Bignall Group Limited - Abbreviated accounts 16.3

Bignall Group Limited - Abbreviated accounts 16.3


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REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631 (England and Wales)















ABBREVIATED UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2016

FOR

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

CONTENTS OF THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016










Page

Company Information 1

Abbreviated Balance Sheet 2

Notes to the Abbreviated Accounts 4

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016







DIRECTORS: J R Bignall
O Bignall
F A Sand





SECRETARY: J R Bignall





REGISTERED OFFICE: Butler House
Haughton Green
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 2DD





REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631 (England and Wales)





ACCOUNTANTS: McCready Page Accountants
511 Durham Road
Low Fell
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE9 5EY

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

ABBREVIATED BALANCE SHEET
30 April 2016

30/4/16 30/4/15
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 2 13,936 17,428
Tangible assets 3 474,514 531,494
Investments 4 70,937 76,150
559,387 625,072

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 602,036 596,338
Debtors 556,794 697,791
Cash at bank and in hand 534,483 433,322
1,693,313 1,727,451
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 410,209 540,915
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,283,104 1,186,536
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,842,491

1,811,608

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 90,340 100,735
NET ASSETS 1,752,151 1,710,873

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 5 54,200 54,200
Share premium 36,000 36,000
Capital redemption reserve 127,075 127,075
Profit and loss account 1,534,876 1,493,598
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,752,151 1,710,873

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 April 2016.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2016 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies
Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end
of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to
financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

ABBREVIATED BALANCE SHEET - continued
30 April 2016


The abbreviated accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.


The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 30 January 2017 and were signed on its behalf by:





J R Bignall - Director


BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016


1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial reporting standard number 1
Exemption has been taken from preparing a cash flow statement on the grounds that the company qualifies as a
small company.

Turnover
Turnover represents net invoiced sales of goods, excluding value added tax.

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2001, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 10% - 33% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Office equipment - 25% on cost

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

Deferred tax
Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

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

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 the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate.

Deferred government grants
Government grants in respect of capital expenditure are treated as deferred income and are credited to the profit
and loss account over the estimated useful economic life of the assets to which they relate.


BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS - continued
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016


2. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Total
£   
COST
At 1 May 2015
and 30 April 2016 69,796
AMORTISATION
At 1 May 2015 52,368
Amortisation for year 3,492
At 30 April 2016 55,860
NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 April 2016 13,936
At 30 April 2015 17,428

3. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Total
£   
COST
At 1 May 2015 1,208,003
Additions 36,540
At 30 April 2016 1,244,543
DEPRECIATION
At 1 May 2015 676,509
Charge for year 93,520
At 30 April 2016 770,029
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2016 474,514
At 30 April 2015 531,494

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS - continued
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016


4. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Investments
other
than
loans
£   
COST
At 1 May 2015
and 30 April 2016 10,064
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 April 2016 10,064
At 30 April 2015 10,064

Investments (neither listed nor unlisted) were as follows:
30/4/16 30/4/15
£    £   
Other 68,179 62,812
Investment revaluation (9,251 ) 669
Investment income 1,945 2,605
60,873 66,086

The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Masterlube Systems Limited
Nature of business: Dormant
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary £1 Shares 100.00
Preference £1 Shares 100.00

Co-B-Tech UK Limited
Nature of business: Dormant
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Bignall Lubritec Inc
Country of incorporation: USA
Nature of business: Dormant
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary £1 Shares 100.00

BIGNALL GROUP LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01249631)

NOTES TO THE ABBREVIATED ACCOUNTS - continued
for the Year Ended 30 April 2016


5. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted and issued Nominal 30.4.15 30.4.14
Number Class value £ £
4,000 B Ordinary £1 4,000 4,000
200 C Ordinary £1 200 200
15,000 D Ordinary £1 15,200 15,200
15,000 E Ordinary £1 15,000 15,000
12,500 F Ordinary £1 12,500 12,500
7,500 G Ordinary £1 7,500 7,500

54,400 54,400