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William Haley Engineering Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2 to 3

Directors' Report

4

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 9

Profit and Loss Account

10

Balance Sheet

11

Statement of Changes in Equity

12

Notes to the Financial Statements

13 to 23

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Company Information

Directors

M O Bryant

Mr W J Haley

Mr Will Haley


 

Registered office

Bellcombe Works
East Brent
NR HIGHBRIDGE
Somerset
TA9 4DB

Auditors

Albert Goodman LLP Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the design, fabrication and erection of steel frames for buildings.

Fair review of the business

The directors present their report for the year ended 31 December 2025. The directors thank staff for their cooperation in making 2025 a successful year.


Profit: The pre-tax profit margin was 14.2% (2024: 4.4%) Sales: £19.4 million (2024: £16.9m).

Customer Satisfaction: customers continue to highly value the reliability of our steelwork quality and delivery, and our site performance in terms of helpfulness, safety, and project management. Feedback from customers averaged 9/10 (2024: 9/10). The category A or preferred status was maintained with all customers.


Projects: William Haley Engineering supplied and erected steel frames for buildings throughout England and Wales, for public institutes and private businesses. As well as steel frames, we supplied and installed metal decking, edge safety protection, paint for fire protection and such pre-cast concrete elements as floor planks, lift shafts and stairs.

William Haley Engineering continued to provide steel frames for primary and secondary schools nationwide. William Haley Engineering have constructed over 200 schools since 2001, a valued contribution to the school buildings renewal programme. Examples from 2025 are Oxlow Bridge in Dagenham & Cardinal Newman School in Coventry. 2025 was a quiet year for schools but we are hopefull that the Dept of Education will return to spending levels of previous years in 2026.

Other projects supplied with our steel frames were a large biotech laboratory, prisons, a transport hub and a number of army barrack re-developments.

Safety: Days lost in accidents (riddor system) were 7.5 (2024: 7.5). The average hours lost to accidents were 0.05% (2024: 0.05%). Certification to standard ISO 45001 was independently verified.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Environment: The use of HVO fuel instead of diesel for cranes and cherry pickers is now well established across all sites. An electric side loader was purchased in 2025. Solar panels continue to provide the energy for 40% of the business requirements. IS0 14001 was independently verified.


Training: External training and assessment were given as follows; H&S awareness, Accounting level 3,SMSTS, manual handling, first aid, temp works, abrasive wheels, PASMA scaffolding, harness inspection, vehicle marshalling, overhead crane, , fire marshal, & mobile elevated work platform training,
The total external training undertaken was 154 days (2024: 114 days) 2.7 days/person (2024: 1.6 days/person).

Quality: The quality and reliability of manufactured pieces delivered to site was 98.65% (2024: 99.95%). ISO 9001 was audited and certification to the standard was maintained.

Improvements: 26 (2024: 16).

Investment: Capital expenditure was £190k the largest items were an electric side loader and new weld sets (2024: £250k).

Staff: The average number of employees was 58 (2024: 61). A staff bonus was paid at 11.44% of basic salary (2024: 2.87%).

Principal risks and uncertainties

Price Risk: The company’s activities expose it to several financial risks including market prices, credit, cash flow and liquidity.

Credit and Cash Flow Risk: The company’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The company selects customers that have low credit risk and whose debts are insurable. Insurance claims were successful on two contractors that entered administration.

Liquidity Risk: The company maintains cash balances and therefore this risk is negligible.

Approved by the Board on 29 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:


Mr Will Haley
Director

   
 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Directors of the company

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

M O Bryant

Mr W J Haley

Mr Will Haley

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.

Financial instruments

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

Price Risk: The company’s activities expose it to several financial risks including market prices, credit, cash flow and liquidity.

Credit and Cash Flow Risk: The company’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The company selects customers that have low credit risk and whose debts are insurable. Insurance claims were successful on two contractors that entered administration.

Liquidity Risk: The company maintains cash balances and therefore this risk is negligible.

Future Developments

The future developments of the business are included within the strategic report.

Approved by the Board on 29 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:


Mr Will Haley
Director

   
 

William Haley Engineering 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.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of William Haley Engineering Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of William Haley Engineering Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 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 31 December 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 auditor 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 original financial statements were 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.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of William Haley Engineering Limited

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

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

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

In the light of our 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.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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 5, 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.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of William Haley Engineering Limited

Auditor 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.

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:

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

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 commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;

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, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment and health and safety legislation;

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.

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 were indicative of potential bias; and

investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of William Haley Engineering Limited

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

reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators 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 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.





Joseph Doggrell BSc (Hons) FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Albert Goodman LLP, Statutory Auditor

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX

29 July 2026

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Note

2025
 £

2024
 £

Turnover

3

19,370,718

16,921,858

Cost of sales

 

(14,927,975)

(14,666,183)

Gross profit

 

4,442,743

2,255,675

Administrative expenses

 

(1,695,372)

(1,480,188)

Operating profit

4

2,747,371

775,487

Interest payable and similar charges

-

(28,487)

Profit before tax

 

2,747,371

747,000

Taxation

8

(688,165)

(202,382)

Profit for the financial year

 

2,059,206

544,618

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

(Registration number: 01989247)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

9

1,066,100

1,078,353

Current assets

 

Stocks

10

372,906

741,720

Debtors

11

4,197,558

4,831,689

Cash at bank and in hand

 

784,481

1,165,293

 

5,354,945

6,738,702

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

13

(1,929,818)

(3,380,194)

Net current assets

 

3,425,127

3,358,508

Total assets less current liabilities

 

4,491,227

4,436,861

Provisions for liabilities

14

(259,803)

(264,643)

Net assets

 

4,231,424

4,172,218

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

20,000

20,000

Retained earnings

4,211,424

4,152,218

Shareholders' funds

 

4,231,424

4,172,218

Approved and authorised by the Board on 29 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 


Mr Will Haley
Director

   
 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2025

20,000

4,152,218

4,172,218

Profit for the year

-

2,059,206

2,059,206

Dividends

-

(2,000,000)

(2,000,000)

At 31 December 2025

20,000

4,211,424

4,231,424

Share capital
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2024

20,000

4,807,600

4,827,600

Profit for the year

-

544,618

544,618

Dividends

-

(1,200,000)

(1,200,000)

At 31 December 2024

20,000

4,152,218

4,172,218

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Bellcombe Works
East Brent
NR HIGHBRIDGE
Somerset
TA9 4DB

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.

These financial statements are presented in Sterling (£).

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption from preparing a statement of cash flows, net debt reconciliation and from all other requirements of Section 11, Basic Financial Instruments and Section 12, Other Financial Instruments Issues, as the company is a member of a group that prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS102 1.12(c) from disclosing transactions with the other members of the group.

Name of controlling company of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Haley Securities.

The financial statements of Haley Securities may be obtained from Bellcombe Works, East Brent, Nr. Highbridge, Somerset TA9 4DB.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet and the amounts reported for revenue and expenses during the year. However the nature of estimation means the actual outcomes could differ from those involving estimates. The following judgments (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Amounts recoverable on contracts are recognised by reference to the proportion of work carried out and the profit included is calculated on a prudent basis which involves management judgement.

Turnover recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

When the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated reliably, the company recognises contract revenue and contract costs associated with the construction contract as revenue and expenses respectively by reference to the stage of completion of the contract activity at the end of the reporting period.

Government grants

Grants are recognised in the financial statements when there is reasonable assurance that the entity will comply with the conditions attached to them and the grants will be received.
Grants become receivable as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for purpose of giving immediate financial support to the entity with no future related costs shall be recognised in income in the period in which it becomes receivable.
Grants towards capital expenditure are initially recognised as deferred revenue and then released to the profit and loss account over the expected useful life of the assets. Grants towards revenue expenditure are released to the profit and loss account as the related expenditure is incurred.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, 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 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 is recognised on timing differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities on the balance sheet.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and 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

Fixture and fittings

15-40% reducing balance

Plant and machinery

10-30% reducing balance

Motor vehicles

25% reducing balance

Renewable energy equipment

15% reducing balance

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.

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.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

In determining the net realisable value of raw materials and work in progress, the company considers age, length of ownership, current market trends and advancements, general industry performance and correspondence with the customer. Each year the company reviews the above to establish if there is any change in the expected net realisable value.

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.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company's shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Defined contribution pension obligation

The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in the profit and loss account when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Sale of goods

275,674

181,131

Construction contracts

19,095,044

16,740,700

Other revenue

-

27

19,370,718

16,921,858

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting):

2025
 £

2024
 £

Depreciation expense

197,548

189,051

Operating lease expense - plant and machinery

4,708

-

Loss/(profit) on disposal of tangible fixed assets

4,453

(461)

5

Staff costs

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

2025
£

2024
£

Wages and salaries

2,958,215

3,000,195

Social security costs

14,441

18,454

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

326,117

132,213

Other employee expense

151,025

144,745

3,449,798

3,295,607

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2025
No.

2024
No.

Production

52

55

Administration and support

6

6

58

61

6

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

127,524

142,826

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

100,825

15,713

228,349

158,539

In respect of the highest paid director:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

127,524

142,826

Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes

100,825

15,713

The Directors' are considered to be the key management personnel of the company and are also remunerated within the holding company.

7

Auditors' remuneration

2025
£

2024
£

Audit of the financial statements

10,000

9,600


 

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

8

Taxation

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

2025
£

2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

693,005

177,522

UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods

-

8,379

693,005

185,901

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

(4,840)

16,481

Tax expense in the income statement

688,165

202,382

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

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£

2024
£

Profit before tax

2,747,371

747,000

Corporation tax at standard rate

686,843

186,750

Increase in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods

-

15,501

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

2,364

(16,780)

Tax increase/(decrease) from other short-term timing differences

2,480

(116)

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

1,318

546

Deferred tax (credit)/expense relating to changes in tax rates or laws

(4,840)

16,481

Total tax charge

688,165

202,382

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

9

Tangible assets

Renewable energy equipment
£

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Plant and machinery
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2025

235,043

255,985

178,350

2,326,957

2,996,335

Additions

-

36,207

11,250

142,275

189,732

Disposals

-

(42,974)

-

(11,605)

(54,579)

At 31 December 2025

235,043

249,218

189,600

2,457,627

3,131,488

Depreciation

At 1 January 2025

36,627

142,577

99,078

1,639,700

1,917,982

Charge for the year

32,206

25,172

21,068

119,101

197,547

Eliminated on disposal

-

(39,038)

-

(11,103)

(50,141)

At 31 December 2025

68,833

128,711

120,146

1,747,698

2,065,388

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

166,210

120,507

69,454

709,929

1,066,100

At 31 December 2024

198,416

113,408

79,272

687,257

1,078,353

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

10

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Raw materials and consumables

28,150

40,540

Work in progress

344,756

701,180

372,906

741,720

11

Debtors

Current

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

 

31,737

49,698

Other debtors

 

400,702

1,844,229

Prepayments

 

239,928

256,618

Gross amount due from customers for contract work

 

3,525,191

2,647,515

Corporation tax

8

-

33,629

   

4,197,558

4,831,689

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

12

Cash and cash equivalents

2025
£

2024
£

Cash on hand

245

239

Cash at bank

784,236

1,165,054

784,481

1,165,293

13

Creditors

Note

2025
 £

2024
 £

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

1,440,682

869,287

Other creditors

 

86,460

90,634

Accrued expenses

 

23,300

454,085

Corporation tax

8

379,376

-

Deferred income

 

-

1,966,188

 

1,929,818

3,380,194

14

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 January 2025

264,643

264,643

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(4,840)

(4,840)

At 31 December 2025

259,803

259,803

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities:

2025

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

259,803

-

259,803

2024

Asset
£

Liability
£

Accelerated capital allowances

-

264,643

-

264,643

 

William Haley Engineering Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

15

Dividends

2025
£

2024
£

Interim dividends paid during the year

2,000,000

1,200,000

 

 

16

Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with other related parties

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 paragraph 33.1A from disclosing transactions and balances with it's holding company on the grounds it is a wholly owned subsidiary.

17

Holding company and ultimate company undertaking

The company's immediate holding company is Haley Securities Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

  These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ

 

18

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £326,117 (2024 - £132,213).