| REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559 (England and Wales) |
| GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
| CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559 (England and Wales) |
| GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
| CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| FOR |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| CONTENTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Group Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Director | 3 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
| Consolidated Income Statement | 7 |
| Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income | 8 |
| Consolidated Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Company Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
| Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
| Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 13 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 161 Newhall Street |
| Birmingham |
| B3 1SW |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The director presents his strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| T D Cross Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary (ultimately) of Astwood Holdings Limited. The company trading as Cross & Morse is a leading manufacturer and distributor of mechanical power transmission products. T D Cross has been well established in the UK for over 100 years, operating from its factory in Birmingham. It also sells worldwide to over 70 countries. |
| 2024 remained a very challenging year for industry in the UK and the world beyond. Turnover has been affected accordingly, falling from £5.2m in 2023 to £4.9m. Inflationary pressures continued to increase material, labour and overhead input costs. However, while these pressures remained the business did manage to deliver a net profit in line with the previous year. |
| During the year the company was acquired by Astwood Group. As new owners, we are seeking to sustainably grow and build the business further in the coming years. |
| This approach together with the company's wide customer and extensive industry base will allow the company to weather any further economic challenges. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| Inflation continues to be a concern, although hopefully we are through the worst of this impact. Increased shipping costs continue to impact margins, arising from both the disruption in the Middle East and arising from Brexit. Selling into the EU continues to be a challenge with customers having to incur customs charges. The company is looking to other geographical areas to offset this, while also refocusing its UK sales focus. |
| Customers are continually looking for more competitive pricing, supported by large stock availability. In order to support this the company will undertake a stock and pricing review, starting in the forthcoming year. |
| As part of the acquisition of the business by Astwood Group the company took on a finance facility. Current trading comfortably supports this facility, but this will require ongoing monitoring. |
| DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE |
| The company continues to be a strong local employer, with a large percentage of its staff long serving. It is now looking to formally recognise this service, while continuing to invest and develop in young people through its apprenticeship scheme. |
| KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
| In conjunction with its ISO accreditation the company monitors a number of KPIs. |
| The financial KPI is value added per £1 of payroll cost. A target of £1.80 was set for 2024, £1.59 was achieved, arising from lower sales and higher labour costs. Other KPIs comprise performance to promise to customers, level of works order rejects and on time works orders. All of these for 2024 were within target. |
| KPI's will be reviewed and updated for next year's results. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| 30 September 2025 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended |
| 31 December 2024. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023; £Nil). |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors who have held office during the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of this report are as follows: |
| DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT |
| The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to: |
| - | select suitable accounting policies 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 director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group 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 director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information. |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, Prime, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Cross Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of the group's 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 group 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 director's 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 group's and the parent 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
| Other information |
| The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, 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. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| 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 Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
| In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the Director. |
| 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| Responsibilities of director |
| As explained more fully in the Director's Responsibilities Statement set out on page three, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is responsible for assessing the group's and the parent 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 director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or has 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: |
| 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 partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
| - we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the industry sector; |
| - we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation; |
| - we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED |
| 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; |
| - tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
| - assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining 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; |
| - enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
| - reviewing correspondence with HMRC and other relevant parties. |
| There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
| Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 161 Newhall Street |
| Birmingham |
| B3 1SW |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 3 | 4,946,901 | 5,243,132 |
| Cost of sales | 1,645,300 | 1,827,704 |
| GROSS PROFIT | 3,301,601 | 3,415,428 |
| Distribution costs | 2,138,634 | 2,185,014 |
| Administrative expenses | 1,060,553 | 953,981 |
| 3,199,187 | 3,138,995 |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 | 102,414 | 276,433 |
| Interest receivable and similar income | 22,883 | 16,043 |
| 125,297 | 292,476 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | 56,655 | - |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 68,642 | 292,476 |
| Tax on profit | 7 | 17,160 | 69,880 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| Profit attributable to: |
| Owners of the parent | 51,482 | 222,596 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| CONSOLIDATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR | 51,482 | 222,596 |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| Revaluation surplus |
| Income tax relating to other comprehensive income |
- |
- |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX |
- |
- |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
51,482 |
222,596 |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
| Owners of the parent | 51,482 | 222,596 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 9 | - | - |
| Tangible assets | 10 | 2,205,954 | 2,339,132 |
| Investments | 11 | - | - |
| 2,205,954 | 2,339,132 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks | 12 | 1,093,880 | 1,332,319 |
| Debtors | 13 | 4,315,519 | 1,015,008 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 80,086 | 1,379,946 |
| 5,489,485 | 3,727,273 |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 14 | 1,288,172 | 709,706 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 4,201,313 | 3,017,567 |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
6,407,267 |
5,356,699 |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
15 |
(1,078,953 |
) |
- |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 18 | (445,798 | ) | (477,665 | ) |
| NET ASSETS | 4,882,516 | 4,879,034 |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 19 | 1,084,749 | 1,132,749 |
| Share premium | 20 | 79,507 | 79,507 |
| Revaluation reserve | 20 | 400,132 | 400,132 |
| Capital redemption reserve | 20 | 145,250 | 145,250 |
| Retained earnings | 20 | 3,172,878 | 3,121,396 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 4,882,516 | 4,879,034 |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 30 September 2025 and were signed by: |
| M D I Capewell - Director |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| COMPANY BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 9 |
| Tangible assets | 10 |
| Investments | 11 |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 19 |
| Share premium |
| Capital redemption reserve |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| Company's profit for the financial year | 48,000 | 111,000 |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Share |
| capital | earnings | premium |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 | 1,243,749 | 2,898,800 | 79,507 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | (111,000 | ) | - | - |
| Total comprehensive income | - | 222,596 | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 | 1,132,749 | 3,121,396 | 79,507 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | (48,000 | ) | - | - |
| Total comprehensive income | - | 51,482 | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 | 1,084,749 | 3,172,878 | 79,507 |
| Capital |
| Revaluation | redemption | Total |
| reserve | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 | 400,132 | 145,250 | 4,767,438 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | - | - | (111,000 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - | 222,596 |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 | 400,132 | 145,250 | 4,879,034 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | - | - | (48,000 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - | 51,482 |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 | 400,132 | 145,250 | 4,882,516 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Called up | Capital |
| share | Retained | Share | redemption | Total |
| capital | earnings | premium | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | (111,000 | ) | - | - | - | (111,000 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Reduction in share capital | (48,000 | ) | - | - | - | (48,000 | ) |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Cross Holdings Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets. |
| Going concern |
| The company continues to be profitable and well resourced. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Therefore the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The group 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 33.7. |
| Basis of consolidation |
| The group profit and loss account includes the trading results of the company together with the trading results of the subsidiary company. All inter group transactions have been eliminated. |
| Related party exemption |
| The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
| Significant judgements and estimates |
| The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reporting of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from estimates calculated using these judgements and assumptions. Key sources of estimated uncertainty and critical accounting judgements is as follows: |
| Valuation of stock |
| Stock comprises goods purchased for resale. Provisions are made against slow moving, obsolete and damaged stock for which the net realisable value is estimated to be less than cost. Determining the net realisable value of the wide range of products held in many locations requires estimation to be applied to determine the likely saleability of products and the potential prices that can be achieved. In arriving at any provisions for net realisable value, the Directors take into account the age, condition, quality of the products in stock and recent sales trends. The actual realisable value of stock may differ from the estimated value on which the provision is based. The company held provisions in respect of stock balances at 31 December 2024 amounting to £516k (2023: £491k) |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Goodwill |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated |
| useful life. |
| Plant and machinery - 10% on cost |
| Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost |
| Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance |
| The directors have adopted a policy of revaluation with regards to freehold property. |
| Freehold property is carried at its revalued amount, being fair value at the date of valuation less subsequent losses arising from impairment reviews. Revaluations are performed by professional qualified valuers with sufficient regularity to ensure the carrying amount does not differ materially from those that would be determined using fair values at the end of each accounting period. |
| Any revaluation increase in the carrying amount of freehold property is recognised in other comprehensive income and included in a revaluation reserve in equity, except to the extent that it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognised in the profit and loss account, in which case the increase is credited to the profit and loss to the extent that the previous decrease is expended. Decreases that offset previous increases of the same asset are charged in other comprehensive income and debited against the revaluation reserve in equity; decreases exceeding the balance in the revaluation reserve relating to an asset are recognised in profit or loss. |
| Freehold property is not depreciated as the company performs an annual impairment review in order to identify any impairment in fair value and any depreciation further to this review would be considered to be immaterial. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated 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. |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| 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. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Impairment of assets |
| Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. |
| For financial assets carried at amortised costs, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset's original effective interest rate. |
| For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date. |
| Where indicators exist for the decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occuring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. |
| 3. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group. |
| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| United Kingdom | 4,285,616 | 4,408,702 |
| Europe | 370,024 | 502,342 |
| United States of America | 208,797 | 215,075 |
| Australia and Far East | 65,753 | 92,667 |
| Central & Southern Africa | 2,589 | 14,030 |
| Middle East & Northern Africa | 14,122 | 10,316 |
| 4,946,901 | 5,243,132 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries | 2,082,525 | 2,124,951 |
| Other pension costs | 56,109 | 60,063 |
| 2,138,634 | 2,185,014 |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Production staff | 39 | 41 |
| Sales & distribution staff | 13 | 14 |
| Administrative staff and management | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration | 195,036 | 205,419 |
| Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 16,720 | 18,240 |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets | 154,169 | 138,131 |
| (Profit)/loss on disposal of fixed assets | (850 | ) | 948 |
| Auditors' remuneration | 26,113 | 17,824 |
| 6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loan interest | 56,655 | - |
| 7. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax | 49,027 | 9,228 |
| Deferred tax | (31,867 | ) | 60,652 |
| Tax on profit | 17,160 | 69,880 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 7. | TAXATION - continued |
| 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: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax | 68,642 | 292,476 |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2023 - 19 %) |
17,161 |
55,570 |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | - | 4,930 |
| Income not taxable for tax purposes | (213 | ) | - |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | - | (51,273 | ) |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | 32,079 | - |
| Rounding | - | 1 |
| Deferred Tax | (31,867 | ) | 60,652 |
| Total tax charge | 17,160 | 69,880 |
| Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income |
| There were no tax effects for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| 2023 |
| Gross | Tax | Net |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Revaluation surplus |
| 8. | INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENT |
| As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Group |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 | 2,615,704 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 | 2,615,704 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 | - |
| At 31 December 2023 | - |
| 10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Group |
| Fixtures |
| Freehold | Plant and | and | Motor |
| property | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST OR VALUATION |
| At 1 January 2024 | 1,500,000 | 3,489,008 | 509,456 | 48,781 | 5,547,245 |
| Additions | - | 16,551 | 4,440 | - | 20,991 |
| Disposals | - | (6,562 | ) | (45,319 | ) | - | (51,881 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 1,500,000 | 3,498,997 | 468,577 | 48,781 | 5,516,355 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 | - | 2,689,948 | 486,786 | 31,379 | 3,208,113 |
| Charge for year | - | 139,713 | 10,106 | 4,350 | 154,169 |
| Eliminated on disposal | - | (6,562 | ) | (45,319 | ) | - | (51,881 | ) |
| At 31 December 2024 | - | 2,823,099 | 451,573 | 35,729 | 3,310,401 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 | 1,500,000 | 675,898 | 17,004 | 13,052 | 2,205,954 |
| At 31 December 2023 | 1,500,000 | 799,060 | 22,670 | 17,402 | 2,339,132 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
| Group |
| Cost or valuation at 31 December 2024 is represented by: |
| Fixtures |
| Freehold | Plant and | and | Motor |
| property | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Valuation in 2010 | 684,906 | - | - | - | 684,906 |
| Valuation in 2015 | 100,000 | - | - | - | 100,000 |
| Valuation in 2023 | 600,000 | - | - | - | 600,000 |
| Cost | 115,094 | 3,498,997 | 468,577 | 48,781 | 4,131,449 |
| 1,500,000 | 3,498,997 | 468,577 | 48,781 | 5,516,355 |
| If Freehold Property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Cost | 115,094 | - |
| Freehold Property was valued on an open market basis on 8 August 2024 by Innes England . |
| 11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Company |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakin |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
| The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Subsidiary |
| T.D. Cross Limited |
| Registered office: Shady Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 9EU |
| Nature of business: Manufacture and sale of gears and sprockets |
| % |
| Class of shares: | Holding |
| Ordinary | 75.99 |
| Preferred Ordinary | 24.01 |
| 100 |
| 12. | STOCKS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Raw materials | 36,573 | 40,504 |
| WIP and components | 234,663 | 274,331 |
| Finished goods | 822,644 | 1,017,484 |
| 1,093,880 | 1,332,319 |
| 13. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors | 1,000,346 | 1,000,044 |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings | 3,280,952 | - |
| Called up share capital not paid | - | 200 |
| Prepayments | 34,221 | 14,764 |
| 4,315,519 | 1,015,008 |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 16) | 695,487 | - |
| Trade creditors | 327,069 | 427,149 |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings | - | 200 |
| Tax | 49,027 | 9,228 |
| Social security and other taxes | 40,306 | 49,819 |
| VAT | 119,986 | 135,695 |
| Accrued expenses | 56,297 | 87,615 |
| 1,288,172 | 709,706 |
| 15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans (see note 16) | 1,078,953 | - |
| 16. | LOANS |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year or | on demand: |
| Bank overdrafts | 575,487 | - |
| Bank loans | 120,000 | - |
| 695,487 | - |
| Amounts falling due between one and | two years: |
| Bank loans - 1-2 years | 120,000 | - |
| Amounts falling due between two and | five years: |
| Bank loans - 2-5 years | 357,500 | - |
| Amounts falling due in more than five | years: |
| Repayable by instalments |
| Bank loans more 5 yr by instal | 601,453 | - |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 17. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans | 1,198,953 | - |
| The loan is secured by a fixed and floating charge over 127 Shady Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham and the undertaking of fixed plant and machinery. The charge was created on 13 November 2024. |
| 18. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| Group |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 445,798 | 477,665 |
| Group |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2024 | 477,665 |
| Provided during year | (31,867 | ) |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 | 445,798 |
| 19. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 384,749 | 384,749 |
| B shares | £1 | 700,000 | 748,000 |
| 1,084,749 | 1,132,749 |
| During the year the company undertook a capital reduction whereby 48,000 B shares of £1 each were bought back at par. |
| Both classes of shares rank pari passu in all respects regarding voting rights, dividend rights and distributions upon a winding up. |
| CROSS HOLDINGS LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03161559) |
| NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 20. | RESERVES |
| Group |
| Capital |
| Retained | Share | Revaluation | redemption |
| earnings | premium | reserve | reserve | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | 3,121,396 | 79,507 | 400,132 | 145,250 | 3,746,285 |
| Profit for the year | 51,482 | 51,482 |
| At 31 December 2024 | 3,172,878 | 79,507 | 400,132 | 145,250 | 3,797,767 |
| 21. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| The company's ultimate parent company is Astwood Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales and whose registered office is: 182 Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, B61 7AZ. Michael David Ian Capewell is the sole director and shareholder of Astwood Holdings Limited. |
| 22. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company has a debtor balance with Astwood Holdings Limited of £3,280,952 (2023: £Nil) at the end of the financial year. |
| The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries with the group. |
| Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements. |