CMS Cepcor Limited - Limited company accounts 23.2

REGISTERED NUMBER: 02390549 (England and Wales)

CMS CEPCOR LIMITED

STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2023

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

to

4

Report of the Independent Auditors

5

to

7

Income Statement

8

Other Comprehensive Income

9

Statement of Financial Position

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12

to

20

DIRECTORS:

D I Sydenham

Mrs E H Sydenham

M T Weare

C I Sydenham

L R J Hodges

J L Shelley

R A H Gill

SECRETARY:

R A H Gill

REGISTERED OFFICE:

1 Vulcan Way

Coalville

LE67 3AP

REGISTERED NUMBER:

02390549 (England and Wales)

SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR:

Michael Argyle BSc ACA

AUDITORS:

Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited, Statutory Auditor

26 Park Road

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

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The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 April 2023.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The results for the year and financial position of the company are shown in the annexed documents.

The directors aim to present a balanced and comprehensive review of the development and performance of the business during the year and its position at year end.

The company manufacture and supply crusher spares, specialist crusher repair services to the quarrying, mining, and recycling industries globally. The main customer base continues to be large aggregate producers and mining companies worldwide, combined with international contractors and wide range of independent trading businesses.

Sales turnover increased by 15.61% for the year to £70,506,373. This was considered an excellent trading performance by the directors. Export sales continue to drive growth and account for 79.17% of current sales. North American sales were again a main contributing factor to growth in sales through CMS Cepcor Americas LLC and their established dealer network.

The company's profit after tax was £11,752,499. Whilst this included exceptional foreign exchange gains, underlying profitability remains strong. This figure, after deduction of dividends, has been added to company reserves.

Continued investment in the development of export territories remains a core focus for the business with key geographical territories identified. Product development remains another key area of focus and investment.

The business holds Lloyds Register ISO accreditations for Quality Management (ISO 9001), Environmental Management (ISO 14001), Health and Safety Management (ISO 45001) and Energy Management (ISO 50001). These internationally recognised standards demonstrate the company's ongoing commitment for quality products, customer service and sustainable operations. These accreditations coupled with the established worldwide industry sector reputation of the business enable it to trade successfully in a highly competitive market.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The principal risks to the company remain the current global economic uncertainty affecting customer confidence, the volatility of raw material pricing, supply chain disruption, inflation levels impacting all areas of overheads and higher energy prices on production costs. The business has again delivered an exceptional performance during the financial year against a backdrop of these issues and the directors believe the business is well placed to manage these risks based on the management team in place.

SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT

The directors set out their statement of compliance with s172 (1) of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors preside over the company for the benefit of all stakeholders. In making decisions, the directors take into account their potential short and long-term implications. The basic goal is the long-term sustainable growth of the business which will see returns to shareholders increasing.

When considering the long term prosperity of the company, the directors takes serious account of the outcome of all decisions on its employees and undertakes to act in their best interests. Employees are given regular assessments and equal opportunities. We are committed to providing a working environment that promotes employee's wellbeing whilst facilitating their performance.

The company is mindful of the impact of its operations on both the community and the environment and expects both its employees and its suppliers to meet exacting standards in their everyday business conduct. CMS Cepcor strives to maintain a reputation for the highest standards of business conduct. The directors always endeavour to operate to the highest ethical standards in order to maintain and promote the reputation of the company with customers and suppliers.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

M T Weare - Director

12 October 2023

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 April 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the supply of spare parts for crushing machinery used in the quarrying, mining and recycling industries.

DIVIDENDS

Interim dividends per share were paid as follows:

500.00

- 23 June 2022

1,750.00

- 1 August 2022

1,612.90

- 8 December 2022

735.00

- 31 March 2023

400.00

- 21 April 2023

4997.90

The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 30 April 2023 will be £ 4,997,903 .

EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR

Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 May 2022 to the date of this report.

D I Sydenham

Mrs E H Sydenham

M T Weare

C I Sydenham

L R J Hodges

J L Shelley

R A H Gill

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 or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

M T Weare - Director

12 October 2023

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of CMS Cepcor Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 April 2023 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity and 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 30 April 2023 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

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 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

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 three, 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.

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

We have identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial experience, knowledge of the sector, a review of regulatory and legal correspondence and through discussions with Directors and other management obtained as part of the work required by auditing standards. We have also discussed with the Directors and other management the policies and procedures relating to compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated laws and regulations throughout the team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. The potential impact of different laws and regulations varies considerably.

Firstly, the company is subject to laws and regulations that directly impact the financial statements (for example financial reporting legislation) and we have assessed the extent of compliance with such laws as part of our financial statements audit. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to management bias in accounting estimates and judgemental areas of the financial statements, as well as the risk of inappropriate journal entries to manipulate reported profitability. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included the identification and testing of unusual material journal entries and challenging management on key estimates, assumptions and judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements. These key areas of uncertainty are disclosed in the accounting policies. We carried out detailed substantive tests on accounting estimates, including reviewing the methods and data used by management to make those estimates, re-performing the calculation, reviewing the outcome of prior year estimates, and also reviewing the outcome of current year estimates since the financial reporting date.

Secondly, the company is subject to other laws and regulations where the consequence for non-compliance could have a material effect on the amounts or disclosures in the financial statements. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: Health and Safety regulations, Employment laws and the company is ISO9001 (Quality Management System) and ISO14001/45001 (Energy Management System) accredited. The company is subject to regular internal and external audits to ensure compliance in these areas.

Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Directors and other management and inspection. This inspection included a review of the external audits conducted within the year for any evidence of non-compliance in addition to an assessment of the company's employment and health and safety controls and incident logs. Through these procedures, if we became aware of any non-compliance, we considered the impact on the procedures performed on the related financial statement items.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. The further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. As with any audit. There is a greater risk of non-detection of irregularities as these may involve collusion, intentional omissions or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

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.

Michael Argyle BSc ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited, Statutory Auditor

26 Park Road

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

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7 November 2023

REVENUE

3

70,506,373

60,988,528

Cost of sales

45,028,991

41,113,308

GROSS PROFIT

25,477,382

19,875,220

Distribution costs

1,030,133

860,479

Administrative expenses

9,723,114

7,952,731

10,753,247

8,813,210

14,724,135

11,062,010

Other operating income

88,526

30,000

OPERATING PROFIT

6

14,812,661

11,092,010

Interest receivable and similar income

29,919

-

14,842,580

11,092,010

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

189,824

13,135

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

14,652,756

11,078,875

Tax on profit

8

2,900,257

2,072,711

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

11,752,499

9,006,164

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

11,752,499

9,006,164

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

11,752,499

9,006,164

FIXED ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment

10

3,256,949

3,494,585

Investments

11

2

2

3,256,951

3,494,587

CURRENT ASSETS

Inventories

12

24,058,825

20,567,209

Debtors

13

16,723,551

14,015,671

Cash at bank and in hand

6,058,637

4,876,053

46,841,013

39,458,933

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

14

10,293,708

9,867,466

NET CURRENT ASSETS

36,547,305

29,591,467

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

39,804,256

33,086,054

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

15

(37,501

)

(159,872

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

18

(430,000

)

(344,023

)

NET ASSETS

39,336,755

32,582,159

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

19

1,000

1,000

Retained earnings

39,335,755

32,581,159

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

39,336,755

32,582,159

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 12 October 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:

M T Weare - Director

R A H Gill - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 May 2021

1,000

28,353,164

28,354,164

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(4,778,169

)

(4,778,169

)

Total comprehensive income

-

9,006,164

9,006,164

Balance at 30 April 2022

1,000

32,581,159

32,582,159

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(4,997,903

)

(4,997,903

)

Total comprehensive income

-

11,752,499

11,752,499

Balance at 30 April 2023

1,000

39,335,755

39,336,755

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

CMS Cepcor Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

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

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

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

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

•

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;

•

the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);

•

the requirements of paragraphs 12.26, 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;

•

the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

The company is a subsidiary of CMS Cepcor (Holdings) Limited. Consolidated financial statements of CMS Cepcor (Holdings) Limited can be obtained from:

Companies House

Crown Way

Cardiff

CF14 3UZ

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

Group accounts have not been prepared as all the subsidiaries are dormant and therefore their consolidation into group accounts would not be material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view.

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

In the application of the Company's accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below.

(i) Inventory provision

The company supplies spare parts for crushing machinery used in the quarrying, mining and recycling industries, and is subject to changing consumer demands and economic trends. As a result it is necessary to consider the recoverability of the cost of inventory and the associated provisioning required. Inventories are stated after provisions for impairment of £2,135,082(2022 - £2,027,137). When calculating the inventory provision, management considers the age of the inventory, in particular any items that have been non-moving for the last two years, as well as applying assumptions around anticipated saleability.

Revenue

Revenue represents net invoiced sales of goods, excluding value added tax. Revenue is recognised upon despatch of goods.

Property, plant and equipment

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Fixtures, fittings and equipment

-

25% on cost, 15% on cost, 12.5% on cost, 10% on cost and 10.5% on cost

Motor vehicles

-

25% on cost

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost less impairment.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and fair value less costs to complete and sell, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Inventories are accounted for on a first-in-first-out basis.

Taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, 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 statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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.

Foreign currencies

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the financial reporting 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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the statement of financial position. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

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.

Financial instruments

The company has chosen to adopt the Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances are initially recognised at transaction price, 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.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. 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.

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 the income statement, 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.

Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other 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.

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. Accounts 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.

3.

REVENUE

The revenue and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of revenue by geographical market is given below:

2023

2022

£

£

United Kingdom

14,684,122

14,770,126

Outside of United Kingdom

55,822,251

46,218,402

70,506,373

60,988,528

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

2023

2022

£

£

Wages and salaries

7,452,020

5,988,397

Social security costs

793,686

619,572

Other pension costs

336,249

350,767

8,581,955

6,958,736

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

2023

2022

Administration

58

55

Production

83

77

141

132

5.	DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS

2023

2022

£

£

Directors' remuneration

1,186,781

846,319

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

81,513

138,200

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

Money purchase schemes

6

6

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:

2023

2022

£

£

Emoluments etc

386,291

265,151

Pension contributions to money purchase schemes

7,636

43,596

6.	OPERATING PROFIT

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

2023

2022

£

£

Hire of plant and machinery

2,410

2,370

Other operating leases

152,053

133,145

Depreciation - owned assets

795,553

838,554

Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts

131,539

200,040

Profit on disposal of fixed assets

(22,600

)

(221,137

)

Auditors' remuneration

27,115

24,650

Directors' pension contributions

81,513

138,200

Foreign exchange (gains)/losses

(416,826

)

(61,473

)

Government grants

(60,000

)

-

7.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

2023

2022

£

£

Bank interest

-

498

Interest on overdue tax

6,912

3,908

Other loan interest

174,613

-

Hire purchase interest

8,299

8,729

189,824

13,135

8.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:

2023

2022

£

£

Current tax:

UK corporation tax

2,814,280

1,868,461

Deferred tax

85,977

204,250

Tax on profit

2,900,257

2,072,711

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:

2023

2022

£

£

Profit before tax

14,652,756

11,078,875

Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.493% (2022 - 19%)

2,856,262

2,104,986

Effects of:

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

8,752

6,044

Capital allowances in excess of depreciation

(47,777

)

(240,737

)

Adjustment in respect of expensive leased cars

633

817

Movement in deferred tax provision

85,977

204,250

Allowable expenditure

(3,612

)

(2,649

)

Rounding of effective tax rate

22

-

Total tax charge

2,900,257

2,072,711

9.

DIVIDENDS

2023

2022

£

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

Interim

4,997,903

4,778,169

10.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Fixtures,

fittings

and

Motor

equipment

vehicles

Totals

£

£

£

COST

At 1 May 2022

7,879,723

1,380,620

9,260,343

Additions

553,830

137,126

690,956

Disposals

(50,740

)

(76,047

)

(126,787

)

At 30 April 2023

8,382,813

1,441,699

9,824,512

DEPRECIATION

At 1 May 2022

4,751,381

1,014,377

5,765,758

Charge for year

724,517

202,575

927,092

Eliminated on disposal

(49,240

)

(76,047

)

(125,287

)

At 30 April 2023

5,426,658

1,140,905

6,567,563

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 April 2023

2,956,155

300,794

3,256,949

At 30 April 2022

3,128,342

366,243

3,494,585

The net book value of property, plant and equipment includes £ 417,977 (2022 - £ 614,009 ) in respect of assets held under hire purchase contracts.

11.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Shares in

group

undertakings

£

COST

At 1 May 2022

and 30 April 2023

2

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 April 2023

2

At 30 April 2022

2

The company's investments at the Statement of Financial Position date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Goodwin Barsby Limited

Registered office: United Kingdom

Nature of business: Dormant

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

2023

2022

£

£

Aggregate capital and reserves

2

2