PARAFIX_TAPES_AND_CONVERS - Accounts

The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2016.

The results for the financial year ended 31 December 2016 are set out in the statement of comprehensive income. Sales for the year amounted to £6,599k (2015: £6,674k).Profit before taxation for the year amounted to £207k (2015: £512k).

Continued strong commercial success in strategically targeted markets such as healthcare, defence and life safety, saw demand for engineered adhesive components retained at 2015 values.

Increases in raw material prices following a weakened sterling saw a diminished gross margin, down 3.2% from 42.3% in 2015 to 39.1% in 2016. Significant investment in staff resource in the year to deliver output in future periods also resulted in a gross margin contraction from that enjoyed in 2015.

The directors consider that the year end financial position was adequate given the planned, phased increase in direct staff to deliver growth in future periods.

2017 will see the company continue its strategy of market focussed commercial activity coupled with prudent investment in staff, premises and machinery.

• A third site will introduce 11,000 sq feet of manufacturing floor space. This will allow the expansion of the company’s 'Class 7' to meet the increasing demand for medical components both now and in the future.

• Investment in technology will provide increased throughput, deliver efficiencies and provide new capabilities to targeted market sectors.

• Continued enhancement of the hugely successful website will increase the sales reach, bring increased customer enquiries and strengthen the company branding.

• Investment in staff will allow the expansion of shift patterns, increasing the return on the company plant and machinery asset base and encouraging the culture of continuous development.

• Continued cost control measures will deliver further profit improvement. These opportunities, coupled with benefits obtained through continuous improvement, will deliver the objectives outlined in the company's five year strategic plan. The extension of the reach of the UK sales force, improved gross margins and increased quote-to-order ratio are all expected in 2017.

Management of risk remains critical for the company in delivering growth plans in 2017. Mitigating loss of manufacturing capacity and remaining technically competitive are considered key.

During the current period of European economic uncertainty, foreign currency management will become significant, particularly given the intention for fixed asset investment, much of which is procured in foreign currencies.

Performance in the first seven months of 2017 has seen a 27% increase in like for like sales. With overheads remaining at 2016 values and gross profit margins consistent with the prior year, the profit before taxation is circa 6 times higher than at the same time last year. Management expect that the unprecedented enquiry levels coupled with a healthy order book will see the trend of profitable outperformance continue throughout 2017.

On behalf of the board

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016.

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

The results for the year are set out on page 7.

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £318,348. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

The company operates management policies designed to minimise its exposure to financial risk:

The company operates a range of policies to ensure there is sufficient liquidity and cash to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Regular cash flow forecasts are prepared to ensure the company is able to pay its debts as they fall due.

The principal foreign currency exposures arise from trading with overseas companies, including a fellow subsidiary. Company policy permits but does not demand that these exposures may be hedged in order to fix the cost in sterling. This hedging activity would involve the use of foreign exchange forward contracts.

Research and development expenditure amounts to £100,646 (2015 - £115,775). The directors consider that research and development will continue, in order to enhance the technical knowledge and product range currently available to customers.

In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that MHA Carpenter Box be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.

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.

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;

• •    state whether applicable UK 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.

We have audited the financial statements of Parafix Tapes and Conversions Limited for the year ended 31 December 2016 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement Of Financial Position, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

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.

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. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors.

A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the FRC's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate.

In our opinion the financial statements:

• •    give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2016 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.

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

• the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements;

• the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements; and

• 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 any material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

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 and the Directors' Report.

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.

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

Parafix Tapes and Conversions Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 53 Spencer Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8UA.

These financial statements 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 on the historical cost convention. 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’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; 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 Parafix Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 53 Spencer Road, Lancing Business Park, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8UA.

At 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.

Turnover represents amounts receivable for goods and services net of VAT and trade discounts. Revenue is recognised when the company obtains the right to consideration in exchange for the goods and services provided.

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 dispatch 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.

Property, plant and equipment 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:

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.

At each reporting end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of inventories over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

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 group'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.

The company enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and loans from related parties.

Debt instruments like loans and other accounts receivable and payable are initially measured at present value of the future payments and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received.

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity. Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company's obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.

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.

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.

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 though 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.

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

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

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 non-current 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.

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due. Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are shown as either accruals or prepayments in the balance sheet.

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 the income statement so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to income 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 lease asset are consumed.

Foreign currency

Research and development

Research and development expenditure is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

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.

An analysis of the company's revenue is as follows:

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

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 2 (2015 - 2).

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:

The company has estimated tax losses of £27,700 (2015: £137,000) available for carry forward against future trading profits.

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

The replacement cost of raw materials and consumables as at 31 December 2016 is estimated at £500,000 (2015 - £465,000).

Bank loans and overdrafts included within notes 13 and 15 have been secured by an unlimited debenture over the company's assets, together with an unlimited all monies guarantee from Parafix Holdings Limited, the parent company.

The net obligations under hire purchase contracts are secured upon the assets to which the finance relates.

Finance lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for certain items of plant and machinery. 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 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:

The deferred tax asset set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to the utilisation of tax losses, and retirement benefit obligations against future expected profits of the same period.

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.

Ordinary shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up) rights.

The company has given its bankers an unlimited guarantee in respect of the borrowings of Parafix Holdings Limited, which amounted to £186,704 at 31 December 2016 (2015 - £229,250). This guarantee is secured by an unlimited debenture over the company's assets.

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:

Since the balance sheet date dividends totalling £20,000 have been declared and paid.

The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:

The ultimate controlling party is Mr M Punter by virtue of his majority shareholding in the ultimate parent company, Parafix Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.