| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 |
| for |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Directors | 5 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 7 |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income | 10 |
| Balance Sheet | 11 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
| Cash Flow Statement | 13 |
| Notes to the Cash Flow Statement | 14 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 16 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED |
| Company Information |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors |
| Bath House |
| 6-8 Bath Street |
| Bristol |
| BS1 6HL |
| BANKERS: |
| 55 Corn Street |
| Bristol |
| BS99 7LE |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Strategic Report |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| The directors' present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
| The principal activity of the company is the provision of integrated data, digital print, fulfilment and print management service across the UK to both the public and private sector. |
| The company's main business operation is carried out from its premises in Bristol with further facilities from its base in Crawley. |
| Business Review |
| The results of the company are set out on pages 10 to 26. |
| Turnover for the year increased by 5.89% from £21.95 million in 2023 to £23.25 million for 2024. |
| The company's gross profit margin has decreased during 2024 to 27.3% (2023 - 28%). |
| The Gross Profit for the year increased by £0.19 million to £6.34 million (2023 - £6.15 million). |
| The Operating Profit for the year was £1.47 million (2023 - £1.16 million) and the basic EBITDA was £1.98 million for 2024 compared to £1.81 million for 2023. |
| Net cash generated from operating activities amounted to £2.29 million for 2024 compared to £0.82 million for 2023. |
| The company continued to invest in digital and print management systems. Total capital expenditure for the year amounted to £18,000 (2023 - £530,000). |
| Dividends paid during the year were £0.37 million (2023 - £0.32 million). |
| As at 31 December 2024 cash and cash equivalents amounted to £2.33 million (2023 - £1.11 million). The Directors believe that the company has sufficient working capital to meet its normal trading requirements. |
| Shareholders' funds for the year increased from £2.54 million as 1 January 2024 to £3.18 million as at 31 December 2024. |
| The directors consider the results to be satisfactory for the year as it continues its modernisation programme. |
| Business Environment |
| The industry continues to remain highly competitive and whilst remaining competitive, the company through investment continues to provide versatile solutions to its customers and deliver a superior quality product and service. |
| Business Strategy |
| The directors remain confident in their investment strategy in equipment and management policies and continue to look to expand its client base the business and services that it offers to its clients. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Strategic Report |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Financial Performance |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £'000 | £'000 |
| Turnover | 23,246 | 21,953 |
| Gross profit | 6,339 | 6,147 |
| Gross profit margin | 27.3 | 28.0% |
| EBITDA | 1,982 | 1,806 |
| Profit before tax | 1,342 | 1,042 |
| Investment in equipment | 18 | 646 |
| Summary of Key Performance Indicators ('KPIs') |
| The directors monitor the progress of the company by reference to certain financial and non-financial key performance indicators in the following areas: |
| Sales targets and margins |
| Cash collected and debtor book |
| Improvements in efficiency and added value |
| Health and Safety |
| Staff Welfare |
| Environmental |
| Client satisfaction |
| The directors believe that the company has performed well and in line with their expectations of these KPI's. The company's focus is improving margins where it is able to through efficiency and the investment in equipment. Debtor days averaged 38 during the year compared to 55 for 2023. |
| Principal Risks and Uncertainties |
| Economic Climate |
| The company like many other businesses are affected by changes in the general economic climate. To reduce the effect of changes in the economic environment, the company aims to have a diversified client base from different industry sectors, charities and the public sector. By maintaining competitiveness, control of costs and continuing to be versatile and delivering a superior quality product and service to its clients, the directors believe they are able to mitigate the risks of changes in the economic climate as far as they are able to. |
| Health and safety |
| The company operates a strict health and safety regime throughout its sites and operations to ensure that all staff and visitors are safe when working or visiting our operations. |
| Financial Risks |
| To ensure that the company has sufficient working capital to meet it ongoing operating requirements, the company closely monitors its financial performance and cash flow throughout the year. Based on forecasts, the directors believe that they have adequate working capital and reserves to meet its operating requirements. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Strategic Report |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Report of the Directors |
| 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. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of integrated data, digital print, fulfilment and print management service providers. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2024 was £373,235. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of this report. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: |
| - | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
| - | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
| - | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
| The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Report of the Directors |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| AUDITORS |
| Subsequent to the year end Haines Watts (Western) Limited transferred the audit appointment to Haines Watts Audit (Western) Limited, which changed its name to Gravita Audit Western Limited on 10 February 2025. Gravita. Audit Western Limited 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 |
| Latcham Direct Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Latcham Direct Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
| In our opinion the financial statements: |
| - | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
| - | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
| - | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Basis for opinion |
| We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| Conclusions relating to going concern |
| 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
| Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
| In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Latcham Direct Limited |
| Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
| In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
| - | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| Responsibilities of directors |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page five, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
| In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Latcham Direct Limited |
| 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: |
| (i) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the company and the sector in |
| which it operates. We determined the following laws and regulations of most significance were: Companies Act 2006, |
| UK GAAP and UK corporate taxation laws. |
| (ii) We obtained an understanding of how the company complies with those legal and regulatory frameworks by |
| making inquiries of management. |
| (iii) We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how |
| fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included: |
| - identifying and assessing the effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud; |
| - understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or |
| other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process; |
| - challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates; |
| - identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations; |
| and |
| - assessing the extent of compliance with the relevant laws and regulations. |
| There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with |
| laws and regulations are from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we |
| would become aware of it. Also, 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 by, for example, forgery or |
| intentional misrepresentations, or through collusions. |
| 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 and Statutory Auditors |
| Bath House |
| 6-8 Bath Street |
| Bristol |
| BS1 6HL |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 3 |
| Cost of sales | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 7 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 9 |
| Tangible assets | 10 |
| Investment property | 11 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks | 12 |
| Debtors | 13 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 14 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
15 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 19 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 20 |
| Share premium | 21 |
| Retained earnings | 21 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Share | Total |
| capital | earnings | premium | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Profit for the year | - | 757,911 | - | 757,911 |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Profit for the year | - | 1,001,097 | - | 1,001,097 |
| Total comprehensive income | - | - |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Issue of share capital | - |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Cash Flow Statement |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| Cash flows from operating activities |
| Cash generated from operations | 1 |
| Interest paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Interest element of hire purchase payments paid |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| Tax paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net cash from operating activities |
| Cash flows from investing activities |
| Purchase of tangible fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Sale of tangible fixed assets |
| Net cash from investing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Cash flows from financing activities |
| Loan repayments in year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Capital repayments in year | ( |
) |
| Amount introduced by directors | 13,235 | - |
| Amount withdrawn by directors | - | (163 | ) |
| Share issue |
| Equity dividends paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Net cash from financing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
1,411,860 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 2,332,007 | 1,110,066 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before taxation |
| Depreciation charges |
| Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
| Finance costs | 125,408 | 117,707 |
| 1,982,375 | 1,805,396 |
| (Increase)/decrease in stocks | ( |
) |
| Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors | ( |
) |
| (Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors | ( |
) |
| Cash generated from operations |
| 2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
| The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 |
| 31.12.24 | 1.1.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,332,007 | 1,110,066 |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 |
| 31.12.23 | 1.1.23 |
| £ | £ |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,110,066 | 1,411,860 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
| At 1.1.24 | Cash flow | At 31.12.24 |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Net cash |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,110,066 | 1,221,941 | 2,332,007 |
| 1,110,066 | 2,332,007 |
| Debt |
| Finance leases | (735,796 | ) | 314,450 | (421,346 | ) |
| Debts falling due within 1 year | (228,360 | ) | (2,929 | ) | (231,289 | ) |
| Debts falling due after 1 year | (1,539,291 | ) | 226,994 | (1,312,297 | ) |
| (2,503,447 | ) | 538,515 | (1,964,932 | ) |
| Total | (1,393,381 | ) | 1,760,456 | 367,075 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 1. | COMPANY INFORMATION |
| Latcham Direct Limited is a |
| The company's principal activity is that of integrated data, digital print, fulfilment and print management service providers. |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of 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. |
| 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 £. |
| Under section 405 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company consider itself exempt from the requirement to prepare group accounts on the basis that the subsidiaries are dormant. |
| The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. |
| Going concern |
| The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed and |
| considered relevant information including annual budgets and future cash-flows in making their assessment on their business. Based on these assessments, given the measures that could be undertaken to mitigate any adverse conditions, and the current resources available, the directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts. |
| Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
| Estimates and judgements applied by management are continuously evaluated and are based on information available, historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances at the dates of preparation of the preparation of the financial statements. |
| Principal matters where estimates are made in particular to: |
| - the determination of carrying values for property, plant and equipment; and |
| - the fair value of investment property. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes. |
| Goodwill |
| Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2019, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life. The useful life of goodwill is considered to be 5 years & 3 years for Computastat Group Limited & Hi Density Solutions Limited respectively. |
| 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. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Freehold property | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Computer equipment | - |
| The directors determine that the current and future fair value of the freehold property is in excess of cost and subsequently no depreciation is charged. |
| Investment property |
| Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. 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. |
| Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. |
| 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 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 debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost. 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. |
| Basic Financial Liabilities |
| Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors 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. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company's contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Assets held under finance leases, which are leases where substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset have passed to the company, and hire purchase contracts are capitalised in the balance sheet and are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and the asset’s useful lives. A corresponding liability is recognised for the lower of the fair value of the leased asset and the present value of the minimum lease payments in the balance sheet. Lease payments are apportioned between the reduction of the lease liability and finance charges in the income statement so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. |
| Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the lease term. Lease incentives are recognised over the lease term on a straight line basis. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the 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 company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| 3. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before tax are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| 4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| Employees |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
| The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
| Money purchase schemes |
| Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Emoluments etc |
| Pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) |
| Goodwill amortisation |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Operating leases |
| 6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loan interest |
| Hire purchase |
| 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 |
| Deferred tax | ( |
) |
| Tax on profit |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the 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 higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2023 - |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Income not taxable for tax purposes | ( |
) |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances |
| Movement in deferred tax provision | (62,470 | ) | (41,264 | ) |
| Changes in tax rate during the year | - | 39,537 |
| Total tax charge | 341,172 | 284,086 |
| 8. | DIVIDENDS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary A shares shares of 1p each |
| Interim |
| Ordinary B shares shares of 1p each |
| Interim |
| Ordinary C Shares shares of 1p each |
| Interim |
| 9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
| The company acquired the trade of its subsidiary Computastat Group Limited during 2019, the goodwill was valued at £375,000. |
| On 28 October 2019 the company purchased the assets of Hi Density Solutions Limited, trading as Accent, for a cost of £35,933. |
| 10. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Freehold | Plant and | and | Computer |
| property | machinery | fittings | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| Included in the total net book value of fixed assets was £383,050 (2023 - £707,081) in respect of assets held under hire purchase contracts. Depreciation totalling £206,800(2023 - £343,897) was charged in the year on these fixed assets. |
| 11. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
| Total |
| £ |
| FAIR VALUE |
| At 1 January 2024 |
| and 31 December 2024 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 December 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 |
| The Directors reviewed the value of the investment property and their opinion is that the valuation in the accounts reflects the fair valuation as at the year end date. |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 12. | STOCKS |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Finished goods |
| 13. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Other debtors |
| Prepayments and accrued income |
| 14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 16) |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| Trade creditors |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Directors' loan accounts | 15,146 | 1,912 |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| 15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Bank loans (see note 16) |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| 16. | LOANS |
| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year or on demand: |
| Bank loans |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 16. | LOANS - continued |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due between one and two years: |
| Bank loans - 1-2 years |
| Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
| Bank loans - 2-5 years |
| 17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase |
| contracts |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable |
| operating leases |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| In more than five years |
| 18. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The company's bank loans are secured first by a fixed charge against the companies freehold property and then by a fixed and floating charge over the company's assets. |
| Amounts due to the company's bankers are also secured by an unlimited debenture and guarantee provided by the company and its subsidiary, Computastat Group Limited. The aggregate value of secured liabilities under this guarantee is £1,543,586, (2023 - £1,767,651). |
| The hire purchase arrangements totalling £421,346 (2023 - £749,031) are secured by charges over the assets to which they relate. |
| 19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 73,942 | 136,412 |
| LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06695717) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |
| 19. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 January 2024 |
| Provided during year | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 December 2024 |
| 20. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2024 | 2023 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary A shares | 1p | 85 | 85 |
| Ordinary B shares | 1p | 15 | 15 |
| Ordinary C Shares | 1p | 5 | - |
| 105 | 100 |
| The following shares were issued during the year for cash at £31.82 per share: |
| 526 Ordinary C shares of 1p each |
| All share classes rank equally in all respects save that each class shall have separate dividend rights. |
| 21. | RESERVES |
| Retained | Share |
| earnings | premium | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 January 2024 | 2,537,383 |
| Profit for the year |
| Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Purchase of own shares | - | 16,732 | 16,732 |
| At 31 December 2024 | 3,181,977 |
| 22. | PENSION COMMITMENTS |
| At the year end contributions of £18,927 (2023 - £22,106) to defined contribution pension schemes were outstanding. |
| 23. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The ultimate controlling parties at the year end is considered to be Mr M J Hughes and Mrs S J Hughes. |