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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited










Directors' report and financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

 
Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

Company Information


Directors
P Friend (resigned 25 April 2025)
N Gaisman 
M Marks 
C O'Dwyer (resigned 25 April 2025)
M Benham 
P Fellowes-Prynne 




Registered number
02464710



Registered office
Unit A3 Lion Business Park
Dering Way

Gravesend

Kent

DA12 2DN




Independent auditors
Kreston Reeves LLP
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

37 St Margaret's Street

Canterbury

Kent

CT1 2TU





 
Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

Contents



Page
Directors' report
 
1 - 2
Independent auditors' report
 
3 - 6
Statement of income and retained earnings
 
7
Balance sheet
 
8
Notes to the financial statements
 
9 - 17


 
Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
 
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006They 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.

Results and dividends

The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £909,892 (2024 - loss £904,635).

Dividends of £Nil (2024 - £950,000) have been declared. 
The  adjusted  EBITDA  (earning  before  interest,  tax,  depreciation,  amortisation,  profit  on  sale  of  fixed  assets, inventory write-off,  bad  debts,  restructuring  costs  and  exceptional  costs)  for  the  year  amounted  to  £1,172,564 (2024 - £763,439).

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

P Friend (resigned 25 April 2025)
N Gaisman 
M Marks 
C O'Dwyer (resigned 25 April 2025)
M Benham (appointed 10 December 2024)
P Fellowes-Prynne (appointed 10 December 2024)

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2025

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' report is approved has confirmed that:
 
so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditors are unaware, and

the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.

Auditors

The auditorsKreston Reeves LLPwill be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

Small companies note

In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
 





M Marks
Director

Date: 29 September 2025

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Independent auditors' report to the members of Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Balance sheet and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe 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 March 2025 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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.


Conclusions relating to going concern


In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.


Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.


Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.


Other information


The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual ReportOur opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.


We have nothing to report in this regard.


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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Independent auditors' report to the members of Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited (continued)


Opinion 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 Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the Directors' report has 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 Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' report.


We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:


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; or
the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the Directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic report.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' responsibilities statement set out on page 1, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.


In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.


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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Independent auditors' report to the members of Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited (continued)


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 an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.


Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities, including fraud
The objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud or error, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud or error; and to respond appropriately to those risks.
Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, and through discussion with the directors and other management (as required by auditing standards), we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to health and safety, anti-bribery and employment law. We considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, taxation and pension legislation. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to accounting estimates and the inappropriate posting of journals. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included: 

Discussions with management and assessment of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations (including health and safety) and fraud; and
Assessment of identified fraud risk factors; and
Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant acoounting estimates: and
Confirmation of related parties with management, and review of transactions throughout the period to identify any previously undisclosed transactions with related parties outside the normal course of business; and 
Physical inspection of tangible fixed assets susceptible to fraud or irregularity; and
Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any manual entries made at the year end for financial statement preparation. 


Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
 
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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Independent auditors' report to the members of Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited (continued)


As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:


Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion of the effectiveness of the Company's internal control.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.
Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our Auditors' report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our Auditors' report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.


We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.


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 2006Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Christopher Gregory BA(Hons) ACA (Senior statutory auditor)
  
for and on behalf of
Kreston Reeves LLP
 
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
  
Canterbury

30 September 2025
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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

Statement of income and retained earnings
For the year ended 31 March 2025

Year ended
31 March
9 months to 31 March
2025
2024
£
£

  

Turnover
  
6,747,950
4,835,265

Cost of sales
  
(3,710,381)
(2,666,387)

Gross profit
  
3,037,569
2,168,878

Administrative expenses
  
(2,066,871)
(1,452,080)

Operating profit
  
970,698
716,798

lntercompany loan write off
  
-
(1,644,153)

Interest receivable and similar income
  
185
6,267

Interest payable and similar expenses
  
(18,382)
(2,055)

Profit/(loss) before tax
  
952,501
(923,143)

Tax on profit/(loss)
  
(42,609)
18,508

Profit/(loss) after tax
  
909,892
(904,635)

  

  

Retained earnings at the beginning of the year
  
581,163
2,435,798

Profit/(loss) for the year
  
909,892
(904,635)

Dividends declared and paid
  
-
(950,000)

Retained earnings at the end of the year
  
1,491,055
581,163

There were no recognised gains and losses for 2025 or 2024 other than those included in the statement of income and retained earnings.

The notes on pages 9 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
Registered number: 02464710

Balance sheet
As at 31 March 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Tangible assets
 5 
268,105
392,495

  
268,105
392,495

Current assets
  

Stocks
  
29,228
-

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 6 
2,088,399
1,161,868

Cash at bank and in hand
  
469,382
270,360

  
2,587,009
1,432,228

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 7 
(1,217,735)
(1,109,930)

Net current assets
  
 
 
1,369,274
 
 
322,298

Total assets less current liabilities
  
1,637,379
714,793

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 8 
(107,491)
(133,530)

Provisions for liabilities
  

Deferred tax
 10 
(38,733)
-

  
 
 
(38,733)
 
 
-

Net assets
  
1,491,155
581,263


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
  
100
100

Profit and loss account
  
1,491,055
581,163

  
1,491,155
581,263


The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 29 September 2025.




M Marks
Director

The notes on pages 9 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

1.


General information

The Company is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit A3 Lion Business Park, Dering Way, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2DN. The Company's registered number is 02447811.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 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 rounded to the nearest Pound. 
The functional currency of these financial statements in Pound Sterling. 

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have considered relevant information, including the annual budget, forecast future cash flows and the impact of subsequent events in making their assessment. 
Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, 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 accounts.
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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.3

Revenue

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
the Company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer;
the Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the transaction; and
the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Rendering of services

Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.

 
2.4

Operating leases: the Company as lessee

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset.

 
2.5

Interest income

Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

 
2.6

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.7

Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.

 
2.8

Current and deferred taxation

The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


 
2.9

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.

 
2.10

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.10
Tangible fixed assets (continued)

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Plant and machinery
-
25%
Motor vehicles
-
25%
Fixtures and fittings
-
25%

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.

 
2.11

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first out basis. Work in progress and finished goods include labour and attributable overheads.

At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

 
2.12

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

 
2.13

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

 
2.14

Creditors

Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

 
2.15

Provisions for liabilities

Provisions are recognised when an event has taken place that gives rise to a legal or constructive obligation, a transfer of economic benefits is probable and a reliable estimate can be made.
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
 
Increases in provisions are generally charged as an expense to profit or loss.

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Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.16

Financial instruments

The Company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the Company's Balance sheet 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, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.

Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.

Basic 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 the deduction of all its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

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

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

 
2.17

Dividends

Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.

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Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

3.


Employees

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 48 (2024 - 44).


4.


Intangible assets




Goodwill

£



Cost


At 1 April 2024
340,000



At 31 March 2025

340,000



Amortisation


At 1 April 2024
340,000



At 31 March 2025

340,000



Net book value



At 31 March 2025
-



At 31 March 2024
-



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Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

5.


Tangible fixed assets





Plant and machinery
Motor vehicles
Fixtures and fittings
Total

£
£
£
£



Cost or valuation


At 1 April 2024
57,840
661,392
88,820
808,052


Additions
5,192
63,500
7,025
75,717


Disposals
-
(20,061)
-
(20,061)



At 31 March 2025

63,032
704,831
95,845
863,708



Depreciation


At 1 April 2024
42,038
322,616
50,903
415,557


Charge for the year on owned assets
7,932
154,248
18,906
181,086


Disposals
-
(1,040)
-
(1,040)



At 31 March 2025

49,970
475,824
69,809
595,603



Net book value



At 31 March 2025
13,062
229,007
26,036
268,105



At 31 March 2024
15,802
338,776
37,917
392,495


6.


Debtors

2025
2024
£
£


Trade debtors
1,518,895
1,120,268

Amounts owed by group undertakings
237,573
11,324

Other debtors
4,697
2,374

Prepayments and accrued income
327,234
21,247

Deferred taxation
-
6,655

2,088,399
1,161,868


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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

7.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£
£

Trade creditors
766,419
359,219

Corporation tax
-
372,970

Other taxation and social security
171,371
119,988

Obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts
83,749
87,877

Other creditors
82,444
22,543

Accruals and deferred income
113,752
147,333

1,217,735
1,109,930



8.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2025
2024
£
£

Net obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts
107,491
133,530

107,491
133,530


Shawbrook Bank Limited has a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company by way of debenture across the companies in the Group, which have been satisfied after the year end.
A debenture agreement containing a floating charge over the property or undertaking of the company in favour of Mr D K Friend, Mrs E M Friend, Mrs C E O'Dwyer and Mr P D Friend, which has been satisfied after the year end.


9.


Hire purchase and finance leases


Minimum lease payments under hire purchase fall due as follows:

2025
2024
£
£


Within one year
83,749
87,877

Between 1-5 years
107,491
133,530

191,240
221,407

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Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited
 

 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025

10.


Deferred taxation




2025


£






At beginning of year
6,655


Charged to profit or loss
(45,388)



At end of year
(38,733)

The deferred taxation balance is made up as follows:

2025
2024
£
£


Accelerated capital allowances
(38,733)
6,655

(38,733)
6,655


11.


Commitments under operating leases

At 31 March 2025 the Company had future minimum lease payments due under non-cancellable operating leases for each of the following periods:

2025
2024
£
£


Not later than 1 year
7,105
-

Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years
1,666
-

8,771
-


12.


Controlling party

Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited is an 85% owned subsidiary of Metcor Group (Holdings) Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales.
Aylesford Electrical Contractors Limited is included in the consolidated financial statements of Metcor Group (Holdings) Ltd which are available from the company's registered office and publicly available at Companies House.

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