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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The principal activity of the Company in the year under review was to operate cafés and bars under 'The Breakfast Club' brand.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
As we approach our 20th anniversary, FY25 stands as a reminder of why The Breakfast Club remains one of the most enduring and loved names in casual dining. Adaptable, resilient, and committed to excellence, we continue to evolve.
Our first decade was marked by steady progress. The second brought turbulence, shaped by industry headwinds, economic uncertainty, and the growing pains that come with scaling a business. There’s no denying we’ve encountered a few missteps along the way. Yet The Breakfast Club has not just survived but strengthened. Building on the momentum of FY24, we achieved solid financial growth. Sales rose by 2%, with cost of sales improving from 23% to 22%, a sector-leading result. Restaurant EBITDA increased 4% to £3.0m, while Group EBITDA surpassed £1m for the first time in over a decade (up from £883k). Operating profit saw a remarkable 157% rise to £400k. A key achievement was the successful opening of two company-owned sites in London’s West End. Both delivered exceptional returns, reaching ROI within their first full year and contributing over £400k in EBITDA. These smaller-format, low-capex, daypart-focused sites embody the essence of our original Soho café, reinforcing that our founding vision remains as relevant as ever. Our sites outside London continue to demonstrate strong potential for growth, with Oxford and Brighton both delivering 5% year-on-year sales increases and now ranking among our top five revenue-generating locations. This positive trajectory has continued into FY26, with Brighton achieving an impressive 38% like-for-like sales growth. While our Chelmsford site remains a challenge, we are actively implementing several value-led initiatives aimed at driving improved performance. Our franchise partnership with SSP continues to thrive. Gatwick Airport remains a standout performer, and our first rail station site at St Pancras International opened this year, marking another key milestone in our long-term growth strategy. Delivery operations also saw significant improvement, with the relaunch on a third platform and introduction of a better-value range. These enhancements led to a 23% year-on-year sales increase, and FY26 delivery revenues are already tracking 108% ahead of the same period last year. Looking ahead, we recognize the impact of recent government budget changes on the hospitality sector, particularly inflationary pressures and rising staff costs. However, our operational efficiency now rivals the best in the industry, allowing us to protect margins while preserving the guest experience, a non-negotiable aspect of our success. To support this, we have streamlined head office operations, reducing central costs from 10.4% to 8.5% of sales. These decisive actions have already contributed to improved profitability in Q1 FY26. Total turnover for FY25 reached £18.0m, up from £17.8m in FY24. We exited our Canary Wharf site, which no longer aligned with our model, freeing us to focus on locations that best suit our evolving brand. While there are no immediate plans, we remain open to returning to Canary Wharf should the right opportunity present itself. As we head into our 20th year, The Breakfast Club is more focused than ever, on our people, our guests, and the spaces that define us. While FY25 posed challenges, we have emerged stronger operationally, more stable financially, and more confident strategically. There will be no dividend this year (2024: £Nil), but the foundation for sustainable growth is in place.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Management use a number of qualitive and quantitative indicators to monitor and improve the Company’s performance. The company considers turnover and EBITDA to be key financial indicators.
2025 2024 £ £ Turnover 18,050,388 17,756,753 EBITDA 1,079,705 883,997 The board of directors assess trading performance using the measure of “Restaurant EBITDA” which is defined as earnings from restaurant operations before deduction of interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation associated with those restaurants operations and excluding pre-opening costs of new restaurants, closing costs and any exceptional, non-recurring costs. Restaurant EBITDA for all restaurant operations during the year increased to £3.0m (2024: £2.8m). 2025 2024 £ £ Operating profit / (loss) 399,643 155,480 Depreciation and amortisation 680,062 728,517 EBITDA 1,079,705 883,997 Central costs 1,741,076 1,821,773 Pre-opening costs/closing costs 139,818 142,095 Restaurant EBITDA 2,960,599 2,847,865
We continue to assess new site opportunities and anticipate further openings with SSP as our franchise collaboration progresses.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The hospitality sector remains sensitive to external pressures. Key risks include:
• Inflation: Managed through proactive supplier negotiations and cost reviews. • Labour Costs: Mitigated via rota optimisation, tech investment, and training. • Credit Risk: Minimal, with most customers paying by card at point of sale. • Interest Rate Risk: Exposure through SONIA-linked loans is monitored and considered low risk. • Liquidity: Managed via close working capital controls and use of a £200k overdraft facility.
Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies
The Company finances operations through shareholder loans, bank borrowings, and operating cash flow. It does not use derivatives and employs prudent cash management to navigate interest and liquidity risk effectively. Interest risk The Company's borrowings attract interest rates based on the SONIA rate. Management monitor cash flows carefully to ensure that there is sufficient headroom to allow for any changes in the interest payable on these loans. Liquidity risk The Company seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs. Primarily this is achieved through close management control of working capital and utilisation of existing debt facilities which includes a formal £200k overdraft facility.
This report was approved by the board on 27 June 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments 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 transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to 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.
The directors who served during the year were:
The Company maintains and develops the involvement of employees through both formal and informal systems of communication and consultation. Managers have a special responsibility to communicate effectively and to promote a better understanding by employees of the activities and performance of the company.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
In accordance with section 416(4) of the Companies Act, items which are required to be disclosed in the Directors' report have been disclosed in the Strategic report as these are considered to be of strategic importance to the Company.
After the year end Barnes Roffe LLP resigned as auditors due to the transfer of its audit business and its
successor Barnes Roffe Audit Limited was appointed by the directors under s485 Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Catsteps Cafes Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of cash flows, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, 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).
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 Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
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 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.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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. 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 course of 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 food hygiene and health and safety requirements and compliance with national minimum living wage legislation. We considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, income tax, payroll tax, and sales tax. 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 recognition of revenue, the posting of incorrect or inappropriate journal entries, bias in accounting estimates and disclosure of related party transactions. Procedures performed by the engagement team included: • Reconciliation of revenue to bank statement receipts recorded in the year; • Testing of the validity of bank transaction and revenue data used in the above work; • Evaluating the adequacy of systems and controls, including those designed to prevent and detect irregularities; • Identifying and testing journal adjustments both in the year and as part of the financial reporting process; • Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in their critical accounting estimates; • Discussion of potential related party transactions with management and review of accounting records for related party activity; • Assessment of staff salaries and review of hourly pay against minimum wage legislation and consideration of requirements such as uniforms; • Review of food hygiene ratings and safety standards; and • Review of correspondence with HMRC and regulators. Because of 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.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 Auditors' report.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Leytonstone House
3 Hanbury Drive
London
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 08231148
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 17 to 32 form part of these financial statements.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Catsteps Cafes Limited ("the Company") is a private company, limited by shares, domiciled and incorporated in England. The address of the company's registered office and principal place of business is 1 Wardour Mews, London, W1F 8AH.
The principal activities of the company are included in the Director's Report.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
Monetary amounts in these financial statements are stated in pounds sterling, the functional and presentational currency of the Company, and are rounded to the nearest whole £1.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
In order to assess the going concern assumption, the directors have considered detailed trading and cash flow projections for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements alongside the risks inherent in the business, notably liquidity and trading performance.
As disclosed in notes 16 - 18, the Company is funded by a mixture of loans from parties connected with the directors and permanent equity together with loan facilities from Santander Corporate Banking (“Santander”), the secured lender to the Company. Based on the projections, the directors are confident that they can continue to finance the company through cash generated from business activities along with the loans mentioned above and the company can achieve sustained profitability in the future. The accounts have thus been prepared under the going concern assumption.
Property rentals and other related staff costs and overheads incurred prior to a new cafe opening are written off to the profit and loss account as incurred.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Current and deferred tax is charged or credited in profit or loss, except when it relates to items charged or credited to other comprehensive income or equity, when the tax follows the transaction orevent it relates to and is also charged or credited to other comprehensive income, or equity.
Current tax assets and current tax liabilities and deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset, if and only if, there is a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and the entity intends either to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
At each reporting date the company assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined which is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
The estimated useful lives range as follows:
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
An assessment is made at each reporting date of whether there are indications that a fixed asset may be impaired or that an impairment loss previoulsy recognised has fully or partially reversed. Where there is any indication that an asset may be impaired, the carrying value of the asset (or cash-generating unit to which the asset has been allocated) is tested for impairment.
Shortfalls between the carrying value of fixed assets and their recoverable amounts, being the higher of their fair value less costs to sell and value-in-use, are recognised as impairment losses. All impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss. Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Reversals of impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss. On reversal of an impairment loss, the depreciation or amortisation is adjusted to allocate the asset's revised carrying amount (less any residual value) over its remaining useful life.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The judgements made in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the accounts recognised in the financial statements, and 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: Impairment of property, plant and equipment The impairment analysis of tangible assets requires an estimation of the recoverable amount of these respective assets, being the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. This requires the Company to determine the value in use of the asset or cash-generating unit to which the assets are allocated. Cash generating units are deemed to be individual restaurant units. Estimation of the value in use is primarily based on discounted cash flow models which require the company to make an estimate of the expected future cash flows from the asset or the cash-generating unit and also to choose an appropriate discount rate in order to calculate the present value of the cash flows. Impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets The estimated useful economic lives of intangible assets are based on management's judgement and experience. When management identifies that actual useful economic lives differ materially from the estimates used to calculate amortisation, that charge is adjusted prospectively. Due to the significance of intangible assets arising on the acquisition of restaurants to the Company, variations between actual and estimated useful economic lives could impact operating results both positively and negatively, although historically few changes to estimated useful economic lives have been made. The annual impairment assessment in respect of goodwill requires estimates of the value in use (or fair value less costs to sell) of cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated. As a result, estimates of future cash flows are required, together with an appropriate discount factor for the purposes of determining the present value of those cash flows.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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CATSTEPS CAFES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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10.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Company operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Company to the fund and amounted to £108,149 (2024: £99,007). Contributions totalling £22,390 (2024: £24,307) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.
J Arana-Morton and A Rooney are deemed to be the controlling parties.
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