ACCOUNTS - Final Accounts
ACCOUNTS - Final Accounts
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FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
The business provides Warehousing, Fulfilment, Print, Mailings and Contact Centre Services. Product is dispatched all over the globe and our Contact Centre is multi-lingual. Our mission is to offer market leading solutions that provide our customers with real competitive advantage helping them increase their market share.
Business review
2021 saw revenues increase by £2.96m (17% growth) with a full year impact of £3.75m PA. Operational improvements were achieved throughout 2021 providing an increase in GP to 29.8% giving a F/Y EBITDA of £957K. Thanks to the tireless efforts of all our colleagues 2021 was a strong year. Cash generation is in line with our strong results. We continue to invest in the business’s operational capability with a further £335K invested in 2021, bringing our total over 3 years to £1.2m. These investments enable us to handle increased volumes through our operation. Service levels remain high which is re-enforced by our contract renewals and new business wins.
Company engagement with employees
We have strong training programs in place across all areas and levels of our business helping individuals achieve real improvements and develop their careers. Over 90% of our operational management are engaged on training programs. All apprenticeship programs come with guaranteed jobs at the end. Staff are our greatest asset, and it is our staff retention and knowledge that enables us to provide our market leading services to our customers. Supporting our staff through good facilities, welfare, communication and enabling career development opportunities through training will also be a key priority for the business The e-commerce market remains strong, and we have a solid pipeline with significant new business wins secured in Q1 2022. We are delighted to confirm we are still operating as a Carbon Neutral Fulfilment company certified by the Carbon Trust. The next step to finalise our Carbon Net Zero Strategy which we expect to complete and launch in 2022.
The Pandemic and Brexit have dominated the environment in 2021. With the issue of Brexit now behind us and the pandemic looking more under control through vaccination the company assesses principal risks and uncertainty as low. We continue to trade positively and our cash reserves remain strong.
2022 Outlook Taking the above into account the Directors are delighted with the results achieved in 2021 and the outlook for 2022.
This report was approved by the board on 7 April 2022 and signed on its behalf.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the period ended 26 December 2021.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙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 to 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.
The directors who served during the period were:
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
The auditors, Shorts, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Prolog Fulfilment Limited (the 'Company') for the period ended 26 December 2021, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes, 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).
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 United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial period 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.
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.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
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 team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
∙Through discussions with the directors and other management and from our commercial knowledge and experience, we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company; and
∙Focusing on the specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, we assessed the extent of compliance with those laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting relevant correspondence.
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;
∙reviewed journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
∙assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
∙investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
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;2
∙reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
∙enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
∙consideration of relationships with HMRC, relevant regulators and the company’s legal advisors.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
2 Ashgate Road
Derbyshire
S40 4AA
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 11687671
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 26 DECEMBER 2021
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 12 to 25 form part of these financial statements.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
Prolog Fulfilment Limited is a private limited Company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales (registered number: 11687671). Its registered office is Little Oak Drive, Sherwood Business Park, Annesley, Nottinghamshire, NG15 0DJ. The principal activity of the Company throughout the year continued to be that of stock management and distribution services.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The Company's functional and presentational currency is pounds sterling.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
The outbreak of the Coronavirus in the UK has impacted the whole country, and the related disruption is affecting the general economy. The Directors have carefully considered the likely effect of Covid-19 on the company’s future financial performance, and have prepared detailed financial projections with a number of different assumptions. The Directors have concluded that despite the ongoing difficulties affecting the UK economy, the company’s financial performance should not be adversely affected going forward and on this basis it is appropriate to draw up the accounts on a going concern basis.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Grants of a revenue nature are recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings in the same period as the related expenditure.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a business combination and the acquirer's interest in the fair value of its identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is amortised on a straight line basis to the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings over its useful economic life.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, as follows.
The depreciation rates used are:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities such as bank and cash balances, trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to and from related parties.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at the transaction price and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially, at the present value of the future cash flow discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost. Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance sheet when there is an 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.
Tax is recognised in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.
The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income. Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the Balance Sheet date, except that: The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have had the greatest level of uncertainty are addressed below: (i) Impairment of debtors The company makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade debtors. When assessing impairment of trade and other debtors, management considers factors including the current credit rating of the debtor, the ageing profile of debtors and historical experience. There were no such provisions in the current year. (ii) Prepayment and accruals The company assesses the income and expenses arising during the accounting period and makes adjustments for these where the invoicing period does not align with the accounting period. When assessing these items, management consider factors including post year end invoices and payments and also contracts which are in place. Prepayments and accrued income are shown in note 14 of the accounts and accruals and deferred income are shown in note 15 of the accounts. (iii) Depreciation The carrying value of fixed assets is calculated on the basis of estimates of depreciation periods derived from the expected useful life of the asset concerned and residual values. The expected useful life of the asset concerned and its estimated residual value may change under the influence of technological developments, market circumstances and changes in the use of the asset. These factors may also give rise to the need to recognise an impairment on assets.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
There are no factors that will affect future tax changes.
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
13.Tangible fixed assets (continued)
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
Profit and loss account
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PROLOG FULFILMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 26 DECEMBER 2021
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £130,707 (2020: £105,652). Contributions totalling £33,570 (2020: £25,910) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
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