PJ_Colours_Limited - Accounts


Company registration number 03479538 (England and Wales)
PJ Colours Limited
Annual report and financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2022
PJ Colours Limited
Company information
Directors
Ms J Spence
Mr H R Jackson
Mrs S J Ellis-Jones
Mr N D Jackson
Mr P Wallace
(Appointed 1 November 2022)
Secretary
Ms J Spence
Company number
03479538
Registered office
The Glades
Festival Way
Festival Park
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 5SQ
Auditor
DJH Mitten Clarke Audit Limited
St George's House
56 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 3NQ
PJ Colours Limited
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 24
PJ Colours Limited
Strategic report
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 1 -

The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Review of the business

Construction in the UK has been buoyant for most of 2022 and in turn demand for our products has been high. Raw material availability was tight in the first half of the year and prices increased heavily, which in turn saw an increase in revenues. However the market started to cool in Q4 as interest rates increased and energy & fuel costs ramped up dramatically.

Sea freight from the Far East started to decrease in Q3 2022, returning to pre Covid levels in 2023.

Labour remained tight during the year and ultimately put huge pressure on wages.

 

The group continues to be audited to the following health & safety, quality and environmental standards, ISO45001, ISO9001 & ISO14001.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Price risk

The group operates in a highly competitive industry, which is subject to price pressure from both local and overseas competition. There has been a major pressure on the cost of raw material, freight & energy throughout the year, with the conflict in the Ukraine further exacerbating the situation. However pricing has cooled since the back end of 2022 and into 2023, seeing a reduction in pricing and therefore revenue. The labour market continues to be challenging and this has forced rates upwards.

The UK’s annual housing target of 300,000 is still a long way off and so demand continues to be high. However, huge hikes in interest rates, coupled with high inflation has seen a slow down in the sector and this trend is likely to continue through 2023. This is likely to have an impact on demand for our products, although an expansion of our product range will keep revenues stable.

 

 

Financial instrument risk

The business is exposed to the risk that financial instruments held by the group impact on its ability to operate effectively and profitably. The risks which are relevant to the group's operations are:

 

Currency risk

The group purchases many of its raw materials from overseas suppliers and as such, is often exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The board reviews the impact movements in foreign exchange has on both imports and exports on an ongoing basis.

 

Credit risks

The group makes regular sales to existing customers which is considered to reduce credit risk. Policies are in place to ensure that provisions for bad debts are made when considered necessary.

 

 

Cashflow risks

The group carefully manages its stock holding and debtor book to ensure that sufficient cash is available to meet operational need. The group holds adequate cash balances and so it is not considered that cashflow issues are a significant risk to the group.

 

Liquidity risks

The group funds its working capital need through the generation and retention of profits. Management is confident that additional bank funding facilities would be available, should it be required, to fund working capital, further investment or any future expansion plans.

 

PJ Colours Limited
Strategic report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 2 -
Development and performance

The group expects to meet budget for 2023, despite the expected cooling of the housing market in Q4. This was in line with our expectation when budgeting for the year.

The opening of the new site has been delayed by long lead times for new equipment, but should be operational in early 2024.

 

Key performance indicators

The board monitors progress of the company using the following KPIs:

 

Revenue

 

2022                2021    

Revenue        £23,712,725            £19,336,039

Increase %        22.6                44.8

 

This KPI is calculated by taking the turnover and other operating income for the year. This is compared to the previous year and movement is shown as a percentage

 

Operating Profit

 

             2022                 2021

Operating Profit         £1,246,081            £1,838,903

% of revenue         5.3                9.5

 

This KPI is calculated by taking the total revenue and deducting, the cost of sales, distribution costs and administrative expenses.

On behalf of the board

Mr H R Jackson
Director
27 September 2023
PJ Colours Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 3 -

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the manufacture and sale of pigments and additives to the concrete and asphalt industries.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 8.

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £515,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Ms J Spence
Mr H R Jackson
Mrs S J Ellis-Jones
Mr N D Jackson
Mr P Wallace
(Appointed 1 November 2022)
Research and development

The company invested in research and development in the year relating to product development.

Auditor

DJH Mitten Clarke Audit Limited, has indicated its willingness to continue in office and will be proposed for re-appointment in accordance with section 485 Companies Act 2006.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

 

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

 

  •     select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

  •     make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

  •     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.

Strategic report

The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008,

PJ Colours Limited
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 4 -
Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

On behalf of the board
Mr H R Jackson
Director
27 September 2023
PJ Colours Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of PJ Colours Limited
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of PJ Colours Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

  •     give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2022 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 Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

 

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

 

We have nothing to report in this regard.

PJ Colours Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of PJ Colours Limited
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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

  • the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

  • the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

  •     adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

  •     the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

  •     certain disclosures of remuneration specified by law are not made; or

  •     we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management;

- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including legislation such as the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, employment, and health and safety legislation;

- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations through making enquiries of management and reviewing legal and professional fee invoices.

 

PJ Colours Limited
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of PJ Colours Limited
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We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

 

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

- tested journal entries posted during the period and at the period end to identify unusual transactions;

- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions; and

- performed walkthrough tests on major transaction cycles.

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;

- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;

- reviewing correspondence with HMRC; and

- reviewing legal and professional fees incurred during the period to identify any potential indications of non-compliance with laws and regulations.

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 is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

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 an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Joanne Beamish ACA FCCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of DJH Mitten Clarke Audit Limited
28 September 2023
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
St George's House
56 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 3NQ
PJ Colours Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
23,712,725
19,336,039
Cost of sales
(19,504,127)
(14,962,522)
Gross profit
4,208,598
4,373,517
Distribution costs
(808,341)
(820,934)
Administrative expenses
(2,196,325)
(1,721,408)
Other operating income
42,149
7,728
Operating profit
4
1,246,081
1,838,903
Interest receivable and similar income
8
6,694
411
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(78,087)
(24,808)
Profit before taxation
1,174,688
1,814,506
Tax on profit
10
(189,636)
(292,751)
Profit for the financial year
985,052
1,521,755

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

PJ Colours Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2022
31 December 2022
- 9 -
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
193,480
194,911
Current assets
Stocks
13
5,381,157
1,765,470
Debtors
14
4,716,410
5,054,763
Cash at bank and in hand
800,031
422,868
10,897,598
7,243,101
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(7,660,192)
(4,459,985)
Net current assets
3,237,406
2,783,116
Total assets less current liabilities
3,430,886
2,978,027
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(76,605)
(100,040)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
19
24,200
17,958
(24,200)
(17,958)
Net assets
3,330,081
2,860,029
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
21
200,000
200,000
Profit and loss reserves
22
3,130,081
2,660,029
Total equity
3,330,081
2,860,029
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 27 September 2023 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr H R Jackson
Director
Company Registration No. 03479538
PJ Colours Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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Share capital
Revaluation reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2021
200,000
325,281
2,097,093
2,622,374
Year ended 31 December 2021:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
1,521,755
1,521,755
Dividends
11
-
-
(1,315,000)
(1,315,000)
Transfers
-
-
0
356,181
356,181
Other movements
-
(325,281)
-
(325,281)
Balance at 31 December 2021
200,000
-
0
2,660,029
2,860,029
Year ended 31 December 2022:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
985,052
985,052
Dividends
11
-
-
(515,000)
(515,000)
Balance at 31 December 2022
200,000
-
0
3,130,081
3,330,081
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2022
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

PJ Colours Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5SQ.

1.1
Accounting convention

The financial statements cover the company as an individual entity. They have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value]. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

  • Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;

  • Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;

  • Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Procter Johnson Holdings. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ST1 5SQ.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on despatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Plant and machinery
Straight line over 3, 10, & 20 years
Fixtures and fittings
Staight line over 3 & 4 years
Motor vehicles
Straight line over 4 years

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined, which is the higher of its fair value less cost to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.

1.6
Stocks

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

 

Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Cost includes the purchase price, including taxes and duties and transport and handling directly attributable to bringing the inventory to its present location and condition. The cost of manufactured finished goods and work in progress includes design costs, raw materials, direct labour and other direct costs and related production overheads (based on normal operating capacity).

1.7
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.

1.8
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's 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 enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.9
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.10
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.11
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.12
Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.13
Government grants

Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised.

1.14
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

1.15

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.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

 

Critical judgements

 

In the directors' opinion there are no critical judgements that they have made in applying the company's accounting policies and that have had a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

 

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

 

The directors do not consider there to be any key estimates or assumptions used in preparing the financial statements.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 16 -
3
Turnover and other revenue
2022
2021
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
UK
19,342,955
14,553,336
Rest of the world
4,369,770
4,782,703
23,712,725
19,336,039
2022
2021
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
6,694
411
Grants received
-
7,728
Other income
42,149
-

The turnover and profit before tax are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

4
Operating profit
2022
2021
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Exchange losses
91,580
29,847
Government grants
-
(7,728)
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
45,102
49,366
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets held under finance leases
37,740
32,900
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(12,696)
-
Operating lease charges
47,332
39,589
5
Auditor's remuneration
2022
2021
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
11,719
7,317
For other services
All other non-audit services
7,315
6,650
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 17 -
6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2022
2021
Number
Number
Directors
4
4
Employees
34
35
Total
38
39

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2022
2021
£
£
Wages and salaries
1,268,655
1,149,588
Social security costs
102,512
93,038
Pension costs
122,706
105,724
1,493,873
1,348,350
7
Directors' remuneration
2022
2021
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
318,184
292,603
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
76,845
85,658
395,029
378,261

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 5 (2021 - 4).

Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2022
2021
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
107,462
75,426
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
13,927
6,705
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 18 -
8
Interest receivable and similar income
2022
2021
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
6,694
411
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2022
2021
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
-
5,113
Interest on invoice finance arrangements
70,677
12,777
Other interest on financial liabilities
521
152
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
6,889
6,766
78,087
24,808
10
Taxation
2022
2021
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
183,394
293,893
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
6,242
(1,142)
Total tax charge
189,636
292,751
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
10
Taxation
(Continued)
- 19 -

The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2022
2021
£
£
Profit before taxation
1,174,688
1,814,506
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2021: 19.00%)
223,191
344,756
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
1,608
1,876
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(2,414)
-
0
Group relief
(16,795)
(43,570)
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(357)
-
0
Research and development tax credit
-
0
(12,346)
Under/(over) provided in prior years
-
0
(317)
Under/(over) provision in the year
(15,597)
-
0
Enhanced super deductions
-
0
(1,958)
Change in tax rates
-
0
4,310
Taxation charge for the year
189,636
292,751
11
Dividends
2022
2021
£
£
Interim paid
515,000
1,315,000
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 20 -
12
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2022
658,506
220,954
209,534
1,088,994
Additions
13,157
68,854
-
0
82,011
Disposals
(383,601)
(68,615)
(25,678)
(477,894)
At 31 December 2022
288,062
221,193
183,856
693,111
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2022
614,928
187,198
91,957
894,083
Depreciation charged in the year
21,566
23,536
37,740
82,842
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(383,601)
(68,015)
(25,678)
(477,294)
At 31 December 2022
252,893
142,719
104,019
499,631
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2022
35,169
78,474
79,837
193,480
At 31 December 2021
43,578
33,756
117,577
194,911

The net carrying value of tangible fixed assets includes the following in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts.

2022
2021
£
£
Motor vehicles
79,837
117,577

Tangible fixed assets with a carrying value of £437,028 (2021 - £461,048) are pledged as security for the invoice discounting facility account included in creditors.

13
Stocks
2022
2021
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
2,837,969
993,198
Finished goods and goods for resale
2,543,188
772,272
5,381,157
1,765,470

The total carrying amount of stock of £5,143,071 (2021 - £1,765,470) is pledged as security for the invoice finance account and loans included in creditors.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 21 -
14
Debtors
2022
2021
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
4,593,916
4,664,637
Other debtors
17,375
17,375
Prepayments and accrued income
105,119
372,751
4,716,410
5,054,763

The amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured and interest is being charged at a commercial rate.

 

15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
17
3,472
41,667
Obligations under finance leases
18
18,962
15,936
Other borrowings
17
3,275,680
1,364,073
Trade creditors
3,665,517
2,354,248
Amounts owed to group undertakings
18,368
32,282
Corporation tax
113,397
93,004
Other taxation and social security
242,026
380,641
Other creditors
4,341
4,016
Accruals and deferred income
318,429
174,118
7,660,192
4,459,985
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2022
2021
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
17
-
0
3,472
Obligations under finance leases
18
76,605
96,568
76,605
100,040

 

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 22 -
17
Loans and overdrafts
2022
2021
£
£
Bank loans
3,472
45,139
Other loans
3,275,680
1,364,073
3,279,152
1,409,212
Payable within one year
3,279,152
1,405,740
Payable after one year
-
0
3,472

The invoice discounting facility and loan are secured by way of a debenture incorporating a first legal mortgage and first fixed charge over the assets of the company.

 

The invoice discounting facility in included within other loans.

 

18
Finance lease obligations
2022
2021
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
18,962
15,936
In two to five years
76,605
96,568
95,567
112,504

Finance lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for company motor vehicles. Leases include purchase options at the end of the lease period, and no restrictions are placed on the use of the assets. The average lease term is 3.5 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.

 

The hire purchase creditor is secured by the assets to which it relates.

19
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2022
2021
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
24,200
17,958
PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
19
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 23 -
2022
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2022
17,958
Charge to profit or loss
6,242
Liability at 31 December 2022
24,200
20
Retirement benefit schemes
2022
2021
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
122,706
105,724

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

21
Share capital
2022
2021
2022
2021
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000

Each Ordinary share has full voting rights, the right to receive dividends and the right to participate in a capital distribution on a sale or winding up. They do not confer any rights of redemption.

22
Profit and loss reserves

Retained earnings comprises accumulated profits less any losses and distributions which have been retained within the company. This is a distributable reserve.

 

Revaluation reserve represents gains on revaluation of property owned by the company, less any revaluation losses and provisions for deferred tax on the revaluation. This is a non-distributable reserve.

PJ Colours Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2022
- 24 -
23
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

2022
2021
£
£
Within one year
40,303
54,914
Between two and five years
99,114
145,736
139,417
200,650
24
Capital commitments

Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements:

2022
2021
£
£
Acquisition of tangible fixed assets
320,000
-
25
Ultimate controlling party

The controlling party is H R Jackson.

Ultimate parent company

 

Procter Johnson Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

 

Copies of Procter Johnson Holdings Limited accounts can be obtained from The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ST1 5SQ.

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