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Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

for

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 6

Profit and Loss Account 9

Other Comprehensive Income 10

Balance Sheet 11

Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024







DIRECTORS: J P Cowling
S J Evans
J G Meyer



SECRETARY: S J Evans



REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 Maxted Corner
Maxted Road
Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 7RA



REGISTERED NUMBER: 14479077 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Phillipa Symington ACA CA(SA)



AUDITORS: Clive Owen LLP
Chartered Accountants
& Statutory Auditors
Oak Tree House, Harwood Road
Northminster Business Park
Upper Poppleton
York
YO26 6QU

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd ("SSC") was incorporated on 11 November 2022, and effective 1 January 2023, acquired the electric vehicle charging infrastructure business from SWARCO UK Ltd, its immediate parent company. This allows SSC to have a clear market focus and build its specialism in this sector, and to continue with SWARCO's market leading team of domain experts and products, built up over 14 years of operations.

The SSC business has two divisions. The eVolt division continues to serve hundreds of customers across the entirety of Great Britain with a range of Electric Vehicle charging solutions. This covers supply of equipment, installation, call centre services, back office software platform and a dedicated maintenance team. eVolt reported EBITDA pre Lease Financing and Capital Adjustments of (£1.237m) in 2024. (2023: £2.853m).

Secondly, SSC also invests in its own portfolio of assets as a Charge Place Operator ("CPO") and launched its PoGo brand in Q1 2023. PoGo recorded an EBITDA loss in the financial year. Such losses are budgeted and expected in the early years of a CPO, as up-front capital investment is necessary to grow the network and create the return on investment. This is witnessed by other CPOs in the UK, but the Directors believe the division offers significant long-term value.

Operationally, the Company maintained its strong investment in the Smart Charging staff team which consists of high calibre employees across all disciplines. It also continued to invest in its EConnect back office software platform, which allows revenue collection, data reporting and system fault diagnostics.

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

The main KPIs management uses to appraise the performance of the eVolt business are as follows:

2024 2023
£ £
Turnover £20.486m £36.894m
Gross profit £3.362m £6.633m
EBITDA (£1.237m ) £2.853m


SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Company's principal risk would be an economic downturn reducing investment in new infrastructure. At a macro level, Management continues to assess market developments and emerging technologies and competitors, and believes the Company remains well positioned to continue to offer growth. The Director's further note that the transition to electric vehicles is a key cornerstone of the UK's move towards Net Zero, which creates a strong demand for the products and services that SSC supplies.

Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Company's finance function manages the risk inherent in control of credit, availability of liquid funds and foreign currency exposures arising from imports in accordance with the corporate policies.

The management reviews these policies regularly as summarised below:

Credit risk
The Company seeks to minimise counterparty risk by trading only with established and financially strong customers. The risk is assessed on an on-going basis and relevant actions taken to mitigate any potential losses.

Liquidity risk
The Company aims to maintain a balance between continuity and flexibility of funding through the use of operating cash flow and borrowings. The Company's policy is to ensure that there is sufficient medium and long term funding available to meet liquidity requirements.

Currency risk
The Company aims to mitigate foreign currency exposure arising from imports by utilising foreign currency forward rate agreements, held by its Parent company SWARCO UK Ltd

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





S J Evans - Director


29 September 2025

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of a broad range of e-mobility solutions (eVolt division) for the private and public sector alongside operating a nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the period ended 31 December 2024.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of this report.

J P Cowling
S J Evans
J G Meyer

POLITICAL DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE
The Company made no political donations or incurred any political expenditure during the period.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements 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 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.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024


AUDITORS
The auditors, Clive Owen LLP, are deemed to be appointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:




S J Evans - Director


29 September 2025

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, 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 Financial Reporting Standard 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its loss for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
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 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
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.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors 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 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd


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 identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

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:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, 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 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 a Report of the Auditors 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.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. Our audit must be alert to the risk of manipulation of the financial statements and seek to understand the incentives and opportunities for management to achieve this.

We undertake the following procedures to identify and respond to these risks of non-compliance:

- Understanding the key legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the Company. We communicated
identified laws and regulations throughout the audit team and remained alert to any indications of
non-compliance throughout the audit. We determined the most significant of these to be financial reporting
legislation, taxation legislation, health & safety, and employment law.
- Enquiry of directors and management as to policies and procedures to ensure compliance and any known
instances of non-compliance.
- Review of board minutes and correspondence relevant to the audit.
- Enquiry of directors and management as to areas of the financial statements susceptible to fraud and how these
risks are managed.
- Challenging management on key estimates, assumptions and judgements made in the preparation of the financial
statements. These key areas of uncertainty are disclosed in the accounting policies.
- Identifying and testing unusual journal entries, with a particular focus on manual journal entries.

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 Report of the Auditors.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd


Use of our 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 a Report of the Auditors 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.




Phillipa Symington ACA CA(SA) (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Clive Owen LLP
Chartered Accountants
& Statutory Auditors
Oak Tree House, Harwood Road
Northminster Business Park
Upper Poppleton
York
YO26 6QU

29 September 2025

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 4 22,378,558 36,894,046

Cost of sales (23,532,082 ) (31,711,434 )
GROSS (LOSS)/PROFIT (1,153,524 ) 5,182,612

Distribution costs (3,373,767 ) (2,705,507 )
Administrative expenses (3,922,951 ) (3,233,963 )
OPERATING LOSS (8,450,242 ) (756,858 )


Interest payable and similar expenses 6 (3,120,164 ) (947,055 )
LOSS BEFORE TAXATION 7 (11,570,406 ) (1,703,913 )

Tax on loss 8 2,960,959 (446,270 )
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (8,609,447 ) (2,150,183 )

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Other Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
Notes £    £   

LOSS FOR THE YEAR (8,609,447 ) (2,150,183 )


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

(8,609,447

)

(2,150,183

)

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Owned
Intangible assets 9 1,936,022 1,669,924
Tangible assets 10 47,431,678 11,762,561
Right-of-use
Tangible assets 10, 16 16,626,434 3,499,650
65,994,134 16,932,135

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 11 9,104,130 9,742,004
Debtors 12 16,558,381 15,913,972
Cash at bank 697,694 711,321
26,360,205 26,367,297
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 13 (85,092,359 ) (41,882,506 )
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (58,732,154 ) (15,515,209 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

7,261,980

1,416,926

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

14

(16,768,726

)

(3,120,739

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 17 (1,252,784 ) (446,270 )
NET LIABILITIES (10,759,530 ) (2,150,083 )

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 18 100 100
Retained earnings 19 (10,759,630 ) (2,150,183 )
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS (10,759,530 ) (2,150,083 )

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 29 September 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





S J Evans - Director


SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   

Changes in equity
Issue of share capital 100 - 100
Total comprehensive income - (2,150,183 ) (2,150,183 )
Balance at 31 December 2023 100 (2,150,183 ) (2,150,083 )

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (8,609,447 ) (8,609,447 )
Balance at 31 December 2024 100 (10,759,630 ) (10,759,530 )

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd 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.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101 "Reduced Disclosure Framework" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The Company is exempt by virtue of s400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare group financial statements. These financial statements present information on the Company as an individual undertaking and not about its group.

The Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Swarco AG, includes the Company in its consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements of Swarco AG are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and are available to the public and may be obtained from Blattenwaldweg 8, 6112 Wattens, Austria.

Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have assessed the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on this basis.

The company is reliant on the continued financial support of its parent undertaking, including the availability of group funding and the expectation that existing intra-group loans will not be called in within the foreseeable future. The directors have received confirmation from the parent company that it will continue to provide financial support for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.

In reaching this conclusion, the directors have considered the company’s current financial position, forecast cash flows, and the group’s overall liquidity and funding arrangements. Based on this assessment, the directors believe that the company will have adequate resources to meet its obligations as they fall due and to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 101 "Reduced Disclosure Framework":

the requirements of IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures;
the requirements of paragraph 52, the second sentence of paragraph 89, and paragraphs 90, 91 and 93 of
IFRS 16 Leases;
the requirements of paragraph 58 of IFRS 16;
the requirement in paragraph 38 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to present comparative
information in respect of:
- paragraphs 53(a), (h) and (j) of IFRS 16;
- paragraph 73(e) of IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment; and
- paragraph 118(e) of IAS 38 Intangible Assets;
the requirements of paragraphs 10(d), 10(f), 16, 38A, 38B, 38C, 38D, 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D and 111 of IAS
1;
the requirements of
- paragraphs 1 to 44E, 44H(b)(ii) and 45 to 63 of IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows; and
- paragraphs 44F, 44G, 44H(a), 44H(b)(i), 44H(b)(iii) and 44H(c) of IAS 7;
the requirements of paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates
and Errors;
the requirements of paragraphs 88C and 88D of IAS 12 Income Taxes;
the requirements of paragraphs 17 and 18A of IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures;
the requirements in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures to disclose related party transactions entered into
between two or more members of a group;

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable, and represents amounts receivable for goods supplied, stated net of discounts, returns and value added taxes.

Capital projects
Where the outcome of the project can be estimated reliably, revenue and costs are recognised by reference to the stage of completion (stage per fix) of the project at the balance sheet date.This is normally measured by the proportion that project costs incurred for the work performed to date bear to the estimated total project costs, except where this would not be a representative of the stage of completion. Variation in project work, claims and incentive payments are included to the extent that the amount can be measured reliably and its receipt is considered highly likely. "Highly likely" is deemed by the directors to mean a probability of at least 90% in line with group recognition policy.

Where the outcome of the project cannot be estimated reliably, capital project revenue is recognised to the extent of the project costs incurred where it is probable that they will be recoverable. projects costs are recognised as expenses in th period in which they are incurred.

When it is probable that the total project costs will exceed total project revenue, the expected loss is recognised as an expense immediately.

Maintenance contracts
Revenue on maintenance contracts are recognised evenly over the period of the contract.

Sales of services
Revenue from equipment sales is recognised when the goods and services are supplied, can be reliably measured and when it is probable that future benefits will flow to the Company.

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Leases in which the Company assumes substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the leased asset are classified as finance leases. Leased assets acquired by way of finance lease are stated at an amount equal to the lower of their fair value and the present value of the minimum lease payments at inception of the lease, less accumulated depreciation and less accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation is charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of tangible fixed assets. The estimates useful lives are:

Long Leasehold 2 to 15 years
Plant and machinery 3 to 10 years
Equipment 3 to 10 years
Motor vehicles 2 to 4 years
Computer Equipment 3 to 4 years
Assets under construction Accumulated construction costs are capitalised to assets under
construction until such a time as the asset is complete. if the asset is
complete by the year end, the asset is transferred to the relevant fixed
asset and depreciated.

Stocks
Stocks are measured using the weighted average method. Cost is based on the expenditure incurred in acquiring the stocks and other costs in bringing to their existing location and condition. Stock is made up of trading goods and spare parts.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Taxation including deferred tax
Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local tax rules, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date.

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax is provided on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. The following temporary differences are not provided for: the initial recognition of goodwill; the initial recognition of assets or liabilities that affect neither accounting nor taxable profit other than in a business combination, and the differences relating to investments in subsidiaries to the extent that they will probably not reverse in the foreseeable future. The amount of deferred tax provided is based on the expected manner of realization or settlement of the carrying amount of assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date.

A deferred tax asset is recognised only to the entente that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the temporary difference can be utilised.

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.

Leases
Leases are recognised on the balance sheet. The lease liability is initially recognised at the present value of the lease payments which have not yet been made and subsequently measured under the amortised cost method. The initial cost of the right-of-use asset comprises the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability, lease payments made prior to the lease commencement date, initial date, initial direct costs and the estimated costs of removing or dismantling the underlying asset per the conditions of the contract.

Where ownership of the right-of-use asset transfers to the lessee at the end of the lease term, the right-of-use asset is depreciated over the asset’s remaining useful life. If ownership of the right-of-use asset does not transfer to the lessee at the end of the lease term, depreciation is charged over the shorter of the useful life of the right-of-use asset and the lease term.

Right of use assets - Leases
For all leases, except for short-term leases and leases of low-value assets other than those which are subleased, previously classified as operating leases:
- the Company recognises a lease liability measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate; and
- for all leases the Company has elected to recognise a right-of-use asset at an amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted by the amount of prepaid or accrued lease payments relating to those leases recognised in the statement of financial position immediately before the date of initial application.

The Company elected the following practical expedients:
- has applied a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics; and not to apply the new lessee accounting model to leases for which the lease term ends within 12 months
- after the date of initial application. Instead, it has accounted for those leases as short-term leases.

The weighted average incremental borrowing rate applied to measure lease liabilities is 3.70% for office buildings and motor vehicles.

Employee benefit costs
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to the income statement in the period to which they relate.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Non-derivative financial instruments
Non-derivative financial instruments comprise investments in equity and debt securities, trade and other debtors, cash and cash equivalents, loans and borrowings, and trade and other creditors.

Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised initially at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses.

Trade and other creditors
Trade and other creditors are recognised initially at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances, call deposits and bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the Company's cash management.

Interest-bearing borrowings
Interest-bearing borrowings are recognised initially at fair value less attributable transactions costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, interest-bearing borrowings are stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses.

Impairment excluding stocks and deferred assets
Financial assets (including trade and other debtors) A financial asset not carried at fair value through profit or loss is assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it is impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably. An impairment loss in respect of a financial asset measured at amortised cost is calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. For financial instruments measured at cost less impairment an impairment is calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date. Interest on the impaired asset continues to be recognised through the unwinding of the discount. When a subsequent event causes the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the decrease in impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss.

Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs which are directly attributable to the construction of tangible fixed assets are capitalised as part of the cost of those assets. Capitalisation begins when both finance costs and expenditures for the asset are being incurred and activities that are necessary to get the asset ready for use are in progress. Capitalisation ceases when substantially all the activities that are necessary to get the asset ready for use are complete.

Provisions
A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, that can be reliably measured and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects risks specific to the liability.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Expenses
Lease payments
Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction of the outstandingly. The finance charge is allocated to each period during the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Contingent rents are charged as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

Interest receivable and interest payable
Interest payable and similar expenses include interest payable and finance leases recognised in the profit or loss using the effective interest method, unwinding of the discount on provisions, and net foreign exchange losses that are recognised in the profit and loss account (see foreign currency accounting policy). Other interest receivable and similar income include interest receivable on funds invested and net foreign exchange gains.Interest income and interest payable is recognised in profit or loss as it accrues, using the effective interest method. Dividend income is recognised in the profit and loss account on the date the entity's right to receive payments is established. Foreign currency gains and losses are reported on a net basis.

Assets and liabilities from contracts with customers
Contract assets represent the entity’s right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to the customer when that right is conditional upon something other than the passage of time. Contract liabilities represent the entity’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration (or the amount is due) from the customer. These amounts are recognised in the balance sheet under 'Contract assets' and 'Contract liabilities' respectively.

New and revised standards not yet effective

The company has not early adopted any new or revised International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or amendments that have been issued but are not yet effective.

In particular, the following areas may be impacted by standards not yet effective:

- Supplier Finance Arrangements (IAS 7 & IFRS 7): Future amendments may affect the classification, presentation, and disclosure of supplier finance arrangements as financial instruments and in the statement of cash flows.
- Classification of Liabilities (IAS 1): Proposed amendments may impact the distinction between current and non-current liabilities, including potential changes to presentation requirements and related disclosures in the statement of financial position
- Lease Liabilities in Sale and Leaseback Transactions (IFRS 16): Upcoming standards or amendments may change the recognition and measurement of lease liabilities in sale and leaseback arrangements, including the presentation of right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, and any related gains or losses.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

3. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

There are not been deemed to be any critical judgements, apart from those involving estimations (which are dealt with separate below), that the directors have made in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies and that have had a significant effect on the amounts recognised in financial statements.

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 following are the critical judgements that the directors have made in the process of applying the Company's accounting policy ad have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in financial statements:

Revenue recognition
eVolt Revenue
Revenue from projects is recognised based on performance obligations as identified in the contracts between the company and customers. As the determination of whether or not a performance obligation has been met and therefore revenue should be recognised relies on management judgement, the estimation uncertainty gives rise to a key accounting estimate. As there are clearly defined transaction prices and revenue to be recognised per fix (stage of progress), the estimation uncertainty is limited to the stage of project completion at year end. When it is probable that the projects costs will exceed the total project revenue, the estimated expected loss is recognised as an expense immediately.

PoGo Revenue
Revenue is recognised upon completion of individual car charging sessions.

4. TURNOVER

The turnover and loss before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Projects 12,863,320 30,326,029
Networks 4,949,798 3,608,938
Maintenance 4,565,440 2,959,079
22,378,558 36,894,046

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
United Kingdom 22,378,558 36,894,046
22,378,558 36,894,046

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

5. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Wages and salaries 8,804,318 6,278,412
Social security costs 790,905 660,056
Other pension costs 487,462 432,894
10,082,685 7,371,362

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23

Production 66 55
Selling, admin and distribution 121 101
187 156

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 368,124 160,917
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 28,220 6,225

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 2 3

Information regarding the highest paid director for the year ended 31 December 2024 is as follows:


Year Ended
31.12.24
£   
Emoluments etc 194,313
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 15,214

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Interest expenses SWARCO UK 2,706,716 912,249
Leasing 413,448 34,806
3,120,164 947,055

7. LOSS BEFORE TAXATION

The loss before taxation is stated after charging/(crediting):
Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Cost of inventories recognised as expense 23,532,082 31,711,434
Depreciation - owned assets 650,211 220,975
Depreciation - assets on finance leases 1,192,040 353,129
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 7,426
Development costs amortisation 702,651 485,474
Auditors' remuneration - 18,500
Foreign exchange differences (65,849 ) (32,967 )

8. TAXATION

Analysis of tax (income)/expense
Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Current tax:
Tax (3,767,473 ) 446,270

Deferred tax 806,514 -
Total tax (income)/expense in profit and loss account (2,960,959 ) 446,270

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

8. TAXATION - continued

Factors affecting the tax expense
The tax assessed for the year is lower (2023 - higher) than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

Period
11.11.22
Year Ended to
31.12.24 31.12.23
£    £   
Loss before income tax (11,570,406 ) (1,703,913 )
Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2023 - 23.500%)

(2,892,602

)

(400,420

)

Effects of:
Expenses non deductible 40,769 496
Group relief - 376,704
Impact of change in deferred tax rate - 26,776
Transfer of assets - 442,714
Prior year adjustment (109,126 ) -
Tax (income)/expense (2,960,959 ) 446,270

The company has surrendered group relief amounting to £9,295,348 (2023: £5,774,544) to fellow group undertakings. An amount of £2,323,837 (2023: £1,443,636) was received for this which is considered an arms length basis.

9. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Development
costs
£   
COST
At 1 January 2024 2,155,398
Additions 968,749
At 31 December 2024 3,124,147
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2024 485,474
Amortisation for year 702,651
At 31 December 2024 1,188,125
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024 1,936,022
At 31 December 2023 1,669,924

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Assets
Long under Plant and
leasehold construction machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2024 3,412,870 9,642,582 255,543
Additions 14,035,556 35,789,609 72,162
Disposals (22,613 ) (146,607 ) -
Impairments (123,951 ) - -
Reclassification/transfer - (14,722,205 ) -
At 31 December 2024 17,301,862 30,563,379 327,705
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2024 275,333 - 45,587
Charge for year 948,047 - 86,633
Eliminated on disposal (52,677 ) - -
At 31 December 2024 1,170,703 - 132,220
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024 16,131,159 30,563,379 195,485
At 31 December 2023 3,137,537 9,642,582 209,956

Motor Computer
Equipment vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2024 1,878,171 439,909 207,240 15,836,315
Additions 453,760 377,465 150,404 50,878,956
Disposals - (75,043 ) - (244,263 )
Impairments - - - (123,951 )
Reclassification/transfer 14,722,205 - - -
At 31 December 2024 17,054,136 742,331 357,644 66,347,057
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2024 94,451 77,796 80,937 574,104
Charge for year 457,838 243,993 105,740 1,842,251
Eliminated on disposal - (74,733 ) - (127,410 )
At 31 December 2024 552,289 247,056 186,677 2,288,945
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024 16,501,847 495,275 170,967 64,058,112
At 31 December 2023 1,783,720 362,113 126,303 15,262,211

The additions to tangible fixed assets include assets acquired at net-book value from SWARCO UK Limited.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

11. STOCKS
2024 2023
£    £   
Stocks 839,731 1,398,982
Finished goods 8,264,399 8,343,022
9,104,130 9,742,004

Stock is stated net of a provision of £244,938 (2023: £164,563).

12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 10,599,430 9,098,140
Work in progress 1,669,691 4,457,962
Intercompany - group relief
surrendered 2,789,426 -
Prepayments and accrued income 1,499,834 2,357,870
16,558,381 15,913,972

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Leases (see note 15) 764,018 494,413
Trade creditors 4,279,740 2,948,680
Amounts owed to group undertakings 69,318,772 24,987,524
Taxation and social security 318,421 2,009,213
Other creditors 80,966 38,349
Accruals and deferred income 10,330,442 11,404,327
85,092,359 41,882,506

Amounts owed to group undertaking consists primarily of a loan from Swarco UK of £69,183,066 (2023: £24,720,238). This loan has an annual interest rate charge of 5.31%. The loan is repayable by 31 December 2025.

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Leases (see note 15) 16,732,619 3,104,330
Other creditors 36,107 16,409
16,768,726 3,120,739

15. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES - BORROWINGS

2024 2023
£    £   
Current:
Leases (see note 16) 764,018 494,413

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

15. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES - BORROWINGS - continued

2024 2023
£    £   
Non-current:
Leases (see note 16) 16,732,619 3,104,330

Terms and debt repayment schedule

1 year or More than
less 1-2 years 5 years Totals
£    £    £    £   
Leases 764,018 3,560,719 13,171,900 17,496,637

16. LEASING

Right-of-use assets

Tangible fixed assets

2024 2023
£    £   
COST
At 1 January 2024 3,852,779 -
Additions 14,413,021 3,882,002
Disposals (97,656 ) (29,223 )
Impairments (123,951 ) -
18,044,193 3,852,779

DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2024 353,129 -
Charge for year 1,192,040 353,129
Eliminated on disposal (127,410 ) -
1,417,759 353,129

NET BOOK VALUE 16,626,434 3,499,650

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

16. LEASING - continued

Lease liabilities

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

2024 2023
£    £   
Gross obligations repayable:
Within one year 1,915,172 696,103
Between one and five years 7,543,537 1,635,827
In more than five years 17,842,991 2,834,792

27,301,700 5,166,722

Finance charges repayable:
Within one year 1,151,154 201,690
Between one and five years 3,982,818 586,968
In more than five years 4,671,091 779,321
9,805,063 1,567,979

Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 764,018 494,413
Between one and five years 3,560,719 1,048,859
In more than five years 13,171,900 2,055,471
17,496,637 3,598,743

17. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Deferred tax 1,252,784 446,270

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 January 2024 446,270
Provided during year 806,514
Balance at 31 December 2024 1,252,784

18. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2024 2023
value: £    £   
100 Ordinary 100 100 100

100 Ordinary shares of £1 each were allotted as fully paid at par value during the year.

Called up share capital represents the nominal value of shares that have been issued.

SWARCO Smart Charging Ltd (Registered number: 14479077)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

19. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 January 2024 (2,150,183 )
Deficit for the year (8,609,447 )
At 31 December 2024 (10,759,630 )

Retained earnings represent all current period retained profits and losses.

20. ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

SWARCO AG Limited (incorporated in Austria ) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.

The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by SWARCO AG and the financial statements of this group are available from Blattenwaldweg 8, 6112 Wattens, Austria.

21. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
2024 2023
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 1,486,565 6,085,005

22. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken exemptions available under FRS 101 not to disclose transactions with wholly owned group companies.

The company made purchases of £293,083 to wholly owned group companies during the year ended 31 December 2024.