Company registration number 03253833 (England and Wales)
RAKEM LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
RAKEM LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mrs J Byrne
Ms P J Glover
(Appointed 17 June 2025)
Company number
03253833
Registered office
Irwell House
Wellington Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 2BD
Auditor
Hawsons
Pegasus House
463a Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2QD
Business address
Daisyfield Industrial Estate
Wellington Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 2BD
RAKEM LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2 - 3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of income and retained earnings
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 22
RAKEM LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Review of the business

We have traded well throughout the financial year, delivering a healthy profit before tax with a consistently strong operating performance.

 

Raw materials remain a challenge, but we continue to invest in a financially disciplined way to underpin our future growth and deliver improvements across all aspects of the business.

 

The company remains in a strong financial position with a healthy cash balance at year end. We remain a strong, customer-focused business who are confident on the outlook with strategies in place to deal with the geopolitical situation.

 

Principal risks and uncertainties

As with all business we face risks and uncertainties, both operationally and commercially on a day to day basis. The effective management of these risks places us in a better position to be able to achieve our strategic objectives and embrace new opportunities as they arise.

 

The principal risks to the business are the current economic environment, health and safety, foreign currency fluctuation, liquidity, credit risk and the maintenance of a continuous supply of raw materials.

 

The company operates a risk register which sets out each of the key business risks together with the strategy to mitigate and manage that particular risk. This is reviewed and updated by the directors on a regular basis, to improve risk control.

 

The company requires access to adequate financial resources to trade and manage its working capital requirements, and the directors will always ensure that profit is backed by cash availability.

 

Key performance indicators

The company used various key performance indicators (KPI’s) of both a financial and non-financial nature to measure its day-to-day operational activities and the longer-term health of the business. We are an ISO 9001,14001 and 45001 certified business.

 

Gross profit % has improved from 34.13% to 34.57% in 2024.

 

When considering future outlook and the goals to be achieved, our efforts are focused on those areas of greatest significance to the business and our employees.

 

On behalf of the board

Mrs J Byrne
Director
24 September 2025
RAKEM LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the sale of speciality white pigments and fillers for paint, textile fibres, rubber, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, paper, inks and other applications.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 7.

No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr K P Rafferty (Deceased)
(Resigned 8 March 2025)
Mrs J Byrne
Mr S Bunker
(Resigned 6 September 2024)
Ms P J Glover
(Appointed 17 June 2025)
Research and development

The company invests heavily in research and development and has undertaken a number of technical projects during the year. The profit and loss account includes £137,848 (2023 £306,128) of research and development costs which relate primarily to staff costs.

 

The principal research and development projects undertaken include the development of new products which can be used more efficiently, therefore resulting in reduced usage, together with the development of more advanced mixing processes.

Auditor

The auditors, Hawsons Chartered Accountants, were appointed during the year and are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

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.

RAKEM LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES

The company recognises its responsibility to employees and is conscious of the need to protect the environment and it conducts its operations so as to minimise all possible hazards. Risk management, covering all such policies, is included on every meeting agenda to ensure that the company complies with all relevant legislation and safe working practices.

 

 

SUPPLIER PAYMENT POLICY

It is company policy to abide by the agreed terms of payment with suppliers where the goods and services have been supplied in accordance with the relevant terms and conditions of contract.

 

 

GOVERNANCE

We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and we have worked hard over the last few years to ensure that good governance is part of our way of thinking and working and underpins how we conduct ourselves every day.

DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT

In accordance with section 414C(11) of the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report), the company's strategic information required by schedule 7 of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports), now includes information relating to the business review and the principal risks and uncertainties, that would previously have been included in the Directors' Report.

Medium-sized companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Mrs J Byrne
Director
24 September 2025
RAKEM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF RAKEM LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of RaKeM Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of income and retained earnings, the balance sheet and notes to the financial statements, including 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:

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 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.

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. 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

RAKEM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF RAKEM LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the sector in which it operates and considered the risk of non - compliance with applicable laws or regulations.

 

We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: the Companies Act 2006, UK corporate taxation laws, health and safety regulations, environmental regulations and employment regulations. We designed audit procedures to respond to the risk, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

 

We obtained an understanding of how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of the management. We corroborated our enquiries through our review of board minutes.

 

Our tests also included agreeing the financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud.

 

We also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including testing journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the management or trustees that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.

 

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.

 

 

RAKEM LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF RAKEM LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://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 member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member 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 member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Scott Sanderson (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hawsons, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Pegasus House
463a Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2QD
25 September 2025
RAKEM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
10,446,436
15,315,761
Cost of sales
(6,835,308)
(10,088,654)
Gross profit
3,611,128
5,227,107
Distribution costs
(602,916)
(741,919)
Administrative expenses
(2,668,799)
(4,160,342)
Other operating income
614,880
1,624,170
Operating profit
5
954,293
1,949,016
Other interest payable and similar expenses
8
(4,349)
(37,098)
Profit before taxation
949,944
1,911,918
Tax on profit
9
(281,447)
(278,521)
Profit for the financial year
668,497
1,633,397
Retained earnings brought forward
4,934,663
3,301,266
Retained earnings carried forward
5,603,160
4,934,663

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

RAKEM LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
1,179,097
1,335,717
Investments
11
200
200
1,179,297
1,335,917
Current assets
Stocks
13
1,118,527
2,187,967
Debtors
14
2,358,705
4,537,613
Cash at bank and in hand
2,633,369
2,411,781
6,110,601
9,137,361
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(1,563,975)
(5,401,568)
Net current assets
4,546,626
3,735,793
Total assets less current liabilities
5,725,923
5,071,710
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
-
(6,267)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
122,561
130,578
(122,561)
(130,578)
Net assets
5,603,362
4,934,865
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
72
72
Capital redemption reserve
130
130
Profit and loss reserves
5,603,160
4,934,663
Total equity
5,603,362
4,934,865

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 24 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mrs J Byrne
Director
Company registration number 03253833 (England and Wales)
RAKEM LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
72
130
3,301,266
3,301,468
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
1,633,397
1,633,397
Balance at 31 December 2023
72
130
4,934,663
4,934,865
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
668,497
668,497
Balance at 31 December 2024
72
130
5,603,160
5,603,362
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

RaKeM Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Irwell House, Wellington Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2BD.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. The functional currency is the same as the presentational currency. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of OCF332 Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Irwell House, Wellington Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2BD.

The financial statements contain information about RaKeM Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt from the obligation to prepare and deliver group accounts under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 as it is included in the accounts of a larger group. The financial statements of RaKeM Limited are consolidated in the financial statements of OCF332 Limited which is the ultimate parent company of RaKeM limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office at Irwell House, Wellington Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2BD.

 

RaKeM Limited has one 100% subsidiary which is Positive Associates Limited. The address of

Positive Associates Limited is Hazlemere, 70 Chorley New Road, Lancashire, BL1 4BY.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.

 

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Leasehold improvements
10% on cost
Plant and machinery
25% on reducing balance
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles
25% on reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.5
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.6
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.7
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

 

Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.

Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method.

 

Stock expensed in the year is included in cost of sales.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.8
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

 

1.9
Financial instruments

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

 

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables on normal terms are stated at their nominal value.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.11
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes 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 reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

1.12
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.13
Retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension costs charged in the financial statements represent the contribution payable by the company during the year.

 

1.14
Leases
As lessee

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.15
Foreign exchange

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

 

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.16

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

 

 

1.17

Invoice discounting

The company funds operations by way of an invoice discounting facility whereby it can draw down a percentage of the value of outstanding balances from eligible debtors. The management and collection of these trade receivables remains with the company.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, 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.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3
Turnover
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Attributable to the one principal activity of the company
10,446,436
15,315,761
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
9,351,892
13,635,851
Rest of the World
1,094,544
1,679,910
10,446,436
15,315,761
4
Other operating income

Other operating income includes uninsured losses recovered of £365,807 (2023 - £nil) in respect of a loss suffered by the company in 2022.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 16 -
5
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Research and development costs
137,848
306,128
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
16,310
15,650
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
269,326
232,921
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets held under finance leases
10,445
10,445
Operating lease charges
55,004
198,522

Operating profit for the year is also stated after charging:

 

Stocks recognised as an expense £6,552,221 (2023 - £10,002,011)

Stock impairment losses £871 (2023 - £10,348)

Foreign exchange movements £191,637 (2023 - gain £11,075)

Auditors' remuneration for non-audit services £360 (2023 - £34,944)

6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Sales and marketing
9
8
Administration
24
22
Total
33
30

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
1,245,521
2,119,206
Social security costs
96,421
230,155
Pension costs
106,583
118,493
1,448,525
2,467,854
7
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
484,902
830,733
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
27,075
75,944
Compensation for loss of office
-
0
30,000
511,977
936,677
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
7
Directors' remuneration
(Continued)
- 17 -

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 3 (2023 - 4).

Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
210,263
285,760
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
17,722
14,525
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
-
32,084
Other interest on financial liabilities
1,614
6,906
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
2,735
(1,892)
4,349
37,098
Disclosed on the profit and loss account as follows:
Other interest payable and similar expenses
4,349
37,098
9
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
288,948
406,576
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
516
-
0
Benefit arising from a previously unrecognised tax loss or credit
-
0
(117,226)
Total current tax
289,464
289,350
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(8,017)
(10,829)
Total tax charge
281,447
278,521
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
9
Taxation
(Continued)
- 18 -

The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Profit before taxation
949,944
1,911,918
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 25.00%)
237,486
477,980
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
58,260
67,419
Adjustments in respect of prior years
516
-
0
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
-
0
(25,575)
Group relief
(6,250)
(67,620)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
29,089
28,910
Research and development tax credit
(29,637)
(191,764)
Deferred tax
(8,017)
(10,829)
Taxation charge for the year
281,447
278,521
10
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings and equipment
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
1,334,125
1,484,151
134,880
16,700
2,969,856
Additions
-
0
111,243
11,908
-
0
123,151
At 31 December 2024
1,334,125
1,595,394
146,788
16,700
3,093,007
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
534,335
987,903
95,718
16,183
1,634,139
Depreciation charged in the year
133,417
134,347
11,878
129
279,771
At 31 December 2024
667,752
1,122,250
107,596
16,312
1,913,910
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
666,373
473,144
39,192
388
1,179,097
At 31 December 2023
799,790
496,248
39,162
517
1,335,717

Tangible fixed assets includes assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Leasehold improvements
54,838
65,283
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 19 -
11
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
12
200
200
12
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:

Name of undertaking
Registered office
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Positive Associates Limited
Hazlemere, 70 Chorley New Road, Bolton
Dormant
Ordinary shares
100.00
13
Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
1,118,527
2,187,967
14
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,678,589
3,878,514
Amounts owed by group undertakings
586,084
513,306
Other debtors
6,947
20,265
Prepayments and accrued income
87,085
125,528
2,358,705
4,537,613

 

15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
-
0
1,234,097
Obligations under finance leases
17
6,267
18,801
Trade creditors
728,145
2,327,475
Amounts owed to group undertakings
-
0
229,815
Corporation tax
288,948
441,914
Other taxation and social security
113,335
188,697
Other creditors
11,648
17,394
Accruals and deferred income
415,632
943,375
1,563,975
5,401,568
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(Continued)
- 20 -

Bank loans and overdrafts comprises: Invoice discounting facility £nil (2023 - £1,234,097).

16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
17
-
0
6,267

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

 

Hire purchase contracts £6,267 (2023 - £25,068) and invoice discounting advance £nil (2023 - £1,234,097).

 

The hire purchase liability is secured on the assets to which it relates.

 

A fixed and floating charge, which covers all the property of the company, has been granted to Barclays Bank PLC, in respect of the invoice discounting facility.

 

17
Finance lease obligations
2024
2023
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
6,267
18,801
In two to five years
-
0
6,267
6,267
25,068
18
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
122,561
130,578
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
130,578
Credit to profit or loss
(8,017)
Liability at 31 December 2024
122,561
RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 21 -
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
106,583
118,493

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

 

At 31 December 2024, pension contributions of £11,648 (2023 - £9,026) were owed by the company.

20
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
72
72
72
72
21
Operating lease commitments
As lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Within 1 year
61,263
92,350
Years 2-5
67,117
154,758
128,380
247,108
22
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties

During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:

The Rakem Retirement & Death Benefit Pension Scheme

 

The company occupies premises at Wellington Street, Bury, which are owned by the Rakem Retirement & Death Benefit Pension Scheme.

 

During the year, rent of £37,000 (2023 - £37,000) was paid to the Pension Scheme on an arm's length basis in respect of the premises occupied.

RAKEM LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 22 -
23
Ultimate controlling party

IMMEDIATE PARENT COMPANY

The immediate parent company of Rakem Limited is Rakem Group Limited which is incorporated in the UK.

 

ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The ultimate parent company of Rakem Limited is OCF332 Limited which is incorporated in the UK.

 

ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The executors of the estate of Mr Kieran Rafferty are the ultimate controlling party of the company.

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