Company registration number 04101990 (England and Wales)
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Maganlal Bhagat
Shailesh Divani
Mahadra Patel
Company number
04101990
Registered office
Bay 1/2
Travellers Lane
Welham Green
Hatfield
AL9 7EX
Auditor
KLSA LLP
Kalamu House
11 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
Bankers
National Westminster Bank Plc
135 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3UR
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Statement of cash flows
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 25
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Fair review of the business
The directors were satisfied with the results of the year. Turnover for the year reduced by 6% to £20.3m (2024: £21.5m). Gross profit margin increased from 28.42% to 28.91% while operating profit increased by 189% during the year.
The company made a profit before tax of £582k (2024: £185k) during the year. The net asset position in the balance sheet has increased from £3.4m in the previous year to £4.2m at the year-end.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The directors are aware of the principal risks affecting the business to be retention of customers and pressure from competition, as well as maintaining sufficient skilled workforce and retaining key employees.
The process of risk management is addressed through closely monitoring the adopted policies and procedures. All policies and procedures are subject to approval of board of directors.
Future developments
We delivered financial results for the year 2024/25 in line with our expectations.
While we remain cautious about the current economic climate, we hope to demonstrate the strength of our business model with the continued support of our employees and successful relationships with our suppliers and customers.
Key performance indicators
The directors use both financial and non-financial performance indicators to monitor the company's position.
The key financial performance indicators of the company are sales £20.3m (2024: £21.5m), gross profit of £5.8m (2024: £6.1m), and balance sheet with net assets of £4.2m (2024: £3.4m).
The key non-financial performance indicators of the company are customer service and satisfaction, and stakeholder relationships. The directors review the performance with constant feedback from customers and stakeholders.
The directors are of the belief that the monitoring of the above-mentioned indicators is an effective aspect of business performance review.
Shailesh Divani
Director
12 November 2025
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continues to be manufacture, distribution and sale of toughened, processed and laminated glass.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Kevin Barlow
(Resigned 24 October 2024)
Maganlal Bhagat
Shailesh Divani
Jagdish Patel
(Resigned 13 August 2024)
Mahadra Patel
Auditor
The auditor, KLSA LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
Shailesh Divani
Director
12 November 2025
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors are responsible 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 then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 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.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Ultra Tough Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including 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 March 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.
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's 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.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's 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.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our 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.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 directors' responsibilities statement, 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.
Auditor's 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.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
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; and
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the operations of the company's financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 set out in note 2 were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
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; and
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above; any instance of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud which is far removed from transactions reflected in the financial statements would diminish the likelihood of detection. Furthermore, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is greater than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error.
Fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentation, or through an act of collusion that would mitigate internal controls. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the website of the Financial Reporting Council at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditors responsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's 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.
Shilpa Chheda (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of KLSA LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Kalamu House
11 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
12 November 2025
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
20,340,850
21,584,794
Cost of sales
(14,460,402)
(15,449,521)
Gross profit
5,880,448
6,135,273
Distribution costs
(1,936,583)
(1,667,625)
Administrative expenses
(3,887,619)
(4,580,993)
Other operating income
551,068
323,630
Operating profit
4
607,314
210,285
Interest receivable and similar income
8
19,336
20,717
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(43,754)
(45,835)
Profit before taxation
582,896
185,167
Tax on profit
10
239,621
(47,762)
Profit for the financial year
822,517
137,405
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
2,692,721
3,055,792
Current assets
Stocks
13
592,582
456,801
Debtors
14
8,310,244
7,258,000
Cash at bank and in hand
2,535,003
1,757,931
11,437,829
9,472,732
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(9,047,864)
(7,864,139)
Net current assets
2,389,965
1,608,593
Total assets less current liabilities
5,082,686
4,664,385
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(275,277)
(569,794)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
553,857
663,556
(553,857)
(663,556)
Net assets
4,253,552
3,431,035
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
480,000
480,000
Profit and loss reserves
3,773,552
2,951,035
Total equity
4,253,552
3,431,035
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 12 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Shailesh Divani
Mahadra Patel
Director
Director
Company Registration No. 04101990
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2023
480,000
5,313,630
5,793,630
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
137,405
137,405
Dividends
11
-
(2,500,000)
(2,500,000)
Balance at 31 March 2024
480,000
2,951,035
3,431,035
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
822,517
822,517
Balance at 31 March 2025
480,000
3,773,552
4,253,552
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
26
1,046,974
4,299,608
Interest paid
(43,754)
(45,835)
Income taxes refunded/(paid)
284,334
(175,419)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
1,287,554
4,078,354
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(262,610)
(731,103)
Proceeds on disposal of tangible fixed assets
90,001
33,000
Interest received
19,335
20,717
Net cash used in investing activities
(153,274)
(677,386)
Financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings
1,546,666
Repayment of borrowings
(1,546,666)
Payment of finance leases obligations
(460,166)
(455,244)
Amounts financed through leases
102,958
-
Dividends paid
(2,500,000)
Net cash used in financing activities
(357,208)
(2,955,244)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
777,072
445,724
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
1,757,931
1,312,207
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
2,535,003
1,757,931
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Ultra Tough Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Bay 1/2, Travellers Lane, Welham Green, Hatfield, AL9 7EX.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements for parent company information presented within the consolidated financial statements:
Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’: Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’: Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Revenue
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
The company recognises revenue from the following major sources:
Sales - 4mm/6mm
Processing sales
Laminate sales
Cullet Sales
The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.
Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold improvements
Straight line over the period of the lease
Plant and machinery
12.5% Straight line basis
Fixtures and fittings
20% Straight line basis
Motor vehicles
25% Straight line basis
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
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.
1.6
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined by the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.7
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.
1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally 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.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Leases
As lessee
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
As lessor
When the company acts as a lessor, a lease is classified as a finance lease whenever it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee, either at the end of the lease term or for the major part of the economic life of the asset. All other leases are classified as operating leases. If an arrangement contains both lease and non-lease components, the company allocates the consideration in the contract to the two elements.
Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 16 -
1.14
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
1.15
There were no changes in comparative figures during the year.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Impairment of trade debtors
Management reviews its portfolio of trade and other debtors at the reporting date. In determining whether debtors are impaired, the management makes judgment as to whether there is any evidence indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cashflows expected.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Useful life of property, plant and equipment
Management reviews the useful lives, depreciation methods and residual values of the items of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets on a regular basis. During the financial year, the directors determined no significant changes in the useful lives and residual values. The carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment are disclosed in note 12.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of toughened, processed and laminated glass
20,340,850
21,584,794
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
3
Turnover and other revenue
(Continued)
- 17 -
2025
2024
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
19,336
20,717
Rental income
423,032
195,920
Other income
519,518
147,831
4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
315,679
345,969
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets held under finance leases
271,569
568,227
(Profit)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(51,668)
1,210
Operating lease charges
410,000
993,333
5
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
27,063
20,000
For other services
Taxation compliance services
2,000
2,000
6
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Production staff
134
127
Distribution staff
21
22
Administrative staff
7
7
Management staff
3
4
Total
165
160
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
6
Employees
(Continued)
- 18 -
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
5,801,994
5,293,156
Social security costs
584,519
517,645
Pension costs
55,490
64,703
6,442,003
5,875,504
7
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
529,620
441,541
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
304,138
196,303
8
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Other interest income
19,336
20,717
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Other finance costs
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
43,754
45,835
10
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
(129,924)
107,146
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
(Continued)
- 19 -
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(109,697)
(59,384)
Total tax (credit)/charge
(239,621)
47,762
The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
582,896
185,167
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
145,724
46,292
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
6,070
1,773
Research and development tax credit
(391,482)
Deferred tax
(109,697)
(59,384)
Gain on sale of fixed assets
(12,917)
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances
122,681
59,081
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(239,621)
47,762
11
Dividends
2025
2024
£
£
Interim paid
2,500,000
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 20 -
12
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Assets under construction
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
61,616
9,701,373
61,543
1,148,638
10,973,170
Additions
136,355
7,295
118,960
262,610
Disposals
(364,774)
(364,774)
At 31 March 2025
61,616
136,355
9,708,668
61,543
902,824
10,871,006
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
61,616
7,210,030
58,926
586,806
7,917,378
Depreciation charged in the year
425,503
358
161,487
587,348
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(326,441)
(326,441)
At 31 March 2025
61,616
7,635,533
59,284
421,852
8,178,285
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
-
136,355
2,073,135
2,259
480,972
2,692,721
At 31 March 2024
2,491,343
2,617
561,832
3,055,792
Included within tangible fixed assets are assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Plant and machinery
1,105,156
1,337,906
Motor vehicles
6,971
112,850
1,112,127
1,450,756
All assets of the company are held as security formally to the bank.
The accumulated depreciation for plant and machinery under finance lease was £2,761,055 (2024: £2,528,305) and Motor vehicles was £179,552 (2024: £402,745)
13
Stocks
2025
2024
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
592,582
456,801
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 21 -
14
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
2,160,853
2,855,016
Other debtors
647,796
459,531
Prepayments and accrued income
111,877
107,368
2,920,526
3,421,915
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
5,274,718
3,756,085
Amounts owed by undertakings in which the company has a participating interest
115,000
80,000
5,389,718
3,836,085
Total debtors
8,310,244
7,258,000
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
17
369,709
432,400
Trade creditors
1,840,236
1,694,448
Amounts owed to group undertakings
5,041,000
5,041,000
Corporation tax
261,558
107,146
Other taxation and social security
566,625
461,443
Other creditors
888,806
53,251
Accruals and deferred income
79,930
74,451
9,047,864
7,864,139
The hire purchase creditors are secured on the assets to which they relate.
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
17
275,277
569,794
The hire purchase creditors are secured on the assets to which they relate.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 22 -
17
Finance lease obligations
2025
2024
Amounts due:
£
£
Within one year
369,709
432,400
After more than one year
275,277
569,794
644,986
1,002,194
2025
2024
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
369,709
432,400
In two to five years
275,277
569,794
644,986
1,002,194
18
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
663,556
722,940
Deferred tax charge for the year
(109,699)
(59,384)
553,857
663,556
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2024
663,556
Credit to profit or loss
(109,699)
Liability at 31 March 2025
553,857
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
55,490
64,703
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 23 -
20
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
480,000
480,000
480,000
480,000
21
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
At the year end there are legal claims against the company for accidents which have been adequately covered by insurers.
22
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
437,338
434,045
Years 2-5
1,609,281
1,667,220
After 5 years
375,833
2,046,619
2,477,098
23
Capital commitments
Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements:
2025
2024
£
£
Acquisition of tangible fixed assets
113,645
250,000
The company is currently undertaking renovations at the office premises located at Travellers Lane, Welham Green, Herts AL9 7HF. This freehold property is owned by Capital Connect (2009) Ltd, a fellow subsidiary in the Ultra Tough Group. Additionally, major structural refurbishments and realignment of the office, including the installation of office partitions, are in progress.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 24 -
24
Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of key management personnel is as follows.
2025
2024
£
£
Aggregate compensation
529,617
441,541
Transactions with related parties
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available in FRS 102 (s33 "Related Party Disclosure"), whereby it has not disclosed transactions with any wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the group.
Included in the other debtors balance at the year end, is an amount due from a connected company amounting to £524,242 (2024: £332,056), with sales to the company of £2,748,459 (2024: £2,823,796) included in revenue and rental income amounted to £24,000. The company is connected to Ultra Tough Limited by virtue of common control.
Included in debtors balance at the year end, is an amount given to connected company as long term interest free loan of £115,000 (2024: £80,000). The company is connected to Ultra Tough Limited by virtue of common control.
Included in the trade debtors balance at the year end, is an amount due from Capital connect (2009) Ltd £1,243,841 (2024: 1,187,474) charged and Ultra Tough Holdings Limited £ 2,568,611 (2024: £2,568,611). The companies are connected to Ultra Tough Limited by virtue of common control.
25
Ultimate controlling party
The ultimate parent company is Ultra Tough Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
The immediate is Ultra Tough Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
Ultra Tough Group Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from Bay 1/2, Travellers Lane, Welham Green, Hatfield, AL9 7EX.
ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 25 -
26
Cash generated from operations
2025
2024
£
£
Profit after taxation
822,517
137,405
Adjustments for:
Taxation (credited)/charged
(239,621)
47,762
Finance costs
43,754
45,835
Investment income
(19,336)
(20,717)
(Gain)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(51,668)
1,210
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
587,348
914,196
Movements in working capital:
Increase in stocks
(135,781)
(137,148)
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(1,052,244)
360,676
Increase in creditors
1,092,004
2,950,389
Cash generated from operations
1,046,973
4,299,608
27
Analysis of changes in net funds
1 April 2024
Cash flows
31 March 2025
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
1,757,931
777,072
2,535,003
Lease liabilities
(1,002,194)
357,208
(644,986)
755,737
1,134,280
1,890,017
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