Company registration number SC544927 (Scotland)
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
unaudited financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
Pages for filing with registrar
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 6
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Statement of financial position
as at 31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
975,000
975,000
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
5
1
1
Cash and cash equivalents
153
162
154
163
Current liabilities
6
(1,946)
(162)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(1,792)
1
Total assets less current liabilities
973,208
975,001
Equity
Called up share capital
7
65,000
65,000
Share premium account
8
160,001
160,001
Retained earnings
9
748,207
750,000
Total equity
973,208
975,001
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The member has not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 29 September 2025
D Hovell
Director
Company Registration No. SC544927
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Longtown Street, Dundee, DD4 8LF.
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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. 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.
The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
1.2
Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have considered relevant information, including forecast future cash flows and the impact of subsequent events in making their assessment. true
Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the company, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.
1.3
Non-current 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.
1.4
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.
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
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1.5
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other receivables 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.
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 trade and other payables, 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 payables 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 payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.6
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.
1.7
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 non-current 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.
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
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1.8
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
1
1
3
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Investments
975,000
975,000
Movements in non-current investments
Shares in group undertakings
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
975,000
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
975,000
At 31 December 2023
975,000
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
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4
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
office
shares held
Direct
Dundee Plant Company Limited
Scotland
Supply civil engineering, scaffolding and demolition services to the construction industry
Ordinary
100.00
Fair City Scaffolding Limiited
Scotland
Supply of scaffolding services to the construction industry
Ordinary
100.00
The aggregate capital and reserves and the result for the year of the subsidiaries noted above was as follows:
Name of undertaking
Profit/(Loss)
Capital and Reserves
£
£
Dundee Plant Company Limited
128,113
1,701,960
Fair City Scaffolding Limiited
293,401
5
Trade and other receivables
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Other receivables
1
1
6
Current liabilities
2024
2023
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,785
Other payables
161
162
1,946
162
Dundee Plant Company (No. 2) Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)
for the year ended 31 December 2024
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7
Called up share capital
2024
2023
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and not fully paid
65,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each
65,000
65,000
65,000
65,000
Ordinary shares carry full ownership, voting and equity rights.
8
Share premium account
The share premium account includes any premiums received on issue of share capital. Any transaction costs associated with the issuing of shares are deducted from share premium.
9
Profit and loss reserves
Profit and loss reserves includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses.
10
Parent company
The company is controlled by its director and shareholder, D Hovell.