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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
CONTENTS
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their strategic report accompanying the financial statements for the year ended 31 March
2025.
The directors are pleased with the company’s maintained activity and profitability. The company also continues to report healthy net assets of £8.9m (2024: £8.8m).
The management of the business and the execution of the company’s strategy are subject to some risks. The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the company are considered to relate to the skilled trades availability within the industry, (this is being tackled currently by use of agency labour) and some expected legislative changes. Risks and opportunities are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure the business exploits opportunities and manages exposure to risk
Given the straightforward nature of the business, the company’s directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS 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.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
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 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £67,276 (2024: £136,175).
The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend (2024: £Nil).
The directors who served during the year were:
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The company will seek to minimise adverse impacts on the environment from its activities, whilst continuing to address health, safety and economic issues. The company has complied with all applicable legislation and regulations.
After the year end Barnes Roffe LLP resigned as auditors due to the transfer of its audit business and its successor Barnes Roffe Audit Limited was appointed by the directors under s485 Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Aspect Contracts Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, 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 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.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with law 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 discussion with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the relevant sector in which the company operates; • The specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, are as follows; o Companies Act 2006 o FRS102 o ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 standards o Health and Safety legislation, including ARCA (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association) o Employment legislation o Tax legislation • We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing board minutes and inspecting relevant legal and other correspondence; and • Laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team at the planning meeting, and during the audit as any further laws and regulation were identified. The audit team remained alert to instances of non compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by: • Making enquires of management as to where they consider there was susceptibility to fraud and their knowledge of actual suspected and alleged fraud; • Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; • Reviewing the financial statements and testing the disclosures against supporting documentation; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected trends or anomalies;- • Inspecting and testing journal entries to identify unusual or unexpected transactions; • Assessing whether judgement and assumptions made in determining significant accounting estimates, including certain year end accruals, were indicative of management bias; and • Investigating the rationale behind significant transactions, or transactions that are unusual or outside the company’s usual course of business.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The areas that we identified as being susceptible to misstatement through fraud were:
• Management bias in the estimates and judgements made; • Management override of controls; and • Posting of unusual journals or transactions. 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.
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 Auditors' 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 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Charles Lake House
Claire Causeway
Crossways Business Park
Kent
DA2 6QA
Date:
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 06459279
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 11 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Aspect Contracts Limited is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office of the company is given in the company information page of these financial statements.
The principal activity of the company is that of total asbestos risk management, from surveying to removal, including collection and the supply of hire equipment.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Environmental Group Limited as at 31 March 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff CF14 3UZ.
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and funding to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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.
Revenue is recognised once the contractual obligation with the client has been fulfilled and where only partially performed, revenue is recognised to the extent that the right to consideration has been obtained through performance.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the following bases:
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving items. Cost is based on the cost of purchase.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
The company discounts its trade debts. The accounting policy is to include trade debtors discounted with recourse under trade debtors due within one year and to record the returnable element of the finance advanced under creditors due within one year. Discount fees are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income when reasonably foreseeable.
The areas in the financial statements where these judgments and estimates have been made include the following: 1. The company makes key assumptions regarding the useful economic life of tangible fixed assets and this is further described in note 2.11 of the accounting policies. 2. The company uses judgement when valuing accrued income. This is based on an estimated value of works completed and not yet invoiced, and amounted to £226,468 (2024: £198,806) at the year end.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10.Taxation (continued)
There are no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The company has given cross guarantees in favour of Allied Irish Bank (GB) in respect of the borrowings of Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Limited, Grade 3 Limited, R&F Insulations Limited and Environmental Group Limited all of which are group companies.
The maximum potential liability under the terms of these guarantees as at 31 March 2025 was £2,351,417 (2024: £3,091,174). The directors consider the likelihood that the company will be called upon to meet any claims under these guarantees to be remote and accordingly have made no provision in these accounts.
Aspect Contracts Limited operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. During the year contributions of £60,080 (2024: £48,283) were charged to profit and loss. There was £25,810 (2024: £29,195) outstanding at the end of the year in respect of contributions payable.
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ASPECT CONTRACTS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The ultimate parent company as at 31 March 2025 was Environmental Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, which prepares consolidated accounts for the group. Copies of these consolidated accounts can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. From 30 May 2025, Environmental Group Holdings Limited, also incorporated in England and Wales, became the ultimate parent company.
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