Company registration number 09922991 (England and Wales)
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr J D Lea
(Appointed 28 March 2025)
Dr P Quinn
Company number
09922991
Registered office
Aec - Ukatc - Innovation Centre Innovation Way
Heslington
York
England
YO10 5DG
Auditor
BHP LLP
Rievaulx House
1 St Marys Court
Blossom Street
York
England
YO24 1AH
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1 - 2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Income and expenditure account
6
Balance sheet
7
Notes to the financial statements
8 - 19
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
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 company operates in the agri-tech sector for the promotion of precision agriculture, innovation and engineering. The principal activity is the interaction with, and enabling of, collaborative partnerships with industry, and academia.

On 1 April 2024 a merger was enacted and the operations of this entity were transferred to UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited, the new parent entity. This entity retains certain fixed assets which are managed by the parent entity and let out commercially in line with the objects of this entity.

Directors

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

Mr P Bicknall
(Resigned 28 March 2025)
Mr J D Lea
(Appointed 28 March 2025)
Dr P Quinn
Auditor

BHP LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

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 surplus or deficit of the company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement 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.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Small companies exemption

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

On behalf of the board
Mr J D Lea
Dr P Quinn
Director
Director
30 September 2025
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Agri-EPI Centre Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the income and expenditure account, the balance sheet 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:

- give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its surplus for the year then ended;

- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the 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:

- the information given in the directors' r eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

- the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AGRI-EPI CENTRE 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 identifie d material misstatements in the directors' r eport. 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:

- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' r esponsibilities s tatement, 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector; and

- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation, employment, and health and safety legislation.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by:

- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non

- compliance with laws and regulations.

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

- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and

- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; and

- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; and

- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.

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.

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.

Laura Masheder (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of BHP LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Rievaulx House
1 St Marys Court
Blossom Street
York
YO24 1AH
England
6 October 2025
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
as restated
£
£
Income
484,750
7,252,452
Administrative expenses
(441,050)
(7,316,166)
Other operating income
-
0
54,153
Operating surplus/(deficit)
43,700
(9,561)
Interest receivable and similar income
12,474
24,040
Interest payable and similar expenses
(14,022)
-
0
Surplus before taxation
42,152
14,479
Tax on surplus
43,745
(172,969)
Surplus/(deficit) for the financial year
85,897
(158,490)

The income and expenditure account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
as restated
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
4
38,533
80,028
Tangible assets
5
11,179,582
12,822,431
Investments
6
1,000
1,000
11,219,115
12,903,459
Current assets
Debtors
7
313,266
1,875,000
Cash at bank and in hand
1,176,885
864,934
1,490,151
2,739,934
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(350,617)
(1,691,163)
Net current assets
1,139,534
1,048,771
Total assets less current liabilities
12,358,649
13,952,230
Provisions for liabilities
9
(129,929)
(129,929)
Net assets
12,228,720
13,822,301
Reserves
Other reserves
11,218,115
12,780,589
Income and expenditure account
1,010,605
1,041,712
Total members' funds
12,228,720
13,822,301

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

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 J D Lea
Dr P Quinn
Director
Director
Company registration number 09922991 (England and Wales)
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Agri-EPI Centre Limited is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Aec - Ukatc - Innovation Centre Innovation Way, Heslington, York, England, YO10 5DG.

1.1
Accounting convention

The company constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 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”) including the provisions applicable to public benefit entities 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 a mounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

The Directors/members have considered all factors, including in the wider economy, as part of their true assessment of going concern. On 1 April 2024, the business, operations, staff, assets (excluding grant funded fixed assets) and liabilities, net of cash balances, were all transferred to UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited as part of a merger. This company now retains fixed assets which are managed by UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited who collect and pass on rent to this entity.

Therefore, the directors believe, on balance, that they have sufficient resources to enable the company to continue for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, on the basis of the information currently available to them as al the point of approval. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.

1.3
Income and expenditure

Income is recognised at the fair value consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT.

Commercial income is recognised in the period of which the related services are provided or delivered.

As disclosed in note 1.16, funding is received for certain operating expenditure and is recognised to match the expenditure incurred.

1.4
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.

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

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:

Software
33% straight line
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
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:

Buildings
Over the life of the lease
Plant and equipment
10% - straight line
Fixtures and fittings
10% - straight line
Computers
33% - straight line
Motor vehicles
25% - 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 surplus or deficit.

1.6
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities 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 surplus or deficit.

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.

An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

1.7
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.

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.

The service potential of an asset will also consider where an asset is primarily held for the furtherance of the companies not for profit/social purpose, opposed to simply commercial income and cash generation or operational use, as these are considered to be social benefit assets. On this basis a depreciated/impaired cost is used to reflect the fair value of such social benefit assets.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in surplus or deficit, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in surplus or deficit, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.8
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.

1.9
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.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through surplus and deficit, 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 surplus or deficit.

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 surplus or deficit.

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.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 paymen ts 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. A m ounts 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 surplus or deficit 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.

1.10
Taxation

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

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
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
Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the company has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that the company will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation is recognised at present value. When a provision i s measured at present value, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in surplus or deficit in the period in which it arises.

1.12
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.

1.13
Retirement benefits

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

1.14
Leases

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 lease s asset are consumed.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.15
Government grants

Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset receive d or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.

A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

1.16

Other reserves - Funding reserve

Funding has been provided to Agri-EPI Centre Limited by the government as one of the nations four Centres for Agricultural Innovation (which have now been merged under UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited), these are a key component of the government's current Agri-Tech Strategy. Funding has been credited to the balance sheet according to conditions attaching to the funding.

Where funding is given for capital projects and the probability of clawback by the funder is considered remote it is credited to a funding reserve, on these capital projects any depreciation, impairment or profit or loss on disposal arising is charged against the funding reserve. Where funding is for operational expenditure it is credited to a deferred income account and released to the income statement as grant income to match the expenditure incurred.

Residual amounts held within the funding reserve are to be retained until such time as any terms and conditions of the funding have been met and funds become freely available for use by the company at which point the appropriate balance would be transferred to the income and expenditure account.

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.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
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.

Useful economic life of fixed assets

Depreciation policies have been set according to management's experience and judgement of the useful lives of the assets in each category, something which is reviewed annually. As fixed assets form a significant element of the balance sheet, are based on cutting edge agricultural technology and are of a specific niche nature and this estimate is critical and highly uncertain. This is due to the useful economic lives of the assets being hard to ascertain due to a lack of comparable assets to benchmark owing to their unique nature. Management base estimates on technical and expert knowledge of the staff using those assets and reviewing against by similar assets where applicable to obtain a reliable estimate based.

Impairment and residual value of fixed assets

Due to the specific and niche nature of the companies fixed assets and due to the assets being held for both future commercial cash flows and future service potential in line with the companies objectives, there risk of uncertainty is the over the carrying value of the assets, and requirement for an impairment. At each year end management review the fixed assets of the company for impairment based on both historic and future looking data, looking at both its commercial use to 3rd parties and its service use to internal and government projects, as well as any potential disposal value.

In the year an impairment of £n il (202 4 - £nil) was incurred upon managements review owing to material uncertainty around economic viability. Impairment losses are charged to the funding reserve in accordance with the accounting policy at 1.16.

3
Employees

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

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
0
54

The directors are not remunerated in this entity.

All employee contracts were novated to UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited on 1 April 2024.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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4
Intangible fixed assets (as restated)
Software
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
256,641
Disposals
(31,150)
At 31 March 2025
225,491
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
176,613
Amortisation charged for the year
41,495
Disposals
(31,150)
At 31 March 2025
186,958
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
38,533
At 31 March 2024
80,028

Expenditure of £nil (202 4 - £nil) has been incurred in the period on assets purchased using funding capital included in the other reserve. Amortisation of £41,495 (202 4 - £69,366) and impairment of £nil (202 4 - £nil) has been charged to the other reserve in respect of these assets.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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5
Tangible fixed assets
Buildings
Plant and machinery
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024 (as restated)
10,546,949
9,761,102
20,308,051
Additions
-
0
1,891
1,891
Disposals
-
0
(37,421)
(37,421)
Transfers
(86,224)
86,224
-
0
At 31 March 2025
10,460,725
9,811,796
20,272,521
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024 (as restated)
2,486,044
4,999,576
7,485,620
Depreciation charged in the year
505,592
1,139,066
1,644,658
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
(37,339)
(37,339)
At 31 March 2025
2,991,636
6,101,303
9,092,939
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
7,469,089
3,710,493
11,179,582
At 31 March 2024 (as restated)
8,060,905
4,761,526
12,822,431

Expenditure of £1,891 (202 4 - £316,096) has been incurred in the period on assets purchased using funding capital included in the other reserve. Depreciation of £1,644,658 (202 4 - £1,750,034) and impairment of £nil (202 4 - £nil) has been charged to the other reserve in respect of these assets.

6
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
1,000
1,000

Shares in group undertakings relates to a 100% investment in Agritech Investment Advisory Ltd which is non trading.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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7
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
25,250
349,637
Amounts owed by group undertakings
207,777
-
0
Other debtors
80,239
1,525,363
313,266
1,875,000

Included within other debtors is £nil (2024: £868k) of grant income receivable.

8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
as restated
£
£
Trade creditors
116,298
727,030
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,000
1,000
Taxation and social security
214,420
411,937
Other creditors
18,899
551,196
350,617
1,691,163
9
Provisions for liabilities
2025
2024
£
£
Provisions
129,929
129,929
The provision relates to SDLT for other leasehold sites due to be paid as a result of the wording on the development agreements. The SDLT if due, would relate to 2016 and 2018 respectively. No final determination has been made on the extent of the liability and the provision represents the directors best estimate of the maximum potential liability.
10
Members' liability

The company is limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and consequently the liability of members is limited, subject to an undertaking by each member to contribute to the net assets or liabilities of the on winding up such amounts as may be required company not exceeding £1.

On wind up members have no right to the residual assets, assets are to be transferred to an entity with similar objects to the company or entities with charitable objects where members also have no right to residual assets on wind up.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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11
Operating lease commitments

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

2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
-
0
179,000

All lease obligations were novated on 1 April 2024 to the parent entity UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited.

12
Related party transactions

All related party transactions were undertaken on normal commercial terms.

13
Parent company

On 1 April 2024 the parent company of Agri-EPI Centre Limited became UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited by virtue of it being the sole corporate member, its registered office is Innovation Centre York Science Park, Heslington, York, United Kingdom, YO10 5DG.

14
Funding reserve

As stated in accounting policy note 1.16 the company operates a funding reserve which represents capital funding received.

Movements in the year of £1,686,153 (2024: £1,750,034) represents depreciation, amortisation and impairment charged on assets funded by this capitalised funding.

15
Discontinued operations

As per note 1.2, the core operations of Agri-EPI Centre Limited were transferred to UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited as part of a merger. This transfer included the business, operations, staff, assets (excluding grant-funded fixed assets), and liabilities, net of cash balances. As a result, the company ceased its core income-generating activities from that date.

The financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 reflect a run-off period, during which residual income was generated primarily from commercial activities associated with the management of retained fixed assets. These assets are now overseen by UK Agri-Tech Centre Limited, which collects and passes on rental income to Crop Health and Protection Limited.

Going forward, the company is expected to generate residual commercial income from the continued letting of these assets. No further core income, which amounted to £265,904 in the current year (2024: £5,753,240), is anticipated in future periods.

AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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16
Prior period adjustment
Changes to the balance sheet
As previously reported
Adjustment
As restated at 31 Mar 2024
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Other intangibles
-
80,028
80,028
Tangible assets
12,971,769
(149,338)
12,822,431
Creditors due within one year
Other creditors
(2,896,850)
1,617,624
(1,279,226)
Creditors due after one year
Deferred income
(11,232,275)
11,232,275
-
0
Net assets
1,041,712
12,780,589
13,822,301
Capital and reserves
Other reserves
-
12,780,589
12,780,589
Changes to the profit and loss account
As previously reported
Adjustment
As restated
Period ended 31 March 2024
£
£
£
Turnover
9,002,486
(1,750,034)
7,252,452
Administrative expenses
(9,066,200)
1,750,034
(7,316,166)
Loss for the financial period
(158,490)
-
(158,490)
Notes to reconciliation

A prior year adjustment has been made to reclassify the deferred income in relation to capital expenditure from creditors due <1 year and creditors due > 1 year to Other reserves, as this better reflects the substance of the transactions entered into and represents the same treatment as followed across the group.

The impact of this adjustment increases reserves and net assets by £12,849,899. Although there is no impact on the surplus reported this adjustment also redesignates £1,750,034 between income and admin costs, this represents the depreciation charge on capital grant funded assets, this is inline with the treatment set out in the accounting policy at 1.16.

A further prior year adjustment has been made to reclassify disposal of tangible fixed assets with a cost of £804,634 and accumulated depreciation of £735,322 back in 2024, as these had been incorrectly classified as a disposal in 2025. There is no impact to report surplus on this, as the loss on disposal of £69,312 is transferred to other reserves, in line with the treatment set out in the accounting policy 1.16.

A prior year adjustment has been made to reclassify computer software, with a cost of £256,641 and amortisation of £176,613, from tangible fixed assets to intangible fixed assets. This better reflects the nature of the underlying asset.

The impact of this adjustment increases the net book value of intangible fixed assets by £80,028 and decreases the net book value of tangible fixed assets by £80,028. There is no impact on the reported surplus arising from this adjustment.

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