Company Registration No. 00782078 (England and Wales)
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr P Mondon
Miss V Overton
Mr A Rees
Mr M Harvey
Secretary
Miss V Overton
Company number
00782078
Registered office
Units 1 & 2
Bevan Industrial Estate
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3TF
Auditor
CK Audit
No 4 Castle Court 2
Castlegate Way
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 4RH
Business address
Southern Avenue
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 0QF
Bankers
HSBC Bank Plc
31 Church Street
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
West Midlands
DY10 2AY
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3
Directors' responsibilities statement
4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 22
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2018.
Fair review of the business
We aim to present a considered and balanced review of the performance of the business and its position at the year end.
Turnover has been maintained at circa £26M as the Company continues the delivery of high quality projects, on time and to Client requirements.
Profitability across the group has continued to increase through the principals of strong, stable and professional management systems and support. We strategically target key Clients predominately in the Public Sector, such as Housing Associations and Local Authorities, whilst maintaining our links with organisations, who are strong within their own sector and provide a stable long-term informed relationship. Our continued success and stability has enabled us to retain our local workforce and strengthen our supply chain.
The group continues to invest for future performance and long-term stability by maintaining a balanced well trained, highly motivated workforce. The business takes its health and safety obligations very seriously and to this end employees attend numerous courses during the year both internally and externally, to ensure that all staff have received the necessary training to perform their duties safely.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The demand for services of the group are dependent upon the confidence within the UK housing and construction market. This includes factors such as interest rates and the availability of credit, which are outside the group’s control. The business however continues to reduce risk and uncertainty by increasing its customer base, whilst keeping fixed costs to a minimum. Forward work load levels have remained healthy, as contracts are won, with the business already securing 95% of its anticipated work load for 2019 which includes speculative housing development opportunities.
Key performance indicators
The Directors monitor the performance of the group by reviewing actual monthly results with expected performance and by completing detailed reviews of the performance on individual contracts on a monthly basis.
In addition to this process the Directors measure financial performance for the year using the following indicators:-
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Decline/Growth in Turnover
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Net Profit Before Tax % Turnover
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J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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Other performance indicators
The group uses a suite of non-financial KPI’s to monitor and measure success on a regular basis, which cover the whole business operating functions (these are monitored on a monthly basis).
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Client satisfaction – service and product
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Defects
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Construction time and cost
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Productivity
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Profitability
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Health and Safety inc. accident frequency rates
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Staff Turnover
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Sickness/Absence
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Qualifications and Skills
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Percentage local supplier spend
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Percentage local labour
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Employment/apprentice targets
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Tonnage to landfill
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Waste to landfill as % of all waste
The group places a great importance on ensuring the business undertakes its functions in a safe manner, whilst maintaining quality and ensuring that environmental impacts are minimised. To this end we maintain our CHAS Certification, together with our IS0 9001 and 14001 external accreditation whilst carrying out extensive training and development.
Technology / IT
The impact of digital technology continues, with the industry rapidly adjusting to consumers, clients and service providers operating in a mobile connected world, albeit through fragmented media. The Group has invested in its “IT” infrastructure to facilitate current and continued developments in this field.
Future Developments
The Board of Directors continue to actively review the Company’s performance on an ongoing basis ensuring that projects are secured with appropriate risk analysis and that suitable and sufficient resources are available to ensure the companies systems, procedures and policies are maintained at all times to ensure business success.
We continue to develop our personnel with increased focus on staff training and staff/personal development reviews. All employees have an opportunity to develop their skills within an environment of open and honest reporting systems, support mechanisms and a hierarchy of control mechanisms for key functions.
Mr A Rees
Director
16 April 2019
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the Company continues to be the provision of building contractor services delivering all construction types, including but not restricted to commercial, industrial, leisure and retail, health, education, refurbishment, public buildings, affordable and private housing of all sizes under all procurement routes.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr P Mondon
Miss V Overton
Mr A Rees
Mr M Harvey
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Auditor
The auditor, CK Audit, are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
Mr A Rees
Director
16 April 2019
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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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:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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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.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of J.Harper & Sons(Leominster) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2018 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the 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 FRS 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:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2018 and of its profit for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the
Auditor's
responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard
, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:
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the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or
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the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue
.
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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 our audit
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the information given in the strategic report and the directors' r
eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements
; and
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the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
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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 identifie
d
material misstatements in the strategic report and the directors'
r
eport
.
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:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors'
r
esponsibilities
s
tatement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the
Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities
.
This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Wendy Davies (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of CK Audit
16 April 2019
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
No 4 Castle Court 2
Castlegate Way
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 4RH
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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2018
2017
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
26,775,172
26,622,893
Cost of sales
(23,655,041)
(23,354,950)
Gross profit
3,120,131
3,267,943
Administrative expenses
(2,445,012)
(2,783,370)
Other operating income
12,000
12,000
Operating profit
4
687,119
496,573
Interest receivable and similar income
8
45,400
89,947
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(187)
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Profit before taxation
732,332
586,520
Tax on profit
10
(137,619)
(113,035)
Profit for the financial year
594,713
473,485
The Profit And Loss Account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2018
31 December 2018
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2018
2017
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
5,859
7,812
Current assets
Debtors falling due after more than one year
13
1,735,390
1,882,890
Debtors falling due within one year
13
5,424,649
2,342,384
Cash at bank and in hand
7,246,373
6,905,943
14,406,412
11,131,217
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
(11,699,294)
(9,020,765)
Net current assets
2,707,118
2,110,452
Total assets less current liabilities
2,712,977
2,118,264
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
16
2,000
2,000
Profit and loss reserves
17
2,710,977
2,116,264
Total equity
2,712,977
2,118,264
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 16 April 2019 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M Harvey
Director
Company Registration No. 00782078
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2017
2,000
3,054,779
3,056,779
Year ended 31 December 2017:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
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473,485
473,485
Dividends
11
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(1,412,000)
(1,412,000)
Balance at 31 December 2017
2,000
2,116,264
2,118,264
Year ended 31 December 2018:
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year
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594,713
594,713
Balance at 31 December 2018
2,000
2,710,977
2,712,977
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
J.Harper & Sons(Leominster) Limited is a
private
company
limited by shares
incorporated in England and Wales.
The registered office is
Units 1 & 2, Bevan Industrial Estate, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3TF.
1.1
Accounting convention
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 a
mounts
in these financial statements are
rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost convention, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The company has taken advantage of the reduced disclosure exemptions for subsidiaries as follows:
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• The requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows and Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d).
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• The requirements of Section 11 paragraphs 11.39 to 11.48A and Section 12 paragraphs 12.26 to 12.29A providing the equivalent disclosures required by this FRS are included in the consolidated financial statements of the group in which the entity is consolidated.
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• The requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
1.2
Going concern
A
t the time of approving the financial statements
,
t
he directors have a reasonable expectation that the
company
has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus
t
he directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business
, and
is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes
.
The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
Revenue from contracts for the provision of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold improvements
10% straight line
Plant and machinery
25% reducing balance
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
25% reducing balance
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
.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting
period
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.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit)
in
prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.6
Construction contracts
Where the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated reliably, revenue and costs are recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract activity at the reporting end date. Variations in contract work, claims and incentive payments are included to the extent that the amount can be measured reliably and its receipt is considered probable.
When it is probable that total contract costs will exceed total contract turnover, the expected loss is recognised as an expense immediately.
Where the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated reliably, contract revenue is recognised to the extent of contract costs incurred where it is probable that they will be recoverable. Contract costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which they are incurred. When costs incurred in securing a contract are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred, they are not included in contract costs if the contract is obtained in a subsequent period.
The “percentage of completion method” is used to determine the appropriate amount to recognise in a given period. The stage of completion is measured by the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed to date compared to the estimated total contract costs. Costs incurred in the year in connection with future activity on a contract are excluded from contract costs in determining the stage of completion. These costs are presented as stocks, prepayments or other assets depending on their nature, and provided it is probable they will be recovered.
1.7
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand
are basic financial assets
and
include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset
, with
the net amounts presented in the financial statements
,
when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest
method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Other financial assets
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 profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Trade debtors
, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Interest is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest would be immaterial.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the debt instrument to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those
held
at
fair value through profit and loss
, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected.
If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when
the company
transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from
fellow group companies 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
paymen
ts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective
interest rate method.
Trade creditors
are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired
in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. A
m
ounts payable are classified as
current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented
as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price
and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts,
are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are
s
ubsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as
being measured at
fair value 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.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations
expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The
company’s
liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the
company
has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases,
including
any lease incentives received, are charged
to the profit and loss account
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.
Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant
effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Construction contract revenue
Construction contract revenue reflects management's best estimate of the outcome and stage of completion of each contract. This includes the assessment of the profitability of each ongoing contract and estimates of costs to complete. For certain contracts the costs to complete and contract profitability are subject to significant estimation uncertainty.
Recoverability of amounts due from contract customers
The directors have considered the recoverability of amounts due from contract customers which at the year end amounted to £3,000,817 (2017 £1,322,135). Where amounts represent current valuations the directors are satisfied that amounts will be settled promptly on presentation of an invoice. The directors review amounts outstanding relating to retentions and consider whether there are any issues on the contract which need to be resolved, whether any further costs need to be taken in to account and the likelihood of amounts being recovered. Based on these reviews, the directors are satisfied with the recoverability of balances due from contract customers at the year end.
Impairment of trade receivables
A provision for doubtful trade receivables
is set up when the likelihood of recovering the debt is diminished. The level of provision will be based on any current repayment plan entered into and which is being adhered to by the debtor, together with an estimate of the likelihood of the amounts due being fully recovered.
The directors are satisfied that there is no impairment of trade receivables at the year end.
3
Turnover and other revenue
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2018
2017
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of services
26,775,172
26,622,893
2018
2017
£
£
Other significant revenue
Interest income
45,400
89,947
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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4
Operating profit
2018
2017
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
1,953
4,216
Operating lease charges
426,443
358,871
5
Auditor's remuneration
2018
2017
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
7,000
6,750
For other services
Taxation compliance services
750
750
All other non-audit services
750
750
1,500
1,500
6
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2018
2017
Number
Number
Administration staff
39
36
Site based
64
62
103
98
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2018
2017
£
£
Wages and salaries
3,822,074
3,369,834
Social security costs
391,401
345,986
Pension costs
243,755
238,577
4,457,230
3,954,397
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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7
Directors' remuneration
2018
2017
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
631,518
614,727
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
105,675
120,445
737,193
735,172
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 3 (2017 - 3
).
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2018
2017
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
305,270
302,127
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
10,000
30,087
8
Interest receivable and similar income
2018
2017
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
15,444
594
Interest receivable from group companies
29,956
40,889
Other interest income
-
48,464
Total income
45,400
89,947
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2018
2017
£
£
Other interest
187
-
10
Taxation
2018
2017
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
137,619
117,052
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
-
(4,017)
Total tax charge
137,619
113,035
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
10
Taxation
(Continued)
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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:
2018
2017
£
£
Profit before taxation
732,332
586,520
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19.00% (2017: 19.00%)
139,143
111,439
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
1,285
1,479
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(2,934)
-
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
5
(1,182)
Effect of change in corporation tax rate
-
1,342
Double tax relief
-
(43)
Change in unrecognised deferred tax liabilities
120
-
Taxation charge for the year
137,619
113,035
11
Dividends
2018
2017
£
£
Final paid
-
1,412,000
12
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018
88,630
8,603
185,334
282,567
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2018
88,630
8,603
177,522
274,755
Depreciation charged in the year
-
-
1,953
1,953
At 31 December 2018
88,630
8,603
179,475
276,708
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2018
-
-
5,859
5,859
At 31 December 2017
-
-
7,812
7,812
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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13
Debtors
2018
2017
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,632,669
481,669
Gross amounts owed by contract customers
3,000,817
1,322,135
Amounts owed by group undertakings
430,872
198,355
Other debtors
220,411
213,744
Prepayments and accrued income
139,880
126,481
5,424,649
2,342,384
2018
2017
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,735,390
1,882,890
Total debtors
7,160,039
4,225,274
The loans with group companies are subject to a formal loan agreement with the following terms:
Loan due from parent undertaking
-
Repayment £8,125 per month
- Interest 1% per annum above base
- Term 20 years from 8 December 2016
Loan due from fellow group undertakings
-
Repayment £4,167 per month
- Interest 1% per annum above base
- Term 20 years from 1 June 2016
14
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2018
2017
£
£
Payments received on account
333,099
453,462
Trade creditors
11,080,105
8,334,680
Corporation tax
137,619
117,052
Other taxation and social security
41,197
28,521
Other creditors
2,139
-
Accruals and deferred income
105,135
87,050
11,699,294
9,020,765
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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15
Retirement benefit schemes
2018
2017
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
243,755
238,577
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.
16
Share capital
2018
2017
£
£
Ordinary share capital
Issued and fully paid
2,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each
2,000
2,000
17
Profit and loss reserves
2018
2017
£
£
At 1 January 2018
2,116,264
3,054,779
Profit for the year
594,713
473,485
Dividends
-
(1,412,000)
At 31 December 2018
2,710,977
2,116,264
18
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
The company is party to unlimited guarantees and cross guarantees with other group companies to secure overdraft facilities of Harper Group Plc and its subsidiaries. As at 31 December 2018 the amount owing by other group companies was £nil (2017 £nil).
Performance bonds
Performance bonds require the
bondsmen
to make payments to third parties in the event that the
company
does not perform what is expected of it under the terms of any related contracts or commercial arrangements.
Performance bonds at the year end amounted to £2,870,867 (2017 £1,932,593). Cash collateral deposits in connection with performance bonds held with insurance companies at the year end amount to £452,373 (2017 £721,675) and are included in cash at bank.
The deposits relate to five specific contracts, and will be released once all terms per the collateral agreement have been fulfilled.
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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19
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
Operating lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for certain of its properties which include, property rental, equipment rental and motor vehicles rentals.
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:
2018
2017
£
£
Within one year
368,097
365,862
Between two and five years
639,048
734,822
In over five years
647,500
688,333
1,654,645
1,789,017
At the reporting end date the total future minimum sublease payments expected to be received under non-cancellable subleases was £2,000 (2017 £14,000).
20
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Purchases
2018
2017
£
£
Other related parties
15,512
11,100
Rent
2018
2017
£
£
Key management personnel
58,000
48,000
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2018
2017
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Other related parties
66
5,460
J.HARPER & SONS(LEOMINSTER) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018
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21
Ultimate controlling party
The directors regard Harper Group Management Limited, a company registered in England and Wales as the ultimate parent company.
The immediate parent company is Harper Group plc.
The directors regard Harper Group Management Limited, a company registered in England and Wales as the ultimate controlling party.
Harper Group Management Limited is the parent undertaking of the largest group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements are drawn up.
Harper Group Management Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from Units 1 & 2, Bevan Industrial Estate, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3TF.
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