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Registration number: 02069829

F W D Freight Services Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 8

Profit and Loss Account

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 to 21

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mr M D Jones

Mr G G Kellett

Mr J A Kellett

Registered office

EFS Group
Phoenix Way
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 5SX

Auditors

Kneeshaws
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors Fourth Floor
St James House
St James's Row
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 1DR

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is freight forwarding.

Fair review of the business

Trading and general economic conditions have remained challenging throughout the year ended 31st March 2025. Despite these conditions the company has performed well over the course of the year. The directors are therefore satisfied with the results for the year.
Since the end of the end of the year, trading conditions have remained challenging within the sector and the company’s focus has been devoted to improved efficiencies and cost management, combined with business development initiatives.

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Financial KPIs

Unit

2025

2024

Turnover

£

10,844,756

8,421,942

Turnover growth/(reduction)

%

29

31

Gross profit margin

%

18

20

Profit before tax

£

729,923

279,218

Principal risks and uncertainties

The directors of the company manage the company’s risk significantly in conjunction with the management of fuel consumption, drivers’ wages and subcontractors’ costs.

The fuel cost fluctuation is an industry-wide factor caused by oil prices and government fuel tariffs. The company closely monitors fuel prices and strives to make price conscious fuel purchase policies where possible, and keeps vehicles well maintained to ensure maximum efficiency.
Due to the mobility of the driver market we seek to maintain driver/subcontractor satisfaction and training, which benefits all parties.

The company’s operations are exposed to a variety of financial risks that include the effects of changes to customer credit risk, supply chain risk and trading seasonality. The company has in place a risk management programme that seeks to limit the adverse effects on the financial performance of the company.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 23 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr M D Jones
Director

 

F W D Freight Services 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 of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

Mr M D Jones

Mr G G Kellett

Mr J A Kellett

Financial instruments

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

As required by schedule 7.6(1)(a) and 7.6(1)(b) of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 the following information required to be disclosed in the directors report has been disclosed in the Strategic Report on page 2:

• an indication of the financial risk management objectives and policies;
• an indication of the different risks the company is exposed to.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 23 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr M D Jones
Director

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual 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 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 apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

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.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of F W D Freight Services Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of F W D Freight Services Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the 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 auditor 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 director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of F W D Freight Services Limited

Opinion on other matter 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

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 4], 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.

Auditor 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 auditor’s 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of F W D Freight Services Limited

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our respnsibilities, 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:

We identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience, through discussion with the director and other management (as required by auditing standards), and from inspection of the company's regulatory and legal correspondence and discussed with the directors and other management the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.

The potential effect of these laws and regulations on the financial statements varies considerably.

Firstly, the company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation (including related companies legislation), distributable profits legislation, taxation legislation and pension legislation and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statements items.

Secondly, the company is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines or litigation. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: anti-bribery and certain aspects of company legislation recognising the financial nature of the company's activities. Auditing standards, limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Through these procedures we are not aware of actual or suspected non-compliance and this did not affect our procedures on the related financial statement items.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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 an auditor’s 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.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of F W D Freight Services Limited

......................................
Andrew Davies BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Kneeshaws, Statutory Auditor
 Fourth Floor
St James House
St James's Row
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 1DR

23 December 2025

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Turnover

3

10,844,756

8,421,942

Cost of sales

 

(8,882,784)

(6,707,004)

Gross profit

 

1,961,972

1,714,938

Administrative expenses

 

(1,163,827)

(1,393,745)

Other operating income

4

-

13,033

Operating profit

5

798,145

334,226

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

(68,222)

(55,008)

Profit before tax

 

729,923

279,218

Tax on profit

9

(7,669)

(69,804)

Profit for the financial year

 

722,254

209,414

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

(Registration number: 02069829)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

10

2,803

3,504

Current assets

 

Debtors

11

10,705,573

8,554,309

Cash at bank and in hand

 

61,588

33,912

 

10,767,161

8,588,221

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

12

(5,045,150)

(3,493,715)

Net current assets

 

5,722,011

5,094,506

Total assets less current liabilities

 

5,724,814

5,098,010

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

12

(167,277)

(262,426)

Provisions for liabilities

1,431

1,130

Net assets

 

5,558,968

4,836,714

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

2,000

2,000

Retained earnings

5,556,968

4,834,714

Shareholders' funds

 

5,558,968

4,836,714

Approved and authorised by the Board on 23 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr M D Jones
Director

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 April 2024

2,000

4,834,714

4,836,714

Profit for the year

-

722,254

722,254

At 31 March 2025

2,000

5,556,968

5,558,968

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 April 2023

2,000

4,625,300

4,627,300

Profit for the year

-

209,414

209,414

At 31 March 2024

2,000

4,834,714

4,836,714

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
EFS Group
Phoenix Way
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 5SX

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 23 December 2025.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company is exempt under paragraph 1.12 of FRS 102 from the requirement to prepare a statement of cash flows as it is a member of a group where the parent of the group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements and the company is included in the consolidation..

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Judgements

Estimates and judgements are cintinually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are beleieved to be reasonable under the circumstances. The directors have established that there are no areas of judgement which are deemed critcal to the company's financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows:

Bad debt provision - The company reviews the recoverability of all debtors at the balance sheet date and makes a percentage provision of recoverability based on events that have occurred by that date..

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

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

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

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Fixtures and fittings

20% per annum reducing balance basis

Computer equipment

100% straight line basis

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments, An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability in the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expense in the profit and loss account.
 

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Sale of goods

10,844,756

8,421,942

4

Other operating income

The analysis of the company's other operating income for the year is as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Miscellaneous other operating income

-

13,033

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2025
 £

2024
 £

Depreciation expense

3,078

876

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

797

798

6

Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
 £

2024
 £

Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings

25,200

30,356

Interest expense on other finance liabilities

5,339

5,352

Foreign exchange gains/losses

(7,920)

(12,491)

Other finance costs

45,603

31,791

68,222

55,008

7

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Wages and salaries

662,525

675,043

Social security costs

69,141

66,210

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

24,988

23,816

Other employee expense

3,737

3,137

760,391

768,206

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2025
No.

2024
No.

Administration and support

17

19

17

19

8

Auditors' remuneration

2025
 £

2024
 £

Other fees to auditors

Audit-related assurance services

5,850

5,850


 

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

9

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement

2025
 £

2024
 £

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

7,970

69,583

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(301)

221

Tax expense in the income statement

7,669

69,804

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Profit before tax

729,923

279,218

Corporation tax at standard rate

182,481

69,805

Deferred tax expense (credit) relating to changes in tax rates or laws

1

(1)

Tax increase (decrease) arising from group relief

(174,813)

-

Total tax charge

7,669

69,804

Deferred tax

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

10

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Other tangible assets
£

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

15,712

54,666

70,378

Additions

-

2,377

2,377

At 31 March 2025

15,712

57,043

72,755

Depreciation

At 1 April 2024

12,208

54,666

66,874

Charge for the year

701

2,377

3,078

At 31 March 2025

12,909

57,043

69,952

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

2,803

-

2,803

At 31 March 2024

3,504

-

3,504

11

Debtors

Current

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

 

1,241,301

946,033

Amounts owed by related parties

17

9,323,250

7,485,978

Other debtors

 

88,246

77,782

Prepayments

 

52,776

44,516

   

10,705,573

8,554,309

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

12

Creditors

Note

2025
 £

2024
 £

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

15

902,812

778,413

Trade creditors

 

673,118

522,416

Amounts due to related parties

17

3,331,253

2,057,230

Social security and other taxes

 

14,944

13,894

Other payables

 

9,363

8,447

Accrued expenses

 

31,680

27,612

Income tax liability

9

81,980

85,703

 

5,045,150

3,493,715

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

15

167,277

262,426

13

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £24,503 (2024 - £20,023).

14

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

       
 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

15

Loans and borrowings

2025
 £

2024
 £

Non-current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

167,277

262,426

2025
 £

2024
 £

Current loans and borrowings

Bank borrowings

95,149

98,241

Other borrowings

807,663

680,172

902,812

778,413

There is a fixed and floating charge on the company's assets given to National Westminster Bank Plc and RBS Invoice Finance Limited in respect of any bank loans and overdrafts and factor advances owed by the company.

16

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Not later than one year

7,152

29,001

Later than one year and not later than five years

-

7,152

7,152

36,153

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £29,001 (2024 - £29,001).

17

Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 from the requirement to disclose transactions with wholly owned group companies on the grounds that consolidated financial statements are prepared by the parent company.

The company has provided a guarantee to the bankers of EFS Global Limited in respect of any bank loans and overdrafts and factor advances owed by EFS Global Limited and its subsidiaries.

 

F W D Freight Services Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

18

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Jones Metcalf Ltd, incorporated in England.

 The ultimate parent is EFS Global Limited, incorporated in England.

 The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is EFS Global Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from EFS Group
Phoenix Way
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 5SX

 The ultimate controlling party is Mr M D Jones.