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Registered number: NI020377
Maine Soft Drinks Limited
Unaudited Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 March 2025
Contents
Page
Statement of Financial Position 1—2
Notes to the Financial Statements 3—6
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Statement of Financial Position
Registered number: NI020377
2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible Assets 4 - 24,306
Tangible Assets 5 738,471 808,944
738,471 833,250
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 6 728,912 684,773
Debtors 7 560,708 758,259
Cash at bank and in hand - 11,664
1,289,620 1,454,696
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year 8 (1,568,963 ) (1,648,619 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) (279,343 ) (193,923 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 459,128 639,327
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year 9 (72,689 ) (133,654 )
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
Deferred Taxation (60,868 ) (72,868 )
NET ASSETS 325,571 432,805
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 11 783,710 783,710
Income Statement (458,139 ) (350,905 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 325,571 432,805
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For the year ending 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The company has taken advantage of section 444(1) of the Companies Act 2006 and opted not to deliver to the registrar a copy of the company's Income Statement.
On behalf of the board
Mr B Harkness
Director
31st December 2025
The notes on pages 3 to 6 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
1. General Information
Maine Soft Drinks Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated in Northern Ireland, registered number NI020377 . The registered office is 35 Ballymena Road, Ballymoney, Antrim, BT53 7EX.
2. Accounting Policies
2.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 section 1A Small Entities "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
2.2. Going Concern Disclosure
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the forseeable future. The company's activities including the company's cash flow, liquidity position and borrow facilities are continuously reviewed by the directors. 
The directors have considered the impact on the business of rising inflation and cost of living. In doing so the directors had a particular focus on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. They have produced cash flows forecasts which indicates that the company can continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of the financial statements.
2.3. Turnover
The company's operations and principal activities are the manufacture and distribution of soft drinks to households and the retail trade within Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for soft drinks, net of discounts and Value Added Tax.
Revenue from the sale of drinks is recognised when the goods have been provided to the buyer; the amount of revenue can be measured relliably; it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the company and the costs incurred in repsect of the transactions can be measured reliably.
2.4. Intangible Fixed Assets and Amortisation - Goodwill
Goodwill is the difference between amounts paid on the acquisition of a business and the fair value of the separable net assets. It is amortised to income statement over its estimated economic life.
2.5. Intangible Fixed Assets and Amortisation - Other Intangible
Other intangible assets are .... It is amortised to income statement over its estimated economic life.
2.6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold 2.5% Straight Line Basis
Plant & Machinery 10-20% Straight Line Basis
Motor Vehicles 25% Straight Line Basis
Lorries 10% Straight Line Basis
2.7. Leasing and Hire Purchase Contracts
Assets obtained under finance leases are capitalised as tangible fixed assets. Assets acquired under finance leases are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Assets acquired under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their useful lives. Finance leases are those where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership are assumed by the company. Obligations under such agreements are included in the creditors net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to the income statement so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge on the net obligation outstanding in each period.

Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged to income statement as incurred.
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2.8. Stocks and Work in Progress
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads. Work-in-progress is reflected in the accounts on a contract by contract basis by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses.
2.9. Financial Instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instruments that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities. 
Debt instuments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables or receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received. However if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate or in case of an outright short-term loan not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost. 
Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the statement of income and retained earnings. 
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate, which is an approximation of the amount that the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date. 
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet when there is an 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. 
2.10. Foreign Currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate ruling on the date of the transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating profit.
2.11. Pensions
The company operates a defined pension contribution scheme. Contributions are charged to the income statement as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
3. Average Number of Employees
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 79 (2024: 80)
79 80
4. Intangible Assets
Goodwill Other Total
£ £ £
Cost
As at 1 April 2024 179,139 244,440 423,579
As at 31 March 2025 179,139 244,440 423,579
Amortisation
As at 1 April 2024 179,139 220,134 399,273
Provided during the period - 24,306 24,306
As at 31 March 2025 179,139 244,440 423,579
...CONTINUED
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Net Book Value
As at 31 March 2025 - - -
As at 1 April 2024 - 24,306 24,306
5. Tangible Assets
Land & Property
Freehold Plant & Machinery Motor Vehicles Lorries Total
£ £ £ £ £
Cost
As at 1 April 2024 612,999 1,256,865 96,345 688,581 2,654,790
Additions 2,405 27,885 - - 30,290
As at 31 March 2025 615,404 1,284,750 96,345 688,581 2,685,080
Depreciation
As at 1 April 2024 415,033 957,890 35,531 437,392 1,845,846
Provided during the period 10,070 57,239 6,690 26,764 100,763
As at 31 March 2025 425,103 1,015,129 42,221 464,156 1,946,609
Net Book Value
As at 31 March 2025 190,301 269,621 54,124 224,425 738,471
As at 1 April 2024 197,966 298,975 60,814 251,189 808,944
6. Stocks
2025 2024
£ £
Finished goods 120,291 105,223
Work in progress 608,621 579,550
728,912 684,773
7. Debtors
2025 2024
£ £
Due within one year
Trade debtors 530,729 729,928
Other debtors 29,979 28,331
560,708 758,259
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8. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2025 2024
£ £
Net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts 54,674 137,325
Trade creditors 652,589 592,612
Bank loans and overdrafts 16,498 6,733
Other loans 187,729 86,391
Invoice Discounting 202,627 377,326
Other creditors 225,548 258,203
Taxation and social security 229,298 190,029
1,568,963 1,648,619
9. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year
2025 2024
£ £
Net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts 29,975 83,766
Other loans 42,714 49,888
72,689 133,654
10. Obligations Under Finance Leases and Hire Purchase
2025 2024
£ £
The future minimum finance lease payments are as follows:
Not later than one year 54,674 137,325
Later than one year and not later than five years 29,975 83,766
84,649 221,091
84,649 221,091
11. Share Capital
2025 2024
£ £
Allotted, Called up and fully paid 783,710 783,710
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