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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767 (England and Wales)















MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 28 February 2025






MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the year ended 28 February 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Statement of Financial Position 2 to 3

Notes to the Financial Statements 4 to 7


MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED

Company Information
for the year ended 28 February 2025







Directors: D J Holmes
D Schooling
R L Schooling





Registered office: 3rd Floor
86 - 90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE





Registered number: 03440767 (England and Wales)





Accountants: Cooper Parry Advisory Limited
CUBO Birmingham
4th Floor
Two Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 3AX

MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Statement of Financial Position
28 February 2025

2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 4 24,252 32,660
Tangible assets 5 368,583 262,113
392,835 294,773

Current assets
Stocks 6 855,884 793,051
Debtors 7 705,055 734,460
Cash at bank and in hand 237,570 889,883
1,798,509 2,417,394
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 8 423,163 557,406
Net current assets 1,375,346 1,859,988
Total assets less current liabilities 1,768,181 2,154,761

Creditors
Amounts falling due after more than one year 9 (44,877 ) (61,418 )

Provisions for liabilities 11 (91,111 ) (71,050 )
Net assets 1,632,193 2,022,293

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 5,000 5,000
Retained earnings 12 1,627,193 2,017,293
Shareholders' funds 1,632,193 2,022,293

MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Statement of Financial Position - continued
28 February 2025


The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 28 February 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 25 November 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:




R L Schooling - Director D J Holmes - Director




D Schooling - Director


MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 28 February 2025

1. Statutory information

Meridian (Speciality Packaging) Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

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" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Website are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of five years.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Short leasehold - 20% on cost
Plant and machinery - 25% on cost, 20% on cost, 10% on reducing balance and 5% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost and 10% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on cost

Stocks and service contracts
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Service contracts are accounted for under the stage of completion method and included at the contract value.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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.

Tax
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.

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 profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Operating leases
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to income as incurred.

MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 28 February 2025

2. Accounting policies - continued

Grants receivable
Grants towards capital expenditure are shown as deferred income and amortised over the estimated useful life of the assets to which the grant relates.

Debt factoring
Debt factoring is accounted for under separate presentation.The gross factored debts are shown under current assets, with the proceeds received from the factor shown under current liabilities, as amounts due in respect of factored receivables.

3. Employees and directors

The average number of employees during the year was 53 (2024 - 59 ) .

4. Intangible fixed assets
Website
£
Cost
At 1 March 2024
and 28 February 2025 46,540
Amortisation
At 1 March 2024 13,880
Amortisation for year 8,408
At 28 February 2025 22,288
Net book value
At 28 February 2025 24,252
At 29 February 2024 32,660

5. Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures
Short Plant and and
leasehold machinery fittings
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 March 2024 197,925 801,239 75,441
Additions - 208,147 -
Disposals - (28,500 ) -
At 28 February 2025 197,925 980,886 75,441
Depreciation
At 1 March 2024 173,439 654,213 67,866
Charge for year 9,121 74,246 2,061
Eliminated on disposal - (14,250 ) -
At 28 February 2025 182,560 714,209 69,927
Net book value
At 28 February 2025 15,365 266,677 5,514
At 29 February 2024 24,486 147,026 7,575

MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 28 February 2025

5. Tangible fixed assets - continued

Motor Computer
vehicles equipment Totals
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 March 2024 117,077 87,198 1,278,880
Additions - 28,739 236,886
Disposals - - (28,500 )
At 28 February 2025 117,077 115,937 1,487,266
Depreciation
At 1 March 2024 50,820 70,429 1,016,767
Charge for year 16,494 14,244 116,166
Eliminated on disposal - - (14,250 )
At 28 February 2025 67,314 84,673 1,118,683
Net book value
At 28 February 2025 49,763 31,264 368,583
At 29 February 2024 66,257 16,769 262,113

6. Stocks
2025 2024
£ £
Stock 855,884 793,051

7. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 2024
£ £
Debts factored with recourse 477,084 590,820
Amounts due under contracts
not yet invoiced 152,233 140,071
Corporation tax 72,158 -
Prepayments 3,580 3,569
705,055 734,460

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 2024
£ £
Trade creditors 308,101 409,522
Corporation tax - 16,196
Social security and other taxes 40,243 32,766
VAT 40,819 62,981
Credit card 2,286 1,805
Other creditors 9,084 9,084
Accrued expenses 5,727 5,483
Deferred government grants 16,903 19,569
423,163 557,406

9. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025 2024
£ £
Deferred government grants 44,877 61,418

MERIDIAN (SPECIALITY PACKAGING) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03440767)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 28 February 2025

9. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year - continued

A debenture is held by HSBC Bank plc over the company assets and undertakings.

10. Leasing agreements

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
2025 2024
£ £
Within one year 130,000 130,000
Between one and five years 520,000 520,000
In more than five years 390,000 520,000
1,040,000 1,170,000

11. Provisions for liabilities
2025 2024
£ £
Deferred tax 91,111 71,050

Deferred tax
£
Balance at 1 March 2024 71,050
Provided during year 20,061
Accelerated capital allowances
Balance at 28 February 2025 91,111

12. Reserves
Retained
earnings
£

At 1 March 2024 2,017,293
Profit for the year 224,094
Dividends (614,194 )
At 28 February 2025 1,627,193