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Registration number: 02144402

Manthorpe Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

 

Manthorpe Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 7

Profit and Loss Account

8

Balance Sheet

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11 to 22

 

Manthorpe Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mr P G Pochciol

Mrs C S Pochciol

Mr T F Pochciol

Company secretary

Mrs C S Pochciol

Registered office

Forty Horse Close
Codnor Gate Business Park
Ripley
DE5 3ND

Bankers


Royal Bank of Scotland
Nottingham City Office
8 South Parade
Nottingham
NG1 2JS

Auditors


Page Kirk LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory AuditorsSherwood House
7 Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 6LB

 

Manthorpe Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 April 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the Company is a holding company for an engineering group. As part of this activity the company lets business premises to other companies in the group

Fair review of the business

During the year Manthorpe Limited has continued to let business premises to Manthorpe Engineering Ltd along with monitoring the entity's other investments.

The directors were pleased with the returns on the company’s assets, following decisions to fix interest rates on cash holdings and the market performance on other investments.

The directors are confident that the investment strategies will continue to lead to positive returns for the business in FY26.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The principal risk faced by the group is the failure of its main customers. This risk is mitigated by the development of the customer base.

Price risk is managed by the group's business model through which goods are manufactured to order with prices agreed at the tender stage. The short and longer-term effects of inflation are also considered.

Exposure to credit risk is minimised by the performance of credit checks on all new customers and ongoing monitoring of existing customers.

Cashflow risk continues to be managed through a system of internal controls and monitoring procedures to keep the working capital cycle as short as possible with a strong emphasis on clearly identifying the group's cash requirements in the short, medium and long-term taking into account future expected rates of inflation.

Risks in relation to recruitment and staff retention are mitigated by offering high levels of training, internal career development and industry competitive salary levels.

Market risk of investments is managed by holding a diverse portfolio of assets.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 25 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mrs C S Pochciol
Company secretary and director

 

Manthorpe Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.

Directors of the Company

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

Mr P G Pochciol

Mrs C S Pochciol - Company secretary and director

Mr T F Pochciol

Results and dividends

The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £256,200 (2024 - £488,829). Dividends for the year amounted to £1,000,000 (2024 - £1,080,133).
 

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

The directors have implemented procedures to minimise risks wherever possible.

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

Please see Principal risks and uncertainties in the Strategic Report.

Going concern

After reviewing the group's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.

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.

Reappointment of auditors

Page Kirk LLP have expressed their willingness to continue as auditors for the next financial year.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 25 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mrs C S Pochciol
Company secretary and director

 

Manthorpe 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.

 

Manthorpe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Manthorpe Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Manthorpe Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 30 April 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 30 April 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 Auditors' 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 Auditors' Report thereon.The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

Manthorpe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Manthorpe Limited

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

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

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 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.

Auditors' 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 Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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

 

Manthorpe Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Manthorpe Limited

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the Company operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and money laundering regulations.

We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be the override of controls by management and the understatement of revenue. Our audit procedures to respond to these risks included:

Enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.

Sample testing on the posting of journals.

Reviewing regulatory correspondence and professional fees.

Detailed substantive testing on the completeness of income.

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. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

These inherent limitations are particularly significant in the case of misstatement resulting from fraud as this may involve sophisticated schemes designed to avoid detection, including deliberate failure to record transactions, collusion or the provision of intentional misrepresentations.

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 Auditors' 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.



John Wallis FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of
Page Kirk LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
 Sherwood House
7 Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 6LB

25 November 2025

 

Manthorpe Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Turnover

-

-

Administrative expenses

 

182,599

(59,677)

Other operating income

3

216,000

216,000

(Loss)/gain on financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

 

(221,312)

360,776

Income from other fixed assets investments

 

37,183

64,880

Other interest receivable and similar income

4

118,217

84,043

Interest payable and similar expenses

15

-

Profit before tax

 

332,702

666,022

Tax on profit

8

(76,502)

(177,193)

Profit for the financial year

 

256,200

488,829

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

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

 

Manthorpe Limited

(Registration number: 02144402)
Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2025

Note

2025

2024

   

£

£

£

£

Fixed assets

   

 

Tangible assets

10

 

3,787,741

 

3,795,435

Investments

11

 

348,683

 

348,683

Other financial assets

12

 

3,541,475

 

3,475,866

   

7,677,899

 

7,619,984

Current assets

   

 

Debtors

13

3,373

 

70,483

 

Cash at bank and in hand

 

3,227,964

 

3,580,327

 

 

3,231,337

 

3,650,810

 

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

15

(1,313,513)

 

(887,565)

 

Net current assets

   

1,917,824

 

2,763,245

Total assets less current liabilities

   

9,595,723

 

10,383,229

Provisions for liabilities

16

 

(131,019)

 

(174,725)

Net assets

   

9,464,704

 

10,208,504

Capital and reserves

   

 

Called up share capital

5,401

 

5,401

 

Fair value reserve

141,866

 

298,295

 

Profit and loss account

9,317,437

 

9,904,808

 

Shareholders' funds

   

9,464,704

 

10,208,504

Approved and authorised by the Board on 25 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mr P G Pochciol
Director

 

Manthorpe Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

Share capital
£

Fair value reserve
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 May 2024

5,401

298,295

9,904,808

10,208,504

Profit for the year

-

-

256,200

256,200

Dividends

-

-

(1,000,000)

(1,000,000)

Transfers

-

(156,429)

156,429

-

At 30 April 2025

5,401

141,866

9,317,437

9,464,704

Share capital
£

Fair value reserve
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 May 2023

5,401

-

10,794,407

10,799,808

Profit for the year

-

-

488,829

488,829

Dividends

-

-

(1,080,133)

(1,080,133)

Transfers

-

298,295

(298,295)

-

At 30 April 2024

5,401

298,295

9,904,808

10,208,504

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

1

General information

The Company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
Forty Horse Close
Codnor Gate Business Park
Ripley
DE5 3ND

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 25 November 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 directors have elected to take advantage of the following disclosure exemptions as permitted under FRS 102:

Preparation of a Statement of Cash Flows and the associated disclosures under Section 7 of FRS 102 (as permitted by S.1.12) on the basis that these have been included within the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows of the ultimate parent entity's Consolidated Group Financial Statements.

Disclosure of key management personnel under the exemption provided by S.33.7A FRS 102.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Manthorpe Holdings Limited.

The financial statements of Manthorpe Holdings Limited may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

Going concern

The national and international economic outlook has been and will continue to be negatively affected by inflationary pressures and challenging labour market conditions. After assessing the potential impacts and other operational risks, the directors expect the company to have adequate resources and projected revenue streams to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the company's financial statements.

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements and estimates. During the preparation of these financial statements there have been no significant or material judgements and estimates that require disclosure.

Finance income and costs policy

Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

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 income 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 balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not
reversed by the balance sheet date, except that the recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits, and any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

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

Plant and machinery

10% to 25% on cost

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

Motor vehicles

12.5% to 33 1/3% on cost

Furniture, fittings and equipment

25% to 33 1/3% on cost

The freehold building is depreciated over fifty years to its residual value with no depreciation charged when the residual value is greater than the carrying amount.

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

Listed investments are remeasured to market value at each balance sheet date. Gains and losses on remeasurement are recognised in profit and loss for the period.

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.

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

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.

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when an event has taken place that gives rise to a legal or constructive obligation, a transfer of economic benefits is probable and a reliable estimate can be made.

Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.

Increases in provisions are generally charged as an expense to profit or loss.

Dividends

Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.

Financial instruments

Recognition and measurement
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.

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.

 Impairment
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 of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

3

Other operating income

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

2025
£

2024
£

Rents receivable

216,000

216,000

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

4

Other interest receivable and similar income

2025
£

2024
£

Bank and other interest receivable

118,217

84,043

5

Staff costs

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

2025
£

2024
£

Social security costs

14,300

957

Other short-term employee benefits

8,738

8,669

23,038

9,626

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

3

3

3

3

6

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

14,207

17,370

7

Auditors' remuneration

2025
£

2024
£

Audit of the financial statements

10,600

8,400


 

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

8

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

2025
£

2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

120,208

2,468

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(43,706)

174,725

Tax expense in the income statement

76,502

177,193

The tax on profit before tax for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 24.01%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£

2024
£

Profit before tax

332,702

666,022

Corporation tax at standard rate

83,176

159,912

Tax decrease from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

(3,592)

(3,621)

Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss)

-

68

Effect of tax losses

-

(53,393)

Deferred tax (credit)/expense from origination and reversal of timing differences

(43,706)

174,725

Tax decrease from effect of dividends from UK companies

(9,296)

(15,578)

Tax increase/(decrease) from other tax effects

49,920

(84,920)

Total tax charge

76,502

177,193

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2025

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

83,731

Unrealised gains

-

47,288

-

131,019

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

80,139

Unrealised gains

-

97,812

Tax losses carried forward

3,226

-

3,226

177,951

9

Intangible assets

Software
 £

Website
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2024

930,491

21,523

952,014

Disposals

(930,491)

-

(930,491)

At 30 April 2025

-

21,523

21,523

Amortisation

At 1 May 2024

930,491

21,523

952,014

Amortisation eliminated on disposals

(930,491)

-

(930,491)

At 30 April 2025

-

21,523

21,523

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2025

-

-

-

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

10

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
£

Plant and machinery
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2024

3,773,901

939,646

114,512

6,400

4,834,459

Disposals

-

(933,802)

(5,210)

-

(939,012)

At 30 April 2025

3,773,901

5,844

109,302

6,400

3,895,447

Depreciation

At 1 May 2024

-

939,252

93,372

6,400

1,039,024

Charge for the year

-

394

7,300

-

7,694

Eliminated on disposal

-

(933,802)

(5,210)

-

(939,012)

At 30 April 2025

-

5,844

95,462

6,400

107,706

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2025

3,773,901

-

13,840

-

3,787,741

At 30 April 2024

3,773,901

394

21,140

-

3,795,435

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

11

Investments

2025
£

2024
£

Investments in subsidiaries

348,683

348,683

Subsidiaries

£

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2024

1,424,653

Provision

At 1 May 2024

1,075,970

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2025

348,683

At 30 April 2024

348,683

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the Company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

2025

2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Manthorpe Engineering Limited

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Purpose Engineering Limited

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Manthorpe Stainless Steel Fabrications Limited

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Wagstaff and Appleton Limited

Ordinary shares

100%

100%

Subsidiary undertakings

The registered office address of all subsidiary undertakings listed above is Forty Horse Close, Codnor Gate Business Park, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3ND.

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

12

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

Listed investments
£

Other fixed asset investments
£

Total
£

Non-current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 May 2024

3,445,223

30,643

3,475,866

Fair value adjustments

(221,156)

(157)

(221,313)

Additions

2,236,356

2,250,273

4,486,629

Disposals

(1,939,004)

(2,260,703)

(4,199,707)

At 30 April 2025

3,521,419

20,056

3,541,475

Impairment

Carrying amount

At 30 April 2025

3,521,419

20,056

3,541,475

At 30 April 2024

3,445,223

30,643

3,475,866

13

Debtors

Current

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Amounts owed by related parties

18

-

64,815

Other debtors

 

1,600

4,511

Prepayments

 

1,773

1,157

   

3,373

70,483

14

Cash and cash equivalents

2025
£

2024
£

Cash at bank

3,227,964

3,580,327

15

Creditors

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

3,816

-

Amounts due to related parties

18

1,168,918

862,452

Accruals

 

20,571

22,645

Corporation tax liability

8

120,208

2,468

 

1,313,513

887,565

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

The company is a member of a group VAT registration, of which all members are jointly and severally liable for the group's VAT liability. The potential liability at 30 April 2025 was £334,134 (2024 - £254,350).

16

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 May 2024

174,725

174,725

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(43,706)

(43,706)

At 30 April 2025

131,019

131,019

17

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

5,401

5,401

5,401

5,401

       

Rights, preferences and restrictions

Ordinary shares have the following rights, preferences and restrictions:
Each share permits its owner to a voting right with no other preferences or restrictions.

18

Related party transactions

Expenditure with and payables to related parties

2025

Key management
£

Amounts payable to related party

1,159,933

2024

Key management
£

Amounts payable to related party

862,352

 

Manthorpe Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 April 2025

19

Financial instruments

Categorisation of financial instruments

2025
 £

2024
 £

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

3,521,419

3,445,223

Items of income, expense, gains or losses

2025

Income
£

Net gains
£

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

53,617

36,339

Financial assets measured at amortised cost

101,783

-

155,400

36,339

2024

Income
£

Net gains
£

Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

74,642

371,985

Financial assets measured at amortised cost

74,281

-

148,923

371,985

20

Controlling party

Manthorpe Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manthorpe Holdings Limited.

Manthorpe Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent undertaking and parent undertaking of the only group of undertakings for which group accounts are drawn up and of which Manthorpe Limited is a member. Manthorpe Holdings Limited's registered office address if Forty Horse Close, Codnor Gate Business Park, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3ND and its consolidated financial statements can be obtained from the Registrar of companies, Companies House, 3 Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. Manthorpe Holdings Limited is controlled by Mr P G Pochciol.