations
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements, estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates, judgements and assumptions are continually
reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed
to be reasonable under the circumstances. The items in the financial statements where judgements, estimates and
assumptions have been made include:
Debtors
Management applies judgements in evaluating the recoverability of debtors. To the extent that the directors
believe debtors not to be recoverable, they have been provided for in the financial statements.
Stock
Management applies judgements in evaluating stock for obsolete and slow moving items. This judgement is
based on management knowledge of the stock and customer demand, as well as stock age. At each balance sheet
date, stocks are assessed for impairment and written down as appropriate.
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3.5. Turnover
The turnover shown in the profit and loss account represents revenue recognised by the company in respect of goods and services supplied during the year and is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. The policies adopted for the recognition of turnover are as follows:
Sale of goods
Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have transferred to the buyer, the amount of turnover can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the company and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably. This is usually on dispatch of the goods.
Rendering of services
When the outcome of a transaction can be estimated reliably, turnover from rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion at the balance sheet date. Stage of completion is measured by reference to actual time spent to the total budgeted time. Where the outcome cannot be measured reliably, turnover is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.
3.6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Plant & Machinery 20% on cost
Motor Vehicles 25% on cost
Fixtures & Fittings 20% on cost
3.7. Stocks and Work in Progress
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Work in progress is reflected in the accounts by recording turnover and related costs as moulding activity progresses.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the profit and loss account. Where a reversal of the impairment is required the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the profit and loss account.
3.8. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
3.9. Financial Instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instruments that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable and loans to related parties. Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment of assets are recognised in the profit and loss account in other administrative expenses.
3.10. Foreign Currencies
Monetary 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 ruling on the date of the transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating profit.
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3.11. Taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax is recognised on timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable timing differences. Deferred tax assets are generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which those deductible timing differences can be utilised. The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period in which the liability is settled or the asset realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflect the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Current and deferred tax are recognised in profit or loss for the year, except when they relate to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case current and deferred tax are recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
3.12. Pensions
The company operates a defined pension contribution scheme. Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
4. Turnover
Analysis of turnover by geographical market is as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
United Kingdom 5,611,213 4,755,406
Europe 662,876 825,211
Rest of the world 255,320 341,297
6,529,409 5,921,914
5. Operating Profit
The operating profit is stated after charging:
2024 2023
£ £
Operating lease rentals 375,000 375,000
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 131,902 160,794
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets (3,000 ) -
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6. Auditor's Remuneration
Remuneration received by the company's auditors and their associates during the year was as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Audit Services
Audit of the company's financial statements 6,000 5,000
Other Services
Other non-audit services 10,227 7,508
7. Staff Costs
Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 2,227,186 2,116,171
Social security costs 219,845 208,648
Other pension costs 319,754 294,761
2,766,785 2,619,580
8. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was as follows:
2024 2023
Office and administration 16 14
Manufacturing 60 56
76 70
9. Directors' remuneration
2024 2023
£ £
Emoluments 109,526 102,944
Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes 120,000 119,200
229,526 222,144
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:
2024 2023
Money purchase pension schemes 2 2
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10. Interest Receivable and Similar Income
2024 2023
£ £
Bank interest receivable 88,466 17,176
Interest on Corporation Tax - 888
Other interest receivable - 6,619
88,466 24,683
11. Tax on Profit
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
Tax Rate 2024 2023
2024 2023 £ £
Current tax
UK Corporation Tax 25.0% 23.5% 152,315 72,070
Deferred Tax
Deferred taxation 6,811 (29,439 )
Total tax charge for the period 159,126 42,631
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit and the standard rate of corporation tax as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Profit before tax 869,552 422,962
Tax on profit at 25% (UK standard rate) 217,388 99,481
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 268 205
Short term timing differences - (1,773 )
Research and Development tax credit (58,530 ) (55,282 )
Total tax charge for the period 159,126 42,631
12. Tangible Assets
Plant & Machinery Motor Vehicles Fixtures & Fittings Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
As at 1 January 2024 3,017,450 147,303 170,748 3,335,501
Additions 124,033 - 5,372 129,405
Disposals (143,832 ) - (26,400 ) (170,232 )
As at 31 December 2024 2,997,651 147,303 149,720 3,294,674
...CONTINUED
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Depreciation
As at 1 January 2024 2,835,670 99,731 153,916 3,089,317
Provided during the period 105,208 19,685 7,009 131,902
Disposals (143,832 ) - (26,400 ) (170,232 )
As at 31 December 2024 2,797,046 119,416 134,525 3,050,987
Net Book Value
As at 31 December 2024 200,605 27,887 15,195 243,687
As at 1 January 2024 181,780 47,572 16,832 246,184
13. Stocks
2024 2023
£ £
Raw materials and consumables 307,732 279,852
Finished goods 353,492 215,457
661,224 495,309
14. Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Due within one year
Trade debtors 1,095,026 995,976
Amounts owed by group undertakings 2,948,420 2,948,420
Other debtors 81,527 69,840
4,124,973 4,014,236
Due after more than one year
Other debtors 1,855,000 1,855,000
5,979,973 5,869,236
15. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 223,168 286,156
Other creditors 74,468 81,715
Corporation tax 152,315 72,070
Taxation and social security 180,579 171,173
Accruals and deferred income 197,133 124,698
827,663 735,812
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16. Provisions for Liabilities
Deferred Tax Total
£ £
As at 1 January 2024 18,005 18,005
Additions 6,811 6,811
Balance at 31 December 2024 24,816 24,816
The deferred tax balance represents timing differences on capital allowances.
17. Share Capital
2024 2023
Allotted, called up and fully paid £ £
100,000 Ordinary Shares of £ 1.00 each 100,000 100,000
21,330 Ordinary A shares of £ 0.10 each 2,133 2,133
102,133 102,133
The rights attaching to the two classes of shares shall be as follows:
(1) The holders of £1 shares shall be entitled to one vote for every share held but the holders of the 10p shares shall be entitled to one vote for every 10 shares held.
(2) On a declaration of dividend or return of capital, the amount paid or payable to the shareholders of the Company or the entitlement to capital shall be divided in such a manner that the holder of each £1 share is entitled to 10 times the amount per share compared to the holder of each 10p share.
18. Other Commitments
The total of future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as following:
2024 2023
£ £
Not later than one year 375,000 375,000
Later than one year and not later than five years 1,500,000 1,500,000
Later than five years 281,250 656,250
2,156,250 2,531,250
19. Pension Commitments
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
During the year the charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes was £319,754 (2023: £294,761).
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20. Directors Advances, Credits and Guarantees
Included within Debtors are the following loans to directors:
As at 1 January 2024 Amounts advanced Amounts repaid Amounts written off As at 31 December 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Mr Padraic Doheny 750,000 - - - 750,000
Mr Vince Marino 650,000 - - - 650,000
The above loans are unsecured, interest free and have no fixed repayment dates.
21. Dividends
2024 2023
£ £
On equity shares:
Interim dividend paid 195,000 190,000
22. Related Party Disclosures
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under 33.1A of the Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", not to disclose transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.
23. Controlling Parties
The company's immediate parent undertaking is Precision Engineering Plastics (Holdings) Limited.
The ultimate parent undertaking and that of the smallest and largest group for which group accounts are drawn up of which the company is a member is Precision Engineering Plastics (Holdings) Limited. (incorporated in England & Wales). Its registered office is 1063 Mollison Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7NJ .
Copies of the group accounts may be obtained from the company's registered office.
The ultimate controlling parties are the directors and their families, acting in concert, who hold the entire issued share capital of the parent company, Precision Engineering Plastics (Holdings) Limited.
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