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REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315 (England and Wales)

| UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |

| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 |

| FOR |

| MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED |

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

Page |

Company Information | 1 |

Balance Sheet | 2 |

Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

| DIRECTORS: | Mr V C Gander

| Ms H M McDonald

| Mr J McDonald

| REGISTERED OFFICE: | The Old Mill

| 76 Fleckney Road

| Kibworth Beauchamp

| Leicester

| Leicestershire

| LE8 0HG

| REGISTERED NUMBER: | 01492315 (England and Wales)

| BANKERS: | Lloyds TSB Bank plc

| Charnwood House

| Harcourt Way

| Meridian Business Park

| Leicester

| LE19 1WF

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

BALANCE SHEET

31 DECEMBER 2024

| 2024 | 2023 |

| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets | 4 | 226,409 |  | 225,270 |  |

Investments | 5 | 592 |  | 592 |  |

227,001 |  | 225,862 |  |

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks | 6 | 599,232 |  | 500,488 |  |

Debtors | 7 | 580,879 |  | 549,380 |  |

Cash at bank and in hand | 887,172 |  | 1,086,902 |  |

2,067,283 |  | 2,136,770 |  |

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | 375,604 |  | 303,572 |  |

NET CURRENT ASSETS | 1,691,679 |  | 1,833,198 |  |

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 1,918,680 |  | 2,059,060 |  |

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital | 56,500 |  | 56,500 |  |

Share premium | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |  |

Revaluation reserve | 10 | 21,013 |  | 21,253 |  |

Capital redemption reserve | 3,500 |  | 3,500 |  |

Retained earnings | 1,835,167 |  | 1,975,307 |  |

1,918,680 |  | 2,059,060 |  |

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

BALANCE SHEET - continued

31 DECEMBER 2024

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 10 September 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Miss H McDonald - Director

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION

| McDonald Publishing Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES

| Basis of preparing the financial statements

| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

| Preparation of consolidated financial statements

| The financial statements contain information about McDonald Publishing Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements.

| Turnover

| Revenue comprises the fair value for the sale of goods excluding value added taxes and represents net invoice value less estimated rebates, returns and settlement discounts. The company supplies products to customers from its warehouse, under standard terms and conditions. In all cases revenue is recognised when the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred and this is defined to be on dispatch of the goods.

| Tangible fixed assets

| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

| Land and Buildings | - | 2% on cost excluding land

| Plant, machinery, fixtures & fittings | - | at varying rates on cost

| Motor vehicles | - | 25% on cost

| Listed Investments

| Listed investments are included at market value. Profits or losses arising from disposals of fixed asset investments are treated as part of the result from ordinary activities.

| Investments in subsidiaries

| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

| Stocks

| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

| Taxation

| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

| Deferred tax

| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

| Foreign currencies

| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

| Artwork and films

| Expenditure on artwork and films is charged to profits in the period in which it is incurred.

| Hire Purchase and Leasing Commitments

| Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

| The interest element of these obligations is charged to the profit and loss account over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over

| the period of the lease.

| Debtors

| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

| Creditors

| Short term trade creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other financial liabilities, including bank loans, are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

| Income from investments

| Investment income comprises dividends declared during the accounting period and interest receivable on listed and unlisted investments.

| Going Concern

| After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, 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.

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

| The average number of employees during the year was 6 (2023 - 6 ) .

4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

| Plant, |

| machinery, |

| Land and |  | fixtures |  | Motor |

| Buildings |  | & fittings |  | vehicles |  | Totals

£ | £ | £ | £ |

| COST

| At 1 January 2024 | 230,000 |  | 193,528 |  | 57,000 |  | 480,528 |  |

| Additions | - |  | 4,475 |  | - |  | 4,475 |  |

| At 31 December 2024 | 230,000 |  | 198,003 |  | 57,000 |  | 485,003 |  |

| DEPRECIATION

| At 1 January 2024 | 10,106 |  | 188,152 |  | 57,000 |  | 255,258 |  |

| Charge for year | 786 |  | 2,550 |  | - |  | 3,336 |  |

| At 31 December 2024 | 10,892 |  | 190,702 |  | 57,000 |  | 258,594 |  |

| NET BOOK VALUE

| At 31 December 2024 | 219,108 |  | 7,301 |  | - |  | 226,409 |  |

| At 31 December 2023 | 219,894 |  | 5,376 |  | - |  | 225,270 |  |

| The freehold land and building were valued on an open market basis on 16 April 2012 by Peter Tew & Co. Chartered Surveyors. This value has been adopted as deemed costs of the assets concerned on transition to FRS102.

| The comparable amounts for land and buildings at original cost were;

| £ |  |

| Cost |  | 218,976 |  |

| Depreciation |  | 18,709 |  |

|  | 200,267 |  |

| Cost of land in freehold land and buildings - £157,600. |  |

5. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

| Shares in |

| group |  | Other |

| undertakings |  | investments |  | Totals

£ | £ | £ |

| COST

| At 1 January 2024

| and 31 December 2024 | 4 |  | 588 |  | 592 |  |

| NET BOOK VALUE

| At 31 December 2024 | 4 |  | 588 |  | 592 |  |

| At 31 December 2023 | 4 |  | 588 |  | 592 |  |

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

6. | STOCKS

2024 | 2023 |

£ | £ |

| Finished goods | 599,232 |  | 500,488 |  |

7. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

2024 | 2023 |

£ | £ |

| Trade debtors | 315,884 |  | 450,319 |  |

| Deferred tax asset | 7,608 |  | 7,943 |  |

| Other debtors | 257,387 |  | 91,118 |  |

580,879 |  | 549,380 |  |

8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

2024 | 2023 |

£ | £ |

| Trade creditors | 344,486 |  | 268,933 |  |

| Taxation and social security | 29,245 |  | 31,564 |  |

| Other creditors | 1,873 |  | 3,075 |  |

375,604 |  | 303,572 |  |

9. | LEASING AGREEMENTS

| At 31 December 2024 the company had total commitments under non-cancellable operating leases over the remaining life of those leases of £158,250 (2023: £222,000).

10. | RESERVES

| Revaluation

| reserve

£ |

| At 1 January 2024 | 21,253 |  |

| Transfer to P & L account | (240 | ) |

| At 31 December 2024 | 21,013 |  |

MCDONALD PUBLISHING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 01492315)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

11. | DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

| The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023:

2024 | 2023 |

£ | £ |

| Mr J McDonald

| Balance outstanding at start of year | 327 |  | 67 |  |

| Amounts advanced | 1,628 |  | 14,993 |  |

| Amounts repaid | (1,563 | ) | (14,733 | ) |

| Amounts written off | - |  | - |  |

| Amounts waived | - |  | - |  |

| Balance outstanding at end of year | 392 |  | 327 |  |

| The directors loan is repayable on demand and is subject to interest at HMRC official rate.

12. | PENSION SCHEME

| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of directors and senior employees. The assets of the scheme are administered by trustees in a fund independent from those of the company. The costs for the period were £43,025 (2023: £36,091).