Company registration number 02830990 (England and Wales)
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr D A Porter
Mr A L J Porter
Mr L J Cunliffe
Company number
02830990
Registered office
No. 1 Market Place
Adlington
Lancashire
England
PR7 4EZ
Auditor
Sumer Auditco Limited
1st Floor Waterside House
Waterside Drive
Wigan
Lancashire
WN3 5AZ
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of income and retained earnings
8
Balance sheet
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 20
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Review of the business

The company's principal activities during the year were as follows:

 

- Specialist refurbishment, maintenance and modification of industrial and commercial metal waste containers, four

wheeled trade waste containers and recycling banks for the waste and associated industries and charities.

- Buying, refurbishing, selling and hiring of waste containers and recycling banks.

- Mobile repair and maintenance of waste containers and recycling banks.

- Commercial vehicle repairs, maintenance and hire.

 

Fairport Containers Ltd provides a first-class service to a range of large and small companies within the UK Waste Industry, offering a cost-saving solution compared to purchasing newly manufactured containers. This approach also negates the environmental impact of manufacturing new containers, which is a further incentive for customers.

The commercial vehicle repair division supports this service by keeping vehicles on the road and up to date, as well as providing similar services to large national haulage companies and smaller business who operate within in the local area.

 

Key performance indicators

The directors consider the key performance indicators of the business to be turnover, liquidity as per the Current Ratio, the average number of employees and turnover per employee. Compared to the previous year, turnover has decreased by 3% with the average number of employees slightly decreasing. Meanwhile the company maintained generally healthy liquidity with a current ratio of 1.66.

 

Turnover for the year was £10,548,992 (2024: £10,904,598), with an average turnover per employee of £127,096 (2024: £125,340). Profit before tax remained robust at £478,053 (2024: £526,076).

While turnover and profit before tax were lower than the previous financial year, this outcome is considered positive given that:

 

 

The company is actively addressing these factors through recruitment and training and broadening the customer base. Operational achievements included:

 

 

 

2025

 

2024

Turnover

 

£10,548,992

 

£10,904,598

Current ratio

 

1.66

 

1.51

Average number of employees

 

83

 

87

 

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Strategy and Objectives

Long-Term Vision

To become synonymous with container refurbishment within the UK and be recognised in all parts of the country as the No.1 UK waste container refurbishment provider, while continuing to minimise environmental impact and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

 

Strategic Priorities

 

Principal risks and uncertainties

Financial Risks

The company's risk to not receiving payment from its customers is low, as all new and existing customers are credit checked on a regular basis, in conjunction with its credit insurance policy. To assist with the company's growth and to reduce the risk of exposure, the company continued with its ID facility secured against its assets.

 

Non-Financial Risks

Market Risks: Economic downturns and threat of new entrants. Mitigated by strong service quality and a varied customer base.

Operational Risks: Staffing and supply chain challenges. Training, succession planning and supplier relationships remain key mitigations.

Regulatory & Compliance Risks: Changes in environmental legislation and health & safety compliance requirements. Mitigated by regular compliance audits, training and monitoring as well as maintaining ISO accreditation to demonstrate compliance best practices.

 

Future Developments

The company plans to invest in ERP systems to improve operational efficiency and data visibility. Further investment in trucks and specialist equipment will support service delivery. Expansion into new markets will be considered cautiously, with a focus on maintaining quality and profitability. In addition, the company will implement targeted customer engagement initiatives to strengthen relationships and increase spend, alongside employee development programs to support recruitment, training, and retention of skilled staff.

 

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Sustainability: Continued emphasis on refurbishment to reduce environmental impact.

Community Engagement: The company has continued to head up local events and raise money for local charities and community initiatives.

Employee Matters: Commitment to diversity, training, and health & safety excellence.

 

Going concern

The directors have reviewed forecasts and are confident the company has adequate resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

 

On behalf of the board

Mr A L J Porter
Director
23 December 2025
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activities of the company are set out in the Strategic Report.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr D A Porter
Mr A L J Porter
Mr L J Cunliffe
Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible 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:

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.

Disclosure in the strategic report

The disclosures in respect of the business review, future developments and the financial risk management, objectives and policies are included in the Strategic Report. The principal activities of the company are also disclosed in the Strategic Report.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Auditors

Sumer Auditco Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006. They are also deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Medium-sized companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Mr A L J Porter
Director
23 December 2025
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Fairport Containers Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of income and retained earnings, the balance sheet and notes to the financial statements, including 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:

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's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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

 

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

 

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

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the 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:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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's 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.

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.

 

We identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonable be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience, through discussion with the directors and other management (as required by auditing standards), legal correspondence, the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout out 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, pensions legislation and taxation legislation, and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.

 

Secondly, the company is subject to 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: GDPR compliance, health and safety and product liability, anti-bribery and corruption, employment law, tax, environmental legislation, recognising the 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. These limited procedures did not identify actual or suspected non-compliance.

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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.

We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined below to detect material misstatement due to fraud:

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://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.

Catherine Rogers BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Sumer Auditco Limited, Statutory Auditor
1st Floor Waterside House
Waterside Drive
Wigan
WN3 5AZ
Lancashire
23 December 2025
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
10,548,992
10,904,598
Cost of sales
(7,890,043)
(8,139,031)
Gross profit
2,658,949
2,765,567
Administrative expenses
(2,101,249)
(2,155,602)
Operating profit
4
557,700
609,965
Interest receivable and similar income
7
34,507
23,218
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(114,154)
(106,477)
Profit before taxation
478,053
526,706
Tax on profit
9
(80,395)
34,011
Profit for the financial year
397,658
560,717
Retained earnings brought forward
2,807,444
2,246,727
Retained earnings carried forward
3,205,102
2,807,444
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
921,220
966,127
Current assets
Stocks
12
340,397
292,247
Debtors
13
5,541,938
5,345,175
Cash at bank and in hand
283,513
379,252
6,165,848
6,016,674
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
(3,654,492)
(3,978,532)
Net current assets
2,511,356
2,038,142
Total assets less current liabilities
3,432,576
3,004,269
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
15
(70,368)
(44,755)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
157,104
152,068
(157,104)
(152,068)
Net assets
3,205,104
2,807,446
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
19
2
2
Profit and loss reserves
3,205,102
2,807,444
Total equity
3,205,104
2,807,446

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 23 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr A L J Porter
Director
Company registration number 02830990 (England and Wales)
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Fairport Containers Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is No. 1 Market Place, Adlington, Lancashire, England, PR7 4EZ.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Fairport Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, No. 1 Market Place, Adlington, Lancashire, England, PR7 4EZ.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Sale of goods

Turnover from the sale of goods is stated net of VAT and is recognised when the goods are delivered to the customer. It is recorded at the fair value of consideration received or receivable.

Rendering of services

Turnover relating to the rendering of services is stated net of VAT and represents the value of services provided to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the fair value of consideration received or receivable.

1.4
Intangible fixed assets - goodwill

Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2015, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of five years.

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:

Plant and equipment
10% - 33.3% on a straight line basis
1.6
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.7
Stocks

Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is calculated by reference to the most recent purchase price.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.8
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.9
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised 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 debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of 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 deducting all of its liabilities.

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

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

 

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

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.11
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.12
Retirement benefits
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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The company participates in a defined benefit pension scheme, along with other group companies. Full details of the scheme are disclosed within the financial statements of the parent company, Fairport Holdings Limited.

 

The contributions payable by the company in the year were £2,583 (2024 - £14,258).

 

The assets and liabilities of the scheme are recognised in the financial statements of Fairport Holdings Limited.

1.13
Leases
As lessee

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

The directors to not consider there to be any judgements or key estimates.

3
Turnover
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of goods
577,654
718,532
Rendering of services
9,971,338
10,186,066
10,548,992
10,904,598

All turnover arises in the United Kingdom.

4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
395,876
415,916
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
(42,951)
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
4
Operating profit
(Continued)
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Auditors remuneration is borne by the parent company.

5
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Manufacturing and operational
70
71
Office and management
13
16
Total
83
87

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
3,270,681
3,199,002
Pension costs
23,076
31,169
3,293,757
3,230,171

Wages and salaries costs include social security costs of £372,715 (2024 - £356,293)

6
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
84,783
126,391
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Other interest income
34,507
23,218
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest on invoice finance arrangements
88,425
67,498
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
25,729
38,979
114,154
106,477
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 16 -
9
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
75,359
-
0
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
5,036
(34,011)
Total tax charge/(credit)
80,395
(34,011)

The actual charge/(credit) for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
478,053
526,706
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
119,513
131,677
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
3,957
1,870
Group relief
(44,671)
(169,554)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(3,440)
-
0
Depreciation on assets not qualifying for tax allowances
-
0
1,996
Deferred tax movement
5,036
-
0
Taxation charge/(credit) for the year
80,395
(34,011)
10
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
10,000
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025
10,000
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
-
0
At 31 March 2024
-
0
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 17 -
11
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
4,811,609
Additions
350,969
At 31 March 2025
5,162,578
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
3,845,482
Depreciation charged in the year
395,876
At 31 March 2025
4,241,358
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
921,220
At 31 March 2024
966,127

Plant and machinery include assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The net book value of these at the year-end was £311,826 (2024 : £379,924) and the depreciation charge on the assets for the year was £107,631 (2024 : £234,129).

12
Stocks
2025
2024
£
£
Stock
340,397
292,247
13
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
2,810,688
2,646,086
Amounts owed by group undertakings
2,031,101
1,898,714
Prepayments and accrued income
700,149
800,375
5,541,938
5,345,175
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 18 -
14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Hire purchase contracts
16
102,422
148,470
Trade creditors
1,162,358
732,828
Amounts owed to group undertakings
649,544
1,269,323
Corporation tax
75,359
-
0
Other taxation and social security
150,502
136,700
Other creditors
1,404,530
1,403,901
Accruals and deferred income
109,777
287,310
3,654,492
3,978,532
15
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Hire purchase contracts
16
70,368
44,755
16
Hire purchase contracts
2025
2024
Future minimum lease payments due under hire purchase contracts:
£
£
Within one year
102,422
148,470
In two to five years
70,368
44,755
172,790
193,225
17
Secured Debts
Hire purchase contracts
172,790
193,225
Invoice discounting creditor
1,275,040
1,268,468
1,447,830
1,461,693
The hire purchase creditor is secured against the assets to which it relates.
The invoice discounting creditor is secured against the assets of the company.
FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 19 -
18
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
157,104
152,068
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2024
152,068
Charge to profit or loss
5,036
Liability at 31 March 2025
157,104

The deferred tax provision as at 31 March 2025 relates entirely to accelerated capital allowances.

19
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
2
2
2
2

All shares rank equally.

20
Operating lease commitments

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
249,520
121,520
Years 2-5
732,780
228,800
982,300
350,320
21
Bank Security and guarantees

The company has provided security to The Royal Bank of Scotland by way of a charge over its assets. Cross guarantees are in place in respect of the parent company's bank loans, which totalled £1,391,016 as at 31 March 2025. (2024 - £1,432,349 )

FAIRPORT CONTAINERS LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 20 -
22
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

 

Transactions with associated entities in the year were as follows:

 

 

 

 

2025

2024

 

 

 

£

£

Sales, recharges and interest to associated entities

 

 

585,596

516,167

Purchases, expenses and fixed assets from associated entities

 

 

411,187

135,112

Amounts owed by associated entities

 

 

770,627

258,006

Amounts owed to associated entities

 

 

217,518

25,000

 

 

23
Ultimate controlling party

The immediate and ultimate parent company is Fairport Holdings Limited by virtue of its 100% shareholding in the company. Consolidated financial statements are prepared by Fairport Holdings Limited. These financial statements are available from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

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