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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The directors present their strategic report for Magna Colours Ltd (“the Company”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The principal activity of the Company is the manufacture and sale of dyes, pigments, inks and chemical products to the UK, EU and Worldwide.
Business review Against a challenging macroeconomic backdrop the company achieved an improved year on year performance by continuing to focus on our customers, controlling costs and careful working capital management. Enhancements on working capital were facilitated by continued improvements in stock inventory, margin and overhead processes, these helping mitigate rising inflationary costs. The strong liquidity position ensures the Company is able to adapt to rapid changes in market conditions.
The Board monitors the Company’s performance in a number of ways including key performance indicators.
The principal performance indicators monitored during the year are: Turnover – year to 31 December 2024: £12,460,999 (2023: £12,393,797); Gross Profit Margin – year to 31 December 2024: 44.3% (2023: 40.7%); Profit after tax – year to 31 December 2024: £1,160,614 (2023: £1,157,362). The Company also uses certain non-financial performance indicators. The most important are volumes manufactured and sold, stock levels, delivery performance and health and safety. These are reviewed regularly by the Board.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Trading Risk
The Company has a diversified customer and product base. Growth is driven across multiple regions including sales into various European Countries, Asia, the Middle East and North and South America. The Company monitors competitor activity in its core markets and is developing innovative products in order to retain and grow its position in the marketplace. Financial Risks The Company has certain financial risks including the effect of changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, credit risk and liquidity risk. The most significant of these risks has been foreign currency exchange rates. The Company is exposed to two main currency risks, EUR and USD. Due to the nature of business activity and its customers, there are natural hedges in place to ensure no impact on liquidity. Avient Corporation also monitor foreign exchange risk as a group and hedge accordingly. Credit Risks The Company’s principal financial assets are trade debtors and bank balances, which represent the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk in relation to financial assets. Trade debtors are not concentrated with a single or few customers, and sales only take place after reviewing published credit data and references, and only then are credit terms and limits of exposure agreed with each customer. Liquidity and Cashflow Risk The objective of the Company in managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it can meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due. The Company has no external debt finance and would seek funding from fellow group companies should the need arise. During the year the Company acquired various fixed assets financed entirely by cash generated through trading. The Company is in a strong financial position to allow it to meet its financial obligations for the foreseeable future. Energy Markets and Supply Chain The outbreak of conflict in the Ukraine in the early part of 2022 created unprecedented issues across many areas of the global economy, not least in the energy markets. The business has continued to monitor cost base increases across the basket of goods and services procured to protect margins against the volatile market. In addition, the business continued to manage risks during the year by increasing stocks where needed to be able to maintain continuity of supply to customers. Health and Safety The Company could be adversely affected if it fails to manage the safety of its sites effectively. The directors believe that the safety of its employees and contractors is fundamentally important and monitor health and safety KPIs frequently, this including the completion of corrective actions and reporting of “near misses”. Employee Involvement Our employees are key to our Company. The Company is committed to involving all employees in the performance and development of the Company. Employees are encouraged to discuss with management matters of interest to the employees and subjects affecting day to day operations of the Company. Our ongoing employee feedback is highly valued, discussed, and most importantly, acted upon, to make improvements. We are proud to share that our employees feel we are a Great Place to Work® and during 2024 we received our third certification.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The Company has a very active Committee made up of employee volunteers who organize and facilitate activities that support local charities and community causes in addition to social events for employees. Designated mental health first aiders continue to be embedded across the workforce and provide information and support, as well as engaging in topics to raise awareness regarding inclusion and diversity. Environment The Company operates under the Avient Corporation policy and continues to monitor against environmental and sustainability targets.
This report was approved by the Board on 17 September 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The directors who served during the year were:
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to 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 profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,160,140 (2023 - £1,157,362).
During the year, the Company paid a dividend of £7,449,744 (2023: £Nil).
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Subsequent to the year end, on 26 June 2025, the Company paid a dividend of £2,506,694 to its parent company.
The auditors, Shorts, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the Board on
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Magna Colours Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows 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, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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:
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:
∙the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify and recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and
∙through discussions with the directors and other management and from our commercial knowledge, we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the Company.
We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
∙making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
∙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:
∙performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
∙reviewed the general ledger entries during the year to identify unusual transactions;
∙assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
∙investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
∙agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
∙reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
∙enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;
∙considering relationships with HMRC and other relevant regulators; and
∙reviewing legal and professional costs to identify any indicators of litigation.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Cedar House
63 Napier Street
South Yorkshire
S11 8HA
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 01378495
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 25 form part of these financial statements.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Magna Colours Limited is a company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is Unit 3 Dodworth Business Park, Upper Cliffe Road, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3SP and its registered number is 01378495. The principal activity of the Company continues to be the manufacture and sale of dyes, pigments, inks and chemical products to the UK, EU and Worldwide.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
Research and development expenditure is written off in the year in which it is incurred.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan. Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. estimates are recognised in the period which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. and stock provisions.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss account
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £71,381 (2023 - £83,183). Contributions totalling £10,358 (2023 - £12,449) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date.
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MAGNA COLOURS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
20.Other financial commitments
Banking facilities are secured by way of a debenture. There is a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company in relation to this bank debt. In addition there is a HMRC VAT deferment bond.
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