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REGISTERED NUMBER: 15508789 (England and Wales)

| Financial Statements |

| for the Period 20 February 2024 to 31 December 2024 |

| for |

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD |

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD (Registered number: 15508789) |

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the period 20 February 2024 to 31 December 2024

Page |

| Company Information | 1 |

| Balance Sheet | 2 |

| Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 |

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD |

Company Information

for the period 20 February 2024 to 31 December 2024

| DIRECTORS: | C M Bartholomew

| D Curnock

| J T Sapak

| REGISTERED OFFICE: | Cawley House

| 149-155 Canal Street

| Nottingham

| Nottinghamshire

| NG1 7HR

| REGISTERED NUMBER: | 15508789 (England and Wales)

| AUDITORS: | Clayton & Brewill

| Statutory Auditors and

| Chartered Accountants

| Cawley House

| 149-155 Canal Street

| Nottingham

| Nottinghamshire

| NG1 7HR

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD (Registered number: 15508789) |

Balance Sheet

31 December 2024

| Notes | £ | £ |

| FIXED ASSETS

| Investments | 4 | 17,047,660 |  |

| CURRENT ASSETS

| Debtors | 5 | 100 |  |  |

| CREDITORS

| Amounts falling due within one year | 6 | 17,047,660 |  |

| NET CURRENT LIABILITIES | (17,047,560 | ) |

| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 100 |  |

| CAPITAL AND RESERVES

| Called up share capital | 100 |  |

100 |  |

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

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 September 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

C M Bartholomew - Director

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD (Registered number: 15508789) |

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the period 20 February 2024 to 31 December 2024

1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES

| Basis of preparing the financial statements

| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

| Investments in subsidiaries

| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

| Investment in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

| Taxation

| Taxation for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

| Deferred tax

| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the period end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

| The average number of employees during the period was NIL.

4. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

| Shares in

| group

| undertakings

£ |

| COST

| Additions | 17,047,660 |  |

| At 31 December 2024 | 17,047,660 |  |

| NET BOOK VALUE

| At 31 December 2024 | 17,047,660 |  |

5. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

£ |

| Other debtors | 100 |  |

| ESG BIDCO 2 LTD (Registered number: 15508789) |

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the period 20 February 2024 to 31 December 2024

6. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

£ |

| Trade creditors | 1 |  |

| Amounts owed to group undertakings | 17,047,659 |  |

17,047,660 |  |

7. | DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 444(5B) OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

| The Report of the Auditors was unqualified.

| Douglas Perry FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

| for and on behalf of Clayton & Brewill

8. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

| The company is controlled by its immediate parent company, Embrace Steel Group Limited, a

| company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 12939220). This is by virtue of its

| holding 100% of the issued share capital in the company.

| The ultimate controlling party is J Hacker by virtue of his majority shareholding in the ultimate

| parent company, Catalyst Ventures Ltd.A copy of the consolidated accounts can be obtained from

| the registered office.