John Chorley & Company Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
John Chorley & Company Limited - Limited company accounts 18.2
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
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: |
SECRETARY: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: |
AUDITORS: |
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: |
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 £ |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2018 to the date of this report. |
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: |
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. |
for and on behalf of |
Chartered Accountants |
Statutory Auditor |
1st Floor, 264 Manchester Road |
Warrington |
Cheshire |
WA1 3RB |
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 |
Cost of sales | ( |
) | ( |
) |
GROSS PROFIT |
Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
Tax on profit | 7 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534) |
Balance Sheet |
31 March 2019 |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 9 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 10 |
Debtors | 11 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 12 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
13 |
( |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 17 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 18 |
Retained earnings | 19 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on by: |
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 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2018 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31 March 2019 |
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 |
Interest paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Tax paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Net cash from operating activities |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Sale of tangible fixed assets |
Net cash from investing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
Loan repayments in year | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Equity dividends paid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Net cash from financing activities | ( |
) | ( |
) |
(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
) |
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 |
Depreciation charges |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Decrease in group undertakings | (163,500 | ) | 123,500 |
Finance costs | 12,691 | 22,436 |
471,013 | 1,024,513 |
Decrease in stocks |
Decrease in trade and other debtors |
Decrease in trade and other creditors | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Cash generated from operations |
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 |
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 |
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 |
£ | £ |
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 |
4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
Social security costs |
Other pension costs |
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 |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
Money purchase schemes |
5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Hire of plant and machinery |
Other operating leases |
Depreciation - owned assets |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Auditors' remuneration |
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 |
Debenture Interest |
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 |
Deferred tax | ( |
) |
Tax on profit |
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 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2018 - |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
Income not taxable for tax purposes | ( |
) |
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances |
Utilisation of tax losses | ( |
) |
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods |
Deferred tax charge | ( |
) |
Total tax charge | 102,788 | 119,919 |
8. | DIVIDENDS |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Interim |
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 |
Additions |
Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2019 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1 April 2018 |
Charge for year |
Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2019 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31 March 2019 |
At 31 March 2018 |
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 |
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 |
Prepayments |
12. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Debentures (see note 14) |
Trade creditors |
Factoring account | 2,217,602 | 2,059,621 |
Amounts owed to group undertakings |
Tax |
Social security and other taxes |
Other creditors |
Accrued expenses |
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) |
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 |
15. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows: |
31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
£ | £ |
Within one year |
Between one and five years |
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 |
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 |
Accelerated capital allowances | 12,328 |
Balance at 31 March 2019 |
18. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 31.3.19 | 31.3.18 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary | £1 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
19. | RESERVES |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1 April 2018 |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 31 March 2019 |
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 |
23. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
John Chorley & Company Limited (Registered number: 00197534) |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31 March 2019 |
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. |