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Registration number: 04903360

CAN Geotechnical Limited
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Contents

Company Information | 1
Strategic Report | 2 to 6
Directors' Report | 7
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities | 8
Independent Auditor's Report | 9 to 12
Profit and Loss Account | 13
Balance Sheet | 14
Statement of Changes in Equity | 15
Notes to the Financial Statements | 16 to 29

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Company Information

Directors | A Burton C M England R Greatrick F Herlihy G Hobson M Richardson A A Ryder G W Tuckwell M D Yaxley

Company secretary | S Evans

Registered office | Spring Lodge 172 Chester Road Helsby Cheshire WA6 0AR

Auditors | UHY Ross Brooke Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors Suite I Windrush Court Abingdon Business Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 1SY

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is specialist geotechnical and civil engineering services.

Fair review of the business

During the financial year, CAN Geotechnical Limited continued to build on its reputation as a leading specialist in geotechnical engineering solutions across the UK. The company maintained a strong pipeline of infrastructure and construction projects, despite broader economic headwinds and challenges in the supply chain. Strategic priorities included investing in specialist plant and equipment, enhancing operational efficiency, embedding ESG principles across the business, and strengthening our health and safety culture on all sites. Continued focus on technical excellence and client satisfaction has supported stable turnover and improved gross margins.
Looking ahead, the business is focused on realising its vision to become the industry-leading provider of geotechnical engineering solutions, with an increased focus on earlier client engagement through delivering more design and build (D&B) projects. This ambition will be driven by ongoing investment in people, technology, ESG-led practices, and sustainable growth, ensuring we meet the evolving needs of the construction and infrastructure sectors while delivering long-term value for all stakeholders.

Results for the year

The financial performance of CAN Geotechnical Limited in FY25 demonstrated significant growth, with turnover rising to £15.195 million compared to £8.065 million in FY24 - an increase of 88%. This strong year-on-year growth reflects the successful delivery of several major projects, improved market conditions, and the company’s continued operational and commercial focus. Operating profit also improved substantially, moving from a loss of £0.832 million in FY24 to a profit of £0.629 million in FY25, driven by enhanced project margins, increased utilisation of in-house capabilities, and tighter cost management.
EBITDA for the year was £1.070 million, compared to a negative £0.541 million in FY24, marking a significant improvement in the company’s underlying operating performance. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the company’s strategic initiatives and provide a strong foundation for continued sustainable growth.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Key performance indicators

The directors monitor several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and debate the company performance relative to those KPI’s at board meetings and divisional meetings. Examples of KPI’s monitored include:
- Carbon Emissions;
- Training;
- Staff wellbeing;
- Net Fee income;
- Accidents and Near Misses;
- Positive Interventions to improve safety performance;
- Customer Feedback - both praise and complaints;
- Staff Turnover;
- Utilisation of Staff;
- Gender Pay Gap;
- Cash at Bank; and
- Debtor and Creditor days.
The directors are pleased to report that performance of the company in respect of all KPIs monitored is satisfactory.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Corporate responsibility

RSK is a diverse group of environmental, engineering and technical services businesses, connected by a shared commitment to finding environmental and socially sustainable ways to fix challenging
problems. In doing so, we have found commercial success while making a positive contribution to the world around us. The Company supports the wider group’s ambitions through its service delivery to clients and corporate responsibility and sustainability activities.
Sustainability in all that we do
RSK has recognised and championed the importance of environmental and social impact since its inception over 30 years ago, with “promoting the concept of sustainability in all that we do” being
one of the group’s nine business principles.
As a fast-growing global business, RSK can play a part in tackling the environmental, economic, and social challenges faced around the world. Our work is aligned with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. It is not just about climate action, but it is also about providing affordable and clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, protecting life on land and below water, ending poverty and famine, and ensuring water supply and sanitation are available to all people.
Governments, businesses, organisations and individuals are embracing these goals, seeking the support from businesses, like those within RSK, to help them play their part. These fundamental drivers will have great impact on the RSK Group and the Company in the future, both on how we operate ourselves, but also how we support our clients.
Our holistic strategy
Our Sustainability Route Map integrates business and sustainability performance into a holistic strategy structured around five key pillars: safety, health and quality; our people and ethics; environment and communities; our clients and suppliers; financial and governance.
These five pillars provide the framework to align our business strategy to the SDGs and are key to our business’s success. To measure our progress, the Route Map sets out clear milestones each year
which keep us moving towards our overarching goals.

Key principles

The directors continue to run the business according to nine key principles:
- Hiring, retaining and rewarding talented and dedicated people;
- Building enduring client relationships;
- Encouraging continuous improvement and innovation;
- Promoting a learning culture in a positive work environment;
- Making strategic investments for sustainable growth;
- Committing to strong, predictable financial performance;
- Maintaining unwavering commitment to health and safety;
- Promoting the concept of sustainability in all that we do; and
- Encouraging staff consultation and clear communication.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Employees

The directors recognise that our people are the key to our success as an organisation, and we strive to engage with all our employees, making sure everyone is involved in the development of our business and is proud to be part of it.
Equal opportunities
The Company is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion which is core to our company culture. This is integral to the success of our business and supports our corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts. To help the Company fully embrace equality, diversity and inclusion, The Company has pledged the following:
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion from the top of the organisation.
• Acknowledge and tackle unconscious bias.
• Communicate and educate about the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion at all levels of our business, making this part of our everyday conversations.
• Empower our workforce through the introduction of employee networks.
We believe in equal opportunities for all employees and applicants and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination in relation to a protected characteristic. All employees and applicants, whether part time, full time or temporary, will be treated fairly and with respect.
The Company is committed to ensuring that every employee has a working environment that promotes dignity and respect, and where individual differences and contributions of employees are recognised and valued.
As directors it is also important to us that we look after the wellbeing of our employees, so we subscribe to the group’s wellbeing policy which is built on five interconnected wellbeing pillars: physical, mental, social, financial and environmental. This policy is delivered through a diverse calendar of activities aimed at engaging, educating and connecting employees.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Principal risks and uncertainties

The directors are required to identify risks that might adversely affect the Company's business in the medium and long-term. The directors have considered the risks to the business and means to manage those risks. The primary risks, and means of risk management, are:
- Failure to maintain a sufficient employee resource at appropriate levels of seniority and experience. The directors recognise that having a sufficient employee resource to undertake projects is critical to the continued success of the Company. To that end, the directors are committed to all the components of Investors In People and seek to be an employer of choice. We aim to hire the most talented of people; we communicate widely and openly, share our Vision and Principles, we train our people and empower them. In this way we plan to look after our clients' needs in an exemplary fashion. The directors monitor people metrics, including retention statistics to identify any trends or issues.
- Termination of projects or failure to win work in our core markets. We strive to delight our clients and keep abreast of their requirements and expectations through regular communication, project reviews, client satisfaction surveys and wider market assessments. We want to work to the highest technical and health and safety standards and to these ends, we operate in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 and, where applicable, comply with the various specific industry codes of practice and standards.
- Financial risk management. The Company's operations expose it to a variety of financial risks and these risks need to be considered throughout the lifetime of a project. The directors operate an internal review process so that tenders are reviewed before submission to a client. Risk of late payment by clients and bad debts could result in the Company having insufficient cash to pay suppliers in a timely fashion. The directors have considered this and have adequate working capital facilities, allowing for late payments by clients and to minimise financial risk is on of diversity of operations as set out above with a mix of services, clients, projects and geographical spread of operations.
- Global economy. Rising inflation and the risk of recession present risk to all businesses. To mitigate this risk, we remain as diverse as possible, strengthening our offer in sectors which we consider most resilient. The Company is also very nimble, able to make decisions very quickly and pivot to different market sectors when required. We closely manage costs to remain competitive in the marketplace.
- Climate change. The directors have followed the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures methodology to assess the potential risks to the business that climate change poses and identify mitigation measures. Climate change is likely to generate huge demand for our services, so although there may be some disruption to our supply chain, the more likely consequence of climate change is an increase in work for RSK as our clients assess the likely impact of climate change and then implement works to adapt to flood risk, sea level rise and more extreme weather events.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... A A Ryder Director

CAN Geotechnical 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.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

A Burton

S Crawford (resigned 17 September 2025)

A S Draper (resigned 31 March 2025)

C A Elms (resigned 24 September 2024)

C M England

R Greatrick (appointed 1 June 2024)

G Hobson

M Richardson

A A Ryder

G W Tuckwell

M D Yaxley

The following director was appointed after the year end:

F Herlihy (appointed 1 April 2025)

Dividends

The total distribution of dividends for the period was £Nil (2024: £Nil).

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... A A Ryder Director

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities 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:

• | select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

• | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• | state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; 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.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CAN Geotechnical Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of CAN Geotechnical Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, 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 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 profit 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 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 director's 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 original financial statements were 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CAN Geotechnical Limited

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

• | the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• | the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where 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.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 8, 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 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:

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CAN Geotechnical Limited

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our cumulative audit and commercial knowledge and experience of the company and the sector;
- 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 Legislation, General Data Protection Rules (GDPR), Anti-Bribery Act, Employment Law and Health & Safety legislation;
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
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; 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;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC and analysing legal costs to ascertain if there have been instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
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: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of CAN Geotechnical Limited

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.

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Caroline Webster FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of UHY Ross Brooke, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
Suite I Windrush Court
Abingdon Business Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1SY

13 October 2025

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Turnover | 3 | 15,195,378 | 8,065,319
Cost of sales |  | (9,815,747) | (5,230,660)
Net fee income |  | 5,379,631 | 2,834,659
Administrative expenses |  | (4,751,019) | (3,666,674)
Operating profit/(loss) | 5 | 628,612 | (832,015)
Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 | (19,527) | (31,689)
Profit/(loss) before tax |  | 609,085 | (863,704)
Tax on profit/(loss) | 10 | (114,567) | (20,447)
Profit/(loss) for the financial year |  | 494,518 | (884,151)

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

(Registration number: 04903360)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 11 | 1,463,814 | 1,461,600
Current assets |  |  |
Stocks | 12 | 314,577 | 348,053
Debtors | 13 | 5,827,970 | 3,815,289
Cash at bank and in hand |  | - | 26,792
|  | 6,142,547 | 4,190,134
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 14 | (7,458,545) | (5,779,655)
Net current liabilities |  | (1,315,998) | (1,589,521)
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 147,816 | (127,921)
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year | 14 | (62,189) | (280,970)
Net assets/(liabilities) |  | 85,627 | (408,891)
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital |  | 100 | 100
Retained earnings |  | 85,527 | (408,991)
Shareholders' funds/(deficit) |  | 85,627 | (408,891)

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

......................................... A A Ryder Director

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| Share capital £ | Retained earnings £ | Total £
At 1 April 2023 | 100 | 475,160 | 475,260
Loss for the year | - | (884,151) | (884,151)
At 31 March 2024 | 100 | (408,991) | (408,891)

| Share capital £ | Retained earnings £ | Total £
At 1 April 2024 | 100 | (408,991) | (408,891)
Profit for the year | - | 494,518 | 494,518
At 31 March 2025 | 100 | 85,527 | 85,627

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Spring Lodge
172 Chester Road
Helsby
Cheshire
WA6 0AR
England

The principal place of business is:
Chesterfield Trading Estate
Smeckley Wood Cl
Chesterfield
S41 9PZ
England

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 10 October 2025.

2 | Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

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' and the Companies Act 2006.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company.
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 4 Statement of Financial Position paragraph 4.12(a)(iv);
• the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
• the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
• the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.41(b), 11.41(c), 11.41(e), 11.41(f), 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
• the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A; and
• the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
These accounts are consolidated into the accounts of RSK Group Ltd.

Going concern

The Directors have acknowledged the latest guidance on going concern from the Financial Reporting Council and considered various relevant matters noted here.
The company participates in the Group’s centralised treasury arrangements and so shares banking arrangements with its subsidiaries. As at 31 March 2025 the funds comprised a £1bn committed acquisition facility and a £150m revolving credit facility (which was increased from the prior £50m during March 2025). These facilities were extended from 2028 to 2030 in September 2024. In September 2024 the Group received £520m preferred equity investment from a consortium of investors.
The facilities will finance growth, both organic and acquisitive and associated working capital requirements.
After a thorough review, the Group's consolidated business plan, forecasts and projections show that it is expected to operate within its facilities.
The Group has established contracts and master service agreements with several customers across a wide range of sectors and markets and has a significant pipeline of committed work, tenders in progress and opportunities. The Directors believe that the Group will continue to manage its business risks successfully despite uncertain economic conditions in some business sectors and countries.
After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months after the date on which the report and financial statements are signed. Accordingly, they have continued to adopt a going concern basis in the preparation of the annual report and financial statements.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Judgements

In preparing these financial statements, no judgements have been made in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies that have had a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements, other than those involving estimations as detailed below.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The company makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have the greatest level of uncertainty are addressed below:
(i) Amounts recoverable on contracts
Management make estimates regarding the recognition of income from contracts. Such estimates are calculated on the bases explained in the accounting policy for revenue. At the year end the carrying amount was £1,981,536 (2024: £866,550).

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the Company's activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the company.
In respect of long-term contracts for on-going services, turnover represents the value of work done in the period, including estimates of amounts not invoiced. Turnover in respect of long-term contracts and contracts for on-going services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion.
Turnover from a contract to provide services is recognised in the period in which the services are provided in accordance with the stage of completion of the contract when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
- the amount of turnover can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due under the contract;
- the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and
- the costs incurred and the costs to complete the contract can be measured reliably.

Long-term contracts are assessed on a contract by contract basis and reflected in the profit and loss account by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses. Turnover represents the value of work done in the period, including estimates of amounts not invoiced, and is recognised by reference to the stage of completion. Operating profit includes attributable profit on long-term completed contracts and amounts recoverable on uncompleted contracts, the latter being included within debtors due within one year.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a change attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
Current tax
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generate income.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
• The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
• Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax balances have been met.
Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the different between the fair value of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Plant and machinery | 25% straight line
Motor vehicles | 25% straight line
Fixtures and fittings | 25% straight line
Properties under construction | None charged until assets in use

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Debtors

Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Creditors

Creditors are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Financial instruments

Financial assets and liabilities are recognised in the company’s balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables, loans receivable from other Group companies, investments in subsidiary companies and cash and cash equivalents, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of future receipts discounted at the market rate of interest. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
At each reporting date the company assesses whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. If such evidence exists, the company recognises an impairment loss which is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the future cashflows, discounted at the original effective interest rate. Impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss.
Impairment losses are reversed if the reversal can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised. The reversal of the impairment will be recognised in profit or loss.
Financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, hire purchase contracts and loans payable to other Group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of future payments discounted at the market rate of interest.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial instruments
A financial asset is derecognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred.
A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled, or expires.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

3 | Turnover

The analysis of the company's turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Rendering of services | 15,195,378 | 8,065,319

4 | Other gains and losses

The analysis of the company's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Gain on disposal of tangible assets | 177,183 | 112,073

5 | Operating profit/(loss)

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Depreciation expense | 618,120 | 403,329
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment | (177,183) | (112,073)

6 | Interest payable and similar expenses

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Interest on obligations under finance leases and hire purchase contracts | 19,527 | 31,689

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

7 | Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Wages and salaries | 4,341,789 | 2,814,445
Social security costs | 465,105 | 316,892
Other short-term employee benefits | - | 4,349
Pension costs, defined contribution scheme | 72,991 | 59,183
| 4,879,885 | 3,194,869

The values in the above table reflect the staff costs related to employees engaged directly in the activities of CAN Geotechnical Limited. A further £4,620,512 (2024: £3,197,341) was incurred in relation to CAN Structures Limited and a further £629,164 (2024: £923,461) was incurred in relation to CAN Renewables Limited however these amounts are recharged in full so are not reflected in the profit and loss account of CAN Geotechnical Limited.

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

| 2025 No. | 2024 No.
Field staff | 115 | 94
Administrative staff | 81 | 78
| 196 | 172

The number of employees in the above table includes the following:
- 76 (2024: 65) employees whose services are provided to CAN Structures Limited under a recharge agreement, whereby their employment costs are recharged to CAN Structures Limited.
- 8 (2024: 21) employees whose services are provided to CAN Renewables Limited under a recharge agreement, whereby their employment costs are recharged to CAN Renewables Limited.
The remaining 112 (2024: 86) employees are directly engaged in the activities of the company.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

8 | Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Remuneration | 457,957 | 320,379
Contributions paid to money purchase schemes | 9,280 | 5,716
| 467,237 | 326,095

The remuneration in the table above relates to 6 (2024: 7) directors who are remunerated by the company. The other directors’ remuneration is borne by the company’s ultimate parent, RSK Group Limited. No direct recharge is made to the company for services provided, but an estimate of the cost of these directors’ time is incorporated into the management charge charged to the company from RSK Group Limited.

During the year the number of directors who were receiving benefits and share incentives was as follows:

| 2025 No. | 2024 No.
Accruing benefits under money purchase pension scheme | 5 | 6

In respect of the highest paid director:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Remuneration | 83,457 | 78,625
Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes | 2,197 | 2,194

9 | Auditors' remuneration

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Audit of the financial statements | 17,500 | 15,000

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

10 | Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Current taxation |  |
UK corporation tax | 114,567 | 20,447

The tax on profit before tax for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).
The differences are reconciled below:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Profit/(loss) before tax | 609,085 | (863,704)
Corporation tax at standard rate | 152,271 | (215,926)
Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit (tax loss) | 1,305 | 3,230
(Decrease)/increase from tax losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognised | (39,009) | 212,696
Increase in UK and foreign current tax from unrecognised temporary difference from a prior period | - | 20,447
Total tax charge | 114,567 | 20,447

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

11 | Tangible assets

| Properties under construction £ | Fixtures and fittings £ | Plant and machinery £ | Motor vehicles £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024 | 99,063 | 428,539 | 5,191,051 | 1,064,159 | 6,782,812
Additions | - | 83,899 | 542,156 | - | 626,055
Disposals | (5,314) | - | (540,512) | (22,476) | (568,302)
At 31 March 2025 | 93,749 | 512,438 | 5,192,695 | 1,041,683 | 6,840,565
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024 | - | 342,796 | 4,357,632 | 620,784 | 5,321,212
Charge for the year | - | 42,042 | 390,493 | 185,585 | 618,120
Eliminated on disposal | - | - | (540,512) | (22,069) | (562,581)
At 31 March 2025 | - | 384,838 | 4,207,613 | 784,300 | 5,376,751
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025 | 93,749 | 127,600 | 985,082 | 257,383 | 1,463,814
At 31 March 2024 | 99,063 | 85,743 | 833,419 | 443,375 | 1,461,600

Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts

The net carrying amount of tangible assets includes the following amounts in respect of assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Plant and machinery | 3,343 | 43,574
Motor vehicles | 256,568 | 441,108
| 259,911 | 484,682

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

12 | Stocks

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Other inventories | 314,577 | 348,053

13 | Debtors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Trade debtors | 1,011,587 | 564,925
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 2,460,719 | 2,005,577
Other debtors | 108,729 | 153,977
Prepayments | 265,399 | 224,260
Accrued income | 1,981,536 | 866,550
| 5,827,970 | 3,815,289

14 | Creditors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Due within one year |  |
Bank overdrafts | 683,743 | -
Hire purchase contracts | 211,574 | 227,131
Trade creditors | 1,485,505 | 1,273,838
Amounts due to group undertakings | 3,171,996 | 3,060,179
Social security and other taxes | 525,061 | 307,514
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs | 21,752 | 16,493
Other payables | 527,947 | 408,343
Accruals | 716,400 | 322,786
Group relief payable | 114,567 | 163,371
| 7,458,545 | 5,779,655
Due after one year |  |
Hire purchase contracts | 62,189 | 280,970

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

15 | Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £72,991 (2024 - £59,183).
Contributions totalling £21,752 (2024 - £16,493) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in creditors.

16 | Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

| 2025 | 2024
| No. | £ | No. | £
Ordinary shares of £1 each | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100

17 | Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Not later than one year | 55,000 | 55,000
Later than one year and not later than five years | 18,333 | 68,750
| 73,333 | 123,750

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £55,000 (2024 - £55,000).

18 | Contingent liabilities

The company is party to cross guarantee arrangements relating to a borrowing facility provided by Ares Management to RSK Group Limited. The amount borrowed under this agreement at 31 March 2025 is £831,936,000 (2024: £1,060,136,000).
The company is also a guarantor of any trading and other obligations of any RSK Group member that may be a Junior Creditor in the related Subordination Deed.

CAN Geotechnical Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

19 | Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with key management

Key management personnel are considered to be the company directors. During the year key management personnel compensation was £521,343 (2024: £363,739).

20 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is CAN UK Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
The ultimate parent is RSK Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.
These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.