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COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 09584890
Energizer UK Limited
Annual Report
30 September 2024
Energizer UK Limited
Financial Statements
Year ended 30 September 2024
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Independent auditors' report to the members of Energizer UK Limited
5
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Statement of financial position
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12
Energizer UK Limited
Strategic Report
Year ended 30 September 2024
Business review
The company is an investment holding company (see note 10 for details). Given the straight forward nature of the business the company's directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business. The company has reported a loss for both the current and prior year as a result of interest payable on intercompany loans. At the balance sheet date the company had net assets of £136m (2023: £136m).
Future activities
The directors do not anticipate any significant changes to the activities of the company in the near future.
Financial risk management
The credit, liquidity and cash flow risks are deemed low due to the ability to obtain financing from group undertakings. Treasury and financial risk management are conducted at a corporate level and further details can be found in section 1A of Energizer Holdings Inc.'s 2024 annual report, which does not form part of this report.
Principal risks and uncertainties
As an investment holding company the principal risk that the company is exposed to is the recoverability of its investment values. The directors carry out annual impairment reviews of these investments and regular performance reviews of their underlying businesses.
This report was approved by the board of directors on 26 June 2025 and signed on behalf of the board by:
Mrs S Hampton
Director
Registered office:
Sword House
Totteridge Road
High Wycombe
Bucks
England
HP13 6DG
Energizer UK Limited
Directors' Report
Year ended 30 September 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 September 2024 .
Directors
The directors who served the company during the year and up to the date of signing the financial statements were as follows:
Mrs K Dugan
Mrs K Gabrielson
Mrs S Hampton
Dividends paid and payable
The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.
Qualifying third party indemnity provisions
During the year qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the directors were provided by Energizer Holdings Inc., the ultimate parent company. Such qualifying indemnity provisions remain in force as at the date of approval of the financial statements.
Going concern
The company is a holding company and has no day to day working capital requirements. At the year end the company had net current liabilities as a result of intercompany loans, it has obtained a legally binding letter of financial support from the ultimate parent Energizer Holdings Inc. to ensure that the Company is able to operate as a going concern and to settle its liabilities for at least a period of 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Disclosure of information in the strategic report
The directors' assessment of the company's principal risks and uncertainties and financial risk management is set out in the Strategic Report.
Directors' responsibilities statement
The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation. Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", and applicable law). Under company law, 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 the financial statements, the directors are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; - make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and - 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 safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The directors are also 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. Directors' confirmations In the case of each director in office at the date the Directors' Report is approved: - so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware; and - they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
Independent auditors
The auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have indicated their willingness to continue in office and a resolution concerning their reappointment will be proposed at the next board meeting.
This report was approved by the board of directors on 26 June 2025 and signed on behalf of the board by:
Mrs S Hampton
Director
Registered office:
Sword House
Totteridge Road
High Wycombe
Bucks
England
HP13 6DG
Energizer UK Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Energizer UK Limited
Year ended 30 September 2024
Report on the audit of the financial statements
Opinion In our opinion, Energizer UK Limited's financial statements: - give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 2024 and of its loss for the year then ended; - have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland", and applicable law); and - have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report, which comprise: the statement of financial position as at 30 September 2024; the statement of comprehensive income and the statement of changes in equity for the year then ended; and the notes to the financial statements, which include a description of the significant accounting policies.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) ("ISAs (UK)") and applicable law. Our responsibilities under ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Independence We remained independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, which includes the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
Conclusions relating to going concern
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 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.
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.
However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this conclusion is not a guarantee as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Reporting on other information
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance 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 an apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of 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 based on these responsibilities. With respect to the Strategic report and Directors' Report, we also considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 2006 have been included. Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and matters as described below.
Strategic report and directors' report
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, the information given in the Strategic report and Directors' Report for the year ended 30 September 2024 is consistent with the financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we did not identify any material misstatements in the Strategic report and Directors' Report.
Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the directors for the financial statements As explained more fully in the Directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The directors are also responsible for such internal control as they 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.
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 an auditors' 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. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below. Based on our understanding of the company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to compliance with the Companies Act 2006 and tax legislation as applicable in the UK, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included: - Testing of journal entries for appropriateness, testing of the accounting estimates (because of the risk of management bias), and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business; and - Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors' report. Use of this report
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company's members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Other required reporting
Companies Act 2006 exception reporting Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion: - we have not obtained all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or - adequate accounting records have not been kept by the company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or - certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or - the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns. We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Udaya Suddapalli
(Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered accountants & Statutory Auditors
Watford
26 June 2025
Energizer UK Limited
Statement of Comprehensive Income
Year ended 30 September 2024
2024
2023
Note
£000
£000
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
( 483)
( 239)
----
----
Loss before taxation
( 483)
( 239)
Tax on loss
9
121
----
----
Loss for the financial year and total comprehensive income
( 362)
( 239)
----
----
All the activities of the company are from continuing operations.
Energizer UK Limited
Statement of Financial Position
30 September 2024
2024
2023
Note
£000
£000
£000
Fixed assets
Investments
10
142,826
143,116
Current assets
Debtors
11
164
43
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
6,945
6,752
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-------
Net current liabilities
6,781
6,709
---------
---------
Total assets less current liabilities
136,045
136,407
---------
---------
Capital and reserves
Share premium account
14
186,993
186,993
Profit and loss account
( 50,948)
( 50,586)
---------
---------
Total shareholders' funds
136,045
136,407
---------
---------
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the medium companies regime.
These financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 26 June 2025 , and are signed on behalf of the board by:
Mrs S Hampton
Director
Company registration number: 09584890
Energizer UK Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity
Year ended 30 September 2024
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
Total
£000
£000
£000
At 1 October 2022
186,993
( 50,347)
136,646
Loss for the year
( 239)
( 239)
---------
--------
---------
Total comprehensive income for the year
( 239)
( 239)
At 30 September 2023
186,993
( 50,586)
136,407
Loss for the year
( 362)
( 362)
---------
--------
---------
Total comprehensive income for the year
( 362)
( 362)
---------
--------
---------
At 30 September 2024
186,993
( 50,948)
136,045
---------
--------
---------
Energizer UK Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year ended 30 September 2024
1. General information
The company is a private company limited by shares, incorporated and registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Sword House, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, United Kingdom, HP13 6DG.
2. Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable United Kingdom accounting standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' ('FRS 102'), and with the Companies Act 2006.
3. Accounting policies
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the period in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the company's financial statements.
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the company's accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in this note under the heading judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty.
Going concern
The company is a holding company and has no day to day working capital requirements. At the year end the company had net current liabilities as a result of intercompany loans, it has obtained a legally binding letter of financial support from the ultimate parent Energizer Holdings Inc. to ensure that the Company is able to operate as a going concern and to settle its liabilities as they fall due. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
Disclosure exemptions
The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. Its financial statements are consolidated into the financial statements of Energizer Holdings Inc ., which can be obtained from Investor relations, Energizer Holdings Inc., 8235 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 100 Clayton, MO 63105, USA. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions: - from the requirement to prepare a statement of cash flows as required by paragraph 3.17(d) of FRS 102; - from the requirement to disclose the key management personnel compensation in total as required by paragraph 33.7 of FRS 102; - from the requirement to present a reconciliation of the number of shares outstanding at the beginning and end of the period as required by paragraph 4.12(a)(iv) of FRS 102;and - from the requirement to present certain financial instrument disclosures, as required by sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102.
Consolidation
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Energizer International Group B.V. and of its ultimate parent, Energizer Holdings Inc., a company incorporated in the USA. It is included in the consolidated financial statements of Energizer Holdings Inc. which are publicly available and can be obtained from Investor Relations, Energizer Holdings Inc., 8235 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 100 Clayton, MO 63105, USA. Therefore the company is exempt by virtue of section 401 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements.
Related party transactions
The company has made use of the exemption contained in paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102, not to disclose related party transactions with other group companies, as it is a wholly owned subsidiary of a company, Energizer Holdings Inc., which prepares consolidated financial statements incorporating those transactions.
Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively. Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other 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. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Taxation
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the company operates and generates income.
Impairment of non-financial assets
At each balance sheet date non-financial assets not carried at fair value are assessed to determine whether there is an indication that the asset (or asset's cash generating unit) may be impaired. If there is such an indication the recoverable amount of the asset (or asset's cash generating unit) is compared to the carrying amount of the asset (or asset's cash generating unit).
The recoverable amount of the asset (or asset's cash generating unit) is the higher of the fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Value in use is defined as the present value of the future cash flows before interest and tax obtainable as a result of the asset's (or asset's cash generating unit) continued use. These cash flows are discounted using a pre-tax discount rate that represents the current market risk-free rate and the risks inherent in the asset.
If the recoverable amount of the asset (or asset's cash generating unit) is estimated to be lower than the carrying amount, the carrying amount is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised in the profit and loss account, unless the asset has been revalued when the amount is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent of any previously recognised revaluation. Thereafter any excess is recognised in profit or loss.
Investments
Investments in subsidiaries are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.
Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
Share capital
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.
Dividends
Equity dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. Interim equity dividends are recognised when paid. Final equity dividends are recognised when approved by the shareholders at an annual general meeting.
Dividend income is recognised when the right to receive payment is established.
4. Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below.
Recoverable amount of investments
The company makes estimates of the recoverable amounts of its investments in subsidiary undertakings based on the net assets of the subsidiaries or the discounted net present value of their expected future operating cash flows. The latter involves significant estimates and assumptions related to revenue growth rates and discount rates.
5. Auditors' remuneration
The auditors' remuneration in the year was borne by another group company. The remuneration in respect of the audit for the company was £10,900 (2023: £10,367), however no recharge was made to the company.
6. Directors' remuneration
The directors are all based in the US and are paid by the ultimate parent Energizer Holdings Inc. (EHI). EHI does not charge any UK entity for the services of these directors as they are paid predominantly for their services to EHI and not for their services as directors of the UK subsidiaries.
7. Income from shares in group undertakings
2024
2023
£000
£000
Dividends from group undertakings
290
Gain/(loss) on disposal of shares in group
(290)
----
----
----
----
The dividend income and loss on disposal relate to the investment in Berec Overseas Investments Limited which was dissolved on 19 September 2024.
8. Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£000
£000
Interest due to group undertakings
483
239
----
----
9. Tax on loss
Major components of tax income
2024
2023
£000
£000
Current tax:
UK current tax income
( 121)
----
----
Tax on loss
( 121)
----
----
Reconciliation of tax income
The tax assessed on the loss on ordinary activities for the year is the same as (2023: higher than) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2023: 22 %).
2024
2023
£000
£000
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation
( 483)
( 239)
----
----
Loss on ordinary activities by rate of tax
( 121)
( 53)
Group relief surrendered not paid for
53
----
----
Tax on loss
( 121)
----
----
Factors that may affect future tax income
In the Spring Budget 2021, the UK Government announced that from 1 April 2023 the corporation tax rate would increase to 25% (rather than remaining at 19%, as previously enacted). There has been no change to corporation tax rates for the financial year ended 30 September 2024. For the financial year ended 30 September 2024 the weighted average tax rate is 25% (2023: weighted average tax rate was 22%).
10. Investments
Shares in group undertakings
£000
Cost
At 1 October 2023
194,459
Disposals
( 1,633)
---------
At 30 September 2024
192,826
---------
Impairment
At 1 October 2023
51,343
Disposals
( 1,343)
---------
At 30 September 2024
50,000
---------
Carrying amount
At 30 September 2024
142,826
---------
At 30 September 2023
143,116
---------
The disposal relates to the investment in Berec Overseas Investments Limited, which was dissolved on 19 September 2024.
The carried forward impairment relates to the investment in Energizer Trading Limited, which was written down following a review of its recoverable amount in a prior fiscal year.
Subsidiaries, associates and other investments
Class of share
Percentage of shares held
Subsidiary undertakings
Energizer Trading Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Group Limited
Ordinary
100
Ever Ready Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Group Sweden AB
Ordinary
100
Energizer Brands UK Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Auto UK Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Auto UK Parent Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Europe Limited
Ordinary
100
Energizer Brands II LLC
Ordinary
100
Energzier Auto HK Limited
Ordinary
100
Armored AutoGroup Philippines Inc.
Ordinary
100
All the subsidiary undertakings are incorporated in England with their registered offices being Sword House, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP13 6DG, except:
Energizer Group Sweden AB which is incorporated in Sweden with its registered office being Drottningholmsvägen 22, 112 42, Stockholm
Energizer Brands II LLC which is incorporated in the USA with its registered office being 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle Delaware 19801. Energizer Brands II LLC has a UK establishment at Sword House, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP13 6DG.
Energizer Auto HK Limited which is incorporated in Hong Kong with its registered officed being Bird & Bird, 1 Queens Road East, Hong Kong.
Armored AutoGroup Philippines Inc. which is incorporated in Philippines with its registered officed being Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongisako Attorneys and Consellors-At-Law, Citibank Center, 8741 Passo de Roxas, Makati City 1226, Philippines.
The investments in Energizer Trading Limited and Ever Ready Limited are direct holdings. All the other investments are indirect holdings. All the subsidiaries are trading companies except: Energizer Auto UK Parent Limited, which is an investment holding company; Ever Ready Limited, Energizer Auto HK Limited and Armored AutoGroup Philippines Inc., which are dormant; Energizer Europe Limited, Energizer Brands UK Limited and Energizer Brands II LLC which are non trading entities. Berec Overseas Investments Limited was a 100% owned subsidiary which was dissolved on 19 September 2024 .
11. Debtors
2024
2023
£000
£000
Amounts owed by group undertakings
164
43
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All amounts owed by group undertakings are unsecured and repayable on demand.
12. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£000
£000
Amounts owed to group undertakings
6,945
6,752
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All amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured. Included in this amount is: £6,945,000 (2023: £6,752,000) owed to Energizer Group Limited. This loan matures in September 2025 and carries interest at 5.75% (2023: 7.14%) per annum. At the balance sheet date accrued interest of £1,000 (2023: £1,000) was outstanding. This loan is expected to be renewed.
13. Called up share capital
Issued, called up and fully paid
2024
2023
No.
£
No.
£
Ordinary shares of £ 0.01 each
4,160
42
4,160
42
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14. Reserves
The Share Premium account represents the premium received in excess of the nominal value of the issued shares :
2024 2023
£000 £000
At 1 October and 30 September 186,993 186,993
15. Controlling party
The company's immediate parent is Energizer International Group B.V ., a company registered in the Netherlands. The company's ultimate parent company and controlling party is Energizer Holdings Inc ., a US company incorporated in the state of Missouri. The parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group for with financial statements are drawn up and of which the company is a member is Energizer Holdings Inc ., incorporated in the USA. Copies of Energizer Holdings Inc.'s annual report can be obtained from Investor Relations, Energizer Holdings Inc., 8235 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 100 Clayton, MO 63105, USA.