| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2025 |
| FOR |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2025 |
| FOR |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Directors | 4 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
| Income Statement | 9 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 10 |
| Balance Sheet | 11 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 13 |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors |
| Seven Stars House |
| 1 Wheler Road |
| Coventry |
| CV3 4LB |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| STRATEGIC REPORT |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 28 February 2025. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| As part of a wider group reorgnisation during the year, the company ceased to be an intermediate holding company within the group and is now a fellow subsidiary of its former subsidiary undertaking, B.T.E. Plant Sales Limited. |
| As part of the reorgnisation, the company made a solvency statement on 20 February 2025 and effected a reduction in capital, with a view that the company is wound up within 12 months of this statement. |
| As such, the financial statements have not been prepared under the going concern basis. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| The key risks and uncertainties affecting the group are considered to relate to the demand for products from the construction industry and competition from overseas suppliers. The company and wider group is well positioned to manage these risks due to a strong supply chain, capable workforce and management team, alongside solid reserves. |
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
| As noted in the review of business, it is the intention of the directors to wind up the company within 12 months. |
| SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT |
| Each director of the company continues to be mindful of their statutory duty to promote the success of the company for the benefit of the members as a whole, and in doing so having regard (amongst other matters) to those factors set out in section 172(1)(a)-(f) of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Collectively, the board recognises how having regard to these and other relevant factors and stakeholder groups in their decision-making, contributes to the success of the company. Depending on the matter in question, the relevance of different stakeholder interests and other factors will inevitably vary and the board may have to make difficult decisions based on competing priorities which means that it may not always be possible to provide a favourable outcome for all stakeholders. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| STRATEGIC REPORT |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING |
| The company has used HM Governmental Environmental Reporting Guidelines including Streamlined Energy and Reporting guidance. |
Energy source |
Consumption |
Scope |
Conversion rate |
Emissions calculator |
| Gas | 241,910 kWh | Scope 1 | 0.18253 | 44,156kg CO2e |
| Diesel | 38,578 litres | Scope 1 | 2.47960 | 95,658kg CO2e |
| Petrol | 3,250 litres | Scope 1 | 2.07047 | 6,729kg CO2e |
| Electricity | 154,186 kWh | Scope 2 | 0.207050 | 31,924kg CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 and 2 Gross emissions (all location based) | 178,467kg CO2e |
| Equivalent expressed as tonnes of CO2e (tCO2) | 178.467 tCO2e |
| Carbon intensity ratio (tCO2e per £m turnover) | 3.215 tCO2e |
| Energy consumption used to calculate the above emissions (kWh) | 420,133 |
| The comparative date for the year ended 28 February 2024 was as follows:- |
Energy source |
Consumption |
Scope |
Conversion rate |
Emissions calculator |
| Gas | 273,753 kWh | Scope 1 | 0.18256 | 49,967kg CO2e |
| Diesel | 65,848 litres | Scope 1 | 2.47887 | 163,229kg CO2e |
| Petrol | 3,211 litres | Scope 1 | 2.08354 | 6,690kg CO2e |
| Electricity | 126.370kWh | Scope 2 | 0.207074 | 26,168kg CO2e |
| Total Scope 1 and 2 Gross emissions (all location based) | 246,063kg CO2e |
| Equivalent expressed as tonnes of CO2e (tCO2) | 246.063 tCO2e |
| Carbon intensity ratio (tCO2e per £m turnover) | 4.014 tCO2e |
| Energy consumption used to calculate the above emissions (kWh) | 440,110 |
| The company will seek to reduce consumption in future years through transition to Electric vehicles and the use of smart meters, amongst other strategies. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 28 February 2025. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of an intermediate holding company for a group whose main activity is the sale of new and used plant, including spares. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| Dividends per share were paid as follows on 28 February 2025: |
| Class | 2025 | 2024 |
| Amount per share |
Amount per share |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary 'A' shares | 195,765 | 17,500 |
| The directors recommend that no final dividends be paid. |
| The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 28 February 2025 will be £15,661,223 (2024: £1,400,000). |
| £13,930,000 of the dividend in 2025 is a dividend in specie. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 March 2024 to the date of this report. |
| FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
| Objectives and policies |
| The financial risk management objectives and policies of the group and company include policies to manage its interest rate, credit and liquidity risk. The use of financial instruments to manage these risks is summarised below. |
| Interest rate risk |
| The group and company have bank loans as well as significant cash balances. The general policy is to limit its exposure to interest rate movements by placing short-term deposits on the money markets with fixed maturities of up to one month. Deposits are only placed with the company's principal bankers. |
| Price risk |
| The group and company do not have financial instruments that are exposed to price risk. |
| Credit risk |
| The group's and company's credit risk are primarily attributable to its trade debtors. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debts as identified by the directors. |
| Liquidity risk |
| The group and company ensure that they have sufficient funds to meet obligations or commitments associated with their financial instruments by monitoring cashflow as part of their day to day control procedures and also, more strategically, by the use of agreed stocking loan facilities made available by certain suppliers. |
| ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES |
| The directors seek to foster an environment in which employees can raise any issues in respect of business conduct at any time and look to ensure that any matters arising are dealt with in a transparent and fair way. |
| ENGAGEMENT WITH SUPPLIERS, CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS |
| The group and company seek to deal on a fair basis with their suppliers, customers and other stakeholders. Both directors and the wider management engage and communicate very regularly with these various stakeholders and terms of business are communicated in a transparent way. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS |
| The directors ultimately take responsibility for the success of the group and company through setting the strategy of the group and company and providing entrepreneurial leadership, combined with regular management and review of the wider risks to the group and company, the employees and other management. Meetings are held regularly to ensure that this process is ongoing. |
| DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT |
| The group's review of business, principal risks and uncertainties and future developments are disclosed within the strategic report. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: |
| - | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
| - | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
| - | 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 directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself 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 |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of BTE Holdings Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 28 February 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity 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 company's affairs as at 28 February 2025 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 |
| As stated in the below "Emphasis of matter" paragraph and in notes 2 and 18 of the financial statements, the company is not considered to be a going concern and the financial statements have therefore not been prepared on a going concern basis. |
| Emphasis of matter |
| In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made in the financial statements regarding the fact that just before the year end, the directors and key management made a solvency statement with the intention to ultimately wind up the company within 12 months. The disclosures are made in notes 2 and 18 to the accounts. Our opinion is not qualified in this respect. |
| Other information |
| The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
| Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
| In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| BTE HOLDINGS 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 Directors. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
| - | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| Responsibilities of directors |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page five, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
| In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
| Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
| Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. |
| The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
| The audit process includes an assessment of the entity's risk environment, through enquiry of and discussion with management, including an assessment of any key laws and regulations with which the company must comply in the ordinary course of its business. |
| Additionally, the overall risks of irregular transactions occurring are assessed following our observations and confirmation of the design and implementation of management's controls. Whilst we are mindful of these risks, our audit focus is geared towards the risk of material misstatement in the financial statements as a whole. |
| As such, our procedures cannot guarantee that all transactions have been fully compliant with all relevant laws and regulations, including those regulations relating to fraud, as our procedures are not designed to detect all instances of non-compliance. By definition, the risk of our detection of non-compliance is greater where compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. |
| 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 |
| BTE HOLDINGS 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 |
| Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors |
| Seven Stars House |
| 1 Wheler Road |
| Coventry |
| CV3 4LB |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| INCOME STATEMENT |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER |
| Administrative expenses |
| (324,926 | ) | (333,586 | ) |
| Other operating income |
| OPERATING (LOSS)/PROFIT | ( |
) |
| Income from shares in group undertakings |
| 125,074 | 2,166,414 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 4 |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 5 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| Reduction in share capital |
| Income tax relating to other comprehensive income |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 28 February 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Investments | 7 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 8 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
10 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 12 |
| Share premium | 13 |
| Retained earnings | 13 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Share | Total |
| capital | earnings | premium | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 March 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Balance at 29 February 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reclassification of share |
| capital | 6,840,400 | - | - | 6,840,400 |
| Reduction in share capital | (6,840,400 | ) | - | - | (6,840,400 | ) |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Balance at 28 February 2025 |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| BTE Holdings Limited is a |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| The accounts have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, aside from the below on going concern. |
| Going concern |
| In February 2025 the directors and key management took the decision to effect a group reorganisation through a capital reduction. A solvency statement was made on 20 February 2025 whereby the directors stated their intentions to wind up the company within 12 months, following the discharge of any remaining liabilities. |
| 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; |
| • | the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d); |
| • | the requirement of paragraph 33.7. |
| Preparation of consolidated financial statements |
| The financial statements contain information about BTE Holdings Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertakings are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, BTE Group Holdings Limited, 85 Ashby Road, Markfield, Leicester, LE67 9UA. |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the 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. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Share capital |
| Share capital is treated as an equity instrument where there is evidence of a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all its liabilities. Accordingly, a financial instrument is treated as equity if: |
| - there is no contractual obligation to deliver cash or other financial assets or to exchange financial assets or liabilities on terms that may be unfavourable; and |
| - the instrument is a non-derivative that contains no contractual obligations to deliver a variable number of shares or is a derivative that will be settled only by the company exchanging a fixed amount of cash or other assets for a fixed number of the company's own equity instruments. |
| Where shares are issued for a value in excess of their nominal value, the resultant premium is included in a share premium account. |
| Preference shares, which result in fixed returns to the holder or are mandatorily redeemable on a specific date, are classified as liabilities. The dividends on these shares are recognised in the income statement as interest expense. |
| Financial instruments |
| Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less impairment. |
| 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 are recognised in the income statement. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Management |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Emoluments etc |
| No (2024: Two) directors were remunerated elsewhere in the group. No charges or recharges are paid or payable for the services of these directors to the company. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 4. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Other interest |
| Preference dividends | - | 2,000 |
| 5. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Tax on profit |
| UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% (2024 - 25%). |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2024 - |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Income not taxable for tax purposes | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Other tax adjustments | - | (5,918 | ) |
| Group relief | 82,695 | - |
| Total tax charge | - | 285,238 |
| Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income |
| 2025 |
| Gross | Tax | Net |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Reduction in share capital | - | 6,840,400 |
| During the year the UK corporation tax rate remained at 25% and is set to remain so for the foreseeable future. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 6. | DIVIDENDS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary A shares of £1 each |
| Interim |
| 7. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 March 2024 |
| Transfer | ( |
) |
| At 28 February 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 28 February 2025 |
| At 29 February 2024 |
| In February 2025, the company transferred ownership in its subsidiary undertakings by way of a dividend in specie for £13,930,000. |
| 8. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Tax |
| . |
| 9. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| 10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Preference shares (see note 11) |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 11. | LOANS |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
| Preference shares | - | 6,840,400 |
| Details of shares shown as liabilities are as follows: |
| Preference shares were comprised of 6,840,400 shares with a nominal value of £1 each. |
| On 20 February 2025 the preference shares were re-designated as Ordinary shares and subject to a capital reduction. |
| The shares carried the following rights: |
| An annual entitlement to fixed cumulative dividends of £2,000 per annum in priority to holders of other classes of shares and without the need for a directors' resolution. |
| First priority on the distribution of assets in the event of the sale of ordinary shares whether as a result of a change in control of the group and company or in the event of a winding up, with amounts due including the nominal value of the shares and any arrears of fixed cumulative dividends. |
| The preference shares carried no voting rights. |
| 12. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary A | £1 | 80 | 80 |
| Ordinary B | £1 | 50 | 50 |
| Ordinary C | £1 | 18 | 18 |
| Ordinary D | £1 | 52 | 52 |
| 200 | 200 |
| All Ordinary A, B, C and D shares rank pari passu with respect to voting rights, the rights to distribution of dividends voted within the class and the rights to distribution from a winding up of the company. |
| On 20 February 2025 6,840,000 Preference shares were re-designated as Ordinary shares and then subject to a further capital reduction. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 13. | RESERVES |
| Retained | Share |
| earnings | premium | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 March 2024 | 8,741,670 |
| Profit for the year |
| Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Reduction in capital | 6,840,400 | - | 6,840,400 |
| At 28 February 2025 | 40,066 |
| Retained earnings |
| This reserve represents all current and prior year retained profits and losses. |
| During the year the company effected a capital reduction as permitted under section 641 of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Following a solvency statement made by the directors in the year, the company has taken advantage of the provisions of Article 3 of The Companies (Reduction of Share Capital) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1915), and has treated the reserve created by the reduction of capital as a realised profit. |
| Share premium |
| This reserve represents the amount received in settlement of shares issued in excess of their nominal value. |
| 14. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| BTE Group Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
| BTE Group Holdings Limited is the largest group which publishes financial statements that consolidate this entity. |
| These group financial statements are available to the public from:- |
| 85 Ashby Road |
| Markfield |
| Leicester |
| LE67 9UA |
| 15. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| The company has a debenture with its bankers for any current or future liabilities becoming due, dated 15 July 2019, with a fixed charge over all of its freehold and leasehold property; a first fixed charge over book and other debts, chattels,goodwill and uncalled capital, both present and future; and a first floating charge over all assets and undertakings, both present and future. |
| The company has an unlimited multilateral guarantee with its parent undertaking, BTE Group Holdings Limited and with its fellow subsidiary, B.T.E Plant Sales Limited, dated 15 July 2019. |
| 16. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| B.T.E. Plant Sales Limited (fellow subsidiary undertaking) |
| During the year the company charged management charges of £Nil (2024: £1,500,000) to B.T.E. Plant Sales Limited. |
| Key management are considered to be the directors, whose remuneration is disclosed in the preceding notes to these financial statements. |
| BTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11695988) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| for the year ended 28 February 2025 |
| 17. | CONTROLLING INTERESTS |
| The company's ultimate controlling undertaking is BTE Group Holdings Limited. |
| BTE Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Miss R L Bryson, director. |
| 18. | POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS |
| In February 2025 the directors and key management took the decision to effect a group reorganisation through a capital reduction. A solvency statement was made whereby the directors stated their intentions to wind up the company within 12 months. |