9. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES


2014

2013


£

£

Trade debtors

​-

1,140,000

Other receivables

2,395,257

103,442

Other taxes

25,451

76,149

Prepayment

4,548

2,501


2,425,257

1,322,092

There are no receivables that are past due but not impaired at the period end, and receivables relate only to customers with no recent history of default. There are no provisions for irrecoverable debt included in the balances above.

10. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

All of the group’s cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2014 are in sterling and held at floating interest rates.


2014

2013


£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

1,216,471

393,922

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximates to their fair value.

11. INVENTORY


2014

2013


£

£

Work in progress

5,070,454

6,261,384

12. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES


2014

2013


£

£

Trade creditors

60,766

169,510

Accruals

54,848

140,693

Tax

5,478

89,483

Other creditors

619,998

52,893


741,090

452,579

13. BORROWINGS


2014

2013


£

£

Director’s loans

3,631,410

4,035,391

Other loans

755,000

565,000

Bank and other loans

4,483,665

3,773,034


8,870,075

8,373,425

Included in other loans, all bearing interest at 10%-12% per annum, is the sum of £300,000 (2012: £300,000) advanced by the DFM Pension Scheme of which Mr J Dubois is the principal beneficiary.

C C Johnson is a named guarantor on the loan included within bank loans.

The bank borrowings are repayable as follows:


2014

2013


£

£

On demand or within one year

574,503

3,380,034

In the second year

3,909,162

393,000

In the third to fifth years inclusive

​-

​-


4,483,665

3,773,034




Less amount due for settlement within 12 months (included in current liabilities)

(574,503)

(3,380,034)

Amount due for settlement after 12 months

3,909,162

393,000

The weighted average interest rates paid on the bank loans were as follows:

Bank Loans - 8.41% (2013: 5.1%)

All of the Director’s loan is repayable after more than 1 year. Interest of £100,000 was paid at the rate of 5% pa as from 1 April 2013 (2013: nil).

14. SHARE CAPITAL

     Authorised share capital

0

2014

2013


Number

Number

Ordinary shares of 1p each - @ 1 April 2013

214,375,200

214,375,200

Additional shares issued for cash in year

14,000,000

​-


228,375,200

214,375,200

Issued, allotted and fully paid

2014

2013


£

£

Ordinary shares of 1p each

2,283,752

2,143,752

On 16 July 2013 Trafalgar New Homes plc issued 14,000,000 ordinary shares for cash at £0.02 per share.

15. SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT


2014

2013


£

£

Balance brought forward

​961,128

961,128

Premium on issue of new shares

140,000

​-

Share issue costs

(25,615)

​-

Balance carried forward

1,075,513

961,128

16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Mr C C Johnson holds 81.8% (2013: 87.15%) of the total issued share capital of the Group.

In the prior year, the Directors agreed to sell a small number of completed properties to Mr C C Johnson and his Pension Fund for an aggregate consideration of £760,000. There have been no such similar arrangements in the current year.

In the previous year, four properties were also sold to an independent third party to whom Mr J Dubois provided an indirect loan of nil (2013: £275,000) in connection with these purchases, for an aggregate consideration of £nil (2013: £972,000).

The following working capital loans have been provided by the Directors:


2014

2013


£

£

C C Johnson

£3,631,410

4,035,391

J Dubois

​300,000

300,000

Mr Johnson’s Loan was interest-free except that £2,000,000 bore interest at 5% pa from 1st April 2013. Mr Dubois’s Loan, which is from his Pension Fund of which he is the sole beneficiary, was at 12% pa interest (2013: 15% pa).

Mrs L C Howard (daughter of Mr C C Johnson) has provided a loan to the company at a rate of 10% per annum of £90,000 (2013: £100,000).


17. CATEGORIES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The group’s financial assets are divided as cash and cash equivalents. The group’s financial liabilities are divided as directors loans, bank loans and other loans.


Loans, cash and cash equivalents and receivables held at amortised cost

Borrowings and trade payables held at amortised cost


2014

2013

2014

2013


£

£

£

£

Financial assets





Cash and cash equivalents

1,216,471

393,922






Financial liabilities





Borrowings - directors loans

3,631,410

4,035,391

Borrowings - bank loan

4,483,665

3,773,034

Borrowings - other loans

755,000

565,000

Total

1,216,471

393,922

8,870,075

8,373,425

Annual report & consolidated financial statements 2014

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