John Chorley & Company Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2

John Chorley & Company Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2


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REGISTERED NUMBER: 00197534 (England and Wales)















Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

for

John Chorley & Company Limited

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Statement of Comprehensive Income 7

Balance Sheet 8

Statement of Changes in Equity 9

Cash Flow Statement 10

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 11

Notes to the Financial Statements 12


John Chorley & Company Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019







DIRECTORS: J B Caldwell
T A Shanahan
N E Caldwell



SECRETARY: C J Thomson



REGISTERED OFFICE: Dallam Lane
Warrington
Cheshire
WA2 7PZ



REGISTERED NUMBER: 00197534 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: David Watkinson BA FCA



AUDITORS: Watkinson Black
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
1st Floor, 264 Manchester Road
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 3RB

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2019.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The economic climate continues to impact on trade and margins. There has been an increase in turnover of 6.11% as a
result increased sales volumes.

Gross profit margins though have been reduced as a result of the commodity price change's and the uncertainty of the
economic climate and the customer demands.

The directors continue to monitor the markets and respond to any changes in these conditions and take appropriate
action to protect the company.

The companies processing capabilities of drilling, shot blasting and painting is firmly established and the directors are
confident that these services will continue to present further opportunities in the coming years.

Key Performance Indicators

The directors monitor progress with reference to the following key performance indicators:

2019 2018 Definition and method of calculation

Gross Profit as a % of turnover

13.10%

16.98%
Profit before administration and
exceptional costs.


Operating Profit as a % of turnover

2.65%

3.84%
Earnings before interest receivable
and interest payable.


Liquidity ratio

1.20

1.21
Current Assets divided by current
liabilities


John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The following are the principal risks identified by the directors and the measures taken to address them.

People
The retention and recruitment of staff is a key challenge for the business. Defined recruitment and retention policies
exist centrally and are managed to ensure the company is competitive and attracts the best candidates.

Health & Safety
The company has further enhanced the attention it gives to health and safety investing heavily to ensure performance
remains excellent in this critical area.

Performance
The company is continually reviewing procedures and systems to ensure the work performed is of the highest quality.
This is underlined by the company's ISO accreditation in relevant areas.

Financial
The company's principal financial liabilities are trade creditors and trade accruals. The company's principal financial
assets are bank balances, stock and trade debtors.

The financial liabilities and assets are controlled by the directors to ensure sufficient funds are available for the company
to meet its business needs. The financial liabilities and assets are stated at fair value and after allowance for doubtful
receivables.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





T A Shanahan - Director


20 November 2019

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2019.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activities of the company in the year under review were those of steel stockholders and the manufacture of
other fabricated metal products.

DIVIDENDS
The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2019 will be £ 252,000 .

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2018 to the date of this report.

J B Caldwell
T A Shanahan
N E Caldwell

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements
in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors
have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not
approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors
are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will
continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the
company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
and other irregularities.

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

AUDITORS
The auditors, Watkinson Black, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





T A Shanahan - Director


20 November 2019

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of John Chorley & Company Limited (the 'company') for the year ended
31 March 2019 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in
Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, 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 March 2019 and of its profit for the year then
ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.
Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the
financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard,
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit
evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to
you where:
- the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not
appropriate; or
- the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast
significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period
of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic
Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors
thereon.

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

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing
so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge
obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or
apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal
requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit,
we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you
if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from
branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, the directors are responsible
for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such
internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of
accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic
alternative but to do so.

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

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

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the
Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those
matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's
members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




David Watkinson BA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Watkinson Black
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
1st Floor, 264 Manchester Road
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 3RB

20 November 2019

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

31.3.19 31.3.18
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 16,284,934 15,347,631

Cost of sales (14,151,193 ) (12,742,211 )
GROSS PROFIT 2,133,741 2,605,420

Administrative expenses (1,702,385 ) (2,016,720 )
OPERATING PROFIT 5 431,356 588,700


Interest payable and similar expenses 6 (12,691 ) (22,436 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 418,665 566,264

Tax on profit 7 (102,788 ) (119,919 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 315,877 446,345

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

315,877

446,345

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2019

31.3.19 31.3.18
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 9 790,544 960,897

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 10 2,605,849 2,910,924
Debtors 11 3,780,174 3,814,652
Cash at bank and in hand 62,398 92,897
6,448,421 6,818,473
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 12 (5,145,391 ) (5,630,001 )
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,303,030 1,188,472
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

2,093,574

2,149,369

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

13

-

(132,000

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 17 (87,126 ) (74,798 )
NET ASSETS 2,006,448 1,942,571

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 18 8,000 8,000
Retained earnings 19 1,998,448 1,934,571
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 2,006,448 1,942,571

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 20 November 2019 and were signed on its behalf
by:




J B Caldwell - Director



T A Shanahan - Director


John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   

Balance at 1 April 2017 8,000 1,700,226 1,708,226

Changes in equity
Dividends - (212,000 ) (212,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 446,345 446,345
Balance at 31 March 2018 8,000 1,934,571 1,942,571

Changes in equity
Dividends - (252,000 ) (252,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 315,877 315,877
Balance at 31 March 2019 8,000 1,998,448 2,006,448

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

31.3.19 31.3.18
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 583,571 773,536
Interest paid (12,691 ) (22,436 )
Tax paid (145,234 ) (161,663 )
Net cash from operating activities 425,646 589,437

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (68,357 ) (158,368 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 35,553 19,650
Net cash from investing activities (32,804 ) (138,718 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Loan repayments in year (171,341 ) (174,150 )
Equity dividends paid (252,000 ) (212,000 )
Net cash from financing activities (423,341 ) (386,150 )

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (30,499 ) 64,569
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

92,897

28,328

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 62,398 92,897

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Profit before taxation 418,665 566,264
Depreciation charges 217,927 325,305
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (14,770 ) (12,992 )
Decrease in group undertakings (163,500 ) 123,500
Finance costs 12,691 22,436
471,013 1,024,513
Decrease in stocks 305,075 599,370
Decrease in trade and other debtors 34,478 444,656
Decrease in trade and other creditors (226,995 ) (1,295,003 )
Cash generated from operations 583,571 773,536

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these
Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 March 2019
31.3.19 1.4.18
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 62,398 92,897
Year ended 31 March 2018
31.3.18 1.4.17
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 92,897 28,328

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

John Chorley & Company 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.

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


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

Related party exemption
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party
transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

Significant judgements and estimates
Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements and estimates.

The directors have considered key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation and
uncertainty at the end of the reporting period and do not consider there are any areas where there is a material
risk of adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.

Turnover
Revenue from the sale of goods shall be recognised when all the following conditions have been satisfied:
- the entity has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods;
- the entity retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership
nor effective control over the goods sold;
- the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity;
- the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Revenue from the sale of goods is generally recognised when they are handed over to the transport firms which,
under the terms of current contracts, mark the time when the above risks and rewards are transferred.

Revenue is not recognised if its recoverability is considered to be uncertain.

Revenue is stated net of discounts, allowances, rebates and returns, and does not include the proceeds from the
disposal of raw materials and scrap.

Revenue includes also minor cost connected with the sales process, such as certification ,recoveries of cost of
transport, packaging, insurances etc

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment
losses.

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost less estimated residual value of all tangible fixed assets,
other than freehold land, over their expected useful lives at the following rates:

Plant and machinery - 10% to 25% Straight line
Motor Vehicles - 25% Straight line

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

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

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance
sheet 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.

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Foreign currencies
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the
balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at
the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the
lease.

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

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with bank,
other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

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 statement of financial position 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 enforcible right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to
realise the net 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 costs 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 publically 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 or 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.

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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.

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, 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 receipts 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.

Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or
cancelled.

Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.
Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of
the company.

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

Provisions
A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the company has a constructive or legal obligation as a result
of a past event and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefit will be required to settle the obligation.
Provisions are recognised at their discounted net present value.

3. TURNOVER

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

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Sales of goods 16,284,934 15,347,631
16,284,934 15,347,631

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

3. TURNOVER - continued

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
United Kingdom 16,284,934 15,347,631
16,284,934 15,347,631

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Wages and salaries 1,655,396 1,642,889
Social security costs 159,015 161,518
Other pension costs 59,487 66,998
1,873,898 1,871,405

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
31.3.19 31.3.18

Director 1 1
Administration and office 14 15
Warehouse and distribution 49 48
64 64

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 131,442 231,639
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 240 19,168

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

Money purchase schemes 1 1

5. OPERATING PROFIT

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

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 38,133 28,999
Other operating leases 109,485 129,992
Depreciation - owned assets 217,927 325,305
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (14,770 ) (12,992 )
Auditors' remuneration 11,400 12,700

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Other interest paid 832 662
Debenture Interest 11,859 21,774
12,691 22,436

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 90,460 145,234

Deferred tax 12,328 (25,315 )
Tax on profit 102,788 119,919

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

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Profit before tax 418,665 566,264
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19%
(2018 - 19%)

79,546

107,590

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 1,705 22,746
Income not taxable for tax purposes (5,857 ) -
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 15,613 14,898
Utilisation of tax losses (900 ) -
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods 353 -
Deferred tax charge 12,328 (25,315 )
Total tax charge 102,788 119,919

8. DIVIDENDS
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Interim 252,000 212,000

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and Motor
machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2018 2,608,218 281,030 2,889,248
Additions 42,107 26,250 68,357
Disposals (44,500 ) (92,674 ) (137,174 )
At 31 March 2019 2,605,825 214,606 2,820,431
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2018 1,776,424 151,927 1,928,351
Charge for year 174,105 43,822 217,927
Eliminated on disposal (36,605 ) (79,786 ) (116,391 )
At 31 March 2019 1,913,924 115,963 2,029,887
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2019 691,901 98,643 790,544
At 31 March 2018 831,794 129,103 960,897

Tangible assets with a carrying value of £790,544 (2018: £960,897) are pledged as security for the companies
liabilities.

10. STOCKS
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Stocks 2,605,849 2,910,924

Stock recognised in cost of sales during the year as an expense was £12,364,871 (2018: £11,041,939).

11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Trade debtors 3,586,167 3,729,416
Prepayments 194,007 85,236
3,780,174 3,814,652

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Debentures (see note 14) 138,562 177,903
Trade creditors 2,047,483 2,440,475
Factoring account 2,217,602 2,059,621
Amounts owed to group undertakings 632 164,132
Tax 90,108 144,882
Social security and other taxes 408,786 345,705
Other creditors 8,610 10,723
Accrued expenses 233,608 286,560
5,145,391 5,630,001

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Debentures (see note 14) - 132,000

14. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Debentures 138,562 177,903

Amounts falling due between one and two years:
Debentures - 1-2 years - 132,000

15. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Within one year 104,309 101,388
Between one and five years 262,325 265,953
366,634 367,341

Operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £109,485 (2018: £129,992).

16. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Factoring account 2,217,602 1,910,601

The factoring account is secured by way of a fixed and floating charge over all assets of the company.

Dentures are secured in the form of a fixed charge by way of legal mortgage.

The Company is party to a composite cross guarantee whereby the Company guarantees the liabilities to the bank
of the holding company, Caldwells Limited. The maximum liability at the date of the Balance Sheet was £Nil
(2018: £57,139).

17. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 87,126 74,798

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

17. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2018 74,798
Accelerated capital allowances 12,328
Balance at 31 March 2019 87,126

18. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31.3.19 31.3.18
value: £    £   
8,000 Ordinary £1 8,000 8,000

19. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2018 1,934,571
Profit for the year 315,877
Dividends (252,000 )
At 31 March 2019 1,998,448

20. PENSION COMMITMENTS

The company operates a defined contribution scheme, the assets of which are held separately from the company.
During the year £59,247 (2018: £47,830) was charged to the profit and loss account. No amounts where
outstanding at year end.

21. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

Caldwells Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

22. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
31.3.19 31.3.18
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 508,000 -

23. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019

Other related parties

A debenture agreement between John Chorley & Company Limited and Mr J B Caldwell, a director, was arranged 2nd December 2013 for the sum of £175,000 via a fixed charge by way of legal mortgage.
The loan amount will be repaid by John Chorley & Company Limited on a monthly basis for 60 months at an initial interest rate of 9% increasing annually in increments of 1% up to an interest rate of 13%.
During the year the interest paid to Mr J B Caldwell was £1,140 (2018: £5,182) and the total loan amount outstanding at 31st March 2019 is £Nil (2018: £30,263).

A debenture agreement between John Chorley & Company Limited and Mr J B Caldwell, a director, was arranged 13th April 2015 for the sum of £660,000 via a fixed charge by way of legal mortgage.
The loan amount will be repaid by John Chorley & Company Limited on a monthly basis for 60 months at an interest rate of 4.94%. During the year the interest paid to Mr J B Caldwell was £10,719 (2018: £16,592) and the total loan amount outstanding at 31st March 2019 is £138,562 (2018: £279,641).

24. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caldwells Limited which is registered in England and Wales, of
which Mr J. B. Caldwell is the majority shareholder.