REGISTERED NUMBER: 04206741 (England and Wales)

ESPRIT UK LIMITED

STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2025

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

5

Statement of Comprehensive Income

8

Statement of Financial Position

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Statement of Cash Flows

11

Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows

12

Notes to the Financial Statements

13

DIRECTORS:

Mr P I Burke

Mr T R Dubberley

Mr R R D Wheeler

Mr S Eden

SECRETARY:

Miss V A Beckett

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Esprit House

Spon Lane

West Bromwich

West Midlands

B70 6AA

REGISTERED NUMBER:

04206741 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Folkes Worton LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

15-17 Church Street

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 1LU

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 28 February 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The directors were satisfied with the results declared for the year ended 28 February 2025.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The company monitors costs and revenue on a constant basis to protect the financial stability of the company. The current market is stable with potential for growth.

The directors believe that they have taken all necessary and reasonable steps to protect the company. Although the company operates and trades outside of the UK, the majority of sales are within the UK and the directors do constantly review exchange rates, so any fluctuations should not have a major impact on the company's performance.

The directors do realise that events outside their control will affect the performance of the company.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The directors consider that the key financial performance indicators are turnover, gross profit and net profit.

The turnover for the company has increased from £18.6 million in 2024 to £21.3 million in 2025, which is an increase of 14.7%. The gross profit for the year has increased to £2.02 million with a gross profit margin of 9.5% (2024 - £1.75 million gross profit at a margin of 9.4%).

The net profit before tax has increased from £0.49 million to £0.73 million.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

Mr T R Dubberley - Director

21 October 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 28 February 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of shop and store fitting contractors.

DIVIDENDS

An interim dividend of £957.14286 per share was paid on the Ordinary A £1 shares on 28 February 2025. No dividends were paid on the Ordinary B £1 shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 28 February 2025 will be £ 670,000 .

EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR

Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 March 2024 to the date of this report.

Mr P I Burke

Mr T R Dubberley

Mr R R D Wheeler

Mr S Eden

POLITICAL DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE

There were no political donations and expenditure during the year.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 then apply them consistently;

-	make judgements 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 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 AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS

So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS

The auditors, Folkes Worton LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

Mr T R Dubberley - Director

21 October 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Esprit UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 28 February 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows, 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 28 February 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 Auditors' 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 directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors 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 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 the audit:

-	the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

-	the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

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 three, 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 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.

Auditors' 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 a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the group, the company and their industry, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as Companies Act 2006. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries to increase revenue or reduce expenditure, and management bias in accounting estimates and judgements. In response to the above identified risks audit procedures were designed to appropriately drawn conclusions. Audit procedures such as;

-Reviewing and challenging journal entries, in particular unusual account combinations;

-Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in their significant accounting estimates; and

-Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, as with any audit, there remains a risk of not detecting irregularities, as these may include collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

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 Report of the Auditors.

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 a Report of the Auditors 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.

Nigel Meredith FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Folkes Worton LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

15-17 Church Street

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 1LU

21 October 2025

TURNOVER

3

21,319,950

18,586,945

Cost of sales

19,301,856

16,835,836

GROSS PROFIT

2,018,094

1,751,109

Administrative expenses

1,463,245

1,334,508

OPERATING PROFIT

5

554,849

416,601

Interest receivable and similar income

177,431

101,143

732,280

517,744

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

8,952

26,367

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

723,328

491,377

Tax on profit

7

52,473

94,445

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

670,855

396,932

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

670,855

396,932

FIXED ASSETS

Intangible assets

9

-

3,244

Tangible assets

10

616,626

628,963

616,626

632,207

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

11

183,369

68,166

Debtors

12

1,130,721

3,696,359

Cash at bank and in hand

6,084,609

5,768,703

7,398,699

9,533,228

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

13

5,930,923

8,092,825

NET CURRENT ASSETS

1,467,776

1,440,403

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

2,084,402

2,072,610

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

14

(26,937

)

-

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

17

(131,000

)

(147,000

)

NET ASSETS

1,926,465

1,925,610

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

18

1,000

1,000

Retained earnings

19

1,925,465

1,924,610

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

1,926,465

1,925,610

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 21 October 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr T R Dubberley - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 March 2023

1,000

1,923,678

1,924,678

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(396,000

)

(396,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

396,932

396,932

Balance at 29 February 2024

1,000

1,924,610

1,925,610

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(670,000

)

(670,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

670,855

670,855

Balance at 28 February 2025

1,000

1,925,465

1,926,465

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations

1

1,432,598

431,405

Interest paid

(4,456

)

(26,367

)

Interest element of hire purchase payments paid

(4,496

)

-

Tax paid

(37,933

)

(62,999

)

Net cash from operating activities

1,385,713

342,039

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(197,187

)

(357,655

)

Sale of tangible fixed assets

34,250

165,000

Interest received

177,431

101,143

Net cash from investing activities

14,494

(91,512

)

Cash flows from financing activities

Loan repayments in year

(317,400

)

(105,800

)

Capital repayments in year

50,026

-

Amount introduced by directors

-

125,885

Movement in group company loans

(146,927

)

527,773

Equity dividends paid

(670,000

)

(396,000

)

Net cash from financing activities

(1,084,301

)

151,858

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

315,906

402,385

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

2

5,768,703

5,366,318

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

2

6,084,609

5,768,703

1.	RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

2025

2024

£

£

Profit before taxation

723,328

491,377

Depreciation charges

166,986

112,858

Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets

11,532

(14,733

)

Finance costs

8,952

26,367

Finance income

(177,431

)

(101,143

)

733,367

514,726

(Increase)/decrease in stocks

(115,203

)

102,958

Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors

2,565,638

(2,519,620

)

(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors

(1,751,204

)

2,333,341

Cash generated from operations

1,432,598

431,405

2.	CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts:

Year ended 28 February 2025

28/2/25

1/3/24

£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

6,084,609

5,768,703

Year ended 29 February 2024

29/2/24

1/3/23

£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

5,768,703

5,366,318

3.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1/3/24

Cash flow

At 28/2/25

£

£

£

Net cash

Cash at bank and in hand

5,768,703

315,906

6,084,609

5,768,703

315,906

6,084,609

Debt

Finance leases

-

(50,026

)

(50,026

)

Debts falling due within 1 year

(317,400

)

317,400

-

(317,400

)

267,374

(50,026

)

Total

5,451,303

583,280

6,034,583

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Esprit UK Limited 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.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

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" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover

Turnover represents net sales of goods/services, excluding value added tax

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Development costs are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of five years.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Short leasehold

-

Over the life of the lease

Fixtures and fittings

-

15% on reducing balance

Motor vehicles

-

25% on reducing balance

Computer equipment

-

25% on cost

Stocks

Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Cost is calculated using the first-in, first-out method and includes all purchase, transport, and handling costs in bringing stocks to their present location and condition.

Taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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 statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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 year 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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3.

TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2025

2024

£

£

United Kingdom

12,152,544

17,653,410

Europe

9,167,406

933,535

21,319,950

18,586,945

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

2025

2024

£

£

Wages and salaries

2,155,196

1,821,568

Social security costs

183,934

43,378

Other pension costs

40,325

48,838

2,379,455

1,913,784

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:

2025

2024

Directors

4

4

Production and administration

23

23

27

27

2025

2024

£

£

Directors' remuneration

340,607

351,569

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:

2025

2024

£

£

Emoluments etc

100,167

113,850

5.	OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025

2024

£

£

Hire of plant and machinery

52,000

243,164

Other operating leases

227,560

235,700

Depreciation - owned assets

137,767

109,604

Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts

25,975

-

Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets

11,532

(14,733

)

Development costs amortisation

3,244

3,252

Auditors' remuneration

5,700

5,700

6.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

2025

2024

£

£

Bank loan interest

4,456

26,367

Hire purchase interest

4,496

-

8,952

26,367

7.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:

2025

2024

£

£

Current tax:

UK corporation tax

92,927

37,891

Prior year tax adjustment

(24,454

)

(46

)

Total current tax

68,473

37,845

Deferred tax

(16,000

)

56,600

Tax on profit

52,473

94,445

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss

The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025

2024

£

£

Profit before tax

723,328

491,377

Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 24.491%)

180,832

120,343

Effects of:

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

1,676

1,569

Depreciation in excess of capital allowances

923

26,095

Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods

(24,454

)

-

Group relief

(106,504

)

(53,562

)

Total tax charge

52,473

94,445

8.

DIVIDENDS

2025

2024

£

£

Ordinary A shares of £1 each

Interim

670,000

396,000