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REGISTERED NUMBER: SC142594 (Scotland)















Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

for

Burns Express Freight Limited

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)






Contents of the Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 4

Statement of Comprehensive Income 8

Statement of Financial Position 9

Statement of Changes in Equity 10

Statement of Cash Flows 11

Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


Burns Express Freight Limited

Company Information
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025







DIRECTORS: Mrs C Burns
Mr D J Burns
Mr M J Burns
Miss G L Burns





SECRETARY: Mr D J Burns





REGISTERED OFFICE: 100 Penilee Road
Hillington
Glasgow
G52 4UU





REGISTERED NUMBER: SC142594 (Scotland)





INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: Robb Ferguson
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Strategic Report
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
Burns Express Freight Limited is an independent haulage and logistics company providing professional haulage and distribution services across the UK, Ireland, and Europe.

The directors are content with the performance and progress being made with the business, particularly as the transport sector is continuing to be extremely competitive, notwithstanding the general economic and inflationary pressures impacting on fuel and other expenditure. Our focus is to continue to maximise our mutual business opportunities through relationships with customers, which has always been at the forefront of anything we do.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The company is exposed to market risks arising from its operations. The directors have policies in place to ensure such risks are managed.

Credit risk
The company provides services on credit to its customers. The risk arises from the possibility that customers will fail to meet their obligations to pay the sums due. To manage this risk, all customers have their credit worthiness assessed and credit given is monitored by the company's administrative staff to ensure that payments are received, and late payments are pursued. The company has a lot of longstanding customers, with whom good credit control is in place.

Liquidity risk
The company is funded by retained profits, director's loans, hire purchase contracts, and by an invoice discounting facility. The company mitigates liquidity risks through regular review of cash levels to ensure sufficient cash to meet its operational needs.

Other risks and uncertainties
There are unprecedented challenges presently in the economy with rising fuel costs, pallet network charges increase, and wage inflation to name a few. The company has a fuel surcharge matrix in place, whereby customers are charged separately by a percentage surcharge which increases or decreases based on the current fuel price. This helps to reduce the risk of exposure to any major spike in fuel prices.The directors discuss regularly to consider the principal risks and uncertainties and believe that our structure and experience leaves us in a strong position to meet these challenges.

Development and performance
The company has maintained its overall financial performance despite the challenges detailed above. The directors consider that 2026 will prove to be another challenging year but believe that the company is well placed and agile enough to react to changes in the sector.


KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The directors monitor the key financial performance indicators, comprising, turnover, gross profit and net profit margins, EBITDA and liquidity ratios. The directors consider that non-financial key performance indicators are as important as financial KPI's. The non-financial KPI's include, but are not limited to: the retention of skilled workforce; maintaining good customer relationships; and achieving the highest possible standards in Health and Safety and Environmental performance.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mrs C Burns - Director


30 April 2026

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Report of the Directors
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 October 2025.

DIVIDENDS
Dividends totalling £176,600 (2024: £199,200) were paid in the year.

The directors recommended that no final dividend will be paid.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 November 2024 to the date of this report.

Mrs C Burns
Mr D J Burns
Mr M J Burns
Miss G L Burns

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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 then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-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.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Mrs C Burns - Director


30 April 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Burns Express Freight Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Burns Express Freight Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 October 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 October 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether 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 the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Burns Express Freight Limited


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 Report of the Directors.

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 three, 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 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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Burns Express Freight Limited


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 a Report of the Auditors 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.

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

- The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other
management, and from our wider knowledge and experience;
- We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 102.
- We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of
management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- Identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to
instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of
actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations


Audit response to risks identified
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; - Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out were indicative
of potential bias; and
- Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. - Specific audit procedures and review around the key judgemental areas and estimates within the financial statements, in particular the carrying value of accruals, existence fixed assets, recoverability of debtors and the deprecation policy.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- Agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- Requesting correspondence with HMRC, Companies House and the company's legal advisors.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Burns Express Freight Limited


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 a Report of the Auditors 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.




Andrew Logan CA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Robb Ferguson
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ

30 April 2026

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Statement of Comprehensive
Income
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 11,058,510 10,580,226

Cost of sales 9,708,876 9,217,844
GROSS PROFIT 1,349,634 1,362,382

Administrative expenses 1,022,636 1,082,265
326,998 280,117

Other operating income 2,581 7,813
OPERATING PROFIT 5 329,579 287,930

Interest receivable and similar income 17,616 23,385
347,195 311,315

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 62,922 71,084
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 284,273 240,231

Tax on profit 7 73,077 67,317
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 211,196 172,914

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

211,196

172,914

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Statement of Financial Position
31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 9 1,340,644 1,359,708
Investments 10 6,250 6,250
1,346,894 1,365,958

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 11 1,717,356 1,713,974
Cash at bank and in hand 1,275,452 1,282,564
2,992,808 2,996,538
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 12 2,317,787 2,246,550
NET CURRENT ASSETS 675,021 749,988
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

2,021,915

2,115,946

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

13

(261,228

)

(391,849

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 16 (311,895 ) (309,901 )
NET ASSETS 1,448,792 1,414,196

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17 100 100
Retained earnings 18 1,448,692 1,414,096
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,448,792 1,414,196

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 30 April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mrs C Burns - Director


Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Statement of Changes in Equity
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 November 2023 100 1,440,382 1,440,482

Changes in equity
Dividends - (199,200 ) (199,200 )
Total comprehensive income - 172,914 172,914
Balance at 31 October 2024 100 1,414,096 1,414,196

Changes in equity
Dividends - (176,600 ) (176,600 )
Total comprehensive income - 211,196 211,196
Balance at 31 October 2025 100 1,448,692 1,448,792

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Statement of Cash Flows
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 670,093 685,357
Interest paid (62,922 ) (71,084 )
Tax paid (6,686 ) (51,266 )
Net cash from operating activities 600,485 563,007

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (366,391 ) (583,715 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 69,000 57,185
Interest received 17,616 23,385
Net cash from investing activities (279,775 ) (503,145 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Loan repayments in year (62,500 ) (62,500 )
New HP in year 324,212 496,634
Capital repayments in year (430,934 ) (350,188 )
Amount withdrawn by directors - (91,041 )
Amount introduced by directors 18,000 -
Equity dividends paid (176,600 ) (199,200 )
Net cash from financing activities (327,822 ) (206,295 )

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (7,112 ) (146,433 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

1,282,564

1,428,997

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 1,275,452 1,282,564

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before taxation 284,273 240,231
Depreciation charges 311,241 284,775
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 5,214 36,690
Finance costs 62,922 71,084
Finance income (17,616 ) (23,385 )
646,034 609,395
Increase in trade and other debtors (3,382 ) (22,194 )
Increase in trade and other creditors 27,441 98,156
Cash generated from operations 670,093 685,357

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts:

Year ended 31 October 2025
31.10.25 1.11.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,275,452 1,282,564
Year ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24 1.11.23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,282,564 1,428,997


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS/(DEBT)

At 1.11.24 Cash flow At 31.10.25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 1,282,564 (7,112 ) 1,275,452
1,282,564 (7,112 ) 1,275,452
Debt
Finance leases (739,104 ) 106,723 (632,381 )
Debts falling due within 1 year (62,500 ) 36,458 (26,042 )
Debts falling due after 1 year (26,042 ) 26,042 -
(827,646 ) 169,223 (658,423 )
Total 454,918 162,111 617,029

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Burns Express Freight Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in Scotland. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Turnover is stated net of VAT and trade discounts. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the goods are physically delivered to the customer. Turnover from the supply of services represents the value of services provided under contracts to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the value of the consideration due.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is shorter.

Freehold property - 2% on cost
Short leasehold - over the period of lease
Improvements to property - 2% on cost
Plant & machinery - 25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 20% on reducing balance

Financial instruments
Basic financial instruments are recognised at amortised cost, except for investments in non-convertible preference and non-puttable ordinary shares which are measured at fair value, with changes recognised in profit or loss. Derivative financial instruments are initially recorded at cost and thereafter at fair value with changes recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income..

Taxation and deferred tax
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Foreign currencies
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 of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the statement of financial position. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives.Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to the statement of comprehensive income over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the statement of comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to the statement of comprehensive income in the period to which they relate.

Investments
Unlisted investments are measured at cost less impairment as fair value cannot be reliably measured without undue cost or effort.

Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible 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.

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.

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

2025 2024
£ £
Wages and salaries 2,743,129 2,526.017
Social security costs 306,073 247,203
Other pension costs 74,231 73,633
3,123,434 2,846,853

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2025 2024
Employees 76 78

2025 2024
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 90,917 80,000
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 26,353 26,266

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

2025 2024
Money purchase schemes 2 2

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging / (crediting):

2025 2024
£ £
Other operating leases712,840620,291
Depreciation - owned assets28,73482,124
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts256,113202,650
(Profit)/loss on disposal of fixed assets5,21436,390
Auditors' remuneration10,50010,500

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank interest 50,909 59,071
Bank loan interest 12,013 12,013
62,922 71,084

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 71,083 6,663
Prior years provision - 2,050
Total current tax 71,083 8,713

Deferred tax 1,994 58,604
Tax on profit 73,077 67,317

UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% .

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before tax 284,273 240,231
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2024 - 25%)

71,068

60,058

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 93,658 87,288
Income not taxable for tax purposes (2,528 ) -
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (92,997 ) (138,462 )
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods 1,882 (171 )
Deferred tax 1,994 58,604
Total tax charge 73,077 67,317

8. DIVIDENDS
2025 2024
£    £   
A Ordinary Shares shares of £1 each
Interim 150,000 174,000
B Ordinary Shares shares of £1 each
Interim 13,300 12,600
C Ordinary Shares shares of £1 each
Interim 13,300 12,600
176,600 199,200

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Short Plant & Motor
leasehold machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 November 2024 39,968 371,370 1,786,398 2,197,736
Additions - 6,155 360,236 366,391
Disposals - - (168,241 ) (168,241 )
At 31 October 2025 39,968 377,525 1,978,393 2,395,886
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2024 27,849 286,033 524,146 838,028
Charge for year 3,997 22,397 284,847 311,241
Eliminated on disposal - - (94,027 ) (94,027 )
At 31 October 2025 31,846 308,430 714,966 1,055,242
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 8,122 69,095 1,263,427 1,340,644
At 31 October 2024 12,119 85,337 1,262,252 1,359,708

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Motor
vehicles
£   
COST
At 1 November 2024 1,312,875
Additions 360,236
Disposals (102,041 )
Transfer to ownership (193,202 )
At 31 October 2025 1,377,868
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2024 224,306
Charge for year 234,547
Eliminated on disposal (49,158 )
Transfer to ownership (82,084 )
At 31 October 2025 327,611
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 1,050,257
At 31 October 2024 1,088,569

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

10. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Investments
£   
COST
At 1 November 2024
and 31 October 2025 6,250
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 6,250
At 31 October 2024 6,250

11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Trade debtors 1,480,023 1,554,190
Prepayments 237,333 159,784
1,717,356 1,713,974

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 14) 26,042 62,500
Hire purchase contracts (see note 15) 371,153 373,297
Trade creditors 819,149 730,931
Tax 71,084 6,687
Social security and other taxes 68,512 51,209
VAT 202,533 203,791
Other creditors 150 2,035
Invoice financing creditor 638,072 652,074
Directors' current accounts 18,000 -
Accrued expenses 103,092 164,026
2,317,787 2,246,550

RBS Invoice Finance Ltd hold a floating charge over the assets of the company in relation to the invoice finance facility provided.

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans (see note 14) - 26,042
Hire purchase contracts (see note 15) 261,228 365,807
261,228 391,849

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

14. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank loans 26,042 62,500

Amounts falling due between one and two years:
Bank loans - 1-2 years - 26,042

15. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase
contracts
2025 2024
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 371,153 373,297
Between one and five years 261,228 365,807
632,381 739,104

£632,380 (2024: £739,104) of Hire Purchase commitments are secured over assets of the business with a net book value of £1,050,257 (2024: £1,088,569).

Non-cancellable
operating leases
2025 2024
£    £   
Within one year 621,651 502,996
Between one and five years 1,154,562 1,329,522
In more than five years - 29,887
1,776,213 1,862,405

16. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2025 2024
£    £   
Deferred tax 311,895 309,901

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 November 2024 309,901
Provided during year 1,994
Balance at 31 October 2025 311,895

Burns Express Freight Limited (Registered number: SC142594)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
For The Year Ended 31 October 2025

17. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £    £   
90 A Ordinary Shares £1 90 90
5 B Ordinary Shares £1 5 5
5 C Ordinary Shares £1 5 5
100 100

18. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 November 2024 1,414,096
Profit for the year 211,196
Dividends (176,600 )
At 31 October 2025 1,448,692

19. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is Mrs C Burns and Mr D J Burns by virtue of their shareholding in the company.