VERACITY UK LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Company registration number SC291812 (Scotland)
VERACITY UK LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr Alastair McLeod BSc (Hons)
Mr Robert Hamilton, MA (Cantab), MSc.
Mr Ashley Wyton
Mr James Moreton
(Appointed 25 October 2024)
Mr Stanislaus Schmidt-Chiari
(Appointed 25 October 2024)
Mr Joseph Barry
(Appointed 1 April 2025)
Company number
SC291812
Registered office
Prestwick International Aerospace Park
4 Dow Road
Monkton
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 2TU
Auditor
William Duncan + Co (Audit) Ltd
Ellersley House
30 Miller Road
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA7 2AY
Business address
Prestwick International Aerospace Park
4 Dow Road
Monkton
Prestwick
Ayrshire
KA9 2TU
Bankers
HSBC
2 Buchanan Street
Glasgow
G1 3LB
Solicitors
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP
302 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RZ
VERACITY UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Balance sheet
8 - 9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Statement of cash flows
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 26
VERACITY UK LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Review of the business

The principal activity of the Company continued to be Research and Development of high technology software and hardware products for digital video surveillance markets.

The Company has continued to benefit from the increasingly strong relationships formed with major industry partners and high-profile customers across the globe.  In 2024 Company turnover decreased by 11% primarily due to a significant reduction in OEM business and a “flat” market across the UK, Europe and MEA. Although individual component costs continued to increase, the overall supply market has now stabilised post the COVID pandemic and the company expects overall stock levels to decrease throughout 2025 from its current peak. This supply stability, coupled with increasing systems business improved the gross margin percentage to partially offset the reduction in turnover from the prior year.

On 25th October 2024, the Company was sold to Longacre Capture Limited. This resulted in some additional professional fees as the business prepared itself for the sale, with further enhancement of systems and business resilience. In addition, there was lower recovery of royalty receipts from other Group Companies as the percentage charged was reduced following review. This reduction will continue into 2025. The combination of the above resulted in statutory EBITDA falling from £2.4m in 2023 to £1.7m in 2024. Prior to the sale to Longacre Capture Limited the Company had significantly increased its cash reserves to over £6m from the balance available in 2023 of £4m. Post acquisition, these cash reserves were transferred to another Group company. However, with strong cashflows still being generated in the Company, cash reserves available within the Group and a significant new £2m bank credit line established but unutilised at the year end, the Company still has significant working capital facilities available to it for 2025 and beyond..

The Company is determined to continue its overseas expansion and form relationships in new territories and markets whilst still reviewing further investment opportunities. Company turnover and normalised EBITDA are expected to improve again in 2025 with new products and improvements scheduled, together with expansion of the territories in which the Company, via its subsidiaries, sells the products and systems supplied by it. This will ensure that the Company’s Transmission, Display and Storage Systems are maintained and indeed enhanced thereby securing the Company’s ongoing innovative status with its increasing global customer and technology partner base.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Given the logistics and trading difficulties between the UK and Europe, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the potential for further component restrictions and tariffs in the trade dispute between the USA and China and possibly now also Europe, the Veracity Board are continuing to take proactive steps to try and mitigate these risks to the business ensuring that our business model remains robust and flexible to the changing regulatory and economic pressures. We constantly review our critical KPIs so that the Board can take decisive and timely action on each issue as it arises. We continue to invest heavily in our systems and processes being ISO 9001, 14001 and 27001 compliant, and particularly our cyber resilience.

The Company has posted positive EBITDA figures for the year-to-date, and with working capital facilities in place, new products planned to launch later this year, new projects to be delivered and an increasing global presence, the Board remains confident of improving the Companies EBITDA profits and cash reserves in 2025.

On behalf of the board

Mr Alastair McLeod BSc (Hons)
Director
30 September 2025
VERACITY UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the Company continued to be Research and Development of high technology products for digital video surveillance markets.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 7.

No ordinary dividends were paid during the year. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Mr Alastair McLeod BSc (Hons)
Mr David Corson B.Acc.,CA
(Resigned 8 April 2025)
Mr Garfield Collins BSc (Hons)
(Resigned 25 October 2024)
Mr Michael J Gallagher
(Resigned 25 October 2024)
Mr Robert Hamilton, MA (Cantab), MSc.
Mr Ashley Wyton
Mr James Moreton
(Appointed 25 October 2024)
Mr Stanislaus Schmidt-Chiari
(Appointed 25 October 2024)
Mr Michael Dakin
(Appointed 19 December 2024 and resigned 20 March 2025)
Mr Stewart Roberts
(Appointed 27 January 2025 and resigned 30 June 2025)
Mr Joseph Barry
(Appointed 1 April 2025)
Statement of disclosure to auditor

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

Medium-sized companies exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.

On behalf of the board
Mr Alastair McLeod BSc (Hons)
Director
30 September 2025
VERACITY UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report 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:

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.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF VERACITY UK LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Veracity UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including 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).

In our opinion the financial statements:

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 Auditor's 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 other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

VERACITY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF VERACITY UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 directors' report.

 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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 is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's 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.

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

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 is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBER OF VERACITY UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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This report is made solely to the company's member 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 member those matters we are required to state to the member in an auditor's 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 member, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Mr Graeme Bryson CTA, ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of William Duncan + Co (Audit) Ltd
30 September 2025
Statutory Auditor
Ellersley House
30 Miller Road
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA7 2AY
VERACITY UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
11,524,195
13,021,472
Cost of sales
(5,628,139)
(6,675,722)
Gross profit
5,896,056
6,345,750
Administrative expenses
(4,711,767)
(4,395,579)
Other operating income
166,525
-
0
Operating profit
4
1,350,814
1,950,171
Interest receivable and similar income
7
182,329
260,612
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
4,817
(7,278)
Profit/(loss) on foreign exchange
(198,659)
(146,859)
Profit before taxation
1,339,301
2,056,646
Tax on profit
9
308,837
(604,230)
Profit for the financial year
1,648,138
1,452,416

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Goodwill
11
3,281,179
3,756,520
Other intangible assets
11
322
807
Total intangible assets
3,281,501
3,757,327
Tangible assets
12
678,406
689,915
Investments
13
9,208,317
4,004,957
13,168,224
8,452,199
Current assets
Stocks
15
3,153,283
3,454,432
Debtors
16
5,257,387
4,660,004
Cash at bank and in hand
258,774
3,967,479
8,669,444
12,081,915
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
17
(2,961,216)
(2,528,143)
Net current assets
5,708,228
9,553,772
Total assets less current liabilities
18,876,452
18,005,971
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
13,310
-
0
(13,310)
-
Net assets
18,863,142
18,005,971
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
21
21,284
18,846
Share premium account
2,856,729
1,880,494
Revaluation reserve
64,615
64,615
Equity reserve
(1,769,640)
-
0
Capital redemption reserve
188,953
188,953
Distributable profit and loss reserves
17,501,201
15,853,063
Total equity
18,863,142
18,005,971
VERACITY UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 30 September 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr Alastair McLeod BSc (Hons)
Mr Joseph Barry
Director
Director
Company registration number SC291812 (Scotland)
VERACITY UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Share premium account
Revaluation reserve
Equity reserve
Capital redemption reserve
Fair value reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
18,734
1,862,686
64,615
-
0
486
1,071,483
15,055,738
18,073,742
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,452,416
1,452,416
Issue of share capital
21
188,579
17,808
-
-
-
-
-
206,387
Dividends
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,553,787)
(1,553,787)
Credit to equity for equity settled share-based payments
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
15,680
15,680
Redemption of shares
21
(188,467)
-
0
-
-
188,467
-
(188,467)
(188,467)
Transfers
-
-
-
0
-
-
(1,071,483)
1,071,483
-
Balance at 31 December 2023
18,846
1,880,494
64,615
-
0
188,953
-
0
15,853,063
18,005,971
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,648,138
1,648,138
Issue of share capital
21
2,438
976,235
-
-
-
-
-
978,673
Issue of convertible loan
-
-
-
(1,769,640)
-
-
-
(1,769,640)
Balance at 31 December 2024
21,284
2,856,729
64,615
(1,769,640)
188,953
-
0
17,501,201
18,863,142
VERACITY UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
27
2,451,996
1,693,792
Interest paid
4,817
(7,278)
Income taxes paid
(313,398)
(10,746)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
2,143,415
1,675,768
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(40,122)
(48,580)
Loans issued
(5,203,360)
1,553,787
Interest received
182,329
108,228
Dividends received
-
0
152,384
Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities
(5,061,153)
1,765,819
Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of shares
978,673
206,387
Redemption of shares
-
0
(188,467)
Equity element on discounted loans
(1,769,640)
-
0
Bank loans received
-
0
(154,303)
Dividends paid
-
0
(1,553,787)
Net cash used in financing activities
(790,967)
(1,690,170)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
(3,708,705)
1,751,417
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
3,967,479
2,216,062
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
258,774
3,967,479
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Veracity UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Prestwick International Aerospace Park, 4 Dow Road, Monkton, Prestwick, Ayrshire, KA9 2TU.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Longacre Group Holdings Limited These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 1 Mercer Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9QJ.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

 

Veracity UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Longacre Capture Limited and the results of Veracity UK Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Longacre Group Holdings Limited which are available from 1 Mercer Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9QJ.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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The company's revenue is derived from the sale of hardware and software.

The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

1.4
Research and development expenditure

Research and development expenditure is written off against profits in the year in which it is incurred.

1.5
Intangible fixed assets - goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition of a businesses over the fair value of net assets acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is 5 years.

 

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the cash-generating units expected to benefit from the acquisition. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.

1.6
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill

Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Patents
10% Straight Line
1.7
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Freehold land and buildings
2% Straight Line
Leasehold land and buildings
25% Straight Line
Plant and machinery
25% - 33% Straight Line

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Investments in non controlling interests are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publically traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

1.9
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

1.10
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.11
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.12
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 16 -
Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.13
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.14
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.15
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

The company operates an HMRC approved EMI scheme in which employees are granted options on shares with an exercise price agreed annually with HMRC as being a fair valuation.

1.16
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.17
Share-based payments
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 17 -

The fair value of equity-settled share based payments to employees is determined at the date of grant and is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. In the directors opinion the fair value of the equity-settled share based payments is determined using the EBITDA model, netted against the agreed HMRC exercise price. Equity-settled share based payments will be reversed when either exercised or an employee leaves the company.

When the terms and conditions of equity-settled share-based payments at the time they were granted are subsequently modified, the fair value of the share-based payment under the original terms and conditions and under the modified terms and conditions are both determined at the date of the modification. Any excess of the modified fair value over the original fair value is recognised over the remaining vesting period in addition to the grant date fair value of the original share-based payment. The share-based payment expense is not adjusted if the modified fair value is less than the original fair value.

 

Cancellations or settlements (including those resulting from employee redundancies) are treated as an acceleration of vesting and the amount that would have been recognised over the remaining vesting period is recognised immediately.

1.18
Leases
As lessee

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.19
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3
Turnover and other revenue

An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Hardware and Software Sales
11,524,195
13,021,472
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
3
Turnover and other revenue
(Continued)
- 18 -
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
UK
2,240,467
2,320,545
USA
4,212,363
3,743,403
Europe
3,609,279
4,984,496
Australia & New Zealand
144,841
181,715
Middle East & India
1,317,245
1,791,313
11,524,195
13,021,472
2024
2023
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
182,329
108,228
Dividends received
-
152,384
4
Operating profit
2024
2023
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Research and development costs
1,488,410
1,391,510
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
18,000
17,420
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
51,631
58,874
Amortisation of intangible assets
475,826
466,326
Share-based payments
-
15,680
Operating lease charges
44,059
51,481
5
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Administration
7
7
Marketing
1
-
Operations
7
9
Research & Development
18
16
Sales
5
6
Technical
5
6
Design
3
3
Total
46
47
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
5
Employees
(Continued)
- 19 -

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
1,501,114
1,799,301
Social security costs
182,060
156,175
Pension costs
329,724
169,951
2,012,898
2,125,427

In addition to the above wages and salaries costs, there is £1,387,708 (2023 - £1,192,899) included in research and development costs within administrative costs that have been reallocated from wages and salaries.

6
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
368,272
599,467
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
206,017
87,613
574,289
687,080
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
144,083
162,171
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
80,162
40,057
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2024
2023
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
165,828
85,201
Interest receivable from group companies
16,501
23,027
Total interest revenue
182,329
108,228
Income from fixed asset investments
Income from shares in group undertakings
-
0
152,384
Total income
182,329
260,612
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 20 -
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
(4,817)
7,278
9
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
(25,505)
610,040
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(296,642)
-
0
Total current tax
(322,147)
610,040
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
13,310
(5,810)
Total tax (credit)/charge
(308,837)
604,230

The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Profit before taxation
1,339,301
2,056,646
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 25.00%)
334,825
514,162
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
10,705
10,690
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
-
0
(38,096)
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
(12,171)
9,984
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(296,635)
-
0
Double tax relief
-
0
(6,662)
Group relief
74,186
-
0
Depreciation on assets not qualifying for tax allowances
2,636
2,629
Amortisation on assets not qualifying for tax allowances
118,957
116,582
Research and development tax credit
55,508
(334,572)
Other permanent differences
(41,468)
(212)
Tax relief on share options
(556,985)
-
0
Capital gain on sale of investments
-
0
368,509
Change in tax rates
1,605
(38,784)
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(308,837)
604,230
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 21 -
10
Dividends
2024
2023
£
£
Dividends in specie
-
1,553,787
-
0
1,553,787
11
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill
Patents
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
4,652,500
92,723
4,745,223
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
895,980
91,916
987,896
Amortisation charged for the year
475,341
485
475,826
At 31 December 2024
1,371,321
92,401
1,463,722
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
3,281,179
322
3,281,501
At 31 December 2023
3,756,520
807
3,757,327
12
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land and buildings
Leasehold land and buildings
Plant and machinery
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
638,081
20,203
629,803
1,288,087
Additions
5,874
4,592
29,656
40,122
At 31 December 2024
643,955
24,795
659,459
1,328,209
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
15,765
14,894
567,513
598,172
Depreciation charged in the year
15,179
-
0
36,452
51,631
At 31 December 2024
30,944
14,894
603,965
649,803
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
613,011
9,901
55,494
678,406
At 31 December 2023
622,316
5,309
62,290
689,915

Freehold buildings were revalued on 1 September 2022 at £545,000 by an independent external valuer on an open market basis. The Directors' are of the opinion that this value represents the fair value as at 31 December 2024.

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
12
Tangible fixed assets
(Continued)
- 22 -

The following assets are carried at valuation. If the assets were measured using the cost model, the carrying amounts would be as follows:

Freehold buildings
2024
2023
£
£
Cost
648,618
642,744
Accumulated depreciation
(92,874)
(77,695)
Carrying value
555,744
565,049
13
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
14
4,004,957
4,004,957
Unlisted investments
5,203,360
-
0
9,208,317
4,004,957
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
Other investments
Total
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
4,004,957
-
4,004,957
Additions
-
5,203,360
5,203,360
At 31 December 2024
4,004,957
5,203,360
9,208,317
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
4,004,957
5,203,360
9,208,317
At 31 December 2023
4,004,957
-
4,004,957
14
Subsidiaries

These financial statements are separate company financial statements for Veracity UK Limited.

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:

VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
14
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
- 23 -
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Indirect
Veracity Systems Surveillance Private Ltd
India
Ordinary
0
99.99
Veracity ME DMCC
United Arab Emirates
Ordinary
100.00
-
Veracity Systems Ltd
UK
Ordinary
100.00
-
Veracity USA, Inc.
USA
Ordinary
100.00
-
Veracity Solutions Limited
UK
Ordinary
100.00
-
15
Stocks
2024
2023
£
£
Raw material components
319,675
417,914
Finished goods and goods for resale
2,833,608
3,036,518
3,153,283
3,454,432
16
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,117,697
1,534,122
Corporation tax recoverable
25,505
-
0
Amounts owed by group undertakings
3,577,289
2,681,513
Other debtors
373,213
326,252
Prepayments and accrued income
163,683
118,117
5,257,387
4,660,004
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
748,402
1,475,086
Corporation tax
-
0
610,040
Other taxation and social security
111,803
105,819
Other creditors
1,895,312
9,722
Accruals and deferred income
205,699
327,476
2,961,216
2,528,143
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 24 -
18
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
ACAs
24,174
-
Provision movement
(4,555)
-
Pension accrual movement
(6,309)
-
13,310
-
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
-
Charge to profit or loss
13,310
Liability at 31 December 2024
13,310
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
329,724
169,951

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

20
Share-based payment transactions
Liabilities and expenses

During the year, the company recognised total share-based payment expense of £nil (2023 - £15,680) which related to equity settled share based payment transactions.

 

For further information see the accounting policy at note 1.17.

21
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 10p each
212,847
188,467
21,284
18,846
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 25 -
22
Fair value reserve
2024
2023
£
£
At the beginning of the year
-
1,071,483
Transfer of non-distributable profits
-
(1,071,483)
At the end of the year
-
-
23
Securities

OakNorth Bank plc holds both fixed & floating charges over the company's property and undertakings inrelation to borrowings of the entity's parent company, Longacre Capture Limited.

 

HSBC UK Bank plc hold a floating charge over the company's property and undertakings in respect of BACS and credit card facilities granted to the entity.

24
Operating lease commitments
As lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

2024
2023
£
£
Within 1 year
38,748
29,792
Years 2-5
15,665
19,375
54,413
49,167
25
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available whereby it has not disclosed transactions with any wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the group.

26
Ultimate controlling party

The parent company of Veracity UK Limited is Longacre Capture Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The company's registered office is 1 Mercer Street, London, WC2H 9QJ.

The ultimate controlling party of Veracity UK Limited is Longacre Group Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales. It's registered office is also 1 Mercer Street, London, WC2H 9QJ.

The following are the parents of the largest and smallest groups in which this company's results are consolidated:

Largest group
Longacre Group Holdings Limited
Smallest group
Longacre Troon Limited
VERACITY UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
- 26 -
27
Cash generated from operations
2024
2023
£
£
Profit after taxation
1,648,138
1,452,416
Adjustments for:
Taxation (credited)/charged
(308,837)
604,230
Finance costs
(4,817)
7,278
Investment income
(182,329)
(260,612)
Fair value loss on foreign exchange contracts
198,659
146,859
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets
475,826
466,326
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
51,631
58,874
Foreign exchange gains on cash equivalents
(198,659)
(146,859)
Equity settled share based payment expense
-
15,680
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in stocks
301,149
(432,386)
Increase in debtors
(571,878)
(635,286)
Increase in creditors
1,043,113
417,272
Cash generated from operations
2,451,996
1,693,792
28
Analysis of changes in net funds
1 January 2024
Cash flows
31 December 2024
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
3,967,479
(3,708,705)
258,774
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