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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The principal activity of the company during the year is that of a holding company.
The company is an intermediate holding company of the wider Sigma 032023 Limited Group and has no ongoing trading activities. The directors do not envisage this changing for the foreseeable future. The directors are satisfied that it can meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Profit for the year was £3.3m (2024: £0.3m). Net assets at the year end were £6.9m (2024: £6.1m).
On 25th March 2025, the group successfully made the transition to an employee ownership trust (EOT), when the Tioga EOT Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Sigma 032023 Ltd. This is the start of a new chapter in the group’s history and one which provides continuity for our employees, customers and other business partners.
Details of the financial risks and uncertainties are included within the consolidated financial statements of Sigma 032023 Limited which are publicly avaliable from Companies House.
Given the staight forward nature of the business, the company's directors are of the opnion that further analysis using KPI's is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business. Details of the key performance indicators is included within the consolidated financial statements of Sigma 032023 Limited which are publicly avaliable. As a holding company, it is however noted that the main risk to the company is to the value of the investment as this relies on the performance of its owned and indirect subsidiaries and the risk being managed by continuously monitoring the underlying performance of these subsidiaries.
This report was approved by the board on 1 October 2025 and signed on its behalf.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £3,277,251 (2024 - £332,798).
During the year the Company paid dividends totalling £2,452,236 (2024: £240,000). The directors do not recommend the payment of any further dividends in respect of the year.
The directors who served during the year were:
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditors 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier.
This report was approved by the board on
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Simpatica Group Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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.
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' 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.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED (CONTINUED)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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:
Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, we identify the key laws and regulations affecting the Company. We identified that the principal risk of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations related to: • management bias in respect of accounting estimates and judgments made; • management override of control; • posting of unusual journals or transactions We focused on those area that could give rise to a material misstatement in the Company financial statements. Our procedures included, but were not limited to: • Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims, including instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud. • Reviewing legal expenditure in the year to identify instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud. • Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. • Performing audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias. In particular, a review of the stock provisions and provision for doubtful debts (see note 3). It is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.
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 for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Statutory Auditors
Prospect House
1 Prospect Place
Pride Park
DE24 8HG
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 10684201
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 11 to 20 form part of these financial statements.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The Company is a private company limited by shares and incorporated in England. The Company's registered office is St. Thomas House, St. Mary's Wharf, Mansfield Road, Derby, England, DE1 3TN. The Company registration number is 10684201. The nature of the Company's operations and principal activities is that of a holding company.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The Company has prepared it's financial statements to the nearest £.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Sigma 032023 Limited as at 31 March 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House.
The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Company is a member of the Sigma 032023 Limited Group, and the Group has confirmed its on going financial support of the Company, and that it will not call for repayment of any intercompany loans until cashflow permits. On this basis the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.
Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cashflows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan. For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date. Critical judgements The following judgements have had the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements: Investment carrying value Management perform annual reviews to identify any impairment triggers. If a trigger is identified, a review of the investments in undertaken to establish whether the carrying value of the investment should be impaired. See note 9. Key sources of estimation uncertainty The estimate and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying vale amount of assets and liabilities are as follows: Investment carrying value Determining whether an investment is impaired required an estimation of the recoverable amount which requires the company to estimate the value in use. See note 9.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
7.Taxation (continued)
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Merger Reserve
Profit and loss account
The Company is part of a composite guarantee whereby liabilities are secured over the assets of the Group. As at 31 March 2025 the Company's liability in respect of this guarantee is £7,861,495 (2024: £6,554,465).
The ultimate parent undertaking is Sigma 032023 Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.
The ultimate controlling party was considered to be Mr. W. Adams, a director and shareholder of the company by virtue of his shareholding in Sigma 032023 Limited. From 25 March 2025, the ultimate controlling party changed to Tioga EOT Limited.
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SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED
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