|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Statements |
|
Contents |
Page |
|
Strategic report |
1 |
|
Directors' report |
2 |
|
Independent auditor's report to the members |
4 |
|
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income |
8 |
|
Consolidated statement of financial position |
9 |
|
Company statement of financial position |
10 |
|
Consolidated statement of changes in equity |
11 |
|
Company statement of changes in equity |
12 |
|
Consolidated statement of cash flows |
13 |
|
Notes to the financial statements |
14 |
|
|
|
Strategic Report |
|
|
|
Director |
|
Registered office: |
|
|
|
|
|
England |
|
|
|
|
|
Directors' Report |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Resigned
|
|
|
|
Director |
|
Registered office: |
|
|
|
|
|
England |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of
|
|
|
|
(Senior Statutory Auditor) |
|
For and on behalf of |
|
|
|
Chartered accountants & statutory auditor |
|
Camburgh House |
|
27 New Dover Road |
|
Canterbury |
|
Kent |
|
CT1 3DN |
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
|
2024 |
2023 |
||
|
Note |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Turnover |
4 |
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
|
------------- |
------------- |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
|
Administrative expenses |
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
Operating profit |
5 |
|
|
|
Other interest receivable and similar income |
9 |
– |
|
|
Interest payable and similar expenses |
10 |
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
(Loss)/profit before taxation |
(
|
|
|
|
Tax on (loss)/profit |
11 |
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Profit for the financial year |
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Foreign currency retranslation |
(
|
(
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the year |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position |
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
Note |
£ |
£ |
|
Intangible assets |
13 |
|
|
|
Tangible assets |
14 |
|
|
|
Investments |
15 |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Stocks |
16 |
– |
|
|
Debtors |
17 |
|
|
|
Cash at bank and in hand |
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
19 |
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
Net current (liabilities)/assets |
(
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Total assets less current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year |
20 |
|
|
|
Provisions |
21 |
|
– |
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Net assets |
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Called up share capital |
25 |
|
|
|
Share premium account |
26 |
|
|
|
Other reserves, including the fair value reserve |
26 |
(
|
(
|
|
Profit and loss account |
26 |
(
|
(
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
Shareholders funds |
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
|
|
Director |
|
|
|
Company Statement of Financial Position |
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
Note |
£ |
£ |
|
Tangible assets |
14 |
|
|
|
Investments |
15 |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Stocks |
16 |
– |
|
|
Debtors |
17 |
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
19 |
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
Net current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Total assets less current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year |
20 |
|
|
|
Provisions |
21 |
|
– |
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Net assets |
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Called up share capital |
25 |
|
|
|
Share premium account |
26 |
|
|
|
Profit and loss account |
26 |
(
|
(
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
Shareholders funds |
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
||
|
|
|
Director |
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
|
Called up share capital |
Share premium account |
Other reserves, including the fair value reserve |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
|||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|||
|
At 1 January 2023 |
|
|
(
|
(
|
|
||
|
Profit for the year |
|
|
|||||
|
Other comprehensive income for the year: |
|||||||
|
Foreign currency retranslation |
– |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
-------- |
------------ |
--------- |
|||
|
Total comprehensive income for the year |
– |
– |
(
|
|
|
||
|
Dividends paid and payable |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
(
|
(
|
|
|
------- |
------------ |
-------- |
------------ |
--------- |
|||
|
Total investments by and distributions to owners |
– |
– |
– |
(
|
(
|
||
|
At 31 December 2023 |
|
|
(
|
(
|
|
||
|
Profit for the year |
|
|
|||||
|
Other comprehensive income for the year: |
|||||||
|
Foreign currency retranslation |
– |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
--------- |
------------ |
--------- |
|||
|
Total comprehensive income for the year |
– |
– |
(
|
|
|
||
|
Dividends paid and payable |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
(
|
(
|
|
|
---- |
---- |
---- |
-------- |
-------- |
|||
|
Total investments by and distributions to owners |
– |
– |
– |
(
|
(
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
--------- |
------------ |
--------- |
|||
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
(
|
(
|
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
--------- |
------------ |
--------- |
|||
|
|
|
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
|
Called up share capital |
Share premium account |
Profit and loss account |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
At 1 January 2023 |
|
|
(
|
|
|
Profit for the year |
|
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
------------ |
--------- |
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the year |
– |
– |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
|
|
(
|
|
|
Profit for the year |
|
|
||
|
------- |
------------ |
------------ |
--------- |
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the year |
– |
– |
|
|
|
------- |
------------ |
------------ |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
(
|
|
|
------- |
------------ |
------------ |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
Note |
£ |
£ |
|
Profit for the financial year |
|
|
|
Adjustments for: |
||
|
Depreciation of tangible assets |
|
|
|
Amortisation of intangible assets |
|
|
|
Tax on profit |
(
|
|
|
Accrued (income)/expenses |
(
|
|
|
Changes in: |
||
|
Stocks |
|
|
|
Trade and other debtors |
|
(
|
|
Trade and other creditors |
|
(
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Cash generated from operations |
|
|
|
Tax paid |
(
|
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Net cash (used in)/from operating activities |
(
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Purchase of tangible assets |
(
|
(
|
|
Proceeds from sale of tangible assets |
|
– |
|
Acquisition of subsidiaries |
|
(
|
|
Purchases of other investments |
(
|
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
(
|
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Proceeds from borrowings |
– |
|
|
Repayments of borrowings |
(
|
(
|
|
Dividends paid |
(
|
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
(
|
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(
|
(
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
(523,546) |
(305,788) |
|
|
Exchange losses on cash and cash equivalents |
(
|
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
18 |
(
|
(
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
||
|
|
|
Notes to the Financial Statements |
|
Goodwill |
- |
|
|
|
Plant and machinery |
- |
|
|
|
Fixtures and fittings |
- |
|
|
|
Equipment |
- |
|
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Rendering of services |
|
|
|
------------- |
------------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Amortisation of intangible assets |
|
|
|
Depreciation of tangible assets |
|
|
|
Foreign exchange differences |
|
(
|
|
--------- |
-------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Fees payable for the audit of the financial statements |
|
|
|
-------- |
-------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
|
Social security costs |
|
|
|
Other pension costs |
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Remuneration |
– |
|
|
---- |
--------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Interest on cash and cash equivalents |
– |
|
|
---- |
---- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Other interest payable and similar charges |
|
|
|
--------- |
-------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
UK current tax income |
– |
(
|
|
Adjustments in respect of prior periods |
|
– |
|
-------- |
------- |
|
|
Total UK current tax |
|
(
|
|
Foreign current tax expense |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Total current tax |
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Origination and reversal of timing differences |
(
|
– |
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Tax on profit |
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before taxation |
(
|
|
|
------- |
--------- |
|
|
(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities by rate of tax |
(
|
|
|
Adjustment to tax charge in respect of prior periods |
|
(
|
|
Effect of expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
|
|
|
Effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
(
|
|
|
Utilisation of tax losses |
(
|
(
|
|
Effect of different tax rates on earnings through subsidiaries |
|
|
|
Deferred tax |
(244,220)
|
– |
|
Foreign withholding tax |
17,955
|
– |
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Tax on profit |
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Dividends paid during the year (excluding those for which a liability existed at the end of the prior year ) |
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Goodwill |
|
£ |
|
|
Cost |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
Other movements |
(
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Amortisation |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Plant and machinery |
Fixtures and fittings |
Equipment |
Total |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Cost |
||||
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Depreciation |
||||
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
||||
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
– |
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Company |
Plant and machinery |
Fixtures and fittings |
Equipment |
Total |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Cost |
||||
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Depreciation |
||||
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
– |
(
|
– |
(
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
||||
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
– |
|
|
|
|
-------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Other investments other than loans |
|
£ |
|
|
Cost |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
Additions |
|
|
------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
------- |
|
|
Impairment |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 |
– |
|
------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
|
|
------- |
|
|
Company |
Shares in group undertakings |
|
£ |
|
|
Cost |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 |
|
|
Other movements |
(
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Impairment |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 |
– |
|
--------- |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Class of share |
Percentage of shares held |
|
|
Subsidiary undertakings |
||
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
|
Ordinary |
100 |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Work in progress |
– |
|
– |
|
|
---- |
-------- |
---- |
-------- |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
– |
– |
|
|
|
Prepayments and accrued income |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation tax repayable |
– |
|
– |
|
|
Directors loan account |
|
|
|
|
|
Other debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
Cash at bank and in hand |
|
|
|
Bank overdrafts |
(
|
(
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
(
|
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Bank loans and overdrafts |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
– |
– |
|
|
|
Accruals and deferred income |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation tax |
|
– |
– |
– |
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
Other creditors |
|
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
------------ |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Bank loans and overdrafts |
|
|
|
|
|
Other creditors |
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Group and company |
Deferred tax (note 22) |
|
£ |
|
|
At 1 January 2024 |
– |
|
Charge against provision |
(
|
|
--------- |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
(
|
|
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Included in provisions (note 21) |
(
|
– |
(
|
– |
|
--------- |
---- |
--------- |
---- |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Accelerated capital allowances |
|
– |
|
– |
|
Unused tax losses |
(
|
– |
(
|
– |
|
--------- |
---- |
--------- |
---- |
|
|
(244,220) |
– |
(244,220) |
– |
|
|
--------- |
---- |
--------- |
---- |
|
|
2024 |
2024 |
2023 |
2023 |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
Outstanding at 1 January |
14,000 |
1 |
14,000 |
1 |
|
|
Outstanding at 31 December |
14,000 |
1 |
14,000 |
1 |
|
|
2024 |
2023 |
|||
|
No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
|
1,025 |
|
1,025 |
|
|
|
340 |
|
340 |
|
--------- |
------- |
--------- |
------- |
|
|
|
1,365 |
|
1,365 |
|
|
--------- |
------- |
--------- |
------- |
|
|
At 1 Jan 2024 |
Cash flows |
At 31 Dec 2024 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Cash at bank and in hand |
|
(57,213) |
|
|
Bank overdrafts |
(580,874) |
(91,697) |
(672,571) |
|
Debt due within one year |
(9,392) |
– |
(9,392) |
|
Debt due after one year |
(24,955) |
9,391 |
(15,564) |
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
(
|
(
|
(
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2024 |
2023 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Not later than 1 year |
|
|
|
|
|
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years |
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
--------- |
|
|
|
|
Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) |