Humber Ports Holding Limited - Limited company accounts 23.2
Humber Ports Holding Limited - Limited company accounts 23.2
REGISTERED NUMBER: 08590484 (England and Wales) |
Humber Ports Holding Limited |
Group Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |
Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
Page |
Company Information | 1 |
Group Strategic Report | 2 |
Report of the Directors | 4 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income | 9 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet | 10 |
Company Balance Sheet | 11 |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 13 |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 14 |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement | 15 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 16 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited |
Company Information |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
DIRECTORS: |
REGISTERED OFFICE: |
REGISTERED NUMBER: |
AUDITORS: |
Chartered Accountants |
Statutory Auditor |
Regent's Court |
Princess Street |
Hull |
East Yorkshire |
HU2 8BA |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited - Strategic Report for Year Ending 31st March 2023 |
Principal Activity |
The principal activity of the year was that of haulage. |
Review of the Business |
The directors of the business aim to present a fair review of the last years trade and factors that have influenced the years trade as well as the uncertainties we face with the haulage sector moving forward. |
The company's core business is that of supplying haulage to European Shipping Lines & Freight forwarders that ship cargo from Europe into the UK via the main ports situated on the North and south Banks of the Humber estuary. The company provides delivery & distribution across the UK for these goods, which is predominantly delivered via shipping containers, as well as European ferry trailers imported into the UK. |
The company asset & labour policy allows the company to be more flexible and able to react more quickly to market as it changes. With the current number spot/short term rentals trucks and matching the same number of agency labour allows the company to down scale or upscale depending on customers' demands and control cost and reducing cost & overheads when required |
We accept that there will always be low and high points throughout the year due to seasonal demands, but with our long-term customer commitments of volumes and our asset & labour policy allows us to react quickly to these demands and controls our cost in a more cost-effective manner and this has shown in 2023 results. |
Principal Risks and Uncertainties |
The current risk and uncertainty relate to supply and cost of fuel & energy due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and long delays in raw materials needed for manufacturing. |
The Directors have a strong management team with wealth of experience with the haulage & logistics sector, all management have implemented and managed the restructure well to support the continue grow and development of the business. |
Whilst we can try and forecast issues, the business is still subject to outside influences beyond our control and will continue to monitor closely to ensure that the company continues mitigate/recover additional cost when required: |
- | Rising fuel & energy cost; |
- | Increase in labour cost - as result of increased cost living; |
- |
Reduced Labour market - Due to Brexit and UK Settlement status and aging work force within the Transport sector; |
- | Ongoing capital investment to meet changing environmental standard and legislation; |
- | Supply and cost increase of New Equipment; |
- | Port/Terminal Delays as a result of Brexit and customers procedures; |
- | Competitive market prices; |
- | Bad Debt. |
These risks are being addressed by: |
- | Monthly Fuel Surcharge adjustment; |
- |
Working closely with customers to understand their requirement to offer alternative/competitive solutions; |
- | Investing in employees & technologies to increase productivity and reduce downtime; |
- | Credit insurance policy for all customers to cover bad debt. |
Key Performance Indicators |
The group key performance indicators during the year are:- |
- | Turnover |
- | Operating profit |
- | Truck utilisation |
Turnover and operating profitability are as stated on the Income Statement in these accounts. These performance indicators are monitored by the directors at all times throughout the year and form a basis for decision making. |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Group Strategic Report |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
Performance overview |
The Directors are pleased with results achieved in the current climate and are continuing to manage the wider effects in rising energy prices and manufacturing. |
The Directors are confident that the company has continued to grow and are continually looking at new technologies and solutions within the transport industry to make the company more efficient and sustainable to give the company a competitive edge within a competitive market place. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Report of the Directors |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31st March 2023. |
DIVIDENDS |
Ordinary dividends of £54,000 were paid in the year. The Directors do not recommend the payment of a final dividend. |
DIRECTORS |
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1st April 2022 to the date of this report. |
Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
QUALIFYING THIRD PARTY INDEMNITY PROVISIONS |
The group has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date. |
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group 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 group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information. |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Report of the Directors |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, Smailes Goldie, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Humber Ports Holding Limited |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Humber Ports Holding Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31st March 2023 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31st March 2023 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent 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 Group 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 Group 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 Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Humber Ports Holding Limited |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the parent company 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 four, 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent 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: |
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 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 the Companies Act 2006, tax legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation. An understanding of these laws and regulations and the extent of compliance was obtained through discussion with management and inspecting legal and regulatory correspondence. |
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by making enquiries of management 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 to identify unusual transactions; |
- |
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and |
- | investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Humber Ports Holding Limited |
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; |
- | reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
- | enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
- | reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators and the company's legal advisors. |
Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances 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. |
The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission, or misrepresentation. |
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. |
for and on behalf of |
Chartered Accountants |
Statutory Auditor |
Regent's Court |
Princess Street |
Hull |
East Yorkshire |
HU2 8BA |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
TURNOVER | 13,663,247 | 12,495,402 |
Cost of sales | 7,982,623 | 7,350,210 |
GROSS PROFIT | 5,680,624 | 5,145,192 |
Administrative expenses | 5,346,568 | 4,915,147 |
334,056 | 230,045 |
Other operating income | 41,444 | 256,975 |
OPERATING PROFIT | 4 | 375,500 | 487,020 |
Interest receivable and similar income | 1 | - |
375,501 | 487,020 |
Interest payable and similar expenses | 5 | 112,113 | 81,152 |
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | 263,388 | 405,868 |
Tax on profit | 6 | 70,017 | 120,058 |
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
193,371 |
285,810 |
Profit attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 193,371 | 285,810 |
Total comprehensive income attributable to: |
Owners of the parent | 193,371 | 285,810 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
31st March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 9 | 1,891,934 | 2,191,957 |
Investments | 10 | - | - |
1,891,934 | 2,191,957 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Stocks | 11 | 27,834 | 31,428 |
Debtors | 12 | 1,976,175 | 2,450,563 |
Cash at bank and in hand | 287,266 | 13,970 |
2,291,275 | 2,495,961 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 13 | 3,353,516 | 3,399,820 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | (1,062,241 | ) | (903,859 | ) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
829,693 |
1,288,098 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year |
14 |
(445,886 |
) |
(1,113,679 |
) |
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 18 | (241,317 | ) | (171,300 | ) |
NET ASSETS | 142,490 | 3,119 |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 19 | 100 | 100 |
Retained earnings | 20 | 142,390 | 3,019 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 142,490 | 3,119 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 15th January 2024 and were signed on its behalf by: |
J Benton - Director |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Company Balance Sheet |
31st March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 9 |
Investments | 10 |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 13 |
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | ( |
) | ( |
) |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
Called up share capital | 19 |
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
Company's profit for the financial year | 54,000 | 40,000 |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1st April 2021 | 100 | (242,791 | ) | (242,691 | ) |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (40,000 | ) | (40,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 285,810 | 285,810 |
Balance at 31st March 2022 | 100 | 3,019 | 3,119 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | (54,000 | ) | (54,000 | ) |
Total comprehensive income | - | 193,371 | 193,371 |
Balance at 31st March 2023 | 100 | 142,390 | 142,490 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Company Statement of Changes in Equity |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
Called up |
share | Retained | Total |
capital | earnings | equity |
£ | £ | £ |
Balance at 1st April 2021 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31st March 2022 |
Changes in equity |
Dividends | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Total comprehensive income | - |
Balance at 31st March 2023 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
2023 | 2022 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | (581,859 | ) | 515,042 |
Interest paid | (112,113 | ) | (81,152 | ) |
Net cash from operating activities | (693,972 | ) | 433,890 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | - | (573,070 | ) |
Interest received | 1 | - |
Net cash from investing activities | 1 | (573,070 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
New loans in year | 1,495,545 | 1,062,153 |
Capital repayments in year | (638,190 | ) | (921,064 | ) |
Amount introduced by directors | 218,846 | 140,000 |
Amount withdrawn by directors | (54,934 | ) | (138,215 | ) |
Equity dividends paid | (54,000 | ) | (40,000 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | 967,267 | 102,874 |
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 273,296 | (36,306 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
2 |
13,970 |
50,276 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
2 |
287,266 |
13,970 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Profit before taxation | 263,388 | 405,868 |
Depreciation charges | 300,023 | 250,349 |
Finance costs | 112,113 | 81,152 |
Finance income | (1 | ) | - |
675,523 | 737,369 |
Decrease in stocks | 3,594 | 803 |
Decrease in trade and other debtors | 310,476 | 343,054 |
Decrease in trade and other creditors | (1,571,452 | ) | (566,184 | ) |
Cash generated from operations | (581,859 | ) | 515,042 |
2. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: |
Year ended 31st March 2023 |
31.3.23 | 1.4.22 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 287,266 | 13,970 |
Year ended 31st March 2022 |
31.3.22 | 1.4.21 |
£ | £ |
Cash and cash equivalents | 13,970 | 50,276 |
3. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT |
At 1.4.22 | Cash flow | At 31.3.23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 13,970 | 273,296 | 287,266 |
13,970 | 273,296 | 287,266 |
Debt |
Finance leases | (1,390,006 | ) | 564,130 | (825,876 | ) |
Debts falling due within 1 year | (90,031 | ) | (74,439 | ) | (164,470 | ) |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (152,619 | ) | 148,499 | (4,120 | ) |
(1,632,656 | ) | 638,190 | (994,466 | ) |
Total | (1,618,686 | ) | 911,486 | (707,200 | ) |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
Humber Ports Holding Limited is a |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
Basis of consolidation |
The group financial statements consolidate the financial statements of Humber Ports Holding Limited and all its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 31st March each year. No statement of comprehensive income is presented for Humber Ports Holding Limited as permitted by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. |
Going concern |
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The support of the group, headed by Samskip Holding B.V, the ultimate parent company, has been confirmed and therefore the directors are of the view that the company will be able to operate for at least the next 12 months. |
Turnover |
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
Tangible fixed assets |
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life. |
Plant and machinery etc | 20% on reducing balance |
15% on reducing balance |
17% on a straight line basis |
10% on a straight line basis |
Stocks |
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
Taxation |
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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 balance sheet date. |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Deferred tax |
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet 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. |
Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
The interest element of these obligations is charged to the profit and loss account over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
Debtors and creditors receivable/payable within one year |
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account in other administrative expenses. |
3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries | 3,981,815 | 3,674,513 |
Social security costs | 407,596 | 346,595 |
Other pension costs | 88,569 | 105,047 |
4,477,980 | 4,126,155 |
The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
Directors | 4 | 2 |
Administrative staff | 9 | 8 |
Other staff | 94 | 76 |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Directors' remuneration | 73,033 | 19,128 |
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 3,465 | - |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
4. | OPERATING PROFIT |
The operating profit is stated after charging: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Hire of plant and machinery | 1,319,505 | 1,456,968 |
Depreciation - owned assets | 300,023 | 250,349 |
Auditors' remuneration | 22,500 | 1,250 |
Other non- audit services | 1,000 | 750 |
5. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
HP Interest | 23,797 | 24,151 |
Other loan interest | 88,316 | 57,001 |
112,113 | 81,152 |
6. | TAXATION |
Analysis of the tax charge |
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 70,017 | 120,058 |
Tax on profit | 70,017 | 120,058 |
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 | 263,388 | 405,868 |
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19 % (2022 - 19 %) |
50,044 |
77,115 |
Effects of: |
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 2,329 | 2,286 |
Losses utilised | 785 | (454 | ) |
Change in rate | 16,859 | 41,111 |
Total tax charge | 70,017 | 120,058 |
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his budget to parliament on 3 March 2021 in which he confirmed that the corporation tax rate would increase from the current rate of 19% to 25% from 1 April 2023 for companies with profits greater than £50,000. As the rate increase had been substantively enacted by the balance sheet date, deferred tax has been provided for in this set of financial statements at that rate. |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
7. | INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements. |
8. | DIVIDENDS |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Ordinary shares shares of £1 each |
Interim | 54,000 | 40,000 |
9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Group |
Fixtures |
Plant and | and | Motor | Computer |
machinery | fittings | vehicles | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1st April 2022 | 1,690,136 | 119,216 | 1,120,125 | 19,289 | 2,948,766 |
Disposals | (3,030 | ) | - | (36,900 | ) | - | (39,930 | ) |
At 31st March 2023 | 1,687,106 | 119,216 | 1,083,225 | 19,289 | 2,908,836 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1st April 2022 | 440,012 | 32,999 | 277,189 | 6,609 | 756,809 |
Charge for year | 112,248 | 15,215 | 169,680 | 2,880 | 300,023 |
Eliminated on disposal | (3,030 | ) | - | (36,900 | ) | - | (39,930 | ) |
At 31st March 2023 | 549,230 | 48,214 | 409,969 | 9,489 | 1,016,902 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st March 2023 | 1,137,876 | 71,002 | 673,256 | 9,800 | 1,891,934 |
At 31st March 2022 | 1,250,124 | 86,217 | 842,936 | 12,680 | 2,191,957 |
10. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
Company |
Shares in |
group |
undertakings |
£ |
COST |
At 1st April 2022 |
and 31st March 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st March 2023 |
At 31st March 2022 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
10. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued |
The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
Subsidiaries |
Registered office: Same as office on page 1 of these financial statements. |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
Registered office: Same as office on page 1 of these financial statements. |
Nature of business: |
% |
Class of shares: | holding |
11. | STOCKS |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Stocks | 27,834 | 31,428 |
12. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors | 732,076 | 1,794,458 |
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 477,699 | - |
Other debtors | 426,418 | 288,677 |
Directors' loan accounts | - | 163,912 |
Prepayments | 339,982 | 203,516 |
1,976,175 | 2,450,563 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
13. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
Group | Company |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Other loans (see note 15) | 164,470 | 90,031 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 16) | 444,110 | 536,946 |
Trade creditors | 593,555 | 673,578 |
Amounts owed to group undertakings | 1,495,545 | - |
Social security and other taxes | 132,982 | 153,182 |
VAT | - | 7,060 | - | - |
Other creditors | 58,011 | 1,473,319 |
Accrued expenses | 464,843 | 465,704 |
3,353,516 | 3,399,820 |
Included within other creditors are invoice discounting advances of £Nil (2022 £1,468,136). |
14. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Other loans (see note 15) | 4,120 | 152,619 |
Hire purchase contracts (see note 16) | 381,766 | 853,060 |
Other creditors | 60,000 | 108,000 |
445,886 | 1,113,679 |
15. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year or | on demand: |
Other loans | 164,470 | 90,031 |
Amounts falling due between two and | five years: |
Other loans - 2-5 years | 4,120 | 152,619 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
16. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
Group |
Hire purchase | contracts |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Net obligations repayable: |
Within one year | 444,110 | 536,946 |
Between one and five years | 381,766 | 853,060 |
825,876 | 1,390,006 |
17. | SECURED DEBTS |
Included within creditors are liabilities of £994,465 (2022: £2,791,030) which are secured by fixed and floating charges on all of the assets of the group, or in the case of hire purchase contracts, these are secured on the relevant asset. |
National Westminster Bank plc hold a charge created on 20th April 2022. The charge consists of a fixed and floating charge over all assets. The floating charge covers all the property or undertaking of the company. The charge contains a negative pledge. |
18. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
Group |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Deferred tax | 241,317 | 171,300 |
Group |
Deferred |
tax |
£ |
Balance at 1st April 2022 | 171,300 |
Charge to Statement of Comprehensive Income during year | 70,017 |
Balance at 31st March 2023 | 241,317 |
19. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2023 | 2022 |
value: | £ | £ |
Ordinary shares | £1 | 100 | 100 |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
20. | RESERVES |
Group |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
At 1st April 2022 | 3,019 |
Profit for the year | 193,371 |
Dividends | (54,000 | ) |
At 31st March 2023 | 142,390 |
Company |
Retained |
earnings |
£ |
Profit for the year |
Dividends | ( |
) |
At 31st March 2023 |
Retained earnings |
Retained earnings represent cumulative profits and losses net of dividends and other adjustments. |
21. | FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS |
The group has the following operating lease commitments: |
2023 | 2022 |
£ | £ |
Within one year | 228,955 | 365,538 |
Between one and five years | - | 228,954 |
Over 5 years | - | - |
228,955 | 594,493 |
In addition to the above, within other creditors is an amount of £120,563 relating to pension contributions yet to be paid at the year end (2022: £188,031). |
22. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES |
As at 31 March 2023, the group was owed £Nil (2022 £163,912) by it's directors. During the year there were advances to directors totalling £54,934 (2022: £138,215) and amounts repaid by directors totalling £218,846 (2022: £140,000). |
The amounts due to the group by it's directors are interest free and repayable on demand. |
Humber Ports Holding Limited (Registered number: 08590484) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued |
for the year ended 31st March 2023 |
23. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
At the balance sheet date the ultimate controlling party was S Benton a director of Humber Ports Holding Limited. |
Subsequent to he year end the the controlling interests changed and and at the date of the report is as follows; |
The ultimate parent company is Samskip Holding B.V. of Waalhaven O.Z. 81, Rotterdam, the Netherlands which is registered with the Trade Register at the Chamber of Commerce under number 24420592. |
Mr O Olafsson is the ultimate controlling party. |