Company registration number 13532780 (England and Wales)
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr N S Hussein
Mrs N Hussein
Mr S M Nanji
Company number
13532780
Registered office
Kalamu House
11 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
Auditor
KLSA LLP
Kalamu House
11 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
Bankers
HSBC Bank Plc
1 Corn Market
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
HP11 2AY
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
3
Directors' responsibilities statement
4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 8
Profit and loss account
9
Balance sheet
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Statement of cash flows
12
Notes to the financial statements
13 - 22
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Review of the business

The results for the period under review and the financial position at the period end were considered satisfactory by the directors. The company's objective is to achieve sustainable rates of growth and returns through a combination of organic growth.

 

As shown in the company's profit and loss account set out on page 9, the company made a loss after tax of £200,349 (2024: £159,527). There was also an improvement on the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from £923,011 to £1,075,887.

 

The company's balance sheet on page 10 shows its net liabilities and is valued at £357,516 (2024: £280,737) and net current liability of £192,883 (2024: £344,354).

 

The performance aligns with our expectations, reflecting our strategic investment in new stores and in refurbishing and updating our existing estate to enhance customer experience and sustain sales.

 

Key Performance Indicators

The board monitors progress on the overall company strategy and the individual strategic elements by reference to a number of key performance indicators. The key financial performance indicators of the company are gross profit margins and turnover.

 

The gross profit of the company for the period under review was £5,180,310 (2024: £3,321,945), producing a satisfactory gross margin of 40.8% (2024: 40.0%) on a turnover of £12,693,571 (2024: £8,301,904).

 

The key non-financial performance indicators are adherence to a high quality of operational standards and food hygiene standards set by the franchisors.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks. Risks are reviewed by the director and the appropriate processes put in place to monitor and mitigate them. The key business risks affecting the company are set out below:-

 

Inherent risk

The company operates as a PRET A Manger franchisee and thus is required to maintain the operational and health and safety standards set by PRET. The management ensure compliance with the guidelines regularly to avoid any disruption in operations.

 

Financial Risk Management

The main financial risks inherent from the company's operations are:

 

(a) Credit risk

The company has no significant concentrations of credit risk. The nature of its operations results in a large customer base and a significant of cash sales.

 

(b) Interest rate risk

The company's interest rate risk arises from long-term borrowings. The directors monitor the net debt, banking facilities and cash flows on a regular basis and adequate working capital facilities are in place.

 

(c) Liquidity risk.

The company manages its exposure to liquidity risk through a naturally low level of debtors, maintaining a diversity of funding sources.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Development and performance

Competition

The company operates in a highly competitive market particularly around service offering, price and product quality. There is a risk that we will not meet our customers expectations. In order to mitigate this risk, the marketing teams from the franchisor monitor market offerings and pricing on an ongoing basis and the company, through the franchisor, undertakes regular mystery guest visits to all our restaurants to ensure menu offering and customer service are maintained to a high standard.

 

Employees

The company's performance depends largely on its managers and staff. The resignation of key individuals and the inability to recruit people with the right experience and skills could adversely impact the company's results. To mitigate these issues the company has invested in a training programme for all staff to maintain high service levels and have a number of schemes linked to the company's results that are designed to reward and retain key individuals.

 

Business

The company has an established base of suppliers and prides itself on the quality of its products. The company could be adversely affected by food safety and food-borne illnesses affecting the food chain. In order to mitigate this, the company purchases its food supplies from accredited suppliers.

 

Future Developments

The director aims to continue with management policies which has resulted in the company's steady growth in recent years.

 

The outlook for 2025/26 is reasonably encouraging with the director being optimistic that the current performance can be improved.

On behalf of the board

Mr S M Nanji
Director
22 August 2025
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of takeaway foods and restaurants.

Directors

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

Mr N S Hussein
Mrs N Hussein
Mr S M Nanji
Auditor

The auditor, KLSA LLP, is deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

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 S M Nanji
Director
22 August 2025
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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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.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF K & Z GROUP LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of K & Z Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the profit and loss account, 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:

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF K & Z GROUP 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 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.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF K & Z GROUP LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations

 

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

To address the risk of non-compliance with laws and regulations, we communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. The potential effect of these laws and regulations on the financial statements varies considerably.

 

Firstly, the Company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation (including related companies legislation) and taxation legislation (including payroll taxes) and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statements items.

 

Secondly, the Company is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines or litigation or the loss of the Company’s license to operate. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: terms attached to the PRET A Manager Franchise and food health and safety regulations in the restaurants. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Therefore, if a breach of operational regulations is not disclosed to us or evident from relevant correspondence, an audit will not detect that breach.

 

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF K & Z GROUP LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards; for instance, any non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud which is far removed from transactions reflected in the financial statements would diminish the likelihood of detection. Furthermore, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is greater than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error.

 

Fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional omissions, misrepresentation, or through an act of collusion that would mitigate internal controls. Our audit procedures are designed to detect material misstatement. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance or fraud and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

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.

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 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 members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Shilpa Chheda (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of KLSA LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Kalamu House
11 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL
22 August 2025
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
12,693,571
8,301,904
Cost of sales
(7,513,261)
(4,979,959)
Gross profit
5,180,310
3,321,945
Administrative expenses
(5,085,252)
(3,058,068)
Operating profit
95,058
263,877
Interest payable and similar expenses
(315,506)
(190,282)
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(220,448)
73,595
Tax on (loss)/profit
4
20,099
(233,122)
Loss for the financial year
(200,349)
(159,527)

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

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
5
3,570,227
3,781,889
Current assets
Stocks
60,043
60,383
Debtors
6
1,396,600
1,527,477
Cash at bank and in hand
1,076,882
510,682
2,533,525
2,098,542
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(2,726,408)
(2,442,896)
Net current liabilities
(192,883)
(344,354)
Total assets less current liabilities
3,377,344
3,437,535
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
8
(3,421,611)
(3,261,354)
Provisions for liabilities
(436,819)
(456,918)
Net liabilities
(481,086)
(280,737)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
(481,186)
(280,837)
Total equity
(481,086)
(280,737)
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 22 August 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr S M Nanji
Director
Company Registration No. 13532780
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2023
100
(121,310)
(121,210)
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(159,527)
(159,527)
Balance at 31 March 2024
100
(280,837)
(280,737)
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(200,349)
(200,349)
Balance at 31 March 2025
100
(481,186)
(481,086)
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
14
1,615,841
388,882
Interest paid
(315,506)
(190,282)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
1,300,335
198,600
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(769,167)
(2,318,115)
Net cash used in investing activities
(769,167)
(2,318,115)
Financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings
-
100,000
Repayment of borrowings
(487,468)
-
0
Proceeds from new bank loans
522,500
2,000,118
Net cash generated from financing activities
35,032
2,100,118
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
566,200
(19,397)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
510,682
530,079
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
1,076,882
510,682
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

K & Z Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Kalamu House, 11 Coldbath Square, London, EC1R 5HL.

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

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.

 

The 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 for parent company information presented within the consolidated financial statements:

 

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Going concern

The company made a trueloss in the year of £200,349 (2024: £159,527), has net liabilities of £481,086 (2024: £280,737), net current liabilities of £192,883 (2024:£344,354) and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £1,075,887 (2024: £923,011).

 

The parent company and the company's lenders will continue to provide financial support to the company as required and thus the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

 

The directors have reviewed and assessed forecast budgets for the potential impact of uncertainties including inflationary pressures. The directors also considered the company’s financing facilities and future funding plans. Based on this, we confirmed that the application of the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements continued to be appropriate.

 

In accordance with their responsibilities, the directors have considered the appropriateness of the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements. The directors are not aware of any likely events, conditions or business risks beyond this period that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and so continue to prepare to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents the invoiced value, net of Value Added Tax, of food and beverage provided to customers. Turnover from restaurants is recognised when payment is tendered by the customer at the point of sale.

1.4
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:

Leasehold improvements
Amortised over the term of the lease
Plant and equipment
25% reducing balance method
Fixtures and fittings
25% reducing balance method
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance method

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.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible 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.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.6
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.

1.7
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.

1.8
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.

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.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

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

1.9
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.

1.10
Taxation

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

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.11
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.

1.12
Retirement benefits

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

1.13
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.

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.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Tangible and intangible assets

Depreciation and amortisation is provided on all tangible and intangible assets respectively, calculated to write off the cost of each asset over it estimated useful life. The estimation of an asset's useful economic life has a significant effect on the annual depreciation and amortisation charge. The Directors review the useful lives and residual values of the items of tangible and intangible assets on a regular basis.

3
Employees

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

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
163
141
4
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(20,099)
233,122

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

2025
2024
£
£
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(220,448)
73,595
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
(55,112)
18,399
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
14,855
12,871
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
91,239
219,171
Group relief
76,877
50,326
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
89,404
(169,997)
Lease premium
(12,287)
(3,671)
Deferred tax adjustment for the year
(20,099)
233,122
Untilised tax losses brought forward
(204,976)
(127,099)
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(20,099)
233,122
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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5
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
2,044,301
1,587,785
1,040,475
107,090
4,779,651
Additions
310,037
344,655
114,475
-
0
769,167
At 31 March 2025
2,354,338
1,932,440
1,154,950
107,090
5,548,818
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
466,660
155,275
356,972
18,855
997,762
Depreciation charged in the year
375,793
393,864
189,113
22,059
980,829
At 31 March 2025
842,453
549,139
546,085
40,914
1,978,591
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
1,511,885
1,383,301
608,865
66,176
3,570,227
At 31 March 2024
1,577,641
1,432,510
683,503
88,235
3,781,889
6
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
109,160
301,021
Amounts owed by group undertakings
3,623
20,111
Other debtors
1,283,817
1,206,345
1,396,600
1,527,477
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans
500,630
625,855
Trade creditors
613,318
503,261
Amounts owed to group undertakings
716,674
702,249
Taxation and social security
236,163
228,429
Other creditors
659,623
383,102
2,726,408
2,442,896
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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8
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
9
3,339,111
3,161,354
Other borrowings
9
82,500
100,000
3,421,611
3,261,354

The Bank loans are secured by the following:

 

The loans are subject to monthly repayments and commercial rates of interest.

9
Loans and overdrafts
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans
3,839,741
3,787,209
Other loans
82,500
100,000
3,922,241
3,887,209
Payable within one year
500,630
625,855
Payable after one year
3,421,611
3,261,354

The bank loans are secured by debentures from group companies. The loans are subject to monthly repayments and commercial rates of interest.

10
Deferred taxation

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

Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
436,819
456,918
K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 21 -
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2024
456,918
Credit to profit or loss
(20,099)
Liability at 31 March 2025
436,819
11
Operating lease commitments
Lessee

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

2025
2024
£
£
Within one year
853,200
793,200
Between two and five years
2,455,000
2,013,200
In over five years
1,855,000
1,560,000
5,163,200
4,366,400
12
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available in FRS 102 (s33 "Related Party Disclosure"), whereby it has not disclosed transactions with the parent company or any wholly owned subsidiary undertakings of the group.

 

Included in other borrowings falling due after one year is a Director's loan amounting to £82,500 (2024: £100,000).

13
Parent company

The parent company is K & Z Holdings Limited and its registered office is Kalamu House, 11 Coldbath Square London, EC1R 5HL.

The largest group in which the entity is consolidated is K & Z Holdings Limited. The copies of the consolidated financial statements can be obtained from Kalamu House, 11 Coldbath Square, London EC1R 5HL.

K & Z GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 22 -
14
Cash generated from operations
2025
2024
£
£
Loss after taxation
(200,349)
(159,527)
Adjustments for:
Taxation (credited)/charged
(20,099)
233,122
Finance costs
315,506
190,282
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
980,829
659,134
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in stocks
340
(29,631)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
130,877
(931,157)
Increase in creditors
408,737
426,659
Cash generated from operations
1,615,841
388,882
15
Analysis of changes in net debt
1 April 2024
Cash flows
31 March 2025
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
510,682
566,200
1,076,882
Borrowings excluding overdrafts
(3,887,209)
(35,032)
(3,922,241)
(3,376,527)
531,168
(2,845,359)
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